Xiaomi has launched the Mileseey Golf Laer Range Finder under the Youpin crowdfunding platform. The product is available to order in China for 399 yuan (~$57). As the name suggests, the range finder finds application in golfing but is also useful in other areas where finding a range is needed. The device is also a telescope with up to six times magnification.
The Mileseey Golf Laser Range Finder adopts a simple design, made from soft plastic that has anti-skid and wear-resistant properties. The device has a circumference of 110x65x38mm, making it easy to carry.
In terms of lenses, the laser range finder has a 6X fixed-focus optical telephoto system, with a 7° field of view. The lens is coated delivering a bright field of view. It can achieve long-distance ranging from 600 meters and the error margin within 600 meters is only 0.5 meters.
In addition to measuring the distance, it can also detect the speed at which an object is travelling. The user only needs to press the measurement key and follow the measured object. The telescope can display the moving speed of the object in real-time, which is suitable for watching racing games.
It is worth mentioning that in order to facilitate users to play golf, the telescope has specially set the flagpole locking function and the golf ball trajectory compensation function. Among them, the flagpole locking function allows the telescope to preferentially lock the nearest measurement target for measurement, and the golf ballistic compensation function can quickly calculate the ballistic compensation distance for the user.
Dark Mode or Dark Theme has become a common feature on devices – from phones to tablets to computers and even game consoles. The feature is also available on a lot of apps too.
Dark Mode has a bunch of advantages but the key one is that it is easy on the eyes especially when using your device at night. However, while some of us will prefer every app or device to have it, there are those who dislike it.
For this week’s poll, we want to know which you prefer? Are you Team Dark Mode or Team Light Mode or do you have the themes set to change on schedule? Do take the poll below and also share a comment telling us why you prefer one over the other.
You can currently get a 5G phones at a great price, even in the global market. We already published a comparison between affordable 5G phones sold globally: we compared the newly-announced Moto G 5G Plus with Realme X50 5G and Xiaomi Mi 10 Lite. Now, we decided to make another comparison in order to include the remaining affordable 5G phones sold in the European market. We are talking about the Huawei P40 Lite 5G and the Oppo Find X2 Lite, two other great choices if you need 5G on a budget. Let’s see which device has the highest value for money.
Motorola Moto G 5G Plus vs Huawei P40 Lite 5G vs Oppo Find X2 Lite
Quad 64 + 8 MP + 2 + 5 MP f/1.8, f/2.4, f/2.4 and f/2.4
16 MP f/2.0 front camera
Quad 48 + 8 + 2 + 2 MP f/1.7, f/2.2, f/2.4 and f/2.4
32 MP f/2.0 front camera
BATTERY
5000 mAh, fast charging 20W
4000 mAh
Fast charging 40W
4025 mAh, Fast charging 30W
ADDITIONAL FEATURES
Dual SIM slot, 5G
Dual SIM slot, 5G, reverse charging
Dual SIM slot, 5G
Design
Despite Moto G 5G Plus and Huawei P40 Lite 5G come with a punch-hole display and Oppo Find X2 Lite has a classic waterdrop notch, Oppo Find X2 Lite is my favorite handset when it comes to the design. It is more compact, beautiful, minimalistic, thinner, and lighter than its two rivals. It is very elegant and it is easier to use with one hand. Motorola Moto G 5G Plus is made with cheaper materials, but it is splash resistant, so it remains a very interesting device in terms of build quality.
Display
The Oppo Find X2 Lite wins the display comparison because it sports an AMOLED panel: it provides more brilliant colors and deeper blacks, for a more interesting overall image quality, as well as lower energy consumption. Right after, we got the Moto G 5G Plus which offers the HDR10 certification and a 90 Hz refresh rate, but it has a classic LCD display. Huawei P40 Lite 5G lacks both an AMOLED display and a high refresh rate, but it still comes with an above-average LTPS panel.
Hardware/Software
On benchmarks, the Kirin 820 chipset found on the Huawei P40 Lite 5G actually obtains higher results than the Snapdragon 765G by Qualcomm. However, a lot of people trust Qualcomm’s chipsets more for their stability, modding compatibility, and more. Further, Huawei P40 Lite 5G lacks Google services out of the box: instead, it comes with Huawei Mobile Services to replace them in the global market. If you do not mind about the above-mentioned disadvantages, then you can go for the Huawei P40 Lite 5G. But I would personally choose the Oppo Find X2 Lite with its Snapdragon 765G which offers 2 GB RAM more than the Huawei P40 Lite 5G.
