Realme X50 Pro 5G recently got launched as the company’s first global 5G smartphone and now the phone is all set to be available in the company’s home market China. This will be the company’s second 5G phone in China, after the launch of X50 5G.
The smartphone will get launched in China on 12th March at 02:00 PM local time and will be available in two colors — Moss Green and Rust Red, same as the global variants. There are also reports about the company launching Master Edition, but to know about it, we’ll have to wait for official launch.
The smartphone comes with a 6.44-inch Super AMOLED Full HD+ display with 90Hz refresh rate. It is HDR10 complaint screen which comes integrated with an in-display fingerprint reader for added security.
Under the hood, the device is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 chipset and three options in terms of RAM — 6GB, 8GB, and 12GB as well as two internal storage choices — 128GB and 256GB.
In the camera department, there are four camera sensors stacked vertically. It comprises of a 64-megapixel main lens with f/1.8 aperture and 30fps 4K video shooting support, a 12-megapixel telephoto lens with 20x hybrid zoom support and f/2.5 aperture, an 8-megapixel ultrawide lens with 119-degee field-of-view and f/2.3 aperture and lastly a 2-megapixel portrait lens with f/2.4 aperture.
Now coming to the front side, there’s a Sony IMX616 32-megapixel primary front-facing camera sensor with f/2.5 aperture and an 8-megapixel ultrawide lens with 105-degree field-of-view and f/2.2 aperture.
The device comes with connectivity features like dual SIM support, the latest Wi-Fi 6 technology, Bluetooth 5.0, dual frequency GPS, NFC and USB-C. It runs the latest Android 10 operating system with Realme UI on top and is powered by a 4,200mAh battery that supports 65W SuperDart fast charging technology.
The OxygenOS custom skin which OnePlus smartphone feature has been touted to be one of the best Android skins out there. Some even go as far as to say that its aesthetics, customizability, and functions are better than even the vanilla version of Android. Now, to further improve its software and to better listen to community feedback, OnePlus has launched the IDEAS platform.
Historically, OnePlus has often worked closely with its community and customers feedback, actively running a robust OnePlus community app and website as well. It even hosts regular Open Ears forums for discussions from around the world and engages with their user base for additional feedback. But the Chinese company is now taking this a step further with the IDEAS program.
OxygenOS
According to a recent post on OnePus forums, the IDEAS program allows users to share feedback“ on how they wish to improve OnePlus products. This includes OxygenOS and unlike other feedback channels, the new platform is freer with its approach and is even taking users’ opinions and tips as well. In other words, one can comment on an idea or show their support for one through a voting system. The global beta for the IDEAS platform has already kicked off and various users have been invited to submit ideas related to software improvements.
For those interested in actively participating, you will need to have a OnePlus community account to log in and submit your ideas. The company has even left additional guidance and tips on how to navigate and submit tips on the official webpage itself. One can also vote for other people’s ideas and comments and the best and most popular ideas might get featured in a future update.
OnePlus IDEAS Platform
The IDEAS program will run from the 5th March to 30th April 2020. Every two weeks, the ideas and tips will be reviewed and the selection process will be undertaken. The entire process will be through a rounds structure with a total of 4 rounds. In each of these rounds, the top 5 ideas in every round will move on ahead to the next round. After this, OnePlus’ product team will review the selected ideas and discuss them with users before settling on an idea for the software R&D team. Winners of the IDEAS program will receive different tiers of rewards, including:
Adopted Ideas:
A VIP Ticket to an upcoming OnePlus event
Round trip with a one-night accommodation
Top 5 Most Upvoted Ideas
1000 Community credits
Customized Community badge
A pair of OnePlus Bullets Wireless 2
Submitted Ideas
20 Community credits (limited to once per day)
Click here to go to the official forums website for additional information and participation
Touted as one of Kospet’s most cost-effective smartwatches, the Kospet Probe does not run an operating system like other traditional smartwatches available on the market. Sporting a watch design, the Probe is a fitness tracker.
The Kospet Probe sports an easy-to-read 1.3-inches display with 240×240 pixels resolution and tempered glass with 9H hardness on top. It is housed in a scratch-resistant, carbon-coated watch case and carries IP68 water and dust-proof rating.
Sports and fitness enthusiasts usually end up spending a lot of money on fitness gadgets such as fitness wristband and fitness trackers. It might interest you to know that the Kospet Probe, on the other hand, can be yours for a lowered price of just $31.99 through Gearbest. This is a 25 percent reduction in the device’s original asking price of $42.67.
The Probe is an ideal companion for daily sports activity tracking. It boasts an impressive array of features and can record various activities such as sport lasting time, moving distance, calories burned, etc. Aside from that, it comes with a built-in pedometer.
