The Taiwanese semiconductor outlet has been making quite a progress in the chip market and mostly powering smartphones in the South Asian market and Europe as well, however, it plans to enter the US market dominated by Qualcomm or Apple chips. MediaTek wasn’t too convincing enough earlier with their crappy performing budget chips.
Things change with years and so did MediaTek, it largely invested in the mobile SoC market, came up with a successful Helio P series then went onto making the budget gaming G series. The breakthrough happened when it introduced its Dimensity series of powerful SoCs with 5G support, powering the mid-range devices, at first few major Chinese OEMs used its chips and when the chips like Dimensity 1000 or 800 just dominated any other mid-range Qualcomm chipsets, a lot of OEMs are now using Dimensity chips.
In the past few years, the mid-range smartphone market has surpassed the expectation and has become one of the key market with people buying mid-range devices, because that $400-$600 price margin has got a lot of good phones now. Gone are the days when people had to spend a lot for a flagship phone, now, mid-range has become the new hotspot in the smartphone world.
So, the South Korean giant recently brought their LG Velvet smartphone with the latest MediaTek Dimensity 1000C 5G SoC, and now it’s available in the US on T-Mobile’s nationwide 5G network. The Dimensity 1000C is one of the most powerful mid-range SoC built on TSMC’s 7nm process coupled with four ARM Cortex-A77 cores clocked at 2GHz and four ARM Cortex-A55 high-efficiency cores at 2GHz.
On the GPU front, there’s the ARM Mali-G57 MC5 along with all the good things for a mid-range device, check out all the specs from here. As DigiTimes reports, the new LG Velvet will give the new MediaTek’s Dimensity SoC taste in the US at lower prices along with 5G support, it will be interesting to see how the US market responds to new LG smartphones and ultimately adapt to MediaTek chipsets.
“MediaTek is focused on giving consumers more options and expanding access to 5G devices so that everyone can enjoy the premium features and speeds that are defining the next era of mobile computing,” said Yenchi Lee, deputy GM of MediaTek’s wireless communications business unit, in a statement.
“From the world’s first standalone 5G data call to collaborating on their first 5G chipset in America, T-Mobile and MediaTek have partnered to move 5G innovation forward,” said Ryan Sullivan, VP of product development at T-Mobile, in the same statement.
What do you think will the US market predominated by Qualcomm and Apple chips adapt to MediaTek? Let us know in the comments down below…😉
Lenovo is one of the market leaders in the case of tablets and laptops. Apart from these, there are also smartphones as well as other electronic devices. Last year, the company came with Google’s voice assistant enabled Smart Alarm Clock and now announced its next version called “Smart Clock Essential”.
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Lenovo, in the announcement statement, wrote, “Building on the Lenovo Smart Clock for the bedroom, the Lenovo Smart Clock Essential extends the same hands-free, time-saving convenience to the rest of the home, offering full voice support with Google Assistant,”
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The only notable change in the new version is the addition of a 4″ LED display panel instead of IPS LCD, and also the absence of touch control support. Due to the LED panel display output become better while displaying current weather, temperature, day, and scheduled alarm notifications. The screen automatically dimmed at night.
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There is a 3W 1.5″ speaker added for audio interactions. As the company added Google’s voice assistant support users can also use it as a smart speaker. Lastly, a USB port is given through which one can charge other electronic devices like mobile phones, wireless earphones, and more.
As per Lenovo, the new Smart Clock Essential will come to the market this month, but no exact date has announced. The pricing will start from $49.99.
Along with the Realme 7 and Realme 7 Pro, the company is going to launch another member of the Realme 7 series, which is Realme 7i. According to reports, this phone will launch on September 17. Before the launch, a number of specifications have already leaked of this phone in the media. Let’s check out what are those.
The Realme 7i will run on Android 10 OS and will be powered by the Snapdragon 662 processor (11nm) with up to 2.0GHz. Regarding the display, this phone will have a 6.5-inch full HD+ (1600 x 720) single punch-hole display with a refresh rate of 90Hz. This phone will feature a rear fingerprint scanner.
According to the leaks, this phone will come with only one variant of 8GB RAM and 128GB internal storage, that is expandable by an external microSD card.
Coming to the camera section, this phone will have a quad rear camera module on its back. The rear camera has a 64MP primary sensor, 8MP ultrawide sensor, 2MP macro sensor, and 2MP depth sensor. The rear camera module structure is almost the same as the Realme 7 and 7 Pro. Coming to the selfie corner, this phone will feature a 16MP selfie shooter in a punch-hole cut-out.
The Realme 7i will feature a decent battery backup of 5,000mAH, supported by 18W fast charging. Seeing all the specifications, it is quite sure that the Realme 7i will be a downgraded version of the Realme 7. Regarding the pricing, nothing is confirmed right now. But this phone is expected to be a lower mid-range model and may have a price range under Rs. 16,000.
