Samsung is expected to launch the lite variant of 2020 Galaxy S20 series earlier than its predecessor. The handset, which is said to retail as Galaxy S20 FE (Fan Edition), commonly known as Galaxy S20 Lite has been in the news for a while now. The latest leak about this phone reveals more of its features.
Galaxy Fan Edition Snap865、120Hz、3.3mm Hole IP68、Price nice 、Q4
The new tip about the upcoming Galaxy S20 FE/Lite comes from Ice Universe, a well-known Chinese leakster on Twitter. According to him, the device will sport a 120Hz refresh rate display similar to other already available and upcoming premium Samsung smartphones such as Galaxy S20, Galaxy S20 Plus, Galaxy S20 Ultra, Galaxy Note 20, and Galaxy Z Fold 2.
He also says that the punch-hole on this phone will be only 3.3mm in size. Above all, it will be also IP68-certified for dust and water resistance. As per him, the handset will launch in Q4 at an attractive price, which goes in line with a report that revealed Samsung to ship it in October.
Apart from this new leak, the Galaxy S20 FE/Lite was also spotted on Geekbench earlier this week powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 865, the processor that Ice Universe also notes in his tweet. It is also expected to feature the new 50MP Samsung ISOCELL GN1 camera sensor.
Sensor Tower, a known analytics based firm, has recently revealed the ranking for the world’s top mobile application publishers along with the most downloaded applications from across the globe.
Top Mobile Apps Publishers
According to Sensor Tower, the top publisher for mobile applications in June 2020 (for both iOS and Android combined) was Google with more than 317.6 million downloads, which is a year on year increase of a whopping 68.5 percent. Other notable brands include Facebook coming in at second place and Voodoo at the third spot. Bytedance and Outfit7 rounded up the fourth and fifth positions respectively.
Google held the top spot in both the Play Store and App Store rankings. Tencent came in second while Facebook arrived third in the iOS ranking, while Android had Facebook come in second and Outfit7 arrive third. While many publishers shared the list, there were a few names that were found only in one listing, like Alibaba for iOS.
Most Downloaded Apps
The most downloaded apps for June 2020 was dominated by TikTok globally in both the App Store and Google Play rankings. The second spot was common in both categories as well with ZOOM seeing a high number of downloads in the month. Facebook won the third position in the overall rankings, although, YouTube won the third position in the App Store listing. The fourth position was dominated by WhatsApp in both categories, making it the 4th overall as well, meanwhile, Instagram came in fifth overall and in the App Store rankings despite Google Meet being fifth in the Google Play ranking.
Master Lu has recently revealed the rankings of smartphones that run at the lowest temperature for the second quarter of 2020. The scoring featured the overall score of a brand and its average handset temperature.
Vivo U3x
In the list, Vivo topped the charts with its overall average temperature of just 30.56 degrees Celsius. In other words, Vivo was ranked as the “coolest” smartphone brand and was praised for its heat dissipation and temperature control. South Korea’s Samsung arrived second with an average of 31.08 degrees Celsius while Oppo came in third with an average temperature of its handsets being 31.15 degrees Celsius.
In terms of a single handset ranking, the Vivo U3x took the top spot, with the average temperature being just 27.96 degrees Celsius. Other notable performers in this category included the Samsung Galaxy M30s, Redmi 8, and iQOO Neo 855.
Earlier today (15th July 2020), The Honor Tab 6 and Honor Tab X6 were officially unveiled. The Tab 6 features the Kirin 710A processor, which was manufactured by SMIC.
Honor Tab 6
The Honor Tab 6 sports a 10.1 inch FHD display with a resolution of 1920 x 1200px and a contrast ratio of 1000:1. It has a thickness of just 7.55mm and weighs 460 grams. One of its highlighting features is its sound system (Histen 6.1) which has large speakers with a 2.2cc large sound cavity for better low frequency output and thicker sound quality. The Tab 6 runs on the new MagicUI 3.1 custom skin and arrives with Honor Magic pen as well. Under the hood, it is equipped with the Kirin 710A SoC along with either 3GB or 4GB of RAM and 32GB, 64GB and 128GB of internal storage.
Honor Tab X6
The Tab X6 is the more affordable tablet of the two launches. Its display has a resolution of 1200 x 800px, which is lower than the Tab 6’s FHD screen. In terms of memory, it arrives with either 3GB or 4GB of RAM alongside 32GB or 64GB of internal storage. However, the Tab X6 does not support a touch sensitive stylus. Further details regarding the Tab X6 will be added when more information is available.
