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OnePlus Nord 2T and Nord 2 CE Indian prices revealed

OnePlus Nord 2T and Nord 2 CE Indian prices revelaed
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A couple of days ago, some OnePlus Nord 2T specs leaked in the wild and now we have an expected price range for all of the handset’s memory configurations along with a supposed release time frame. The same source tries to guess the rumored Nord 2 CE’s price as well.

Starting with the Nord 2T, which should replace the current Nord 2, 91mobiles believes that the device will be priced between INR 30,000 and INR 40,000. This range probably covers all configurations. In Euros, it’s between €360 and €480. However, we believe that the European prices will be a tad higher due to import taxes. The Nord 2T is expected to make a debut sometime between April and May.

Now as far as the Nord 2 CE is concerned, the phone will probably ask anything between INR 25,000 (€300) and INR 30,000 (€360).

As a bonus, the report says that OnePlus is working on a third Nord smartphone under INR 20,000 aimed at July or August.

Considering the current pricing of the OnePlus Nord 2 5G (INR 34,999) and the Nord CE 5G (INR 24,999) in India, the prognosis doesn’t seem far-fetched but we doubt that the Nord 2T would launch in the low INR 30,000.

From Gsmarena

Redmi K50 flagship with a SD8 Gen 1 will launch before the Dimensity-powered K50

The Redmi K50 flagship with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 will launch ahead of the K50 with a Dimensity 9000
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As China prepares to celebrate the Lunar New Year, Xiaomi is preparing to launch the Redmi K50 series. The new models are expected in February and will arrive with a mix of high end Snapdragon and Dimensity chipsets – but not at the same time. Lu Weibing told fans that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 model will arrive first, followed by the Dimensity 9000 model.

There is still some uncertainty about which models will get which chips and there are a total of four phones incoming – Redmi K50, K50 Pro, K50 Pro+ and K50 Gaming.

From Gsmarena

vivo T1 5G coming to India on February 9

Vivo T1 5G coming to India on February 9
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Back in October, we saw the debut of vivo T1 and vivo T1x smartphones in China and now the maker is preparing a new entry dubbed T1 5G for the Indian market. The device will be unveiled on February 9 and is touted as the “fastest and the slimmest 5G smartphone under INR 20K”.

The only other known bit is that it will be powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 695 chipset as confirmed by the first batch of teasers. vivo is set to reveal details about the phone’s screen, cooling, design and cameras in the days leading up to the event.

As a reminder, the T1 has a 6.67-inch FHD+ LCD with a 120Hz refresh rate, a 64MP main, 8MP ultrawide and 2MP macro cams and a 5,000 mAh battery with 44W fast charging. We’ll update you with more details on the T1 5G as they emerge.

From Gsmarena

OPPO Reno 7 series is launching in India this week

OPPO Reno 7 series is launching in India this week
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OPPO India today revealed that the Reno 7 series is launching in India in early February. The online launch event will take place on February 4 at 12 PM IST. It’s unclear whether the company will bring all three models to the Indian market or just the regular and Pro models. In any case, with the event less than a week away at this point, we won’t have to wait too long to find that out.

From XDA

Honor 60 SE appears on Geekbench with Dimensity 900 SoC

Honor 60 SE appears on Geekbench with Dimensity 900 SoC
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A new, unannounced Honor smartphone made an appearance on Geekbench’s database with model number GIA-AN00 and it is believed to be the Honor 60 SE. Information regarding this handset is rather scarce so the Geekbench listing is more than welcome.

The device is running MediaTek’s Dimensity 900 chipset and at least one of the memory configurations will offer 8GB of RAM. The sheet also suggests that the phone will ship with Android 12 out of the box.

From Gsmarena

Apple celebrates Heart Month with Apple Watch challenge, fitness apps, books, more

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To celebrate Heart Month, Apple is promoting a new Apple Watch Activity Challenge and lifestyle insights from the Apple Heart and Movement Study.

Apple has shared a press release today about Heart Month and what the company is doing to support users’ health journeys in the US to stay moving and informed.

To mark Heart Month, the company is offering custom compilations across Apple Fitness+, the App Store, the Apple TV app, Apple Podcasts, and Apple Books..