Equipped with real-time health condition monitor including heart rate, blood pressure, as well as sleep monitoring, the Kospet Probe is designed to help you lead a healthier lifestyle. Furthermore, the Probe can be described as a portable extension for mobile phones as it features call reminders, message push, one-click refuse, remote photo taking and more.
The Probe draws its juices from a robust 250mAh Lithium-ion battery that offers a working time of up to 15 days. On top of that, it comes with multiple dial styles for you to choose from. The round-shaped dial plate adopts an elegant design that suits clothes in any style.
You can check out more details about the Kospet Probe Smart Watch by heading straight to this link and place your order. With more than 300 pieces sold at the time of writing, the flash sale is slated to end in just two days.
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Last month, Xiaomi had launched its flagship series for 2020, the Mi 10 series. The latest generation of premium grade smartphones arrives with top notch specs with its cameras receiving positive reception. Now, the Chinese tech giant has rolled out an important update for the Mi 10 Pro‘s camera module.
Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro
Notably, the commercial variant of a smartphone and the testing versions sent to firms like DxOMark differ slightly. In other words, the testing versions carry slightly better camera software optimizations, so results may vary from real life testing. However, this doesn’t mean Xiaomi has left out a better algorithm for the customers as the company has started rolling out the same DxOMark camera software version.
For those unaware, the Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro units sent to DxOMark featured better optimizations that improved autofocus in low light scenarios. Furthermore, the color adjustments for the HDR were also better and the occasional purple tint on night scenes was fixed as well. Basically, the testing version was noticeably better in performance than the commercially available variant.
Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro’s official teardown
But now, the new update (MIUI V11.0.12.0) brings all of those improvements to the Mi 10 Pro’s quad camera module. This includes its the 108 megapixel primary sensor alongside the 10x hybrid zoom lens, 12 megapixel portrait lens and a 20 megapixel ultra wide angle lens. So for Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro owners, look out for the new update which will improve the performance of your flagship smartphone.
Xiaomi’s well-received gaming brand Black Shark officially announced two new gaming-centric phones including the Black Shark 3 and Black Shark 3 Pro earlier this month.
Following the launch event, both, the Black Shark 3 and its Pro variant went up for reservation and garnered more than a whopping 5 million reservations despite carrying steep price tags. Traditionally, Black Shark releases a gaming phone at the start of the year and unveils its upgraded version in the second quarter of the year, but it deviated from its release pattern by announcing the Black Shark 3 and its Pro model in March.
The recently unveiled Xiaomi Black Shark 3 Pro has gone up for pre-order via one of China’s most popular e-tailers, Giztop. The black-tinted, 8GB RAM+256 ROM Black Shark 3 Pro model can now be yours for $849. If you are willing to shell out $50 more (i.e. $899), you can go for the slightly larger variant that ships with 12GB RAM offer 256GB of internal storage.
Both phones including the Black Shark 3 and the Black Shark 3 Pro retains the brand’s X themed design featuring sharp geometrical curves that are further augmented with grooves on the back. The most notable change in the Black Shark 3 series is the revamped, triangle-shaped camera module.
The Black Shark 3 Pro sports a mammoth 7.1-inch AMOLED panel, which is integrated with the industry’s first 270Hz touch sampling rate. The touch panel offers a refresh rate of 90Hz for seamless scrolling and animations. Furthermore, the display boasts a Quad HD+ resolution of 3120 x 1440 pixels.
The gaming phone packs a powerful Snapdragon 865 Octa-core processor, along with a competent Adreno 650 GPU under the hood. In the photography department, it houses a 64MP, 13MP and a 5MP triple camera setup at the back and a 20MP front shooter for self-portraits and video calling.
The Xiaomi Black Shark 3 Pro runs JOY UI OS based on Android 10 OS and is backed by a 5000mAh battery that supports 65W fast charging, which is one of the largest capacities available in any smartphone. Moreover, the dual-SIM gaming phone features two mechanical gaming buttons located on its right side.
You can follow this link to check out more details about the Xiaomi Black Shark 3 Pro and place your pre-order through Giztop. The estimated delivery date for the gaming phone is in the middle of March this year.
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The leak reveals that the Huawei Nova 7 SE will be powered by a 5G-enabled mid-range Kirin chipset. Currently, Huawei makes use of the older Kirin 710F and the more Kirin 810 to power its mid-range phones. Both of them lack support for 5G connectivity. Last year, the Nova 5i Pro that debuted in June became the first Huawei phone to arrive with Kirin 810. The Nova 6 SE that debuted in December is also driven by the Kirin 810 chipset.
Kirin1020 v Kirin990 5G Nearly 50% performance increase 5 nm v 7nm EVU ARM A77 v A76 5G only.
