Earlier this year, ASUS announced the Zenfone 3 Zoom. Unlike the previous Zenfone Zoom which sports a single camera with optical zoom, the new phone sports dual rear cameras. While ASUS’ first dual camera phone is priced at over $500 for the 128GB version, ASUS seems to be working on a less expensive model. The ASUS X00KD was spotted on TENAA and it also sports dual rear cameras.
The ASUS X00KD has a 5-inch 720p display, 2GB/3GB RAM and 16GB/32GB ROM. ASUS has included a quad-core CPU clocked at 1.25GHz (probably a MT6737M SoC). There is a 4020mAh battery under the hood and the phone runs Android 7.0.
The dual rear cameras are arranged just like that of the Zenfone 3 Zoom. One is a 13MP sensor and the other is an 8MP camera. There is also a 5MP camera in front for selfies. The ASUS X00KD also has a microSD card slot that accepts up to 2TB cards. There is a physical home button but there is no mention of a fingerprint scanner embedded underneath it.
The much awaited Mi Max 2 was finally released last week. The highlights of the phone are its massive 5300mAh battery and Sony IMX386 main camera. This is the same same sensor in the Mi 6.
As stated above, the Mi Max 2 uses a Sony IMX386 sensor with a 1.25µm sensor. However, it lacks some of the bells and whistles of the Mi 6, such as the 4-axis OIS. There is PDAF, HDR and a dual LED flash though.
Xiaomi has provided camera samples of the Mi Max 2 and we want you to be the judge as regards its performance. Can the Mi Max 2 hold its own against the Mi 6?
The pictures look good and were taken in various locations including Egypt and Tunisia. There are a couple of night shots and images taken under low light conditions. There is also one that compares the Mi Max 2 to the Mi Max.
Nubia has an event slated for June 1 where the company is expected to release a new smartphone in China. The Nubia Z17 is expected to be released on that day and there have been several teaser posters to that effect. Nubia again released a pre-launch teaser today showing its upcoming device will have a borderless design. Now, the poster suggests it’s going to be an entirely bezel-less affair but the leaked photos of the Z17 doesn’t reflect such level of bezel-lessness. There are indications that Nubia will launch a truly bezel-less smartphone apart from the Z17 and the device will have a high screen-to-body ratio.
We have seen a couple of leaked photos said to be those of the Z17 but recently we brought you an exclusive photo of a leaked bezel-less Nubia smartphone. The leaked image, which the source claim isn’t the Z17, only revealed the top half of the device with ultra-thin borders. Well, we were able to come up with a sketch of what the other half of the front of the Nubia phone looks like. Indeed we may be looking at a revolutionary device without bezels on the side edges and very narrow bezels at the top and bottom. The sketch looks so real you might want to think this is the real design in its entirety but the aspect we are sure of is the upper half. From what we can perceive, the device may have a higher screen to body ratio, even higher than the Galaxy S8 and even the Xiaomi Mi Mix.
The top bezel which is just enough for the selfie camera and phone receiver also houses a dual selfie camera setup. On the other hand, the sketch shows that there is still a front virtual home button marked by the trademark Nubia red ring. Whether this is a new Nubia phone launching soon, we’ll find out about that
New details have surfaced online regarding the Moto E4 thanks to leakster Roland Quandt (@rquandt). The info contains a full specification sheet of the phone, shipping date and Canadian price.
Motorola Moto E4: more detailed specs, Canada MSRP is 249,99 CAD, interesting to see NFC (certain markets) and GG3, supposedly ships July 17 pic.twitter.com/IOCddU3o6L
We have already covered the specification details in previous articles but the new addition is that the Moto E4 will have Gorilla Glass 3 protecting its 5-inch screen.
There is 2GB of RAM, 16GB ROM and a microSD card slot that takes up to 128GB cards. It will be powered by Mediatek’s MT6737M processor.
The rear camera on the Moto E4 is an 8MP sensor with LED flash. It has HDR and can shoot panorama images and record videos at 720p. For the front facing camera, you get a 5MP camera.
The Moto E4 has Wi-Fi a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.2, FM Radio and NFC (market dependent). It will run Android 7.1.1 out of the box and will have a removable 2800mAh battery.
This watch is strange on three different levels. First, you can call it the mechanical Apple Watch because of the striking resemblance. Next is its name which is weird and long – H.Moser Swiss Alp Watch Zzzz. Then you can gape at its $26,900 insane price tag!!!
