Honor is expected to soon unleash the Honor 20 series that will include Honor 20 and Honor 20 Pro smartphones. Fresh case renders of an upcoming Honor smartphone have appeared today to reveal it rear design. The source of the leaked renders did not confirm the marketing name of the device. Probably, it could belong to the upcoming Honor 20 or 20 Pro smartphone.
A leaked render of the Honor 20 had appeared in the previous month. The image had only revealed the rear side of the phone. The smartphone was found to be equipped with triple cameras and an LED flash arranged vertically on the top-left corner of its rear shell. The case renders of the upcoming Honor smartphone that have surfaced now shows that it not only features a vertical cutout for the rear cameras, but also the shape of the cutout towards the bottom which indicates that it could be equipped with an additional camera sensor and LED flash unit like the Huawei P30 Pro. Hence, it appears that the case renders may belong to the Honor 20 Pro smartphone, and not Honor 20.
Speaking of Honor 20 Pro, its leaked details that appeared on April 8 revealed that it will be featuring a quad camera setup. The leak did not reveal the exact camera configuration of the Honor 20 Pro, but it claimed that it will be featuring the very same 40-megapixel Sony IMX600 sensor that is available on the Huawei P30 Pro smartphone. The additional cutout could be housing a ToF 3Dcamera with LED flash. The Kirin 980 SoC will be present under the hood of the device.
Rumors have it that the Honor 20 and Honor 20 Pro could be respectively feature 6.1-inch and 6.5-inch OLED displays. Both phones are likely to come equipped with in-display fingerprint readers. The Honor 20 is rumored to feature 48-megapixel + 20-megapixel + 8-megapixel triple camera setup on the rear and a front-facing camera of 32-megapixel. It could be packed with a 3,650mAh battery that supports 22.5W rapid charging. It may hit the market Chinese market in three models such as 6 GB RAM + 128 GB storage, 8 GB RAM + 128 GB storage and 8 GB RAM + 256 GB storage with respective price tags of 2,999 Yuan (~$446), 3,399 Yuan (~$506) and 3,799 Yuan (~$565).
The Honor 20 series is speculated to debut on April 25. Apart from China, Europe will be one of the first markets to receive the Honor 20 and 20 Pro smartphones.
At the end of the previous month, the alleged Redmi flagship smartphone powered by Snapdragon 855 mobile platform was spotted in the same frame with Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun. After that a render of the Redmi flagship phone with pop-up selfie camera had surfaced on social sites. The render which appeared fake revealed that the handset carries Redmi Pro 2 moniker. Redmi President Lu Weibing has only debunked the image but has also claimed that the phone will not be equipped with a pop-up selfie camera.
Since Lu Weibing is once again talking about the Snapdragon 855 SoC fueled Redmi phone, it is a clear indication that the company is working on it. If it is not coming with a pop-up selfie camera, could it be arriving with a waterdrop-style notched display? Rumors surrounding the phone have claimed that it will be arriving with Sony IMX586 48-megapixel triple camera and in-screen fingerprint reader. Hopefully, the details of the phone may surface in the forthcoming weeks.
In February, Weibing had confirmed for the first time on Redmi flagship phone with SD855 chip. The company has no intentions to launch it soon and it is currently focusing on increasing the sales of its recently released Redmi Note 7 series and Redmi 7 smartphones.
There is no launch timeframe for the phone. Probably, it could be arriving in the second half of the year. Some reports have claimed that the same phone may hit the global markets as Poco F2. However, it is too early to come to such a conclusion.
The above shown image belongs to the Redmi phone with 855 SoC. It was spotted with Xiaomi CEO last month. While the display design of the phone is not clearly visible, it did reveal that it features a 3.5mm audio jack. There is no clear evidence to prove that the above phone is the Snapdragon 855. It appears like a notch-less phone. The upcoming Xiaomi Mi MIX 4 is also expected to arrive with a notch-less display.
Xiaomi has launched the AreoX Smart fingerprint U-Lock under the Youpin crowdfunding platform. The device comes in two sizes and the pricing starts at 199 yuan. As at the time of filing this report, the fundraiser has garnered more than double the required crowdfunding sum. Presently, over 900,000 yuan has been raised on Xiami Youpin.
Xiaomi is known for manufacturing simple but highly efficient and essential products that meet our needs. The U-Lock smart lock is one of such useful device that will come in useful during a trip or if you are always out with your bike. The device can even be used as a security lock for the car. The sheer strength and durability of the gadget are topnotch.
The AreoX Smart Fingerprint U-lock consists of an anti-theft lock body as well as a stainless steel lock beam which comes in two sizes (long and short sizes). The body is durable and has resistance against dust and water with an IP65 rating. The bar is also reinforced to withstand a high degree of pressure. The beam cannot also be easily cut into two using a hacksaw.
