Samsung Electronics has revealed the date for its CES 2022 keynote. The company’s presentation is scheduled for January 4, 2022, at the Venetian’s Palazzo Ballroom in Las Vegas. Since the event will kickstart at 6:30 PM PST, it will be live on the next day (January 5) for the eastern countries.
According to an official announcement post by Samsung, Jong-Hee (JH) Han, Vice Chairman, CEO and Head of Samsung Electronics’ DX (Device eXperience) Division, will deliver the keynote speech.
The presentation will “showcase ways that we can help build a more sustainable planet, and demonstrate customized and connected experiences that can enrich people’s lives”, says Samsung.
Although the company has not confirmed yet, we also expect the launch of Galaxy S21 FE at the event. This smartphone is in the news for months, and therefore, we know almost everything about it.
In fact, the handset leaked yet again a few hours back. It appeared in official press renders, courtesy of Evan Blass (@evleaks).
Going by the previous reports, the Galaxy S21 FE will arrive with a 6.4-inch 120Hz AMOLED display, Snapdragon 888/Exynos 2100 SoCs, up to 8GB RAM and 256GB storage, 12MP (wide) + 12MP (ultra-wide) + 8MP (3x telephoto) triple rear camera setup and a 32MP front-facing camera.
Other features of the phone will include an in-display fingerprint sensor, IP68 certification for dust and water resistance, Android 12 (One UI 4.0), 4,500mAh battery, 25W fast wired charging, and 15W fast wireless charging.
Xiaomi will reportedly soon be bringing 2K displays with a resolution of 1440p to its Redmi series of smartphones for the very first time.
The information comes from industry insider Digital Chat Station who said through a post on Weibo that such a phone has now been ‘arranged’, hinting towards its imminent launch. The tipster had earlier revealed that the Redmi K50 lineup will not be coming with a 2K display so the upcoming model with the high-res screen is unknown at the moment. It could even be part of an entirely new series.
Xiaomi’s flagship Mi 11 series (Mi 11 and above) already comes with 2K displays. The spec is associated with flagship-level phones so it’s likely that the upcoming Redmi phone will also carry a premium price tag. Still, Redmi phones are known to be quite wallet-friendly, making it safe to assume that the offering will not be blowing a hole in your pocket.
Redmi’s previous flagship – the Redmi K40 Pro that also sells as the Mi 11X Pro in India – stuck to a 1080p display despite having top-tier specifications in literally every other department. It would thus truly be the very first time for a Redmi phone to pack a 2K display.
Xiaomi Mi 11 Pro with its 2K display
A 2K display on a Redmi phone is also an indication of the brand’s growing independence from Xiaomi. As its phones get increasingly premium, they will also likely be eating into sales of Xiaomi’s high-end offerings. Earlier, the company announced that it would soon be applying different styles of MIUI themes on its phones to distinguish them from Xiaomi series models.
Samsung will soon launch its next-generation Galaxy S22 series smartphones in the market and if the reports are to be believed, then the launch could happen sometime in early February but the company is yet to confirm this.
Ahead of the official launch, almost everything related to the upcoming smartphones — the Galaxy S22, S22 Plus, and S22 Ultra/Note — have leaked online. Now, new interesting information has surfaced online, revealing details about the charging capabilities.
Samsung has submitted a new 25W wireless charging pad for approval to FCC which indicates that the company is planning to soon launch this new accessory, most likely along with the Galaxy S22 series phones. The development was reported by PhoneArena.
There’s a high possibility that the Galaxy S22 lineup or the Galaxy S22 Ultra smartphone has support for 25W wireless charging. If this turns out to be true, then it will be the first time for Samsung to offer such high-speed wireless charging support on its device.
So far, the maximum wireless charging speed that the South Korean giant offers is 15W and 25W for wired charging via USB-C port in the Galaxy S21 Ultra. However, this time, the company is expected to increase wired charging speed to up to 45W.
Depending on the region, the devices will come powered by either Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset or the company’s own Samsung Exynos 2200 SoC. Based on the recent leak, the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra is claimed to have two models — 12GB RAM with either 128GB or 256GB storage, and a 16GB RAM model with 512GB storage.
A recent report claims that Samsung has started the production of the upcoming Galaxy S-series flagship phones in full swing and is shipping thousands of components every day. As for the pricing, the series is expected to have a starting price of $799.