For those into luxury mechanical watches, the name H. Moser should be familiar. The watch making family business was founded in 1828 and started with making pocket watches before moving on to wristwatches. One of its latest watches is the Swiss Alp Watch Zzzz which looks just like the Apple Watch.
So what do you get for $26,900? The watch is totally built by hand. It has a white gold rectangle face with rounded edges that measures 38.2mm × 44mm and is 10.3mm thick. Its all-black dial gives off a look akin to a display but matches well with its white-gold hands.
There is a hand-wound HMC 324 movement inside and a caliber with a 4-day power reserve that can be recharged by hand.
The LG G6 is one of the well-received smartphones of the year. Even though it comes with impressive specs, it does not feature the Snapdragon 835 that is present inside 2017 flagship phones like Sony Xperia XZ Premium, Galaxy S8, Galaxy S8+, Xiaomi Mi 6, and HTC U11. Fresh information published on a Korean publication has revealed that LG has already struck a deal with Qualcomm to ensure that the LG G7 features the Snapdragon 845 SoC.
According to The Investor that cites information from the Korean source, Qualcomm and LG have started collaborating since early this month for the LG G7. The Snapdragon 845, the successor of Snapdragon 835, is rumored to feature Cortex A75 and Cortex A55 cores in BIG.Little architecture. Compared to the Snapdragon 835, its successor chip is expected to deliver 30 percent better performance in single-core threading. Also, it is expected to offer 70 percent enhanced performance in multi-core threading.
The LG G6 is a great phone, but the fact that it is powered by Snapdragon 821 is one of the reasons why people may not want to buy it. The Snapdragon 821 is an older chipset that powers flagship phones from 2016. People who wish to buy a flagship phone now would rather prefer to purchase Snapdragon 835 driven smartphones like Galaxy S8, Mi 6, Xperia XZ Premium, or HTC U11.
The LG G7 is rumored to come with support for virtual reality (VR) and AR augmented realty (AR) because of which it appears inevitable that it will be featuring the upcoming Snapdragon 845 SoC. Samsung, too has rumored to have started working on Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 Plus that are rumored to be respectively codenamed as Star and Star 2.
A report published in the previous month revealed that Samsung and Qualcomm have already started working on Snapdragon 845 powered Galaxy S9. Hence, Samsung and LG are expected to rival against each other as the Galaxy S9 and LG G7 are rumored to debut in the first quarter of 2018. With Snapdragon 845 onboard, the LG G7 seems to arrive as an ultimate flagship that will be able to give tough competition to flagship phones form other brands.
ARM announced two new processor cores and one new GPU core earlier today which should power the upcoming smartphones and other gadgets by the end of 2017 / early 2018. The new Cortex A75 processor core succeeds the powerful Cortex A73 cores that’s found inside many high-end chipsets today. The Cortex A55 is one of the most awaited upgrades as it succeeds the super popular Cortex A53 core that’s found in millions of smartphones. There’s a new GPU announced as well, the brand new Mali-G72 succeeding the G71 core announced last year.
DynamicIQ
While these are important upgrades, what’s even more exciting is the announcement of the new DynamicIQ, which has been in the works for the past few years. If you are wondering why it’s important, note that it is the next generation tech in the super popular big.LITTLE architecture that’s currently used by most of the smartphone chipsets in the market including Snapdragon and Helio SoCs.
Considering how the big.LITTLE architecture was announced around 5 years back, it was about time that we got an upgrade to the architecture better suited for new generation requirements. One of the major upgrades in DynamicIQ architecture is the ability to mix different CPUs in a cluster. At present, the big.LITTLE architecture supports multiple clusters but each cluster would have just one type of CPU. For example, if there are two clusters, you can have Cortex A72 in one cluster and Cortex A53 in another cluster. But you couldn’t have them both together in one single cluster.
That changes with DynamicIQ architecture. This means you can have multiple CPUs in one single cluster and the number of CPUs in a single cluster has been increased to eight from the previous four limit in big.Little. So, you can have an octa-core chipset even with just one cluster. In fact, ARM predicts that a number of mid-range SoCs could go for an octa-core single cluster design with multiple CPU combinations. For example, Cortex A75 and Cortex A55 could be used in 1+7 or 2+ 6 or 4 + 4 or even just 1 + 4 combinations. With the support for multiple CPUs in a cluster, you could have lots of combinations.
