vivo X Fold certified with 80W charging
Based on rumors vivo will debut its first foldable phone later this year. The vivo X Fold bearing the V2178A identifier appeared in a 3C listing which confirmed the phone will feature 80W charging. The same device was spotted last week in a certification in China which revealed it packs a 6.5-inch cover screen with FHD+ resolution.
A recently leaked schematic revealed the phone will bring a punch hole cutout on its cover display which is expected to refresh at 120Hz.
The inner folding screen should come in at 8-inches diagonally and is expected to offer QHD+ resolution and a 120Hz refresh rate. Vivo X Fold is expected to be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset and is rumored to bring a 4,600 mAh battery with the aforementioned 80W charging and 50W wireless charging support.
From Gsmarena
Xperia 10 IV renders showcase similar design to its predecessor
A series of renders for the Xperia 10 IV hints that Sony is keeping things familiar with the design of the mid-ranger.
These latest renders have been shared by Steve Hemmerstoffer aka @OnLeaks with lesser-known blog Zoutons.ae hosting the 3D CAD-based renders of the Xperia 10 IV. As you’d expect, Sony is sticking to the firm’s preferred 21:9 aspect ratio for the Xperia 10 IV, with this mid-level Android touting much of the same design choices as its predecessor.
It’ll feature a completely flat 6.0-inch OLED display sans any cutouts or incursions courtesy of minor forehead and chin bezels. The upper bezel contains the selfie camera and the earpiece, although no word on the camera and the display resolution and refresh rate here.
These renders also show that the Sony Xperia 10 IV will ship with a triple-camera setup but no word on the specifications of the hardware here. However, alongside the high-quality renders, this report speculates that the Xperia 10 IV will ship with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 processor, 6GB of RAM, 128GB of onboard storage, and a 4,000mAh internal battery that charges via USB-C.
While that sounds fair, it’s worth noting that last year’s Xperia 10 III shipped with the same processor, a 4,500mAh battery, plus a triple camera setup consisting of a 12-megapixel main sensor, 8-megapixel ultrawide, and 8-megapixel telephoto.
Given the recent history, we would expect the Xperia 10 IV to sit just below the Xperia 5 IV and far below the Xperia 1 IV in the upcoming Sony Android smartphone lineup for 2022.
From 9to5Google
Rumor: iPhone SE 3 to feature MagSafe support, Ceramic Shield, improved battery life, more
As we’re a few hours away from the first Apple event of the year, a last-minute rumor gives a few more tidbits about what to expect from the upcoming iPhone SE 3.
According to the user yeux1122 on the Korean blog Naver (via MacRumors), Apple will unveil the new iPhone SE 3 with the A15 Bionic chip, 4GB of RAM, an improved camera (although with no sensor shift), a 4.7-inch display, and the same price point of $399.
They quote Taiwan supply chain sources to corroborate this post. Even though all of this was already expected from previous reports by other analysts, yeux1122 adds a few more suggestions that, as of now, we’re not expecting.
The user says the upcoming iPhone SE 3 will feature MagSafe capabilities, which Japanese blog Macotakara previously said it wouldn’t:
According to reliable sources in China, the iPhone SE (3rd generation), which is supposed to be the successor to the iPhone SE (2nd generation) released in April 2020, will retain the chassis design and will continue to support Qi wireless charging, but will not support MagSafe.
In addition, this new iPhone SE 3 would have a “significantly improved” battery life when compared to its predecessor. Finally, Apple would add the Ceramic Shield technology to this phone’s body, which would make it more drop resistant.
It’s important to note that user yeux1122 doesn’t have a long tracking record regarding Apple – they were half right about the iPad mini 6, and their latest report is about RAM on the iPhone 14 Pro.
One thing is for sure, whether Apple adds MagSafe support and Ceramic Shield capability, we’ll be able to see whether or not yeux1122 can be trusted in the future.
From 9to5Mac
Last-minute rumor claims iPad Air 5 will start with 128GB of storage, 8GB of RAM, more
After 9to5Mac exclusively reported that the new iPad Air 5 will feature the M1 chip, the same as the iPad Pro, 2020 MacBooks, and the 24-inch iMac, a leaker claims the fifth-generation iPad Air will also have 8GB of RAM and start with 128GB of storage, instead of 64GB.
As posted by yeux1122 on the Korean blog Naver (via MacRumors), they quote a US developer as their main source by saying the iPad Air 5 will feature the M1 chip, double the storage capacity of the previous model, 8GB of RAM, and will start at the same price point of $599.
This yeux1122 account still doesn’t have a long track record of Apple leaks. They were partially correct about the iPad mini 6, and new reports by them include RAM capacity of the iPhone 14 Pro, MagSafe and Ceramic Shield for the iPhone SE 3, and now these claims about the iPad Air 5.