No doubt, the most spectacular feature on the AreoX Smart Fingerprint U-lock is the biometric identification mechanism which it packs. The lock can be opened with fingerprint identification with a high detection rate. The sensor can’t be fooled with a fake fingerprint as it detects a dummy in seconds. The sensor is quite fast and can unlock the device is just 0.55 seconds. The fingerprint sensor is powered by a battery which is said to last up to 12 months. The device alerts users when the battery falls below 15%. In addition, there is a USB-C port which can deliver emergency power where the battery runs out. That is not all, Xiaomi also included a pair of physical unlock keys in the event the fingerprint sensor malfunctions or there is no battery power left.
The smart U-lock comes in two sizes; one with a short beam and it has a dimension of 224.8x130x32.2mm. There is also another model with a longer beam and it has a dimension of 300x130x32.2mm. The pricing varies as the smart U-lock with a short beam comes with a 199 yuan ($29) price tag while the longer beam version is offered for 219 yuan ($32). The device is expected to start shipping on May 23.
Two leaked shots of the upcoming OnePlus 7 smartphone have surfaced on Weibo. The first image shows that the phone will be equipped with a curved OLED display whereas the second image has revealed its key specifications. Also, the second image claims that the handset will be debuting as OnePlus 7 Pro.
The above image shows that the upcoming OnePlus 7 smartphone will be sporting a bezel-less design since it is fitted with a curved OLED display. The chin of the device is a bit thick whereas the other bezels are almost non-existent. The case renders of the OnePlus 7 that have surfaced in the recent past have revealed that it will be arriving with a notch-less display and a pop-up selfie camera.
While the pop-up front-facing camera is not visible in the newly leaked photo, the presence of a notch-less screen is a clear hint that it will probably come equipped with it. The display of the phone seems to be embedded with an in-screen fingerprint reader.
The second image claims that the OnePlus 7 variant that has a model number of GM1915 will be hitting the market as OnePlus 7 Pro. In the previous month, a OnePlus phone with the same model number was approved by the Bluetooth SIG certification body. Speaking of model number, popular tipster Ishan Agarwal has claimed that the following model numbers belong to the OnePlus family:
GM1901, GM1903 and GM1905 – OnePlus 7
GM1911, GM1913, GM1915 and GM1917 – OnePlus 7 Pro
GM1920 – OnePlus 7 Pro 5G
The image reveals that the OnePlus 7 Pro’s notch-less screen will be dubbed as Super Optic display. The size of the display will be 6.67 inches and it will probably carry support for full HD+ resolution. The Snapdragon 855 SoC will be present under the hood of the device along with 8 GB of RAM.
The OnePlus 7 Pro is preloaded with Android 9 Pie OS. The software version that is mentioned as 9.5.1GM31CB is an indication that it could be running on the forthcoming OxygenOS 9.5 edition. The OnePlus 7 Pro is fitted with a 48-meagpixel + 16-megapixel + 8-megapixel triple camera setup. It remains to be seen whether it will be yet another phone with Sony IMX586 as the primary sensor. The handset features an inbuilt storage of 256 GB.
In the OnePlus 7 family, the OnePlus 7 Pro and Pro 5G may come with same specs and the only major difference could be the presence of 5G modem inside the Pro model. Also, the OnePlus 7 model could be cheapest model in the series.
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Last year, it was reported Gionee had gone bankrupt. It’s problems first began when it laid off a large percentage of its staff in 2017 and was reported to be deep in debts. The company has not officially thrown in the towel as its Indian arm still launched a phone in February but it appears Gionee has indeed come to its end.
It has been reported that the official Gionee China website is down. We checked and the site seems to have been taken down. The plausible explanation is that Gionee has shut down its business in China. The Gionee India site is still up but we don’t know for how long before it gets taken down too.
News from the Hong Kong media indicates that Xiaomi Group has posted it first notice of annual general meeting (AGM) since after it was listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange. The notice also contains the company’s financial statement for the year. While the overall financial outlook of the company looks promising, the most interesting aspect is the revelation that the highest paid employee of the company receives a massive 9.818 billion yuan in salary annually. The group’s five highest paid individuals have a total annual salary of 10.218 billion yuan. Why this is interesting is that it is a 51-fold surge when compared to the company’s wage bill last year.
On inquiry, a Xiaomi spokesperson is said to have confirmed that the staff that earns over a billion yuan annually is the company’s Chairman, Lei Jun. However, the exact amount which he earned wasn’t disclosed. The entire salary is mainly a batch of awarded shares. Xu Jieyun, general manager of Xiaomi Group’s public relations department, responded to the report on Lei Jun’s annual salary on Weibo stating that the reward of 2% equity granted by the board of directors before the listing was an industry practice and that the proportion was not high in the industry.
Meanwhile, Xiaomi’s shares fell 0.68% and closed at HK$11.75 as at April 8 when the report was released. The share price has tumbled by nearly 10% since the beginning of the year. However, the Chinese tech giant posted gross revenue of 174.915 billion yuan for last year, with a profit of 13.478 billion yuan.