ARM further predicts one particular combination to be popular among mid-range SoCs — Cortex A72 and Cortex A55 in 1 + 7 combination. This particular combination improves single thread performance up to 2.41x and multi-thread up to 1.42x as compared to an octa-core Cortex A53 SoC.
Another important feature of DynamicIQ is the presence of a DynamicIQ Shared Unit (DSU) which houses the L3 cache, takes care of power management as well as ACP and Peripheral port interfacing.
Note that as of now, only the newly announced Cortex A75 and Cortex A55 support DynamicIQ.
Cortex A75
This is the next generation core that will power the flagships of late 2017 and 2018. The Cortex A75 builds upon the thermal efficiency of A73 and boosts the performance. So, Cortex A75 offers more than 20 percent improvement in performance in a number of scenarios as compared to last year’s Cortex A73. This is achieved while maintaining the same levels of sustained performance. Also, instead of focusing on increasing power efficiency, ARM seems to have focused on keeping the same level of efficiency as the A73 while improving performance.
The Cortex A75 core is not just meant for smartphones as there are a number of large screen devices that could use this powerful chip, like Chromebooks and convertibles.
Cortex A55
The Cortex A55 is a much better upgrade, offering up to twice the boost in performance for memory-bound tasks as compared to the old Cortex A53. But for typical CPU usage tasks, the new processor core offers up to 20 improvement in performance, much like the Cortex A75. Efficiency is also given due importance as the Cortex-A55 comes with 15 percent improvement in power efficiency as compared to its predecessor.
Remember that both, Cortex A55 and Cortex A75 are built on the new ARM v8.2-A architecture and ARM adds that these CPU cores are specifically designed to handle new age requirements like AI and machine learning.
Mali-G72 GPU
The current generation Mali-G71 GPU is found a number of high-end smartphones like the Huawei P10 and even the Samsung Galaxy S8 powered by the Exynos 8895.
The Mali-G72 improves energy efficiency by up to 25 percent as compared to Mali-G71. ARM has also improved performance density by up to 20 percent. This essentially means that you can put more GPU cores in the same die area. This could translate into more cores being packed inside flagship smartphone GPUs. At present, the Kirin 960 uses Mali-G71 MP8 GPU (eight-cores) and Samsung’s Exynos 8895 comes with Mali-G71 MP20 (20 cores). The G71 and G72 GPU support up to 32 cores and we may finally see top-end phones using more GPU cores inside its SoC to boost graphic performance.
It may take a while for chipmakers to implement the new DynamicIQ architecture, but we can expect new smartphones with Cortex A75 and A55 cores sometime early 2018. Best case scenario would be late 2017, but we’ll have to wait and see if new chips can release that early.
Xiaomi has been making all sorts of products and I came across the Roidmi 2s car charger that has the best quality FM modulator I’ve ever heard and a lot more features. You can now get it for just $12.99, which is an amazing value.
To be honest, I’ve been looking for a great versatile car charger that has the FM modulator feature since my car has neither the AUX input port nor Bluetooth.
The Roidmi 2s is very well built and sturdy charger that has 2 ports with the power output of 2.4A that can charge the phone very fast.
One of the key features of this device is the FM modulator. All you have to do is download the Roidmi App, connect the charger to your phone via Bluetooth, select the same radio bands on your car’s stereo and on the app and you are ready to stream music.
The audio quality has to be the key selling point of this device. It’s just outstanding and I have to say that this is the best sounding FM modulator I’ve tested so far.
You can also do some other things within the app, e.g. check your car battery’s voltage, which I don’t really care about.
What is more interesting, you can change the colors of LED light of the charger, which is pretty cool. My favorite feature is the ability to shake the phone to switch the songs and this feature is very useful while driving. As for call quality, people on the other end could recognize that I’m using the hands-free but we could make a clear conversation.
I have to say that my search for the great budget FM modulator is finally over. I’ve tested some other cheap options out there but none of them could match the audio quality of the Roidmi 2s. If you add some other useful features, the Roidmi 2s can be highly recommended and you can now get it for just $12.99, which is an amazing value.
The market is full of car cameras or dashcams but it’s not that easy to choose the right one if you don’t want to spend hundreds for it. Xiaomi dash-cam is a great camera and you can now get it for just $46.99, which sounds like a great deal.
One of the key features is a 2.7” display, which works as a viewfinder. Also, the physical control buttons to help you navigate through the menu.