From 9to5Mac
vivo X80 Pro and X80 Pro+ specs leak: large 120Hz displays, quad cameras and 80W charging
Both the Pro and Pro+ will have 6.78” AMOLED displays (10-bit, E5 material), according to @Shadow_Leak. However, the vivo X80 Pro+ will use a QHD+ LTPO 2 panel, while the regular Pro will offer FHD+ resolution. In both cases the maximum refresh rate will be 120 Hz, but the LTPO 2 panel will offer more intermediate steps.
The Pro+ will be powered by a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, the vivo X80 Pro will get a Dimensity 9000 instead. There is a good chance that we’ve already seen this phone do a round of AnTuTu and Geekbench with 12 GB of RAM and 512 GB storage. The vanilla vivo X80 is expected to get the Dimensity 8000, by the way.
As for RAM and storage, the leakster only lists 6/8 GB RAM and 128/256 GB storage for the Pro, which seems to contradict the AnTuTu info. The Pro+ will be the one to also offer 12 GB of RAM and 512 GB storage, but let’s wait for a second source to chime in.
From Gsmarena
Samsung is bringing its sleek new laptops to India
A few days ago, Samsung announced its new Galaxy Book laptop lineup during MWC 2022. Those laptops will soon go on pre-orders in Europe, South Korea, and North America. Now, it has been revealed that the laptops will be sold in India as well.
Amazon has announced on its website that the Galaxy Book 2 Pro and the Galaxy Book 2 Pro 360 will soon be available for purchase. Even Samsung’s website for the Indian market has listed those two devices, confirming the upcoming launch. The South Korean tech giant had stopped selling laptops in the Indian market a few years ago. So, it’s surprising to see the company launch its new laptops in the country.
From Sammobile
Entry-level Realme V21 detailed by TENAA
Realme certified a new phone on TENAA with two model numbers – RMX3575 and RMX3576. Its clearly an entry level affair and rumor has it it will hit China under the name Realme V21.
The RMX3575 and RMX3576 are posted with different colors on the back panel, but the specs sheet are the same. We are looking at a 6.56” TFT with HD+ resolution. It has an octa-core CPU with 2.2GHz maximum clock speed.
RAM options are 4/6/8GB, while storage is fixed at 128GB.
The back has 13MP and 2MP cameras, while the selfie shooter has an 8MP sensor. We do not know much more, but we can safely assume it will have Android 12 with Realme UI 3.0 on top.
From Gsmarena
New AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro CPUs leave Intel in the dust
Although Intel returned to form with its Alder Lake series of mainstream processors, launched earlier this year, the company still lags behind AMD in the workstation CPU market.
In comparison to the Xeon W-3375, the most performant workstation processor from Intel, the Threadripper Pro 5000 WX-Series delivers almost twice the number of cores, twice the number of PCIe lanes, 500Mhz greater boost frequency and five times the cache capacity.
AMD claims these advantages make for a significant performance gap across both lightly-threaded and multi-threaded workloads, which is further compounded by the lack of “enterprise-class” management facilities on offer with the Intel chip.
From Techradar
Samsung stops shipping chargers with its new Galaxy A series phones in the US
Last year Samsung began shipping its flagship Galaxy S21 series phones without bundled chargers and that trend carried over to the Galaxy Z Fold3 and Z Flip3 as well as the brand new Galaxy S22 series. It’s now confirmed that the trend will carry over to the more budget Galaxy A series with the US landing pages for the Galaxy A13 5G and Galaxy A03s confirming no in-box wall plug.
The move is also rumored to spread to the Galaxy M-series too which only confirms previous speculation of Samsung ditching bundled chargers on all its new phones. It remains to be seen if the charger-less Galaxy A and M-series will follow in more markets outside the US but for now, it looks like that’s a safe bet.
From Gsmarena
Some bleeding-edge 3nm processors may be available months ahead of schedule
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company or TSMC is preparing to move up the schedule for its N3E fabrication technology by around a quarter according to a new report from Morgan Stanley.
Although this move will make a variety of 3nm chip designs available sooner, it will still likely take at least a year until chips made using the company’s next-generation chip manufacturing technology begin showing up in real-world devices.
Compared to TSMC’s first iteration of the N3 node, its N3E node was designed with the aim of improving the process window in an effort to speed up time to yield, increase yields, boost performance and lower power according to Tom’s Hardware.
While the company originally planned to begin high volume manufacturing (HVM) using N3E around a year after it did so with its N3 node, test production yields of N3E are already high enough that it wants to start using the new node commercially some time during the second quarter of next year.
From Techradar
