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Honor X8 leaks, renders, specs and price in tow

Honor X8 leaks, renders, specs and price in tow
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A new report from WinFuture reveals Honor’s plans to launch a mid-range handset for the global markets called Honor X8. The leak also suggests that the device is based on the Honor X30i, which is a smartphone launched back in November in China.

However, while the X30i supports 5G, the X8 is rumored to skip that and be limited to 4G. That means it will feature a different SoC, not the Dimensity 810 chipset that’s powering the X30i. The leak mentions an unnamed chipset with 4x Cortex-A73 cores running at 2.4GHz and 4x Cortex-A53 cores running at 1.9GHz. The base storage option will offer 128GB with no option for microSD card expansion.

The rest of the specs are allegedly the same as on the X30i as will be the design. The handset will be available in blue, silver and black with an expected price of around €200. The source believes that the Honor X8 get its announcement during this year’s MWC in Barcelona.

From Gsmarena

vivo NEX 5 will allegedly be called vivo X Note, specs leak

vivo NEX 3
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For a while now we’ve been hearing rumors about vivo resurrecting its NEX family of bleeding edge high-end devices, and naturally we assumed the next in line would be called NEX 5 (since BBK companies have an aversion for the number 4, and the last NEXes were the NEX 3 and NEX 3S). According to some new speculation out of China, however, it seems like the device in question won’t be called NEX 5, instead going by vivo X Note.

Whether that means it will have a built-in stylus, or at least stylus support, remains to be seen. The alleged model number for this device is V2170A, which has recently been certified for sale by Chinese authorities. Intriguingly enough, the vivo X Note name may be used only in China, as rumor has it that a variation of this device will be launching as the vivo NEX 10 Pro.

The vivo X Note has the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC at the helm, a 7-inch QHD+ 120 Hz AMOLED screen made by Samsung, a quad rear camera setup (50 MP Samsung GN1 main + 48 MP Sony IMX598 + 12 MP Sony IMX663 + 8 MP Omnivision OV08A10 5x telephoto), a 5,000 mAh battery with support for 80W fast charging, and a weight of 221g. Its dimensions are 168 x 76.5 x 9.2 mm.

From Gsmarena

Oppo unveils Dimensity 9000 version of the Find X5 Pro

There’s a Dimensity 9000 version of the Oppo Find X5 Pro
Image: Oppo

Oppo announced the Find X5 and Find X5 Pro yesterday, both powered by Qualcomm chips, but it appears the company’s homeland will also get a second version of the Pro outfitted with a MediaTek Dimensity 9000 chipset. The Oppo Find X5 Pro Dimensity Editon is the first smartphone to launch with MediaTek’s new powerhouse, announced late last year.

Compared to the Qualcomm version of the phone for global markets, the Dimensity model has mostly identical specifications from the 6.7-inch AMOLED screen, to the 12GB + 256GB configuration, 5000 mAh battery with support for 80W wired charging, and the camera hardware.

The other differences are that the Dimensity model will miss out on the MariSilicon X image chip, the 5-axis OIS and Hasselblad’s color calibration.

The Oppo Find X5 Pro Dimensity Edition will come in Ceramic Black and Ceramic White options priced at CNY 5799 (€810) for the 12GB + 256GB variant. For reference, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 variant runs for CNY 6299 (€880) with the same RAM + storage configuration.

The Dimensity Edition goes on pre-sale on March 14 with general availability starting March 18 in China.

From Gsmarena

Realme V25 will feature color-changing design, could be a rebranded 9 Pro

Realme V25 will feature color-changing design, could be a rebranded 9 Pro
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Realme will launch the Realme V25 in China on March 3, and while it hasn’t detailed the smartphone’s specs sheet yet, the company today announced that the smartphone’s back cover will come with a photochromic layer, which will change the panel’s color from blue to red when exposed to sunlight.

This might sound familiar to you since the Realme 9 Pro and 9 Pro+ announced last week also come with color-changing designs. In fact, judging by the V25’s images shared by Realme and the specs revealed by TENAA, the V25 could actually be a rebranded 9 Pro for the Chinese market.