The Honor Tab 6 will start its first sale on 16th July 2020 from 5 pm in China and will be available in two color variants, followed by another sale on 28th July 2020 at 12 am.
Notably, the company also announced the launch of a new color variant for the Honor Tab V6. It is the Sky Silver color and is priced at 2499 yuan (roughly 357 US Dollars) and will also be released on 16th July 2020.
Apart from launching MagicBook Pro 2020 Ryzen Edition, Tab 6, and Tab X6, Honor also unveiled standard MagicBook 14/15 2020 Ryzen Editon in China. There are four models in total starting from 3,599 yuan ($514).
As their names suggest, the new MagicBook 2020 Ryzen Edtion come in two sizes, 14-inch and 15-inch respectively powered by both AMD Ryen 5 4500U and Ryzen 7 4700U processors. Hence, four models as we mentioned in the beginning.
The MagicBook 15 2020 Ryzen Editon comes in three variants. The first two are powered by Ryzen 5 and are available in a couple of storage versions – 8GB + 256GB and 16GB + 512GB. The third variant features Ryzen 7 paired with 16GB RAM and 512GB ROM.
On the other hand, the MagicBook 14 2020 Ryen Edition only comes in two variants – Ryzen 5 and Ryzen 7. Both of them feature the same 16GB + 512GB storage configuration.
It is worth noting that all the above-mentioned Honor notebooks use DDR4 RAM and PCIe NVMe SSD.
Further, the smaller model sports a 14-inch LCD panel compared to 15.6-inch on the larger model. The screen-to-body ratio on both of them is 84% and 87% respectively. The resolution of these panels is FHD (1080p) and they are even TÜV Rheinland-certified for low blue light emission.
Other features on these laptops include 1 x USB Type-C (supports 65W fast charging), 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1, 1 x USB 2.0, HDMI, 3.5mm headphone jack, fingerprint sensor, keyboard pop-up selfie camera, single cooling fan, and Huawei Mult-Screen Collaboration.
At the beginning of the previous month, Samsung unveiled the Galaxy M01 budget-friendly smartphone with a price tag of Rs. 8,999 (~$119). Today, the company unveiled the Galaxy M01s phone in India. Compared to the M01 phone, the Galaxy M01s offers user with some upgraded features such as a larger display, a better processor, a better selfie camera and a fingerprint reader.
Samsung Galaxy M01s price in India
The Galaxy M01s has arrived in India in a single variant that 3 GB of RAM and 32 GB storage and it cost Rs. 9,999 (~$133). The handset can be bought in colors like light blue and gray.
The M01s can be bought through Samsung’s online and offline stores and Amazon India. The Galaxy M01 that costs Rs. 8,999 also comes in a sole 3 GB RAM + 32 GB storage model.
The Samsung Galaxy M01s has a 6.2-inch IPS LCD display with Infinity-V notch design. It is powered by MediaTek Helio P22. In comparison, the Galaxy M01 has a 5.71-inch display and Snapdragon 439 SoC. The One UI Core based Android 9 Pie OS comes preinstalled on the Galaxy M01s.
The Galaxy M01s has a 13-megapixel (main) + 2-megapixel (depth) dual-camera system on its back. It has a front camera of 8-megapixel. The M01 has a 5-megapixel selfie snapper. Like the Galaxy M01, the M01s houses a 4,000mAh battery with 10W charging support.
The Galaxy M01s has a rear-positioned fingerprint scanner, while the biometric recognition feature is unavailable on the M01. Its other features include Dolby Atmos support, dual SIM slot, microSD card slot, microUSB, 3.5mm audio jack, GPS, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and 4G VoLTE.
Twitter has just witnessed one of the biggest attacks on its platform in recent times which affected big names like Barack Obama, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Kanye West among others. These hacked accounts were also used for a major scamming operation that used verified accounts of known celebrities to steal other Twitter users’ money.
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At the moment, it is still uncertain how the massive hack was achieved. Although, it might be possible that a new vulnerability has been discovered within Twitter’s own systems and has been exploited. The hack affected known individuals like Joe Biden, Michael Bloomberg, Elon Musk, and even Apple as well. In a desperate move, Twitter has blocked all new tweets from every verified user, regardless of the account being compromised or not.
