Honor 60 design revealed, will keep the dual circle camera
The company teased its dual-circle design previously, and today it revealed the entirety of its design – a mix between the Honor 50 and Redmi K40 looks with one camera in each big circle and one extra shooter in between them on the oval island. The LED flash will be on the side.
Honor is once again going for stand-out aesthetics since it is a brand, trying to appeal to youthful consumers. The starry design on the back is likely to come with some glamour and sparkle.
We will know all the specs in eight days’ time, but we expect Honor to keep giving us bits and pieces until then.
From Gsmarena
vivo Y76 5G announced with Dimensity 700, 50MP camera, and 44W charging
The Y76s 5G comes with a Dimensity 810 SoC, Android 11-based OriginOS, and an 8MP selfie camera, whereas the Y76 5G has a Dimensity 700 chip at the helm, boots Funtouch OS 12 based on Android 11, and sports a 16MP selfie unit.
The vivo Y76 5G also has an additional 2MP depth camera on the back, keeping company to the 50MP primary and 2MP macro units. Oh, and the Y76 5G supports FM Radio as well.
The rest of the vivo Y76 5G’s specs include a 6.58″ FullHD+ LCD, side-mounted fingerprint reader, USB-C port, 3.5mm headphone jack, 4,100 mAh battery, and 44W charging.
The vivo Y76 5G comes in a single 8GB RAM + 128GB storage configuration, and you also have the option to virtually expand the RAM up to 4GB using the Extended RAM feature.
Additionally, the vivo Y76 5G comes with Super Night Mode for the front and rear cameras, Ultra Stable Video, Dual-View Video, Five-Dimensional Liquid Cooling System, Multi-Turbo, and Ultra Game Mode 2.0.
The vivo Y76 5G is offered in Cosmic Aurora and Midnight Space colors and will be available for purchase in Malaysia for RM1,299 ($310/€275) from the company’s official website. There’s no word on availability in other markets, though.
From Gsmarena
Oppo Reno7 series confirmed to feature Sony IMX709 sensor
Oppo today confirmed that the Reno7 series arriving on November 25 in China will be the world’s first to feature Sony’s IMX709 sensor in the selfie camera, advertised to have a 60% increase in light sensitivity and 35% noise reduction compared to the selfie unit on the Reno6 Pro.
Oppo says the Sony IMX709 will be present on the Reno7 and Reno7 Pro’s selfie cameras but didn’t say anything about the Reno7 SE.
The Oppo Reno7 series consists of three smartphones – Reno7, Reno7 SE, and Reno7 Pro. There’s no Pro+ version this time. At least not at the November 25 event.
Oppo hasn’t divulged much about the Reno7 lineup, but you can head this way to check out the leaked specs of the three smartphones.
From Gsmarena
The HUAWEI MateBook E is a Windows 11 Tablet to Take on the Surface Pro 8
HUAWEI is looking to provide a tablet that will compete with the Microsoft Surface Pro 8. The HUAWEI MateBook E was recently launched in China and it has a tablet design with a detachable or slide-out keyboard and touchscreen interface. Running Windows 11 and powered by 11th gen Intel processors, the MateBook E is a great solution for anyone looking for this type of computer.This computer comes in two different styles. The classic tablet style will include a detachable magnetic keyboard, while the sliding keyboard style will let you stack the keyboard and tablet on top of each other. Both options include the M-Pen stylus with 10 hours of battery life.
From XDA
Sony may start selling custom PS5 faceplates after securing a new patent
Sony has been granted a new patent for its PS5 faceplates, which suggests we could see official custom PlayStation 5 faceplates being sold in the future.
The United States Trademark Office granted the patent which is titled ‘Cover For Electronic Device’ on November 16. While the patent name might be a bit vague, the 11 sketches included show what is undoubtedly the PS5’s faceplates in all their curvy glory.
The patent doesn’t include any information regarding specific colors, but we wouldn’t be surprised to see Sony offer its own black PS5 faceplates, as those have proven the most popular with consumers who aren’t fans of the stock matte white plates.