Tomorrow (Dec. 16), Honor will be announcing the Honor X30 smartphone in China. A Chinese tipster has shared the unconfirmed specs of the smartphone. At the same time, the device has made its appearance at the Geekbench benchmarking site.
The Honor X30 has been spotted with its ANY-AN00 model number on the benchmarking site. The octa-core chip that powers the device offers a 1.80GHz base frequency. The performance cores of the chip work at 2.21GHz. The SoC is equipped with Adreno 619 GPU. These clues confirm that the Snapdragon 695 chip is present under the hood of the device.
The SoC is coupled with 8 GB of RAM, and it runs on Android 11 OS, which will be overlaid with Magic UI 5.0. It scored 670 and 1886 in the single-core and multi-core tests of Geekbench, respectively.
Honor X30 specifications (Rumored)
The Honor X30 is speculated to feature a 6.7-inch IPS LCD punch-hole panel that offers a Full HD+ resolution and a 120Hz refresh rate. It is powered by the Snapdragon 695 chip and a 4,800mAh battery. The handset is expected to carry support for 66W fast charging.
The X30’s rear camera setup has a 48-megapixel OmniVision OV48B main camera, a 2-megapixel macro camera, and a 2-megapixel depth sensor. For selfies, it has a 16-megapixel front camera. It will feature a side-facing fingerprint scanner.
A new benchmarking result has just showcased some interesting information regarding the upcoming MediaTek Dimensity 9000 SoC. The chip managed to easily outclass almost every other chipset in the high end smartphone market, and even managed to achieve a score many times higher than others in some tests.
According to data from AI Benchmark, the Dimensity 9000 chipset beats every other chipset in almost every test. These results for the latest flagship chipsets were obtained with the AI Benchmark V5 Preview. In these tests, the Taiwanese chipmaker’s upcoming high end chip was pit against notable contenders like Google Tensor, Exynos 2100, HiSilicon Kirin 9000, Snapdragon 888, and even other Dimensity chips.
While the Dimensity 9000 lead the list in most categories the most notable achievement was its AI Score. Looking at the results, the new chipst easily outperformed its rival by a large margin. With a score of 692.5 on AI scores, it was 2.7 times higher than the Google Tensor, 3.7 times higher than the Exynos 2100, 3.9 times higher than the Kirin 9000, and a whopping 4.2 times higher than the Snapdragon 888.
While these results look good on paper, average users might be hard pressed to see the difference in performance based on just AI related tests. As of right now, this aspect helps in areas like face recognition, photography, AR, voice recognition, smart voice assistants, and more. In other words, it doesn’t mean that the chip is faster in terms of computing, but “smarter” in terms of AI based tasks.
Google is now hiring for the purpose of creating an “Augmented Reality OS” for an unspecified “innovative AR device,” signaling that the California-based company is finally hopping onto the AR/VR bandwagon, joining the likes of Apple and Meta.
The information comes from Mark Lucovsky who shared on LinkedIn on Tuesday that he now leads the “Operating System team for Augmented Reality at Google” (via 9to5Google). He earlier worked for four years as general manager for Operating Systems at Oculus VR/Facebook/Meta. Before that, Lucovsky was at Microsoft for 16 years before working at Google from 2004-09.
The new director also shared a link under the same post for the role of “Senior Software Engineer, Embedded Systems, Augmented Reality OS,” under which it’s written that the Google team is building the software components that control and manage the hardware on our Augmented Reality (AR) products.
“The Google Augmented Reality (AR) team is a group of engineers, designers, and research scientists tasked with building the foundations for great immersive computing, and prototyping helpful, delightful user experiences. We’re focused on making immersive computing accessible to many people through mobile devices, as our scope continues to grow and evolve,” further states the listing.
There are other roles too that explicitly state that Google is building an “innovative AR device.” For example, the role of Senior Software Engineer, Camera, Augmented Reality OS clearly states that as part of the team, you will be responsible for overall camera device software for an innovative AR device.
Most of the positions are based in the US while some are also based in Waterloo, Canada. The latter is responsible for Focals and was acquired by Google last year. The Augmented Reality OS team sits under the Devices & Services team responsible for Pixel, Nest, and other hardware.