Twitter Support’s official Tweet read, “We have locked accounts that were compromised and will restore access to the original account owner only when we are certain we can do so securely.” Notably, the company’s investigation into the matter had also revealed that its own internal employee tools were compromised and were used in the hack. This may be how the scammers circumvented the two factor authentication method.
The hack first began with Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s Twitter accounted tweeted out a bitcoin scam, where the money is promised to be doubled if sent to a certain account. Other verified figures like Bill Gates soon joined in with a similar tweet. Although, each of these scam tweets were deleted just as quickly as they were being sent out. We will provide more updates as the situation develops further, so stay tuned.
Honor launches MagicBook Pro 2020 Ryzen Edition in China as a successor to last year’s model with the same name. It is priced at 4,699 yuan ($671) and 5,199 yuan ($743) for the Ryzen 5 and Ryzen 7 variants respectively. The la
The all-new Honor MagicBook Pro 2020 Ryzen Edition is powered by 7nm AMD Ryzen 5 4600H and Ryzen 7 48000H processors. Unfortunately, both the variants do not feature any dedicated GPU.
To keep the thermals down, the notebook comes with SharkFin Dual Fan 2.0, which spin at a rate of 5,800 rpm. They are paired with dual heat tube to dissipate heat when the device runs resource-hungry applications.
It comes only in a single storage variant with 16GB dual-channel DDR4 RAM and 512GB PCIe NVMe SSD. Talking about the screen, the laptop features a 16.1-inch FHD (1080p) LCD panel with 100% sRGB color gamut, 90% screen-to-body ratio, 4.9mm thinner bezels at top and sides, and a relatively large 14.6mm bottom bezel.
The notebook measures 369 x 234 x 16.9mm in size and weighs 1.7kg. Other features include pop-up selfie camera built into the keyboard, surround sound, TÜV Rheinland certification for low blue light emission, 1 x USB Type-C (supports 65W fast charging), 3 x USB 3.2 Gen 1, HDMI 2.0, 3.5mm headphone jack, fingerprint sensor, and Huawei Multi-Screen Collaboration.
The Vivo X50, Vivo X50 Pro, and Vivo X50 Pro+ smartphones were made official in China last month. Today, the company held an online unveil event in India to unleash the Vivo X50 series. The lineup for India does not include the Snapdragon 865 powered Vivo X50 Pro+ smartphone. The Vivo X50 and X50 Pro upper mid-range phones that have landed in India offer flagship-grade photography experience. These phones are equipped with the most powerful Snapdragon 7-series chipset and are fitted with high refresh rate displays. The Vivo X50 series has landed in India with a starting price of Rs. 34,990 (~$465).
Vivo X50 series
Vivo X50 and Vivo X50 Pro price in India
The Vivo X50’s 8 GB RAM + 128 GB storage and 8 GB RAM + 256 storage variants are priced at Rs. 34,990 (~$465) and Rs. 37,990 (~$505), respectively. Frost Blue and Glaze Black are its two color editions.
The Vivo X50 Pro comes in a single color of Alpha Grey. Also, it comes in a single variant of 8 GB RAM + 256 GB storage which is priced at Rs. 49,990 (~$665). The pre-booking of the Vivo X50 and X50 Pro phones begins today, and the first sale will be carried out on July 24 on Amazon India, Flipkart and other partnered stores. Here is the snapshot of the sales offers for customers who wish to Vivo X50 duo.
Vivo India also announced the Vivo TWS Neo earbuds at the Vivo X50 launch with a price tag of Rs. 5,990 (~$80). It comes in colors like Starry Blue and Moonlight Silver. There is no word on its availability.
The Vivo X50 and X50 Pro are glass-bodied smartphones with aluminum frames. The X50 has 159.5 x 75.4 x 7.5mm dimensions and 173 grams weight and the X50 Pro measures 158.5 x 72.8 x 8mm and it weighs 181.5 grams. Both smartphones have 6.56-inch AMOLED screens with punch-hole design. The X50 has a flat-screen, while the Pro model’s display has curved edges. Both displays support Full HD+ resolution, DCI-P3 color gamut, 90Hz refresh rate, and 180Hz touch sampling rate. The Vivo X50 and X50 Pro are equipped with in-screen fingerprint readers.
The Snapdragon 765G SoC drives the X50 Pro smartphone whereas the vanilla model features Snapdragon 730. Both phones have LPDDR4x RAM and UFS 2.1 storage. The Android 10 OS along with FunTouchOS 10.5 runs on both devices. The Vivo X50 has a 4,200mAh battery whereas the Vivo X50 Pro is equipped with a slightly large 4,315mAh battery. Both phones support 33W fast charging technology.
