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vivo Watch 2 design showcased, will bring dual chipsets

Image: Weibo

There’s a vivo product launch scheduled for December 22 where we’ll see the debuts of the vivo S12 smartphone and the company’s latest smartwatch offering – vivo Watch 2. The upcoming wearable was shown in two live shots by vivo’s official Weibo account detailing its design.

In addition, we got confirmation that Watch 2 will employ a secondary co-processor to help extend battery life.

The new teaser also confirms vivo Watch 2 will be able to last up to 7 days of smartphone independent usage with mobile data, calling and sports/health tracking activated. The figure extends to 14 days when paired to a smartphone. Watch 2 brings a round OLED display and will come in at least two colors with black and silver and 42mm and 46mm sizes.

From Gsmarena

iQOO U5 certified with 6.58-inch AMOLED and 4,910 mAh battery

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Yet another upcoming iQOO phone got certified in China. The iQOO U5 (V2165A) appeared on TENAA database revealing some of its key specs. This is the same device that was previously appeared on China’s 3C database where we learned it packs 18W charging.

The new TENAA listing confirms a 6.58-inch AMOLED display with FHD+ resolution, a 4,910 mAh battery and dual 50MP + 2MP cameras around the back. The phone’s selfie shooter comes in at 8MP. RAM varies between 4,6 and 8GB while storage is 128 or 256GB. The phone will support 5G connectivity and should use a Dimensity 800U chipset according to speculations.

From Gsmarena

Nvidia stealth drops the RTX 2050, MX570, MX550 budget laptop GPUs

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Nvidia quietly launched new entries into its line of cheap laptop GPUs: the GeForce RTX 2050, MX570, and MX550. 

But considering that they’re only meant to replace GPUs in more economical laptops built for everyday use, it makes sense that the normally outspoken Nvidia wouldn’t bother to market this release.

Nvidia has been especially tight-lipped about these chips, only giving us scant few details. We know that laptops including them will ship out sometime in Spring 2022, and that specifically the RTX 2050 replaces the GTX 1650. It also includes DLSS, ray tracing, and supports Nvidia Broadcast and Optimus power saving.

It will also bring a more powerful version of the Turing architecture to this subset of budget laptops. As a bonus, these GPUs let users run software that would normally refuse to work with integrated GPUs.

From Techradar

Garmin Venu 2 Plus smartwatch appears again in leaked images

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Having been hugely impressed by the Garmin Venu 2, we’re very much looking forward to what Garmin does next with this series – and it’s looking increasingly likely that what will be coming next is the Venu 2 Plus.

Well-known and usually reliable tipster @evleaks has posted leaked images of the upcoming Garmin Venu 2 Plus smartwatch, images which look as though they’re official device renders produced by Garmin itself.

You may remember that back in November an image supposedly showing the Venu 2 Plus appeared on Garmin’s own support site. It was quickly taken down but it tipped us off to the idea that a follow-up to the Venu 2 was on the way.

From Techradar

vivo Y32 goes official as the world’s first Snapdragon 680-powered smartphone

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The vivo Y32 runs Android 11-based OriginOS 1.0 out of the box and comes in a single 8GB RAM and 128GB storage configuration. However, it does have a microSD card slot for storage expansion by up to 1TB, and you can also expand the RAM virtually up to 4GB.

The Snapdragon 680-powered smartphone is built around a 6.51″ 60Hz HD+ LCD with a notch for the 8MP selfie camera. And around the back is a rectangular island housing a 13MP primary camera joined by a 2MP macro unit.

From Gsmarena

High-res iQOO Neo5s renders offer a closer look at the upcoming device

Image: Weibo

If all goes according to plan, vivo will be unveiling the iQOO Neo5s, likely alongside the iQOO Neo5 SE on December 20. The company has already teased at least some of the design of the upcoming phone, but we now get an even better look from a few angles, courtesy of reputable leakster Digital Chat Station on Weibo.

The renders are high-res, look pretty official and match up nicely with the already available official teasers. We get to see the flat front panel and its selfie punch-hole in more detail, though we can still only guess about some of its more interesting aspects, as suggested by leaks and teasers, namely pressure sensitivity and a dedicated display chip for frame processing of some sort. The panel itself is expected to be a 6.56-inch OLED unit with a 120Hz refresh rate.

From Gsmarena

This App Will Tell Android Users If an AirTag Is Tracking Them

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The Tracker Detect app comes out of a need for better security in the Find My network. Having such a wide network to track a tiny, easy-to-miss device could make it easy for someone to use AirTags to track someone.

People pointed out this vulnerability pretty soon after Apple announced the AirTags. With more than 113 million iPhones in the U.S., not to mention other Apple devices, the Find My network could be one of the widest tracking systems available. A device as small and easy-to-use as an AirTag on that network could make stalking easier than ever.

From Life hacker

iPhone 13 Pro beaten out by Pixel 5a in MKBHD’s annual blind camera test

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MKBHD is back again this year with another blind smartphone camera test. Putting the latest smartphones from all the major brands to the test, this year’s contenders include the iPhone 13 Pro, Pixel 6 Pro, and more.

In just the second round, the $1,000 iPhone 13 Pro was beaten by Google’s $399 Pixel 5a.

iPhones have always had impressive video capabilities, but Marques Brownlee’s blind camera test put the phone’s photo capabilities to the test.

The phones were put into a bracket-based competition, with them being identified solely by a letter, rather than name, in order to avoid bias. The competition saw millions of votes to determine what phone takes the best photos.

From 9to5Mac

Samsung Exynos loses big even as MediaTek widens its lead over Qualcomm

A chart showing the market share of smartphone chipset makers from 2021.
Image: Counterpoint research

According to a recent Counterpoint Research report, MediaTek’s share in the smartphone chipset market — as of Q3 2021 — stands at 40%, showing an increase of seven percentage points compared to the same period in 2020. This increase was bolstered partly by a surge in demand for 4G LTE phones in emerging markets (like India), where 5G networks are still several years away. In comparison, Qualcomm, which had 28% of the global SoC market in 2020, found its market share drop to 27%.

Not all seems lost for Qualcomm when you look at data from another perspective. The company continues to be the undisputed leader in the 5G smartphone chips segment, with a massive 62% market share as of Q3 2021. To put things into perspective, just a year ago, Qualcomm only held 32% of the 5G SoC market. In the same period, MediaTek’s growth was less spectacular, increasing its share from 25% in 2020 to 28% in 2021.

From Digital Trends

Nuclear Experts: Hey, So, Those Anti-5G Radiation Necklaces Are Actually Radioactive

Image: National Institute for Public Health and the Environment 

5G conspiracy theorists obsessed with the idea that the next-generation wireless technology will bombard them with deadly radiation have settled on a brilliant plan: wearing necklaces that… also bombard them with radiation.

The Netherlands’s Authority for Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection (ANVS) recently issued a warning that tests had detected ionizing radiation emitting from 10 separate “negative ion” products, which the Guardian reported are used by some people with anti-5G beliefs in the hope it will shield them from the supposed negative health effects of being exposed to 5G towers. The products are sometimes also referred to as “quantum pendants.” The bulletin opened by immediately warning owners of the listed products to store them safely and await instructions for return or disposal, as well as any other “negative ion” products that may be in their possession.

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