Google’s Pixel foldable will have 5.8-inch outer screen
Google’s foldable Pixel phone will have a smaller outer display and a similar-sized inner display to the Galaxy Z Fold4, per industry insider Ross Young. The Pixel Notepad, as rumor claims it will be called, will have a 5.8-inch outer display, wider and shorter than the Galaxy Z Fold4’s 6.19-inch expected screen.
Since the two foldables are rumored to have similar-sized folding displays, this means that the Pixel Notepad will have a wider aspect ratio than the Fold. This is corroborated by an earlier leak.
From Gsmarena
The new Razer Blade 15 is the first laptop with a 240Hz OLED display
Razer has announced a new upgrade to its Blade 15. The 2022 model of the company’s popular gaming laptop will offer the first 240Hz OLED laptop display. It’s the first time that gamers will have the option to pick up a laptop that offers both the vivid imagery of an OLED display and the faster refresh rates that many have come to love.
From BGR
AMD teases new ‘Dragon Range’ CPUs for high-end gaming laptops
With the release of its Q1 2022 financial results, AMD also revealed plans for its upcoming Ryzen 7000 Zen 4 series laptop CPUs, as seen in a slide tweeted by former Anandtech editor Dr. Ian Cutress. It’s planning to target “extreme gaming laptops” with the new “Dragon Range” series, promising the “highest core, thread and cache ever for a mobile gaming CPU.” It also unveiled the Phoenix series for thin and light gaming laptops.
The Dragon Range features a >55 watt TDP and is designed for laptops thicker than 20mm that are largely designed to be used while plugged in, The Verge reported. They’ll feature a PCIe 5 architecture and DDR5 RAM, though some models could work with more efficient but lower performing LPDDR5, AMD told Cutress.
As with the Ryzen 9 4900HS chip, the Dragon Range will use the “HS” suffix. Despite the relatively high 55 watt TDP, they’ll be “notably more power efficient than other laptops in that competing timeframe,” according to AMD’s technical marketing director, Robert Hallock.
From Engadget
OnePlus 10 Ultra to reportedly pack improved cameras and Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Plus
According to known tipster Yogesh Brar, the OnePlus 10 Ultra is in the works. Currently in the testing phase, the phone is rumored to focus on the camera performance. The OnePlus 10 Pro was a bit underwhelming in the camera department. It didn’t bring any massive improvements to the camera hardware, opting to recycle the OnePlus 9 Pro’s main camera. As such, we’re hoping the OnePlus 10 Ultra will pack a beefier camera package with much better zooming and ultra-wide performance. As Brar previously indicated, the phone could also utilize OPPO’s MariSilicon chip for better image processing.
From XDA
Samsung introduces new Endurance microSD cards
Samsung unveiled its new series of microSD cards, optimized for video recording in Full HD and 4K. Called Pro Endurance, they are designed to meet “rigorous demands of surveillance cameras, dashboard cameras, doorbell cameras, body cameras, and more”.
According to the official statement, the card can record non-stop for 16 years, provided the host device manages to offload the content quick enough.
From Gsmarena
How the UFS 4.0 storage standard will improve your phone’s performance
The new UFS 4.0 will bring a lot of improvements:
- It offers a speed of up to 23.2Gbits/sec per lane, twice more than UFS 3.1’s 11.6Gbits /sec per lane speed.
- Sequential read speed of 4,200MB/sec (vs 2,100MB/sec of UFS 3.1).
- Sequential write speed of 2,800MB/sec (vs 1,200MB/sec of UFS 3.1).
- Improved power efficiency with 6.0MB/sec per mA (46% better than UFS 3.1).
All these improvements will likely result in your next phone booting up faster, launching apps more quickly, switching between apps, and faster data processing within apps and games.
From Thenextweb
Intel Looking to Mirror M1’s Manufacturing Process for ‘Meteor Lake’ CPUs
Intel is considering manufacturing its 14th Gen Core “Meteor Lake” CPUs at least partly using TSMC’s 5nm process to mirror Apple’s M1 series of chips, DigiTimes reports.
Now, sources speaking to DigiTimes claim that Intel is considering placing orders for all of the chip blocks used in the Meteor Lake CPUs with TSMC, Apple’s sole chip supplier. Rather than singularly rely on Intel’s in-house 7nm process, the Meteor Lake chip blocks would be contracted out to be manufactured with TSMC’s 5nm process, just like Apple’s M1 chips for the Mac. The move would reportedly help avoid delays to the CPU’s production and launch schedules.
From Macrumors
Google’s Rumored Pixel Watch May Finally Take Shape Next Week
There’s a chance Google could finally introduce its first consumer smartwatch. Google hasn’t said a word about plans to release a watch of its own, but it might be the company’s worst-kept secret. Reports from Insider, tech YouTube personality Jon Prosser, and recent leaks claiming to show photos of the watch indicate a Pixel Watch is indeed coming.
Google I/O seems like an ideal time to make such an announcement. However, it’s possible we might not get the full story at I/O. Prosser suggests Google will tease the watch at its conference rather than reveal all the details. Instead, the company might launch the Pixel Watch in the fall alongside the Pixel 7, Prosser says.
From Cnet
Samsung starts rolling out Galaxy S22 camera features to older Galaxy models
According to a recent post on the Samsung Community forums, Samsung has started rolling out the new camera features to the Galaxy S21 series in its home market of South Korea. The update brings the following features to the older Samsung flagships:
- Improved night portrait
- Improved auto-framing feature
- Video call app extension support and auto-framing effects
- Camera quality improvements for third-party camera and social apps
These features will also roll out to the Galaxy Z Fold 3 in the coming days, along with Expert RAW support and telephoto lens support in Pro Mode. However, the Galaxy Z Flip 3 will only receive improvements for the auto-framing feature, video call extension support, auto-framing effects, and third-party camera and social app camera improvements.
The night portrait feature will also roll out to a few other Galaxy devices, including the Galaxy S20 series, Galaxy Note 20 series, and the Galaxy Z Fold 2. Whereas the improved auto-framing feature will reach Galaxy S21 FE, Galaxy Z Fold 2, and Galaxy Z Flip 5G/LTE users.
Furthermore, the post notes that the Galaxy S21 FE, Galaxy S20 series, Galaxy Note 20 series, Galaxy Z Fold 2, and Galaxy Z Flip 5G/LTE will receive the video call app extension support with the update. The Galaxy S10 series, Galaxy Note 10 series, Galaxy Z Fold, and Galaxy Note 10 Lite, on the other hand, will receive app extension support in H1 2022. Lastly, the post notes that the auto-framing effects feature will also reach Galaxy Z Fold 2 and Galaxy Z Flip 5G/LTE users.
From XDA
Elon Musk suggests charging governments and corporations a ‘slight cost’ to use Twitter
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Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter hasn’t been finalized yet, but the world’s richest man is keeping busy by kicking around ideas for potential changes to the platform. His latest suggestion? Charging corporations and governments to tweet.
“Ultimately, the downfall of the Freemasons was giving away their stonecutting services for nothing,” tweeted Musk. “Twitter will always be free for casual users, but maybe a slight cost for commercial/government users.”
As is often the case with Musk, there’s no commitment to this plan: the guy’s just tweetin’. But it does fit in with what we’ve previously heard about Musk’s ideas for the platform. Reuters reported last month that, when pitching banks on his acquisition, Musk suggested he might charge media companies to quote or embed tweets. In each case the logic is simple: Twitter is currently free, people want the product, so why not charge for it?
From The Verge
