iQOO Z7 Pro launched in India

Specifications:
• 6.78" FHD+ resolution 3D Curved AMOLED Display
• 120Hz refresh rate
• 1300 nits brightness
• HDR10+ certified

• MediaTek Dimensity 7200 SoC
(built on 4nm process by TSMC)
• 8GB +(8GB Virtual) = 16GB RAM
• 3000mm² area Vapour Chamber Cooling

• 16MP front camera
• 64MP main (Samsung GW3, OIS support) + 2MP useless Dual rear camera
• Aura Light Ring

• In-display fingerprint sensor
• 4600mAh battery with 66W fast charging
• IP52 rated splash resistant
• Bottom-ported speaker, Wi-Fi 6
• FunTouchOS 13 based on Android 13
Colors: Blue Lagoon & Graphite Matte

Prices
• 8GB + 128GB = Rs. 24,000 (~300$)
• 8GB + 256GB = Rs. 25,000 (~310$)

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Tecno MegaMini mini PC Leaks
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Tecno will showcase its MegaMini mini PC IFA 2023.

IFA 2023 is a consumer electronics trade fair that is taking place in Berlin from 1st September to September 5th
Various brands participate in the event to showcase its latest products

I will be posting all interesting tech that will be showcased at IFA

Specifications:
• 13th Gen Intel Core i9-13900H processor
• Intel Iris Xe Graphics
• FAN+ water-cooling for heat dissipation
• RGB lighting effects
• 3.5mm Headphone Jack
• 4x USB ports

Tecno confirmed that it will launch MEGABOOK-S1 and MEGABOOK-T1 laptops in Indian market

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FairPhone 5 Launched in Europe with 10yrs Support

Specifications:
• 6.46″ (1224 x 2700 px) FHD+ resolution OLED display
• 90Hz refresh rate
• 880 nits peak brightness
• Gorilla Glass 5 Protection

• Qualcomm QCM 6490 chip 5G (equivalent to SD 778G)
• Adreno 642L GPU
(More about the SoC in the NEXT post)

• 8GB RAM with 256GB storage
• MicroSD card slot expandable upto 2TB storage
• 50MP Front camera

• 50MP main (IMX 800, OIS support)
• 50MP UltraWide (IMX 858)
• ToF Sensor

• e-SIM support
• 4200mAh battery (USER Replacable)
• 30W Fast charging
• Side Mounted fingerprint scanner
• Dual Stereo speakers

Drop Test: ICE 60058-2-31 was passed 1.8m
• Military test MIL-810H was passed 1.5m
• IP55 rated, NFC
• Powered by Android 13
Colors: Matte black, Sky-Blue, Truely Transparent Design

"Users can also install an alternative OS"

• 5 years Warranty
Atleast 8yrs of Support till 2031
Max support upto 2033 (10 yrs)
5 Android OS upgrades

Price: € 699 (~763 US$)
Europe EXCLUSIVE

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More Info about Qualcomm QCM 6490 5G chip used in Fairphone 5
Mishaal Rahman

Qualcomm's QCM 6490 chip is an industrial IoT processor, used for Single Board Computers or "rugged smartphones"

QCM lineup chips are also more expensive as Qualcomm offers extended software support for its industrial IoT platforms compared to its consumer mobile platforms.

That's why FairPhone 5 is able to offer 8yrs support
But QCM 6490 is still a GRF'd platform

QCM6490 Android support Roadmap

Android version | Launch config |Std. SW maintenance EOL | Ext. Life SW maintenance EOL

11 (R), Jul’21, 4Q22, 4Q28
12 (S), OTA 4Q21, 4Q23, 4Q28
13 (T), OTA 4Q22, 4Q24, 4Q28
14 (U), OTA 4Q23, 4Q25, 4Q28
15 (V), OTA 4Q24, 4Q25, 4Q28

Currently, Fairphone 5 packs Android 13 on top of Android 11 vendor with a Linux 5.4 kernel.