A camera has a g-sensor (shock sensor). If you hit it (e.g. a car accident), the red indicator shows that the camera saves a separate file of 20 secs. (10 secs before, 10 secs after the g-sensor was activated). You can also record this separate file by clicking a red record button.
The dashcam has 165 degrees wide-angle lens with a f/1.8 aperture to assure a good low-light image quality. You can shoot videos at the maximum resolution of 1296P, which is above full-HD at 30 fps. Of course, you can switch to 60fps but you will lose a little bit of detail.
OnePlus has been releasing its flagship killer smartphones with very affordable pricing since the past few years. The OnePlus, OnePlus 2 and OnePlus 3 were available for less than $400. The OnePlus 3T is priced at $439. Rumors are rife that the OnePlus 5 would be coming be arriving with a costlier price tag because of the expensive components inside it. The new referral program from the Chinese company will allow customers to avail the upcoming flagship phone and other OnePlus products with discounted pricing.
Customers who have bought a OnePlus smartphone through OnePlus and not through its retailing partners will automatically make them qualify for the Referral Program. After visiting this link, readers need to click on Get your sharable link button and then enter the login credentials of the OnePlus account. It will then provide a link that can be shared with their family or friends.
Once the link is used to purchase a OnePlus phone, the user will receive $20 discount on a OnePlus accessory. Since it is a referral scheme, OnePlus will provide 100 referral points to the one who referred the new buyer.
The 100 referral points can be redeemed while purchasing any item that is available at the OnePlus Store. It can be used on various items available with OnePlus such as accessories, smartphones, merchandises and souvenirs. One should be aware of the fact that customers who have purchased OnePlus device through OnePlus would qualify them for the referral program. In other words, customers who have purchased a OnePlus device from other stores like eBay or Swappa will not be able to get the referral link.
The new referral program has just arrived at a time when the rumor mill has started hinting that the OnePlus 5 would be unveiling soon. Internal documents that have reportedly surfaced from the company suggests that the OnePlus 5 would be unveiling on June 15.
When OnePlus had launched the OnePlus 3T in November 2016, it discontinued the OnePlus 3 that was announced few months before it in June. The Chinese company is expected to use the same strategy to introduce the OnePlus 5. Through a tweet, it has hinted that the OnePlus 3T will go out of stock. This indicates that the June 15 launch date of OnePlus 5 is imminent as the company will be discontinuing OnePlus 3T soon.
Xiaomi was once heralded as the internet phone king of China after it took the centre stage in selling its smartphones in China. That has however seen a decline due to the influx of other phone makers into the online channel. The likes of OPPO and Vivo have even outpaced Xiaomi by incorporating both offline and online sales channels, leading to a serious decline in revenue. This has prompted the company, dubbed the Apple of China, to open offline stores in China.
At present, the Mi Home stores are located in major cities like Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Nanjing, Chengdu, Hangzho, Wuhan, Zhuzhai, Zhengzhou, Changsha, Wuxi, Dongguan, Jinan, Dalian, Xiamen, Qingdao, Shenyang and others. Apart from sales, the shops cater for after sales service needs of customers as well as sales of accessories and technical support services. From the look of things, the Mi Stores seem to also stock other Mi smart gadgets apart from smartphones.
Xiaomi has so far released quite a number of products this year and the pace seems not to be abating. With its recent determined pace, could we see Xiaomi contending at the top three at the end of this year? That is looking likely, even though its competitors are not sleeping either.
Samsung is rumored to be working on Galaxy C10 that is heavily speculated to launch as the first dual rear camera smartphone. The latest leak showing the 360-degree view of the front and rear sides of the phone to reveal its design and more importantly, the dual rear camera module.
Rumors were claiming that the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ would be the first smartphones form the South Korean company to come with dual rear cameras. However, since they are equipped with single rear-facing cameras, the rumor mill started claiming that the upcoming Galaxy Note 8 phablet would the company’s first phone to feature twin rear cameras. Multiple leaks confirm that the Galaxy C10 (or C10 Plus) that is pegged to release soon will be the company’s first smartphone to feature twin cameras on the back panel.
The above video that shows 360-degree view of the Samsung Galaxy C10 shows that vertically stacked double cameras on the rear side of the phone. It is equipped with a dual-LED flash on right, but the previous renders showed the flash sitting between the two camera sensors. The two keys present on the left side of the Galaxy C10 are for controlling volume and Power button. There is a dedicated Bixby AI button on the right edge of the phone.
