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Rugged Ulefone Armor 12 with Dimensity 1200 chipset incoming

The Ulefone Armor 12 could be the first rugged phone to use the new Dimensity 1200 chipset. It will launch in June and will be the most powerful Ulefone yet.

The 6nm chipset will be paired with 12GB of RAM, while current models from the company typically top out at 8GB. And it will have 256GB of storage, which is double what previous models offer.

The Ulefone Armor 12 may become the first rugged phone to use the Dimensity 1200

The Dimensity 1200 has fast 5G connectivity (up to 4.7Gbps) and a Cortex-A78 core that runs at 2.6 GHz. That will put it well ahead of the company’s current top offering – its first 5G phone from late last year, the Armor 10 5G, which is powered by the Dimensity 800 chip (with 8/128GB memory).

We’re in for quite a wait before the Armor 12 goes live, but expect more details to be teased before June.

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The all-terrain smartphone Ulefone Armor 12 will be among the first to integrate the Mediatek Dimensity 1200

by Antonio Delgado Make 10 minutes …

Mediatek Dimensity SoC 1200, just announced, is the company’s most powerful proposition for the smartphone market, and the Ulefone Armor 12 will be one of the first terminals to have it.

This smartphone “off-road” or “rugged” will make use of the 8 cores of the Dimensiry 1200 distributed in a Cortex A core 78 at 3.0 GHz along with another 3 A 78 at 2.6 GHz and 4 Cortex A cores 55 at 2.0 GHz. It will be integrated together with 12 GB RAM LPDDR4X

The Dimensity 1200 will be accompanied by 12 GB of RAM and 256 GB of internal storage

At the moment there are not too many details, since the terminal will not arrive until June of this year 2021. What we do know is that it will have internal storage of 256 GB in a terminal with a fairly polygonal silhouette and designed to withstand conditions and environments where a normal smartphone would break or not withstand normal operation.

Naturally, to this Ulefone Armor 12 will not lack 5G connectivity and, if we rely on its predecessors, the Armor 10 5G, possibly we will see a system of several cameras together with a battery that will be around 6. 000 mAh, resistance to water, dirt and shocks, and all with support for Android 11.

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Antonio Delgado

Computer Engineer by training, editor and hardware analyst at Geeknetic since 2011. I love gutting everything that comes my way, especially the latest hardware that we get here for reviews. In my spare time I fiddle with 3d printers, drones and other gadgets. For anything here you have me.

Sweden: 5G frequencies auctioned despite Huawei lawsuit

Despite ongoing legal disputes due to the exclusion of Huawei, the Swedish telecommunications authority PTS auctioned the coveted 5G frequencies on Tuesday. The approved companies Hi3G Access (Hutchison Group), Net4Mobility (Telenor and Tele 2) and Telia each have at least 100 MHz in for 5G designated 3.5 GHz band. The state communications service provider Teracom was the only bidder to secure 000 MHz in the 2.3 GHz band. According to the authorities, the auction, which was completed in just one day, brought in the equivalent of 229 million euros.

Payer had to postpone auction PTS originally had the auction for the beginning of November 2020 first had to cancel the planned auction because Huawei had sued the auction conditions. According to the rules set by the PTS, licensees must undertake not to use any network components from Chinese suppliers Huawei and ZTE during the 5G expansion and to retire their hardware in existing networks up to 2025 . Huawei considers these requirements to be unfounded and anti-competitive.

In response to a complaint by Huawei, the Stockholm Administrative Court had temporarily invalidated its exclusion from the auction. As a result, PTS canceled the auction. The Kammarrätt, as the next higher appeal body of the Swedish administrative judiciary, overturned this decision in December. In view of the general importance of 5G, the execution of the auction under the mentioned conditions should be rated higher than Huawei’s interests, the court had found.

Administrative court clears the way Last week the highest administrative court finally rejected Huawei’s renewed appeal. This cleared the way for the auction. The decisions of the appeal bodies are not about the fundamental legality of the conditions, but only on the question of whether the clauses relating to Huawei should continue to be declared invalid for reasons of legal protection and whether the auction can take place.

