Lenovo Z6 Pro has gone on sale in Europe in a surprise twist, with the sale starting in Bulgaria where it is priced for 999 Lev ($571). The Z6 Pro was first released in China back in April, Th listing in the company’s official store in Bulgaria is the first time the Chinese giant is offering its phones outside China in a long while.
Lenovo Z6 Pro is a flagship model packing a Snapdragon 855 chipset. It sports a 6.3-inch AMOLED display with Full HD+ screen resolution of 1080 x 2340 pixels, waterdrop notch, and an aspect ratio of 19.5:9. The screen also comes integrated with a sixth-generation in-display fingerprint reader. It is available in three memory variants; 6/8/12 GB RAM and 128GB, 256GB, and 512GB internal storage versions. There’s a Coldfront liquid cooling technology that regulates the internal temperature of the device.
It features 48 MP + 16 MP + 8 MP + 2 MP camera sensors on the back with AI Hyper Video feature. On the front side, the smartphone comes with a 32 MP snapper. The ZUI 11 based Android 9 Pie OS comes pre-loaded on the device and for the optimized gaming experience, the handset features Game Turbo game acceleration feature. It is fueled by a 4,000mAh battery that carries support for 18W fast charging.
The Z6 Pro has a 5G version and it is possible Lenovo will also launch that model.
With the development of smartphone size, most of users have no more need of tablets. But for me, tablet is an important device. Alldocube is well-known for its affordable tablets in the market, and I got the Alldocube iPlay10 Pro Tablet several days ago. Let’s check it out.
Design:
In terms of the appearance design, the ALLDOCUBE iPlay10 Pro is good but not surprising enough. Look at its front side. The edge of the tablet is wider than Xiaomi Mi Pad 4. But actually, I do appreciate at the wider edges more, as it can prevent mistakenly touching. The iPlay10 Pro comes with a 10.1-inch IPS full screen having the resolution of 1920×1200 pixels, while the ppi is only 225. Although the color effect and the image quality are not bad, the visual effect is not so good.
The front camera is set at the middle of Landscape display, which position is different from most of the tablet camera set at the Portrait display middle position.
From the back side of the Alldocube iPlay10 Pro, it ships with premium aluminum material, which is textured and solid, and the silver gray color looks beautiful. On the top of the rear side, there is a camera with a flash light. The ALLDOCUBE logo is printed on the middle of back side.
The power button and the volume button are placed on the right sidebar. And a Micro USB 2.0 Port supporting OTG, network sharing and charing, a 3.5mm DC Port supporting charging and a 3.5mm headphone jack are set on the top of the side. The Alldocube iPlay10 Pro also ships with dual stereo speakers on the bottom side, which provide pleasant sound experience.
Display:
Nowadays, we usually use the tablet to watch videos and play games for entertainment. But for me, I use the tablet to watch videos rather than play games because of the large screen size, which is not easy to hold it for a long time.
The display shows details clearly and reproduces colors well whatever the brightness. During the test time, I used it to replace my phone to watch video, and I play games with my phone at the same time. It’s a great device for relaxing.
Performance:
Alldocube iPlay10 Pro comes with Mediatek MT8163 processor, which is one of the most popular processor used in tablets. The Alldocube tablet arrives with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage, and it also supports Micro SD card up to 128GB.
Thanks to the MT8163 processor, it’s easy for the tablet to run the applications smoothly. Most of the time, you will have smooth and fluent feel and experience. However, because of the 3GB of RAM, the iPlay10 Pro would have a few glitches when turning on multiple applications. If you just think of it as an entertainment device, the glitch is not a matter.
Camera:
The Alldocube iPlay10 Pro is equipped with 5MP rear camera supporting auto focus and flash, and 2MP front camera. The image quality is mediocre, which blurry problem and details lacking are obvious.
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Although the camera setups are not so good, most of you would use smartphones to take photos rather than tablets. Therefore, I think these cameras are enough for a tablet.
Battery:
Alldocube iPlay10 Pro is fueled by 6600mAh battery, which is definitely enough for daily use.
Alldocube iPlay10 Pro — 79% to 41% — Watch video for an hour
Alldocube iPlay10 Pro — 40% to 72% — Charge for an hour
I can use it for five days, which is between Monday to Friday, with one fully charge. However, I should charge it every day on the weekend because of the different usage time.
Conclusion:
The Alldocube iPlay10 Pro tablet has its set of issues. The smooth experience of tablet is limited. The camera is not so good and charging the battery takes a long time.
However, the tablet comes with solid material, premium design, a large battery, and good display quality. There’s a lot of good points about the Alldocube iPlay10 Pro, which is only priced at $109.99. As an entertainment device, it is good enough for most of users.