Google already has Android, Chrome OS, and Fuchsia operating systems under its name so the new AR-based OS will be yet another feather in the cap. The OS will likely be powering next-gen augmented reality hardware, fulfilling requirements like voice command accuracy and visual recognition.
Notably, companies like OPPO have already been making strides in the AR space, recently unveiling the OPPO Air Glass that snaps onto your regular specs and offers a display with an average brightness of 1400nits. Read more about it here.
iQOO will be taking off covers from the iQOO Neo5s flagship phone on Dec. 20 in China. Before launch, the company is busing share some of the key features of the performance-driven smartphone. Today, the company shared a poster to confirm the rear design of the iQOO Neo5s. It has also some information on the heat dissipation system of the device.
In order to cut down the heat generated by the processor, the iQOO Neo5s’ heat dissipation unit will be equipped with rare earth elements, which are used in fields of military industry, hydrogen storage, superconductivity, 5G communications base station filters, automobile engine brackets, and aircraft engine housings. Hence, the Neo5s will be the first-ever smartphone to feature rare earth elements for heat dissipation.
The company added that the heat dissipation material encompasses 89.4 percent of the device. In addition to rare earth elements, the Neo5s has large-area graphite plates and liquid-cooled soaking plates to regulate the internal temperature.
With features like an advanced heat dissipation system, an independent display chip, and the powerful Snapdragon 888 chip, the iQOO Neo5s will be able to offer top-notch gaming experience without any performance issues. Past reports have revealed that the iQOO Neo5s will be sporting a punch-hole OLED panel on the front. It is expected to carry support for a 120Hz refresh rate. The above-shown poster confirms that the smartphone will be equipped with an OIS-assisted triple camera unit. It is speculated that the device has a 48-megapixel Sony IMX598 primary camera. The device will come preinstalled with OriginOS Ocean UI based Android 12 OS.
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Several reports have revealed that Samsung is working on the Galaxy A53 smartphone. As the moniker suggests, it will be succeeding the Galaxy A52, which debuted earlier this year. Fresh information reveals that the Galaxy A53 has appeared with an Exynos chip on the Geekbench benchmarking site.
The Galaxy A53 has appeared with the SM-A536U model number on Geekbench 5. The handset has scored 686 in the single-core test and 1874 in the multi-core test of the benchmarking site.
The handset is driven by an Exynos chip which is mentioned with the “s5e8825” model number. It has six CPU cores clocking at 2.0GHz and two CPU cores 2.40GHz. It can be said based on the model number of the chip that the handset could be powered by the upcoming Exynos 1200 chipset. The source code of the listing reveals that the SoC is equipped with a Mali-G68 GPU. The listing further reveals that it has 8 GB of RAM and the latest Android 12 OS.
The Galaxy A53 could be heading to multiple markets. A recent report revealed that the production of the A53 began in India earlier this month. Rumors surrounding have revealed that it could be equipped with a 64-megapixel quad-camera unit, a 5,000mAh battery, and IP67 rated chassis. The other specs of the A52 are under the wraps.
Samsung Galaxy A53 alleged renders by LetsGoDigital
The Galaxy A53 CAD renders that appeared last month revealed that it will be equipped with a 6.5-inch punch-hole display that may support a Full HD+ resolution and a 120Hz refresh rate. The device measures 8.14mm in thickness. The overall design of the Galaxy A53 will be similar to the A52. It is expected to arrive in colors like white, black, light blue, and orange.
Recently, MIUI 13 logo appeared in some of the stock apps of MIUI. At the same time, multiple videos demonstrating new features also made their way through the same medium. It appears the device in those videos could be the unreleased Xiaomi 12 Pro.
According to Xiaomiui, the smartphone shown in the MIUI 13 first look videos might be a Xiaomi 12 Pro. That’s because there’s no other phone from the company with such a front design.
Going by the videos, the handset will have a quad-curved display, however, the screen will not be as dramatic as on the Mi 11 series. Hence, it will have slightly thicker top and bottom bezels.
Most importantly, the device in the videos appears to have an under-display camera, which Xiaomi calls CUP (Camera Under Panel). This is why the phone is thought to be Xiaomi 12 Pro as it was earlier rumored to feature an in-screen camera like the Xiaomi MIX 4.