By 2028, it'll be running Android 18 on Android 15 vendor with a compatible version of Linux kernel

But Android 17 will drop Linux 5.4
So Qualcomm & Fairphone would have to update Kernel then

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Huawei Mate 60 Announced in China

Specifications:
• 6.69-inch (2688 × 1216 px) FHD+ resolution LTPO OLED display
• 1~120Hz Variable refresh rate
• P3 colour gamut
•1.07 billion colours
• 1,440Hz PWM dimming
• 2nd Gen Kunlun glass protection

• Huawei Hi-Silicon Kirin 9000S 5G chip
• Huawei's own Maleon 910 GPU
(More about the SoC Later)

• 13MP front camera
Triple Rear camera
• 50MP main (F1.4~F4.0) 10-STEP Variable aperture with OIS support
• 12MP UltraWide
• 12MP Telephoto with 5x Optical Zoom

• 4750mAh Li-ion battery
• 66W HUAWEI SuperCharge wired + 50W wireless charging
• Reverse wireless charging support
• In-display fingerprint sensor
• IP68 water & dust resistant
• Stereo Speakers
• USB 3.1 Type C, NFC
• Harmony OS 4.0
Colors: Black, White, Green & Purple

Supports Satellite Messaging as well but NOT calls

Prices
12GB + 256GB = 5499 CNY (~750$)
12GB + 512GB = 5999 CNY (~820$)
12GB + 1TB = 6999 CNY (~960$)

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Huawei Mate 60 Pro Launched in China

Specs:
• 6.82" (2720 × 1260 px) FHD+ LTPO OLED BOE display
• 1~120Hz Variable refresh rate
• P3 colour gamut
• 1.07 billion colours
• 1,440Hz PWM dimming
• 2nd Gen Kunlun Glass

• Kirin 9000S 5G SoC
• Huawei's own Maleon 910 GPU
(More about the SoC later)

• 50MP main (F1.4~F4.0) 10-STEP Variable aperture with OIS
• 12MP UltraWide
• 48MP Telephoto with OIS
• 3.5x Optical Zoom, 100x Digital Zoom

3D Projection on Front Display
• Flood illuminator & Dot Projector on left
• Proximity sensor in middle
• Actual 13MP front camera on right

• 5000mAh Li-ion battery
• 88W HUAWEI SuperCharge wired+ 50W wireless charging
• 20W Reverse wireless charging
• In-display fingerprint sensor
• IP68 water & dust resistant
• Stereo Speakers
• USB 3.1 Type C, NFC
• HarmonyOS 4.0
Colors: Black, White, Green & Purple

Supports BOTH Satellite Calling & Messaging

Prices
• 12GB+ 256GB= 6599 CNY (~900$)
• 12GB+ 512GB= 6999 CNY (~960$)
• 12GB+ 1TB= 7599 CNY (~1040$)

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Dynamic Island on Huawei Mate 60 Pro

Since Huawei Mate 60 Pro have three holes on the front display for 3D projection, they can be hidden by just 1 click, which turns them into Apple's Dynamic Island

3 Holes are:
• Flood illuminator & Dot Projector on left
• Proximity sensor in middle
• Actual 13MP front camera on right

Who knows if Huawei in its HarmonyOS adds Dynamic Island functionality in their smartphones since the design has been copied anyway

FUNFACT: Honor (when it was a part of Huawei) was the 1st company to debut what you call now Dynamic Island on iPhones that too in 2018 only
Apple improved it with its creativity

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Remote gestures in Huawei Mate 60 Pro

Remote gesture in Huawei is similar to Air Swipe or Google Pixel's Motion Sense which Almost ALL smartphone brands (EXCEPT Apple) have tried atleast once on their smartphones

This is possible with the help of 3 Holes on front display which acts as 3D projection

Well, it does look Cool but seems a gimmick anyways as you will look like a "clown" while doing it in public and it's very slow compared to touch response
One of reason why some brands like Google dropped the feature in future Pixels

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LEAK: Google Pixel 8 series European market Prices
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Google Pixel 8 series will debut on October 4th worldwide but its prices for European countries has now been leaked.
Let's have a look on them

Google Pixel 8
Colors: Hazel, Obsidian, Rose & Mint
Storage options: 128GB & 256GB

Pricing
128GB model: €710
256 GB model: €770

Google Pixel 8 Pro
Colors: Bay, Obsidian, Porcelain & Mint
Storage options: 128GB, 256GB & 512GB

Pricing
128GB model: €1000
256 GB model: €1065
512GB model: €1190

Note: The prices mentioned are after excluding 23% VAT

As expected, there is 100$ increase in prices of Pixel 8 series compared to Pixel 7

With the Pixel 6 series, Night Sight photos got “sharper and more detailed”

On the Pixel 7 series, the minimum exposure times for Night Sight were reduced by half, thus resulting in less motion blur.