“It is regrettable that PTS has decided to proceed with the auction,” said a statement from the company, which had previously offered the Swedish government to meet even the most extreme conditions if that can allay the safety concerns. The company cites “serious violations of Huawei’s rights and interests” by the PTS’s decision. “There are still legal proceedings pending, so there is great uncertainty as to how this will turn out.” There are currently at least two trials pending in the Swedish courts.

Proceedings continue The question of whether Huawei’s exclusion by means of the license conditions is legal, remains the subject of ongoing proceedings before the Stockholm Administrative Court. Contrary to the argument of the Swedish authorities that Huawei, as a non-participant in the auction, could not sue the conditions either, two courts had admitted the suit. “We are currently counting on a first instance judgment in the main proceedings in the spring,” said a Huawei spokesman to heise online.

The Swedish network operator Tre (“3”) also had a lawsuit against the PTS in November and the expulsion filed by Huawei. The company, which belongs to the Hong Kong-based Hutchison Group (“Three”), has acquired sufficient spectrum as the main shareholder in Hi3G Access, but under the given conditions cannot expand its networks with Huawei technology as planned. In Stockholm, the network operator has sued for unlawful interference in business operations.

Previously, Huawei’s largest competitor, Ericsson, had also spoken out against being excluded from Huawei. “I think it is important that we have open markets and free competition,” said Ericsson CEO Borje Ekholm in November. According to media reports, Ekholm recently spoke out directly to Trade Minister Anna Hallberg against a Huawei ban, stressing that Sweden is not a good location for Ericsson.

The background is fears that Huawei could be excluded result in a similar measure by the Chinese. That could mean exclusion from the lucrative Chinese market for European suppliers. “China represents eight percent of our sales,” said Ekholm. “It is of strategic importance for us to be present in China.” In the Middle Kingdom over 700. 5G base stations set up, 2021 should it again 600. 000.

Security concerns of the governments Against the background of the economic war between the USA and China as well as previously unproven allegations of espionage against Chinese companies, equipment manufacturers such as Huawei and ZTE in the development of the security-critical 5G infrastructure are also in Europe controversial. While the EU Commission and the Federal Government are taking a comparatively moderate course, Sweden, Italy and Great Britain have also decided to exclude the Chinese providers in whole or in part from setting up the 5G infrastructure.

The Federal Government wants to set the hurdles for the exclusion of a single supplier from network expansion comparatively high. The corresponding procedure is described in the revisions of the IT Security Act and the Telecommunications Act, which the cabinet initiated in December. The federal government should be able to prohibit the use of “critical components” under certain conditions. Equipment for critical infrastructures must be certified by the BSI, the provider must submit a declaration of trustworthiness.

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MediaTek released the new Dimensity 1200 and 1100 flagship system circuits

MediaTek’s new system circuits are mainly carved from the same tree, but in the 1200 model the processor cores are divided into three performance classes, while in the 1100 model they are divided into only two categories.

MediaTek, which became the world’s largest supplier of smartphone system circuits in the third quarter of last year, has released its new flagship system circuits. The company’s Dimensity series grows with two new top models at once.

Dimensity 1200 is equipped with eight processor cores, divided into three performance classes according to current trends. The most efficient core of the system circuit is the 3 GHz pulsed Cortex-A 78 and below it are the three 2.6 GHz Cortex-A 78 – core and four 2 GHz Cortex-A 77 core processor clusters

The Dimensity 1100 model has, as in the past, stuck to kernels divided into two categories. The four Cortex-A 78 cores of the system circuit operate at 2.6 GHz and the four Cortex-A core at a clock frequency of 2 GHz. Both system circuits are manufactured by TSMC’s 6-nanometer process.

The graphics side of both system circuits is handled by Armin’s 9-core Mali-G 77 MC9 graphics controller, and the AI side is handled by a six-core APU 3.0 AI. System chips support LPDDR4X 4266 memory and UFS 3.1 storage.

The new Dimensity supports 2520 × 1080 resolution displays at their best. Dimensity 1200 has a maximum refresh rate of 168 Hz and 1100 1200 Hz. On the camera side, both support 32 + 32 megapixel composite cameras, but with one sensor Dimensity 1200 supports up to 200 megapixels and 1100 108 megapixel camera sensor.