Xiaomi has officially announced that it has commenced Android Q internal testing for the Mi 9 models running MIUI Developer Version. The tech giant had last month pushed the Android Q Beta Priority experience version for the same device. But it was available for a selected few only. This developer version means the Android Q would be available to all users of the Mi 9 soon.
The Mi 9 is one of Xiaomi’s best smartphones going by the design. The phone was released earlier this year running Android Pie-based MIUI 10. Android Q brings several new features but the major focus is on enhancing the privacy features for users. Users with Android Q phones will have the power to decided whether an app can access the location while it is running in the background. When an app starts accessing location data, a microphone or a camera, Android Q will show a corresponding icon in the notification bar to tell the user which app is using the permission. Android Q comes with native support for Dark Mode. This feature is currently integrated with MIUI 10.
As a reminder, the Mi 9 features a 6.39-inch Samsung AMOLED screen. The phone is powered by a Snapdragon 855 chipset. It equally comes with a 20MP selfie camera and at the rear, there is a 48MP wide-angle + 12MP + 16MP triple cameras. The device gets its juice from a 3300mAh.
Samsung unveiled what is definitely the company’s best smartphone yet yesterday, talking about the Galaxy Note 10 series. In case you haven’t seen enough of the smartphones, Samsung has got you covered. The Korean tech giant has released a slew of promo videos of the Galaxy Note 10 models which they called hands-on videos.
Each of the videos focuses on a specific aspect of the new handsets, throwing more likes on the positive features on the devices. Sure, the videos can’t be unbiased as no mention is made of the removal of the headphone jack.
Samsung describes the design of the Galaxy Note 10 as “groundbreaking”. The massive display is dubbed “virtually bezel-less Cinematic Infinity Displays”. The promo video also touched on the amazing and improved S Pen. The S Pen is “even smarter” now, but is still sleek and slim. Trust Samsung to flaunt the Air Actions of the S Pen.
The Galaxy Note 10 cameras are identical to those in the S10 and S10+ but Samsung touts them to be “pro-grade”. That might be because of improvements in the software. The phone equally comes with a built-in video editor that lets you create “shareworthy” stuff.
The DeX also gets its own hands-on video even though it is not a new add-on. The Note10 models can be connected with a monitor or TV to bring it to life on the big screen, all thanks to DeX.
Samsung even promotes the Galaxy Note 10 as a good one for gaming.
After Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Note 10+, a lot of people remained without words. Some of them due to the amazing specifications and features of the new flagship, some for its very high price tag. Whatever you may think, the Galaxy Note 10+ is undoubtedly one of the best phones released this year, besides being one of the most expensive ones. It is time to compare it with the biggest players in the smartphones market: we decided to start with the Huawei P30 Pro and OnePlus 7 Pro as they are two of the few real top-tier flagships which attracted most of the people in 2019. In this comparison, we will explain the difference and we will tell you if it is worth spending more for the Galaxy Note 10+ or not.
Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ vs Huawei P30 Pro vs OnePlus 7 Pro
Samsung Galaxy Note 10+
Huawei P30 Pro
OnePlus 7 Pro
DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHT
162.3 x 77.2 x 7.9 mm, 196 g
158 x 73.4 x 8.4 mm, 192 g
162.6 x 75.9 x 8.8 mm, 206 g
DISPLAY
6.8 inches, 1440 x 3040p (Quad HD+), Dynamic AMOLED
6.47 inches, 1080 x 2340p (Full HD+), OLED
6.67 inches, 1440 x 3120p (Quad HD+), Fluid AMOLED
When it comes to the aesthetics, Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ is not a device for everyone. Due to its huge display, it is all but a compact handset. But its look is amazing, just like the OnePlus 7 Pro. I personally prefer to have a hole in-display and the S Pen rather than a pop-up camera, but that is just my tastes. Further, note that Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ is fully waterproof, unlike the OP7 Pro. On the other hand, despite it has a classic waterdrop display, Huawei P30 Pro is way more compact. Which one would you pick?
Display
Here it is a hard fight between Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ and OnePlus 7 Pro as the Huawei P30 Pro loses the comparison due to an inferior display. The Galaxy Note 10+ should offer a better color reproduction, it has a bigger display size and even the support to S Pen which can now be used as a motion controller thanks to Bluetooth connectivity, a gyroscope and an accelerometer (you can still use it for handwriting and drawing). On the other hand, OnePlus 7 Pro should have a worse color reproduction but a higher refresh ratio, that is better for gaming as it provides more smoothness.