Camera
You should not focus too much on the cameras while choosing between one of these devices. Not because they are bad, but because their camera departments are more or less at the same level. In each case, we are talking about above-average, but not high-end, camera phones. Note that with the Motorola Moto G 5G Plus you get the best front cameras: an ultrawide dual sensor with 16 and 8 MP resolutions.
Battery
Motorola Moto G 5G Plus lasts a lot more on a single charge because it sports a way bigger battery than Huawei P40 Lite 5G and Oppo Find X2 Lite. Huawei P40 Lite 5G wins the fast charging comparison with its 40W power, and it even supports reverse charging.
Price
In the global market, you can get the Motorola Moto G 5G Plus and the Huawei P40 Lite 5G for €399/$450 (4/64 GB and 6/128 GB respectively), while Oppo Find X2 Lite is priced €499/$564 in the configuration with 8 GB of RAM and 128 GB of internal storage. At the end of the day, we can not pick a definitive winner because it mostly depends on the user’s needs. Oppo Find X2 Lite has a great design and an AMOLED display, as well as very nice rear cameras and more RAM. Huawei P40 Lite offers higher charging speeds and reverse charging, as well as a great chipset. Motorola Moto G 5G Plus has pretty nice cameras and longer battery life, but in its base configuration, it has just 4/64 GB. Which one would you pick?
Smart displays have been in existence for a few years now. They can perform the functions of a smart speaker and even more such as play videos, make video calls, and more. Now, there is a new category of smart display that has been specially created for Microsoft Teams called Microsoft Teams Displays.
The best way to describe a Microsoft Team Display is as a desk phone with a touchscreen and smart features. It is powered by Cortana and seamlessly works with your PC. Microsoft says they are designed to handle video-conferencing and content viewing, and thus freeing your computer for work.
You can ask the smart display to join a meeting on Teams, add contacts to a meeting, and more.
Lenovo has a Microsoft Teams Display Device called the ThinkSmart View and it shares a striking resemblance to the Lenovo Smart Display 8.
Priced at $349, the ThinkSmart View has an 8-inch HD touch display, a 1.75” 10W full-range speaker with two passive tweeters, far-field microphones, and an HD camera with a privacy shutter. The description says it is built on the Microsoft Teams platform and the spec sheet says it runs Android AOSP 8.1. It has Bluetooth 4.2 and also supports dual-band Wi-Fi. If you need one, you can grab one on the Microsoft online store.
There will also be another Microsoft Smart Display from Yealink (pictured above beside the Lenovo ThinkSmart) later this year. It is shown to have a different design but the screen seems to be 8-inches too. There is no news of a Surface-branded Microsoft Teams Display yet but we may see one in the future.
The 4GB RAM + 64GB phone which was originally launched with a starting price of INR 9,999 (~$132.97) last year now goes for INR 12,499 (~$166.22). The new price is an increase of INR 500 over its last selling price. The official Xiaomi website has been updated with the new price, and 91Mobiles has reported that the new price has taken effect at offline stores today.
There is a little bit of good news though. The price of the 6GB RAM + 128GB version has not been increased, so that still sells for INR 14,499 (~$193).
The Redmi Note 8 has a 6.3-inch FHD+ LCD display with a notch at the top for a 13MP front-facing camera. It is powered by the Snapdragon 665 processor. There is a 48MP camera on the back of the phone along with an 8MP ultrawide angle camera, a 2MP macro camera, and a 2MP depth sensor. The phone also has a 4000mAh battery, support for 18W fast charging, an audio jack, and a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner.
Apple is expected to launch the iPhone 12 series in a few months from now. According to analysts, it will ship without a bundled charger and EarPods. Now, a new report says the price of the entry-level model will be $50 more than the previous generation.
The new report comes from an analyst named Jeff Pu (via MacRumors). He forecasts the price of the base-model iPhone 12 to be $749. This variant is expected to come with 5.4-inch OLED display, 5nm A14 chipset, 5G connectivity, and dual-camera setup.
For comparison, last year’s iPhone 11 debuted at $699, $50 lesser than the iPhone XR before it. On the other hand, Jon Prosser, a tipster claims the price of base iPhone 12 to be $649.