Kirin 820 replace current 810 and include build in 5G modem first device will be Nova 7 or 10X#Huawei
It is likely that the Huawei Nova 7 SE may end up as the first phone with the new mid-range Kirin 5G SoC. A leakster had revealed at the end of 2019 that Kirin 820 5G chipset will succeed Kirin 810. Some of the key details of Kirin 820 5G had appeared earlier this year. The first devices to feature could be Huawei Nova 7 or Honor 10X.
Coming back to the specs of the Huawei Nova 7 SE, it is expected to feature a 6.5-inch punch-hole display and a side-facing fingerprint reader. The battery capacity of the Nova 7 SE is yet to be revealed, but it is expected to support 22.5W fast charging. The rear camera setup of the phone may have a 64-megapixel primary shooter.
Motorola Edge+ is the moniker of the upcoming flagship from Motorola. The key specifications of the smartphone of already appeared in recent reports. It is speculated that Verizon users in the U.S. may receive the handset as Motorola Edge+ and it may release in other markets as Motorola One 2020. Popular tipster OnLeaks has collaborated with Pricebaba to bring the renders of the Motorola Edge+. The CAD renders have revealed that the smartphone will be equipped with a punch-hole waterfall display and triple rear cameras.
Motorola Edge+ renders and specifications
The most striking feature of the Motorola Edge+ flagship phone is its marvelous display. As it can be seen in the CAD renders, it is equipped with a waterfall display with extremely curved left and right edges. The forehead of the Edge+ is thin and its chin is a bit thick. There is a tiny punch-hole at the top-left corner of the screen for the selfie camera. The dimensions of the Motorola Edge+ are 161.1 x 71.3 x 9.5mm. The thickness of the device increases to 11.5mm at the camera bump.
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Motorola Edge+
While the tipster speculates that the screen of the Motorola Edge+ will measure between 6.5 or 6.8 inches, previous reports have revealed that it will be sporting a full HD+ 6.67-inch display with 90Hz refresh rate support. The tipster says that the display is embedded with a fingerprint scanner which indicates that the phone has an OLED screen.
The glass rear of the Motorola Edge+ has a vertical triple camera setup. Alongside is a module that houses some camera-related sensors and dual LED flash. Above the camera is a noise-cancellation mic and another one can be seen towards the bottom of the back panel. There is a LED ring surrounding the Motorola logo on the rear which is expected to function as notification indicator. The other things that can be seen in the CAD renders is that the Edge+ has 3.5mm audio jack, ejectable SIM tray, mic, USB-C, speaker grille, volume rocker and power key along its edges.
The Snapdragon 865 powered Motorola Edge+ is expected to release in 8 GB and 12 GB RAM versions. It will be a 5G-ready phone with Android 10 OS preinstalled. It is pegged to house a 5,170mAh battery.
HMD Global, the company behind the new Nokia-branded smartphones, has confirmed that it is the official mobile partner for the upcoming James Bond movie named No Time To Die. It has also been revealed that the movie will feature the company’s 5G smartphone in the hands of agents.
This announcement is quite a hype generating one given that the company is all set to launch its first 5G smartphone on 19th March at an event in London, UK. The invitation for the launch event was also in a Bond style, hinting at the collaboration.
The movie No Time To Die will feature three Nokia smartphones — Nokia 7.2, Nokia 3310 and the upcoming Nokia 5G smartphone. The company has also confirmed that the film will show Agent Nomi, played by Lashana Lynch, using the new device and taking advantage of its 5G-based features.
Further, the Finnish company has also made a new advertisement starring Lashana Lynch for the unannounced Nokia handset. The advertisement is due to be released on 8th March in which we’ll get a closer look at the device.
Commenting regarding the association with the company, Lashana Lynch said: “My first phone was actually a Nokia 3210 when I was about 10-years-old. In retrospect, it was my smartphone of the 90s. Being able to change the buttons and faces, whilst playing Snake blew my mind! So, after seeing how much Nokia smartphones have evolved over the years from my childhood to now, it’s exciting to play Nomi who helps unveil a new smartphone for this iconic brand.”
As per the report, the tagline for the Nokia’s upcoming 5G smartphone for the Bond campaign will be “the only gadget you will ever need” and more information about the phone will be revealed on 19th March, when it will go official.
The film No Time To Die was set to get released on 2nd April but the producers have confirmed that the release has been postponed to 2nd November because of the coronavirus outbreak.
In December 2019, Redmi had launched the Redmi K30 4G and Redmi K30 5G smartphones. While the Redmi K30 4G was made available for purchase readily, the company decided to sell the Redmi K30 5G in January. The Redmi K30 5G was announced in four RAM and storage combinations. While the starting three variants have been available for purchase, it is only today that Redmi began with the sales of the 8 GB RAM + 256 GB storage variant of the Redmi K30 5G.