Hardware/Software
Given that OnePlus 7 Pro has a more lightweight software department (almost stock Android) as well as a very optimized hardware department including Snapdragon 855 and up to 12 GB of RAM, it should be the fastest smartphone of this trio. But we can not tell it for sure, at least until we test the Galaxy Note 10+ which is equipped with the brand new Exynos 9825 built at 7 nm. Note that the phablet only comes in 12 GB RAM configurations, while only the most expensive variant of the Oneplus 7 Pro has 12 GB of RAM.
Camera
As a camera phone, OnePlus 7 Pro is not as valid as to its two rivals. It will be hard to pick a winner between Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ and Huawei P30 Pro and we have to test the former thoroughly to give a definitive verdict. At a first glance, it seems that Huawei P30 Pro will do better in low light conditions due to its RYYB paradigma, but Galaxy Note 10+ may result better in all the rest, including selfies due to its amazing 10 MP front camera able to record 4K videos.
Battery
There is a very small difference between the battery capacities of these devices. We believe that Huawei P30 Pro has more chances to last longer on a single charge due to its smaller and more efficient display. Further, it features reverse wireless charging while OnePlus 7 Pro does not offer any kind of wireless charging technology.
Price
Huawei P30 starts from €760/$850, OnePlus 7 Pro from €700/$780 and Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ from €1050/$1175. While the Galaxy Note 10+ is the best phone of the trio at the end of the day, Huawei P30 Pro currently offers the highest value for money thanks to online street prices.
Honor announced its new Honor Band 5 fitness tracker a few weeks back in China. Now the same band is available for purchase in India as well for a price tag of Rs. 2599. It is interesting to note that the new band comes even before Xiaomi has announced the Mi Band 4 in India.
The Honor Band 5 offers incredible value for this price tag. It features a color AMOLED display which is capable of showing texts, call, and other notifications on its screen. It even features a SpO2 oxygen sensor that displays the level of oxygen in your blood. There’s a regular heart rate sensor too.
Other features are standard like sleep monitoring with the ability to detect six different types of sleeping problems, and 10 different sports modes that include indoor and outdoor running, cycling, swimming, and a few other cardio activities. The Honor band is waterproof up to 50 meters, so you can wear it while swimming too!
The Honor Band 5 is available in three colors: Midnight Navy, Coral Pink, and Meteorite Black. It is currently listed on Flipkart but is out of stock in most places.
Another Thursday, another throwback article. Today, we are going to take a look at Nokia’s business phone from the 2000s, the Nokia 9210 Communicator. It was one hell of a phone and anyone who carried one back in its day showed that he meant serious business. And why wouldn’t he? After all, the Communicator was one of the few mobile phones that could send and receive a fax. In an era where the internet wasn’t widespread, this was a really big deal. Talking about big, the phone was also pretty large. In fact, it was large enough to replace a brick. But it did have its share of powerful features to justify its bulky form factor.
source: wikipedia
The Nokia 9210 Communicator is from the age when even mobile phone boxes were huge. And I was just pleasantly reminded (check the video at the end) that the phone came with a number of huge booklets that were supposed to be read before using it. Of course, nobody would have bothered to go through them, after all, it would have probably taken a few hours to read them all.
Moving on to the phone itself, I wasn’t kidding when I said it resembled a brick. The phone measured 27mm in thickness and weighed 244 grams. It was like Nokia slapped a phone on top of a mini-laptop. I mean it looked the part. The Nokia 9210 Communicator looked like a cordless phone upfront, but when you opened it, the phone resembled a mini-laptop. You got a full set of QWERTY keys and even extra functional buttons on top, making for one hell of a business phone. It was also the first Nokia phone to feature a color display. It was Nokia’s first Symbian OS phone too!
I actually decided to cover the Communicator today in the Throwback series because it came with two displays. I was reminded of this model when I was covering the launch of the Nubia Z20 which also had two displays and was rich in features.
Nokia 9210 (L) vs Nokia 9110 (R) source: wikipedia
The Nokia 9210 Communicator featured a small 80 x 48 pixel screen upfront with the secondary color display inside being the real gem. Measuring 4.5-inches with a 640 x 200 pixel resolution, it was one of the better displays in the mobile phone market back in its time. Not to mention, the phone also came with a card slot to expand its minuscule 16MB memory. But it had a decent 1400mAh battery, which was pretty large for its time.
You could access the calendar, internet, and other typical PDA features through the bigger screen and keyboard inside. It even had an infrared port and a video player.
source: wikipedia
Nokia’s communicator clearly meant serious business and it had some serious features to back its reputation too. It’s no surprise that Nokia managed to overtake competitors such as Palm as well as Compaq in 2001, thanks to the Nokia 9210 Communicator.