Since the iPhone 12 is reported to come with 5G, Mr Pu says customers will not mind the hike in the price and the demand won’t be affected either. However, the lack of an in-box charger and EarPods may create controversy.
Anyway, the upcoming iPhone 12 series will still start lesser than its primary Android competitor Galaxy S20, which retails for $999 in the US. Nevertheless, Apple is only expected to ship 15-20 million units in 2020.
Samsung launched the Galaxy Z Flip earlier this year as the company’s second commercially available foldable smartphone after the Galaxy Fold. According to the latest report by DSCC (Display Supply Chain Consultants), this handset has been the best-selling foldable device in 2020 so far.
With the Z Flip the best selling foldable device in 2020 and the Z Flip 2 and Z Fold 3 expected to compete for best selling product in 2021, UTG from SCHOTT will lead the foldable cover window market vs. CPI. Apple will likely eventually have UTG with Corning as well. pic.twitter.com/OjRJ0onhSY
Unlike the Galaxy Fold, the Galaxy Z Flip is a clamshell foldable phone. But it is powered by the same Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 chipset even though it launched this year alongside the Galaxy S20 series.
However, the flexible AMOLED panel on this handset is well protected with a layer of UTG (Ultra Thin Glass). This makes it more durable than the first foldable device from Samsung that uses CPI (Colorless Polyimide). Also, it launched at a slightly lower price tag of $1,380, compared to the former’s $1,980.
All these factors, in addition to several discounts from time to time, make it more attractive to customers than the Galaxy Fold. This is why it is selling much better than the previous device.
That said, SCHOTT, the manufacturer of this UTG film is the bigger winner according to Ross Young, the founder and lead analyst at DSCC. The same material will also be used on the display of Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 2.
Anyway, it won’t continue to lead the market, as Corning is also expected to manufacture and ship UTG to Apple in the near future. Until then, the Galaxy Z Fold 2 and Galaxy Z Flip 2 will compete with each other in 2021.
Samsung’s flagship phones are known to come in two processor variants. There is the Snapdragon variant that is sold in China, the USA, and South Korea; and there is the Exynos variant sold in other markets including Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. The upcoming Galaxy Note20 series will follow the same trend.
It has been reported that the Snapdragon variant of the Note20 series will be powered by the newly-announced Snapdragon 865 Plus. However, it appears the reports that the Exynos variant will come with an Exynos 992 processor are false.
A tweet by the popular leaker Ice Universe has revealed the Galaxy Note20 series will have the Exynos 990 processor that powers the Galaxy S20 series and not the rumored, more powerful Exynos 992 chipset.
His tweet was corroborated by Max Weinbach of XDA-Developers who tweeted that he has seen no reference of the chipset in the firmware he has his hands on.
Can confirm. I have found no references to any new chip other than Snapdragon 865+ in the firmware's I have on hand.
This is surely devastating news for those who will be purchasing the Exynos variant of the Note20 series. The Exynos 990 can’t even match the performance of the Snapdragon 865 processor. Comparisons between the Exynos 990 and Snapdragon 865 have shown that the former lags significantly when it comes to GPU performance. This means there will even be a wider gap between it and the new Snapdragon 865 Plus.
The shipments of tablets declined till last year but due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, demand for them rose again. Nevertheless, Apple is still the leader in this category with its iPad lineup as most Android alternatives are simply bad except for few sold by Samsung and Huawei. But still, some companies keep on trying something new like Lenovo with its Yoga X Android tablet according to new findings.
XDA Developers reports that an Android developer going by the name of@deletescape on Twitter got hold of a few internal documents of a Lenovo Android tablet called Yoga X. These papers sketch the working of a so-called “second screen UX wireframe”.
According to them, this Android tablet by Lenovo can also be used as a secondary screen for other devices like laptops, smartphones or even a Nintendo Switch. The tablet will feature a micro-HDMI port for this purpose.
When the tablet is connected to a device, its Android OS will be locked to display the content from the other device. In this mode, the volume buttons on the tablet could be used to control the volume of media playing on the tablet or other output devices. Whereas, by touching anywhere on the screen, users will be able to access brightness, power, and output settings.
Having said that, nothing else is known about this mystery tablet except for a render (pictured above) shared by popular leaker Evan Blass (@evleaks) on his Patreon.
The OnePlus Nord launches in ten days as the manufacturer’s first mid-range 5G phone. However, it may not be the only mid-range OnePlus phone we will be getting this year.