Xiaomiui also suggests that the smartphone may come equipped with a piezoelectric speaker like the original Mi MIX. Because the videos don’t show a physical earpiece. Anyway, as of now, there’s no mention of this component in the MIUI code.
The Xiaomi 12 series is expected to go official in the coming days. Despite that, we are yet to learn their design a well as most of the specs. There have been multiple case and screen protector leaks in the past few days, but they don’t tell us the whole story.
Vivo will be unveiling the Vivo S12 and S12 Pro smartphones on Dec. 22 in China. Ahead of the launch, the company released a video to showcase the design of the S12 series and its color variants. At the same time, a tipster from China has shared the key specifications of the S12 Pro.
As can be seen in the video, the S12 series will be coming in colors like gold, blue, and black. The S12 and S12 Pro are expected to feature a wider notch for dual front-facing cameras on their displays. The vanilla model is expected to feature a flat screen while the Pro model has a curved edge display. Both models seem to be equipped with an in-screen fingerprint scanner.
Vivo S12 Pro specifications, price (rumored)
According to a Chinese tipster, the Vivo S12 Pro has a 6.5-inch OLED screen curved edge display by BOE. The screen will support a Full HD+ resolution and a 90Hz refresh rate. It is expected to run on OriginOS Ocean UI based Android 12.
Vivo S12 Pro
It will feature a 50-megapixel Samsung JN1 front camera, which will be coupled with an 8-megapixel Hynix Hi846 ultrawide lens. The rear camera setup of the phone features a 108-megapixel Samsung HM2 primary camera with OIS support, an 8-megapixel OmniVision OV8856 ultrawide lens, and a 2-megapixel B&W lens.
The Dimensity 1200 chipset will eb fueling the Vivo S12 Pro. It may come with 12 GB of LPDDR4x RAM and 256 GB of UFS 3.1 storage. It will house a 4,300mAh battery that supports 44W fast charging. It will offer other features such as Gorilla Glass front, 6-series aluminium alloy gram, rotor motor, and NFC. The S12 Pro with 12 GB RAM + 256 GB storage is likely to be priced at 3,499 Yuan (~$549).
OPPO has showcased some interesting technologies and concept devices so far and the company keeps on experimenting with new devices and the latest product coming from the Chinese brand is the OPPO Air Glass.
At the OPPO INNO Day 2021, the company officially unveiled its first assisted reality (AR) smart glass, dubbed OPPO Air Glass. GizmoChina was present at the event and got to briefly use the device. Here’s our hands-on experience and the first impression of the newly unveiled OPPO Air Glass.
It has a futuristic styling and comes with a single-lens design. It’s basically a set of spectacles with an additional glass frame attachment that magnetically snaps onto the right side of the frame. It is extremely lightweight, weighing at just 30 grams.
The glass embeds Spark Micro Projector and a micro-LED and supports two display modes – 16-level grayscale and 256-level grayscale. It also offers up to 1400nits average brightness for a vivid and sharp visual display.
The frame has a magnetic component and it houses the projector, motherboard, Snapdragon Wear 4100 chipset, battery, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth antennas, microphones, and a speaker. There are multiple ways the OPPO Air Glass can be used, including touch controls, hand gestures, and head shakes. However, to use the device, you will need Reno 6 Pro or the company’s Watch 2 as it doesn’t support any other Android or iOS device.
There’s a wide range of use cases for this new AR product from OPPO as it comes with support for functionalities like weather reminders, schedule reminders, a Health app, and a teleprompter for speeches, presentations, and many more scenarios.
It also supports real-time translation between Chinese and English languages but the company has promised to add support for more languages. Currently, it is limited to a few functions and users cannot use it to watch videos or play games.
As of now, the OPPO Air Glass will get a limited release in China and should be available for purchase in Q1 2022. The company is yet to reveal details about its pricing.
The Moto Edge X30 launched earlier this month and has been a hot topic across the tech community as it is the first and, for now, the only smartphone on the market with Qualcomm‘s latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC. Now, we have managed to get our hands on the brand-new device to share our first thoughts and impressions of the latest Motorola flagship.
The first thing that struck our mind was how lightweight the device was, which is in stark contrast to its metallic look that portrays the phone as a lot heavier than it is. The phone’s rear panel felt solid and smooth, but without the fingerprint stain problems faced by glass backs.