An integrated 5G modem is responsible for the connections of the system circuits, which supports e.g. 5G carrier aggregation (2CC) technology with FDD, TDD and DSS (Frequency Division Duplex, Time Division Duplex, Dynamic Spectrum Sharing) technologies. System circuits also support Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2 standards.

At this point, MediaTek did not say on which phones the new system chips will be seen first, but they should appear on the market around the turn of the first and second quarters. At least Xiaomi, Vivo, Oppo and Realme have indicated that they will release phones with new Dimensity system chips.

Source: MediaTek

Qualcomm prepares an alternative to Apple's M1 chip: ARM for everyone

A new Qualcomm chip for Windows systems on ARM, Snapdragon SC model 8280, confirms the general interest of the sector towards solutions that are based on ARM architecture to better balance power and consumption

by Paolo Corsini published 20 January 2021 , at 10: 21 in the Processors channel

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One of the future directions in the world of mobile devices and personal computer is that of the progressive adoption of processors and SOC based on ARM architecture , such as alternative to that x 86 adopted by Intel and AMD processors. ARM is certainly not new as it is the architecture adopted by mobile devices such as tablets, smartwatches and smartphones by virtue of the balance between performance and low consumption that allows to obtain.

On the other hand, the sector is pushed to the adoption of ARM architectures also in systems that until now have seen the proliferation of processors with architecture x 86, in search of an ever-increasing energy efficiency . Quacomm started this transition with its Snapdragon family SoCs designed for Windows on Arm notebook systems, with the model Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 as the last representative to appear on the market.

Apple has for some months put on the market the first Mac notebooks based on ARM architecture, equipped of chip M1 developed internally by the company. The behavior of these systems has surprised, thanks to the balance between speed performance and consumption, confirming how the ARM architecture can represent a valid alternative to that x 86 also in areas typically falling within the competence of the latter.

Hence the general interest of the sector and the rumors of a new specific SoC for Windows on ARM notebook systems that Qualcomm would be developing. Referred to by the name of Snapdragon SC 8280, this SoC would have dimensions greater than that of Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 thus integrating a greater number of transistors and therefore in theory higher processing power. The rumors reported by the WinFuture website speak of two different configurations, the first combined with 8GB of LPDDR5 memory and the second with well 32 GB of LPDDR4X memory; the second would represent a doubling compared to the maximum allocation up to now combined with the Apple M1 chip contained in the new MacBooks.

It is Snapdragon SC 8280 may borrow part of its architectural features from the Snapdragon SoC 888 , proposal for top-of-the-range smartphones built with 5-nanometer production technology and announced by Qualcomm in December 2020. The integration of the 5G modem is also conceivable for this new SoC intended for notebooks, so as to offer connectivity in any condition of use while simplifying the overall structure of the products.

these are only rumors which confirm the general interest of the industry towards alternative solutions to those x 86 . For the latter, Intel and AMD are certainly not watching, continuing to develop versions in their CPU ranges capable of operating at very low consumption levels (under 7 Watts of TDP), therefore compatible with passive cooling systems and capable of to offer high operating autonomy with battery. In this direction we must highlight the Intel Lakefield proposals, based on architecture x 86 with two different types of core one with high performance and the other with lower consumption.

Shortly, during 2021, we will see at the debut the new versions of Apple M1 SoC equipped with a greater number of cores and intended for use in MacBook Pro systems higher-end: this will be a new step in Apple’s gradual abandonment of architecture x 86 for your Mac notebook and desktop systems. Without forgetting that in the past AMD has expressed its interest in developing processors with ARM architecture dedicated to datacenters , initiative which was however suspended giving internal priority to Ryzen solutions. It is not certain that AMD can also explore this strategy for its CPUs of the future, relegating x 86 to higher-end models and offering its customers a processor with ARM architecture for the most critical areas in terms of consumption and dimensions.

The new Mediatek Dimensity 1200 and Dimensity 1100 SoCs combine Cortex A78 cores at 6nm with 5G

Mediatek has renewed its high-end mobile processor with two new models of the Dimensity family, the Dimensity 1200 and Dimensity 1100. In both cases they are SoCs that integrate Cortex A cores 78 from ARM along with 5G connectivity.