The 8 GB RAM + 256 GB storage edition of the Redmi K30 5G carries a price tag of 2,899 Yuan (~$416). The new model is available in all four color variants like Time Monologue, Purple Jade Fantasy, Deep Sea Glow and Flower Shadow. As the poster reveals, Redmi is offering a free of headsets to customers who purchase the 8 GB + 256 GB variant of the Redmi K30 5G.
The Redmi K30 5G features a 6.67-inch IPS LCD panel that supports full HD+ resolution and a refresh rate of 120Hz. The Snapdragon 765G chipset is present under the hood of the device. It is equipped with a 4,500mAh battery that carries support for 30W rapid charging.
The dual punch-hole on the screen of the Redmi K30 5G features a 20-megapixel + 2-megapixel dual camera setup. The back panel of the phone is fitted with a quad camera setup that comprises of 64-megapixel Sony IMX686 main lens, an 8-megapixel ultrawide shooter, a 2-megapixel macro lens and a 2-megapixel depth sensor. It has a side-facing fingerprint reader.
In related news, Redmi recently confirmed that it has sold 1 million units of the Redmi K30 series smartphones. The company will be announcing the Snapdragon 865 mobile platform driven Redmi K30 Pro 5G phone this month. It is expected to come with a notch-less display, a dual pop-up selfie camera and a more powerful quad camera setup.
The OPPO Find X2 and Find X2 Pro flagship phones will go official later today. Reputed leaksters Roland Quandt from Winfuture.de and Ishan Agarwal have revealed the specs, renders and pricing of the Find X2 and Find X2 Pro smartphones. Ahead of today’s launch, both phones have appeared on TENAA with full specifications.
OPPO Find X2 and Find X2 Pro specifications
The Find X2 (PDEM10 / PDET10 model number) has 164.9 x 74.5 x 8mm dimensions and it weighs 187 grams. Black, blue-green and white are mentioned as color variants of the phone on TENAA. The Find X2 Pro (PDEM30 model number) has 165.2 x 74.4 x 9.5mm dimension and it weighs 200 grams. It has black and orange color variants.
OPPO Find X2 Pro
The Find X2 and X2 Pro have a 6.7-inch AMOLED display that offers 1440 x 3180 pixels. The displays on both phones have in-screen fingerprint readers. The exact sizes of their batteries are not mentioned. However, other leaks have revealed that the Find X2 has a 4,200mAh battery and Find X2 Pro has a slightly larger 4,260mAh battery. The Snapdragon 865 mobile platform powers both phones and they are preloaded with Android 10 OS. Both devices lack support for microSD card slot.
The Find X2 and Find X2 Pro have punch-hole screens with 32-megapixel selfie cameras. The Find X2 has a 48-megapixel + 12-megapixel + 13-megapixel triple camera system whereas the Find X2 Pro features 48-megapixel + 48-megapixel + 13-megapixel triple camera setup.
The Find X2 is mentioned in RAM versions like 8 GB and 12 GB and storage models like 128 GB and 256 GB. On the other side, the Find X2 Pro has 12 GB of RAM and 256 GB and 512 GB storage variants. The TENAA listings of both phones do not have their images yet. However, the designs of both phones have been revealed through leaked renders.
The pricing of Find X2 and Find X2 Pro are not known yet. Just as the original Find X came in a special Lamborghini edition, there could be a Find X2 Lamborghini Edition with 12 GB RAM and 512 GB storage priced at 19,999 Yuan (~$2,875).
TCL is about pioneering what could as well become a workable foldable (sorry rollable) phone design. While we are yet to fully grapple with the intricacies of the foldable design, the Chinese tech giant has showcased the render of a rollable display-packing phone.
The rollable design affords the phone a different form factor from what obtains on the foldable style that has gone commercial already. The company equally showcased a tri-fold foldable design prototype but did not say when it will become available.
The two phones utilise display panels developed by TCL-CSOT, the company’s display division that equally manufactures its smart TV displays. The tri-fold model features a flexible AMOLED technology which allows a 10-inch tablet to collapse into a 6.65-inch device. The folded display has an aspect ratio of 20.8:9 and an amazing 3K resolution.
TCL introduced two different hinges for the tri-fold model – DragonHinge and ButterflyHinge. While one of the hinges folds inside like the Galaxy Fold, the second one folds outwards like the Huawei Mate X. It is this design that allows the smartphone to have a triple folding form factor.
On the other hand, the rollable AMOLED display entends sideways from underneath the body of the device and retracts inside as desired just by pushing a button. The device when retracted has a 6.75-inch screen but when it is expanded, it assumes a 7.8-inch display. The rollable design ditches the hinge instead, it has a motorized mechanism and doesn’t allow a manual pull-push motion for now.
What makes this interesting is that the change in form factor automatically enables an adaptation of the user interface to the bigger display, providing additional features like split-screen and multitasking enhancements. With this design style, we won’t have to deal with wrinkles or creases on the foldable OLED screen.
