Xiaomi is all set to launch its latest smartphone lineup tomorrow, i.e., on the 24th May in its home country China — Redmi Note 11T series. The lineup will include three phones — Redmi Note 11T, 11T Pro, and 11T Pro+.
Now, just a day before the official launch, the company has shared a new teaser poster revealing some key details about the phone’s battery and charging capabilities.
The company has confirmed that the top-end model in the upcoming series, Redmi Note 11T Pro+, will come packed with the self-developed Surging P1 chip for the fast charging technology, and the device will also support 120W fast charging.
It also claims that the smartphone will focus more on battery health and come with special optimizations. It will support charging even at a low temperature of -10°C and feature a USB Type-C port with platinum coating for corrosion resistance.
Xiaomi has also revealed that the Redmi Note 11T series smartphones will come IP53 rating, making them splash and dust resistant. There will be reinforced protection at the four corners and will have a Gorilla Glass protection for the screen.
The Redmi Note 11T Pro+ will feature a 6.6-inch 144 Hz FHD+ IPS LCD display with industry-leading LTPS technology, a 20.5:9 screen aspect ratio, and DC dimming support. It has been confirmed MediaTek’s Dimensity 8100 5G chipset, which is manufactured by TSMC on their power-efficient 4nm nodes.
It will come with a triple camera setup on the back, consisting of Samsung’s 64MP ISOCELL GW1 primary sensor that features a 1/1.72 sensor size to let more light in and 1.6μm pixel pitch numbers to improve low-light night shots.
Motorola Razr 3 could be the first foldable that will be powered by Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1. The company has shared a poster on Weibo teasing its upcoming Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 smartphone which is likely to be the Razr 3. The rumors about Motorola’s upcoming foldable have been around for quite a long time and now the company has sort of confirmed that with the new poster.
Motorola’s general manager Shen Jin has shared a poster on Weibo that not only teases the imminent arrival of the Motorola Razr 3 but also reveals that it will be powered by Qualcomm’s newly launched processor.
Shen Jin via Weibo
The poster did not mention Motorola Razr 3 specifically but seeing the design of the phone, it’s obvious that it could be nothing else but the upcoming Razr. Shen Jin made the post with the caption “We have hidden an Easter egg in this new poster, can you see it?”. The easter he is talking about is Moto’s upcoming foldable whose V shaped outline is visible on the bottom of the poster.
Snapdragon’s new processor will definitely give Motorola Razr 3 an upper edge over other foldables. The Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 is built on TSMC’s 4nm process and boasts 10% greater CPU performance, 10% quicker graphics, and up to 30% better power efficiency than its predecessor.
Motorola Razr (Maven) live shot by 91mobiles
Previous reports have suggested that Motorola’s upcoming clamshell will have a 6.7-inch foldable screen and a bigger 3-inch cover display. The internal display of the phone is expected to carry support for a 120Hz refresh rate offering Full HD+ resolution.
The foldable could arrive with a 32-megapixel front camera and a 50-megapixel main camera and a 13-megapixel ultrawide lens.
According to rumors, Motorola’s next foldable will be released in China in the last week of July or early August. It is likely to hit the international market in August.
Tecno is scheduled to announce the POVA 3 smartphone on May 25 in the Philippines. The Facebook handle of the brand already has the design and a couple of key features of the smartphone. Now, tipster Paras Guglani has shared live shots of the smartphone.
The Tecno POVA 3 images show that it will be sporting a large-sized punch-hole display on the front. Its rear shell has a triple camera unit with a quad-LED flash unit alongside. The back panel of the device seems to have a matte finish with a slightly glossy vertical stripe in the middle.
The Tecno Pova 3 has a 6.95-inch IPS LCD panel that offers a Full HD+ resolution of 1080 x 2400 pixels and a 90Hz refresh rate. It has a front-facing camera of 8-megapixel. The back panel of the device has a 50-megapixel primary camera. It is coupled with a pair of 2-megapixel cameras.
The Helio G88 chipset is present under the hood of the POVA 3. It houses a behemoth 7,000mAh battery, which carries support for 33W fast charging. The device runs on the Android 12 OS with HiOS on top. It offers other features such as a side-facing fingerprint canner, graphite cooling, DTS stereo speakers, Z-axis linear motor, and a microSD card slot.
