Back in September, Oppo first unveiled the A33 in Indonesia, as a lower-end sibling of the A53. While the A53 has been official in India for a while, it’s only today that the A33 has joined it in the spotlight in the subcontinent.
The Oppo A33 is definitely an entry-level model, with its Snapdragon 460 chipset, 3GB of RAM, and 32GB of expandable storage. It does, however, have a feature that’s usually unseen in this price range: a high refresh rate display. Specifically in this case, it’s a 6.5″ 720×1600 90 Hz LCD panel. The A33 also boasts a 120 Hz touch sampling rate, to make things feel even smoother. That’s obviously a far cry from the 240 Hz of some flagships, but again, consider where this device sits in Oppo’s portfolio.
The A33 has a 5,000 mAh battery with 18W charging, a rear mounted fingerprint sensor, a 13 MP main rear camera aided by a 2 MP depth sensor and a 2 MP macro cam, and an 8 MP selfie snapper sitting pretty in the left-aligned screen hole-punch. The A33 has twin bottom firing speakers, a USB-C port, and it runs Android 10 with ColorOS 7.2 on top.
It will become available in India this month in Moonlight Black and Mint Cream for INR 11,990, which is approximately $162 or €137 at the current exchange rates.
Not yet, Amazon – the German branch of the retail giant published the Huawei Mate 40 Pro page a day early. It has since taken down the price and release date, €1,200 and November 9, specifically. We know because the eagle-eyed Roland Quandt spotted the slip up and captured a screenshot before Amazon removed the info.
And notice that the phone is sold by Amazon itself, this is not some random third-party retailer posting a fake listing to stir things up. At the time of writing, the specs are still available (note: the image shows last year’s model, the Mate 30 Pro).
The specs start off with the battery – a 4,400 mAh power cell that can be charged at 66W over USB-C and 50W wirelessly. For comparison, the Mate 30 Pro managed 40W and 27W, respectively.
A screen grab of Amazon DE’s Huawei Mate 40 Pro page
The new model will be equipped with a 6.76” OLED display (no mention of refresh rate, unfortunately), a 50 MP Ultra Vision main camera and an ultra wide lens, plus a 13 MP selfie cam. There’s no word on the zoom camera.
For Europe, the Huawei Mate 40 Pro will come with 8 GB of RAM and 256 GB storage, if Amazon’s info is to be believed. It will run EMUI 11 based on Android 10 (without the Google stuff).
The official Mate 40 event is tomorrow, we’ll have a
The new Dell P monitor 3421 W comes with resolution 3440 x 1440 and a slight curvature of 3800 R over its 34 inches diagonal.
Dell has shown what will be its next monitor geared towards productivity. In the Dell P 3421 W We will not see anything with high refresh rates or a “gaming look”, but an elegant and disguised model oriented for offices and minimalist environments. This model of 34 “ diagonally integrates an IPS panel to maximize image quality while opting for a contained price. The resolution is 3440 x 1440 and offers 300 nits of brightness , so it lacks any HDR specification. It has a response time of 5 ms and covers the 99% of sRGB color gamut.
The Dell P 3421 W comes with 34 “, resolution 3421 x 1440 and a USB-C offering up to 60 W
The Dell P 3421 W has connections such as an HDMI, a DisplayPort and a USB-C by which can power devices up to 65 W . It also integrates functions to display several signals at the same time (PBP and PIP) when connecting several devices to it. In addition, it has an integrated USB hub that provides two USB 3.0 and two other USB 2.0, in order to centrally manage different devices such as peripherals. The base supports movements from -5 to + 21 º to back and forth, mm height adjustment.
It is not known when the Dell P monitor will arrive 3421 W, nor at the price at which it will, but it should stay in an affordable range, surely similar to that of the Acer CB 342 CKCsmiiphuzx.
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Pablo López
With 15 years ago I started overclocking my PC to get every extra FPS I could in games and scratching a few milliseconds in SuperPi, while relentlessly posting about hardware on the Geeknetic forum as a user and reader. They were probably so fed up with continually reading me on the forum that I became part of the writing team, where I continue to report on the latest in technology. Astrophysics and PC games are the hobbies that, after hardware, cover most of my free time.