Starting with Pixel 8 series, Google is adding its powerful Night Sight in videos now for better video recording in low-light conditions

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Huawei Kirin chipset is BACK !

Huawei Mate 60 series is powered by Kirin 9000S processor & uses in-house Maleoon 910 GPU

Kirin 9000S aka the Hi-Silicon 36A0 V120
Built on 7nm process
Manufactured by SMIC N+2
(partially CCP owned largest foundry in China)

Big:
1x Taishan V120 core @2.62GHz
L1: 64KB; L2: 1MB; L3: 4MB

Full ARM v8.4-A + v8.5-A subsets (BTI, FLAGM2, FRINT)
Implementer: 0x48; part number: 0xd02, r2p2

Middle:
3x Taishan V120 @2.15GHz with reduced L2 cache (512KB)
Implementer: 0x48; part number: 0xd42, r2p2

Little= 4x ARM Cortex-A510 @1.53GHz
Full ARM v8.5-A, r1p1

CPU Config:
1+3+4 (8 cores) & 12 THREADS
Supports Hyperthreading

GPU: Huawei Hi-Silicon Maleoon 910 @ 750MHz
Modem: Balong 5000 5G

Self-developed ISP module
Integrated 5G baseband

Flash memory: LPDDR5 + UFS 3.1
RAM: 12GB SK Hynix
ROM: upto 1TB SK Hynix

Satellite communication: integrated RF receiver chip RX6003EQK
Wi-Fi: HiSilicon Hi1105

Bluetooth: HiSilicon solution
PMIC: HiSilicon Hi6421/Hi6423

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Live Images of Honor Magic V Purse

Its just rebranded Huawei Mate Xs 2 which Huawei launched in April, 2022

Even the dimensions are almost similar, but Honor added a strap to it to hold it like a purse

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Tecno Phantom Ultimate showcased at IFA 2023

Tecno showcased its Rollable conceptual smartphone called Tecno Phantom Ultimate

This Rollable phone unrolls quickly with the help of a single-drive motor system that expands the device at the press of a button on the top, turning the device from a smartphone to a tablet

It turns the basic 6.55-inch smartphone into a 7.1-inch tablet size screen in just 1.3 seconds

The display is LTPO AMOLED with variable refresh rate and a resolution of 2,296 x 1,596 pixels with 100% DCI-P3 color gamut

To go back to the basic 6.55-inch display, just perform a 3-finger swipe gesture

It measures 9.93 mm in thickness

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Another Nothing Smartphone is in the works
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An upcoming Nothing smartphone having 4920mAh battery capacity has been certified at DEKRA

Model number: NT03

Nothing Phone (1): 4,500mAh
Nothing Phone (2): 4,700mAh
Nothing Phone (X): 4,920mAh

No idea if its Nothing Phone (3) or an upcoming smartphone lineup

Since Carl Pei uses " brackets " in its smartphone naming scheme, the naming scheme would be more weird if a new line comes out

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Google might release Android 14 on 5th September
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There is a high probability that Google will release its Android 14 stable release to its Pixel smartphones and to AOSP (Android Open Source Project) next week on Tuesday i.e 5th September

Android Trusted Testers and Googlers have started receiving stable Android 14 update, which includes the September 2023 security patches

UP1A.230905.019 could be the build ID of Android 14 stable release for Google Pixel smartphones & it mentions 0509 (5th September)

This Build ID was leaked on a Facebook group and also by a Googler on the issue tracker forum

Note: The date is not guaranteed as it can shift due to unexpected reasons

OnePlus will release its ColorOS 14 (I mean OxygenOS 14) based on Android 14 to its smartphones on 25th September Globally

Pixel 8 series will make its debut on 4th October worldwide

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