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Huawei P50 Pocket gets two new color options; now up for pre-order in China

Jeet — Mon, 27 Jun 2022 08:13:12 +0000

Last year, Huawei launched its first clamshell foldable smartphone in the market — Huawei P50 Pocket. The phone was announced in three color options — Black, Diamond White, and Premium Gold Edition.

Today, the company has announced two new color options in a leather finish — Gold and Silver. These new color models are now up for pre-order in China and the devices will be officially released on 4th July.

The Huawei P50 Pocket features a 6.9-inch foldable OLED display that offers a screen resolution of 2790 x 1188 pixels, a 120Hz refresh rate, and a 21:9 aspect ratio. Under the hood, the device is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G chipset.

It comes in two memory options — 8GB of LPDDR5 RAM with 256GB of UFS 3.1 internal storage and 12GB of LPDDR5 RAM with 512GB of UFS 3.1 internal storage. There’s also a side-mounted fingerprint sensor added security.

As for the camera configuration, the phone features a 40-megapixel primary camera sensor on the back panel along with a 13-megapixel ultrawide lens, and a 32-megapixel ultra-spectrum sensor. On the front side, there’s a 10.7-megapixel selfie snapper.

The smartphone runs the company’s own HarmonyOS 2 operating system out-of-the-box and is powered by a 4,000mAh battery that supports 40W fast charging.

OPPO Reno 8 series gets Iris Purple color option in China; pricing starts at 2,349 yuan ($351)

Jeet — Mon, 27 Jun 2022 04:28:52 +0000

A few days ago, OPPO had teased that the company will soon be launching a new color option for the OPPO Reno 8 series smartphones. Today, the company has officially announced a new Iris Purple color option in the Chinese market.

The Iris Purple OPPO Reno 8 series smartphones have a textured back panel in a purple color that has wavy stripes covering the entire back panel. This new color option is now available for pre-order in China.

For the pre-order of the new Iris Purple color option, the OPPO Reno 8 with 8GB RAM and 128GB storage is priced at 2,439 yuan while the 8GB RAM and 256GB storage model costs 2,698 yuan and the 12GB RAM and 256GB storage model is priced at 2,989 yuan.

On the other hand, OPPO Reno 8 Pro lineup, the 8GB RAM and 256GB storage model costs 3,189 yuan while the 12GB RAM and 256GB model is priced at 3,489 yuan.

Prior to the launch of the Iris Purple color option, the smartphones were available in three colors option. The Reno 8 was offered in Slightly Drunk, Clear Sky Blue, and Night Tour Black colors while the Pro model was available in Micro Drunk, Encounter Blue, and Night Tour Balck colors.

In addition to the launch of the OPPO Reno 8 series smartphones in this new Iris Purple color option, the company has also launched a Summar Flower Fairy Purple Gift Box in which OPPO is offering a perfume blind box for an additional price of 39.9 yuan.

Xiaomi’s Redmi K50 series gets new Snow White color option with a frosted glass back panel

Jeet — Mon, 13 Jun 2022 07:19:46 +0000

Xiaomi has today announced a new color option for its Redmi K50 series smartphones in its home market in China. The new summer color option is called Qingxue or Snow White and features a matte white cover with a frosted glass back panel.

While the new color option for the Redmi K50 lineup has been announced, it will be officially available for purchase in the Chinese market from 18th June for the starting price of 2,399 yuan, which roughly converts to $356.

Zhang Yu, Marketing Manager of Redmi posted some images of the upcoming color option for the Redmi K50 on the social media platform Weibo and added that the frosted glass back panel does not sustain fingerprints.

As per the reports, the new Snow White color option will be available for three models of the Redmi K50 — 8GB + 256GB, 12GB + 256GB, and 12GB + 512GB. For the K50 Pro, it will be offered for the 8GB + 256GB and 12GB + 256GB models.

Apart from the color, everything else on the smartphones remains the same. The Redmi K50 series features a 6.67-inch AMOLED QHD+ display and runs the Android 12 operating system with the company’s own custom user interface on top.

The Redmi K50 is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 8100 processor, while the top-end model, the Redmi K50 Pro, is powered by MediaTek’s Dimensity 9000 SoC. The phones come packed with up to 12GB of LPDDR5 RAM and 512GB of UFS 3.1 internal storage.

Apple iPhone 13 Dark Green color option could get unveiled today

Jeet — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 05:37:45 +0000

Apple has scheduled a launch event today where the Cupertino-based technology giant will be launching the new iPhone SE and the new iPad Air, along with some other products.

Interestingly, if the reports are to be believed, then a new color option for the iPhone 13 series smartphones could also get unveiled at the same event. A render of the upcoming color for the iPhone has also leaked.

As per the report from YouTuber Luke Miani, a new Dark Green color option for the iPhone 13 lineup will be unveiled at the event today. Last year also, the company had introduced a new Purple color option for the iPhone 12 series.

Coming to the Dark Green iPhone 13, the color for the device falls somewhere between the Midnight Green color of the iPhone 11 Pro and the iPhone 12’s Mint Green. Apart from the new color option, everything else will remain the same.

The next-generation iPhone SE will come with support for 5G connectivity. It is expected to continue with the same design as the current generation model, which means that it could retain the Touch ID feature which isn’t found in any other smartphone from Apple.

Internally, the upcoming smartphone is expected to come powered by the Apple A15 Bionic processor, feature better cameras, and come with support for 5G. Similarly, the new iPad Air is also expected to have a new CPU and 5G support.

Recently, it was reported that a new monitor from the company as well as new Mac Mini or MacBook models and Apple Silicon’s M2 chip could also get announced at today’s event. To know for sure, we will have to wait for a few more hours.