Wristwatches have been around for ages but with technology, what we know as wristwatches are gradually evolving. The smartwatch/fitness tracker is gradually gaining momentum. Nubia has taken the bar a notch higher with its wearable smartphone known as Nubia Alpha. Aptly put, the Alpha could be regarded as the first smartphone with the form factor of a smartwatch. Of course, there are smartwatches with some features found on a mobile phone but the Alpha is different in many ways. It can safely be called a smartphone whereas others can’t. The Nubia Alpha was officially unveiled in China yesterday with sales scheduled to commence on April 10. Here are some unboxing pictures of the feature-packed wearable phone.
To recap, the Nubia Alpha packs in a 4-inch flexible display that offers an aspect ratio of 36:9. The display can be wrapped on the wrist for use as a smartwatch and when unwrapped, it adopts a flat shape and can be used as a smartphone with a tall aspect ratio display. The interface is one of the beauties of the Alpha. It runs on Nubia’s custom-made AlphaOS and supports AIM (Air Interaction Mechanics) gestures that allow users to control the device without touching its screen.
Further, the Nubia Alpha is powered by a Snapdragon Wear 2011 processor paired with 1 GB of RAM. It has an inbuilt storage of 8 GB which can’t be expanded. On the camera end, there is a 5MP f2.2 aperture camera by the side of the display and the samples captured by the sensor are pretty decent. Away from the features of a smartphone, the wearable also packs all the features you’ll find on a smartwatch/fitness tracker such as a heart rate sensor, sleep tracking, pedometer etc. Nubia Alpha comes with Bluetooth but there is a version with eSIM support.
The Nubia Alpha has got a beautiful design but we can’t say if there is a market for what Nubia is offering. The industry is witnessing a shift from small screen smartphones to large display models. 4-inch smartphones are almost extinct so we don’t see how the Nubia Alpha will be of any value except for mainly fitness tracking. We’ll have to see how this pans out. Meanwhile, you can check out more photos of the Alpha from below.
Qualcomm is churning out these mid-range chips without a care in the world. The American chip company just announced three upper mid-range chipsets with a focus on gaming, AI, and photography. The new SoCs are the Snapdragon 665, Snapdragon 730, and Snapdragon 730G and there is a chance one or more of these processors will appear in Samsung’s new Galaxy A phones scheduled for release tomorrow.
Snapdragon 665
The Snapdragon 665 a.k.a SM6125 is an 11nm chipset made up of eight Kryo 260 cores in a 4+4 arrangement clocked at 2.0GHz. These are the same cores in the 14nm Snapdragon 636 processor but they are now on a smaller node which means better power efficiency.
The Snapdragon 665 puts AI at the forefront thanks to the Adreno 610 AIE GPU. The on-board third-generation AI is to work with the new Hexagon 686 DSP and Qualcomm Spectra 165 ISP for better low-light photography, better portraits, and better ways to interact with your environment.
The onboard AI engine also provides better security with support for 3D Face Unlock. Qualcomm claims the new AI features are 2x faster than that of the Snapdragon 660.
The Snapdragon 665 supports Bluetooth 5.0 LPE, USB 3.1, up to 16MP dual camera and 48MP single camera, 4K at 30fps, and slow-motion recording up to 120fps at 1080p. Maximum display support is 2520 x 1080 (FHD+). It also supports Quick Charge 3.0.
Snapdragon 730 and Snapdragon 730G
The Snapdragon 730 (SM7150-AA) and Snapdragon 730G (SM7150-AB) are two new processors designed for mobile gaming. They are both 8nm octa-core chipsets (2+6 core arrangement) with Kryo 470 CPUs clocked at 2.2GHz with Adreno 618 GPUs. Qualcomm says the two processors provide a 35% increase in performance compared to the previous generation.
The Snapdragon 730 duo are the first 7 series processors to feature the Hexagon Tensor Accelerator. Both processors also feature the Hexagon 688 DSP which works with the GPU and CPU to complete AI tasks faster and in more power-efficient ways.
The two processors put photography at the forefront. There is a Computer Vision ISP (CV-ISP) that provides depth sensing capabilities at 60fps and uses 4x less power compared to the Snapdragon 710. The CV-ISP also allows you to record 4K HDR videos with portrait mode and object segmentation. It also supports image capturing at 48MP with support for multi-frame noise reduction.
The Snapdragon 730 and Snapdragon 730G feature the Snapdragon X15 LTE modem which brings up to 800Mbps download speeds. The two SoCs are also Wi-Fi 6 ready and support Qualcomm Quick Charge 4+.
Where the Snapdragon 730G shines are in its gaming features. The Adreno 618 GPU is enhanced and provides 25% more performance than the Snapdragon 710. It also uses the Vulkan 1.1 graphics library which uses 20% less power than Open GL ES. There is also support for True HDR which renders the game in over a “billion shades of colors” and with Qualcomm AptX Adaptive Audio and Aqstic Audio Technology, you also get “crystal-clear surround-sound audio”.
Xiaomi went officially with its own MIJIA Handheld Vacuum cleaner on March 29 in China. The vacuum cleaner was released today for crowdfunding on Xiaomi Mall, Mi Home and authorised experience stores for the Mi Fan Festival. Xiaomi disclosed that the crowdfunding revenue has exceeded 20 million yuan (almost USD$3 million) and that is coming just a few hours after it opened to buyers.