The Vivo X50 and X50 Pro have 32-megapixel Samsung GD1 front-facing cameras. The Vivo X50 and X50 Pro have quad cameras on its back. Both phones have Sony IMX598 48-megapixel primary lens. The Vivo X50 Pro has a gimbal-like OIS for topnotch stabilization, whereas the X50’s main sensor has 4-axis OIS support.
The X50 has other lenses such as a 13-megapixel portrait lens with 2x optical zoom, a 120-degree 8-mgeapixel ultrawide sensor, and a 5-megapixel macro lens. The X50 Pro has other cameras such as an OIS assisted 8-megapixel periscope telephoto sensor with 5x optical zoom, a 13-megapixel portrait sensor with 2x optical zoom, and a 120-degree superwide 8-megapixel lens. The X50 Pro is capable at capturing images with up to 60x digital zoom. The vanilla model supports 20x digital zoom.
The Vivo X50 and X50 Pro are equipped with other features like dual-SIM support, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.1, GPS, NFC, and USB-C. The X50 duo lack 3.5mm audio jacks. Both phones come with Hi-Res audio certification, but the AK43772 sound chip is exclusively available on the Pro model.
Vivo has just inaugurated its new smart manufacturing plant in China earlier today (15th July 2020). The plant is located in Changan Town, China, and will be capable of producing 70 million units every year.
The center is located adjacent to Vivo’s global headquarters and has a total area of 216,000 square meters, a construction area of 345,000 square meters, and had Vivo invest about 2 billion yuan (roughly 285 million US Dollars). The site will focus on production with quality high quality development. When making the new manufacturing plant, the Chinese tech giant didn’t simply fix the shortcomings of its previous production line but rather rebuilt it from the ground up as a smart manufacturing plant.
The new center is composed of individual buildings which include factory buildings, office, employee dormitories, and power centers as well. Vivo has achieved a high production capacity and efficiency with the new factory, being able to produce 6 million units every month. This translates to more than 70 million units within a year. Adding this with its four other smart manufacturing plants, Vivo now has a total production capacity of over 200 million units of various smart products.
Vivo’s new smart manufacturing plant plays a big part in the company’s efforts to be a completely “self-developed and self-produced” smartphone vendor. The company’s investment in research and development has been continuously increasing, with the new site also placing an emphasis on more efficiency, less wastage through recycling warehouses, and intelligent management of spaces and resources.
OnePlus has already confirmed that the company will be launching its first true wireless earbuds — OnePlus along with the OnePlus Nord smartphone on 21st July. Now, as the launch date nears, more details about the device are surfacing online.
Recently, it was revealed that the OnePlus Buds will come with a battery life of seven hours on a single charge and up to 30 hours of audio playback with the charging case. Now it has been revealed that it will also support fast charging technology.
In a recent interview by Jay Liu, OnePlus Buds’ Project Manager, he has confirmed that the upcoming TWS earphones will use the company’s own Warp Charge technology which will charge the device for up to 10 hours of usage in just 10 minutes.
So, comparing this with the charging speed of the Apple AirPods, the OnePlus Buds appears to be faster, at least from the information available right now. Apple AirPods offer five hours of playback time when charged for 15 minutes.
The earphones are powered by a 430mAh Lithium-Ion battery and the charging speed will be capped at 5v 1.5A to avoid damage to the battery. It is also being reported that fast charging will not need any special cables.
Previously, OnePlus CEO Pete Lau has revealed that the OnePlus Buds will come with a “half-in-ear design” which is aimed at increasing comfort level for the users by reducing the pressure inside the ear.
It seems that the OnePlus Buds won’t come with support for wireless charging support. Thus, pricing is expected to be affordable. To know for sure what features the earphones packs and how it is priced, we’ll have to wait for the launch event on 21st July.
A new Xiaomi phone with model number M2007J1SC was recently approved by the 3C and MIIT certification platforms of China. It revealed that it could be Xiaomi’s first phone to arrive with a 120W fast charger. A new report on XDA-Developers has revealed some of the key specifications of the handset.
The publication reported that multiple code snippers in MIUI 12 has revealed that the M2007J1SC phone is codenamed as CAS. It is likely to feature Snapdragon 865 Plus or Snapdragon 865 SoC. The handset was previously speculated to sport a 108-megapixel camera. However, it is now expected to a 48-megapixel main camera with a larger sensor.
