Realme Narzo 50 5G renders leak ahead of its launch in India
Realme’s Narzo sub-brand is currently busy adding devices to its 50 family left and right. Following the Narzo 50, Narzo 50A, Narzo 50A Prime, and Narzo 50i, there’s also apparently a Narzo 50 5G on the way. That was revealed by a new leak today, which also brings us the two renders you can see below.
From Gsmarena
Realme GT Neo 3T gets NBTC certified
Realme unveiled the GT Neo 3 in March, and the company will soon follow up with a ‘T’ variant that just got NBTC certified.
The Thai certifying authority reveals the Realme GT Neo 3T has model designation RMX3371, but it doesn’t divulge the smartphone’s specs.
From Gsmarena
iPhone 14 is unlikely to have in-display Touch ID… but the iPhone 15 might
The patent – spotted by Patently Apple – is for under-display optical fibers, which could be used to accurately capture fingerprint data.
Apple’s method appears designed to deliver lower optical transmission losses than other solutions, which could mean its fingerprint scanning would be faster and more accurate. But the details of the patent are less interesting than the fact that Apple has patented this tech at all, as it suggests under-display Touch ID actually could be in the works.
There are a couple of caveats though. First off, plenty of things get patented and many of them never see the light of day in products, so just because Apple is exploring an idea, it doesn’t mean we’ll see it happen.
Certainly, we wouldn’t expect under-display Touch ID on the iPhone 14 range, as there isn’t much sign of that yet – though one early leak did point in that direction. But it’s possible we could see it on the iPhone 15 or beyond.
The other caveat is that while the focus of this patent appears to be fingerprint scanning, the tech also mentions facial recognition applications, so in other words it could allow for under-display Face ID, which is something there’s much more evidence that Apple is working on.
So we could see that instead (or as well), but given that leaked images show visible Face ID components on the iPhone 14 range, that too is likely over a year away.
From Techradar
vivo X80 series India launch set for May 18
The vivo X80 series unveiled last month in China began its global rollout a couple of days ago, starting with Malaysia, and its next stop will be India as vivo’s Indian branch today announced that the X80 series will debut in India on May 18 at noon local time.
The vivo X80 series includes three models – X80, X80 Pro, and X80 Pro+. However, the Pro+ version isn’t unveiled yet, and it will only arrive in Q3 2022, so it’s not launching in India next Wednesday. Moreover, vivo India has only confirmed the X80 Pro explicitly, but the use of the word “series” in its promo campaign pretty much confirms the company will also launch the X80 in India on May 18.
From Gsmarena
Samsung’s Galaxy S23 Ultra With 200MP Camera Rumored to Launch Months After iPhone 14 Pro With 48MP Camera
Samsung is in the final stage of developing a 200-megapixel camera for use on its next-generation Galaxy S23 Ultra smartphone, which is expected to be announced in early 2023, according to South Korea’s ETNews.
By comparison, the iPhone 13 Pro has a 12-megapixel main camera, but the iPhone 14 Pro is widely rumored to feature an upgraded 48-megapixel camera.
Like the Galaxy S22 Ultra, which has a 108-megapixel main camera, the S23 Ultra would likely use pixel binning, which merges data from multiple smaller pixels on the camera’s image sensor into one “super pixel.” Pixel binning is beneficial because simply increasing a smartphone camera’s megapixels while maintaining the same image sensor size results in smaller pixels, which generally capture less light.
From Macrumors
Apple begins testing folding panels for iPhone and iPad
Apple is developing a new folding OLED screen that should eventually make its way in a folding iPhone or iPad according to South Korea’s TheElec. The big breakthrough is the lack of a polarizer layer on the panel which is currently being used in some conventional folding displays. The same polarizer-less display technology is used by Samsung in its Galaxy Z Fold3 and its Eco²OLED display. Apple is considering a similar approach for its own folding device.
The removal of the polarizer layer allows for thinner folding displays though at the cost of visibility and peak brightness. Makers are forced to increase the display’s power consumption in a bid to crank up the brightness as a result which has a negative impact on the longevity of folding panels so it will be interesting to see how Apple tackles these issues. Apple’s folding phone is still years away at this point and we should not expect it before 2025 according to renowned Apple expert Ming-Chi Kuo.