In the Philippines, it is likely to carry a price tag of 8,999 PHP (~$172). The Electric Blue edition of the phone will be a limited variant priced at 9,399 PHP. It will also come in Tech Silver and Eco Black.
According to the tipster, the Tecno POVA 3 will debut in India next month. India may receive only the 6GB+128GB edition of the device. The POVA 3 color variants for India will be called Black Sea, Silver Sea, and Blue Sea.
Xiaomi has today officially announced its partnership with Leica, under which the company has been developing a new smartphone that is set to launch in a couple of months.
The Chinese company confirmed its “long-term strategic cooperation” with Leica and has revealed that they have been co-developing a flagship smartphone which will be officially launched in July this year.
This marks the fourth company Leica has collaborated with for mobile imaging after Sharp, Huawei, and Panasonic. However, Xiaomi has not revealed anything related to the upcoming flagship smartphone.
Given that the phone is set to launch in a couple of months, we expect it to come powered by the recently announced Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 processor. Lei Jun, CEO of Xiaomi, has said that the partnership will provide a strong boost to the company’s imaging strategy without revealing the details.
Xiaomi appears to be following the footsteps of other Chinese brands to offer a distinguishing feature on its flagship or premium smartphone to make it stand out among devices from other brands.
The trend was started by Huawei in 2016 when the company partnered with Leica for the camera features on its flagship smartphones. OnePlus and OPPO have also teamed up with Hasselblad, while Vivo has partnered with Zeiss.
While the company has not revealed, the upcoming smartphone is likely to be the Xiaomi 12 Ultra, and if the rumors are anything to go by, then the device appears to be packed with features compared to other premium phones.
The Xiaomi Band 7 fitness tracker is all set to launch tomorrow (May 24) along with the Redmi Note 11T series of smartphones in China. Ahead of its launch, the retail box images of the Band 7 NFC have appeared to reveal its key specifications. It will succeed the last year’s Xiaomi Band 6 series.
Xiaomi will be offering a regular version of the Band 7 and an NFC-enabled variant. The leaked images reveal that the model number is M23130B1, and it is compatible with devices running on Android 6.0 or above and iOS 10.0 or higher.
The Band 7 NFC will come with a 5ATM water-resistant chassis. The fitness tracker features an AMOLED display and packs a 180mAh battery. Xiaomi has already confirmed that it will be offering a 1.62-inch display on the Band 7. To recall, the Band 6 featured a smaller 1.56-inch AMOLED panel and a 125mAh battery.
The Band 7 NFC will come with support for the Xiao AI assistant and watch faces. When it comes to health and fitness, it will offer features like a heart rate tracker, continuous SpO2 tracking, sleep tracking, and 100+ sports modes. Xiaomi has confirmed that a vibration warning will be displayed on the device if the blood oxygen content falls below 90 percent. While it is not mentioned in the retail box images, the Band 7 is likely to carry support for GPS connectivity.
Rumors have it that the Band 7 NFC will be available for 269 Yuan (~$40). The official teasers have revealed that Xiaomi will be offering its silicon straps in different colors such as blue, light brown, green, orange, white, and black. Its retail package will include the Band 7 capsule, wrist strap, charging cable, and instruction manual.
MediaTek has been gaining market share thanks to its Dimensity series processors, and now the Taiwanese company has expanded its portfolio with the launch of another chipset, dubbed MediaTek Dimensity 1050.
The chipset is basically a lower specced version of the Dimensity 1100 SoC, but it is also the company’s first processor to come with dual mmWave and sub-6GHz 5G connectivity.
The MediaTek Dimensity 1050 is an octa-core processor built using a 6nm process and has two ARM Cortex-A78 performance cores clocked at 2.5GHz. While the company hasn’t mentioned efficiency cores, they are likely to be six ARM Cortex-A55.
It also packs ARM Mali-G610 for graphics processing and has support for MediaTek’s HyperEngine 5.0 suite for providing additional optimization tools and features for better gaming performance.
The processor comes with support for Full HD+ resolution screens with up to 144Hz refresh rate along with support for hardware-accelerated AV1 video decoding, HDR10+ playback, and Dolby Vision.
It offers 3CC carrier aggregation on the sub-6GHz (FR1) spectrum and 4CC carrier aggregation on the mmWave (FR2) spectrum, and is claimed to deliver up to 53% faster downlink speeds compared to LTE + mmWave aggregation. It also supports Wi-Fi 6E and 2×2 MIMO antenna for superfast Wi-Fi connectivity.