The bottom side of the Galaxy C10 has a 3.5mm audio jack, a USB Type-C port and an external speaker. The phone is likely to feature a metal unibody chassis. The topside of the phone is barren. The front sides show presence a Home button that seems to be integrated with a fingerprint sensor.
Rumors have revealed that the Galaxy C10 would be featuring a 5.5-inch screen. Its dimensions are 152.5 x 74.8 x 7.68mm. It is expected to launch as a successor edition for Galaxy C9 Pro. it is speculated to be powered by Snapdragon 660 chipset and 6 GB of RAM.
Samsung GALAXY C10 SM-C9100 Project drop. Only GALAXY C10 Plus SM-C9150 now.
Earlier in this month, a Chinese leakster had claimed that Samsung had dropped the Galaxy C10 SM-C9100 project and it would be only launching the Galaxy C10 Plus SM-C9150. The following image of the Galaxy C10 Plus has been revealed by the same leakster.
There is no information available on the launch date of Galaxy C10, but it is speculated to get unveiled in the next month or early in Q3. It is expected to be coming in color choices like Pink, Rose Gold and Black.
A new leaked internal mail from OnePlus may have unofficially revealed the OnePlus 5’s launch date even before OnePlus brings that to the open. The leaked mail is said to be meant primarily to make arrangements for publicity for the release which the mail hints would take place on June 15. Well, the leak could be intentional as part of the publicity, who knows?
There is no doubt the OnePlus 5’s launch date is very close by, considering the rate at which the leaks about the device have been streaming out recently. Also, OnePlus recently hinted that the OnePlus 3T would be discontinued, further fueling speculations that the company is already preparing the ground for the OnePlus 5 launch.
OnePlus 5 is expected to come packing Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 835 processor and will have a front fingerprint sensor. These two features, as well as the name of the device, have all been confirmed by OnePlus officially. The flagship is also expected with a dual camera setup, 6GB of RAM and Android 7.1 Nougat, among others. We’ll have to wait for an official press invite or poster from OnePlus to confirm this leaked date.
OPPO R11 is confirmed to get officially unveiled on June 10. It’s bigger variant, the OPPO R11 Plus is also expected to get unleashed alongside the OPPO R11. A Chinese leakster has revealed leaked posters that carry the specifications of OPPO R11 and R11 Plus. He has also revealed a couple of images of the OPPO R11. One of the images show the three color variants of the phone.
OPPO 11 and OPPO R11 Plus would be coming with some common specifications. Both the smartphones will be fueled by the Snapdragon 660. Also, these phones will feature 20-megapixel + 16-megapixel dual rear cameras and 20-megapxiel front-facing camera. OPPO is providing an internal storage of 64 GB on R11 duo. Both phones are also expected to house a microSD card slot. The R11 and R11 Plus would come preinstalled with Android 7.1.1 Nougat OS modified with Color OS 3.1.
The OPPO R11 will be featuring a 5.5-inch screen that will support a full HD resolution of 1,920 x 1,080 pixels. The SD 660 chipset on the R11 will be couple with 4 GB of RAM. It will be coming with a 3,000mAh battery. On the other side, the OPPO R11 Plus will be arriving with a mammoth screen of 6 inches that will support FHD resolution of 1,920 x 1,080 pixels. It will be featuring 6 GB of RAM and will be packed with a 4,000mAh battery. The entire specifications of the OPPO R11 and R11 Plus have also surfaced on TENNA.
An image showing the rear of the Silver variant of the OPPO R11 reveals that the horizontally arranged dual rear camera and its single LED flash at its top-left corner. A noticeable bump for the rear camera module can be seen in the image. The top and bottom edges of the phone feature the antenna bands. Another grainy image shows the Home button that houses the fingerprint sensor. The other image shows the Rose Gold, Silver and Black variants of OPPO R11.
The arrival of the 2017 Moto Z smartphones seems to be close at hand. The Motorola Moto Z2 Play unboxing images have surfaced to reveal the package of the phone along with its contents. Also, popular leakster Roland Quandt has leaked several high-resolution images of the Moto Z2 Play. An image of an ad showing the Moto Z2 Play the launch date as June 1 has also surfaced.
As it can be seen in the leaked shots, the Moto Z2 Play will be arriving in a red-colored box. It contains a charger, a charging cable and the third item looks like earbuds.
