Another flagship smartphone of the Oppo Reno series is rushing in the smartphone game as the successor of the Reno 3. The leaks were out for quite a few time and now we came across the first official poster from the brand of the upcoming Reno 4 5G device and we can clearly see that there is a obvious change in design this time.
A lot of sources have confirmed some specs of this upcoming flagship smartphone has live images also have been collected from trustable sources. A famous tipster commonly known as @stufflistings in Twitter has shared both the official poster and a live in hand image of the smartphone.
Another leakster of Weibo, Digital Chat Station, has tipped some of its specs of the Reno 4 5G. He mentioned that the phone will come with double punch-hole cut at front with a curved screen. He also mentioned that the phone will be 5G enabled and will feature a 65W fast charging. There is no mention of wireless charging on this device.
The Reno4 will arrive with at least two colour options – blue and orange. The phone will sport a quad-camera setup on the back which will support Ultra Steady feature. The back also has the Oppo logo on the right side of the cameras, below which is a huge text that reads “GLOW”. This might be the marketing name of the phone’s color. Let’s wait for the final information from the company and wait until the launch.
The Honor X10 5G is the first device in the series to come with 5G connectivity in the X series. This smartphone is a mid-range device 5G smartphone from the brand with the latest processor chipset. The phone launched this week on 20th May at an event in China.
The phone has a notch-less display with a pop-up selfie camera and rear quad camera setup. The X10 5G is launched in China and there is no information about its international availability till now.
Credit: BGR India
Specifications:
Display- 6.63″ FHD+
Processor- HiSilicon Kirin 820G
Front Camera- 16MP
Rear Camera- 40MP + 8MP + 2MP
RAM- 6GB
Storage- 64GB
OS- MagicUI3.1.1 based on Android 10
Battery- 4300mAh
Details:
The Honor X10 5G features a notch-less 6.63″ FHD+ (1,080×2,400 pixels) display with a 90Hz refresh rate, 397 PPI pixel density, and 92 percent screen to body ratio.
The phone features a quad-camera setup with a primary camera of 40MP sensor with an f/1.8 lens, the secondary is an 8MP sensor with an f/2.4 lens, and the tertiary is a 2MP sensor with an f/2.4 lens. On the front, hidden in the pop-up mechanism which houses a 16MP sensor with an f/2.2 lens.
Credit: XDA
The phone is powered by the octa-core Kirin 820 SoC and the Mali-G57 GPU. The storage capacity will be available up to 128GB and RAM capacity up to 8GB of LPDDR4X RAM. The storage can be expanded up to 256GB via the NM card. The phone is powered by a 4,300mAh with support for 22.5W fast charging. The phone is available in four colour options namely, Fiery Orange, Midnight Black, Sapphire Blue, and Titanium Silver.
There are various storage options for the X10. The 6GB + 64GB variant is priced at CNY 1,899 (roughly Rs. 20,200), the 6GB + 128GB variant is priced at CNY 2,199 (roughly Rs. 23,400), and the 8GB + 128GB variant is priced at CNY 2,399 (roughly Rs. 25,500).
After launching an array of gaming, premium, 2-in-1 laptops, Dell has refreshed its Inspiron 15 7000 laptop series with the latest 10th Gen Intel Comet Lake-H CPUs and also offers optional NVIDIA GeForce GTX 16-series discrete GPUs.
The Dell Inspiron 14 7000 laptops with Ryzen 4000 mobile APUs provide great overall performance while these new costlier Dell Inspiron 15 7000 laptops which feature the 14 nm Comet Lake refresh offer superior performance being paired with dedicated NVIDIA graphics.
The new Dell Inspiron 15 7000 laptops sports 15.6-inch FHD (1920 x 1080) Anti-glare LED backlight display with Wide Viewing Angles and covers 100% sRGB colour gamut. The display also supports Dolby Vision support and high screen-to-body ratio along with 4-sided narrow border.
The laptop feature two CPU options: either the quad-core Intel Core i5-10300H with up to 4.5 GHz clock speed or the 6-core Intel Core i7-10750H with up to 5.0 GHz boost frequency. It is paired with 8GB for Core i5 model & 16GB DDR4 2933MHz RAM for the Core i7 model.
For storage, the Core i5 model comes with 256GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD storage and the Core i7 model features 512GB or 1TB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD. For graphics, you can either stick to the Intel UHD 630 iGPU or opt for a dedicated NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 or GeForce GTX 1650 Ti graphics.
All the options vary regionally, here I am referencing the UK options only, also it features Fingerprint Reader along with HD camera with webcam privacy shutter and a dark grey backlit keyboard which matches with the Sandstorm colour of the 2-in-1 laptop.