From Gsmarena
LG’s New Extra Flexible 8-Inch OLED Screen Can Be Folded Both Inward and Outward
Any flexible OLED screen can be folded in both directions—it’s a neat tech demo we’ve seen since the technology was first introduced decades ago—but the displays, their added protective layers, and even the mechanical hinges on devices, are all optimized to increase durability for folding motions in one specific direction only. It doesn’t have to be that way, though, as LG has demonstrated at the 2022 Society for Information Display (SID) show currently taking place in San Jose, California. There, the company revealed an eight-inch OLED display that can be completely folded both inward and outward, as well as a “special folding structure” that minimizes screen creases while still ensuring a bi-directional folding mobile device would provide a “comfortable and cutting-edge user experience.
Despite the added flexibility, LG claims the new OLED panel (which boasts a resolution of 2,480 x 2,200 pixels, or 413 pixels per inch) can still be folded over 200,000 times without severely damaging the screen or “compromising its performance,” which is the same durability claims Samsung makes for the Galaxy Fold 3. But unlike the Galaxy Fold 3, a device using LG’s new panel could go from a larger tablet to a more compact smartphone form without the need for an additional screen when folded outward, while still allowing a user to then completely fold it the other way around to ensure the display is protected when slipped into a pocket or a bag. Unfortunately, there’s no timeline on when new devices might adopt LG’s new screen tech, but as companies are desperate for gimmicks to help justify the cost of folding smartphones, it’s safe to assume LG won’t have trouble convincing companies to take advantage of it.
From Gizmodo
AMD introduces new Radeon RX 6950 XT and two other GPUs, plus games with FSR 2.0
| GPU | Compute Units | Memory (GDDR6) | Game Clock | Boost Clock | Memory interface | Memory bandwidth | Effective bandwidth with AMD Infinity Cache | TBP | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT | 80 | 16GB | 2100 MHz | 2310 MHz | 256-bit | 576 GB/s | 1793 GB/s | 335W | $1,099 |
| AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT | 40 | 12GB | 2495 MHz | 2600 MHz | 192-bit | 432 GB/s | 1326 GB/s | 250W | $549 |
| AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT | 32 | 8GB | 2410 MHz | 2635 MHz | 128-bit | 280 GB/s | 469 GB/s | 180W | $399 |
AMD is adding three new GPUs to the Radeon RX 6000 lineup, including the Radeon RX 6950 XT, the most powerful graphics card in the series. For more mid-range gaming, there’s also the Radeon RX 6750 XT and 6650 XT. In addition to the new GPUs, the company also announced the first games that will support the new and improved AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) 2.0 technology, which was first announced a couple of months ago.
From XDA
IDC: Smartphone shipments declined in India during Q1, Realme grew by 46%
Smartphone shipments in India declined for the third quarter in a row. The January-March period saw 37 million smartphone shipments which is a 4.8% decline compared to the same period last year. Xiaomi was the market leader with 8.5 million shipments, followed by Samsung with 7 million and Realme with 6 million. Realme was the only company that managed yearly growth in India during the period with a 46.3% rise compared to Q1 2021.
From Gsmarena
Netflix’s ad-supported tier and password-sharing crackdown could launch by the end of 2022
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It has been less than a month since Netflix announced slowing revenue growth and its first subscriber drop in over a decade, and now The New York Times reports that it’s accelerating the schedule on initiatives to turn those things around.
Netflix was already openly talking about pushing people who share their account logins to pay more, and once the report came out, co-CEO Reed Hastings changed his tune on ad-supported streaming, saying he would try to figure it out over the “next year or two.” According to the Times, a recent note to employees said executives are now aiming to introduce the ad tier at some point in the last three months of 2022, with a crackdown on password sharing starting in the same window.
Disney Plus announced its own intentions for ad-supported streaming in March, and Catie Keck wrote about that, asking how long would it take for others to follow. The answer appears to be “not very long at all,” as the Times said the note specifically mentions the fact that all of Netflix’s streaming competitors, with the exception of Apple TV Plus, either offer or have announced ad-supported streaming tiers.
From The Verge
