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Leakster: Xiaomi will be the first to use Samsung's upcoming 200 MP sensor

Posted: 26 Apr 2021 07:33 AM PDT

One of Samsung's ISOCELLL sensors was the first (on mobile) to breach the 100 MP barrier and Xiaomi was the first company to use it. Now as Samsung prepares to launch the first 200 MP sensor, Xiaomi prepares to once again be the first to use it. So says leakster Digital Chat Station, though without any time frame for when that might happen. Another well-known leakster, Ice Universe, says that the 200MP sensor will have 0.64 µm pixels, the smallest yet. Previously, we heard a report that the sensor will have a 1/1.37" optical format, so smaller than the GN2 (1/1.12") and about the same...

Xiaomi has shipped over 1 million Mi Smart Band 6 units worldwide

Posted: 26 Apr 2021 06:41 AM PDT

CEO Lei Jun announced that the Xiaomi Mi Smart Band 6 has surpassed 1 million shipments globally. And keep in mind that most of those are from China, since sales there started on April 2, but it only went global a few weeks later. Even so, the Mi Band 3 hit the 1 million mark in 17 days, the Mi Band 4 got there even quicker, just 8 days. The cheap-but-capable smart bands have been waning in popularity, while Xiaomi's "hearables" (i.e. more advanced wireless headphones) have been picking up the slack. They helped the company secure its second place in the wearables market. Xiaomi...

Nokia X50 tipped to bring 108MP camera and Snapdragon 775 chipset

Posted: 26 Apr 2021 05:52 AM PDT

HMD announced half a dozen new Nokia phones along with a new naming convention earlier this month with its new C-series,G-series and X-series phones. According to new information from obtained by Nokiapoweruser, we are due to see a more high-end device soon dubbed Nokia X50. The two key features of the device will be its Snapdragon 775 chipset and 108MP main camera. The 775 (model number: SM7350) is a yet to be released SoC from Qulacomm and is expected to serve as the successor to last year's popular Snapdragon 765G platform. Based on the small list of available info, the device will be...

Huawei Mate 40 Pro 4G gets certified with Harmony OS 2.0

Posted: 26 Apr 2021 05:07 AM PDT

Huawei released its Mate 40 series back in October 2020, and predictably the phones came with Android OS and EMUI on top. Now that the company is about to finalize its in-house OS it has already started testing it on its former flagships. A device that looks a lot like the Huawei Mate 40 Pro smartphone has been listed at TENAA. The footprint and overall design are exactly the same but one major difference is the phone codenamed NOH-AL00 runs Harmony OS 2.0 as per the included table. Huawei Mate 40 Pro Another interesting note about this Huawei Mate 40 Pro is there are no...

Redmi K40 Gaming Edition confirmed to pack 5,000 mAh battery and 67W charging

Posted: 26 Apr 2021 02:33 AM PDT

While we're patiently awaiting tomorrow's announcement of the Redmi K40 Gaming Edition, more and more official leaks keep coming. The gaming phone will sport a 5,065 mAh battery with 67W wired charging. This positions the device as the best-equipped Redmi K40 member in terms of battery capacity and charging speed. Redmi K40 Gaming Edition battery and charging speed posters In addition to the battery and charging specs, Redmi announced its partnership with JBL Audio and the K40 Gaming Edition will be the first device to feature dual speakers tuned by the legendary audio company....

Motorola Moto G20 official with 90Hz display and 5,000mAh battery

Posted: 26 Apr 2021 01:44 AM PDT

Another new member of the Moto G series has arrived - welcome the Moto G20. The entry-level device comes with a 6.5-inch IPS LCD with HD+ resolution and a 90Hz refresh rate. The display has 20:9 aspect ratio and brings a waterdrop notch for the 13MP selfie cam. Moto G20 in Breeze Blue and Flamingo Pink Powering the internals is the eight-core Unisoc T700 chipset which boasts two Cortex-A75 cores alongside six Cortex-A55 and a Mali G52 GPU. It's aided by 4GB RAM and 64GB storage which is further expandable via microSD. Around the back we have a 48MP primary camera backed by...