Any ex-Nokia Communicator users here?
Meanwhile, check out this amazing video down below! It’s a trip down the memory lane.
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Shanling is not a company you’ve been hearing of too often in the tech news. And yet, the Chinese manufacturer is producing some very interesting and high-end audio devices and accessories. Their latest earphone addition is the first pair of truly wireless earbuds, Shanling MTW100 that will go on presale on August 12th and will start shipping 3 days later. The headset comes in three colors -White, Black, and Red- and the price for the White is $69 while the rest cost $89 and offer some hours of extra battery life and better sound reproduction.
The price might seem a bit steep but the specs justify it to the last cent. First off, the white version offers 6 hours of battery that extends to 21 hours with the help of the charging box. The other 2 colors’ numbers are 7 hours and 24 hours with the charging box. The 2nd difference is that the white version features graphene micro-dynamic-drivers offering wide-open soundstage and rich sound quality while the red and black versions come with Knowles Balanced Armature driver with high sensitivity and high resolution.
Both versions sport Bluetooth 5.0 with support for AAC/SBC codec, higher speed, lower latency, and lower power consumption. Also, there is a surrounding awareness mode that allows some environmental sounds to pass through while listening. The headset has a touch interface through which you can play/pause music, change tracks, change volume, answer/end calls, and call up the digital assistant.
What’s more, it comes with an intelligent DSP noise-cancellation system that supports high definition sound and voice (Wideband speech) by boosting the frequency range of the captured audio combined with dual-mic noise cancellation and echo cancellation for crystal clear calls. Also, you can pair it with your phone using NFC and charge it through the USB Type-C port. Lastly, the headset is IPX7 waterproof preventing it from getting damaged from splashing water and rain. Check out all the company’s products on their official website.
At today’s Realme Camera Innovation Event, the brand confirmed that its next-generation smartphones will have quad-rear cameras. These next-gen smartphones will also arrive before Diwali 2019.
The Realme series that will get quad rear cameras include the successors to the Realme 3, the Realme 3 Pro, and the Realme X. Yes, the Realme X will get a successor this year.
Realme shared a photo of the rear of the upcoming phones along with their predecessors. All three upcoming phones share the same camera design – stacked vertically on the left side.
The image reveals more than just the camera design. As you can see, none of the phones have a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner which means they will most likely feature in-display fingerprint scanners and OLED displays.
We also know the Realme 3’s successor which should launch as the Realme 5 will be available in Dark Blue, while the Realme 5 Pro will come in a Purple gradient finish. The successor to the Realme X will have a Red gradient finish.
The Realme X’s successor is most definitely the one getting the 64MP sensor. It will use Samsung’s ISOCELL Bright GW1 sensor. Realme says they will be the first smartphone brand with a 64MP camera phone in India.
Realme also revealed that the phones will come with camera features such as Ultra Resolution, Super Wide Angle, Ultra Macro, Telephoto Lens, Portrait Mode, Expert Mode, Panorama Mode, Ultra Nightscape Mode, and Chroma Boost.
Realme says these phones will launch before this year’s Diwali Festival. The date for the festival is based on the lunar calendar and is believed to fall on October 27 this year. That is more than two months away.
We can’t say if all three phones will launch the same day or Realme will spread the announcements between now and October 27.
A new Lenovo laptop has been spotted on GeekBench database. The device is listed with the name Lenovo Invalid which is obviously a codename. The most spectacular feature of the device is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx SoC which it packs. The new chipset was announced by Qualcomm for laptops in December last year. The chipset is touted to bring twice the performance of its previous chip, the Snapdragon 850. It also comes with 60% better battery life and a number of new features such as H.265 and dual 4K monitor support.
The Lenovo Invalid is also listed to have a massive 16GB of RAM onboard. On the single core test, the device scores 3154 points while on the multi-core, it reaches 10533 points.
While we can’t say for sure which device this is, it looks like Lenovo’s first 5G Always Connected PC dubbed “Project Limitless”Project Limitless”. The laptop is the product of a partnership between Qualcomm and the world’s largest laptop manufacturer. It is said to run on a 45 watt-hour battery and will have a 5G modem alongside the Qualcomm 8cx SoC.
The Galaxy Note10 series is the first in the Note line to not have an audio jack but it is not the first Samsung phone to not have one. That back in 2017 with the Samsung W2018 flip phone. More Samsung phones have also ditched the audio jack including the Galaxy A80.
While Samsung technically didn’t provide a reason for the removal of the audio jack in its other phones, it has provided reasons for doing so with the Galaxy Note10. Probably because it is a flagship and because its size should mean that there should be no compromises.