That is a spectacular feat which underscores the level of interest the product commands among Mi fans. The device is on offer at 100 yuan off, bring down the price to 1199 yuan ($178). Apart from the brand name bringing in some of the interests, the device itself is also a finely designed product both on the interior and exterior aspects.
The Mijia Handheld Vacuum Cleaner uses a high-end 9-cone fan with cyclone design and 9 small fans responding to micron-sized particles to maintain constant suction. It also adopts a large suction force of 100AW and is equipped with a 100,000-rpm brushless variable frequency DC motor and a high standard static pressure of 23 kPa. The vacuum cleaner comes with a 5-fold filter dust-removing system and pure purifier level discharge, which the company claims locks 99.97% of dust to avoid secondary pollution. Further, it is equipped with four brush heads, which can absorb dust from the ground, bed mattress, car interior, keyboard, among others. The device uses a built-in 2500mAh battery which Xiaomi says provide up to 30 minutes of battery life on standard mode. A fully charged vacuum cleaner can clean a larger apartment of around 160 sq.m.
Xiaomi doesn’t have a clear cut launch itinerary for the products released under the MIJIA brand yet but we expect this one to find its way to the global market in the near future.
Despite its above-average price, the newly-announced Nokia X71 had a big echo in the smartphones world during the initial period. But the concurrency released a lot of midrange phones like that in the last period: will the Nokia X71 be at their level and win the sales competition? In this article, we compared the new HMD Global affordable device with two of the most interesting upper-midrange phones of the moment. One is the Redmi Note 7 Pro, a powered-up version of the Redmi Note 7 with a better SoC and more internal storage. The second is the less famous Hisense U30 that is the world’s first phone with Snapdragon 675 on board. After reading the comparison, let us know which one do you prefer by using the comment box below.
Nokia X71 vs Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Pro vs HiSense U30
Triple 48 + 8 + 5 MP f/1.8 and f/2.4
16 MP f/2.0 front camera
Dual 48 + 5 MP f/1.8 and f/2.4
13 MP front camera
Dual 48 + 5 MP
20 MP front camera
BATTERY
3500 mAh, fast charging 18W
4000 mAh, fast charging 18W
4500 mAh, Fast Charging with Quick Charge 4.0
ADDITIONAL FEATURES
Hybrid Dual SIM slot
Hybrid Dual SIM slot
Dual SIM slot
Design
In a world in which all the upper-midrange phones come with a glass body, HiSense U30 differentiates from the concurrency thanks to a leather back. And it is also one of the first phones to sport a punch-hole display with minimal bezels. Announced at CES 2019, this device is one of the most original ones in terms of aesthetics. But if you are not an anti-conformist user and you prefer a traditional but elegant design, as well as great build quality, then you should choose the Nokia X71 which comes with a glass back, an aluminum frame and a punch-hole display. With its standard waterdrop notch and its plastic frame, Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Pro represents the cheapest choice when it comes to materials, so it does not deserve attention under this point of view.
Display
We suggest you skip this section if you are seriously considering to get one of these phones. The reason is simple: there are just minimal differences between the display quality of these handsets. Each of them comes with a classic IPS LCD panel and a Full HD+ resolution, so the level of detail is not so different, as well as the viewing angles and the color reproduction. The only important difference is the position of the cameras and the bezels thickness: as said above, while Redmi Note 7 Pro has a waterdrop notch, Nokia X71 and HiSense U30 come with in-display cameras which make them look more “borderless”.
Specs & Software
Due to its lower-end Snapdragon 660 chipset, Nokia X71 is the inferior guy when it comes to hardware and performance. But note that it comes with the stock Android One, so it will get faster updates and direct support by Google. Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Pro and HiSense U30 are more powerful as they both feature a Snapdragon 675 SoC paired with 6 GB of RAM and 128 GB of internal storage. Speed and reactivity are not that different, but Redmi Note 7 Pro has expandable internal storage, while the HiSense U30 has no expansion slot.
Camera
On the paper, Nokia X71 has the most advanced camera department which is also its strongest point. It is equipped with a triple camera including a 48 MP main sensor, an 8 MP ultrawide lens and a 5 MP depth sensor. Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Pro and HiSense U30 have a 48 + 5 MP dual camera and they lack the ultrawide sensor and the Carl Zeiss optics found on the Nokia X71.
Battery
With a 4500 mAh battery, HiSense U30 wins the battery comparison on the paper, but we still have to see how its software optimization performs and how much it is able to last on a single charge. Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Pro comes right after with a 4000 mAh unit, while Nokia X71 takes the last place with a 3500 mAh battery. All come with a fast charging technology.
Price
For a unit of the Nokia X71, you are willing to pay about €290/$326, HiSense U30 costs about €356/$402, while the Redmi Note 7 Pro comes with a price tag of €200/$225, but in a lower-end memory configuration (4/64 GB instead of 6/128 GB). In conclusion, due to its bigger battery, its punch-hole display, and its amazing hardware department, HiSense U30 looks the most impressive device on the paper. But if you prefer cameras, then you would better go for the Nokia X71.