The company has not revealed more information about this processor but has said that devices powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 1050 will be available in the market sometime between July and September this year.
In October 2021, Lenovo unveiled the Xiaoxin Pad 2021 tablet powered by the Snapdragon 662 chipset in China. Now, the company has unveiled the Xiaoxin Pad 2022 as its successor in the home market. Here are all the details on the specifications, features, and price of the Xiaoxin Pad 2022.
Lenovo Xiaoxin Pad 2022 specifications and features
The Lenovo Xiaoxin Pad 2022 features a 10.6-inch LCD panel that offers a resolution of 2000 x 1200 pixels. It has a front camera of 8-megapixel, and its back panel also features an 8-megapixel snapper without an LED flash.
The Snapdragon 680 chipset is at the helm of the Xiaoxin Pad 2022. It comes with 4 GB / 6 GB of RAM and 64 GB / 128 GB of native storage. For additional storage, it is equipped with a microSD card slot. The tablet comes preinstalled with Android 12 OS.
Lenovo Xiaoxin Pad 2022
The Xiaoxin Pad 2022 has a 7,700mAh battery to keep the lights on. At present, there is no clear information on the fast-charging capabilities of the device. It measures 251.2 x 158 x 7.45mm and weighs 465 grams. The other features of the tablet include quad speakers with Dolby Atmos support, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 5.1, and a USB-C port.
Lenovo Xiaoxin Pad 2022 price and availability
Lenovo is yet to reveal the price of the Xiaoxin Pad 2022. The JD listing of the device reveals that it will arrive in gray and blue colors. Its predecessor model was rebranded as the Lenovo Tab P11 in markets outside China. Hence, it is likely that the Xiaoxin Pad 2022 may arrive with the Lenovo Tab P12 name in global markets.
Vivo was expected to unveil the Vivo T2 5G today (May 23) in China. However, the company has confirmed through its Weibo handle that its launch has been postponed. It confirmed that its launch has been pushed to the coming month (June).
Due to force majeure, the Vivo T2 5G launch event has been postponed to 7 PM (local time) on June 6 in China. It appears that the company may have postponed due to the COVID-19 resurgence in the country. The Vivo T2 5G will be arriving as the successor to last year’s Vivo T1 5G, which featured the Snapdragon 778G chipset.
The Vivo T2 5G product page, available on JD.com, has revealed some of its key specifications. As can be seen in the post below, it will be arriving with an AMOLED E4 screen that offers a 120Hz refresh rate and will be powered by the Snapdragon 870 chipset. For photography, it will feature an OIS-enabled 64-megapixel main camera. The device will have support for 80W fast charging.
Reports have claimed that the Vivo T2 5G will be a rebranded version of the iQOO Neo 6 SE. The iQOO smartphone features a 6.62-inch AMOLED FHD+ 120Hz screen, a 16-megapixel front-facing camera, and a 64-megapixel (main, with OIS) + 8-megapixel (ultrawide) + 2-megapixel macro camera.
The Neo 6 SE is powered by the Snapdragon 870 chipset and up to 12 GB of LPDDR4x RAM. The device ships with up to 256 GB of UFS 3.1 storage. The device packs a 4,700mAh battery that supports 80W fast charging. It runs on the Android 12 OS, which is overlaid with the iQOO UI. For security, it features an in-screen fingerprint scanner. It carries a starting price of 1,999 Yuan (~$299).
Oppo is holding a launch event for its highly anticipated OPPO Reno 8 series in China tomorrow May 23rd (Monday) at 7 pm Beijing Time (UTC +8) / IST 4:30 pm / GMT 11 am.
The upcoming Reno 8 series will arrive as the successor to last year’s Reno 7 series and will consist of a standard, Pro, and Pro+ variant.
The entire event will be live streamed online for the general public to tune in. To watch the launch event, you can head on over to the link below on May 23rd, 2022 7 pm Beijing Time (UTC +8) sharp to follow the announcement.
So before the official launch event, we compiled all the highlighting features that we know about the OPPO Reno 8 series so far.
Design and display
The OPPO Reno 8 series is expected to feature a squarish-shaped protruding camera island on the top left corner of the back panel. All three smartphone models have a boxy form factor with flat edges on the sides.