The Verge reports that a Samsung rep informed them that the removal of the audio jack allowed them to increase the battery size by about 100mAh. It is also reported that the removal of the audio jack should improve haptic feedback since there is no hollow chamber inside the phone.
You are not the only one that thinks these excuses do not hold water as Samsung itself proved over and over again that the headphone jack could stay on a phone without the sacrificing other features. And it also made videos mocking the removal of the audio jack from the iPhones. It would have been better if it didn’t provide any reason at all and we would accept that it is a decision that was sort of inevitable.
Samsung does include a pair of USB-C wired earphones in the box if you still prefer wired earphones over wireless.
While the removal of the audio jack from the Note series is definitely heartbreaking for lovers of the line, Samsung’s decision to not provide a MicroSD card slot for the Galaxy Note10 drives the blade deeper into the heart. Samsung decided to use this as a difference between the Galaxy Note10 and the Galaxy Note10+ which we think is really unfair.
Now that the Galaxy Note series has finally bid farewell to the 3.5mm audio jack, will the Galaxy S series be next? We sincerely hope Samsung can keep it for at least one more year.
Different manufacturers have different philosophies and strategies to get rid of the notch from smartphones. Over the years, Nubia has become a brand known for its beautiful symmetrical design and thin bezels. So the company has ensured that its latest model, the Nubia Z20 lives up to the brand’s reputation by adopting a dual-display design to get rid of the notch. This means no boring waterdrop or even waterfall notches, no cut-out front cameras or even no pop-up selfie shooters. Basically, the phone doesn’t have a front camera at all, and that’s a good thing.
Let’s take a close look at what it has to offer.
Nubia Z20’s design language is clearly inspired by its older sibling, the Nubia X. The phone was the first model from the brand to experiment with a dual-display design and that seems to have turned out successful for them. So the new Z20 features two curved displays, a primary 6.42-inch 2340 x 1080p AMOLED screen on the front, and one secondary 5.1-inch 1520 x 720p AMOLED screen at the back. This design allows the rear camera setup to act as the selfie shooter as well, offering the best camera experience on both the ends. What’s even more interesting is that the phone continues to feature two fingerprint sensors on each side, just like the Nubia X. Clearly, the company has thought about the user experience, even when the secondary display is being used.
There are three colors available, Black, Blue, & an Orange shade (teased earlier) inspired by Pantone’ Living Coral color.
Nubia Z20’s Second Screen Is Useful
Overall, the Nubia Z20 looks like an extension of the Nubia X rather than being a completely new product. And that’s not necessarily a bad thing. The secondary display still supports DIY AOD customizations. That means you can tweak the screen to customize the phone to make it more personal. Given that the rear screen stays flush with the body, you can really get creative to add a personal touch to your smartphone’s design.
Plus, the phone supports Dual screen AOD. This means you can customize the phone to feature two different AOD screens, one on the front, and another one on the back. This could bring out some really creative combinations among users, which will definitely be fun to watch in the coming days. Another way to make the second screen personal is by configuring it to feature custom patterns, or cool lights to make it stand out from other phones.
And of course, two screens equal two simultaneous apps. So, you can multi-task pretty easily on the phone. For example, you can simply bring up a QR code on the second screen while you are watching a series on the primary screen. Or you could reply to a text by switching over to the second screen while reading an article. Nubia’s UI ensures that the second screen has quick access to important apps like payments and public transportation for a seamless user experience.
The second screen is also an additional touch input. For example, the second screen can act as a virtual button without the need for any other accessories or trigger buttons (like this cool accessory we reviewed for Android phones).
Finally, the secondary display is also how you take selfies. The powerful triple rear cameras are at your disposal for selfies, ensuring high-quality portraits and videos.
Nubia Z20 Focuses On Its Camera
Nubia has given extra attention to the Z20’s camera this time. The phone features a triple camera setup at the back featuring a Sony IMX 586 48MP primary sensor with OIS, a 16MP wide-angle 122.2-degree lens, and an 8MP telephoto lens. The setup is aided by not one, but two dual-tone flashes on each side. The camera is capable of 3x optical zoom, 30x digital zoom, 2.5cm super macro image shooting, and a powerful handheld night mode. Like teased earlier, the Z20 also supports 8K video recording.
As for the other specs, the phone comes with the new Snapdragon 855 Plus processor clocked at 2.96GHz, Adreno 640 GPU, 6+128GB / 8+128/ 256GB memory variants, and a large 4000mAh battery with 27W charging.