On the connectivity front, we have Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2×2 (Gig+) as well as Bluetooth 5.0 options. Dell has included just a 56WHr/97WHr battery with ExpressCharge support that charges your battery from 0% up to 80% in an hour. The Dell Mobile Connect makes this easier for you to experience seamless automation and productivity.
Coming to the pricing, the UK prices for the Dell Inspiron 15 7000 laptop series range from £829 ($1,013) for the Core i5-10300H base variant with 8 GB + 256 GB & integrated Intel graphics.
Whereas, the price of the discrete GPU variants with Core i7-10750H varies up to £1,299 ($1,588) for the top-end model with 16 GB + 1 TB & GTX 1650 Ti. The laptop series is only available in the UK, Australia, Italy, Austria while there’s no availability for the US or India.
Finally, Razer announces its Blade Pro 17 2020 version with the new Intel Comet Lake-H processors and experiences some higher refresh rate displays. The laptop remains an ideal choice for both gamers as well as professionals who need extra power for both gaming or productivity.
The Razer Blade Pro 17 2020 borrows the same design as its predecessor, with a sleek body weighing around 2.75 kg. It has an aluminium unibody, CNC milled and cut from a single aluminium block for a robust frame.
Razer has made the laptop chassis 25% smaller than its predecessor, with a faster 17.3-inch display that’s fitted into a body as sleek and compact as a 15-inch laptop.
Coming to the display, Razer gives you the option to choose from the FHD or 4K UHD touchscreen panels with up to 300 Hz refresh rate. The FHD panel has 300 nits of peak brightness while the UHD one has 400 nits, while the FHD panel covers 100% sRGB Color Gamut, the UHD one covers 100% Adobe RGB Color Gamut.
The laptop features the latest 8-core 10th gen Intel Core i7-10875H processor with a base clock speed of 2.3GHz and 5.1GHz Turbo Boost. It is coupled with 16 GB DDR4-2933 RAM which is expandable to up to 64 GB with Intel XMP support.
The FHD model features in-built 512GB PCIe NVMe SSD storage which is upgradeable to 2TB while the 4K UHD features in-built 1TB SSD storage. The laptop also has an additional M.2 slot that lets you increase your storage accordingly.
The FHD variant sports up to a 300 Hz refresh rate panel while the 4K UHD one supports up to 120 Hz refresh rate and both of them can be configured with either NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q or the RTX 2080 Super Max-Q graphics. It features an IR HD webcam 720p with Windows Hello support for faster login.
On the connectivity front, the laptop has Wi-Fi 6 (Intel AX201) and Bluetooth 5.0 support. Like all the previous Razer laptops, this one too features Per-Key RGB powered by Razer Chroma anti-ghosting backlit keyboard along with Glass Touchpad with Microsoft Precision Touch for multi-touch gestures.
The Razer Blade Pro 17 2020 also has some impressive audio features, comes with Stereo Speakers with Dolby Atmos Support along with Array Microphone. Obviously, it comes with built-in Windows 10 Home 64 bit and 70.5WHr lithium-polymer battery which should give enough battery life daily.
Last but not the least, the laptop offers a lot of ports: three USB3.2 Gen 2 Type-A Ports, two USB3.2 Gen 2 Type-C Ports (Shared with Thunderbolt 3 Port), one Thunderbolt 3 Port, one RJ45 – 2.5Gb ethernet, one HDMI 2.0b and an UHS-III SD Card Reader slot.
Head over to Razer’s official site for more info, while the Razer Blade Pro 17 2020 will have a starting price of $2,599.99 and is expected to arrive in stores sometime in June 2020.
In the PC Gaming world, Dell’s Alienware is one of the shining stars. It recently announced a gaming monitor with a refresh rate of 360 Hz. Mainly to compete with the Asus ROG Swift 360, suppose, which was introduced at the CES event of this year. Instead of a TN panel, this monitor has an IPS panel.
Alienware provides both the NVIDIA G-Sync and AMD FreeSync compatibility in its new model. The model with the G-Sync is called Alienware AW2521H and the model with FreeSync support is called Alienware AW2521HF.
Both of the G-Sync and FreeSunc monitors feature a 24.5-inch display with 1ms response rate. As per the company, the refresh rate is overclockable up to 360 Hz from the 240 Hz. Because of the IPS panel, the monitor is capable of delivering 99% sRGB coverage along with wide viewing angles.
The monitor is of 1920 x 1080 resolution. Due to the limited sharpness and detailing levels, for many of us, 1080p is not that desirable. But it is enough standard for the games like CSGO for the higher framerates.
The release date and pricing are still unknown and also the pricing. These details may be revealed in the last quarter of this year.