The 144Hz OLED HDR+ display stood out for its fluidity and smoothness while scrolling and switching screens. We quickly download and run a benchmark to see how much of this smooth 144Hz display can be utilized by the new SoC. The device ran 3DMark’s Wild Life admirably with an average frame rate of 57 FPS and managed to score a cool 9,589, placing it in the top 2% of results. The score brings the GPU of this device on par with the latest iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max, which features Apple’s latest A15 Bionic SoCs. A true testament to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1’s improvement over the last generation Snapdragon 888.
The nearest Android competitor on the score list was the Google Pixel 6, with 6,416 Points. Other than the amazing GPU performance, What surprised us the most during this benchmark was the device’s temperature, which stayed at a reasonable 33 degrees Celsius.
Following this, we tried the AnTuTu benchmark on the Moto Edge X30, which ran so seamlessly as if we were watching a video. The device managed to get a satisfactory overall score of 957,864, better than 99% of devices on AnTuTu’s database.
For our last test, we decided to check out the device’s camera performance by clicking multiple shots using the 50MP primary camera, the 50MP ultrawide, and a couple of snaps using the macro mode. The pictures turned out to be impressive, considering the indoor setup. But the most impressive aspect of the camera performance was the natural bokeh effect and the wide-angle images, which turned out to be really nice in quality.
Gizmochina is currently working on a thorough review of the Moto Edge X30. We will take a deeper dive into the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1’s performance and talk about some of its issues and the phone in general, so stay tuned.
Last week, Motorola officially launched the Moto Edge X30 flagship smartphone in the Chinese market, making it the first phone in the world to come powered by the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset.
Soon after that, the company started taking pre-orders for the same but was shut down midway as Motorola had sold out its inventory during the pre-sale period. Now, the device is finally all set to go on sale today.
The Moto Edge X30 flagship smartphone will be available for purchase in China today for the first time. The base model with 8GB RAM and 128GB storage is priced at 2,999 yuan (~$471) while the 8GB RAM and 256GB model costs 3,199 yuan (~$502).
The top-end model which packs 12GB RAM and 256GB of internal storage is priced at 3,399 yuan which roughly converts to $534. The phone comes in two color options to choose from — White and Black.
Coming to the specifications, the smartphone features a 6.7-inch flexible OLED screen with a 144Hz high refresh rate and up to 576Hz touch sampling rate. Powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC, the device comes packed with up to 12GB of RAM and 256GB of internal storage.
There’s a triple-camera setup on the back that includes a 50MP wide-angle main camera, a 50MP super wide-angle macro main camera, and a 2MP depth-of-field sensor. For taking selfies and video calling, there is a 60MP front-facing shooter.
It runs on MYUI 3.0 based on the Android 12 operating system, bringing an entirely new visual interface. The phone is powered by a 5,000mAh super-capacity battery which comes with support for 68W fast charging.
Currently, the Moto Edge X30 is the only Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC-powered phone in the market but Xiaomi is all set to launch its upcoming Xiaomi 12 flagship lineup sometime later this month. Joining them is OnePlus, which is expected to launch the OnePlus 10 Pro smartphone in January 2022 in China.
It’s been a couple of months since Google released the Android 12 operating system and now the tech giant has finally announced the toned-down version of the same for entry-level smartphones — Android 12 Go Edition.
The new version of the Go Edition of Android comes with several upgrades and improvements, especially in terms of performance and privacy.
The company says that the Android 12 Go Edition can offer up to 30 percent faster performance compared to the best Android Go phones that are currently available in the market. Hopefully, this means that the users won’t have to wait for a couple of seconds before the app loads up on the screen.
Google also seems to have improved the battery performance on this updated operating system as it is claimed that the system will automatically hibernate applications that don’t get used for an extended period.
There’s an increased focus on improving the user experience and in line with that, Google has added a feature that will show options to the users to translate the content displayed on the screen when navigating to the recent apps screen.
It has also got support for sharing apps with nearby Android devices using Nearby Share and Google Play. Also, the profiles are now available on the lock screen, which further simplifies the experience for the users.
With users getting more concerned about privacy, the company has now introduced a privacy dashboard thorugh which users will be able to see apps that access sensitive data. There’s also an indicator that will notify users when an application is using the camera or microphone on the device.