TCL says the smartphones are not yet ready to go commercial. Thus, pricing and availability details weren’t shared.
Huawei’s AppGallery is the third largest app store in the world even though it is practically new. The manufacturer has been wooing developers to create apps for its platform with incentives. The latest is a revenue-sharing formula that will see developers get up to 90% of the money made.
Huawei is calling it the Revenue Share Percentage for the Preferential Policy and it is valid for 24 months and it is valid from when developers accept the agreement before June 30, 2020. The preferential policy becomes effective the first day of the next month after you agree to the policy for developers who had previously signed the AppGallery Joint Operations Sevice Agreement. For those who have not signed the AppGallery Joint Operations Sevice Agreement, the preferential policy begins the same month. Both categories of developers have until June 2020 to benefit from the preferential policy.
Google adopts a 30:70 sharing ratio between it and its developers. This is the same revenue split Apple applies to developers on its App Store. Last year, Epic Games refused to put its popular game, Fortnite, on the Google Play Store. The games studio said the 30% Google took from sales was too high as the “developer’s 70% also covers the cost of developing, operating and supporting the game”.
Epic Games has launched its own game store where developers earn 88% and the store takes 12% of sales.
The Find series remains unarguably OPPO‘s best product line till date. The buzz surrounding the series just refused to whittle down despite the hiatus before the Find X was finally launched last year. The Find X2 is about launching alongside the Find X2 Pro on March 6 and the rumour mill has kept buzzing. Ahead of the launch, the full specifications of the OPPO Find X2 Pro have appeared online, giving us a clearer picture of what to expect. The renders of the device also made the rounds online.
Definitely, the pro version will come with a more powerful specs lineup. The leaked poster shows that the Find X2 Pro will feature a 6.7-inch AMOLED display with a 3K resolution of 3168 x 1440 pixels and 551ppi. The display will also support 120Hz refresh rate, 800 nits high brightness and 1200nit peak HDR brightness. The device packs a hole-punch selfie camera design with a 32MP sensor. The full-screen, notch-less design gives the Find X2 Pro a 93% screen-to-body ratio which is pretty impressive.
In addition, the device has a dimension of 165.2 x 74.4 x 8.8 mm. The weight varies between 200g and 208g for the two colour variants. In case you don’t know, the Find X2 Pro will come in a Vegan Orange Leather variant which weighs 208g and a Ceramic Black variant weighing in at 200g.
The Find X2 Pro is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 processor which brings support for Dual-Mode 5G connectivity, WiFi 6 and NFC. The phone will have up to 12GB of LPDDR5 RAM and 512GB of UFS 3.0 storage.
At the rear, the flagship smartphone will have a Quad camera setup comprised of a 48MP Sony IMX689 sensor with OIS, a 48MP Ultra-wide angle Sony IMX586 sensor. There is also a 13MP Periscope zoom camera with OIS and 10X hybrid optical zoom. Further, the device gets its interface from the ColorOS 7 based on Android 10. It equally comes with a 4260mAh battery with SuperVOOC 2.0 65W charging that is said to deliver a full charge to a flat battery in just 38 minutes.
UPDATE: OPPO’s VP Brian Shen today revealed some key differences between the Find X2 and Find X2 Pro. The models have different camera sensors. The Find X2 Pro features a better camera sensor while the Find X2 equally has a decent setup but not as powerful as the Pro version. The camera seems to be where the major difference lies. In addition, the Find X2 has a slightly lesser camera bump and is slightly thinner and lighter.
Alongside the Oppo Find X2 series, tomorrow Oppo will also unveil its first smartwatch: the Oppo Watch. It will not be just a random affordable smartwatch or fitness band: we will see a high-end product with a lot of features you would expect on the best smartwatch of 2020 and more. Thanks to several leaks and official renders, we know a lot about the upcoming Oppo Watch, we already know its design and form factor, as well as several specifications. We collected every info we got in a roundup ahead of the official launch which will be live-streamed tomorrow. Let’s discover together whether or not it is really one of the potential best smartwatches of the year by analyzing its known features.
Oppo Watch Design
OPPO Watch
A lot of people are already calling the Oppo Watch an Apple Watch clone. Not only its name is similar to the Cupertino giant’s smartwatch, but even its design looks like the expensive Apple wearable. But the good thing is that it will be the Apple Watch for Android handsets. Oppo Watch will feature a square display with 3D curved edges. Oppo decided to ditch the twisting digital crown and replaced it with two buttons on the right side of the case. It will come in black and copper cases with blue and gold straps similar to the sport bands of the Apple Watch. According to the VP Brian Shen, the gadget is there to serve the users and not just look good, that is why Oppo opted for a square design instead of a circular display.