The key specs of the phone have been listed on the protective layer of plastic placed on the display of the grey-colored model of Moto Z2 Play. It will be coming with a 5.5-inch full HD screen that will support a resolution of 1,920 x 1,080 pixels.
The “Moto Snaps” mentioned on the screen probably refers to the fact that the Moto Z2 Play will carry support for Moto Mods accessories that can be packed snapped on its rear side. The phone will be equipped with a 12-megapixel camera that will be enabled with features like dual autofocus and laser autofocus. Leaked shots have revealed that the rear camera is equipped with a dual-LED flash.
It will be coming with an internal storage of 64 GB RAM and its SoC will be coupled with 4 GB of RAM. Rumors have it that it also features a microSD card slot.
Above the display, a LED flash can be seen for the selfie camera. Leaked photos of the handset have revealed that it features a USB Type-C port and presence of a 3.5mm audio jack. The Geekbench and TENAA listings of the phone as well as previous rumors have revealed that the Snapdragon 626 chipset will be driving the Moto Z2 Play. The SoC features a 2.2GHz octa-core processor. The TENAA listing has also revealed that the Moto Z2 Play’s thickness would be only 5.99mm.
Here are the high-resolution images of Moto Z2 Play in different color variants like White/Gold, Black/Grey and White/Silver.
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Here are some more images that show that Moto Z2 Play sporting the Moto Mods accessories like external battery, JBL speaker, pico projector and optical zoom camera.
As of this writing, there is no official information its launch. However, a Twitter user has revealed the following image that contains an official ad of Moto Z2 Play. It states that the phone will be launching on June 1. It seems that Lenovo will be initially making it available in Latin America, but it will be also arriving other global markets.
Meizu‘s much anticipated Pro 7 has been one elusive device that is still yet to get a specific launch date. The phone has been the subject of a couple of renders in the past and yet again, another render just appeared online. Surprisingly, this latest rendering of the Meizu Pro 7 is said to have emanated from Russia, one country where Meizu has a strong following.
The render could best be described as a blend between the Samsung Galaxy S8 when viewed from the front and the iPhone 7 Plus with its dual rear camera at the rear. It features a curved edge display with tiny bezels at the top and bottom, perhaps where the selfie cameral as well so, physical home button. The rear camera is positioned on the top left corner, just link is on the iPhone 7 Plus. The device also comes in two shapes of black.
Even though the render was nothing more than a fan-generated render, it was enough to draw a response from Meizu when it was revealed in Weibo. Meizu’s new Senior VP who just joined the team Yang Zhe hinted that while the render looked attractive, it was no where close to how the Pro 7 would look when launched. The VP however refused to reveal more details.
We can take this as, perhaps, an indication that the Pro 7 is still in the work. More especially as Jeffery Yang is senior VP in charge of the the high-end series where the Pro 7 falls into. There is also a rumor that the Pro 7 would be the next Meizu phone to launch but the launch wouldn’t be next month, June. We look forward to the Pro 7 ‘ s launch as it looks like a well packaged device.
OPPO continues to pain the terrain green in preparation of its upcoming launch of the R11 scheduled to take place on June 10. The company has for a while now been teasing the R11’s images in video ads and posters but we are yet to see the real photo of the device up-close. Well, we’ve got one now.
The close shot of the OPPO R11 affords us the opportunity to access the design very well. From what we can see, the R11 isn’t very much different from the R9-series in terms of design. Well, except for the unique dua cameras that the device features at the rear. Talking about dual cameras, the R11’s dual setup is tipped to be a powerful setup and the recently released sample photos of the device lends credence to that. OPPO recently shared three sample photos captured by the R11’s dual cameras. The photos look crystal clear without any trace of image noise or any other anomaly.
Talking about the specs, the OPPO R11 is expected with a well-packed specs lineup marshaled by Qualcomm’s latest mid-range SoC, the Snapdragon 660 chip. The main feature on the device is the 16MP + 20MP dual camera setup that sits at the back of the device. The camera is said to integrate Qualcomm’s top Spectra 160 ISP and is also a depth optimised camera. Don’t forget it also comes with a 2X lossless zoom feature as well as a professional portrait mode whose samples we had earlier seen.