A OnePlus device has been spotted on Geekbench under the name “OnePlus BE2028” and it is not the OnePlus Nord. The Geekbench listing shows the phone has 6GB of RAM, runs Android 10, and is powered by the Snapdragon 690.
Yes, that is the Snapdragon 690 and not the Snapdragon 765. The CPU details show the processor has an Adreno 619 which is not the GPU inside the Snapdragon 765 processor.
The Snapdragon 690 was announced last month as the first Snapdragon 600-series 5G processor. It is an 8nm chipset with 2x Kryo 560 cores clocked at 2.0GHz and 6x Cortex-A55 cores clocked at 1.7GHz. The GPU is an Adreno 619L.
The chipset also has Bluetooth 5.1 and Wi-Fi 6 and supports FHD+ displays with a 120Hz refresh rate and QHD+ displays with a 60Hz display.
Based on the features of the chipset, we can deduce some of the specs of this OnePlus phone. For starters, it will have an FHD+ display. It should also have a refresh rate of at least 90Hz. OnePlus already said last year that all its phones will have a high refresh rate and we presume this will also apply to its mid-range phones.
While the official name of this phone is not known, there are speculations it may be the OnePlus Nord Lite. OnePlus already confirmed that Nord is a line of affordable smartphones, so any OnePlus device that is not a flagship will launch under the Nord line.
We expect more details regarding this device will surface in the coming weeks.
Samsung is rumored to launch the Galaxy Tab S7 and Galaxy Tab S7+ with flagship specifications on July 22. Recently, a new Samsung tablet named Galaxy Tab A7 was spotted at the Bluetooth SIG certification platform. The tablet seems to be inching towards its launch as it has bagged approval from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the U.S.
The Bluetooth SIG appearance had confirmed the Galaxy Tab A7 and the associated model numbers such as SM-T500, SM-T505, SM-T505N, and SM-T507. Based on how Samsung assigns model numbers for Wi-Fi and LTE versions of its tablets, it can be said that the SM-T500 is the Wi-Fi only version of the Galaxy Tab A7 and SM-T505, SM-T505N and SM-T507 are its LTE variants. The Bluetooth certification revealed that it carries support for Bluetooth 5.0.
The FCC certification of the SM-T505 i.e. LTE version of the Galaxy Tab A7 shows that it measures 247.6mm in height and 157.36 in width. The tablet measures 293.37mm diagonally. This indicates that the device could be equipped with a display that measures around 10 inches.
A schematic of the Galaxy Tab A7’s rear is also available in its FCC filings. It shows that the slate is fitted with a single rear-mounted camera. The other details of the tablet are currently under wraps. Now the tablet has bagged some important certifications, it may go official as early as next month.
There is an upcoming Samsung Galaxy tablet with model number SM-T575 in the pipeline. It was recently spotted on Geekbench with Exynos 9810 chipset. The device runs on Android 10 and the SoC is accompanied by 4 GB of RAM. TUV Rheinland Japan certification has revealed that the typical capacity of its battery is 5,050mAh. Hopefully, further reports will reveal the identity of the SM-T575 tablet.
Asus has remained dormant in the first half of 2020 in terms of smartphone launches. But not anymore as the company has scheduled to unveil the much-anticipated ROG Phone 3 on July 22 in most countries including India at the same time. Most of the specs of this handset have leaked over the past few weeks. Now, the device also receives NCC certification in its home country Taiwan.
The NCC certification bureau of Taiwan reveals the model number of Asus ROG Phone 3 to be ASUS_I003D. It also mentions the handset to arrive with an A299-200150U-US 30W fast charger. Further, it also exposes the phone’s battery capacity to be 6,000 mAh, in addition to its 512GB internal storage.
According to previous leaks and certifications, the upcoming ROG Phone 3 will be powered by the newly announced Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus paired with up to 16GB RAM. On the front, it will sport a 6.59-inch FHD+ AMOLED display with 144Hz refresh rate with in-screen fingerprint sensor and a 13MP selfie camera above it.
On the back, it will house a 64MP triple camera setup with support for up to 8x zoom from one of those sensors. Last but not least, it will run Android 10 out of the box and will compete with Lenovo Legion Gaming Phone, which will be also launching on the same day as this device.
Although professional sporting leagues have resumed in several countries after shutting down due to the COVID 19 pandemic, games are played without fans inside the stadia. In Japan, a professional baseball team decided to try out a different approach. They deployed robots to cheer the team on.