The CAS is believed to be equipped with at least three cameras on its rear. It will have an ultrawide lens that will be capable of capturing macro shots. It will also have an optical zoom camera which suggests that it could be equipped with a periscope zoom lens. The smartphone is expected to offer users a “supermoon” mode photography function.
The publication also mentioned that the CAS handset appears to be meant for the Chinese market. It could not be ascertained whether the phone will be made available in markets outside of China as the publication could not find any evidence of its global edition.
Popular leakster with Digital Chat Station account name on Weibo has claimed in the past that the M2007J1S phone is codenamed as Apollo. He had revealed that the phone will be sporting a 120Hz punch-hole display with curved edges. He had also revealed that the phone will support high-definition zoom and it will break cover in August.
Qualcomm recently unveiled its latest flagship chipset — Snapdragon 865 Plus, which as the name indicates, is an upgraded variant of the Snapdragon 865 SoC that was launched by the company last year.
Now, the company is gearing up to launch its next-generation flagship chipset, which is likely to be named Snapdragon 875. While the company is yet to officially acknowledge this, the leaked future chips roadmap has revealed some information.
A Weibo user has shared an image showcasing Qualcomm‘s product planning for the upcoming chipsets. It reveals that the Snapdragon 662 and Snapdragon 460 SoC will be launched in this fourth quarter of this year.
Further, the Snapdragon 875G and Snapdragon 435G will be unveiled in Q1 2021. Apart from these, the Snapdragon 735G is expected to get launched in Q1 or Q2 next year.
Interestingly, the standard Qualcomm Snapdragon 875 SoC is missing from the list. If the company plans to launch it, we expect it to get announced in December this year, similar to the previous flagship chipset launch from the company.
The leak reveals that the SD875G and SD735G are the flagship and mid-range chipsets from Qualcomm, set to launch in 2021. Both of them are manufactured using Samsung’s 5nm EUV process which increases performance by 10 percent and reduces power consumption by 20 percent.
Qualcomm is expected to use the combination of Cortex X1 Super Core + Cortex A78 Large Core for the upcoming Snapdragon 875G chipset. With such architecture, the chipset could break the performance records when it comes to chipsets powering Android smartphones.
The leak also reveals that Qualcomm’s rival MediaTek is set to launch Dimensity 600 chipset in the third quarter of this year, i.e. in Q3 2020. It has been reported that the Taiwan-based company has received a large number of orders for the upcoming chipset.
The global launch of the ASUS ROG Phone 3 will be held on July 22. It was recently revealed that the smartphone will go official in China on July 23. Ahead of the China launch, the handset is now listed on JD.com for reservations.
The JD listing of the phone allows customers who are interested in the phone to register for it. The phone will go official at 7:30 PM (local time) in China on July 23. It will be debuting as one of the first smartphones fueled by the Snapdragon 865 mobile platform.
The ASUS ROG Phone 3 will be arriving with a 6.59-inch AMOLED display that will offer Full HD+ resolution, 19.5:9 aspect ratio, and a refresh rate of up to 144Hz. The 3.09GHz Snapdragon 865 Plus SoC on the ROG Phone 3 will be coupled by up to 16 GB of LPDDR5 RAM.
ASUS ROG Phone 3 leaked render
The ROG Phone 3 gaming smartphone is expected to offer users with up to 512 GB of UFS 3.1 storage. The ROG UI based Android 10 OS will run on the ROG Phone 3. Shown above is a leaked render showcases its design. The image reveals that the device has an additional side-facing USB-C port for attaching accessories and conveniently charging the phone while gaming.
The ROG Phone 3 has a front camera of 13-megapixel. The backside of the ASUS gaming phone has a triple camera unit that includes a 64-megapixel main camera. It houses a 6,000mAh battery that supports 30W fast charging. It will also have an in-screen fingerprint reader. At present, there is no word on its pricing.
Just a day after OPPO announced its 125W Flash Wired Charging technology and 65W AirVOOC Wireless Charging technology, Realme has also launched its own 125W fast charging technology, dubbed as Realme 125W UltraDart Fast Charging.
This is not surprising at all given that the Realme was founded as a sub-brand of OPPO. Despite being spun off as an independent brand, the company still relies on OPPO for most of the things. The company had even recently teased about the arrival of this new fast-changing technology.