It is manufactured to 6 nanometers and has support for high frequency displays. They will hit the market in the form of new terminals at the beginning of the second quarter of the year.

Mediatek Dimensity 1200 with display support of 168 Hz

The Dimensity 1200 leads Mediatek’s line of processors for smartphones, it is a SoC that combines the architecture ARM Cortex- A 78 together with the Cortex-A 55 in a distribution of three groups. The most powerful core is a Cortex-A 78 which is followed by a group of 3 cores also with Cortex A architecture 77 but at a slightly lower speed of 2.6 GHz. Finally, the last group of Cortex A 55 operates at 2 GHz of maximum speed for lower consumption tasks.

This SoC is accompanied by the Mali-G GPU 55 MC9 nine-core and supports LPDDR4x memory up to 4266 along with internal storage UFS 3.1. It is capable of handling FullHD screens up to 2. 520 x 1. 080 pixels along with a refresh rate of 168 Hz.

Naturally, it does not lack 5G connectivity with SA and NSA mode and Carrier Aggregation with which it is able to download data at 4.7 Gbps and upload it to 2.5 Gbps. For local connectivity we have WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2, as well as a radio receiver, GPS, GLonass, Galileo and other location methods.

Mediatek Dimensity 1100 for displays of 144 Hz

The Dimensity 1100 will be the younger brother of 1200. It also combines Cortex A 78 and Cortex A 55 as architectures of its 8 cores, although in this case it only has two clusters or groups, one of four cores A 78 at 2.6 GHz and another 4-core A 55 at 2 GHz, losing that “premium” core at higher speeds.

The GPU is also a Mali G 77 9-core with which it can handle 2 screens. 520 x 1. 080 pixels, although this time the maximum refresh rate remains at 144 Hz

Maintains 5G multimode, WiFi 6 and BT 5.2 connectivity along with the rest of the options of its older brother.

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MediaTek Dimensity 1200 and Dimensity 1100 officially – 6 nm mobile chips with Cortex-A78 cores designed for smartphones

As previously announced, MediaTek today unveiled two new chips for mobile devices. The Dimensity chip 1200 is intended for the flagship models, but the same can be said for the slightly weaker Dimensity 1100 which used a slightly lower clock speed and core distribution. These systems will go to devices from brands such as realme, Xiaomi, vivo and OPPO, while the first smartphone equipped with Dimensity 1200 will be realme X9. The premieres of the hardware with the aforementioned processor are planned for the end of the first quarter 2021 of the year. Let’s check the most important differences from last year’s mobile layout for Dimensity smartphones 1000 +.

MediaTek presented two new flagships smartphones chips. Dimensity 1200 and Dimensity 1100 made in a 6 nm technological process is a significant progress in relation to Dimensity 1000.

Redmi Note 9T 5G smartphone test – Camera 48 MP, MediaTek Dimensity chip 800 U and 5G modem in practice

One important first case. Dimensity 1200 and Dimensity 1100 differ mainly in the timing of the cores and their arrangement. The first of the systems works on the basis of one Cortex-A core 78 (3 GHz), three Cortex-A cores 78 (2.6 GHz) and four Cortex-A cores 55 (2 GHz). Dimensity 1100 received four Cortex-A cores 78 (2.6 GHz) and four Cortex-A cores 55 (2 GHz) . Both chips support QHD + screens refreshed with frequency 90 Hz, while only Dimensity 1200 allows 168 Hz in FHD +. The weaker variant is compatible with 144 Hz for FHD +.

Samsung Exynos 2100 officially. Aiming at Samsung Galaxy S 21, the chip will record video in 4K resolution with 120 Frames

The difference is also the resolution support of single main camera. Dimensity 1200 conforms to units up to 200 MP, Dimensity 1100 can handle the resolution up to 108 MP. Both SoCs allow 4K video recording at 60 fps. Common features of Dimensity 1200 and Dimensity 1100 include the Mali-G GPU 77 MP9, APU 3.0 six-core machine learning and Helio M modem 70 5G (Sub-6Ghz). MediaTek Dimensity’s predecessor 1000 + used Cortex-A cores 77 and Cortex-A 55, same graphics and modem, but offered support for cameras 80 MP. The chip was made in 7 nm lithography.