Japan baseball team Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks recently hosted a professional baseball game against Rakuten Eagles. The team owed by Softbank deployed over 20 robots to dance in a choreographed style to the team’s fight song on a podium in the stand which was entirely empty.
The robots include the humanoid Softbank’s Pepper robot and several of the Boston Dynamics dog robot named Spot. the four-legged robots were donned with Hawks’ branded face caps and flags. The robots stamped and shimmied in a choreographed dance that is usually performed by the Hawks’ fans before games in the 40,000 capacity Fukuoka Dome.
Although the robots cannot completely replicate routine carried out by some 40,000 fans, it is a reminder of the progress that has been made in robotics engineering. Engineers have been able to design robots that can perform many functions that humans usually carry out and many more that humans can’t do.
Boston Dynamics Spot robot
In this era of COVID 19, Boston Dynamics Spot has been deployed by countries like Singapore to ensure citizens maintain social distancing. Trial deployments have seen Spot create 3D maps of construction sites and hunt for machine faults in offshore oil rigs. Less routine tests include helping hospitals triage COVID-19 patients and, somewhat controversially, working with a police bomb squad.
Several persons have shared their thoughts since the video emerged, with opinions ranging from admiration to fear and even dissatisfaction. “First they take our jobs. Then they take our seats,” wrote an unimpressed Twitter user. “Everything about this is awesome! Love it!” expressed another. “It is normal that I’m so afraid of this?” tweeted a third. “The Terminator!,” commented a fourth mentioning a franchise of films on robot apocalypse. Expressing the same notion another wrote, “Terminators; so it begins.”
A couple of days back, the official accounts of Honor and AMD on Weibo teased a collaboration between the two companies. We reported it to be the initial teaser for Honor gaming laptops. Unfortunately, it isn’t the case as the Huawei sub-brand has scheduled an event for July 16 to announced new MagicBook series Ryzen Edition
Recently, Honor launched MagicBook Pro 2020 models powered by Intel 10th generation processors paired with MX350 GPU. We think the upcoming AMD Ryzen-equipped MagicBook notebooks may also feature a similar design and identical features.
Although Honor has begun to tease the new models ahead of their launch, as of now, it has only revealed them to come with 65W fast charging support. The brand claims that these forthcoming Rzyen Edition laptops will be able to charge about 50% within 30 minutes.
That said, the brand is yet to reveal other specifics about its next laptop models. Anyway, going by the earlier announcement teaser, these models will be part of Honor’s thin and light laptop models. Hence, they will probably feature Ryzen U series chipsets, which are not built for gaming and resource-hungry tasks.
Vivo had unveiled the Vivo TWS Neo earbuds in China alongside the Vivo X50 series in China on June 1. Rumors are rife that the Vivo X50 and Vivo X50 Pro smartphones will debut in India on July 16. A new report on 91mobiles states that the company will be also announcing the Vivo TWS Neo earbuds through the same event.
The publication has learned from its retail sources that the Vivo TWS Neo will launch with the Vivo X50 series. At present, there is no word on its pricing for India. In China, it is priced, the Vivo TWS Neo earbuds are priced at 499 Yuan (~$71; ~$Rs. 5,355). It is available in the homeland in color variants like Interstellar Blue and Moon White.
As far as the Vivo X50 series is concerned, it is speculated that the global markets will receive only the Vivo X50 and Vivo X50 Pro smartphones. The Snapdragon 865 powered Vivo X50 Pro+ is unlikely to launch in markets outside of China.
The Vivo TWS Neo earbuds are equipped with 14.2mm large drivers and it comes with support for Bluetooth 5.2 connectivity. For personalized listening experience, it offers with three DeepX Stereo modes like bass-heavy, clear voice and high pitch.
It delivers CD-rated audio output as it is equipped with aptX adaptive codec. With the charging case, it promises a battery life of up to 27 hours. The case has a USB-C port for charging, and there is no support for wireless charging. For video calls and gaming, it comes with low latency of 88ms. Other features that are available on the Vivo TWS Neo are IP54 rating, Jovi assistant, and support for touch gestures.