Nubia Z20 Pricing & Availability
Nubia Z20 starts at 3499 Yuan ($497) for its 6GB + 128GB model with the 8GB + 128GB retailing at 3699 Yuan ($525), and the highest configuration of 8GB + 512GB available at 4199 Yuan ($596). The phone goes on sale on August 16 in China.
Huami Technology has officially launched the Amazfit Health Watch for sale in China today. The Amazfit Health Watch was first announced in China back in June but the price and availability details were left out. The device is now available on Tmall , Jingdong, Xiaomi , and Huami Mall. It comes in at 699 yuan ($99).
When the Amazfit Health Watch was released earlier this year, Huami touted it as the industry’s first smart watch with health monitoring as its core. It’s a fully functional health oriented smartwatch and the design is quite nice as well. The wearable is equipped with NB-IoT independent communication. It can report emergency health events in real time without Bluetooth connection. It can transmit important contents such as low heart rate, PPG monitoring, atrial fibrillation and fall detection. In addition, this watch can store up to 60 minutes of ECG data locally and last up to 7 days. The watch maker also offers users some cloud health services for users. You can directly log all your health data and get online consultation on your health, and there’s even a feature that issues an emergency SMS in case your heart acts up.
Amazfit Health Watch runs on the Huangshan No.1 chipset (MHS001), the world’s first wearable processor that comes integrated with AI neural network. The chipset features four core artificial intelligence engines — cardiac biometrics engine, ECG, ECG Pro, and Hearth Rhythm Abnormality Monitoring Engine. The watch comes in a bunch of different colours. They all come with silicone bands, with the exception of the brown variant that comes with a genuine leather strap.
Huawei Technologies plans to lure gifted new recruits with “top-notch” salaries, as the world’s largest telecommunication equipment supplier moves to reinforce its army of researchers amid its struggles with a US trade ban. Shenzhen-based Huawei will hire 20 to 30 top talents from around the world this year in a bid to build up its “combat capabilities”, according to a widely-circulated email signed by company founder and chief executive Ren Zhengfei.
“If you are the best of the best and you want to push the boundaries of science: we want you,” read a recruitment advertisement posted on its official WeChat account. Huawei is looking for people “who have made extraordinary achievements in mathematics, computer science, physics, materials science, chips, smart manufacturing, or chemistry – and who are hungry to become leaders in their fields.”
“Innovation is the core necessity to win future wars of technology and business, and talent is the key driver of technological innovation and business innovation. We will attract top talents with top challenges and top salaries,” said the corporate document.
According to Liu Chenglin, instructor of Zhong and deputy director of the Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, it’s normal to see these students getting high salaries as artificial intelligence is a hot field in recent years that sees higher demand for quality talents. However, he is still amazed by what Huawei has offered, saying that it was rare to see fresh graduates gaining annual salary exceeding 1 million yuan.
“Priority will be given to people whose research has produced tangible and impactful results, research papers, or patents; people from top-notch labs or honors programs; and winners of top international competitions in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) disciplines,” according to Huawei.
Huawei has been going through a critical phase in recent months since, in the major American market, the Trump administration has imposed tough sanctions on it and stepped up efforts to bar the firm from the 5G race. Amid growing American pressure, the company insists on collaboration on a broader scale and prioritizing acquisition of top talent, which is expected to promote its long-term growth, according to Huawei’s founder Ren Zhengfei.
Huawei’s Ren said in June that they will have to continue their lead in setting up technological standards and trying to attract more talents worldwide. Huawei at present has over 700 mathematicians, 800 physicists and 120 chemists, with a total of 15,000 researchers.
Now here at Gizmochina, we hear about a lot of bizarre devices and gadgets. Between the many Xiaomi crowdfunders and the plethora of niche items, it’s almost hard to avoid all of them, but today’s gadget takes the cake when it comes to uniqueness. Say hello to Get, a smart bracelet lets you use your index finger as a phone.
Get comes straight from Italian company Deed and their co-founder Emiliano Parini. The Get bracelet, which costs £200 ($250) connects to your smartphone and translates the sound from your device into vibrations, conducted into the fingers. Users just have to stick a finger in their ear to speak on the phone, and make outgoing calls by using the bracelet’s voice recognition technology.
The tech involved here is what truly makes the Get so interesting. Interaction with Get through voice and movement means no tapping, no scrolling and no buttons at all,’ Mr Parini said. ‘The vibrations travel from your wrist all the way to your finger through, so you are able to hear sound without any need for a speaker.’ This reminds us a lot of the Mi MIX’s piezoelectronic speaker, but with a lot more tech jargon behind it.
On top of this, Get also supports most of the usual healthband features. This means there’s your typical fitness tracker features, as well as the ability to make NFC payments through the band. It also allows you to use a voice assistant through it, which could be nifty. Really, outside of the finger phone calls, it’s a relatively regular smart bracelet.