Huawei has announced the Y7a smartphone, a model with reduced frames with the Snapdragon 710 A and quad rear camera with main sensor of 48 MP.
The manufacturer has unveiled its new smartphone intended for the mid-range, the Huawei Y7a , integrating some distinctive elements such as a camera 48 MP and 5000 mAh of battery. The SoC that Huawei has chosen for this mobile has been the Snapdragon 710 A , which is accompanied by 4 GB of RAM and options of 64 or 128 GB of internal expandable by microSD. The display is 6. 67 “LCD with FHD + resolution and makes use of a notch centered in the shape of a hole that houses an 8 MP camera for selfies.
The rear is completely occupied by the 4 cameras that it integrates, thus having an arrangement of 48 + 8 + 2 + 2 MP in vertical alignment.
The main sensor of 62 MP along with the 5000 mAh battery and the Snapdragon 710 A are the main features of the Huawei Y7a
There is no rear fingerprint sensor, but which is placed on the side (remember that until now it is only possible to have fingerprint sensors on the screen only for OLED models and derivatives). However, the Huawei Y7a retains the 3.5 mm jack connectivity and integrates a USB-C for charging and data transfer. The battery is a generous 5000 mAh and supports fast charging of 22. 5 W .
There will be three initial colors for choose in the Huawei Y7a : Midnight Black, Crush Green and Blush Gold, all starting from the 160 Euros at direct exchange or. It will first go on sale in Malaysia on 30 October. In this way, this model is somewhat below the recently announced Huawei Y9a, while it turns out to be an interesting improvement of the Y6a, launched at the beginning of the year.
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Pablo López
With 15 years ago I started overclocking my PC to get every extra FPS I could in games and scratching a few milliseconds on SuperPi, while relentlessly posting about hardware on the Geeknetic forum as a user and reader. They were probably so fed up with continually reading me on the forum that I became part of the writing team, where I continue to report on the latest in technology. Astrophysics and PC games are the hobbies that, after hardware, cover most of my free time.
Acer in collaboration with Porsche Design create the Porsche Design Acer Book RS with Intel EVO certification , created for everyday life and to offer high performance – all in the Porsche Design design. This new laptop only weighs 1.2 kg and is equipped with a metal casing covered by a layer of CNC-treated carbon fiber, to make it even more resistant without add extra weight , its thickness is only 15, 99 mm .
This Porsche Design Acer Book RS can equip processors up to i7 eleventh generation and a NVIDIA MX graphics 350 that you can optionally add together with the Intel Iris Xe , accompanied by 16 GB of RAM, storage will depend on each model. The screen is 14 ”FHD IPS screen and is covered with a Corning Gorilla antimicrobial coating Glass, this screen covers the 100% of the sRGB color gamut It also has narrow bezels to obtain a 90% screen-to-body aspect ratio .
In section connectivity, this Porsche Design Acer Book RS has a set of ports with connection USB-C, Thunderbolt 4 and USB3.2 Gen 2, in addition to Wi-Fi 6 Gig + dual band . Battery capacity lasts for up to 17 hours , and is capable of, with only 30 minutes of charge, offer up to 4 hours of autonomy . For safer access, this new Porsche Design Make Book RS has a fingerprint reader, it also has Wake on Voice to improve the user experience.
With this new model the Porsche Design Acer Travelpack RS is also on sale , a matching accessory pack including a mouse pad, travel bag and laptop sleeve , Porsche Design mouse is also available Acer Mouse RS with bluetooth connectivity and with carbon fiber reinforcement on the left mouse button, the mouse has a switch to change the DPI between 3 levels of sensitivity.
The premium pack Porsche Design Acer Book RS which includes the laptop with i7 processor, the travel bag and the mouse will be available from 2399 euros . The Porsche Design Acer Book RS laptop will cost from 1799 euros , the Porsche Design Acer Mouse RS 99 euros and the kit Porsche Design Acer Travelpack RS which includes the mousepad, mouse, travel bag and laptop sleeve will cost 299 euros . At the moment we do not have a launch date in Spain .
