The newest phone to arrive at GSMArena’s doorstep is the Oppo Reno4 Pro 5G. Not to be confused with the Oppo Reno4 Pro, the 5G variant comes with a Snapdragon 765G processor, 65W Super VOOC 2.0 charging, and up to 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage at the highest configurations.
The camera setup is tweaked from the Reno4 Pro. On the Reno4 Pro 5G there’s an 8MP camera with OIS, and a dedicated video camera in the form of a 12MP ultra-wide camera with 1.4µm pixels. There’s also a 13MP dedicated telephoto camera with 2X optical zoom. All of these cameras are capable of autofocus. One of the Reno4 5G’s headlining camera features is the Ultra Night Wide-angle Video, and Ultra Steady Video 3.0.
The Reno4 Pro’s display is a 6.5-inch AMOLED panel with 90Hz refresh rate and FHD+ resolution. This screen is protected by the latest Gorilla Glass 6 which curves over the edges of the handset. Although the phone is rated for 500 nits of peak brightness, we tested much higher on the Reno4 Pro and we hope to see the same with the 5G version.
The phone comes in either 8GB + 128GB or 12GB + 256GB memory configurations and comes preloaded with Color OS 7.2 based on Android 10. The Reno4 Pro 5G is a higher-end midrange phone and we’ll be sure to let you know if it deserves to be your companion.
MediaTek continues its quest to create affordable 5G smartphones – the latest step in that direction is the Dimensity 700, a 7nm chipset similar to the recently-announced Dimensity 720.
The most important component is the 5G modem. It supports carrier aggregation which enables faster connections (up to 2.77 Gbps downlink speeds) and seamless handover between 5G cells. The modem also features Dual SIM, Dual Standby and VoNR (“Voice over New Radio” offers better audio quality than previous generations).
The modem also boasts global 5G NR band support and MediaTek’s “5G UltraSave” power saving technology.
The CPU of the Dimensity 700 is made up of two Cortex-A76 cores running at 2.2 GHz (slightly faster than 720’s big CPU) and six Cortex-A55 cores at 2.0 GHz. The chip can be connected to up to 12 GB of LPDDR4x RAM (2,133 MHz) and UFS 2.2 two-lane storage (up to 1 GB/s transfer speeds).
The new chip can drive 1080p+ displays with 90Hz refresh rate, though its GPU is an ARM Mali-G57 MC2, down from the G57 MC3 found inside the 720. Check out the table below for a more detailed comparison between the two chipsets.
Dimensity 700
Dimensity 720
Process
7 nm
7 nm
CPU (big cores)
2x Cortex-A76 at 2.2 GHz
2x Cortex-A76 at 2.0 GHz
CPU (small cores)
6x Cortex-A55 at 2.0 GHz
6x Cortex-A55 at 2.0 GHz
GPU
Mali G57 MC2 (950 MHz)
Mali G57 MC3
RAM
Up to 12 GB, LPDDR4x 2,133 MHz
Up to 12 GB, LPDDR4x 2,133 MHz
Connectivity
Wi-Fi 5, Bluetooth 5.1
Wi-Fi 5, Bluetooth 5.1
Camera
64 MP stills, 1080p at 30 fps
64 MP stills, 4K at 30 fps
The Dimensity 700 is limited to 1080p resolution for video capture, while the 720 goes up to 4K, which makes it more suitable for mid-rangers. For photos, the new chip can handle cameras up to 64MP and features multi-frame noise reduction and several AI enhancements.
Speaking of AI, multiple voice assistants can run on the chip, including the ones from Google, Amazon, Alibaba, Baidu and Tencent.
MediaTek also added two chipsets meant for Chromebooks to its stable, the MT8195 and MT8192. The MT8195 is the more advanced option, fabbed using TSMC’s 6 nm process and featuring four of the latest Cortex-A78 cores in addition to four A55 cores.
There’s also a 5-core Mali-G57 and an APU capable of 4 TOPS, which can be used for voice and image recognition (including ultra low power voice wake-up). Dolby Vision, 7.1 surround sound and AV1 decoding are all supported.