Xiaomi is rolling out a new MIUI 9.4.2 Beta update for Mi 8, Mi 8SE and Mi Mix 3. After receiving MIUI 9.3.82 Beta update last week, the Chinese smartphone maker is rolling out a new updated build. It brings various new fixes and improvements boosting the overall performance. As promised, Xiaomi is also testing the Xiaomi Mi 9’s Always-on color display feature in the new build.
The feature brings all the additional display styles in a variety of colors with the usual date and time widget. It even facilitates some useful information including remaining power and notifications. The Always-on color display feature is available for Mi 8, Mi 8SE and Mi MIX 3 devices. It is a part of MIUI 10 9.4.2 closed beta build.
Among multiple changes, the persistent lockscreen feature is also on board. It facilitates user with options to switch the functionality of the lock screen. The user can choose between – the slide to unlock feature or directly face unlock the device.
Additionally, the update fixes an inconsistent time bug while using a split screen feature.
The Realme 3 Pro is one of the devices scheduled to launch this month. The phone is expected to take on the Redmi Note 7 Pro. Ahead of its release, Realme’s CEO has shared some camera samples and also revealed a few details about the launch.
Hope you guys had a wonderful weekend. I am @DelhiUniversity stadium with a bunch of cool students. yes we are going to launch #realme3Pro in campus again By the way how's the camera quality ?
A leak revealed the Realme 3 Pro will come with the Sony IMX519 as the main primary camera. There is no info on the pixel count and even the number of cameras the phone will have.
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Judging from the samples, all we can say is that the color reproduction is great. None of the photos is a portrait image, so we can’t grade how well it performs when it comes to background blurring.
The caption for the images reveal the pictures where taken at the Delhi Unversity Stadium and the CEO confirms that the launch will be taking place in a campus university.
Chinese benchmarking outfit Master Lu has released its market data report for the first quarter of 2019. The report details the best performing smartphones in China for the quarter. The report also shows how the top smartphones square up against each other in various aspects such as display resolution, processor, RAM, camera setup etc.
Xiaomi’s Black Shark 2 gaming phone is ranked as the best performing phone based on the parameters used for the assessment. The phone has an average benchmark score of 404, 809 points and is closely followed by the Galaxy S10+. The Vivo iQOO gaming phone, another Snapdragon 855-powered beast. Xiaomi Mi 9 ranks as the fourth best while the Nubia Red Magic Mars gaming phone sits at the number 5 spot with an average score that almost equal that of the Mi 9.
For the aspect of AI chip ranking, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 855 chipset with a run score of 44,367 points, beat Apple A12 chipset (40822 points) to emerge as the best AI chipset. Surprisingly, Huawei’s Hisilicon Kirin 980 chip that has been severally promoted for its AI capabilities is ranked third with just 19003 points. The rest of the list is dominated by Qualcomm’s flagship/mid-range chipsets such as the Snapdragon 845, SD670, SD 660AIE etc.
In the mobile phone fluency rankings, the Red Magic Mars esports mobile phone comes in at the topmost spot with a score of 156.71 points. This is followed by Mate X with 152.58 points.
In terms of market shares, Huawei, Honor and Samsung clinched the top 3 spots in that order. OPPO comes at number four spot with a market share of 8.72% while Xiaomi completes the top 5 with a share of 8.47%. Vivo made it to the number six position in Q1 but we expect that to change in the current quarter considering the new models that have joined Vivo’s lineup.
The holistic report also looked at the network signal strength of the models and Xiaomi’s Mi Mix 3 was ranked as the best.
Finally, the ranking also seems to look at the models that have gotten cloned the most and the iPhone 8 ranked at the top. The Galaxy W2018 clamshell phone is next, followed by the iPhone XS Max. Others include the iPhone XS, Galaxy W2017, Galaxy S10+, S8+ among others.
Samsung has an event tomorrow where it will unveil new members of its Galaxy A series. The event which will take place in different cities simultaneously will see the Korean giant unveil phones like the Galaxy A40, Galaxy A70, Galaxy A80/Galaxy A90.
Ahead of tomorrow’s announcement, the Galaxy A80 has been spotted on Geekbench. The phone with model number SM-A805F was benchmarked earlier today.
The Galaxy A80 runs Android 9 Pie out of the box, has 8GB of RAM and is powered by the SM6150 processor a.k.a. Snapdragon 675. The phone scored 2488 points in the single-core test and 6732 points in the multi-core test. An earlier leak said the phone will be powered by the SDM7150 but that doesn’t seem to be the case with the Geekbench result.
The Galaxy A80 is hotly anticipated because of its unique design. It has been reported that it will be Samsung’s first phone without a notch or bezel and will have slide-out rear cameras that also rotate to serve as the front-facing cameras. The leak that revealed it will come with an SDM7150 chipset also said it will not have a traditional earpiece but pump out audio from the screen.
