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Zepp Z launched in India for INR25,999, sales begin July 20

Posted: 16 Jul 2021 07:30 AM PDT

Amazfit completed three years in India, and to celebrate the milestone, Zepp Health - which owns the Zepp and Amazfit brands - today announced the Zepp Z in the Indian market. The Zepp Z is priced at INR25,999 ($350/€295) and it will be up for purchase in the country starting July 20 from Amazon.in. The Zepp Z sports a 1.39" AMOLED color touchscreen having 454x454-pixel resolution and a pixel density of 326ppi. The display is covered with 2.5D Gorilla Glass 3, has a peak brightness of 550 nits, and supports over 50 watchfaces. The smartwatch has 5ATM water resistance and comes with...

ZTE Blade V30 series launches with 64MP cameras and 5,000 mAh batteries

Posted: 16 Jul 2021 06:48 AM PDT

The latest devices in ZTE's portfolio are two affordable 4G midrangers dubbed Blade V30 and Blade V30 Vita. They launched in Mexico and bring large IPS LCDs, 48MP/64MP primary cameras and 5,000 mAh batteries. The Blade V30 packs a 6.67-inch FHD+ panel with a punch-hole cutout for the 16MP selfie cam while the Vita goes up to 6.8-inches but brings down the resolution to 720 x 1640-pixels. There is a solid chin on the Vita as well as a waterdrop notch for the 8MP selfie cam. Going around the back we find a 64MP primary shooter on the Blade V30 accompanied by an 8MP ultrawide snapper,...

Poco F3 GT is launching on July 23 in India

Posted: 16 Jul 2021 05:55 AM PDT

Poco India has been teasing the launch of its F3 GT for some time now and we finally have a date to look forward to. We'll see the latest Poco phone launch a week from now on July 23 as confirmed by the brand's official Twitter handle. POCO.... F3... GT.. Nuff Said1 Week to go. #SwitchItUp pic.twitter.com/1MWCMcqF6p— POCO India - The God Of Madness (@IndiaPOCO) July 16, 2021 The Poco F3 GT is expected to be a rebranded Redmi K40 Gaming Edition meaning we should be getting a 120Hz OLED, a Dimensity 1200 chipset and a 5,000 mAh battery with 67W wired charging. The device should also...

TSMC revenue goes up amid chip shortage

Posted: 16 Jul 2021 05:15 AM PDT

TSMC is responsible for about 28% of the world's chip manufacturing and its portfolio of hardware ranges from consoles and smartphones to PCs and cars. Despite the ongoing chip shortage the company manages to report an impressive growth year-over-year. The latest financial report reads $13.3 billion in sales, which is a hefty 20% jump compared to the same quarter last year. The company's CEO, however, warns that the chip shortage will continue throughout the whole year, though car manufacturers will feel the pressure being gradually released. With TSMC leading the market, the...

Realme working on a MagSafe alternative of its own, it's called MagDart

Posted: 16 Jul 2021 04:46 AM PDT

A recent EUIPO (European Union Intellectual Property Office) filing reveals that Realme is readying an alternative to Apple's MagSafe of its own and unsurprisingly, which will be called MagDart. The documents are filed by Realme's chief company, Oppo. The document doesn't reveal much but it does confirm that the MagDart product includes wireless charging pads for smartphones. It just doesn't get more obvious than this. The MagDart charger itself is still undergoing a certification process, though. In addition, it's probably safe to assume that other companies under the BBK...

OnePlus Buds Pro will be unveiled on July 22 with adaptive noise cancellation and Warp Charge

Posted: 16 Jul 2021 04:21 AM PDT

OnePlus is set to introduce the Nord 2 5G on July 22, and alongside that, the company will also unveil its new TWS earphones, dubbed OnePlus Buds Pro. This revelation comes from OnePlus' R&D Head Kinder Liu, who said the Buds Pro will feature adaptive noise cancellation and use three microphones to monitor exterior noises and then "intelligently produce noise-canceling counter frequencies" to automatically reduce the noise levels between 15 to 40 decibels. The OnePlus Buds Pro look similar to Apple's Airpods Pro, and their design will be a combination of matte and glossy finishes. The...

Realme GT Explorer Master Edition coming with Snapdragon 870, vanilla model passes by Geekbench

Posted: 16 Jul 2021 01:20 AM PDT

As evident by several leaks, Realme is planning to introduce a Master Edition of its GT 5G model on July 21. It seems however that there will be more than one Master Edition phone at launch with an "Explorer Master Edition" joining the vanilla variant. The news is now clarified by Steve Hemmerstoffer (@OnLeaks) who shared an image of the RMX3366 aka Explorer Master Edition. Because there seems to be some confusion ahead of the #RealmeGTMasterEdition launch, the variant pictured below (RMX3366) will be marketed as the "Explorer Master Edition", along with the "Master Edition" (RMX3361) I've...