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Acer has announced its Chromebook Spin 513 and Chromebook Enterprise Spin 513. They’re the first Chrome OS devices powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 7c chips. The 513 will be available in North America in February 2021 starting at $399.99; the Enterprise Spin 513 is coming in March 2021 starting at $699.99.
The Snapdragon 7c is an entry-level mobile processor built on an 8nm process. It’s a lower-powered processor than many that you see in popular Windows devices — it’s currently Qualcomm’s weakest processor for laptops — but Qualcomm claims one of its chief benefits is longer battery life. Acer says you’ll see 14 hours (citing synthetic benchmarks).
In other exciting news, you’ll be able to configure both models with 4G LTE, a nice benefit for on-the-go workers that you don’t see every day even in flagship Chromebooks. The 513 has up to 128GB of storage and 8GB of RAM, an aluminum top cover, two USB-C ports as well as a USB-A, a 78 percent screen-to-body ratio, an optional backlit keyboard, and a 360-degree hinge. It’s fairly compact at 2.64 pounds and 0.61 inches thick. The Enterprise model has additional security and management features for business users.
But the big question is how well the Snapdragon 7c will
Acer has introduced the Swift 3x to accompany the 1920 version of the Swift 3 . Both notebooks use Intel’s Core-i processors of the 11 . Generation alias Tiger Lake-U, the manufacturer also equips the Swift 3x with Intel’s DG1 graphics chip. It is similar to the integrated graphics unit of the processor, but comes with fast GDDR6 RAM. Brand name: Iris Xe Max.
The additional GPU is noticeable in a direct comparison on the case: According to Acer, the Swift 3x is almost 2 mm thicker than the previous generation and weighs in around 1.3 kg additional 170 grams. Since the GPU has its own energy budget including the associated cooling, the CPU cores should achieve a higher turbo speed under load.
The Iris Xe Max replaces Nvidia’s entry-level graphics chip GeForce MX 350, which Acer last year in the more expensive Swift-3 Models built. Nvidia announced the successor GeForce MX 350 in August 2020, but did not mention any specifications so far – Notebooks with MX 450 does not yet exist.
Acer Swift 3x (4 images) (Image: Acer) Thunderbolt 4 As usual with upper class notebooks with Tiger Lake processors, there is a Thunderbolt 4 connection in the form of a USB-C port on board. The remaining connections fall with two USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type A (10 Gbit / s), once HDMI and audio jack are manageable. The Swift 3x can wirelessly connect to Wi-Fi 6 networks (WLAN 802. 11 ax) connect and transmit via Bluetooth 5.0.
The 11 inch IPS display solves with 1920 × 1080 pixels (Full HD) and covers the NTSC color space to 72 percent. The battery should last for runtimes of up to 17, 5 hours .
Acer wants to bring the Swift 3x on the market at the end of November – so Intel would have to present the Iris Xe Max beforehand. The basic configuration with the four-core Core i5 – 1080 G7, Iris Xe Max, 8 GByte LPDDR4X-RAM and 512 GByte capital S
(Pocket-lint) – USB-C has been here to stay for a while now, and it’s a superb standard that can charge countless devices, and transfer data too. However, we’re starting to see a new trend, pushed into the mainstream by Apple with the iPhone 12, of top-line smartphones shipping with a charging cable, but no actual charger.
Best power banks: Top power packs for phones and USB-C laptops
That means that if you don’t have a USB-C charging brick laying about, you might find yourself unable to charge your phone, which is obviously less than optimal. That’s why we’ve gathered together some of the very best alternative chargers you can pick up right now, to save you money compared to an expensive official brick.
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Anker
Anker Nano
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Anker has managed to shrink down a powerful 20W charger into a tiny package in the form of the aptly-named Nano, and it’s a great bet for most people to pick up.
You’ll get a power socket for your USB-C cables, and a plug that doesn’t get in the way at all. What more could you want?
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Anker 30W Charger
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If you want a little bit more power from your charger, though, and a bit more adaptability, this two-in-one from Anker could be perfect. It’s got 30W of power, but also the advantage of both a USB-C and older Type-A connector.