The MT8192 is built on the older 7nm process and uses four A76 cores, which are two generations old now. The APU is slower too, rated at 2.4 TOPS. The GPU is the same, a 5-core Mali-G57, which can drive a 1440p displays at 60 Hz or a 1080p display at 120 Hz. Both chips feature PCIe Gen 3 and UBS 3.2 Gen 1 connectivity.
Chromebooks using the new chips will be out in the second quarter of 2021.
The two best-selling smartphones in the world during Q3 were iPhones, according to data by Canalys. The Top 10 chart also features five Samsung phones and three Xiaomi devices.
None of them come close to the Apple iPhone 11, which is miles ahead of the competition with 16 million units sold. Its sibling, the iPhone SE (2020) is a distant second with around 10 million units. While the SE is the cheapest new iPhone, the better feature set created the perfect value for money offering.
This is par for the course for these two – Canalys’ report for Q2 showed that the iPhone 11 made up nearly 40% of Apple’s global volume, the SE clocked in at 28%. The iPhone 11 in particular has held the #1 spot in the Top 10 chart for four quarters straight.
The Samsung Galaxy A21s is nearly even with the SE, followed very closely by the Galaxy A11. In fact, the only Samsung phones to make it into the Top 10 are from the lower half of the A-series – the most premium model is the A51.
Similarly, the best-selling phones by Xiaomi are Redmi models, lead by the Redmi Note 9 (including the Redmi 10X 4G version). Not even the Pro model and not the 5G variation either.
No 5G smartphone managed to get into the Top 10 chart during July-September quarter. However, Apple’s launch of the iPhone 12 generation and the multiple mid-range Androids with 5G that came out recently may change things in the next quarter.
Originally launched in December of 2019, Samsung’s Galaxy A51 is one of the most popular phones of 2020 and was followed up with a 5G counterpart in April this year. Today, we have our first substantial leak of the Samsung Galaxy A52 5G which will be powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 750G chipset and 6GB RAM.
Samsung Galaxy A52 5G Geekbench scorecard
The phone was spotted bearing the SM-A526B model number and scored 298-points in the single-core department and 1,001-points on the multi-core test. These scores are noticeably lower than the Galaxy A51 5G which does around 700-points on the single-core test and over 1,800 on the multi-core department but we’re likely seeing a pre-production model here.
Galaxy A51 5G back
Another interesting bit is that the A52 5G is listed with Android 11 on the software side. The only previous bit of intel we have is that it will feature a quad-camera setup similar to the A51. It remains to be seen what else Samsung has in store.
There is also a new MacBook Pro from 13 inches with M1 processor created in house by Apple. It is an aesthetically not new product but inside it is completely revolutionary, according to the company, with autonomy from 20 hours. The details.
by Bruno Mucciarelli published 10 November 2020 , at 20: 31 in the Apple channel macOS MacBook Apple
Apple announces its first MacBook Pro laptop from 13 inches that will be delivered to users with the new processor designed in Cupertino in the Apple Park laboratories and presented at the event “One More Thing “, ushering in a new e for Mac computers. It’s not just a new Apple MacBook Pro based on the ARM chipset, it’s a real revolution for Apple is specifically making a product that will also and above all appeal to an audience of creative professionals as well as technical ones.
MacBook Pro 13: this is how the new laptop with the M1 chip is made
The new MacBook Pro is only available in one size from 13 inches and will start from a price of 1. 479 ?? in the version with 256 GB of SSD storage memory. As mentioned the protagonist will be the new Apple M1 processor , which according to the company features the “fastest CPU core in the world” but also the fastest integrated graphics and great power and performance advantages over the Intel chips it had previously used. The new MacBook Pro will launch with macOS 11 Big Sur, which Apple claims was designed to work flawlessly on new hardware.
For the performance of the new MacBook Pro from 13 inches , Apple, claims to be in front of a product 2.8 times faster, with graphics that are even up to five times faster faster than the previous generation. And unlike the new MacBook Air , features here an active cooling fan system. There is still the now known Touch Bar, along with two Thunderbolt 4 ports (located on the left side of the laptop).
Apple MacBook Pro: autonomy up to 20 hours!
