2020 will be a memorable and the hell exceptional year for all of us. Thanks yet not thanks to the COVID-19 outbreak. We hardly get a couple of normal months to live, though witness some revolutionary changes in the tech industry. One of the impactful is 5G. I know, lots of ups and downs are there other than this. Coming to those one after another.
<< January >>
- AMD launched 7nm Zen 2 Ryzen 4000U, Radeon RX 5600 XT, Athlon 3000 APU, 64-core Threadripper 3990X
- One of the best compact gaming laptops of this year, the Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 was launched
- Display of OnePlus Concept One in CES 2020
- Asus teamed with NVIDIA to bring the world’s first 360 Hz G-Sync display
- Jeff Bezos’s Amazon invested $1Bn to digitize small businesses in India
- MediaTek launched Helio G70 & G70T Gaming SoCs
- India came up as the 2nd largest smartphone market in the World
- Xiaomi’s first wearable was tipped for India
- Intel challenges AMD by beating Ryzen 7 3780U with Tiger Lake U chip in Time Spy Benchmark. But Ryzen 7 4800H surpassed Intel Core i7-9700K desktop CPU in the same platform.
- Leaks of the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip were coming out, started with the processor and camera module, followed by the pricing.
- iQOO’s 5G phones announced to launch in February
- WhatsApp got the dark mode for mobile applications
- Qualcomm launched Snapdragon 720G, 662, and 460
- World’s first ‘Living Machine’ created using Artificial Intelligence and Frog Cells
<< February >>
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti appeared on Geekbench
- MediaTek Helio G80 details revealed
- Samsung Galaxy Z Flip live video popped up
- Intel Core i9-10900K with a 5.1 GHz boost clock spotted
- AMD Ryzen 5 4500U scored better than Intel Core i5-192919U in Geekbench
- MediaTek Dimensity 1000L SoCs came on AnTuTu ranking
- Xbox Series X details started leaking out
- India’s first 5G smartphone Realme X50 Pro 5G launched, followed by iQOO 3
- Apple announced its first retail store in India to open in 2021
<< March >>
- NVIDIA Ampere GPUs with up to 7552 CUDA Cores & 48 GB VRAM spotted
- Black Shark 3 and Black Shark 3 Pro dropped
- Ryzen 9 4900H APU came into the spotlight
- TCL showcased Tri-Fold and Sliding Screen designs in concept phones
- Time for the Oppo Watch
- Samsung & MediaTek creates the World’s First 8K Wi-Fi 6 TV
- Sony PS5 Specs leaked
- New MacBook Air launched at INR 92,990
- Google I/O 2020 canceled due to the outbreak of COVID 19
- Amazon and Flipkart made most of their Products Unavailable except few Essential Commodities due to COVID-19
- Facebook bought a 10% stake of Reliance Jio
- Internet service providers started providing extra data and work from home plans considering lockdown
<< April >>
- AMD Ryzen 9 4900U APU appeared on UserBenchmark
- Global Semiconductor Revenue witnessed a steep decline in 2020 due to COVID-19
- Tech giants like Google, Facebook updated their services in their best to distribute genuine coronavirus reports and more
- iPhone SE 2020 launched
- Facebook invested $5.7 billion in Reliance Jio
- iQoo Neo 3 5G launched
- 260 million Facebook users’ data went on sale via hacker forum
- Wi-Fi 7 with 30Gbps speed
- Google Meet became free
- Facebook Gaming app released
<< May >>
- TikTok reached over 2 billion downloads
- WWDC 2020 details declared
- MediaTek Helio G85 gaming chip, Dimensity 820 5G launched
- Google proceed to rebrand Android TV as Google TV
- Unreal Engine 5 introduced
- Huawei relied on MediaTek SoCs due to the trade ban
- Online Gaming in India hiked
- Samsung dropped 5G enabled midrange SoC Exynos 880
- ARM Cortex-A78 & Cortex-X1 cores, Mali-G78 and Mali-G68 mobile GPUs launched
<< June >>
- Amazon took initiative to buy a $2 Billion Stake in Bharti Airtel
- Realme’s TV launched
- Touchless cash withdrawal from ATM introduced
- Xiaomi brought Mi Notebook 14 and Mi Notebook 14 Horizon Edition
- Sony officially revealed the futuristic PS5
- TSMC officially discloses its 4nm manufacturing process
- Android 11 Beta came out
- AMD launched Ryzen 3000XT processors alongside A520 chipset
- Qualcomm launched Snapdragon 690 5G SoC
- AMD Ryzen 7 4800U spotted
- Indian Telecom Ministry banned all Chinese deals and equipment
- Google Meet bundled with Gmail to beat competitors
- Realme is an Indian startup says Realme India CEO Madhav Sheth amid #BoycottChina movement
- Jio UPI ID launched
- Petal Search – Google replacement for & by Huawei launched
- iOS14, iPadOS14, WatchOS 7, and macOS 10.16 Big Sur showcased
- Jio got multiple bags of investments consecutively
- 59 Chinese mobile apps including TikTok, UC Browser, SHAREit got officially BANNED in India
<< July >>
- OnePlus brings affordable smart TVs to India
- Qualcomm invested INR 730 crores in Jio, Google brought Rs.33,737 crores
- Google announced Rs.75,000 crores investment in India
- Jio announced 100% homegrown 5G network
- ASUS ROG Phone 3 launched
- Samsung dropped Galaxy Z Flip 5G
- MediaTek Dimensity 720 5G SoC launched
- Affordable 5G smartphone till then, OnePlus Nord appeared
- Flipkart enables 90 minutes delivery service, Flipkart Quick
- 47 Chinese apps added to the ban list in India
<< August >>
- Messenger Rooms added to WhatsApp web and Desktop app
- Apple and Google removed Fortnite from their app stores
- Epic Games’ conflict with Apple and Google
- Jio fully revised JioFiber plans
<< September >>
- 118 Apps including PUBG Mobile got banned in India
- FAU-G announced
- Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 launched
- Vodafone Idea rebranded as VI
- Samsung Galaxy M51 with 7,000mAh huge battery launched
- Apple Online Store came live in India
- Apple Watch Series 6, Apple Watch SE, iPad Air, and 8th Gen iPad launched
- Samsung started Fan Edition handsets with Galaxy S20 FE in a new launch event
<< October >>
- Facebook Android got Dark mode
- Micromax announced its comeback with IN series
- LG Wing with swiveling design launched in India
- AMD brought Radeon RX 6000 Series GPU
- AMD Ryzen 5000 series announced
- Time for the iPhone 12 series
- Huawei to sell its sub-brand Honor
- Microsoft Xbox Series S up for pre-order
<< November >>
- Apple announced the M1 chip for its Macs
- MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and Mac Mini with M1 chip launched
- India’s most affordable 5G smartphone of 2020 Moto G 5G launched
- PUBG Mobile India formation done, no Tencent any more
<< December >>
- Qualcomm launched Snapdragon 888, not Snapdragon 875
- Cyberpunk 2077 launched
- Google services stopped for a while
Alongside there is a lot to say, including massive growth in TWS and other fitness wearable markets, crazy innovations like under-display camera, growth in mobile and online gaming, and what not. The global pandemic disrupted our regular lifestyle, yet taught us a lot, and during this period, the booming technology was our sword.
At the end of 2020, we are standing with a bag of expectations. As a continuation of 2020, I hope there will be a great and improved 5G network around the globe, foldable and rollable display technology will be possible to implement in budget smartphones without compromising in quality, processors will become more powerful, optimized, and power-efficient, and lastly, crazier techs will serve.
Happy New Year 2021 – Team TechnoSports