vivo iQOO 7 Legend is the company's new global flagship, iQOO 7 joins it

Posted: 26 Apr 2021 12:51 AM PDT

The gaming brand iQOO brought its 7 series flagships outside China. During an event in India, the iQOO 7 and iQOO 7 Legend went official, and as expected they are not quite what the naming might make you believe. The global iQOO 7 actually corresponds to the iQOO Neo5, with vertical camera setup and a Snapdragon 870 chipset. The Chinese iQOO 7 is actually going to be known as iQOO 7 Legend overseas and it comes with the Snapdragon 888 chipset and design developed in partnership with BMW M Motorsport. The iQOO 7 Legend's Snapdragon 888 is joined by UFS 3.1 storage and LPDDR5...

Xiaomi Mi 11X hands-on review

Posted: 26 Apr 2021 12:38 AM PDT

Watch the iQOO 7 series global launch here

Posted: 25 Apr 2021 10:45 PM PDT

The next vivo iQOO series flagships are expected today to make their global debut. Starting from India, the vivo gaming brand will introduce an iQOO 7 and an iQOO 7 Legend phones, the latter designed in partnership with BMW M Motorsport. The whole event will be live-streamed on YouTube, and it is scheduled to begin at 12:00 PM IST/6:30 UTC. We expect the iQOO 7 Legend to match the internals of the iQOO 7 launched in China, while the vanilla 7 is expected to be a rebadged iQOO Neo5.

Honor Play 20 arrives with Unisoc chipset, two cameras

Posted: 25 Apr 2021 09:21 PM PDT

The Honor Play 20 is the latest silently launched phone from the now independent smartphone brand. It comes with a modest chipset, big battery and two cameras on the back. The Play 20 is powered by a Unisoc T610 chipset. It is a platform, built on the 12nm process technology by TSMC, and brings an octa-core CPU, with two Cortex-A75 units and six more Cortex-A55, all clocked at 1.8GHz. The chip has 4GB, 6GB, or 8GB RAM and 128GB storage, and Honor provided a micro SD slot for up to 512GB more. On the front is a 6.51" LCD with HD+ resolution and waterdrop notch for the 5MP...

Top 10 trending phones of week 16

Posted: 25 Apr 2021 05:43 PM PDT

In the absence of major phone launches Xiaomi strengthen its grasp on our trending chart, the Chinese company making the five most popular phone in our database this week. The Mi 11 Ultra takes its customary first position ahead of Redmi Note 10 Pro and the Poco X3 Pro. Just off the podium we see the vanilla Redmi Note 10 and another Poco-branded phone - the F3. The new iPad Pro 12.9 took sixth, which is a major achievement for a tablet, particularly one that costs north of $1,000 and is bound to only be interesting to a handful of people. A trio of Samsung phones follows with...

Flashback: Batman and Superman love Nokia, the X-Men use LG

Posted: 25 Apr 2021 01:02 PM PDT

A couple of weeks ago we looked back at some phones with true star power – phones featured in blockbuster movies. Since Marvel characters featured heavily in that (Tony Stark/Iron Man, Steve Rogers/Captain America and others), we thought that this week we can have a look at the handsets seen it other superhero franchises. We'll start with DC, of course, specifically Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises (2012). It features a Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, which was modified by the head of Wayne Enterprises to emit a sound pulse, similar to how a bat does echolocation. But even with fictional...

Week 16 in review: M1 iPad, AirTags official, Galaxy S20 FE with SD865 is here

Posted: 25 Apr 2021 09:53 AM PDT

Another week came and went, and it's time we did a recap. Apple's first event of the year took place and it brought new iPad Pros, a new iMac, the AirTag smart tracker and a purple paint job for the iPhone 12 and 12 mini. The Apple iPad now has an M1 processor straight off the MacBook Pro and Air. It's unclear if the tablet will finally start to do more computer stuff like have proper file system support, or run desktop apps like Final Cut Pro. But it now has support for Thunderbolt 4 through its USB-C port, allowing it to power an external monitor. The iPad Pro 11-inch retained its...
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