If we talk about performance, however, we can only talk about the battery and autonomy. Especially in this case since the company created the new MacBook Pro with M1 chip to make it highly efficient from this point of view. The leap in performance, according to Apple, is impressive since with MacBook Pro users can reach up to 11 hours of navigation on the Web and even up to 20 hours of playback video. Apple states a step of 10 extra hours than before and clearly a longer battery life ever offered on a Mac.
It’s a great leap forward , not just for Apple’s internal chips, but for ARM-based laptops in general as the competition like Lenovo Flex 5G, Samsung Galaxy Book S or Surface Pro X they do not reach these figures. No one has made an ARM-based laptop that promises Apple-backed performance with these new MacBook Pros. And we’ll see if the field trials confirm just that.
Apple has already shown applications such as Microsoft Office and Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom as running on Apple chips exhibit outstanding performance. It will clearly take some time to implement: Lightroom will not be available next month and other key apps, such as Photoshop, will not launch until 2021. Of course, those who want to try a MacBook Pro for their work can count on ” made in Cupertino ” level apps such as Final Cut Pro or Logic which have already been fully transformed to work on Mac and its chip M1 .
Today’s release marks a considerable change , which will bring same chips conceived and designed for iPhone and iPad, on macOS computers with the necessary modifications. And the fact that the company feels confident enough to do this even already with a MacBook Air , a MacBook Pro and a Mac Mini , says a lot about the fact that these machines have been properly tested even at a professional level and ready for the real professional. Of course there will be a lot of work to be done and we have also seen some mistakes in the past made by Apple in the incorrect assessment of the needs of professional devices, Mac Pro 2015 primarily. But it is possible that in this Apple has learned from its mistakes and that the new MacBook Pro can overturn and forget that very episode.
Apple MacBook Pro 13: here are the prices and availability
The new ones MacBook Pro from 13 inches come in a double version which sees only a purely memory difference. In this case there will be a MacBook Pro from 10 inch with 8GB RAM and SSD from 256 GB and a second version in which we will always have 8GB of RAM but 512 GB of internal storage. Here are the prices of the new MacBook Pro 13:
Apple MacBook Pro 13 ” – 8GB RAM + 256 GB SSD price of 1. 479 ??
Apple MacBook Pro 13 ” – 8GB RAM + 512 GB SSD price of 1. 709 ??
The new average from OnePlus was one of the most anticipated smartphones this year. Ultimately, it hit the market under the name Nord and although it is quite a successful device, it did not blow away the competition, but became only an interesting alternative to models from popular manufacturers. Recently, the leadership of the Chinese company even decided to go with the blow and released even cheaper OnePlusy Nord N 10 and N 100. Not only that – we already hear the first information about the successor of the first Nord, who would be released in March 2021. The question is, is it really the right way? Does such a large number of medium-budget models mean that we are slowly getting the second Xiaomi?
OnePlus Nord SE promises to be very similar to the first Nord. It will have the same Snapdragon 765 G, but with a better battery. Let the next information on the specification be more positive …
OnePlus Nord smartphone and OnePlus Buds headphones officially
The problem is that the new Nord is not going to be any great yet. According to the latest information, the device will get the name SE, in the middle there will be a Qualcomm Snapdragon chip 765 G supporting the 5G network (yes, it’s the same processor as in the first Nord), and the screen is to be made in AMOLED technology and will probably be refreshed 90 Hz and resolution 1080 p. So far, the only plus point is a larger battery with a capacity 4500 mAh with fast charging support 65 W.
OnePlus Nord N premiere 10 5G and N 100 – here is the official specification
The situation will brighten up only when we get to know all the details of the specification of the new OnePlus smartphone. At the moment, the Nord SE does not promise to be too groundbreaking, especially as the models N 10 and N 100 it may be a clone of one of the Oppo mediums, and it will only stand out with the logo on the housing and the OxygenOS system. Of course, there is no point in prematurely judging, but the direction that OnePlus has taken may seem a bit disturbing …
Apple has announced its first MacBook Pro laptop that will run on an Apple-designed processor at its “One More Thing” event, ushering in a new era of Mac computers.