If that’s indeed the case, you’ll get the Realme V25 with the Snapdragon 695 SoC, 6.6″ FullHD+ 120Hz LCD, Android 12-based Realme UI 3.0, side-mounted fingerprint reader, and 5,000 mAh battery with 33W charging.

The smartphone will have a 16MP selfie unit inside the punch hole, and the triple camera system on the rear will be headlined by a 64MP camera. It’s joined by an 8MP ultrawide and a 2MP macro unit on the 9 Pro, but the V25 will sport two 2MP modules instead. It will also have 12GB RAM and 256GB storage options, unlike the 9 Pro that comes with up to 8GB RAM and 128GB storage.

From Gsmarena

Poco teases M4 Pro ahead of MWC launch

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We’ve finally got more official details on the upcoming Poco M4 Pro which is scheduled to launch on Monday, February 28 at MWC 2022. M4 Pro will pack a 6.43-inch AMOLED display with FHD+ resolution and a 90Hz refresh rate. This will be the first M-series Poco device to use an AMOLED panel.

The display can crank out up to 1000 nits peak brightness and supports the DCI-P3 wide color gamut. Poco also confirmed L1 Widevine certification for FHD content playback on streaming platforms as well as stereo speakers and a headphone jack. The software side will be covered by Poco launcher 2.0 but we’ll have to wait and see which version of Android. Poco confirmed it will reveal more key specs on the M4 Pro tomorrow so stay tuned.

From Gsmarena

OPPO’s first Android tablet offers a 120Hz display, Snapdragon 870, and stylus support

Image; Oppo

After Xiaomi and Realme, OPPO has become the latest Android OEM to join the tablet league. Alongside the new Find X5 flagship lineup, the Chinese OEM has unveiled its first Android tablet called OPPO Pad. It’s a premium tablet featuring an 11-inch high refresh rate display with stylus support, flagship Snapdragon chipset, powerful speakers, and more.

The OPPO Pad comes in three colors: Black, Silver, and Purple. The base model with 6GB RAM and 128GB storage is priced at CNY 2,299 ($363) while the top 8GB/256GB variant costs CNY 2,999 ($474). Meanwhile, the OPPO Pencil and smart magnetic keyboard will retail at CNY 499 and CNY 399, respectively. The tablet will go on sale in China starting March 3. There’s no word on when the new tablet will make its way to international markets.

From XDA

Nubia unveils the world’s first Android phone with magnetic charging

Nubia Z40 Pro
Image: ZTE

Chinese smartphone maker ZTE unveiled its first Snapdragon 8 Gen 1-powered phones last week, the Nubia RedMagic 7 and RedMagic 7 Pro. The company has now announced another flagship phone powered by the 4nm Qualcomm chip, dubbed Nubia Z40 Pro.

As you can tell from the image above, the Z40 Pro isn’t targeted at gamers. It is more of a Galaxy S22+ rival with an impressive camera setup and innovative charging tech. The phone sports a 6.67-inch AMOLED panel with FHD+ resolution and a 144Hz refresh rate. Nubia has paired the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset on the Z40 Pro with up to 16GB of LPDDR5 RAM and 1TB of storage.

In the camera department, ZTE’s newest flagship features a 64MP Sony IMX787 primary sensor with a 35mm equivalent lens. The 1/1.3″ type sensor is joined by a 50MP ultra-wide lens and an 8MP periscope telephoto lens with 5x optical zoom. ZTE’s answer to the best Android phones has a 16MP camera housed within the hole-punch cutout at the top of the screen for selfies and video calls.

The Z40 Pro also packs a large 5,000mAh battery with support for 80W wired charging. The limited “Gravity Edition” of the phone features a smaller 4,600mAh battery with 66W wired charging and 15W magnetic wireless charging. On the software side of things, the Z40 Pro runs Android 12 with MyOS 12 on top.

The ZTE Nubia Z40 Pro starts at 3,399 yuan (about $538) in China for the base 8GB/128GB version. The Gravity Edition, on the other hand, starts at 4,299 yuan (about $680). There’s currently no word on when the phone will make its way to global markets.

From Android Central

AMD RDNA 3: What you need to know about AMD’s next graphics cards

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AMD RDNA 3 will soon be upon us now that it’s been over a year since AMD introduced its RDNA 2, or Big Navi, graphics architecture design with the Radeon RX 6000 series graphics cards. The 6000-series successor is nearly due, going by AMD’s typical product cadence, but times have been anything but typical.