The year of 2019 is the year when foldable smartphones actually became a reality. Samsung and Huawei were developing foldable smartphones since the past couple of year and both the companies launched their first foldable smartphone.
However, the devices are a bit on the pricier side. The Samsung Galaxy Fold is expected to be priced around $1,980 while the Huawei Mate X is expected to start at around 2,299 Euros. While Galaxy Fold is scheduled to go on sale later this month, the Mate X will be available for purchase from June.
Because of the pricing, the device isn’t everyone’s cup of tea. But according to Zhang Yu, Senior Vice President of BOE, a China-based display panel manufacturer, the pricing of the foldable smartphones could drop to around $1,500 by the year 2021.
The Galaxy Fold has two displays – a 4.6-inch 840 x 1960 screen on the outside and a 7.3-inch 1536 x 2152 flexible display on the inside when unfolded. It is powered by a Snapdragon 855 processor with 12GB of RAM and 512GB of storage.
There are two cameras above the flexible display – a 10MP f/2.2 sensor and an 8MP f/1.9 sensor both for selfies. The triple rear cameras are a 12MP telephoto camera with OIS and an f/2.4 aperture paired with a 12MP wide-angle camera with a variable aperture (f/1.5 and f/2.4) which also has OIS. The third sensor is a 16MP ultra-wide angle camera with an f/2.2 aperture.
There is also a 10MP f/2.2 selfie camera above the smaller display when it is folded. The Galaxy Fold packs a 4380mAh battery with support for fast charging. It has a USB type-C port at the bottom, a side-mounted fingerprint scanner but no audio jack.
The Huawei Mate X features a large 8-inch screen with a 2480 x 2200 pixels screen resolution and an 8:7.1 aspect ratio when unfolded with pretty thin bezels. When folded, it transforms into a dual display phone – one side is a 6.6-inch (2480 x 1148 pixels) 19.5:9 display while the other is a 6.38-inch (2480 x 892 pixels) 25:9 display.
The phone is powered by the company’s own Kirin 980 chipset, paired with 8GB of RAM and 512GB of storage. It comes with the 7nm Balong 5000 modem which brings 5G support to the device. It features three cameras on the back, which also double as the selfie cameras.
The cameras were co-developed with Leica and are made up of a 40MP wide-angle lens, a 16MP ultra-wide angle lens, and an 8MP telephoto lens. The phone runs the EMUI 9.1.1 custom interface, which is based on Android 9 Pie operating system out-of-the-box and is powered by a 4,500mAh battery.
Other smartphone manufacturers, including Xiaomi, Lenovo, LG, and Motorola, among others are working on launching their own foldable smartphones soon. It will be interesting to see how they price their device.
After floating around the rumor mill for quite some time now, Lenovo’s long-awaited Z6 Pro is slated to hit the store shelves later this month. The Chinese tech company’s Vice President Chang Cheng has left no opportunity to hint at the phone’s imminent launch on Weibo.
Given that the Lenovo Z6 Pro has been subject to all sorts of speculations, more shreds of information about the phone have surfaced online recently. First off, the phone is expected to deliver superior video capture capabilities via its HYPER VIDEO function.
Much to the delight of those who have restlessly been waiting for more details about the long-rumored Z5 Pro successor, Lenovo released the Lenovo Z6 Pro again on April 9th, giving its loyal fanbase a brief glimpse of the phone’s spectacular features.
If recently surfaced reports are anything to go by, the new phone will house only a single camera for illustration purposes. There could one or a couple of additional shooters placed right under it. This setup seems to bear a striking resemblance to the Honor View 20 camera module.
The phone is also expected to come with a complicated HyperVision camera.
As far as the Z6 Pro’s macro shooting capability is concerned, it can break through 2.5cm to 2.39cm. In other words, the phone can shoot a hundred dollar bill at a distance of less than a one dollar coin, making the bills unseeable to the naked eye.
It shows the details of the renminbi, the official currency of the People’s Republic of China in its actual performance. The current distance of the mainstream macro available in the market is normally above 2.5cm, making the 2.39 cm of the Lenovo Z6 Pro the world’s number one.
The newly revealed sample shot using Lenovo Z6 Pro macro mode shows the butterfly wings with clearly visible water drops on it. The phone’s macro mode can come in handy while shooting flowers, mountains, and other scenes.
Nubia had launched Red Magic Mars in December last year. The device featuring high-end specification received a first price cut for 8GB+128GB internal storage variant, whereas the price of other variants – 6GB RAM+128GB, 6GB RAM+64GB and 10GB RAM+256GB remains the same. Users can own it for the revised retail price of 2999 Yuan which roughly translates to $446.
Nubia Red Magic Mars carries high-end specifications featuring special nano-scale liquid cooling system. It carries a 6-inch Full HD+ LCD display with the resolution of 2160 x 1080 pixels. Under the hood, it is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 chipset and Adreno 630 GPU coupled with 6/8/10GB RAM.
Its two-sided touch game buttons offer 4D gaming experience. The new intelligent system supports 40 game scenes along with DTS 7.1 channel + 3D surround sound.