That means it’ll work with both your newer cables and older ones at the same time, if desired, leaving you free to charge multiple devices simultaneously.
RavPower
RavPower 65W Charger
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RavPower offers a similar package if you want an alternative to Anker’s charger, but it’s got one key difference – a massive 65W of power.
That means that this charger is perfect for laptops and bigger devices alongside your phone charging needs, while dual ports once more mean that it can adapt to the type of cable you have to hand.
UGreen
UGreen Type-C Charger
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UGreen has done a great job of keeping its charger as small as possible here, and an equally impressive job of making sure that it doesn’t cost too much.
You can pick it up at an affordable price and be charging via USB-C without breaking the bank.
Aukey
Aukey Omnia 65W Charger
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Another powerful 65W option is provided by Aukey with this slick charger, that’s impressively sleek despite its power and two ports.
It’s got a nice mottled design and is great for slipping into a backpack on the go, with its prongs folding away for easy transport. Plus, you’ll get super-fast charging speeds where your device supports it.
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(Pocket-lint) – Now here’s a collaboration we didn’t expect to see: Acer has teamed up with Porsche Design to make a laptop with a little extra ‘vroom vroom’, in the Porsche Design Acer Book RS.
The German design company has dabbled with tech brands in the past – most notably Huawei, with its RS versions of the Chinese company’s phones – and now it’s turning its hand to laptops.
So what’s special about the Acer Book RS and does that Porsche Design label mean it’ll cost you a small fortune?
Screen: 14-inch Full HD IPS touchscreen, 90% screen-to-body ratio
Unibody hinge elevates backlit keyboard upon opening
Glass precision touchpad with fingerprint scanner
Thickness: 15.99mm / Weight: 1.25kg
It’s Porsche Design so there has to be carbon fibre, but of course. Here it’s the lid of the machine, adding that classic look to the all-metal chassis. It’s really these materials and cuts – look at the edging around the trackpad, for example – that help the Porsche Design version stand apart from typical laptops.
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Being that it’s partly made from carbon fibre means the weight is low, too, at 1.25kgs. While that’s not the lightest ever laptop – something like the Huawei MateBook X is impressive; even Acer’s own Swift 7 series is among the lightest ever at sub-1kg – it’s befitting of a device that’s 15.99mm thick and packs in enough smarts and battery to keep you going. It’s all fuel for the engine, if you will.
There are other subtle details that make the laptop stand out: upon opening that lid – which is emblazoned with an embossed Porsche Design logo – the whole laptop’s backlit keyboard elevates, thanks to a unibody hinge, which helps the typing experience. It’s got decent key travel, not too sunk into the body.
The trackpad, which is glass-topped – none of that plastic nonsense here – also comes with a fingerprint scanner built-in towards its upper corner. An odd place for such a scanner, we think, but it’ll be useful for rapid login – or there’s Windows Hello for facial recognition login instead, if preferred.
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The screen is a 14-inch Full HD panel, so not a fancy Quad HD offering, nor does it benefit from the higher refresh rates that you’ll find in Acer’s gaming laptop ranges. That’s because, well, day-to-day workloads just don’t need such features. And at this scale we find the panel is resolute enough. It’s battery life that matters more anyway.
Just how well battery life will last we don’t yet know, having only handled the Porsche Design Acer Book RS for a short period of time. But the companies promise up to 15 hours – which is decent innings. This figure is based upon the machine being a collaboration between Porsche Design and Intel – the latter introducing Intel Evo, which it says is designed to optimise performance and real-world battery life.
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The Porsche Design Acer Book RS comes with Intel’s latest chipsets, its 11th Gen Core i processors – up to i7 with Intel Iris Xe graphics. Or you can go the whole nine yards and add a turbo in the form of Nvidia’s GeForce MX350 discrete graphics card.
Inside there’s a dual copper pipe system for cooling, designed to draw heat away from the processor and graphics units to keep the machine cool for the aid of battery life. There’s even fast-charging here, with just 30-minutes at the plug said to deliver over 25 per cent of the laptop’s battery life – to deliver 4 hours of use. We expect such features in our phones, so it’s good to see it in a laptop.