In addition, the OPPO R11 will come with a 5.5-inch 1080p AMOLED display with 4GB RAM as well as 64GB of storage. The device also packs a 2900mAh battery and there is no 128GB version. An OPPO R11 Plus is also said to be coming and the device recently appeared on TENAA where the specs are listed as a 6.0-inch 1080p display with 6GB RAM and a 3880mAh battery. Both models run Android 7.1 Nougat modified with Color 3.1 OS.
There are just a handful of Snapdragon 835 powered smartphones in the market at the moment but Qualcomm is already working on a successor. The Snapdragon 835 is an impressive chipset but the Snapdragon 845 is bent on pushing performance further. To do that, it will be sporting some brand new cores.
The Snapdragon 835 is an octa-core processor built on the 10nm node design. New leaks have revealed that the Snapdragon 845 will be built on the same 10nm design. However, the difference between both chips lies in their CPU cores.
Cortex-A75 Cores
Unlike the SD835 that uses eight Kryo 280 cores, the Snapdragon 845 will feature ARM’s new Cortex-A75 and Cortex-A55 cores in a BIG.Little configuration.
The question now is how powerful are the new A75 and A55 cores? The info provided says the A75 will provide an improvement in performance greater than 20% over the Cortex-A73 and about 40% over the Cortex-A72. For power consumption, the A75 will maintain the same performance as the A73.
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The new core A75 was compared against the A73 on various benchmarking tools and we can see how well it trumps the A73 on Geekbench v4. The A75 will have a maximum clock speed of 3GHz, a 200MHz increase over the A73’s 2.8GHz which should translate to improved single and multi-thread performance.
Cortex A55 Cores
Now heading to the power efficiency cores, the Cortex-A55 will provide up to 2 times more performance over the A53 and will see improvements up to 15% in power efficiency.
The Cortex-A55 still has a couple of new tricks under its sleeve. Up till this moment, you could only pack up to 4 cores in a single cluster. However, that changes now. The A55 can be packed in a cluster of 8 cores. So processors like the SD625 which contain 8 Core-A53 cores in two clusters of 4, can now become a single cluster with the A55 for even way better battery life or 16 cores packed in two clusters. We are sure MediaTek will be pretty excited with this new development.
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The Cortex A55 was also benchmarked and the results were compared against the A53 and the results speaks in favor of the A55.
The OnePlus 5 is scheduled for a Summer launch, although there is no date yet, there are rumors it is next month. Over the past couple of weeks, there have been tons of leaks regarding the design of the OnePlus 5.
A new image said to be that of the OnePlus 5 surfaced on Weibo yesterday, and like the others, the focus is on the dual rear cameras it is supposed to launch with.
The OnePlus 5 in the image is wrapped up in a case but the cut-out for the rear cameras reveals a vertical setup. Directly below the rear cameras is the LED flash. The camera design is similar to that of the OnePlus 2 due to the rectangular shape of the camera housing.
Up front, just below the 5.5-inch display is a fingerprint scanner that doubles as a home button and at the top left corner is the front facing camera. The images don’t give a view of the top and bottom of the phone, so we can’t tell if there is a 3.5mm audio jack.
A new device codenamed Xiaomi Jason has been seen on GFXBench. Since the Mi Max 2 is already out of the way, the only device we are thinking it might be is the Redmi Pro 2. However, the display size is what’s preventing us from ruling outright that this is the Redmi Pro 2.
According to the info on GFXBench, the Xiaomi Jason has a 5.1-inch FHD display. This is smaller than the size of the original Redmi Pro which is a 5.5-inch display. This singular reason makes us think it might not be the Pro 2.
There is also a possibility that Xiaomi decided to cut down the display size just the way Motorola did with the Moto G5 Plus and offer the Redmi Pro 2 as a top tier mid-range phone. But reducing the screen size isn’t the only thing required for a top mid-range phone.
The Xiaomi Jason runs Android 7.1.1 Nougat, has 6GB of RAM, and 64GB of storage. It is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm CPU clocked at 2.2GHz and an Adreno 512 GPU. There is no doubt that this is the Snapdragon 660 chip, the king of the mid-range chips.
The rear camera on the Xiaomi Jason is an 11MP (12MP) sensor that can record in 4K while the front facing camera is a 3MP sensor. The latter is probably a 4MP UltraPixel sensor like the one in the Mi 5. Another feature the Xiaomi Jason has is NFC support.
If this isn’t the Redmi Pro 2, then we don’t know what it is seeing as Xiaomi’s CEO, Lei Jun has quelled rumors of a Mi 6c.
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