In-camera department, Nubia Red Magic Mars packs a single camera shooter of 16 megapixels with f/1.8 aperture. An 8-megapixel camera is present on the front side for selfies and video calling.
Nubia Red Magic Mars runs on custom Nubia Red Magic 1.6 UI backed Android 9.0 Pie operating system out-of-the-box. The device packs 3800 mAh battery with Neocharge fast charging technology. The devices measure 158.25× 75×9.85mm and weigh 193 grams.
Huawei’s latest P30 Pro may not have garnered the best score for video recording on DXOMark but the phone still ranks as the best camera phone around presently. The P30 Pro comes with a quad camera setup at the rear with one of the sensors being a periscope lens that gives the device the ability to achieve 5x optical zoom and a whopping 50x digital zoom. A video said to have been recorded by the P30 Pro recently went viral on Facebook and that is because it shows the 50x digital zoom feature in action and it was awesome.
The video that appears to have been uploaded on video sharing platform Tik Tok first, showed the camera zooming in on a Chinese chess game from a spot on top of a tall building. Despite the distance, the camera was still able to pick out the words on the chess pieces. Even though at that level of zoom it looks a little blurry, we could still make out the words on the chess pieces and with some level of clarity that is awesome.
The video has garnered over 1.3 million views since it was uploaded on Facebook on April 6. It has also been shared over 30,000 times. Some netizens also dropped off their thoughts on the feature. While some extol the usefulness of the feature, others expressed concerns that the feature could be used as a spy tool by persons with sinister motives. Nevertheless, the possibilities this feature brings to smartphone photography are enormous. You can check out the Facebook video from the source link below.
It’s always crucial for social messaging apps to continuously evolve and match the users’ demands. WhatsApp also follows the same regime to bring new features and advancements. A new WhatsApp beta build recently added various new changes such as improved Audio Preview UI, facility to Block or Allow ‘Forwarded Messages’ in Groups, and iPad support on iOS.
To curb fake news spread, WhatsApp introduced ‘Forwarded Messages’ settings in the latest beta. WhatsApp group administrators will be able to access the new feature under the group settings. To resist users from sharing the forwarded messages in a group, the administrator can disallow ‘Frequently forwarded messages’. The new feature to reduce fake news spread is limited to Android build.
A new audio preview or audio picker UI is also spotted in the latest WhatsApp beta build. It allows users to preview the audio and album art of the audio file before sending. Increased limit of sending 30 audio files at a time is also present along with the refined look.
Furthermore, the new WhatsApp iOS Beta version arrives with iPad support. WhatsApp is testing multiple features including 3D Face Unlock for native iPad support. Some screenshots from tracker WABetaInfo appeared showing the new iPad UI with redesigned elements and multitasking view support while in the landscape mode.
Since the launch of Huawei MateBook X Pro on MWC2018, we can see Huawei’s pursuit of the PC industry. In this year, Huawei released the latest laptop, called Huawei MateBook X Pro (2019) which is the update of the previous. Next, we will check out the new laptop.
In the design, there is not much difference between the previous laptop and the latest generation. If I have to say the biggest difference, it is that the graphic logo is removed, and there is only the word mark of HUAWEI.
The Huawei MateBook X Pro 2019 adopts the premium metal cuniform design. Therefore, the thickness of the both sides of the laptop is different, the thickest part is 14.6mm and the thinnest part is 4.9mm.
Huawei MateBook X Pro
The weight of 1.33kg and the thickness of 1.46cm are straight and narrow, which is as same as MacBook Pro (2018). In other words, although the Huawei MateBook X Pro 2019 is easy to take out, it’s not exactly light.
The two footpads which are close to the rotating axle is a little taller than the others, which is the considerate idea of Huawei. Because of this idea, when you put the Huawei MateBook X Pro 2019 on the flat table, the laptop should be slant, but the angle of inclination is not obvious, which is to improve heat dissipation efficiency and optimize your posture. But the angle of inclination is not obvious. Overall, it is a good idea.
On the left side, MateBook X Pro 2019 comes with two USB-C ports and a 3.5mm audio interface. One of the USB-C port ships with the thunder logo supporting Thunderbolt 3 transmission which is up to 40Gbps. The interval of two USB-C ports is different from MacBook Pro, so the dual USB-C port expansion dock cannot compatible with both laptops.
Huawei MateBook X Pro 2019 still keeps an USB-A port (USB 3.0) on the right side is great, it is convenient for users who want to connect the external device with USB-A, such as USB flash disk, Bluetooth keymouse receiver, data line, card reader and so on. Although some of these external devices have USB-C ports, a lot of them still keep USB-A port. I do think the way of keeping USB-A port is right.
The power key which is placed on the keyboard pad, comes with capacitive fingerprint recognition function carrying support Windows Hello fingerprint recognition. You can press the power key to turn on the laptop, and when you enter password, you can also enhance security with fingerprint verification.
The keyboard of Huawei MateBook X Pro 2019 has a moderate key range and soft touch feeling. The trackpad is also large and supports Windows trackpad gestures. It’s a pity that the trackpad comes with the physical pressure, so there is a gap with Force Touch of MacBook Pro.