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The array of ports is fast too, Thunderbolt 4 fast, meaning 40Gbps is possible – four times the already impressive 10Gbps of Thunderbolt 3 (which you don’t find on all that many machine as it stands anyway). We can see where the ‘RS’ badge – which means Racing Sport in German – earns its place here.
Porsche Design being that high-end company, the Acer Book RS doesn’t just finish there – there are optional bundled accessories too. What’s called the Porsche Design Acer Travel-pack RS, this travel pouch – made from fancy leather, of course – connects to a notebook sleeve, which doubles-up as a mousepad for the also included Porsche Design Mouse RS (complete with more fancy carbonfibre).
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So how much will you pay for this fancy schmancy machine? It’s from £1,899 for the laptop only ($1,399 in the US / €1,799 in Europe), or £2,099 with the Travel-pack included ($1,999.99 in the US / €2,399 in Europe).
First Impressions
The Porsche Design Acer Book RS is a surprise launch indeed, bringing some more standout – maybe outlandish, depending on your viewpoint – design language to Acer’s laptop line-up.
It brings lots of up-to-the-minute technologies, too, from Intel’s 11th Gen Core i processors, to Intel Evo for battery life assurance, and Thunderbolt 4 speeds to boot. We can see where it got that ‘RS’ badge from.
Whether all that translates to real-world worth for most people – given the high asking price of £1,899/€1,799/$1,399 for the laptop only – is a whole other big question. Recession, what recession? Gimme the fancy carbon fibre stuff already.
(Pocket-lint) – Qualcomm has been offering its solution for mobile laptops for some time now. Problem is, it doesn’t make a lot of sense in most Windows machines because it hinders some compatability with certain apps, rendering the machine a half-way house between great battery and limited functionality.
But with Qualcomm entering the Chromebook space, in Acer’s Chromebook Spin 513, it makes a lot more sense. Sure, Chrome OS won’t do everything for everyone – but here it’s possible to land the great battery life that the Snapdragon 7c platform assures, without hindering Chrome’s functionality.
And with Chromebooks having only improved over time – they’re prevalent in the education space, so kids are used to them – the Spin 513 makes a lot of sense.
Design
360-degree hinge modes: Clamshell, Tablet, Display, Tent
Screen: 13.3-inch Full HD IPC LCD display
Thickness: 15.55mm / Weight: 1.2kgs
Don’t expect the Spin 513 to blow your socks off in the way it looks. It’s not a pricey high-end laptop, really, pulling on the typical design of this series.
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But there’s a fair amount of good to take away from that: the dual hinge mechanism, for example, permits a full 360-degree rotation so you can position the laptop as it is, or adjust it to be tablet-like, or standing up in ‘display’ or ‘tent’ positions.
That’s all really handy when using the touchscreen if you’re performing tasks that don’t need the keyboard exposed. You might not use it like this all the time, but it add versatility that makes a lot of sense.
The screen is only so-so, though, as it has been in this series for some time. Don’t expect searing brightness or the most pixels on display, but it’ll more than do the job – and is a far cry from the hard-to-see Chromebook screens from the early days.
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Besides, the bezels – despite being black – aren’t all that different to a MacBook Air’s silver equivalents from just a couple of years back.
Specs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c compute platform
8nm octa-core Kyro 468 CPU
Adreno 618 graphics
up to 8GB RAM
Ports: 2x USB-C (3.2 Gen 1), 1x USB-A
Wi-Fi: 802.11ac with 2×2 MIMO
Optional: 4T LTE connectivity
14 hours battery life
But it’s under the hood where the Chromebook Spin 513 really makes sense. Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 7c platform powers this machine, which – given that Chrome is able to run Android apps and is like a laptop adaptation of a phone in some senses – means strong battery life is assured.
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The claim is 14 hours per charge – which, although we’ve obviously not tested in full based on our brief time with this machine, is likely to be a reasonable claim, based on our experience with Qualcomm’s other compute platform chipsets.
All without cutting off the potential of what you can install on Chrome OS, unlike when Snapdragon is found in Windows-based machines.