Source: MediaTek

Realme X9 Pro will be one of the first Dimensity 1200-powered phones

Realme has confirmed that it will be one of the first smartphone makers to leverage the power of MediaTek’s new Dimensity 1200 chipset. This is the first 6nm chipset from MediaTek and it will be Realme’s first 6nm chip as well, so the company is equally excited about the power savings it will enable in and the the extra speed.

And this will certainly be faster. Previous Dimensity chips used Cortex-A77 core (at least the 1000-series did) and they topped out at 2.6GHz. This one gets the new Cortex-A78 core and it will run it at 3.0GHz (according to ARM’s official numbers, this means 20% higher single-core performance).

A Realme phone will be one of the first to run on Dimensity 1200 power

The chipset features 5G connectivity, of course and will join the growing list of 5G-connected Realme phones. The company also mentioned AI applications in imaging and gaming that will leverage the more powerful NPU inside the new chip.

CEO Madhav Sheth has been teasing a new X-series phone and even posted a photo of the X9. You can’t see much, but it’s just part of the many “Xciting” teasers, but not much official detail yet.

We heard from a trusted source that the Realme X9 Pro will be the phone in question. Its Dimensity 1200 will be paired with up to 12GB of LPDDR5 RAM and 128/256 GB storage. The phone should launch with Android 11 with Realme UI 2.0.

According to our source, the X9 Pro will be the first Realme phone with a 108MP camera (and it will have two 13MP modules too, almost certainly telephoto plus ultrawide). It will have a 6.4” OLED display with 120Hz refresh rate and 1,080 x 2,400 px resolution and, finally, the 4,500 mAh battery will support 65W fast charging.

By the way, a Realme exec officially confirmed that the company is working on a Snapdragon 888-powered phone as well. That chip is fabbed at 5nm, so Realme’s 7nm era will end quickly as the company is about to embrace smaller nodes.

MediaTek unveils the Dimensity 1200 and 1100 – a pair of 6nm chipsets with Cortex-A78 CPU

Until today, the entire Dimensity series was fabbed on a 7nm process, but that just changed – the Dimensity 1200 and 1100 are MediaTek’s first 6nm chipsets. And they are the first to use the Cortex-A78 core. The two are based on the same raw hardware, but target slightly different bins.

The Dimensity 1200 is the premium offering. Its CPU has a 1+3+4 configuration with a A78 core is running at 3.0GHz, plus three more A78 cores at 2.6GHz and the usual quartet of power-efficient A55 cores running at 2.0GHz.

For comparison, the Dimensity 1000+ used an older A77 core that topped out at 2.6GHz. These numbers line up just right with ARM’s official estimates – a 3.0GHz A78 is 20% faster than a 2.6GHz A77. That’s for single-threaded performance, of course, as only one core in each chipset reaches those frequencies. Overall CPU performance is up by 22% and power efficiency is up 25% compared to previous generations.

MediaTek unveils its first 6 nm chipsets, the Dimensity 1200 and 1100

As for the Dimensity 1100, it doesn’t have a prime core as such – all four of its Cortex-A78 cores run at 2.6GHz. However, even without higher clock speeds, the 1100 has an architectural advantage so it should have an edge over the Dimensity 1000+ in both single and multi-core performance. And then there’s the ancillary hardware.

Both chipsets use the same GPU. In fact, they are reusing the 1000-series GPU, the Mali-G77 with 9 cores for both chips. On the plus side, AV1 video now has hardware acceleration.

The Dimensity 1200 can treat the eye to 168 Hz displays and its 5-core ISP can handle camera sensors up to 200 MP. Also, with staggered HDR support for 4K videos (three exposures are merged into a single frame), the dynamic range is increased by 40%.

The 1100 chip is no slouch either, with support for 144 Hz displays and camera sensors up to 108 MP. Both phones are 20% faster in processing Night Shot and have a dedicated Night Mode for panoramas.