Intel has just announced its 10th gen Comet Lake-S Desktop CPUs and they are now being made available in various markets with considerably lower price than the previous generation. But it seems AMD has a solution for this too, the Red team is giving huge discounts on its last-gen Ryzen 3000 desktop CPUs to counter Intel.
Even though being based on its age old 14 nm process, the 10th gen Intel CPUs give superior performance with its high clock speeds and increased core & thread counts. Overall, there’s not much IPC gains or extraordinary improvement in performance like we saw with the Zen 2 based Ryzen 3000 desktop CPUs.
So, these new Intel CPUs have similar performance to AMD’s at similar to high price than the Red team but does manage to keep its lead when it comes to gaming.
Even though stuffing with as much power and performance Intel could, to its 10-core Core i9-10900K still it falls apart in multi-threaded workloads against the mighty 12-core Ryzen 9 3900X. Overall both the CPUs perform head-to-head while AMD one enjoying that 2 extra cores and threads.
Now, to counter the Blue team, AMD is offering deep discounts to its existing CPUs as well as recently releasing the quad-core monsters Ryzen 3 3100 and 3300X. The 12 cores and 24 threaded AMD Ryzen 9 3900X had been priced at $499 at launch which gradually decreased to $449 since then.
It even reached as low as $399 while now, Micro Center is offering the powerful Ryzen 9 3900X for just $389.99 including an additional $20 overall discount if bundled with an eligible motherboard. However, this incredible deal is applicable only for those who purchase the processor in-store or if an online purchase is made with in-store pickup.
But if you do not reside near to any Micro Center store, then you can easily purchase the 3900X for just $415 from here: https://amzn.to/2XlguXc.
This deal is far better than going for an Intel Core i7-10700K available for $387 or the Core i9-10900K at $488 that needs to be paired with a costlier motherboard while the discounted Ryzen 9 3900X can be paired with any good B450 or the upcoming B550 or any cheaper X570 motherboard readily.
When the world smartphone market seems to plunge in the global pandemic, China, where the COVID-19 started, is reviving itself from the month of March. CNBC recently reported that China recorded the highest amount of iPhone sales in April than in the last three months much likely due to the launch of iPhone SE.
China is the world’s largest smartphone market and the world’s second largest economy as well. So in a country where smartphones are both exported and imported in large quantities, the trade of iPhone really matters for Apple.
The sales for iPhones in China dropped significantly by 60% year-on-year in February 2020 as Apple was forced to close its stores for a number of weeks to reduce the effect of COVID-19 and by mid of March, all the of stores in China had reopened.
As per the reports of the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology Institute, the country had a total of 40.782 million units of smartphone shipped in April itself. Whereas, 3.9 million units where iPhones according to CINNO Research which is a 160% increase in sales from March when it sold 1.5 million iPhones.
Undoubtedly, the sales of the new budget iPhone SE plays a significant role in such massive sales which became available in the latter half of April. In China, the iPhone SE starts at 3,299 Yuan ($464) in the mainland.
The CINNO Research confirmed that the iPhone SE accounted for 24% of all of Apple’s 3.9 million iPhone sales in April even though being available for a short time of the month.
Being a technologically advanced country, China is demanding more 5G smartphones which are being manufactured by the likes of Huawei, Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, Realme and OnePlus. So, to stay in the competition in China, Apple needs to come up with 5G capable smartphones soon in the country i.e. the upcoming iPhone 12 series.
One of the most reliable tipster @_rogame has started his own blog and his first article provide some interesting facts and figures about the upcoming AMD Navi 21 often referred to as “Big Navi” and he also confirmed that AMD will be refreshing it’s Navi 10 GPUs for the budget gamers.
The Navi 2x will actually have three GPU lineups: Navi 21 (505 mm2), Navi 22 (340 mm2), & Navi 23 (240 mm2). All these GPUs will be based on AMD’s upcoming RDNA 2 architecture which is said to bring a lot of new improvements over last-gen and will support ray tracing as well.
AMD Navi 21
We have been hearing a lot about the “Big Navi” for quite some time now, as far as we know it is actually the next-gen Navi 21 GPUs which will feature up to 80 Compute Units along with 5120 Stream Processors. These Navi 21 GPUs will be offering 50% better performance per watt.
Navi 21 Gaming, via Hardware Leaks
@_rogame has specified that the Navi 21 will have specific gaming variants, Pro variants & some Apple-specific variants as well. According to the tipster, the gaming GPUs will have Navi 21 XTX, XT, XL, and XE SKUs similar to Radeon RX 5700 XT Anniversary Edition, RX 5700 XT, RX 5700, RX 5600 XT respectively.
Obviously, the XTX variant seems strange, might be a higher-end variant with better clock speeds and more number CUs.