Just as smartphones struggle to make a true full-screen display, the MateBook X Pro 2019 also needs to think about how to place the screen components, especially the laptop’s standard front-facing camera. Huawei makes a new innovative thinking, which sets a pop-up camera hiding between F6 and F7 key.
The unusual position means that the performance of the camera is not so good. As the position and the angle issue, the photos are always low-angle shot. However, it can make sure the personal privacy security when it is hid in the keyboard. Actually, the use frequency of laptop’s front-facing camera is generally low, so the unusual design is for better more than for worse.
The latest Huawei MateBook X Pro comes with 8th Generation Intel Core i7-8550U processor (or i5-8250U processor) and NVIDIA GeForce MX150 with 2GB GDDR5.
In particular, the Thunderbolt 3 port upgrade to 4 x PCIE means that the MateBook X Pro will be more scalable, so there is not a problem to connect two large high-resolution screens in daily use. It can be switched between a desktop and an ultraportable laptop with a MateDock.
As one of the symbolic elements of MateBook X Pro, the 13.9-inch touchscreen comes with the narrow bezels design. The bezels width of the top is the same with the two sides, and the bottom bezel is narrow, the screen-to-body ration is up to 91%. In the kind of narrow bezel notebook, the MateBook X Pro is also the top level.
In order to make the high screen-to-body ratio comes true, Huawei moves the PCB from the bottom of the screen to the bottom of the keyboard.
The MateBook X Pro 2019 comes with LTPS LCD panel which supports 100% sRGB color gamut, and the maximum brightness can reach 450 nits. The great screen can meet the needs of graphic design and other artistic creation.
On the other hand, the MateBook X Pro hosts 3:2 aspect ratios, having the resolution of 3000 x 2000 pixels. Compared with traditional 16:9 aspect ratios, the available screen of MateBook X Pro is increased, so we can read more in the screen. This advantage in the application of split state will be more obvious.
The MateBook X Pro 2019 carries support 10-point touchscreen making from the phone’s touch standard. What’s more, this Huawei laptop screen is covered by an ultra-thin Corning Gorilla Glass, which keeps the sliding experience basically at the same as the phone.
Although the use frequency of touchscreen function of PC is low, the usage experience of three finger slide screenshot is great which is like using smartphone.
In addition to touching the selected area, it can also recognize the contents of screenshot and change to text features, even the text in the picture.
This feature looks like the knuckle screenshot of EMUI, which can replace the screenshot tool of system and Alt+A.
Last week, Richard Yu repeatedly mentioned that EMUI 9 can support HUAWEI Share on the Huawei P30 launch event. What’s the HUAWEI Share?
There’s a sticker of HUAWEI Share beside the MateBook X Pro’s trackpad, and actually, there’s a NFC module under the sticker which can connect with the Huawei Smartphone coming with NFC function when you put the phone on the sticker. After the laptop and smartphone connecting successfully, the two devices can transfer files directly.
After the initial connection, the computer housekeeper software which build-in MateBook X Pro should display the connection status of the mobile phone. Before unbinding, the laptop will automatically connect to the handset when it shuts down and starts again, and the automatic connection between the two devices will always be maintained.
The file transfer between laptop and smartphone is the basic function of HUAWEI Share. The devices can transfer the files through WiFi, which can transmit 500 files maximum at the same time and a single transmission rate is about 30mb/s.
After electing the files, you can send it to the laptop through HUAWEI Share, or send it by putting the phone to touch the NFC module. On the contrary, when you right-click the file, you can choose the HUAWEI Share, and then you can get the file sending by the laptop.
send picture from mobile phone to laptop
send picture from laptop to mobile phone
Expect for the files transfer, the biggest demand for interconnection between laptops and mobile phones is the sharing of hotspots on the internet.
After clicking on the “one-click hotspots” on the laptop, the wireless hotspots of mobile phone will be automatically waken up, and the laptop will connect to the hotspots without entering a password.
In addition, HUAWEI Share will also share recent documents and clips of mobile phones and laptops, even the copied text on phones and documents opened in WeChat, which can be viewed and used on laptops.
Compared with AirDrop, connection between iOS and macOS, HUAWEI Share is based on the interconnection between Android and Microsoft. With the support of NFC, HUAWEI Share has left a deep impression on ease of use and matching speed.
I have used the Huawei MateBook X Pro 2019 in a week, and it has performed well. Although Huawei is a new manufacturer in the traditional PC industry, it’s hard to find a whiff of immature from MateBook X Pro.
On the other hand, making a laptop with the idea of making a mobile phone can bring many different features to the product. Compared with the traditional laptop, the touch screen of Huawei MateBook X Pro and HUAWEI Share can bring freshness.
Connecting and interworking with mobile phones, and close the distance between mobile phones and laptops will be the biggest reason for consumers to consider buying the MateBook X Pro. The strategy to enhance user’s experience should be a thing that Huawei will continue to do in the future.
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