As per an earlier TENAA listing, the Reno 8 and Reno 8 Pro+ are tipped to feature a 6.43-inch and 6.7-inch FHD+ AMOLED display with a 90 or 120Hz refresh rate. Both the regular and Pro variants have a punch-hole cutout at the top left corner with the former also having a thicker bottom chin. The Pro+ variant will come with a centre-aligned punch-hole camera cutout. All three smartphones are expected to be equipped with an in-screen fingerprint scanner.
Specs
As confirmed earlier by OPPO, the Oppo Reno 8 Pro will be world’s first smartphone to feature’s Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 chipset. Meanwhile, leaks reveal that the OPPO Reno 8 will reportedly be equipped with a MediaTek Dimensity 1300 processor whereas the Pro+ variant is to be powered by the Dimensity 8100 SoC. The TENAA listings also reveal that the standard and Pro+ models will be backed by a 4,500mAh battery with support for 80W fast charging.
Oppo Reno 8 Pro in Sky Blue.
To learn more about what we know of the OPPO Reno 8 series so far, head on over to roundup article here. And stay tuned to our coverage on the OPPO Reno 8 series launch on Monday for more details such as the official pricing of the lineup in China!
Apple’s laptops, iPads, iPhones, and AirPods are charged via their lightning ports circuitry. They lack the globally acceptable USB ports which will enhance their versatility, it seems.
Designer Ken Pillonel is someone who is not comfortable with the absence of USB-C support for his beloved Apple products. He has continued to seek ways to incorporate USB-C support for Apple devices. Pillonel has now modified his AirPods to support USB-C charging and data transfer.
Pillonel is a master’s degree student in robotics at the Swiss Federal Institute. In 202, he designed the world’s first USB-C iPhone after engineering the feature into an iPhone and removing its lightning port. The USB-C port on the iPhone could be used for data transfers as well as charging the device. He has now replicated the feat in his AirPods. The USB-C AirPods are indistinguishable from the regular Apple AirPods except for the presence of USB-C charging.
The AirPods are pretty much smaller and involved a more careful decoupling by the inventor. Pillonel opened the plastic housing for the lightning port ribbon. He then replaced the lightning port with his USB-C ribbon. Pillonel has stressed that the process of replacing the lightning port is a complicated one. It is also an expensive task to make a custom USB-C ribbon. Now, Pillonel says that he uses the same USB-C cord to charge his MacBook, iPhone, and the AirPods.
There are speculations that Apple will transition to USB-C next year due to pressure from some quarters including the EU. Pillonel’s efforts have provided some illumination on that possibility, going forward. If indeed Apple ditches its proprietary lightning port for the USB-C, it will have to do adjustments to its AirPods as well.
Gadgets today are made up of multiple chips and sensors to provide their end-users with a smooth and seamless experience. One of the companies at the helm of these cutting-edge sensors and chips is Goodix Technology which supplies components to major players in the industry like Samsung, Google, Xiaomi, etc.
The brand is best known for its in-display fingerprint sensors, however, in recent years, it has expanded its portfolio by heavily investing in the development of Bluetooth LE, NB-IoT, health monitoring solutions, etc. Now, the company has released new Bluetooth LE SoC dubbed the GR5526 series and a Time of Flight (ToF) solution. So let’s take a look at what these new chips are capable of.
Goodix GR5526 Bluetooth LE SoC series
The new GR5526 series SoCs are low-power Bluetooth 5.3 supported SoCs with ARM Cortex]-M4F core at their center. The company claims that the GR5526 series “can be configured as a Broadcaster, an Observer, a Peripheral and a Central while supporting the use of the combinations of all these roles”.
It comes with a dedicated GPU enabling it to output display with up to 454×454 and 30FPS. It is also up to 30% more power-efficient than its predecessor making it ideal for high-end smartwatches, human interface devices (HIDs), and IoT products.
ToF solution
The newly announced Time of Flight solutions by Goodix is a 3D sensing solution combining the ToF image sensor and a laser driver allowing for more accurate photo bokeh effects, and faster-focusing capability at night or in low light situations. It also offers better ambient light suppression, anti-interference, and high dynamic range (HDR). This technology will most likely be implemented in smartphones, drones, etc.
Other than these launches, insiders have also informed us that Goodex’s health solution will be featured in the highly anticipated Xiaomi Mi Band 7 which is set to launch on May 24.