Apart from the system-wide changes, some built-in apps have also got new features. For instance, the Files Go application has been updated with a feature that allows users to recover deleted files within 30 days.
Google has also shared that there are more than 200 million users with Android Go Edition devices. The company has also confirmed that the first Android 12 Go Edition devices will launch early next year.
Unlike the previous lineup, the OPPO Reno7 series does not include a top-tier flagship. The OPPO Reno7 Pro 5G is the most powerful variant of the series and it is actually closer to a flagship killer rather than a premium flagship. That is the reason why it has a lot of competition. Alongside the OPPO Reno7 Pro 5G, one of the most interesting flagship killers released in the last period is the Motorola Moto G200 5G: given that these two devices are sold in the same price range, we decided to opt for a comparison between their specifications. Where we wait for the launch of the OPPO Reno7 Pro 5G in the European market under the Find X4 series, here is a specs comparison with the Motorola Moto G200 5G.
Motorola Moto G200 5G vs OPPO Reno7 Pro 5G
Motorola Moto G200 5G
OPPO Reno7 Pro 5G
DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHT
168.1 x 75.5 x 8.9 mm,
202 g
158.2 x 73.2 x 7.5 mm,
180 g
DISPLAY
6.8 inches, 1080 x 2460 pixels (Full HD+), LCD
6.55 inches, 1080 x 2400 pixels (Full HD+), AMOLED
PROCESSOR
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+, octa-core 2.99 GHz
MediaTek Dimensity 1200-Max, octa-core 3 GHz
MEMORY
8 GB RAM, 128 GB – 8 GB RAM, 256 GB
8 GB RAM, 256 GB – 12 GB RAM, 256 GB
SOFTWARE
Android 11
Android 11, ColorOS
CONNECTIVITY
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6e, Bluetooth 5.2, GPS
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax, Bluetooth 5.2, GPS
CAMERA
Triple 108 + 8 + 2 MP, f/1.9 + f/2.2 + f/2.4
16 MP f/2.2 front camera
Triple 50 + 8 + 2 MP, f/1.8 + f/2.2 + f/2.4
32 MP f/2.4 front camera
BATTERY
5000 mAh, fast charging 33W
4500 mAh, Fast Charging 65W
ADDITIONAL FEATURES
5G, dual SIM, water-repellent
5G, dual SIM, reverse charging
Design
There is definitely no challenge: the OPPO Reno7 Pro 5G has a superior design to the Motorola Moto G200 5G. First of all, it is built with premium materials and it comes with the amazing OPPO Glow finish showing thousands of microcrystals on a matte but brilliant rear glass. Further, it is thinner, lighter, and even more compact than Motorola Moto G200 5G. And how not to mention the LED ring around the camera module? You can use it to realize when you have a new notification and even for other features. The OPPO Reno7 Pro 5G is definitely one of the most attractive flagship killers when it comes to design.
Display
Besides providing a more elegant design, the OPPO Reno7 Pro 5G also comes with a more advanced display than Motorola Moto G200 5G. It is an AMOLED panel with a 90 Hz refresh rate, the HDR10+ certification, and a Full HD+ resolution of 1080 x 2400 pixels, protected by Gorilla Glass 5. The diagonal is smaller (6.55 inches vs 6.8 inches), but the image quality is higher. The OPPO Reno7 Pro 5G also comes with stereo speakers, unlike the Motorola Moto G200 5G. But if you are a gamer, you might actually prefer the Motorola Moto G200 5G: it has a disappointing LCD panel (disappointing for a flagship, but not for a mid-ranger), but it comes with a very high refresh rate (up to 144 Hz) providing a smoother experience in gaming sessions.
Specs & Software
If you are looking for the highest performance, you should go for the Motorola Moto G200 5G. It is equipped with a higher-end processor: the Snapdragon 888+ that is an upgrade of the Snapdragon 888 and provides amazing CPU and GPU performance. Currently, the Snapdragon 888+ loses only to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. However, the OPPO Reno7 Pro 5G is all but disappointing in terms of performance, thanks to the great MediaTek Dimensity 1200-Max mobile platform paired with up to 12 GB of RAM. Both the phones run Android 11, but the OPPO Reno 7 Pro 5G has ColorOS 12 on top.
