Vivo X70 series full specs leaked by China Telecom
The vivo X70 series will arrive on September 9, and we’ve been reporting rumors and leaks for the past few weeks. The launch might be right around the corner, but China Telecom has revealed the phones accidentally by listing the full specs on its website, along with renders of the Pro variant.
| Specs | Vivo X70 | Vivo X70 Pro | Vivo X70 Pro+ |
| Display | 6.56″ AMOLED | 6.78″ E5 AMOLED | 6.78″ E5 AMOLED |
| Resolution, refresh rate | Full HD+, 120 Hz | QHD+, 120 Hz | QHD+, 120 Hz |
| Chipset | Exynos 1080 | Snapdragon 888+ | Snapdragon 888+ |
| Selfie camera | 32 MP | 32 MP | 32 MP |
| Main camera | 40 MP + 12 MP UW + 12 MP portrait | 50 MP + 12 MP UW + 12 MP portrait + 8 MP telephoto | 50 MP + 48 MP UW + 12 MP portrait + 8 MP telephoto |
| Battery | 4,400 mAh | 4,450 mAh | 4,500 mAh |
| Fast charging | 44W | 44W | 55W |
| Size, weight | 160.1 x 75.4 x 7.55 mm, 181g | 158.3 x 73.2 x 8 mm, 185g | 164.5 x 75.2 x 8.9mm, 209g |
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Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5 Pro launched in India with 11th Gen Intel and AMD Ryzen 5000 CPUs
The Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5 Pro comes with options for either up to 11th Gen Intel Core i7 or up to AMD Ryzen 7 5800H processor. Customers can also choose between NVIDIA GeForce, Intel Iris Xe, and AMD Radeon GPUs.
There are options for the display as well and there is a choice between either 14-inch 2.2K IPS anti-glare panel with 300 nits peak brightness, or a 16-inch WQXGA IPS anti-glare display with 350 nits peak brightness. The displays has a 16:10 aspect ratio, 100% sRGB colour gamut as well.
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Tecno Spark 8 is launching in India next week
The Tecno Spark 8 is built around a 6.5″ HD+ LCD with a notch for the 8MP selfie camera. The rear panel of the Spark 8, with the big “Stop At Nothing” text, sports a fingerprint reader and a dual-camera setup comprising a 16MP primary and a QVGA camera.
Under the hood, the Spark 8 has Helio P22 SoC with 2GB RAM and 64GB storage. It also has a microSD card slot for storage expansion. The Spark 8 runs HiOS 7.6 out of the box, which is based on Android 11 Go Edition, and fueling the entire package is a 5,000 mAh battery that charges through a microUSB port at up to 10W.
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NoiseFit Core, a new lightweight smartwatch, launched in India
The NoiseFit Core, a new lightweight smartwatch, has been launched in India in the budget segment and is priced at Rs 2,999 in India. This launch comes after the company came up with the Noise ColorFit Ultra smartwatch recently.
The IP68 waterproof, lightweight smartwatch comes with a round dial and a battery life of 7 days and 13 sports modes, in addition to the heart rate monitor, music, and camera control. It is available for sale on the company website. The device is available in two colours which include the Charcoal Black and Silver Grey variants.
Read More at Techradar
Germany wants smartphone makers to offer at least seven years of security updates
The German federal government wants the European Union to require smartphone makers to promise at least seven years of security updates for their devices. As per Heise Online, Germany has also requested the European Union to make it mandatory for manufacturers to publish prices of spare parts and maintain the same prices for seven years.
As you would expect, smartphone makers aren’t too happy with the proposed legislation. DigitalEurope, which is an industry association with Samsung, Apple, and Huawei as its members, wants regulators to make three years of security updates the norm for everyone.
Currently, most Android phones and tablets receive security updates for three years or less. The only Android devices that are guaranteed to receive four years of security updates are the best Android phones from Samsung and OnePlus. Google’s upcoming Pixel 6 series phones, however, are rumored to get up to five years of Android updates.
Read More at Android Central
Intel CEO suggests its gaming GPUs will be a serious threat to Nvidia
Intel’s CEO Pat Gelsinger has been talking up Team Blue’s incoming processors and discrete graphics cards, insisting that the latter is set to give Nvidia a real run for its GPU money.
Gelsinger made various comments stoking the hype train in an interview with financial analyst Pierre Ferragu, as Wccftech reports, and that included the aforementioned warning shot at Nvidia.
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Apple Watch Series 7 to launch with iPhone 13 – but there’s some bad news
Apple might soon announce the iPhone 13 launch event date, with various pundits already eying September 14th as the potential date for the keynote. After last year’s exceptional October iPhone 12 event, Apple is returning to its regular schedule.
This year, Apple is widely expected to launch the iPhone 13 and Apple Watch Series 7 together. But distinct sources reported a few days ago that Apple has run into unexpected manufacturing issues with the latter. This led to speculation that the Apple Watch Series 7 could see delays if Apple can’t fix the production issues on time.
Read More at BGR
Indian customers will love the Galaxy S22 if latest rumor is true
As usual, the Galaxy S22 series is expected to feature an Exynos SoC in some regions and a chipset from Qualcomm in others. History tells us that the Exynos 2200 variant will go on sale in most markets, while the Snapdragon 898-powered models will be reserved for a few key regions such as the USA. However, Samsung might not follow the same strategy as before, and the Snapdragon variant could become available in more markets, including India.
Samsung is reportedly in the process of deciding which chipset goes inside the Galaxy S22 series in what regions. And according to @FrontTron citing Clien, the Snapdragon 898 SoC is “highly likely” to be used by the Galaxy S22 series in India.
This would be a first for the Indian market. So far, every Galaxy flagship released in India was powered by Exynos chipsets, but next year we might witness a big change in this philosophy.
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Google Pixel 3 phones are bricking out of nowhere, the list is growing
Users in support forums, Reddit and other social channels share their stories of how their trusty Pixel 3s are getting bricked overnight without any warning at all. The devices enter a Qualcomm Emergency Download Mode (EDL), which won’t even let you install a new ROM at all – getting to the bootloader is impossible.
Some believe that one of the security updates caused this, while others say that a hardware malfunction is the root cause, similar to LG’s bootlooping problem from back in the day. Either way, without Google’s official statement, it’s anyone’s guess what is bricking these phones.
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TikTok overtakes YouTube for average watch time in US and UK
Data from app monitoring firm App Annie indicates that average time per user spent on the apps is higher for TikTok, indicating high levels of engagement.
App Annie characterised TikTok as having “upended the streaming and social landscape”.
However, YouTube retains the top spot for overall time spent – not per user – as it has many more users overall.
The Google-owned video giant has an estimated two billion monthly users, while TikTok’s most recent public figures suggested it had about 700 million in mid-2020.
Read More at BBC