It’s not just that Apple is making an Arm-based Mac; it’s that Apple is specifically making an Arm-based MacBook Pro, products it has emphasized as core parts of its lineup for both creative and technical professionals.
The new MacBook Pro comes in a 13-inch size and starts at $1,299. It replaces the previous entry-level MacBook Pro model. (The high-end model, with four Thunderbolt ports, will still be sold as usual.) The new MacBook Pro will feature Apple’s new M1 processor, which the company says features the “world’s fastest CPU core,” the fastest integrated graphics, and big power and performance gains compared to the Intel chips it had previously used. It’ll also launch with macOS 11 Big Sur, which Apple says it designed specifically to take advantage of the new hardware.
Apple says that performance on the new 13-inch MacBook Pro is 2.8 times as fast, with graphics that are up to five times faster than the previous generation. And unlike the new MacBook Air, it still features an active cooling fan system. There’s still a Touch Bar, along with two Thunderbolt 4 ports (located on the left side of the laptop).
Battery life is also getting a big jump: up to 17 hours of web browsing and 20 hours of video playback. Apple says that’s 10 hours longer than before and the longest battery life ever offered on a Mac.
Configuration options are either 8GB or 16GB of RAM along with 256GB, 512GB, 1TB, and 2TB SSD options. (Apple will be offering just a single M1 processor option, however.)
It’s a big leap forward, not just for Apple’s in-house chips, but for Arm-based laptops in general, which have largely been relegated to ultralight form factors and devices like the Lenovo Flex 5G, Samsung Galaxy Book S, or the Surface Pro X. No one has made an Arm-based laptop that promises the kind of performance that Apple claims the new MacBook Pros can offer.
Apple has been preparing for this since it first announced that it’d be switching over to its own chips, with the company already showing off applications like Microsoft Office and Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom running on Apple chips back in June. (Although it’ll clearly take some time to roll those out: Lightroom won’t be available on Apple silicon until next month, and other key apps, like Photoshop, won’t launch until 2021.) And of course, Apple’s own pro-level applications, like Final Cut Pro or Logic, have already been fully ported to work on Apple silicon Macs.
The new Apple silicon MacBook Pro won’t just run those professional applications, though: it’ll also offer compatibility with the massive library of existing iOS and iPad apps, thanks to the shared chipset, which could vastly expand the app options available for users at launch.
The company has also been designing its own processors for almost a decade, going back to its A4 chipset from the original iPad and the iPhone 4. And while Apple’s A-series chips have only grown more powerful over time (scaling up to products like the A12Z, which powers the iPad Pro and which Apple will have you believe offers performance on par with a laptop). Apple has used its own chips inside recent Macs, like the T2 security chip or the repurposed Apple Watch processor that powers the MacBook Pro’s touch bar.
But today’s release marks a considerable shift, one that will see those same iPhone and iPad chips — or at least, chips that are built on the same architectural foundation — make their way to macOS computers.
The fact that the company feels confident enough in its estimate of the Arm-based chips to offer a machine that’s designed for professional work (at least in name) is significant to see. That said, Apple has badly misjudged professional device needs in the past, with the company’s much-lambasted 2015 Mac Pro, in particular, standing out as a huge miss. It’s entirely possible that the new MacBook Pro could suffer the same fate.
The new MacBook Pros aren’t the only new Macs running on Apple silicon. The company also announced a new 13-inch MacBook Air and a new Mac mini, both of which run on an M1 chip.
The new 13-inch MacBook Pro will start at $1,299, with preorders starting today ahead of the November 17th launch.
The Stockholm Administrative Court has temporarily invalidated Huawei’s exclusion from the auction of 5G frequencies in Sweden. The court announced on Monday evening in Stockholm that legal action could be taken against the decision of the regulatory authority to exclude the Chinese suppliers Huawei and ZTE from the auction. The rules relating to Huawei are not to be applied until further notice, because the outcome of the proceedings “can be viewed as uncertain”. The regulatory authority PTS then canceled the start of the auction planned for Tuesday at short notice.