As of recent, Chinese netizens have noticed the official WeChat account for “Nokia Mobile” has seemingly disappeared. Instead, the official WeChat account was renamed to “HMD Technologies Limited”, which is the name of its parent company, HMD Global.
(WeChat message translated in red box) Nokia Mobile has been renamed to HMD Technologies
As to the reason why, the Chinese news site, ITHome, had reported that in September 2021, the Nokia Mobile Smartphone division had initiated a social media account migration as part of restructuring the company’s business in China. And in the process of this migration, the WeChat account has transferred from the Nokia Mobile Beijing Limited Corporation to the HMD Technologies Shenzhen Limited Corporation. For context, HMD is the parent company of Nokia smartphones.
Nokia and HMD logos
The Nokia brand has been well known ever since the 1990s for their mobile phones that were always portable as you could easily fit them into a pocket, unlike your conventional landline phones used to make calls.
But over the course of the 2010s, the corporation had gone ended its golden era of sales, as the company was bought over from Microsoft in 2014 to produce Windows Lumia smartphones, that were of no success, and then the Nokia brand was bought back by Finland-based company, HMD Global to revive the brand in smartphone space in 2016.
Since the HMD Global buyback, the Nokia branded smartphones have gotten a good reputation for running on stock Android. But sales wise the Nokia smartphone division of today does not high figures or market share of its competitors like Samsung, Xiaomi or Oppo. The Nokia smartphones sales are currently doing just enough numbers to barely get by.
Google launched its most hyped Android version 12 last year. The update carried many changes and was well-liked by the users. However, according to the 2022 Android distribution chart, Android 12 is not the most popular OS. That title goes to Android 11.
To recall, Google used to regularly update distribution stats each month. The stats revealed which versions of Android had how much market share, allowing us to track how often a system update was rolling out. However, Google stopped updating this data because it started getting used for comparison to Apple‘s substantially higher adoption rate for new iOS versions.
Recently, Google again started updating the Android distribution chart, but this time it uploads it on Android Studio. The chart is currently updated every six months to a year, with the most recent update arriving in November and a fresh version arriving on May 9.
According to the new distribution data (via 9to5Google) for 2022, Android 11 is now the most widely spread version of Android, with approximately 28.3 percent of Android handsets running it. Android 11 is closely followed by Android 10 with 23.9% of the market share.
Source: 9to5Google
Third, on the stream, is Android 9 Pie with 16.2% of the market and Android 8 Oreo is next with 11.6%. You can see that with each older version, the numbers go down. This should not come as a surprise because a new Android version is released every year and most people update to the latest one.
The Indonesia smartphone market has witnessed a huge 11.5 percent increase in the first quarter of 2022, as per a report by Counterpoint Research. Oppo became the key player and led the market with a 22.3% share, while Vivo secured the second spot. Samsung took third place in the segment, whereas Xiaomi and Realme managed to get into the top fourth and fifth positions, respectively during the quarter.
A report from Counterpoint research says that Indonesia’s smartphone market grew 11.5% YoY in Q1 2022. The reason behind this increase is said to be the economic recovery of the country that started in the second half of 2021.
source: Counterpoint Research
Unlike the US and European countries, The Indonesian smartphone market is dominated by Mid-range smartphones under $249. The market is flocked by Chinese OEMs like OPPO, Vivo, Xiaomi, and realme.
OPPO remained the largest contributor in the first quarter of 2022 with a 22.3% share, however, its lead over rivals Vivo and Samsung has shrunk, the report states. Vivo’s Y and V series maintained its popularity in the low-tier and mid-tier markets and helped the company acquire 20.6% of the market.
Samsung took the third spot in terms of market share in Indonesia. The company recorded a 5.1 percent annual growth with a 17.7 percent market share. On the other hand, Xiaomi and Realme captured the fourth and fifth spots in the country’s smartphone market with 14.3 percent and 11 percent market share, respectively in Q1 2022.
“Indonesia’s smartphone market will have a promising 2022 ahead. OEMs will continue to launch new models, bring more affordable 5G smartphones and drive online channel sales by partnering with e-commerce portals.” said Febriman Abdillah, Senior Analyst at Counterpoint Research. “The $150-$249 price range could become the fastest growing smartphone segment, accounting for 35% of the market.” Abdillah added.