Because the device uses vibration only, instead of sound, conversations can’t be overheard by people nearby. Get has no buttons, and no screen, but uses your voice and gestures to control its features, according to its Italian inventors. We absolutely no qualms with the design of the device, it looks really cool.
If you’re interested in supporting the project, Deed is raising production funds on Kickstarter. Pledges begin at €115 (US$128) for one Get in a choice of sizes and colours, plus the wireless charge base, with shipping starting at €25 ($28). Parini and his team estimate that delivery will to start in March 2020.
Samsung has been making competitive Exynos chipsets for the past few years. However, the South Korean giant’s chip solutions have been fairly limited to in-house smartphones so far. That’s likely going to change soon as smartphone manufacturers in China scramble to release 5G smartphones in their home market.
Digitimes report that one of the top-four smartphone brands in China has decided to use Samsung’s Exynos chipset with Exynos 5100 5G modem inside its upcoming 5G smartphone. The processor is said to be the 5G capable Exynos 9630, which was recently rumored to be tested inside devices like the Galaxy A51 and the Galaxy A71 slated for release next year. Given its naming, the chipset is likely aimed at the mid-range to upper mid-range segment and will succeed Exynos 9610.
Digitimes adds that Exynos 9630 could be more competitive than similar 5G solutions from MediaTek and Qualcomm. So far, Chinese companies have more or less stuck with these two chipmakers for their chipset needs. But with Samsung’s market share falling down in the Chinese market, it looks like other manufacturers are opening up to use Exynos chipset inside their devices.
5G is going to be the next killer feature on smartphones. And China is going to be at its forefront. China already has the Axon 10 Pro 5G and the Mate 20 X 5G (goes on sale later this month) along with a slew of 5G flagships incoming in the next few months. However, the real challenge will be to offer 5G smartphones at a competitive price in the mid-range segment. The Exynos 9630 could have made that possible which is probably why one of the top Chinese manufacturers has decided to use it.
Unfortunately, Digitimes didn’t reveal the name of the handset maker. But an educated guess would be either OPPO or Vivo. Huawei doesn’t need Exynos chipsets and Xiaomi likely wouldn’t experiment with Samsung made chipsets at this stage. This leaves either OPPO or Vivo as the potential customer. Not to mention an earlier Digitimes report had said that these two manufacturers were testing sample Exynos 5G chipsets.
Moto One Vision comes with Exynos 9609 inside
To recall, Exynos chipsets have been used in a few Chinese phones from brands like Meizu and Lenovo (remember the Moto Vision One with Exynos 9609?). But Samsung’s push for wider adoption of the Exynos chipsets seems to be paying off finally. The South Korean giant could further have benefitted from the recent trade war. Chinese companies would naturally want to decrease its reliance on US-based suppliers and if Samsung is offering a competitive solution, a lot of vendors might be open to using it now than ever before.
Coolpad has not been very active in the Indian market but it seems that the company is now attempting to step up its game in one of the largest markets in the world. After it launched the Cool 3 Plus smartphone in India, Coolpad has now announced that it is ready to launch 5G smartphone in India.
The company says that the development of its 5G technologies started as early as 2012 and its 5G smartphones will arrive in the Indian market as soon as the 5G infrastructure is up and running in the country.
Coolpad claims that it has already filed over 800 patents related to 5G technology. It further adds that the company has also been granted 120 device-to-device 5G patents, which put the brand in the position to gain an early mover’s advantage as far as 5G is concerned.
It has also said that the brand is in discussions with Qualcomm and Mediatek for the integration of 5G technology in its smartphones. The company further adds that it aims to invest over $500 million to strengthen its 5G presence in India in the next five years.
Recently, a memo that the company’s CEO Chen Jiajun wrote to its employees leaked online, which revealed that Coolpad is planning to launch new phones in September, focus on R&D and improving their position in the market, and also enter into the 5G market.
Earlier this year, the company removed the Vice-Chairman and CEO Jiang Chao, just a few days after he made an appearance at CES 2019. In April 2019, it announced it made a loss of HK$ 409 million for 2018 fiscal year, a significant reduction from 2017’s HK$ 2.67 billion loss. The company has also appointed a new head for its Indian arm a couple of months ago.
The Realme Camera Innovation Event will hold later today but just before then, more details about the 64MP phone’s other camera sensors have surfaced.