Auction canceled at short notice PTS announced the award conditions for a 5G license in October and explicitly excluded the Chinese suppliers Huawei and ZTE from the 5G expansion. Network operators who want to receive a license to use the frequencies bought at auction must therefore forego the use of Chinese suppliers. In addition, existing Chinese hardware that takes on central functions is to be replaced by 2025. In response to a lawsuit brought by Huawei, the administrative court has now temporarily repealed these regulations.
The auction of the 3.5 and 2.3 GHz frequencies was supposed to be held on Start tuesday. When the auction can start is open. It will largely depend on how long the legal dispute over the award conditions lasts. The administrative court has suspended the rules for interim legal protection, but has not yet made a decision on the matter. “PTS will continue to analyze the administrative court’s decision and examine the possibilities of starting the auction as soon as possible,” the regulatory authority announced on Tuesday.
Huawei and ZTE are controversial “We welcome the decision of the Swedish administrative court to suspend Huawei’s market exclusion from the 5G expansion in Sweden until further notice,” said a company spokesman. “We are convinced that the decision to deny network operators the option of using Huawei technology is based neither on a proper process nor on a comprehensible reason.” The regulatory authority’s decision lacks neutrality, independence and objectivity. “We see no comprehensible reasons for market access restrictions.”
Huawei and ZTE are controversial, also because the US government is pushing for a waiver. Washington accuses the suppliers of maintaining close contacts with the Chinese military and the Chinese Communist Party. Other countries also perceive this as a security risk. Huawei always rejects the allegations. A possible exclusion of Huawei is also controversially discussed in Germany. The group has supplied many providers in Europe with infrastructure for the existing 4G network (LTE) and also played a role in their 5G planning. However, European network operators are increasingly turning to alternative providers such as Ericsson and Nokia, at least for their core networks.
The GT220 have some areas of true sonic expertise, but they aren’t quite the no-brainer Grado might have wished for
For
Positive, unequivocal sound
Good battery life
Responsive touch controls
Against
Lack a little sonic refinement
Don’t look or feel special
No active noise-cancelling
We’re a little surprised Grado hasn’t found a way to make its first pair of true wireless earbuds open-backed. After all, this is a company so convinced of the benefit of the open-backed arrangement that it configured its first pair of wireless on-ear headphones in this manner. But even a brand as single-minded as Grado has had to sacrifice a principle or two in order to join the ongoing true wireless earbuds land-grab.
With the GT220, then, Grado has delivered a visually unremarkable and predictably configured pair of earbuds that go without some of the niceties (such as active noise-cancellation or a control app) and has slapped a premium price tag on them. So can such a small, unassuming product really be worth such big money?
Comfort
(Image credit: Grado)
We’re not off to the most auspicious start. The GT220 are small and light – just 5g per earbud – but their polycarbonate housing is unyielding to the touch and doesn’t make the Grados feel like the premium product they’re priced as.
Despite following the established (and effective) ‘twist and lock’ fit template, the GT220 prove less than straightforward to get into position. There’s a choice of just three sizes of eartips in the packaging, which really isn’t enough. And even if one of these fit properly, getting the in-ears sitting comfortably and securely proves trickier than it should be.
Perseverance brings its rewards, though: once the GT220 are positioned to your satisfaction they turn out to be nice and stable. The mechanics of the fit provide a little passive noise-cancelling, too, which is doubly welcome given their lack of active noise-cancellation.
Build
(Image credit: Grado)
Grado knows what it’s doing when it comes to build quality. That polycarbonate material may not feel in any way luxurious, but it is at least hardwearing and resilient, and everything here is constructed with complete precision.
Each earbud has a capacitive touch-surface on its outer plane (beneath the big, stylised ‘G’ logo that lights up depending on what the GT220 are doing). It’s responsive and reliable, difficult to confuse, and covers every major function: play/pause, volume up/down, skip forward/backwards, answer/end/reject call, and for summoning a phone’s voice assistant. The Grados are compatible with both Siri on iPhones and Google Assistant on Android phones, and though there is only one mic in each earbud, there’s nothing wrong with either call quality or voice assistant comprehension.