On May 30, Honor will take off the covers from the Honor 70 series of smartphones in China. Reports have claimed that the lineup includes three devices: the Honor 70, Honor 70 Pro, and Honor 70 Pro. The Honor 70 lineup will compete with the OPPO Reno8 series, Vivo S15 series, and Redmi Note 11T lineup, all of which are set to launch in the domestic market later this month. Ahead of the launch, the alleged Honor 70 Pro and 70 Pro+ smartphones have surfaced in the database of the 3C certification platform. The 3C listings of both devices have revealed the fast-charging capacities of both smartphones.
Two upcoming Honor phones with SDY-AN00 and HPB-AN00 model numbers have been approved by the 3C authority. According to tipster WHYLAB, these phones will debut as the Honor 70 Pro and Honor 70 Pro+.
The 3C listings reveal that both devices will carry support for 100W wired charging. It is likely that both models will soon appear in the database of the TENAA certification site with their key specifications in the next few days. Earlier this month, an Honor phone with the FNE-AN00 model number and 66W fast charging support was spotted at 3C certification. Speculations are rife that it could be the vanilla Honor 70.
Honor 70 series specifications (rumored)
The Honor 70 will arrive with an FHD+ OLED display, whereas the Honor 70 Pro and Pro+ will house an FHD+ OLED LTPO panel. The Honor 70 will feature the Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 and a 4,800mAh battery. The Honor 70 Pro will be equipped with the Dimensity 8100 and Dimensity 9000 chipsets, respectively. Both phones may feature a 4,600mAh battery.
Honor 70 and Honor 70 Pro
The Honor 70 will come with a 108-megapixel + 8-megapixel + 2-megapixel triple camera unit. The Honor 70 Pro will feature a 50-megapixel (Sony IMX766)+ 50-megapixel ultrawide + 8-megapixel (telephoto) triple rear cameras. Instead of the 8-megapixel telephoto camera on the Honor 70 Pro, the Pro+ model will have a 12-megapixel telephoto camera.
Vivo has silently unveiled a new mid-range phone named the Vivo Y72t in China. The 5G-ready smartphone comes equipped with a huge battery, an FHD+ display, and a 50-megapixel main camera. Here is all the information on the specifications, features, and price of the Y72t.
Vivo Y72t specifications and features
The Vivo Y72t has a 6.58-inch LCD screen with a Full HD+ resolution of 1080 x 2400 pixels, a 20:9 aspect ratio, 401 ppi pixel density, a refresh rate of 60Hz, and a screen-to-body ratio of 92 percent. The device measures 163.87 x 75.33 x 9.17mm and weighs around 200 grams.
Vivo Y72t
The display notch of the Vivo Y72t features an 8-megapixel selfie camera. Its rear camera setup has a 50-megapixel primary camera and a 2-megapixel macro camera. Both cameras support Full HD video recording. The device runs on the Android 11 OS and OriginOS 1.0. For security, it has a side-mounted fingerprint scanner.
The Vivo Y72t is powered by the Dimensity 700 chipset. It comes with up to 8 GB of LPDDR4x RAM and 128 GB of UFS 3.1 storage. It houses a 6,000mAh battery that supports 18W fast charging. It offers other features such as a dual SIM slot, 5G, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 5.1, GPS, a USB C port, and a 3.5mm audio jack. The Y72t is a rebranded version of the Vivo Y55s 5G, which was announced in December 2021 in China.
Vivo Y72t price and availability
The Vivo Y72t will be available for pre-order from tomorrow (May 23) in China. It comes in two variants: 8 GB RAM + 128 GB storage and 8 GB RAM + 256 GB storage. They are priced at 1,399 Yuan (~$209) and 1,599 Yuan (~$239), respectively. It can be purchased in Interstellar Powder (pink gradient), Deep Sea Black, and Blue Sea colors.
Qualcomm recently unveiled the Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 and Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipsets. The SD8+G1, as the name suggests, is a flagship chip that promises 10 percent faster performance than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. AnTuTu has shared the benchmark scores of an unknown smartphone powered by the new flagship SoC. Here is all the information that has surfaced through the AnTuTu listing.
The mysterious smartphone featuring the SD8+G1 chip has a 120Hz refresh rate display, 18 GB of LPDDR5 RAM, and 512 GB of UFS 3.1 storage. It runs on the Android 12 OS. The device scored 266,524 points in the CPU test. It recorded 468,846, 194,987, and 187,804 points in the GPU, memory, and UX tests. It managed to record a total score of 1,118,161.