Dimensity 1200
Dimensity 1100
Dimensity 1000+
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TSMC 6 nm
TSMC 6 nm
TSMC 7 nm
Samsung 5 nm
Prime core
1x Cortex-A78 @ 3.0 GHz
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1x Cortex-A78 @ 2.8 GHz
Big cores
3x Cortex-A78 @ 2.6 GHz
4x Cortex-A78 @ 2.6 GHz
4x Cortex-A77 @ 2.6 GHz
3x Cortex-A78 @ 2.6 GHz
Small cores
4x Cortex-A55 @ 2.0 GHz
4x Cortex-A55 @ 2.0 GHz
4x Cortex-A55 @ 2.0 GHz
4x Cortex-A55 @ 2.0 GHz
GPU
Mali-G77 MC9
Mali-G77 MC9
Mali-G77 MC9
Mali-G78 MP10
NPU
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4.5 TOPS
5.7 TOPS
5G (downlink)
4.7 Gbps
4.7 Gbps
4.7 Gbps (sub-6)
3.67 Gbps (mmWave), 5.1 Gbps (sub-6)
Display
168 Hz @ 1080p
144 Hz @ 1080p
144 Hz @ 1080p
144 Hz @ 1080p, 60 Hz @ 4K
Several companies are champing at the bit to use MediaTek’s new Dimensity 1200 and 1100 chips – including Realme, Xiaomi, Vivo and Oppo. They will release new phones around the end of March, beginning of April.

The Honor V40 will reportedly be the first to arrive with Google Play Services since Huawei ban

Honor was expected to announce its new V40 5G flagship on January 18, but the announcement date was pushed back to January 22. The company claimed that it had venue scheduling and equipment issues for as cause of the delay, but some speculation leads to believe that Honor could have postponed the event so it could ship the devices with Google Play Services out of the box. This is according to insiders that told Lenta RU.

Since the Huawei US ban from May of 2019, the phone maker would not be allowed to package Google Play Services with the new device, which hurt its sales in Western markets. This also applied to Honor smartphones since the brand was owned by Huawei. Huawei sold off the Honor brand and assets and the newly formed company would no longer be held under the sanctions against Huawei.

The Honor V40 was in the pipeline during the sale of the smartphone brand, so it appears that in the last couple of months, Honor was able to secure a license to ship the newest 5G smartphone with Google Play Services – allegedly, of course.

The V40 will be announced in China on January 22 with Western market availability happening some time after that where it will be known as the ‘Honor V40 View’. Although the event was postponed, Honor promised the phone would become available for sale in China on the 22nd. The phone is expected to arrive with a 6.72-inch OLED screen running the 120Hz refresh rate. The Mediatek Dimensity 1000+ chipset will be the brains of all operation.

The quad-camera will consist of a 50MP main camera sensor and the phone will support 66W fast charging by wire, and 55W wireless charging.

If Honor does indeed bring back Google Play Services, it still leaves more questions than answers. Will the Honor brand still use Magic UI (based on EMUI and pre-frameworked for Harmony OS)? Will existing Honor phones be able to get Google Play Services now? It will be interesting to see Honor as a valid option once again in markets where Realme, Redmi, and POCO have become comfortable without Honor and Huawei dominating sales.

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Affordable Samsung Galaxy A32 5G will arrive in the UK next month, Galaxy A12 launches today

Samsung is bringing its cheapest 5G phone to the UK – the Galaxy A32 5G will be available in a month. Two 4G-connected members of the A-series will launch before that. All three phones have 6.5” displays with 720p+ resolution, all three are powered by 5,000 mAh batteries with 15W charging support.

The Galaxy A32 5G will cost £250 when it becomes available on February 19. It will come in Awesome Black, White, Blue and Violet. This Dimensity 720-powered phone comes with 4GB of RAM and 64GB storage as standard (plus a microSD slot) and runs Android 11 with One UI 3.0 out of the box.

It features a 48MP main camera on the back, 8MP ultrawide (123°), 5MP macro and a 2MP depth sensor. The front camera has a 13MP sensor. Both front and back cams can record 1080p video at 30 fps.

Samsung Galaxy A12 • 48MP main camera, 5MP ultrawide and two 2MP helpers

The Galaxy A12 is available as of today for £170. You can find it on the Samsung UK website (it’s available in Ireland as well at €190), you can check local retailers as well.

This one drops down to a Helio P35 chipset and Android 10. It has 4 GB of RAM and 64GB storage (there are no other memory configurations on the British Isles). The camera setup is very similar with a 48MP main module on the back, but with lower resolution sensors in the ultra wide (5MP) and selfie (8MP) cameras.