Grado GT220 tech specs
(Image credit: Grado)
Bluetooth version 5.0
Battery life 6 hours + 30 hours from the charging case
Charging time 2 hours
Frequency response 20Hz-20kHz
Impedance 32 ohms
Weight 5g (each)
On the inside, the GT220 are fitted with a single 8mm polyethylene terephthalate full-range driver in each earbud. Bluetooth connectivity is via aptX, which is fine for getting high-resolution audio files on board without fuss, but we do wonder why the Grados’ premium price tag doesn’t stretch to aptX Adaptive compatibility – is no Grado owner likely to watch video content while wearing their GT220?
At least aptX Bluetooth assists in delivering quite impressive battery life numbers here. Despite their compact dimensions, the earbuds can hold up to six hours of power – and the equally compact charging case (which weighs in at just 42g) holds another five full charges.
So, as long as you don’t thrash the volume control, a reasonable all-in figure of 36 hours between case charges is achievable. The case can be charged using either a USB-C cable or any Qi-certified wireless charging pad, and from ‘flat’ to ‘full’ it takes a couple of hours.
Sound
(Image credit: Grado)
Get the GT220 satisfactorily positioned in your ears and it doesn’t take long for them to reveal what they’re all about. Like many a pair of Grado headphones, the GT220 are absolutely unequivocal.
Once through a song as familiar as Fleetwood Mac’s You Make Loving Fun (as an MQA-powered Tidal Masters stream) is enough for the GT220 to give a reasonably full account of themselves. The overall sound is clear, detailed and completely direct. There’s an immediacy to the way they serve up the tune that sets them apart from the majority of their competitors.
The bottom of the frequency range may not have quite the impact the best of their rivals can offer, but it’s filled with information concerning texture and timbre. There’s a positivity to the way the GT220 handle the attack and decay of bass sounds that contributes no end to their overall speed.
Higher up, the midrange is treated with similar attention. Detail levels remain high – even minor transient details are picked up on and described. Clarity is impressive too, and as the GT220 establish a reasonably broad and deep presentation, a vocalist has the whole of the midrange in which to stretch out and do their thing. A listen to one as characterful as James Carr’s during Pouring Water On A Drowning Man confirms the Grados are as adept at extracting the nuance from a singer as any nominal rival – and more adept than most, at that.
But the GT220 overplay their hand a little when it comes to the top of the frequency range. We’re fans of speed and substance where treble sounds are concerned, but the Grados need a little more refinement to the way they handle the highest stuff. At some point ‘assertive’ can become ‘overconfident’, and the GT220 could do with backing off their attack just a touch. An already trebly recording such as Saint Etienne’s Only Love Can Break Your Heart can eventually become a little tiring in the Grados’ hands, especially if you’re listening at significant volume.
This high-end exuberance also contributes to their slightly disjointed way with timing. Broadly speaking, the overall sound of the GT220 hangs together pretty well – but they don’t render the momentum and drive of music with the finesse of, say, the Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 2.
Elsewhere, though, they remain an accomplished listen. Both the broad and low-level harmonic dynamics of Telemachus’ Caroline What Is Wrong With You are described in full, with a kind of casual authority. The same tune allows the GT220 to showcase their out-and-out scale and insight, too.
Verdict
The Grado GT220 don’t look or feel particularly premium, and they go without some of the specification niceties that you might reasonably expect at this sort of money.
They’re not the most accomplished listen where timing or top-end refinement is concerned, either. But if you like your music to sound upfront and fast, detailed and immediate, then you’ll find an awful lot to like here.
A few days ago we could know that Mediatek was preparing some high-end chipsets that he planned to launch before the end of the year, now we have some more information about one of these chipsets, specifically the one named MT 6891 which, according to a leak on Weibo, would be the one that corresponds to the name MT 689 x and although in the previous leak if it had the digit at the end, now they comment that the last digit is not known. This new chip is manufactured with 6 nanometer technology and will be similar to Exynos 1080 from Samsung .
Coinciding that this new Mediatek chip will be an evolution of the Dimensity 1000 + that is manufactured at 7 nanometers, the new MT 800 X will have a Mali-G GPU 77 and would be placed alongside of the Snapdragon 865 with a score around 600. 000 AnTuTu points . So Mediatek will be able to offer SoCs for mid-range phones that can be priced much lower than the competition.