So Snapdragon has finally found it’s sensible home in Chromebook. Why it’s taken so long we have no idea. But we’re glad it is here. Well, almost: don’t expect to see the Spin 513 until early 2021 in all territories.
The other benefit is the option for 4G LTE connectivity in a model variant. No unnecessary 5G here – that’s far too expensive in such laptops right now – rather a more accessible and less-battery-draining alternative that’s more than fast enough. Otherwise the ac Wi-Fi spec is more than speedy enough.
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In terms of ports the Spin 513 straddles current with future, bringing together USB-C and full-size USB-A ports to handle all things. Nothing fancy, mind, but at this price at least there’s no compromise in limited numbers of ports.
The Acer Chromebook Spin 513 will be available priced £399/€399/€429 in Wi-Fi only configuration, or £499 for the LTE model (other pricing TBC for this version).
First Impressions
Acer’s handle on the Chromebook market is already strong, but the introduction of Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c into this Chromebook Spin 513 might make it one of the company’s most attractive and fairly priced to date.
That compute platform means long battery life is assured, plus there’s on-the-go 4G/LTE connectivity if you select that option – and no need to overpay for a 5G setup.
No, the screen and overall spec won’t blow your socks off, but that’s not the point of this machine. It’s all about being affordable, flexible – thanks to that 360-degree hinge – and is a real workhorse. Hats off.
DarkFlash certainly has a unique chassis on its hands with the DLX22. It packs a GPU riser and side intake, but gets a lot of basic things wrong and is far too expensive for what it offers.
For
A fresh take on an ATX case
GPU support bracket included
Against
Restrictive front panel
Airflow skips front air ‘filter’
Lacking front IO for the price
Only one 3.5-inch HDD slot
Inelegant GPU bracket causes noisy turbulence
Panel hinge blocks rear 140mm fan install
No included fans
Shoddy finish
Lacks structural rigidity
Useless ‘LED’ button
Too expensive
Features and Specifications
Because Computex didn’t happen this year, we were unable to see what cool hardware many small Taiwanese manufacturers have come up with. But of course, companies that we normally see there can still send their products our way, as darkFlash did with its latest case, the DLX22.
At first glance, this chassis looks like a relatively standard ATX unit with a few twists – a side intake, GPU riser, and swiveling doors. These are all great ideas in abstract. But in practice, the case falls short and fails to deliver a good building experience, with issues ranging from bad design to disappointing manufacturing quality.
While there’s much more detail to explore (some of which is quite interesting), I can tell you up front that the DarkFlash DLX22 will not be making it onto our best PC cases list. The DLX22 is priced at $130, but currently has a $10 discount on Newegg. At this price point, the chassis is facing a ton of competition – competition that outperforms and outclasses this case by miles.
Specifications
Type
Mid-Tower ATX
Type
Mini-ITX, Micro-ATX, ATX
Dimensions (HxWxD)
18.3 x 9.06 x 17.8 inches (494 x 234 x 457 mm)
Max GPU Length
14.2 inches (400 mm)
CPU Cooler Height
6.7 inches (180 mm)
Weight
Not specified
External Bays
✗
Internal Bays
1x 3.5-inch, 2x 2.5-inch
Expansion Slots
7x
Front I/O
1x USB 3.0, 1x USB 2.0, 1x USB-C, 3.5 mm Audio & Mic
Other
Tempered Glass Panel
Front Fans
None (Up to 2x 140mm, 3x 120mm)
Rear Fans
None (Up to 1x 120mm)
Top Fans
None (Up to 3x 120mm, 2x 140mm)
Bottom Fans
None
Side Fans
None (up to 2x 120mm)
RGB
No
Damping
No
Warranty
1 Year Limited
Features
DarkFlash’s DLX22 comes with a very plain exterior design that I quite like. It’s simple, clean, and no particular aspect of it stands out much. The front panel is made from steel and is easy to pull off. The side doors swivel and have a moderate tint to blend together the internal components, and the chassis is held up by plastic feet.