The entry-level or say low-end laptop CPU market for Intel hasn’t been that much convincing for Intel in the last couple of years and its last Gemini Lake didn’t provide any significant improvement for both low-end notebooks and mini PCs. Now that even AMD is making cheap Ryzen and Athlon CPUs with low TDP, Intel is surely feeling the heat of the competition.
So, it plans to refine its low-end CPUs by utilizing its own 10nm based Tremont architecture and this series will be named Jasper Lake. FanlessTech has come up with all of the new SKUs that Intel plans to launch under the Jasper Lake series of processors. As they say, these new CPUs will be offering significant performance improvement over the predecessor Gemini Lake.
The desktop range for the Jasper Lake processors will be using a modest 10W TDP while the mobile range will be using 6W TDP and each of the range will have 3 processors with almost similar naming schemes. There will be two Intel Celeron and one Pentium processor with modest clock speeds and a bump in the L2 cache, all of them having 4MB across the board. Also instead of Intel HD graphics, there will be UHD graphics, no sign of Gen 11 graphics.
Desktop CPUs with 10W TDP:
Pentium Silver N6005, 4C/4T @ 2.0GHz up to 3.3GHz (max quad core burst), UHD Graphics, 4M L2 cache
Celeron N5105, 4C/4T @ 2.0GHz up to 2.8GHz (max quad core burst), UHD Graphics, 4M L2 cache
Celeron N4505, 2C/2T @ 2.0GHz up to 2.9GHz (max dual core burst), UHD Graphics, 4M L2 cache
Mobile CPUs with 6W TDP:
Pentium Silver N6000, 4C/4T @ 1.1GHz up to 3.1GHz (max quad core burst), UHD Graphics, 4M L2 cache
Celeron N5100, 4C/4T @ 1.1GHz up to 2.8GHz (max quad core burst), UHD Graphics, 4M L2 cache
Celeron N4500, 2C/2T @ 1.1GHz up to 2.8GHz (max dual core burst), UHD Graphics, 4M L2 cache
Even though this leak is still a rumor, however, is a more trusted as Intel looks to revamp its lineup for low-end processors that had been forgotten totally. These Jasper Lake processors based on 10nm Tremont architecture could end giving significant IPC gains and will power the entry-level/affordable laptops or the fanless mini desktops as early as 2021.
2020’s not been an exciting year for human beings in general but for tech enthusiasts, it been quite a good year with some exciting gaming consoles coming up new software and some pretty amazing smartphone launches till now but we are only halfway through the 2020 and the most exciting launches of the year are yet to come and some of them are coming this month ranging from midrange to some of the most expensive smartphones of the year. September seems to be one of the busiest months of the year till now with a bunch of phones launching from the beginning and will continue until the end.
Here is the updated list of smartphones that are expected to arrive this September.
1. POCO M2
Launch Date: Sep 8 2020
The Poco M2 is a trimmed down variant of earlier launched Poco M2 Pro which is going to launch in India on September 8. The Poco is marketing this smartphone with the tagline “For The Win” and according to the teasers released by the company suggests that the main highlights of this smartphone are going to be the FHD+ display, AI Quad cameras, 6GB RAM, and 5,000mAh battery. A teaser image shared by the Poco shows that the display will have a teardrop notch and will measure somewhere around 6.5 inches. Well, there won’t be any surprises if M2 turns out to be some rebranded Redmi phone considering the track record of Poco.
Last years Razr was more of dead on arrival and was too steeply-priced to be accepted by the mass so it never took off but this is almost the same for every Moto smartphone and it didn’t stop Motorola from making a second iteration of Razr and this time it’s going to be almost as same as the former one but it is going to get 5G with some minor improvements. Some of these minor improvements will be the inclusion of Snapdragon 765G, 8/256 GB storage in the base variant instead of 6/128GB, a slightly bigger battery and there are chances of a 48MP sensor also along with a 20MP sensor for selfies. The main factor here is going to be the pricing of this phone and frankly speaking, you can expect it to be priced like the older one because it has 5G and we have seen companies selling weird form factor phones with 5G for way too high prices so it won’t be a surprise if it would end up in that price bracket.
Samsung is teasing the upcoming M51 from quite some time and it is expected to be Samsung’s answer to Nord well Samsung isn’t saying that but you can guess it from its specifications. According to M51’s Amazon listing, it has a 6.7-inch Super AMOLED+ FHD+ resolution Infinity-O display powered by Snapdragon 730G which can be found on the Google Pixel 4a also and the whole package will be backed up by a never seen 7000mAH battery. In the optics department, it is expected to have a 64MP sensor at the back and a 32MP sensor in the front for selfies. Rumors suggest that the M51 could end somewhere between the price tag of INR 25K to 30K.