Samsung Galaxy A02s • 13 MP camera • 5,000 mAh battery with 15W charging

Finally, the Galaxy A02s will be available “in the coming weeks” for £140. So, you can save £30, but you’ll lose high res main camera, the ultra wide lens is gone altogether. Here’s a detailed comparison of the three phones.

The Samsung Galaxy A32 5G will also be available in Germany from February 12. The price of the 64 GB model is €280 (and €300 for the 128 GB one). You can grab a Galaxy A12 from Samsung.com for €180.

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Samsung Galaxy S21 & S21 Ultra hands-on review

Introduction

Samsung S lineup has evolved quite a bit for the last couple of years, moving from two flagship models to three, but arguably the most significant change is the ultimate Galaxy S flagship – the Ultra. And we can say that this year’s Ultra makes no compromises, unlike its predecessor, which, although a great phone, was missing some key features and was playing catch-up with the competition. The Galaxy Ultra S21 5G, however, doesn’t have that issue. It checks absolutely all the boxes and has a couple of unique features that may persuade you to buy one despite the relatively high price. Which, by the way, is €100 lower than last year so there goes your first reason.

A quick look at the specs sheet suggest a significant upgrade in the camera department as the device features not one but two telephoto lenses. One offers a game-changing 10x optical zoom, while the other delivers a more flexible 3x optical zoom.

The primary sensor isn’t overlooked either, which is a second-generation 108MP sensor with 9-in-1 pixel nona-binning. Additionally, the Dynamic AMOLED 2X panel can now go up to 120Hz with a 1440p+ resolution. It’s also brighter and supports an adaptive refresh rate ranging from 10Hz to 120Hz, just like the Note20 Ultra.

Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G specs at a glance:
Body: 165.1×75.6×8.9mm, 227g; Glass front (Gorilla Glass Victus), glass back (Gorilla Glass), aluminum frame; IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 mins), Stylus support.
Display: 6.80″ Dynamic AMOLED 2X, 120Hz, HDR10+, 1500 nits (peak), 1440x3200px resolution, 20:9 aspect ratio, 515ppi; Always-on display.
Chipset: Exynos 2100 (5 nm) – International, Qualcomm SM8350 Snapdragon 888 (5 nm) – USA/China: Octa-core (1×2.9 GHz Cortex-X1 & 3×2.80 GHz Cortex-A78 & 4×2.2 GHz Cortex-A55) – International, Octa-core (1×2.84 GHz Kryo 680 & 3×2.42 GHz Kryo 680 & 4×1.80 GHz Kryo 680 – USA/China; Mali-G78 MP14 – International, Adreno 660 – USA/China.
Memory: 128GB 12GB RAM, 256GB 12GB RAM, 512GB 16GB RAM; UFS 3.1, .
OS/Software: Android 11, One UI 3.1.
Rear camera: Wide (main): 108 MP, f/1.8, 26mm, 1/1.33″, 0.8µm, PDAF, Laser AF, OIS; Telephoto: 10 MP, f/4.9, 240mm, 1/3.24″, 1.22µm, dual pixel PDAF, OIS, 10x optical zoom; Telephoto: 10 MP, f/2.4, 70mm, 1/3.24″, 1.22µm, dual pixel PDAF, OIS, 3x optical zoom; Ultra wide angle: 12 MP, f/2.2, 13mm, 1/2.55″, 1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF, Super Steady video.
Front camera: 40 MP, f/2.2, 26mm (wide), 1/2.8″, 0.7µm, PDAF.
Video capture: Rear camera: 8K@24fps, 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/240fps, 720p@960fps, HDR10+, stereo sound rec., gyro-EIS; Front camera: 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30fps.
Battery: 5000mAh; Fast charging 25W, USB Power Delivery 3.0, Fast Qi/PMA wireless charging 15W, Reverse wireless charging 4.5W.
Misc: Fingerprint reader (under display, ultrasonic); NFC; FM radio (Snapdragon model only; market/operator dependent); Samsung DeX, Samsung Wireless DeX (desktop experience support), Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified), Ultra Wideband (UWB) support.Unfortunately, we can’t say the same for the vanilla Galaxy S21 5G. There are a couple of noticeable downgrades in terms of build quality, display and the exclusion of the microSD card. The display is no longer 1440p+ and caps at 1080p while the back of the device is plastic. We saw a similar move from Samsung when it released the vanilla Galaxy Note20. And while those downgrades were introduced, no upgrades were made, too, except for the chipset, of course. We just hope the lower resolution screen would affect the battery life positively as it wasn’t stellar before.