Camera
The OPPO Reno7 Pro 5G is able to provide a better camera performance thanks to its superior main camera: a Sony IMX766 sensor with a resolution of 50 MP and OIS support. Further, it has a better front camera: the new custom Sony IMX709 sensor with a resolution of 32 MP. The OPPO Reno7 Pro 5G beats the Motorola Moto G200 5G under every aspect if we talk about the cameras, even though it is not one of the best camera phones out there.
The Motorola Moto G200 5G is equipped with a bigger battery sporting a capacity of 5000 mAh, but it does not always provide the longest battery life. If you use the 144 Hz refresh rate with its LCD display, the energy consumption will be higher. But in a lot of scenarios, you can get a longer battery life with the Moto G200. The Reno7 Pro 5G provides faster 65W charging.
Price
The starting price of the OPPO Reno7 Pro 5G for the Chinese market is €520, while the Motorola Moto G200 5G starts from €450. Unless you are a gamer, the OPPO Reno7 Pro 5G is actually a superior phone due to its better design, display, cameras, and faster charging technology. The Moto G200 is a better option only for gamers due to its stronger processor, 144 Hz refresh rate, and big battery.
Motorola Moto G200 5G vs OPPO Reno7 Pro 5G: PRO and CONS
Huawei has launched the HAERS Smart Water bottle which runs on Huawei’s home-grown HarmonyOS Connect, with some impressive features. The Chinese powerhouse is fast recovering from the debilitating sanction regime against it at the peak of its development. Huawei has continued to rebound across several segments opening new business lines and products. HarmonyOS is fast expanding to an array of different products and it has now berthed with the Smart water bottle.
The new Smart Water bottle is called the Haers new water bottle and is on sale in China via Vmall online store and Jingdong (JD.com) for a starting price of 139 Yuan ($22) but the general retail price of the gadget is 159 Yuan ($25).
The new water bottle provides a wide range of digital functions for which the Harmony OS is at the heart. It has a customizable design and can offer drinking reminders, as well as support multiple uses for liquids including milk, water, juice, cola, coffee, and others. The smart water bottle has a solid antibacterial capability and can preserve content for up to 12 hours whether hot or cold.
App support for the Haers smart water bottle is available. There is the HarmonyOS Connect which provides functions such as drinking reminders. Users also have the liberty to display personalized inscriptions written with their hands on the screen via the mobile app. There is also a built-in three-axis motion sensor that is capable of detecting drinking actions. Thus, the water bottle can provide data relating to the amount of water drank throughout the day.
After the successful November launch of the company’s first 8-inch tab, the Blackview Tab6, the Hong Kong-based rugged device manufacturer has now launched a kid-friendly rugged tablet of the same dimensions, dubbed the Blackview Tab6 Kids.
The device arrives at the peak of holiday season hype and offers many features, making it attractive for both kids and parents. According to the company, the device is exclusively designed for children under 12 years old and is claimed to be the safest tablet for kids. So let us have a look at its features and specifications.
Specs and features
First off, being a rugged device, the tablet features a protective anti-drop case made out of high-density EVA. Furthermore, the tablet case is equipped with a support stand on the rear to help the tablet stand up so that children would not suffer neck pain or hand fatigue during use.
The Tab6 Kids features an 8-inch IPS display with an 800×1280 resolution and 188 PPI pixel density. Under the hood, the device houses a Unisoc T310 SoC paired with 3GB of LPDDR3 RAM and 32GB storage, which can further increase up to 128GB via a micro-SD card. It runs on Blackview’s custom Doke OS P2.0 based on Android 11.
The Tab6 Kids also features a 5MP rear camera with LED flash and a 2MP front camera along with a powerful dual Box speaker. The device is powered by a 5580mAh battery and supports 5W charging via USB-C. The device also consists of a 3.5mm audio jack.
In connectivity, the device supports dual-band WiFi along with a dual 4G sim slot, GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, and Galileo.
Blackview Tab6 Kids features the iKids app, which consists of many child-friendly apps on which kids can read fairy tales, listen to music, watch educational and inspiring videos, and play fun, interactive games.
iKids also offers parental control measures such as restricted access to certain apps, content, and websites online, access time limits, and ‘break time’ features to avoid addiction. iKids also allows parents to view statistical reports on what their children watch and how often.