Oppo Watch Specs
Below you can find the known specifications of the Oppo Watch, but keep in mind that not everything you will read below is officially confirmed by the company.
Square design with blu and gold straps
1.91-inch retina display with a 326 ppi pixel density, 3D curved edges and 100% DCI-P3 color gamut
Snapdragon Wear 2500 chipset with Apollo3 ultra low power chip
Wear OS (unconfirmed)
ECG sensor (just speculations!)
eSIM support
Calls support
5ATM waterproof
Yes, Oppo’s smartwatch might run Wear OS by Google, just like the Xiaomi Mi Watch. That would be a piece of amazing news since it will guarantee the best integration with the Android operating system. And after Google acquired Fitbit, we expect great news in the wearable sector. It will support eSIM, so that the user will be able to use it independently from its smartphone, even for calls. There might even be an ECG sensor (electrocardiogram) just like the latest Apple smartwatches that read the rate and rhythm of the heart and can spot signs of atrial fibrillation.
Oppo Watch will be officially announced tomorrow at 4:30 am ET (that is equivalent to 10:30 AM CET), alongside the Oppo Find X2 and X2 Pro. The event will only be available in streaming due to the Coronavirus outbreak which made the company delay the launch due to MWC 2020 cancellation. You can watch the event at the link below on the official Oppo YouTube channel. The wearable is expected to cost around 2000 Yuan in China, which roughly translates into $288.
There is a new Moto G8 phone, no, not the Moto G8 Lite but the Moto G8 itself. Yes, the Moto G8 just got announced, more than four months after its siblings the Moto G8 Play and Moto G8 Plus were announced in Brazil.
The Moto G8 comes with a 6.4-inch punch-hole Max Vision display with an HD+ resolution just like the Play version. The hole is at the top left corner and it houses an 8MP camera.
There is a Snapdragon 665 chipset inside the phone and it is paired with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. The phone has a hybrid SIM slot, so you can swap the second SIM for a MicroSD card.
There are three rear cameras on the back of the phone. The top sensor is an 8MP ultrawide angle camera with a 118° field of view. It is followed by a 16MP f/1.7 primary camera and a 2MP macro camera. The fourth hole is actually for the laser autofocus module. There is also a fingerprint scanner on the back of the phone.
Motorola has included a 4000mAh battery which is bigger than that of the Moto G7 (3000mAh) and they claim it should last up to 40 hours with moderate usage and standby time included. However, there is a tradeoff. The phone only supports 10W charging instead of 15W fast charging like its predecessor. You get a USB Type-C port at the bottom while an audio jack sits at the top.
The phone runs Android 10 out of the box with Moto Experiences. The phone has a water-repellent design and comes with a pair of earphones and a protective case.
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The Moto G8 is available in Pearl White and Neon Blue. It is priced at R$ 1,299 (~$280) in Brazil on the official website. If you live in the UK, you can pick it up for £180 (~$233) on Amazon.
On February 24, Huawei held an online-only press conference where the star product was the Mate Xs foldable smartphone. The Mate Xs was the successor to the Huawei Mate X which was launched last year as Huawei’s first foldable phone. The device went on its first sale today in China and according to the company, all available units were sold out in seconds. The next flash sale will hold on March 8 and we also expect all units to be exhausted in a short time.
The Mate Xs is, thus, turning out to be as popular as the Mate X which sold as many units as Huawei could manufacture daily. This is despite the hefty 16,999 yuan (~$2,400) price tag for which the device sells. This is the same price as the Mate X 5G but where the Mate XS 5G excels is the presence of the latest Kirin 990 5G chipset onboard. The foldable smartphone is also said to come with a reinforced hinge as well as an improved cooling mechanism.
Several polls conducted after the Mate X and Galaxy Fold release showed that most persons prefer the out-folding design of the Mate X. The general consensus among those who were impressed by the design is that the Mate X represents what a truly foldable phone should look like. That is a design which is used unfolded and collapses into two halves when folded and not a dual display-packing design like the Galaxy Fold. But then, the Mate X is more fragile and that should also translate to the Mate Xs. Moreover, most fans seem to have pitched their tent with the Galaxy Z Flip and Motorola Razr 2019 clamshell-like foldable design. The flash sale result proves otherwise about the Mate Xs’ popularity in China.
We will welcome the new Oppo Find X2 series tomorrow. Oppo cancelled the physical event scheduled for MWC 2020 since MWC was cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak: that is why the launch of the new flagship was delayed to March 6, 2020. According to the company, the new lineup will be superlative, which means there will be no compromises. But the lineup will be composed of two models: Oppo Find X2 Pro which will be the top-tier flagship and Find X2 which will carry a more affordable price. Alongside the smartphones lineup, Oppo will also announce its first smartwatch: the Oppo Watch. Thanks to a lot of leaks and official info, we know many of the specifications of these flagships, so if you want to know what to expect from the event tomorrow, go ahead and discover all we know. Note that a lot of info is still based on rumors, so you should take something with a pinch of salt.