LG Wing is no doubt one of the weirdest looking phones of 2020 but its also interesting at the time when we are pretty much bored of current smartphones and mostly LG since. it hasn’t launched any good phone from years and for me, the LG G5 was the last interesting smartphone that LG made but it looks like LG is even getting sick of their own smartphones so they decided to come up with an “Explorer” series and Wing is going to be the first smartphone in the series. The wing has two displays where the smaller display pops out of the side of the main display. Well, it’s tough to explain it in words so it might be better if you watch the above video. Speaking of specifications, it’s going to powered by Snapdragon 765G and will be having a 64MP camera. As much as price matters, it going to end in the high range category as rumors suggest it going to cost around $1000 at least.
Realme is set to announce two new smartphones in Indonesia which includes Realme 7 and 7i while we know everything about the Realme 7 since its already launched in India but we don’t have concrete information regarding the specifications of Realme 7i. The rumoured specs sheet suggests that the 7i will be having a 6.5-inch FHD+ display with a referesh rate of 90Hz and it will be powered by the Snapdragon 662 SoC along with 8GB RAM and 128GB internal storage. It is expected to sport a quad camera setup at the back with a 64MP main sensor a 16MP sensor in the front for selfies. The Realme 7i will be backed up by a 5000mAH battery which can be charged at 18W.
6. Sony Xperia 5 II
Launch Date: Sep 17 2020
No one knows that Sony even makes smartphones these days but that’s not stopping Sony from making super high priced phones at all and it’s even launching a new one this month, the Xperia 5 II and pretty much everything is known about this phone except the price. According to a leaked promo video, the Xperia X 5 II is going to boast a 120Hz display, dual front-facing stereo speakers, and some features for better gaming and the long-gone 3.5mm jack is there too and it will be having an OLED panel. Also, it can shoot slow-motion videos at 4K videos in 120fps and with a bunch of other professional features since Sony is very much integrating its phones with its camera software nowadays.
Recently Xiaomi announced that it’s going to launch a new Mi 10 smartphone with 5G support and will be priced under $300. Well, not much is known about the handset but it will be powered by an unannounced Snapdragon 700 series chipset, and probably it’s going to be the Mi 10T Lite which will be launching in Europe in the coming few weeks and it can be launched under the Redmi K30 brand in few countries.
Google announced the much-awaited Pixel 4a along with a 5G variant of the affordable Pixel 4a and its next flagship Pixel 5G but we didn’t get to see the last two but according to few leaks it’s coming by the end of this month. Both Pixel 4a 5G and Pixel 5 are expected to launch in the last week of September. Pixel 5 is expected to be available for €630 while the Pixel 4a 5G will cost you around €487.
Barcelona’s star kid has made another record on the international level making into Luis Enrique’s starting XI against Ukraine. The 17-year old kid has become Spain’s youngest ever goalscorer.
In the 33rd minute, we saw Fati’s quality, although being a winger, he can drive goals from long ranges and he just did the same to become the youngest goalscorer in the history of the Spanish national team. Out of nowhere, he fired a stunning strike into the far bottom corner and GOAL!!
Now, here’s how Twitter has reacted to Ansu Fati’s stunning goal:
📸 — Ansu Fati scores an absolute stunner outside the box for his national team, and becomes the youngest scorer in Spain's history at 17-years-old. You have read it right. pic.twitter.com/Wfu4ttk1pO
Setien had the Nerve to bench this boy and play Vidal as winger against Bayern… Ansu Fati deserves to be starting every match next season. He needs playing time to improve, he is the future. 🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/i4q5IJ5Se3
– Youngest goal-scorer for Barcelona. – Youngest player ever to score a double in La Liga. – Youngest player ever to score and assist in La Liga. – Youngest player ever to score in a Champions League game. – Youngest player ever to score a goal for Spain. pic.twitter.com/OUL7rfDTtl
✓ Youngest goalscorer in Barcelona's history ✓ Youngest goalscorer in #UCL history ✓ Youngest player to score 2+ goals in a LaLiga game ✓ Youngest player to score and assist in a LaLiga game ✓ Youngest goalscorer in the Spain national team
I've never seen a debut in the Spain line up like Ansu Fati's. This is simply historic beyond being the youngest goalscorer ever. Not just the goal, everything he has done so far. Unbelievable https://t.co/iNoZjBMUGY
Barcelona’s star kid has made another record on the international level making into Luis Enrique’s starting XI against Ukraine. The 17-year old kid has become Spain’s youngest ever goalscorer.
The wonderkid has already made wonders at Camp Nou with his brilliant performance and is a talent that has gathered a lot of attention worldwide. Spain entered the UEFA Nations League clash with Ukraine on Sunday night and Fati scored the third goal in the first half itself.