The company claims that the Realme 125W UltraDart Fast Charging technology can charge a 4,000mAh battery up to 33 percent in just 3 minutes. To achieve such fast charging speed, it is said that Realme is using a three-way charging solution.
The three-way charge simultaneously pumps step-down voltage to maximize the charging power and effectively reduce heat dissipation. This three-way solution and the entire charging process has been optimized for cooling, says the company, which results in an ultra-high conversion rate of 98 percent.
The new charging system adopts a flip-chip structure that shortens the current path between the Type-C port and reduces the heat source. It also adopts an ultra-thin VC soaking plate with high heat conduction efficiency to quickly absorb and disperse the heat energy during the process.
As per the company, combining the system with thermal conductive gel and multi-layer large-area graphite sheet, the average temperature during the charging process will not exceed 40-degree celsius.
Further, to support this Realme 125W UltraDart Fast Charging technology, a dual Type-C charging cable is used. Also, fast charging is not limited to smartphones and also supports high-power devices such as notebooks. It is also backward-compatible with VOOC, Dart, Warp, SuperVOOC, SuperVOOC 2.0, and SuperDart charging protocols.
It supports up to 125W PPS protocol fast charging, 65W PD protocol fast charging, and 36W QC protocol fast charging. Additionally, it is also compatible with the 100-240V ultra-wide voltage input universally used worldwide.
SMIC, the Chinese chipmaker, became one of the most valuable publicly listed companies as its shares witnessed a surge of 246 percent at the opening on its first day of trade in Shanghai, China.
The company, which is at the center of China’s plan to become self-sufficient in chipmaking, had already secured around $7.6 billion in pre-IPO share sales. Half of the company’s shares were initially sold to 4.3 million retail investors.
But there were more clamoring to get in when trading started, which resulted in the trading opening at 95 yuan (~$14) compared to the offer price of 27.46 yuan (~$4). The company’s listing has also attracted a wide range of retail investors such as Zhou Ziqing.
The share sale is the biggest on the mainland in a decade since Agricultural Bank of China’s more than $22 billion dual Hong Kong-Shanghai listing in 2010. It will be interesting to see SMIC’s first week of trading given that the Shanghai Star board has no limit on stock price movements in the first five days.
In an FT report, a senior official at the Shanghai stock exchange noted that the government plans to use its domestic capital markets to raise money towards China’s goal of technological self-sufficiency. The official added: “SMIC is benefiting from US-China tensions. We hope to compete with Nasdaq for Chinese tech companies.”
SMIC is a contract chip manufacturers, which means that the company makes the semiconductors designed by other firms. It directly competes against the likes of Taiwan’s TSMC and South Korea’s Samsung Electronics.
However, the current technology used by SMIC is far behind its rivals. While others are manufacturing chips on the 5nm node, the Chinese company is still stuck on the 14nm node. But it seems to have started working on improving and advancing its technology.
Recently, as per the reports, Chinese smartphone maker Huawei shifted orders of its 14nm chips from TSMC to SMIC. The resultant chipset — Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 710A — became the first pure Chinese chip with independent intellectual property rights.
iQOO recently unveiled the iQOO Z1x as the company’s cheapest 5G smartphone. Today, the Chinese silently unveiled another smartphone called iQOO U1. It is a 4G device and with a pricing of 1,198 Yuan (~$171), it is the most affordable phone from the brand. The smartphone offers some exciting features like punch-hole display, a decent processor, a large-sized battery coupled with fast charging capabilities, and a triple camera system.
iQOO U1 specifications
The iQOO U1 (V2023 model number) has 162.05 x 76.61 x 8.46mm dimensions. The device weighs 190 grams and houses a 6.53-inch display. Its an IPS LCD panel that offers 19.5:9 aspect ratio and a Full HD+ resolution of 1080 x 2340 pixels. It delivers a screen space of 90.72 percent.
The punch-hole on iQOO U1’s display is the home for its 8-megapixel front-facing camera. The rear side of the phone features a vertical triple camera unit. It consists of a 48-megapixel main lens, a 2-megapixel portrait lens, and a 2-megapixel macro shooter.