Oppo Find X2 and X2 Pro Design
The designs of the Oppo Find X2 and X2 Pro should not differ so much. According to the latest leaked renders and live photos, both the devices will come with a high screen-to-body ratio with negligible bezels, a single punch-hole, and a very narrow chin. The punch-hole displays will be 3D curved, but not extremely like the Mate 30 Pro which does not sport physical keys. Oppo Find X2 and X2 Pro will retain a volume rocker and a power key just like most of the flagships. The rear side will be made of glass and it will be completely clean with the exception of the camera module which will include all the camera elements (LED flash too). Oppo Find X2 and X2 Pro will come in black and green color variants and there will also be a Lamborghini special edition just like happened with the predecessor Find X.
UPDATE: Oppo Find X2 Pro will come in two color variants: Vegan Orange Leather and Ceramic Black. Leaked renders below.
According to leaked info, Oppo Find X2 and X2 Pro will boast the same amazing display. It will be a 10-bit OLED panel with a diagonal of 6.7 inches able to show one billion colors. The display will have a Quad HD+ resolution and a high 120 Hz refresh rate. Under the hood, there will be a Snapdragon 865 chipset paired with 8 GB of LPDDR5 RAM. While the display will be the same, the camera department will be toned down. The Oppo Find X2 is expected to sport a triple camera configuration with a 48 MP resolution, a secondary 12 MP sensor and a telephoto lens with 5x optical zoom. Below there is everything we know about the specifications, but note that not everything is officially confirmed.
Display: 6.7-inch OLED 10-bit with Quad HD+ resolution (3168 x 1440 pixels), 120 Hz refresh rate, HDR10, 240 Hz sampling rate, 1200 nits max brightness and 100% DCI P3 coverage
Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 octa-core 2,84 GHz with 5G modem
Memory configuration: 8 GB LPDDR5 RAM with up to 256 GB of UFS 3.0 internal storage
OS: Android 10 with ColorOS 7
Cameras: triple rear camera with 48 + 12 + 13 MP – Sony IMX586 + Sony IMX708 + telephoto lens with up to 5x optical zoom and 20x digital zoom – Ultra Steady 2.0 (EIS + OIS)
Battery: 4200 mAh
Dual stereo speakers with Dolby Atmos Audio
NFC
IP54 certification
Oppo Find X2 Pro Specs
First of all, the Oppo Find X2 Pro will differ from the standard variant for the camera department. Instead of the 48+13+12 MP triple camera, there will be two 48 MP sensors and a periscopic lens with a 13 MP resolution. The cameras will support up to 10x hybrid zoom and the Ultra Steady 2.0 for stabilization combining EIS and OIS. In the punch-hole display, you will find a Sony IMX616 sensor with a 32 MP resolution. We know for sure that the phone will also support 65W fast charging.
Dimensions and weight: 165.2 x 74.4 x 8.8 mm, weight beetween 200 and 208 grams
Display: 6.7-inch OLED 10-bit with Quad HD+ resolution (3168 x 1440 pixels), 120 Hz refresh rate, HDR10, 240 Hz sampling rate, 1200 nits max brightness, 93% screen to body ratio and 100% DCI P3 coverage
Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 octa-core 2,84 GHz with 5G modem
RAM and storage: up to 12 GB LPDDR5 with up to 512 GB of UFS 3.0 internal storage
Cameras: triple rear camera with 48 + 48 + 13 MP – Sony IMX689 + Sony IMX586 + periscopic lens with up to 10x hybrid zoom and 60x digital zoom – Ultra Steady 2.0 (EIS + OIS)
OS: Android 10 with ColorOS 7
Front camera: 32 MP Sony IMX616
Battery: 4260 mAh with Super VOOC 2.0 65W fast charging and wireless charging
Dual stereo speakers with Dolby Atmos audio
NFC
Wi-Fi 6
IP68 certification
Note that the Lamborghini Special Edition is rumored to feature 12 GB of RAM and 512 GB of internal storage.
UPDATE: Brian Shen just tweeted that although Find X2 Pro offers extra imagee quality, the upgraded IMX snesor in thee Find X2 and the intelligent software processing means photos are alreeady at a pretty high leevel. Further, Find X2 is slightly thinner and lighter, and it even comes with a less invasive camera bump. You can check his latest tweets here and the above info here.
Oppo Find X2 and X2 Pro launch, pricing and availability
OPPO Find X2 Pro leaked shot
Oppo Find X2 and X2 Pro will launch both in Asia and Europe. Indeed, there will a live streaming event for the global market in order to let fans from every part of the world to follow the official online launch. Naturally, the devices will be soon available in the global market. We still do not know the official listing price, but we think it will surely go beyond €1000 globally for the Pro variant.