Google Pixel fans are endlessly waiting for the arrival of the Pixel 4a midrange. While some rumors have claimed that the Snapdragon 730 powered smartphone will debut this month, while contradictory reports have claimed that its arrival could be postponed until October. Previous reports have claimed that Google could be launching the Pixel 5 and Pixel 5 XL phones in October. However, a fresh report on 9to5Google claims that the search engine will not be launching two phones such as Pixel 4a (5G) and Pixel 5 soon, and it will not be launching the Pixel 5 XL handset.
Dylan Roussel from 9to5Google scoured through the code of the latest beta edition of the Google Search app and came across the codenames of the entire Google Pixel lineup for this year. As shown in the below image, Bramble is the codename of Pixel 5 whereas the Pixel 4a (5G) is codenamed as Redfin. Initial reports had claimed that these handsets could be debuting as Pixel 5 and Pixel 5 XL.
As previous reports have revealed, the Sunfish codename belongs to the upcoming Pixel 4a handset. The Pixel 4a XL and Pixel 5 XL are not on the list. This suggests that the search engine giant has not planned to launch these phones this year.
The Bramble phone i.e. the Pixel 5 is rumored to be equipped with Snapdragon 765 chipset and is not a flagship phone. The Pixel 4a (5G) could be powered by a less powerful 5G chipset. Qualcomm has recently launched the Snapdragon 690 5G that brings 5G capabilities on affordable devices. It remains to be whether Google uses SD690 on the Pixel 4a (5G). Even if the Pixel 4a (5G) arrives with SD765G, the company may offer it with cheaper build materials like plastic whereas the Pixel 5 may arrive with aluminum and glass chassis. Since the hardware information for Pixel 4a (5G) and Pixel 5 are just assumptions, it is advisable to wait for further reports to know more about their specs.
Less than a month after we reported that Xiaomi has started pushing the Android 10-based MIUI 11 update to the Redmi Note 7 users in China, the company has announced same for users in India. The company announced via a thread on the Mi Community forum that the MIUI 11 beta stable update based on Android 10 has been pushed to selected users in India.
The update which was delivered via OTA ushers in the MIUI 11 IN Beta Stable V11.0.2.0 QFGINXM version. Since it is a stable build, releasing it as a beta means the company is testing the build if there are still bugs. The push is likely to users who were selected for the Redmi Note 7 beta program and they will be required to share their feedback. If there are no issues with the build, a full rollout is expected in India within a week or even less. However, the rollout will be halted should bug or any other complaint emerges from users who received the update.
The changelog has not been released and a link to download the update isn’t available. Those who got the update are not allowed to share a download link or even the changelog. However, the post did indicate that the build ushers in Android 10 and it should bring all the Android 10 features that are already in the open such as system-wide dark mode and improved always-on display functionality. It also brings along new animations, themes, wallpapers and improved notification system among others. We also expect the update to deliver the latest Android security patch.
This is the year of mid-rangers, and specifically 5G mid-rangers. After a lot of 5G handsets, even Vivo’s brand iQOO launched a very affordable 5G phone in the Chinese market: the iQOO Z1x 5G. It is definitely one of the cheapest phones with the support of fifth-generation networks in the whole market, but is its value for money high enough to be preferred to other recent 5G mid-rangers? In order to let you find out, we decided to compare its specifications with the Vivo X50 and the Oppo Reno4: the base variants of the latest 5G series released by Vivo and Oppo.
Triple 48 + 2 + 2 MP f/1.8, f/2.4 and f/2.4
16 MP f/2.0 front camera
BATTERY
4000 mAh, fast charging 65W with SuperVOOC 2.0
4200 mAh, fast charging 33W
5000 mAh, Fast charging 33W
ADDITIONAL FEATURES
Dual SIM slot, 5G
Dual SIM slot, 5G
Dual SIM slot, 5G
Design
All of these handset offer a modern design, but the most wonderful is the Vivo X50 which comes with a glass back, an aluminum frame like flagships and even a very high screen-to-body ratio, the highest of this comparison. You get a display with a single punch-hole inside and even an in-display fingerprint reader so that the glass back is totally clean with the exception of the camera elements. Oppo Reno4 comes right after, it has a very clean and futuristic design too. But it has a dual punch-hole and a lower screen-to-body ratio than Vivo X50. It is even thinner and lighter, one of the thinnest 5G phones released, that is why Vivo X50 is my favorite choice.