In this way, manufacturers that integrate this type of SoC in their terminals will be able to offer 5G technology, screens with refresh rate at 120 Hz and a good performance according to the AnTuTu score, in terminals that do not have an exorbitant price, such as Huawei that has opted for a Mediatek Dimensity SoC 800 U on your Nova 7 SE 5G Youth Edition, with 5G, 8 GB of RAM and 256 GB of storage for less than 300 euros .
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MediaTek MT 689 X is the upcoming chip for smartphones that scored over in AnTuTu Benchmark test thousands of points. What do we know about him?
Mediatek presents the Dimensity layout 800 U. 5G support in Dual SIM
MediaTek was treated as “the worse one” for years. The manufacturer’s systems powered mainly weaker devices, although the company also tried to enter the higher shelf. Over time, the company managed to achieve success in this regard, but there was still no question of direct competition with Qualcomm. This has started to change and each subsequent smartphone layout simply proves it. The upcoming MT model 689 X scored more than 600 in the AnTuTu test ) thous. points, making it an extremely efficient unit. Of course, purely theoretically, because we have to wait for official data. What is the SoC?
Chip MediaTek Helio G 95, the successor of Helio G 90 T already officially
If the reports are to be believed, and we have no reason not to, MT 689 X will work with ARM Mali G graphics 77, the same GPU as the upcoming Samsung Exynos 990 destined for Vivo X 60. The chip will be made in a 6 nm technological process. Unfortunately, this is where the information about the future processor from the MediaTek stable ends. I must admit that I support the producer with all my strength and believe in his successes. The variety of solutions available on the market supports competitiveness, and this means a real benefit for the customer, which companies simply have to try to obtain.
After a detailed profile on China’s TENAA agency yesterday revealed most of the specs of Oppo’s upcoming Reno5 5G it was now spotted in 3C’s database bearing the PEGM00 and PEGT00 model numbers. The listings confirm Oppo is bringing 65W charging which matches last year’s Reno4 5G.
The phone is also expected to feature a 4,300mAh battery, a 6.43-inch OLED display and a 64MP primary camera. According to speculations, we’ll see the upcoming Snapdragon 775G chipset at the helm.
Oppo Reno5 listing on 3C database
The phone is also touted to arrive with Android 11 out of the box which would be a first in Oppo’s lineup. It’s speculated to launch between December and January in China. There will be a total of four colors at launch with Starry Dream, Aurora Blue, Moonlight Black, and Star Wish Red.
HMD unveiled the Nokia 8.3 5G back in March and now the company is introducing a special version for Verizon dubbed Nokia 8 V 5G. The big change is that the 8 V 5G supports the carrier’s mmWave 5G as well as the slower but more widely available sub-6GHz standard. Other than that the smartphone is identical to the regular Nokia 8.3 5G.
Nokia 8.3 V 5G UW
You get a 6.81-inch IPS LCD of FHD+ resolution with a punch-hole cutout in the top left corner. The camera setup includes a 64MP primary shooter alongside a 12MP ultrawide snapper and two 2MP sensors for macro shots and depth data.
The Snapdragon 765 chipset is paired with 6GB RAM and 64GB storage, no 8/128GB option like on the regular 8.3 sold in other markets. The battery comes in at 4,500 mAh and supports 18W charging.
The Nokia 8.3 V 5G UW will retail for $699 once sales begin November 12 across Verizon as well as Best Buy. There’s a single Meteor Gray color option for now.
Deutsche Telekom and the South Korean company SK Telecom (SKT) have signed an agreement to set up a joint venture for the development of 5G technologies. As the two companies announced on Monday, 5G repeaters are also to be further developed for in-house supply. 5G repeaters are currently still a gap in the market because there are hardly any manufacturers in this area.
According to the agreement concluded, both companies should 50 Hold percent of the company. The new company will then be managed by a representative from Telekom and a representative from SKT, according to a statement from Telekom. The main location should therefore be in Germany.