Price and Availability
The Blackview Tab6 Kids comes in two kid-friendly colors namely, Donut Blue and Pudding Pink.
The Tab6 Kids retails at $159.99 but In the spirit of the holiday season, Blackview is offering this newly released Tab6 kids for a price of $129.99 which is a $30 discount on its retail price. However, this offer is only valid till 26th December 2021, so grab one for your child while they last!
OPPO is expected to unveil its first foldable smartphone dubbed OPPO Find N on December 15. Ahead of the launch, the device has been revealed by Korean media outfit TheElec to have a Samsung Display foldable screen for its 7.1-inch folding OLED panel while the front display is a 5.45-inch flat OLED panelsupplied by China’s BOE.
Xiaomi Mi MIX Fold
TheElec has also revealled that other Chinese companies are already patronising Samsung Display for their next foldable phones. Xiaomi is one of such firms as the Xiaomi MIX 2 foldable smartphone is touted to feature a UTG panel supplied by Samsung Display.
Samsung partnered with Corning to pioneer the UTG (Ultra-Thin Glass) foldable display panel in 2020. The Galaxy Fold/Flip series was hitherto the only models utilizing the UTG panel until OPPO came onboard. Meanwhile Chinese smartphone makers use CPI (Colorless Polyimide) as display cover for their foldable models like the Huawei Mate X released in 2019 as well as the Mate X2 and Mi Mix Fold. But obviously, the CPI is not as durable as Samsung Display’s UTG panel hence the quest to shift to UTG. BOE is looking to give Samsung a run for its money in the UTG market.
Xiaomi’s upcoming MIX Fold 2 is detailed to feature Samsung Display’s 8.01-inch OLED panel with UTG as well as TCL CSOT’s 6.52-inch panel for the front screen. Xiaomi had initially used foldable display panels supplied by TCL CSOT as well as for the front screen on the Mi MIX Fold.
Apart from Xiaomi, Vivo is also said to use display panels supplied by Samsung Disply and BOE for the inner foldable and outer displays respectively of its foldable phone. Huawei is said to have considered securing foldable OLED panels from Samsung Display but the plan was later shelved as far back as the first half of the year. The CHinese giant may likely retail BOE who had supplied the panels for the Mate X and Mate X2. Honor’s upcoming foldable device is also tipped to use BOE’s foldable display panel.
With the right-to-repair movement gaining popularity in the US, the companies might have begun to see the writing on the wall as tech giant Microsoft has made the first move to bring its customers more repairability options with their partnership with iFixit.
Earlier today, iFixit announced its partnership with Microsoft to produce and sell Microsoft-designed tools to repair their Surface laptops. For those unaware, iFixit is an American e-commerce and how-to website which sells repair parts and publishes free online repair guides for consumer electronics and gadgets.
The move garners a positive reception by Microsoft’s Surface customers as it provides them with more repairability options and convenience for a device that has been considered rather difficult to repair.
But you can’t go DIY on your Surface Laptops yet as the parts are only being sold to select partners under the free-of-cost iFixit Pro program, including independent repairers, Microsoft Authorized Service Providers, Microsoft Experience Centers, and Microsoft Commercial customers. iFixit has not given any timeline as to when the tools will be available for sale to the general public, but they hope it will happen sooner rather than later.
iFixit explained that the program is launching with three tools, namely the Surface Display Bonding Frame, Surface Battery Cover, Surface Display Debonding Tools, as well as weights and accessories, all designed by Microsoft and manufactured by iFixit. The tools will enable precision debonding and rebonding of adhesive for select Microsoft Surface models and will undergo the same rigorous quality testing and attention to detail that they give to all of our products.
These tools are, unfortunately, only for newer Surface devices like the Surface Laptop 3 (2019) and newer, the Surface Pro X (2019), the business / education-oriented Surface Pro 7 plus (2021), and Surface Pro 8 (2021), but its a start and we can hope that more support will be offered down the line for a wider range of devices.
If you are a laptop repair business owner looking to fix Microsoft surface devices, you can avail these tools by applying for iFixit’s Pro program by filling out a form. Once completed and approved, the new iFixit Microsoft Service Tools for Surface laptops can be purchased for use worldwide.
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