The Lamborghini Edition is claimed to be priced at 19,999 Yuan in China (roughly $2884), even more expensive than the Huawei Mate Xs. Unfortunately, we do not know the exact dates from which the phones will be available to purchase. In order to know everything about the new flagship series, follow the live streaming event at the link below. The presentation will take place tomorrow at 10:30 AM CET. You can also set a reminder through YouTube in order to get alerted right before the launch.
True Wireless earbuds are rapidly turning into a trend these days and it is spreading like wildfire. At the moment, most of the top Chinese brands like Xiaomi, Meizu, Huawei,Vivo, Razer, and 360 have at least a TWS earbud under their names. While Apple remains the market leader in this segment, Chinese manufacturer Xiaomi is the second largest in terms of market share. Xiaomi may be planning to introduce a new pair of earbuds which has been spotted on the website of the Wireless Power Consortium. The earbuds is named Mi True Wireless Earphones 2S.
The Mi True Wireless Earphones 2S comes with the model number TWSEJO5WM and the listed is accompanied with an image of the gadget which may as well be a placeholder image. We say so because the earbuds look very much like the Mi Air 2 TWS earphones. The earbud will equally be housed in a charging case that is identical to the Xiaomi Air 2 TWS. However, going by the S suffix, this model may likely be a trimmed down variant. In addition, it is listed to have a maximum charging power of 2.5W.
Apart from these scanty details, nothing else is known about the Mi TWS Earbuds 2S. It is likely that earbuds will be launched in India soon. We’ll be on the lookout for more details as they emerge.
Towards the end of December 2020, Mediatek announced the Dimensity 800. More details about the chipset were revealed at CES 2020. The chipset is its third processor with an integrated 5G modem under the Dimensity series. The other two are the Dimensity 1000 and Dimensity 1000L. The Dimensity 1000L is still the only one of the three 5G processors that can be found in a commercially-available phone. No manufacturer has announced a phone powered by the Dimensity 1000 and Dimensity 800 yet but that might change soon, at least with respect to the latter.
According to Digital Chat Station, Redmi will be the first manufacturer to announce a phone with a Dimensity 800 processor. The leaker revealed the info on Weibo earlier today but failed to mention the name of the phone and when to expect it. Nevertheless, we have a guess of our own.
After looking at Redmi’s lineup, we believe the Dimensity 800-powered phone will appear in a Redmi Note phone, specifically the Redmi Note 9 Pro for China. Hold your horses, we’ll explain.
The Dimensity 800 is a chipset designed for affordable 5G devices. Redmi already has an upper mid-range 5G phone which is the Redmi K30 5G. The Redmi Note series is its mid-range line of smartphones and it makes sense if it will be the one to come with the chipset.
However, since the major markets (read India) where the Redmi Note series are popular are yet to have 5G, Redmi has no choice than to limit the 5G Redmi Note phone, in this case, the Redmi Note 9 Pro with a Dimensity 800 processor to China where 5G networks are available while the global version has a Snapdragon 720G processor. This is not the first time that a Redmi phone will have different specs in different markets, so it should not come as a surprise.
The Dimensity 800 has four Cortex-A76 cores clocked at 2.0GHz and four Cortex-A55 cores clocked at 2.0GHz too. It is a 7nm chipset and it has a Mali-G77 GPU.
The chipset brings significant upgrades in performance and efficiency when compared to the Helio G90T that powers the Redmi Note 8 Pro. The G90T is a 12nm chipset with two Cortex-A76 cores and eight Cortex-A55 cores. So the Dimensity 800 is definitely an upgrade.
The Redmi Note 9 series launches on March 12 in India but there is no launch date yet for China.
Google‘s latest Android 10 market share has been increasing consistently as more new smartphones get launched but curiously, Xiaomi has been rather slow in pushing the update to its phones, even the Android one models. The company recently pushed Android 10 update to the Mi A3 but had to roll back the update after several bugs were discovered on the build. Now, there are indications that the Redmi Note 7 Pro may soon get Android 10 update.
Xiaomi has reportedly started pushing the new update to Redmi Note 7 Pro units running MIUI 11 beta build in China. But the ROM is available to download as it is already hosted on Xiaomi’s servers. It comes as version 20.3.4 and has a size of 2.1 GB. If you plan to download the new version, here’s a heads up – the beta build will likely contain several bugs. The new version also comes without Google apps.
This may not come as a surprise considering that the Redmi Note 8 Pro recently got updated to Android 10 in China. The gap of one week between the rollout of the beta build and the European version of the Redmi Note 8 Pro may mean that the Note 7 stable version may hit in no distant time.
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