Huawei confirms Mate Xs 2 will be announced April 28
This morning, Huawei has just published a teaser for its upcoming flagship foldable. The Mate Xs 2 will be launching on April 28 with the tagline “Folding flagship and the latest product launch event” (machine translated). The Weibo post leads with “The “face” worth seeing”.
The event will take place at 7PM on the day of the launch event in China. Based on the teaser poster posted by Huawei. The Mate Xs successor may feature an updated hinge mechanism. We hope that Huawei addresses a couple of things from our Mate Xs review like improving battery life and making the device feel less like a prototype and more like a polished product.
MyFixGuide mentions that a recently listed Huawei 4G phone PAL-AL00 may be the Mate Xs 2. This listing showed a Kirin 9000 chipset and Harmony OS.
The Huawei Mate Xs launched nearly two years ago now, so it will be intriguing to see how far Huawei has gone to improve its flagship foldable device. Chances are, however, that we may not see this device launch outside of China.
From Gsmarena
OnePlus Ace goes official w/ 150W charging, Dimensity 8100 MAX, more
We may have only just received the OnePlus 10 Pro in global markets, but the OnePlus Ace has now officially been unveiled in China.
The Nord series has grown in recent years as OnePlus creates even greater separation between its flagship and budget lineups. However, in China, fans are getting another device to contend with. The OnePlus Ace is likely the Chinese branding for the upcoming OnePlus 10R — a device expected to launch alongside the Nord CE 2 Lite in India very soon.
In terms of hardware, the OnePlus Ace comes with a solid spec sheet given its proposed CNY2,499 (~$385) pricing. There’s a 6.7-inch 120Hz FHD+ AMOLED display with an in-display fingerprint scanner and a centrally placed punch-hole. Under the hood, you’ll find the MediaTek Dimensity 8100 Max processor, which is a mid-ranger chipset, 8/12GB of RAM, and 128/256 or 512GB of onboard storage.
The battery measures in at 4,500mAh, and the Ace is the first OnePlus phone to utilize insane 150W charge speeds. This new charging method can give you 50% battery in just five minutes. For those worried about how this will affect battery lifespan and longevity, OnePlus claims that your battery should maintain 80% battery capacity after 1,600 full charge cycles.
From 9to5Google
Apple Chip Supplier Preparing to Begin Production of 2nm Chips as Early as 2025
Apple could adopt the 2nm process for its iPhone and Mac chips as early as 2025 as the company’s main chip supplier, TSMC, has set in motion a plan to produce that process in the early parts of that year, DigiTimes reports.
All of Apple’s latest chips feature the 5nm process, including the A15 Bionic in the iPhone 13 series and the entire M1 Apple silicon line. According to a new DigiTimes report today, TSMC will begin mass production of 3nm chips later this year with 2nm following in 2025 with Apple and Intel being among the first to use the newer technology.
TSMC has set a timetable to move its 2nm GAA process to production in 2025 while commercializing its 3nm FInFET process with improved yield rates in the second half of 2022, with Apple and Intel among the first clients to adopt both nodes, further consolidating its dominance in the advanced foundry sector, according to industry sources.
A report from last year claimed that the next iPad Pro, expected to be announced later this year, will feature a 3nm process. The current iPad Pro features the M1 chip and the 2022 version is expected to include Apple’s all-new “M2” chip. The 3nm process technology features performance improvements of up to 15% while being at least 25% less battery-hungry, according to TSMC.
From Macrumors
Another Samsung Galaxy M-series phone set to launch soon
After recently launching the Galaxy M33 5G across the globe (while it is yet to debut in India on April 22), Samsung might be gearing up to release another Galaxy M-series phone. Notably, the Galaxy M13 5G was spotted on the Bluetooth certification website, hinting that it might launch soon.
The Samsung Galaxy M13 5G could be the next budget smartphone in the company’s portfolio. However, there is no confirmation of the same, but the Bluetooth certification reveals a few key details about the Galaxy M13 5G. As per the documents found online, the Galaxy M13 5G has the model number SM-M135F. Moreover, the listing also confirms that the phone will support Bluetooth 5.0.
From Sammobile
That pesky Google Messages battery drain bug is getting a fix soon
If your phone’s battery has been draining like crazy with no apparent cause for the last few months, it’s possible that Google Messages was the culprit. As reported on Reddit, the app appears to empty the battery for some people who use it to take and send photos, with the app stuck polling the camera in the background. Thankfully, Google has already found the issue and is rolling out a fix.