Display
With the Vivo X50, you even get the best display. It is an AMOLED panel with a 90 Hz refresh rate and the HDR10+ certification, so it provides both a smooth viewing experience and a great image quality. iQOO Z1x 5G has HDR10 and an even higher refresh rate (120 Hz!), but unfortunately, it sports a disappointing TFT panel which is not even close to the Vivo X50 in terms of image quality. Oppo Reno4 has an AMOLED display, but with a standard refresh rate.
Hardware/Software
iQOO Z1x 5G, Oppo Reno4 and Vivo X50 are based on the Snapdragon 765G mobile platform, they sport up to 8 GB of RAM and up to 256 GB of UFS 2.1 internal storage. Exactly the same hardware department, so you would get more or less the same performance and the same 5G connectivity with SA/NSA standards and an integrated Snapdragon X52 modem. The software is what changes: iQOO UI, ColorOS, and Funtouch OS, respectively, all based on Android 10.
Camera
Vivo X50 is again the winner, even when it comes to the camera quality. Vivo X50 is the only one with OIS, it has an additional telephoto lens which is not present on its rivals, and it provides a way better photo quality. Oppo Reno4 only wins the selfie comparison thanks to a dual 32 + 2 MP front camera including a depth sensor. iQOO Z1x is the most disappointing one as a camera phone, simply do not choose it if you need great photos and videos.
Battery
Finally an aspect under which iQOO Z1x takes the crown: it has the longest battery life thanks to its bigger 5000 mAh battery. On the other hand, with the Oppo Reno4, you get the fastest charging technology with a 65W power. It can fully charge in just 36 minutes from 0 to 100 percent.
Price
iQOO Z1x is priced just €200/$226 in its base variant, Oppo Reno4 costs €370/$418, and Vivo X50 carries a €451/$510 price tag. There is no doubt about the fact that Vivo X50 is the most advanced phone of this comparison. But you can get the same performance and a longer battery life for less money with the iQOO Z1x. So if you do not care about cameras, design and image quality, iQOO Z1x is enough for you. Oppo Reno4 sits in the middle, it will let you save some money, but you have to face compromises when it comes to the camera department and the display, compared to the Vivo X50.
Xiaomi will be expanding its ecosystem products in Europe on July 15. In India, the company has scheduled the launch of a new product on June 14. The product is the MIJIA Portable Inflator which was first launched in China last year. The product will likely launch as Mi Portable Electric Air Compressor in India as it adopts the same name in the UK where it is on sale for £39.99.
The portable electric pump is designed to work with a wide range of nozzles. It is housed in a compact body so that you can easily carry it everywhere you go. The product’s dimensions without the pipe are 124x71x45.3mm.
A compact and portable piece of #SmartTech is coming your way.
Moreover, this tire electric inflator pump comes with a Micro-USB charging interface and offers an inflation pressure range of 0.2-10.3bar/3-150psi.With 5V-2A charging parameters, the Xiaomi Portable Electric Air Compressor draws its juices from a 2000mAh (14.8Wh) battery and can be charged in less than three hours. It offers a sensor accuracy of ±2psi. On top of that, the feature-laden tire electric inflator pump produces noise less than 80dB from 1 meter. Compatible with multiple air taps, the device stops when fully inflated.
Xiaomi will be releasing the Mi Smart Band 5 for the global market on July 15 as a successor to the Mi Band 4. The Mi Band 5 definitely has a tall three to climb going by the performance of the Band 4. Xiaomi has taken to Twitter to brag about the Mi Band 4’s sales feat.
According to Canalys wearable band shipment estimates that is referenced by the tweet, the Mi Band 4 is the best-selling wearable band worldwide in the period ranging from Q3 2019 to Q1 2020.
Xiaomi’s smart band have often enjoyed huge market successes right from the original Mi Band. The Mi Band 2 released in 2016 was also another top-selling model. The same thing applies to the Mi Band 3 and now the Band 4. The company had sold a million unit of the original Mi Band in just nine months. The Mi Band 2 achieved the same feat in just two months while the Xiaomi Mi Band 3 sold up to 1 million units in just 17. Just like old wine, it just kept getting better as the brand ages. The Mi Band 4 recorded up to 1 million units in sales in just 8 days!
WOW! #MiSmartBand4 is the best-selling wearable band in the world! 🎉
There is hardly any doubt that the Mi Band 5 will also be a top-selling model considering the improvements in its design and added features. It is noteworthy that the company recently rolled out the drums to celebrate shipping over 100 million smart wearable devices between 2014 and 2019.
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