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 phone’s AnTuTu listing
Some of the smartphones that are expected to feature the SD8+G1 chip include the ASUS ROG Phone 6, Realme GT 2 Master Edition, Motorola Edge 30 Ultra, Xiaomi 12 Ultra, OnePlus 10 Ultra, iQOO 10 series, Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4, and Galaxy Z Fold 4. The first phone powered by the SD8+G1 is expected to debut in the next few weeks in China.
The Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 Plus chipset has one 3.2GHz Kryo Prime core, three 2.75GHz Kryo Gold cores, four 2.0GHz Kryo Silver cores, and Adreno 730 graphics. According to AnTuTu, the memory and UX scores are basically the same as the current performance offered by the SD8G1 chip. However, the CPU and GPU scores have improved by 20,000 to 30,000 points.
While the SD8G1 is a good chip, phones powered by it tend to heat up and consume more battery juice while gaming and multitasking. The SD8+G1 built with TSMC’s 4m process is expected to produce less heat. According to Qualcomm, the overall power efficiency has increased by 15 percent compared to SDG81.
The Redmi Note 11T series is scheduled to launch on May 24th (Tuesday) this week at 7pm Beijing Time (UTC +8) / 4:30pm Indian Standard Time (UTC +5:30) in China. The Redmi Note 11T will be the official spiritual successor to last year’s popular Redmi Note 10 series which focused on flagship-like level performance on affordable devices.
Redmi Note 11T series launching on May 24th in China
The company had earlier revealed that the Redmi Note 11T lineup will include two models: the Redmi Note 11T Pro and Redmi Note 11T Pro+. And here is what we know so far about the details of these 2 Redmi Note 11T devices.
Redmi Note 11T Pro Plus
The Redmi Note 11T Pro+ is slated to the be the flagship killer in the 2022 Redmi Note series, as the phone has been confirmed MediaTek’s Dimensity 8100 5G chipset manufactured by TSMC on their power-efficient 4nm nodes.
Dimensity 8100 SoC on Redmi Note 11T Pro+
The display of the Redmi Note 11T Pro+ is also flagship-level as well, because the device’s display got awarded by DisplayMate with the A+ rating, the highest rating in the display scoring system. What makes this achievement even more astounding is that the display is an LCD, rather than the OLEDs found on its competition.
The Redmi Note 11T Pro+ will be sporting a 6.6-inch 144 Hz FHD+ IPS LCD with industry-leading LTPS technology that allows for seamless variable refresh rates on the LCD display. The display will be in a customized 20.5:9 screen aspect ratio that offers immersive and crisp picture quality. The display panel of the smartphone also has DC dimming technology meaning it can replace the quick flashes on your display(PWM Flickering) with constant illumination(DC Dimming) when you want to turn the brightness down.
144Hz LTPS LCD on the Redmi Note 11 Pro Plus
Coming to the cameras, the Redmi Note 11T Pro+ will be featuring a triple camera + flash setup at the back, where the main camera is Samsung’s 64MP ISOCELL GW1 sensor that features a 1/1.72 sensor size to let more light in and 1.6μm pixel pitch numbers to improve low-light night shots.
Other notable features of the smartphone are its stereo-speaker certified for Dolby Atmos and Hi-Res Audio compliant, Bluetooth 5.3 support, an enormous 5000mAh battery and insanely fast 120W fast charging with the charger included in the box. Despite being a flagship Redmi Note smartphone, Redmi had officially announced that the Redmi Note 11T Pro+ will be still featuring several legacy features such as the 3.5mm headphone jack, Infrared Sensors and Multifunctional NFC support.
Redmi Note 11T Pro
As for the standard variant of the Redmi Note 11T Pro, the device will be powered by the newly announced MediaTek Dimensity 1300 SoC instead. The Dimensity 1300 is an overclocked version of last year’s Dimensity 1200 SoC giving more performance for the end user.
Redmi Note 11T Pro in Silver
The vanilla Redmi Note 11T will be featuring the same 6.6-inch 144Hz FHD+ IPS LCD as the Plus variant, but the great news here is that the display is still certified A+ by DisplayMate. As for the battery, the Redmi Note 11T Pro has a 4,300mAh battery cell instead with support for slower 67W fast charging than the 120W found on the Plus variant.