From Techradar
Android 11 adoption reaches 24.2%, still behind Android 10
Even though Google does not report on monthly adoption rates of Android anymore, its Android Studio does show the number of Android devices that access the Play Store during a seven-day period alongside their corresponding OS version.
Based on this data, Android 10 is currently running on 26.5% of devices which is the most of any Android version. Last year’s Android 11 is second with 24.2%, while data for Android 12 devices is yet to be populated.
Android 9 Pie is next up with 18.2%, followed by Android 8 Oreo and its 13.7% share. Android 7 and 7.1 Nougat get 6.3% while Android 6 Marshmallow sits at 5.1%. There are about 3.9% of users still running on Android 5 Lollipop and 1.4% on Android 4.4 KitKat. The oldest Android version in the list is Android 4.1 Jelly Bean with 0.6% of all devices.
From Gsmarena
Samsung’s Galaxy Watch4 gives Wear OS a huge popularity boost
Prior to the highly anticipated Wear OS 3 relaunch, Google’s platform was not doing too well due to its poor user experience, performance issues, and sub-par battery life. Samsung’s Tizen OS was also going nowhere primarily due to the lack of third-party apps, despite a compelling smartwatch product range and feature set.
Realizing their shortcomings, Google and Samsung teamed up to create and launch the all-new Wear OS 3 platform running on the Galaxy Watch4, and the strategy seems to be working. Counterpoint Research claims that Samsung achieved its highest quarterly smartwatch shipments in Q3 2021, all thanks to the Galaxy Watch 4 series.
From Android Police
Polestar is bringing its electric Precept sedan to market in 2024 with a new name
The Polestar Precept sedan — the concept vehicle turned production project — has a new name and an official launch date. The company, the electric performance brand that spun out from Volvo Car Group, has dubbed the shark-nosed sedan Polestar 5 and announced it will go into production in 2024.
When Polestar first revealed the Precept in early 2020 it was viewed as a mere concept car, albeit a striking one meant to signal where this new company was headed. By September that same year, Polestar announced the Precept would be headed to production. At the time, Polestar didn’t indicate when that might happen beyond a vague sometime “before 2025.
From Techcrunch
Airtel & Vodafone Idea raise prepaid tariffs in India by up to 25%
Calling and mobile data tariffs in India dropped significantly after Reliance Jio entered the telecom sector in 2016. Since then, the three biggest players in the industry — Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea, and Bharti Airtel — have tried to one-up each other by offering cheaper plans to attract more subscribers. Although that has been great for consumers, the price war hasn’t worked out well for two of the three carriers. As a result, Airtel and Vodafone Idea are now raising the prepaid tariffs by up to 25 percent.
According to a recent Mint report, Bharti Airtel on Monday raised its entry-level voice tariff plan by about 25 percent to ₹99 and increased tariffs for most unlimited voice bundles by 20 percent. With this change, Airtel aims to increase its average revenue per user (ARPU) to ₹200 and eventually to ₹300 “to provide a reasonable return on capital that allows for a financially healthy business model.” Airtels updated tariff plans will go into effect on November 26.
From XDA
Why NASA Really, Really Wants to Slam a Spacecraft Into an Asteroid
NASA IS ABOUT to launch a craft designed to crash itself directly into a hurtling space rock at 15,000 mph.
If weather cooperates, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test mission, known as DART, will blast off early Wednesday morning atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at Vandenberg Space Force Base, northwest of Santa Barbara, California. DART will target a small near-Earth asteroid called Dimorphos, which is orbiting a much larger asteroid. Next fall, after a journey of some 6.8 million miles, the craft will smash into Dimorphos and slightly change the rock’s trajectory. It’s a test of what could be done to save the world from an asteroid on a potentially deadly collision course with us, to prevent the kind of planetary catastrophe envisioned in movies like Armageddon and Deep Impact.
From Wired