From 9to5Mac

Intel Core i9-12900KS leak shows Alder Lake CPU beating Ryzen 9 5950X

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AMD notably asserted that the 5800X3D will be able to outperform the 12900K, a big claim indeed, when it arrives in the spring – but Intel’s Core i9-12900KS is promised for the end of Q1, so will likely arrive before the Ryzen chip, getting in ahead to doubtless attempt to steal the thunder of Team Red’s new 3D model.

The 12900KS is essentially a pre-binned version of the 12900K, meaning Intel cherry picks the chips capable of being pushed to higher clocks, allowing it a faster maximum boost of 5.5GHz (and all-core boost of 5.2GHz as mentioned). It won’t be cheap, naturally, although the sample CPU being sold in China is pitched at a ridiculous level as you might imagine (29,999 Chinese Yuan which is around $4,700, £3,500 or AU$6,700)

From Techradar

Gurman: iMac Pro brand to make a come back with M1 iMac design, improved chips

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In the latest edition of the Power On newsletter, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says he expects Apple will release a rebranded iMac Pro that is “bigger than the current 24-inch” but with a similar design language.

We’ve heard quite a bit about Apple’s plans for a new iMac over the last few months. Even though, it wasn’t clear whether Apple would just replace the 27-inch iMac, launch a new iMac Pro with its own silicon, or both things. As it seems, the company will likely focus on a new iMac Pro as the 27-inch Intel iMac replacement. Gurman writes:

“My expectation is that we’ll get a new model this year that is bigger than the current 24-inch design and branded as an iMac Pro. That would mean it has similar chips to the M1 Pro and M1 Max processors inside of the MacBook Pro. I’d also expect the new iMac Pro to have a similar design to the current M1 iMac.”

Since the M2 chip is rumored to be unveiled alongside a redesigned MacBook Air later this year, which analysts believe will be more capable than the M1 processor, but not as powerful as the M1 Pro and M1 Max chips, it would only make sense if the company shares the chips from the new MacBook Pro with this upcoming computer.

From 9to5mac

Google plans to limit its free unlimited Drive storage for WhatsApp backups

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Lately, Google has been… let’s just say, a little close-fisted when it comes to handing out free storage. The company stopped offering unlimited backups for Photos in an attempt to get people to pay up for Google One plans if their requirements exceeded the 15GB offered for free with every account. Now, it might go after yet another benefit. Drive currently doesn’t count WhatsApp backups against your storage quota, but if freshly surfaced info is anything to go by, Google might be soon adding limits to how much of your stuff you can store in the cloud for free.

Some months ago, an in-development option had surfaced that, once live, would allow users to manage their backup size to decide what parts of their WhatsApp chat history they want to be uploaded to the cloud. Back then, it was speculated that this was in preparation for a removal, or at least limitation, of Drive’s free storage for WhatsApp backups. It seems that hunch was right. WABetaInfo found some curious strings while dissecting WhatsApp’s latest beta, and they’re not good news for those of you with big, thicc backups.

From Android Police

1,000-cycle lithium-sulfur battery could quintuple electric vehicle ranges

A diagram of the battery shows how lithium ions can return to the lithium electrode while the lithium polysulfides can't get through the membrane separating the electrodes. In addition, spiky dendrites growing from the lithium electrode can't short the battery by piercing the membrane and reaching the sulfur electrode. Image credit: Ahmet Emre, Kotov Lab
Image: Michigan News

A new biologically inspired battery membrane has enabled a battery with five times the capacity of the industry-standard lithium ion design to run for the thousand-plus cycles needed to power an electric car.

A network of aramid nanofibers, recycled from Kevlar, can enable lithium-sulfur batteries to overcome their Achilles heel of cycle life—the number of times it can be charged and discharged—a University of Michigan team has shown.

“There are a number of reports claiming several hundred cycles for lithium-sulfur batteries, but it is achieved at the expense of other parameters—capacity, charging rate, resilience and safety. The challenge nowadays is to make a battery that increases the cycling rate from the former 10 cycles to hundreds of cycles and satisfies multiple other requirements including cost,” said Nicholas Kotov, the Irving Langmuir Distinguished University Professor of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, who led the research.

From Michigan News

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