As for the other details such as the cameras of the Redmi Note 11T Pro, we only know that the device has triple rear camera + flash setup at the rear. Redmi has not announced any details of the camera setup yet, so we will have wait for the launch on May 24th for Redmi to reveal more details about the device.
Colours, Storage and Pricing
Both smartphones will come pre-installed with MIUI 13 based on Android 12 out of the box. The devices are confirmed to be at least available in two colourways: Blue and Silver.
Silver(Top) and Blue(Bottom) Colour Options
As for the storage options for the devices, an earlier TENAA listing reveals that the memory configuratioms are as follows:
Redmi Note 11T Pro 6GB RAM + 128GB ROM
Redmi Note 11T Pro 8GB RAM + 256GB ROM
Redmi Note 11T Pro+ 8GB RAM + 256GB ROM
Redmi Note 11T Pro+ 8GB RAM + 512GB ROM
For the official pricing and further details of the Redmi Note 11T series, stay tuned to our launch event coverage here at Gizmochina on May 24th (Tuesday)!
A couple of years back, Meizu ranked among the top 10 smartphone manufacturers but all that is history. The company is presently striving to regain its prominence in the smartphone market with the re-introduction of the mBlu series and release of flagship models. Meizu is also churning out smart home products and accessories. The latest is the Meizu Blus Air True Wireless earbuds.
Meizu Blus Air True Wireless earbud has as its major highlight, an ultra-long battery life which can last up to 25 hours. The product has a better battery life than the Apple AirPods Pro which has come to be a benchmark product for flagship wireless headphones.
The Blus Air TWS earbuds are each equipped with a customized 12mm frequency division super moving copper-magnesium-aluminum alloy coil. The earbuds come with flexible TPU suspension edge and bio-fiber dome frequency division composite diaphragm, bringing a good sound performance.
The two earbuds are equipped with dual microphone arrays, which can filter ambient noise in different frequency bands indoors and outdoors in all directions. It also comes with intelligent Environment Noise Cancellation algorithm. The earbuds feature support for Bluetooth 5.2 and supports ultra-low latency as low as 50ms in the game mode.
The earbud adopts an ergonomic semi-in-ear design while the charging case uses an oval design. Each of the earbud weighs 3.9 grams and have support for IPX5 splash proof.
In terms of battery life, each of the earbud can last for 6.5 hours on a single charge but with the charging case, the battery life goes up to 25 hours. The earbuds can easily be connected to a Meizu smartphone running Flyme OS. Other brands will need to download the Lifeme app which will allow the user adjust the earbuds’ parameters.
The Meizu Blus Air is priced at 159 yuan ($23) and will go on sale from 10AM on May 23 in China.
OSOM, the smartphone brand made by the team behind the Essential phone is gearing up to soon launch a new smartphone in the market, dubbed the OV1 (an acronym for OSOM Vault 1).
The spiritual successor of the Essential phone will also come with a heavy emphasis on privacy and security. Now, after Qualcomm’s official unveiling of the new Snapdragon chipsets, OSOM has announced that the upcoming OSOM OV1 will come with the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 mobile platform chipset at its heart.
Excited to announce that the #Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 Mobile Platform will ship with OSOM's first device. Let's gooooooo!!! https://t.co/0lwplAOust
This announcement confirms that the OV1 will likely be a smartphone targeting the premium segment. Other than the SoC on the device, previous reports have already revealed many of the specs and features coming with the OSOM OV1.
Starting with one of the most interesting features, the device will come with a privacy-focused “Secure Data Cable” in the box. This cable will have a switch which can allow or restrict data transfer via the cable making it more secure to charge your device in public or by connecting it to a PC or laptop.
A recent report revealed that the smartphone will come with an OLED display panel, however, the resolution, refresh rate, and other display details are still under wraps. What we do know is that the device will have slim bezels, a small chin, and rounded edges, as seen in a recently teased image.
The smartphone will also come with privacy-focused apps preloaded like Brave browser, Signal, etc. It will run on an Android-based operating system and offer support for dual SIM with 5G ultra-wideband connectivity.
Coming to the optics, the smartphone is tipped to feature a dual-camera setup on the back consisting of a 48-megapixel primary sensor and a 12-megapixel secondary lens. On the front , there will be a 16-megapixel snapper for taking selfies and video calling.
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