Before we dive into the camera details, it is important to mention that an exclusive report by 91Mobiles says the 64MP phone will neither launch as the Realme 5 nor Realme Pro as we reported earlier. However, both Realme 5 phones will also have quad-rear cameras. The blog reported that their source informed them that the Realme 5 will have a 16MP primary camera while the Realme 5 Pro will have a 48MP primary rear camera. So as it stands, the name of the Realme 64MP quad-camera phone is still unknown.
The Realme 5 and Realme 5 Pro will likely be unveiled today as an image shared by the manufacturer shows three phones with four rear cameras. All four have their sensors arranged the same way with the primary camera having a colored ring around it. However, only one of the three phones has “64MP” inscribed below the sensor.
We believe the other two phones are the Realme 5 and Realme 5 Pro respectively.
Back to the 64MP phone. More details and camera samples shared by the official Realme Twitter account show that one of the three other sensors is a 119° f/2.2 wide-angle camera which allows you to capture 1.5x wider views than the standard lens.
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Realme also revealed that the phone will have a Macro Camera which allows you to capture close up details of objects from up to 4cm.
There are also camera samples that show the phone can capture clear and bright images at night thanks to the 4-in-1 pixel technology. The fourth camera sensor is unknown but there is a chance it is a depth sensor.
The Realme quad-camera phone will use Samsung’s ISOCELL Bright GW1 sensor with a 1/1.72” sensor size and an 0.8µm pixel size.
Today, Chinese tech giant Huawei released a report on Global Industry Vision which describes the top ten trends of robotics, zero searches, symbiotic economy, human-machine collaboration, and 5G.
It forecasts that the global AR/VR subscribers will reach 337 million in 2025, and companies using VR/AR technology will grow to 10 percent. It also claims that by the year 2025, the global 5G network coverage will reach 58 percent.
At that time, the convergence of 5G, 4K+, VR, AR, and AI technologies will not only bring people a new experience, it will also allow people to view things in an unprecedented way and improve the productivity of vertical industries, claims the report.
The report mentions that by the year 2025, the number of Internet users worldwide will reach 6.2 billion, so it will generate massive amounts of data to help companies provide personalized products and services based on people’s interests/likes and personalities.
The company also talks about the concept of “Zero Search”. As data-driven and sensor-equipped appliances and devices begin anticipating needs, the information will find us. Future searches will be button-free, personal social networks will be created effortlessly, and industry will benefit from “zero-search maintenance”.
As for the robotics applications, the company expects robots to play an integral role in multiple positions in the workplace, especially in high-risk, high-repetition, and high-precision work scenarios. It adds that industrial robots will work with manufacturing personnel by 2025 and will have 103 robots per 10,000 employees. GIV also predicts a 14 percent global penetration rate of home robots.
It also adds that by the year 2025, around 97 percent of large companies will adopt artificial intelligence technology. Additionally, Huawei is expecting that by 2025, the number of global smartphones will reach 6.1 billion.
The report also talks about intelligent transport systems that will connect people, vehicles, and infrastructure, creating zero congestion, rapid emergency response, and other functions to make life smoother. It predicts that 15 percent of vehicles will have Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything technology.
Huawei Mate 20 X 5G, is the first 5G smartphone from the company to launch in its home market China. While the phone has been launched in China for 6,199 Yuan (approx. $900), it will start shipping from 16th August.
Even though the smartphone is yet to reach its users, the company has started rolling out a new update for the device — EMUI 9.1.1.158. The update introduces a new 30x Zoom capability for the camera and keeps the 5G mode off by default. If the users need to activate the 5G mode, they can do so by going into Settings > Wireless and Network > Mobile Network Interface and select Enable 5G.
Apart from the support for the 5G network, everything else remains the same as the standard Mate 20 X. It features a 7.2-inch HDR Full HD+ display with 2244 x 1080 pixels screen resolution and comes equipped with Huawei M Pen. The phone comes with Vapor Chamber and Graphene Film cooling, dual speakers with Dolby Atmos, and IP53-rating.
The smartphone is powered by the company’s own Kirin 980 octa-core processor, equipped with Balong 5000 5G modem — the same configuration that powers the recently announced Mate X. Huawei claims that the Balong 5000 is the first of its kind to support both standalone (SA) and non-standalone (NSA) network architectures for 5G.
The device packs 6GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage, with support for storage expansion up to 256GB using a microSD card. In the camera department, it comes with a triple camera setup on the back, consisting of 40MP + 20MP + 8MP sensors along with an LED flash. On the front side, it comes with a 20MP snapper for taking selfies and video calling.
The device runs Android Pie-based EMUI custom interface and is powered by a 5,000mAh battery which comes with support for SuperCharge fast charging technology. The Huawei Mate 20 X 5G has been priced at 6,199 Yuan in China, which roughly converts to $900.
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