RDNA is the architecture and instruction set of AMD’s graphics processors. It includes everything from the design of the compute units and cache to the shaders and visual pipeline. AMD RDNA 3 will continue to build upon the strong showings the company has made with its recent graphics cards. 

Though a lot of details about AMD RDNA 3 has been kept under wraps, there are more than a few leaks to hint at what’s to come for the next generation of graphics cards.

From Techradar

iPhone average selling price up 14% as iPhone 13 drives record revenue

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The iPhone average selling price (ASP) hit double-digit growth last year, increasing 14% year-on-year. The popularity of the iPhone 13 was the key driver, helping propel the global smartphone market as a whole to record annual revenue of $448B.

Despite component shortages, the smartphone market grew 7% year-on-year, with Apple taking by far the largest slice of the pie …

Market intelligence company Counterpoint published its latest estimates today.

The global smartphone market revenue crossed $448 billion in 2021, according to the latest research from Counterpoint’s Market Monitor Service. It grew 7% YoY and 20% QoQ even as component shortages and COVID-19 restrictions continued to disrupt supply chains around the world.

Smartphone average selling price (ASP) grew 12% YoY to reach $322, mainly due to a higher share of 5G smartphones, which have a significantly higher ASP than the 4G models, as well as Apple’s successful launch of its iPhone 13 devices.

Apple took home 44% of total worldwide smartphone revenue, thanks to both high demand and an ASP that hit $825.

Apple’s iPhone revenue increased 35% YoY to $196 billion in 2021. It captured 44% of total global smartphone revenue in 2021.

The high demand for 5G-enabled iPhone 12 and 13 series helped Apple register 14% growth in its overall ASP, which reached $825 in 2021. The brand also managed to increase its share in key emerging markets such as India, Thailand, Vietnam and Brazil.

Samsung was in a very distant second place, with total smartphone revenues of $72B, and an ASP of just $263. They were followed by Oppo (which now includes OnePlus), Xiaomi, and Vivo.

Counterpoint last month reported that Apple overtook Samsung in Europe to hit its highest ever market share in the region. While the average growth in the European smartphone market was 8%, Apple enjoyed a massive 25% rise in its share.

From 9to5Mac

Doctors Were Able to Study a Man’s Brain Activity as He Died

Image: Oli Scarff (Getty Images)

Seemingly for the first time ever, doctors have gotten a detailed look at the brain of a person during their final moments of life. The findings were obtained from a hospital patient who suddenly died while having his brain monitored for seizures, and they may offer some support for the idea that people see their lives flashing before their eyes when near death.

The research was published Tuesday in the journal Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. According to the report, the patient was an 87-year-old man who had been admitted to the hospital after a serious fall that left him with bleeding in his brain. Following an operation to treat the injury, the man briefly stabilized for two days before appearing to develop seizures. He was then given an electroencephalography (EEG), which measures the brain’s electrical activity. The EEG did confirm his ongoing seizures, but midway through, the man’s heart stopped beating and he went into cardiac arrest. In accordance with his family’s wishes and the patient’s Do-Not-Resuscitate status, the doctors did not attempt any further treatment and the man soon passed away. Because the EEG machine kept running through the man’s last minutes of life, though, the doctors had a unique set of data on their hands.

There have been numerous attempts to study what happens to our bodies and minds as we’re dying. But much of this research, for understandable reasons, has involved extrapolating what we see in controlled animal studies over to humans. Some studies have been able to track the vital signs or simple brain activity of people as they’re taken off life support or dying, which have provided some interesting insights. But this appears to be the first time that a person’s dying brain has been studied in this much detail using EEG.

The most tantalizing result, the authors say, is evidence that there may be something real to the stereotypical portrayal of a near-death experience. Right before and after the man’s heart stopped beating, for instance, there was an increase in gamma brain waves, which are associated with learning and memory. And the patterns of brain activity, including gamma, that the team documented in the man as he died resembled the patterns seen in people who are dreaming or recalling memories. “Such activity,” they wrote, “could support a last ‘recall of life’ that may take place in the near-death state.”

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