The Amazfit Verge 2 is one of the new smartwatches Huami released a few weeks ago in China. The watch sports a design that is totally different from that of its predecessor and also comes with new features such as an eSIM and an ECG sensor.

The Amazfit Verge 2 has been spotted on the Bluetooth SIG website which may point at a global release soon. The watch was certified on Tuesday, June 18, and the listing says the product name is “Amazfit Smart Watch 2”. But we know it is the Verge 2 because the name on the Chinese website translates to “Smart Watch 2”. The Chinese name of the original Verge and the new Verge Lite also translate to “Smart Watch” and “Smart Watch Youth Edition respectively”.

When the Verge 2 launches globally, it should take on the Apple Watch Series 4. It is priced at ¥1299 (~$189) for the ECG version while the non-ECG model has a price tag of ¥999 (~$145). That is significantly cheaper than the Apple Watch Series 4 which starts at $399.

The Amazfit Verge 2 has a 1.39-inch AMOLED display with a 454 x 454 resolution and a retina-grade PPI of 326 housed in a microcrystalline zirconium ceramic frame. It is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Wear 2500, has 512MB of RAM and 4GB of onboard storage. There is an eSIM which means you can leave your phone at home and not miss calls and messages. The Amazfit Verge 2 also has NFC, Bluetooth 4.2, an IP68 rating, and a 420mAh battery. It will go on sale in July in China.

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News of Samsung’s Exynos 7872 processor has been circulating for a while now. The chipset is said to be built on the 14nm design and will power Samsung’s entry level phones.

Yesterday, the Exynos 7872 was seen on the Bluetooth SIG website. According to the info on the site, the Exynos 7872 received a Bluetooth 4.2 certification. Sources say the chip may be released soon following this development.

Previous reports say the Exynos 7872 will have six cores – two Cortex-A73 cores and four Cortex-A53 cores, and will have a Mali G71 for its GPU. The 7872 is rumored to debut in the Samsung Galaxy A3 (2018).

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Last week, the Exynos 7885 was the chip seen on the Bluetooth SIG website. The 7885 is also a 14nm chipset but packs 8 cores. Unlike the 7882, it received a Bluetooth 5.0 certification. It is expected to power the 2018 version of the Galaxy A5 and Galaxy A7.

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