Navi 21 Pro, via Hardware Leaks
There will also be something for the Professional market as well with the Navi 21 Pro XT and XL SKUs aimed for workstations quite similar to the present Radeon Pro W5700X and the Radeon Pro W5700 GPUs respectively.
Navi 21 for Apple iMac/iMac Pro & Mac Pro, via Hardware Leaks
AMD’s partnership with Apple has been there for quite some time now and this time too Apple will get access to newer cutting edge silicon from AMD. They will get early-access exclusive Navi 21 XT and XL silicon as well as to their Pro variants aimed for the upcoming iMac/iMac Pro Refresh and the next Mac Pro.
Navi 10 Refresh, via Hardware Leaks
AMD Navi 10 Refresh
Instead of going for the smaller Navi 23 based GPU architecture for their budget-end graphics cards, AMD will be opting to refresh its Navi 10 architecture to reduce costs. The AMD Navi 10 XT+ will be replacing the RX 5700 XT, while Navi 10 XM+ will replace the RX 5600M, and the Navi 10 XTE+ will replace the RX 5600 XT, no words on the RX 5500 XT.
If this is so, budget gamers will be disappointed of not experiencing the actual next-gen Navi architecture on low-end GPUs. Hopefully, in coming days we can get some more info about the Navi 23 and Navi 10 Refresh GPUs and their existence.
The entire smartphone industry is slowly shifting towards the 5G. Though in the countries like India 5G network is not implemented yet, the smartphone brands still releasing their future proof handsets. These new coming handsets are limited to lesser hands. The cause is the huge cost and the companies know it very well. They need to make these 5G smartphones affordable for common people.
To make the job done Qualcomm is bringing Snapdragon 6 series SoCs for the entry-level smartphones and obviously it will be 5G enabled. As per the leaks from Chinese Weibo, the upcoming snapdragon SoC is called SM6350. It takes inside two Cortex-A77 cores, six Cortex-A55 cores, and an Adreno 615 iGPU. The primary cores Cortex-A77 are clocked at 2.25GHz, the Cortex-A55 cores are clocked at 1.8GHz. Lastly, the GPU can be boosted up to 850 MHz.
The upcoming SM6350 is not the only one in the market. There is also MediaTek MT6853, Kirin 720, and also Exynos 880. No doubt, Qualcomm’s new SoC will give a hard challenge to its similar. And that also in both the cases of performance and price. Probably these entry-level chips will start arriving in the market from the second half of this year and Vivo will make the debut with its Y70s models.
If you were looking for a low budget powerful AMD Ryzen 4000 powered laptop, then your search ends here. Recently listed on Amazon, the Lenovo Flex 5 2-in-1 laptop with Ryzen 5 4500U is available at just $599.99 which itself is a steal deal.
With days, more and more Ryzen 4000 powered notebooks and gaming laptops are entering into market. With the efficiency of the 7 nm process along with the power of the Zen 2 architecture these APUs are the ideal ones to aim for, running at just 15 W TDP.
Both the battery life and performance are much required but there are very few laptops that can deliver both of them at once. But the new Lenovo Flex 5 14-inch as promised comes with 6 Zen 2 cores running at 2.3 GHz base clock speed and up to 4.0 GHz boost clock speed. It is coupled with 16 GB DDR4 RAM & 256 GB SSD storage.
This makes the laptop powerful as well as capable for all your day-to-day tasks and office or home usage. Lenovo promises up to 10 hours of battery life along with quick charge support that can charge up to 80% in just 1 hour with the 65W adapter, which indeed is great for a budget notebook.
The Lenovo Flex 5 14-inch 2-in-1 Laptop features a 10-point, 14-inch FHD (1920 x 1080) IPS touchscreen with narrow bezels on 4 sides of the display gives you more viewing area and less clutter to interfere with the task at hand.
The laptop is very thin and light weighing just 3.64 lbs and AMD Radeon Vega 6 graphics with 6 CUs and 1500 MHz graphics frequency make it ideal for productivity purposes as well as gaming. If you can increase your iGPU VRAM to 3 GB you can enjoy amazing performance out of your APU.
Its 360° hinge let you use your 2-in-1 touchscreen laptop in whatever mode works best for you! You can use it in ‘Laptop’ mode for everyday computing, ‘Tent’ mode for sharing things, ‘Stand’ mode for binge-watching or ‘Tablet’ mode for more intuitive interaction.
The Flex 5 features 2 x 2W Speakers with Dolby Audio support and includes a physical privacy shutter on the HD 720p camera with Fixed-Focus CMOS. For connectivity, you have 2×2 WiFi 5 (802.11 ac) and Bluetooth 4.2 options, for ports we have 2 USB-A, 1 USB-C, and an HDMI port.