Samsung Galaxy M21 2021 Edition is arriving on July 21, design and specs revealed

Posted: 15 Jul 2021 10:30 PM PDT

Samsung announced the Galaxy M21 last March and it will introduce the 2021 edition called the Galaxy M21 2021 Edition on July 21. This revelation comes from Amazon.in, which tells us that the Galaxy M21 2021 Edition - previously rumored to be called the Galaxy M21 Prime Edition - will be announced in India next Wednesday as a part of Amazon's Prime Day launches. The e-commerce giant has also set up a promo page on its website, revealing the Galaxy M21 2021 Edition's design and key specs. The smartphone is built around a 6.4" FullHD+ Super AMOLED Infinity-U display and packs a...

Apple’s iPhone 12 Pro Max and iPhone 11 were top sellers in Q2 2021, iPhone 12 mini got the cold shoulder

Posted: 15 Jul 2021 09:05 PM PDT

We recently reported on a research by Consumer Intelligence Research Partners which analyzed for how long Apple users were holding on to their older iPhones. Another interesting angle of the research however was which were the most popular new iPhone models in this period. The research looked at iPhones were selling during Apple's third fiscal quarter (April through June). From left to right: Apple iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro Max, iPhone 12 Pro Among the people surveyed, the iPhone 12 Pro Max and iPhone 11 models were the best-selling, both of which each made up...

Honor confirms Magic3 series launch event for August 12

Posted: 15 Jul 2021 05:46 PM PDT

Yesterday a rumor started doing the rounds claiming Honor is holding a global launch event on August 12, and today the company itself has confirmed this to us through an invite. As you can see, the invite specifically mentions the Honor Magic3 series, and it also gives us a nice close-up view of one of the upcoming phones' cameras, pitted against the horizon. Whether or not this implies a huge camera bump remains to be seen, but we'd vote on "yes". No other details have been provided, but since the word "series" is used it's clear that there won't just be one Magic3 device, but...

Canalys: Xiaomi climbs up as the world's 2nd biggest smartphone maker in Q2 2021

Posted: 15 Jul 2021 03:22 PM PDT

All of the other Chinese smartphone brands have benefited from Huawei's international demise (except Honor), but none more than Xiaomi, and today's news comes to confirm this fact yet again. According to Canalys, in the second quarter of 2021, Xiaomi was the second biggest smartphone maker globally in terms of sales. As you can see, Samsung is still No.1 with 19% market share, although Xiaomi is really breathing down its neck at this point with its 17% cut. Xiaomi's shipments increased more than 300% in Latin America, 150% in Africa, and 50% in Western Europe. That said, its...

Valve Steam Deck is a handheld gaming PC that runs SteamOS

Posted: 15 Jul 2021 12:53 PM PDT

Valve has announced its own handheld gaming console. The Steam Deck is a compact gaming PC running a custom version of SteamOS and can play all of your Steam games while also functioning as a computer. The Steam Deck has a formfactor similar to other portable gaming consoles like Nintendo Switch or the PlayStation Vita. On either side of the display are analog sticks with the d-pad on the left and ABXY keys on the right. Unlike most other controllers, the Steam Deck places its keys in a unique arrangement, where the keys are on the same plane as the analog keys. This has...

Helio G96 chipset unveiled with 108MP camera and 120 Hz display support, G88 follows

Posted: 15 Jul 2021 11:10 AM PDT

While the future is 5G, the sun has not yet set on the Helio line of chipsets – in fact, MediaTek just refreshed the upper echelons with the reveal of the Helio G96 and Helio G88. Note that, despite their names, these are not strict upgrades over the G95 and G85. The Helio G96 features are pair of Cortex-A76 cores clocked at 2.05 GHz and six A55 cores, same as the G95. However, its GPU is only a Mali-G57 MC2, a clear downgrade from the G76 MC4 that came before. MediaTek unveils the Helio G95 and G88 chipsets The chip is not without upgrades, however. For one, it supports 120 Hz...

CIRP: US buyers bought more expensive iPhones, traded in their old ones earlier in Q2 2021

Posted: 15 Jul 2021 10:30 AM PDT

CIRP surveyed 500 US customers who bought an iPhone, iPad, Mac or an Apple Watch in the April-June quarter of this year. And what the researchers found is that Apple customers are spending more money than in previous quarters. While the general trend in the industry (and for iPhones too, until now) is for the upgrade cycle to grow, US buyers were trading in newer iPhones than before. CIRP notes that the number older models (3 years and older) was smaller and that they were being replaced by more expensive models, for the first time in many quarters. During the 12 month period ending in...

Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra long-term review

Posted: 15 Jul 2021 10:17 AM PDT
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