In the 33rd minute, we saw Fati’s quality, although being a winger, he can drive goals from long ranges and he just did the same to become the youngest goalscorer in the history of the Spanish national team. Out of nowhere, he fired a stunning strike into the far bottom corner and GOAL!! Take a look at the incredible goal he scored:
Ansu Fati playing a blinder against Ukraine, become Spain's youngest goal-scorerpic.twitter.com/0X6XjwKEEh
Fati has already made a lot of La Liga records during his breakthrough campaign last season when he was given the opportunity. Now, when he has been called upon for the Spanish national team he is creating wonders, absolutely a future star in making!!!
IFA is happening but this time its a 2020’s “Special Edition” IFA with just 200 exhibitors presenting their new stuff there and Huawei’s sub-brand Honor is one of them which launched a bunch of products during the event and that list includes two affordable tablets in its Honor Pad lineup namely Honor Pad 6 and X6 and they are not something new since Huawei has also announced them in its home country China couple of months ago.
Both Honor Pad 6 and X6 are almost same apart from some key physical differences and color options.
The Honor Pad 6 sports a 10.1-inch FHD+ panel, while the X6 comes with a 9.7-inch FHD display panel and has thick bezels around the display, and these panels, are also certified by TÜVRheinland and can have low blue light emission.
Honor Pad X6
Honor Pad 6
Speaking of similarities both the tablets offer a dual speaker system and the same 2MP sensor in the front for selfies while there is a 5MP shooter at the back and both of them are powered by Kirin 710A SoC and they even offer the same battery of 5100mAH that can be charged using the USB-type C port.
Both tablets run Honor’s Magic UI 3.1 skin which is based on Android 10 and come with Huawei Mobile Services since they are not allowed to use Google Play Services anymore.
Apart from the difference in the display size and resolution, they both have some more differences like Honor Pad 6 has two storage variants- 3GB + 32GB and 4GB + 64GB and Space Grey and Blue color option while the later Honor Pad X6 has only one storage variant which is 3GB + 32GB and is only available in Space Grey. Other than this, there is no LTE variant of X6 while Pad 6 is available in both WiFi and WiFi+LTE.
Well, there is no word on the official prices for the European market yet but the Honor Pad 6 starts at CNY 1,299 for the base variant with 3GB+32GB storage while the Honor Pad X6 has a relatively lower price tag of CNY 1,099.
Previous week Google Stadia added six free games- Gunsport, Hitman, Super Bomberman R Online, Hello Neighbor, Embr, and Metro Last Light(Redux) exclusively for their Stadia Pro subscribers. Now two latest purchasable games have been added to the Google Stdia, they are Marvel Avengers and NBA 2K21.
Marvel Avengers gets its release on 4th September on PC, Xbox, PlayStation, and Google’s Stadia cloud-gaming platform. But Stadia got pre-access to the game 72 hours before the release. Stadia players who pre-purchase the digital edition of the game got early access to the game before any other players of other platforms.
The deluxe edition costs $79 and the base game with optional DLC costs $59. Moreover, the game updates are handled by Google servers, and Stadia players won’t be needing to download any other patches.
Following the Marvel Avengers, NBA 2K21 was also released on the same day on all platforms. In the memory of the late Kobe Bryant, a special “Mamba Forever Edition” of NBA 2K21 available on Google Stadia. The edition has in-game currency, “MyTEAM” points and tokens, the “Kobe Bryant Digital Collection,” and various other in-game bonuses.
The standard edition of NBA 2K21 costs around $59.99 and the “Mamba Forever” edition costs $99.99 in Google Stadia. Prominently, these are “current-gen” variants of the game, needing the enhanced graphics that will be available on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. If you haven’t grab these two games till now, go and grab the games and play to your heart’s content.
During this global pandemic, the whole world has become proactive on the internet. Apart from the online classes and meetings, people have no choice to interact with each other, in the case of long-distance, rather than through the internet. The companies capable of providing similar services also tried to improve themselves. Just like them, Tinder is also bringing an in-app interactive video series named “Swipe Night” for its global users.
To let you know, this event is not a new one for Tinder users, the dating platform already started it from last October, but this time it will be a global launch. The event puts users in a 1st person adventure, then they have to go for options to make decisions for various situations.
It is a unique approach of Tinder to connect its users with their potential partners. As per the platform, the decisions taken by the users in “Swipe Night” videos will affect the matches as well as the topic for their chat.
The company planned this launch earlier, but they have to reschedule it for the pandemic.
The CEO of Tinder, Jim Lanzone said, “When lockdowns began, we saw an immediate increase in our members’ engagement on Tinder, so we know we play an important role in their stay-at-home experience. While the global health crisis continues, we believe ‘Swipe Night’ can bring a welcome change of pace to our members around the world.”
Lastly, the global launch of the series of interactive videos “Swipe Night” is on 12th September.