As reported by The Verge, Google communications manager Scott Westover confirmed to the publication that a fix is currently rolling out to users. If you ran into the issue and identified that Messages is one of the apps that pulls most of your battery, be sure to check the Play Store for updates. If you want to skip the wait, you can also check to see if the latest version of the app over on APK Mirror fixes things for you.
From Android Police
The Pixel Watch could be Google’s last chance to get Wear OS right
Few superfans have been treated worse over the years than folks who fly the Wear OS flag. The strong and passionate core that’s stuck by Google’s harebrained wearable efforts has suffered years of indignities and indifference, with many waiting and hoping for a “holy grail” in the form of a Google-made Pixel smartwatch. Recent leaks indicate it’s finally going to happen, but this is a make-or-break moment, and Google can’t afford to mess things up — as it has with so many of its recent hardware products.
From Android Police
Samsung is making one more giant ISOCELL camera sensor
Samsung is the world’s second-biggest mobile camera sensor maker, and its sensors are used by almost every smartphone brand. Over the past couple of years, the South Korean firm has launched various big-sized camera sensors, including the ISOCELL GN1 and the ISOCELL GN2. This year, it has made one more giant ISOCELL camera sensor.
The company has developed the ISOCELL GNV camera sensor, and it will be used in a Vivo smartphone. It is being reported that the ISOCELL GNV is custom-made for Vivo phones, and it has a size of 1/1.3-inch. It is most likely a 50MP sensor, similar to the ISOCELL GN1, ISOCELL GN2, and the ISOCELL GN5. It will act as the Vivo X80 Pro+’s primary camera and features a gimbal-like OIS system.
The ISOCELL GNV is likely a slightly modified version of Samsung’s ISOCELL GN1. The Vivo smartphone has three other cameras, including a 48MP/50MP ultrawide camera (Sony IMX sensor), a 12MP telephoto camera with 2x optical zoom and OIS, and an 8MP telephoto camera with 5x optical zoom and OIS. The phone can record 8K videos using the primary camera and up to 4K 60fps videos using the rest of its cameras. On the front, it could have a 44MP selfie camera.
From Sammobile
How Grid Studio transforms forgotten tech into works of art
Grid Studio specializes in transforming old tech into art. It’s the type of company you see in Instagram ads when a major holiday is approaching — and I mean that in the best way possible, along the lines of minimalist movie posters and sheet metal artwork. But the final product goes far beyond being another frame you can hang on your wall.
Just seeing one of Grid Studio’s pieces can bring back a sea of memories, but nostalgia isn’t all Grid Studio is gunning for. In honor of Earth Day, I spoke with one of the co-founders of Grid Studio and got my hands on a couple of frames to understand how the company keeps forgotten tech from ending up in the trash.
From Digital Trends
NASA enlists SpaceX and Amazon to help replace its communications systems
NASA has awarded six satellite firms, including Amazon’s Project Kuiper and SpaceX’s Starlink, a combined $278.5 million as it looks to the private sector to help replace its satellite communications network.
The space agency said it had spent the past year assessing the feasibility of using private networks for its communications needs, allowing it to decommission its existing infrastructure by the end of the decade.
This, NASA says, would allow it to focus its time and resources on deep space exploration and science missions, whilst driving innovation and competition in the commercial space sector.
From Techradar
Twitter’s upcoming edit feature adds safety measures to ensure you’re only changing tweets out of necessity
After years of Twitter users clamoring for an edit button, the social platform’s CEO confirmed a few weeks ago that the feature would indeed arrive. We’ve already seen teasers of what the button will look like and how it would work on the web and mobile apps. Thanks to a prolific leaker, we may now have more information on how the edit button will work in practice.
Updating his previous thread, Twitter sleuth Alessandro Paluzzi shared screenshots of how an edited tweet could look. From the images, a blue pen icon alongside the text “Edited” will appear on the right side of the tweet date, whether it’s at the bottom (for an open tweet) or at the top (for tweets in threads or user timelines). The color suggests that this button would be clickable, which would make sense, considering the leaker shared an earlier picture showing an “Edit History” interface. This part of the workflow hasn’t been fully fleshed out, but it should solve most concerns of tweets being changed to say something different after they’ve gone viral.
Speaking of safety, Paluzzi hints at another feature that would prevent users from misusing the edit button. According to him, tweets will only be alterable 1 hour after they go live. This should give users plenty of time to fix typos and ensure that the essence of a 5-year-old tweet is not changed to something else. That said, the images are just from the web version of Twitter. There’s little to suggest that the process would be different on the iOS and Android apps.
Aside from Elon Musk’s proposed aggressive Twitter takeover bid, the edit button announcement is one of the biggest Twitter news in years. And these new leaks give us a better idea of how the feature would work when it goes live.
From Android Police