5G repeater The company’s goal is the development of “innovative 5G solutions” with a focus on 5G in-house supply for the European market. The 5G in-house supply is to be ensured with 5G repeaters. SK Telecom already has a 5G / LTE dual mode repeater on offer, which Telekom is testing together with selected customers in Berlin, Hamburg, Bonn, Cologne, Munich, Darmstadt, Frankfurt and Leipzig from August to October. As it is said, the field test showed that voice communication and the flow of data via 5G and LTE were significantly better. This is where they want to start and promote the development of the repeater and other products. Because companies that manufacture such 5G repeaters are still in short supply. The joint venture wants to use the situation to fill this gap.
“We will start with the repeater, but with this joint venture we want to achieve a lot more. We want to achieve a lot more for both companies in the coming years Years of creating significant innovations, “says Tim Höttges, CEO of Deutsche Telekom. Both companies left open which innovations these are exactly. It is currently being examined to what extent, in the medium to long term, cooperation in the areas of augmented and virtual reality, mobile edge computing (MEC) and apps can be achieved agree to the establishment. Telekom and SKT assume that the establishment of the joint venture will be completed this year.
Micron unveiled the first 3D NAND a 176 layer in the world, a new step forward in terms of performance and density for NAND flash memories. We will see it on board SSDs for PCs, starting with Crucial solutions, but also in other sectors: servers, 5G equipment and automotive.
by Manolo De Agostini published 10 November 2020 , at 08: 00 in the Storage channel Micron Crucial
Micron Technology has announced a new breakthrough in the NAND flash memory : the US company presented the first 3D NAND flash at 176 layer , able to guarantee a density up to 10 times higher than the first 3D NAN projects D seen in past years. We are faced with a number of layers which is almost the 40% higher than the competition and a clear step forward compared to 128 layers achieved by Micron so far.
The new NAND targets the mobile sector, traditional SSDs that we see in the PC sector and servers and any other industrial sector where large storage capacity and high performance are required, such as that of 5G equipment, artificial intelligence and automotive .
Micron’s 3D NAND is the second generation of solutions the company has developed since ending its collaboration with Intel. At the base of these chips, for now of type TLC (three bits per cell) with a density of 512 Gbit , we find the technology Charge-trap , the architecture replacement gate (RG NAND) and the CMOS-under technique -array : all together these solutions create Micron’s fifth generation of 3D NAND and ensure a latency in reading and writing better than 35% with respect to NAND a 96 layer. Micron also indicates a performance increase of over 25% with respect to NAND a 128 layers and results with mixed workloads better than 15 approximately% compared to NAND-based UFS 3.1 modules a 96 layer.
I 176 layers were obtained by joining two parts (deck) from 88 layer and the new 3D NAND is able to reach 1600 megatransfer per second (MT / s) on the Open NAND Flash Interface (ONFI) bus , an improvement of 33% compared to the previous generation ( the 3D NAND a 96 and 128 layer stopped at 1200 MT / s). The company has also simplified the development of the firmware with a single-pass programming algorithm which allows for more easy integration and accelerates the arrival of final products on the market.
In technical terms, each day a 176 layer is thick 45 micrometers, one fifth of a sheet of paper and two thirds of a human hair. the very small size, a single Micron 3D NAND die a 176 layer can archive 20 – 30 hours of HD movies, the equivalent of 10 DVD . Furthermore, Micron is able to stack 16 of these dies in a single package which is approximately the same size as a little finger tip, less than 1.5mm thick. Thanks to advanced technologies and production processes, “ i 176 layers occupy the same height as we previously inserted 64 strata , “said the US company.
One of the most important features of this memory is the Micron’s ability to create a multitude of “holes” in the layers of the 3D NAND, then filled with metal to form vertical connections between the cells. These vertical links – the company claims there are around 1 billion – are similar to elevators in a skyscraper and allow you to read, write, and erase data in cells.
3D NAND TLC a 176 layer of Micron is in volume production in the Singapore plant and is already in delivery to the first customers , also to Crucial , the consumer branch of company we know well for SSDs. Expect new announcements and products based on this new 3D NAND memory over the course of 2021.
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