Samsung Galaxy S21 5G specs at a glance:
Body: 151.7×71.2×7.9mm, 169g; Glass front (Gorilla Glass Victus), plastic back, aluminum frame; IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 mins).
Display: 6.20″ Dynamic AMOLED 2X, 120Hz, HDR10+, 1300 nits (peak), 1080x2400px resolution, 20:9 aspect ratio, 421ppi; Always-on display.
Chipset: Exynos 2100 (5 nm) – International, Qualcomm SM8350 Snapdragon 888 (5 nm) – USA/China: Octa-core (1×2.9 GHz Cortex-X1 & 3×2.80 GHz Cortex-A78 & 4×2.2 GHz Cortex-A55) – International, Octa-core (1×2.84 GHz Kryo 680 & 3×2.42 GHz Kryo 680 & 4×1.80 GHz Kryo 680 – USA/China; Mali-G78 MP14 – International, Adreno 660 – USA/China.
Memory: 128GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 8GB RAM; UFS 3.X.
OS/Software: Android 11, One UI 3.1.
Rear camera: Wide (main): 12 MP, f/1.8, 26mm, 1/1.76″, 1.8µm, Dual Pixel PDAF, OIS; Telephoto: 64 MP, f/2.0, 29mm, 1/1.72″, 0.8µm, PDAF, OIS, 1.1x optical zoom, 3x hybrid zoom; Ultra wide angle: 12 MP, f/2.2, 13mm, 120˚, 1/2.55″ 1.4µm, Super Steady video.
Front camera: 10 MP, f/2.2, 26mm (wide), 1/3.24″, 1.22µm, Dual Pixel PDAF.
Video capture: Rear camera: 8K@24fps, 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/240fps, 720p@960fps, HDR10+, stereo sound rec., gyro-EIS; Front camera: 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30fps.
Battery: 4000mAh; Fast charging 25W, USB Power Delivery 3.0, Fast Qi/PMA wireless charging 15W, Reverse wireless charging 4.5W.
Misc: Fingerprint reader (under display, ultrasonic); NFC; FM radio (Snapdragon model only; market/operator dependent); Samsung DeX, Samsung Wireless DeX (desktop experience support), Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified).To make up for those changes, Samsung lowered the Galaxy S21 price. This one goes for €50 less than its predecessor, and after a few months, it could easily fit in the “affordable flagship” category. But until then, let’s take a closer look at what the two Galaxy S21s look and feel like at first glance.

Qualcomm launches the Snapdragon 870 5G with frequencies up to 3.2GHz

by Jordi Bercial 1 hour ago …

Although not long ago Qualcomm launched the Snapdragon 888 , a chip that reached us with a strange name in relation to the usual naming scheme, and with a Plus version that should arrive in the middle of the year, today Qualcomm has revealed more or less silently the Snapdragon 870 , a high-end chip that, although in principle arrives with a performance lower than that of the Snapdragon 888 , it arrives anyway with a high-end performance, as we will see below.

Among its specifications, we find 5G connectivity compatible with both mmWave and Sub-6 networks, as well as DSS , in addition to a very interesting performance thanks to the maximum frequency of 3.2GHz it can achieve on its high-performance cores, thus providing better performance than Snapdragon 865 +.

Other characteristics would be the possibility of Capture video at 960 FPS without time limitation, the incorporation of the Qualcomm Sensing Hub together with the FastConnect module 6800 to provide support for WiFi 6, and an artificial intelligence system capable of performing 15 TOPS, thus increasing what we can do with terminals that equip this processor.

Speaking of them, there are several brands that have been interested in the Snapdragon 870, as would be Motorola, OnePlus, OPPO, iQOO or Xiaomi , at the same time as expected what l The first terminals with this processor begin to arrive during the first quarter of 2021.