The 8nm Snapdragon 720G processor is present under the hood of the iQOO U1. The 2.3GHz octa-core chip is accompanied by LPPDR4x RAM and UFS 2.1 storage. iQOO is offering 18W fast charging support for the phone’s 4,500mAh battery. The iQOO UI based Android 10 OS runs on the smartphone. The handset is fitted with a side-facing fingerprint reader.
iQOO U1 price and availability
Here is the pricing of the different variants of the iQOO U1:
6 GB RAM + 64 GB storage – 1,198 Yuan (~$171)
6 GB RAM + 128 GB storage – 1,398 Yuan (~$200)
8 GB RAM + 128 GB storage – 1,598 Yuan (~$228)
Color variants: Star Blue, Secret Black and Sunny Frost White
The iQOO U1 is now for pre-orders in China. It will be available for purchase starting from July 23. At present, there is no word on the global availability of the iQOO U1.
Remember the Nokia 8’s “Bothie” feature that allowed you to record from both the front and rear cameras at the same time? Chinese smartphone manufacturer, Honor, has now made a similar feature available for the Honor 30.
The feature will allow owners of the Honor 30 to take pictures using the cameras on both sides at the same time. This means that if you are always behind the camera, you can also show up in the photos of the subjects you take. Owners will also be able to choose between a side-by-side photo or a picture-in-picture photo.
The feature not only works for photos but also works for video recordings too. Honor says the feature allows the user to record in 1080p. The video recording feature comes in handy for vloggers as they can appear in their videos alongside what they are showing their viewers rather than flipping the camera between them and the subject.
The feature is said to be bundled with the latest update rolling out to the device.
The Honor 30 is a Kirin 985-powered phone with support for 5G. It has a 6.53-inch FHD+ OLED display with a punch hole at the top left corner. The device comes with up to 8GB of RAM and 256GB of expandable storage. It packs a 40MP quad-camera setup, a 32MP selfie camera, an in-display fingerprint scanner, NFC, and a 4000mAh battery with support for 40W fast charging.
A few days ago, we reported that Motorola may be preparing to launch the Moto G9 Plus soon. Now, another device, specifically the Moto E7, has leaked and its launch may happen before that of the Moto G9 Plus or alongside it.
First reported by 91Mobiles, the Moto E7’s live photos along with a hands-in video surfaced on the web today. The photos and video give us an early look at the device.
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The Motorola Moto E7 will have a waterdrop notch in its display, dual rear cameras, and a glass back. While Motorola has trimmed down the bezels, they are not the slimmest we have seen. There is also a fingerprint scanner on the back of the phone.
The device is shown in two color variants – cream and dark blue. It will have a 6.2-inch display, 2GB of RAM, 32GB of storage, a Snapdragon 632 processor, 13MP + 2MP dual rear cameras, and a 3,550mAh battery capacity. The source reports that there will be a 4GB RAM version which will have 64GB of storage. The Moto E7 will run Android 10 out of the box.
The device is expected to launch by the end of the month.
After excelling with the popular Armor smartphone series, China’s popular rugged smartphone maker – Umidigi is preparing for the launch of a new Bison series smartphone. The first render of the Umidigi Bison has leaked revealing the rear design of the smartphone along with its quad-rear camera. A rugged back panel is easily visible in the render leak.
Umidigi Bison will feature some combination of modern smartphone design, including solid camera setup and rugged features. The matrix quad camera is visible along with a large LED flash which can fully illuminate the low-light environment. It resembles the recently launched Umidigi S5 Pro but houses a better 64-megapixel primary sensor.
Moreover, we can spot three dots alongside the camera module forming a triangle which could be some new sensor. The smartphone’s branding is clearly visible exactly at the centre of the device with a unique symbol and stylish design. Whole design on the rear side, from top to bottom and across all the corners gives a sturdy and stealthy look. It is highly speculated to feature IP68/IP69 rating for the shockproof, waterproof and dustproof experience.
On the front, we can see a punch-hole display offering a vivid and immersive viewing experience while maintaining thin bezels. Full details about the device and the hardware are not yet available. The Umidigi Bison will feature affordable price tag while housing the big battery and Stock Android experience. We expect some more information via the upcoming leaks and rumours.
Umidigi Power Brand Sale
Umidigi is hosting a Brand Power Sale on AliExpress with 40% discount on several new and popular smartphones. You can grab Umidigi A7 Pro, S5 Pro and various other smartphones at discounted prices. You can know more about the latest devices and the sale by heading to the official website.
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Vivo India also announced the Vivo TWS Neo earbuds at the Vivo X50 launch with a price tag of Rs. 5,990 (~$80). It comes in colors like Starry Blue and Moonlight Silver. There is no word on its availability.