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When it comes to the front IO, I have questions for darkFlash. There is one USB Type-C port (good), but then there is one USB 3.0 port and one USB 2.0. Why? Since you’re sacrificing two full headers on the end of the cable that plugs into the motherboard, why not go ahead and give us two USB 3.0 ports at the top of the case? This is the kind of penny pinching you don’t expect to see on a $130 case.
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There is also an LED button that doesn’t seem to have any purpose, as the case lacks any kind of RGB or fans. The rest of the IO consists of power and reset switches, along with headphone and mic jacks.
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Another design flaw worth noting is the front panel. I like that the front is just one big slab of steel, but in opting away from a mesh intake, adequate airflow gaps need to be provided elsewhere. The front panel is very thin though, and only has a few very small gaps for air to enter the chassis through. That, and at the bottom, there is a gap without any mesh that air can be pulled in through – so it’s safe to say that there is no effective form of dust filtration, and I fear intake airflow will be limited.
The chassis also lacks structural rigidity. When placed on the desk, if I push and tug the top of the case around, there is a concerning amount of flex. This is because all of the corners are fixed together with just one fastener instead of three – so whatever you do – do not build a liquid cooled system in this case with acrylic or PETG hardline tubing.
Internal Layout
The internal layout of the darkFlash DLX22 is mostly straightforward, with a few exceptions. The case can house up to ATX-size motherboards with ease in the main compartment, along with the longest of graphics cards.
Below the power supply shroud there is also plenty of room for large power supplies, but only one 3.5-inch HDD tray. Given the amount of space in this case, and the segment it is priced in, I would expect a minimum of two drive bays. The back of the motherboard tray has room for two 2.5-inch drives — and that’s it. Again, this case is big (and kind of expensive) for a case that’s only designed to house a total of three drives (aside from whatever M.2 options are on your motherboard).
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Of course, the star of the show in the DLX22 is the GPU anti-sag bracket. This creation is meant to hold up your graphics card to prevent it from sagging and sitting in your chassis unevenly, and take some load off the PCI-Express slot of your motherboard in the process (although, they can generally handle the weight just fine).
Given the proliferation of massive cards as Nvidia’s impressive RTX 3090 and 3080 make their way into new builds, it’s a good time for extra GPU support. But this bracket lacks elegance. The abundance of visible thumbscrews doesn’t look good. They lend the bracket a primitive, scaffolding-like feel as a solution for a mostly minor issue. Arguably worse: This bracket also won’t work with very big graphics cards as it can’t move outwards far enough. And if your GPU’s shroud doesn’t sit above the fans, it will make the GPU lean on one of the fans, stopping it from spinning.
Cooling
For cooling, you can mount up to three 120 mm fans or two 140 mm spinners in both the top and front locations, along with those respective radiator sizes. There is also a side intake that has room for two 120 mm spinners. So if you have an all-in-one liquid cooler, there’s a good chance you’ll want to mount it here, as the front panel intake is limiting.
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The front has no air filter, and the holes in the mesh of the panel will be difficult to clean out. The side intake does have its own filter, as does the bottom of the chassis, though I have to mention that the filter at the bottom is just a sheet of mesh with no sliding or magnetic system to hold it in place – instead it’s held in just by tabs, making it a serious pain to remove, clean, and replace as you’ll have to flip the chassis to get to it.
No fans are included with the case, which is a big thumbs-down at its $130 price point.
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Manufacturing Issues Galore
People often joke that reviewers get sent cherry-picked product samples for the best possible impression, but I can assure you, this unit wasn’t.
Our sample was littered with problems, as you can see in the images below. The paint job is covered with imperfections such as an uneven finish, or dings and bits of paint that have been chipped off. The chassis also had bits bent in various places, including the front fan bracket and a corner in the back.
You would suspect that some of this is shipping damage, but the box the chassis arrived in was very well packaged. Some of the foam inside was cracked, but other than the corner ding, the rest of the damage cannot be explained by issues in shipping.
Other nitpicks include the HDD tray arriving loose, even though the case has screws to secure it, and the magnets that hold the side glass panel shut – their glue is visible through the glass. Not very elegant is it?
Huawei today added a new mid-range smartphone to its Y series, dubbed Huawei Y7a. It is built around a 6.67″ FullHD+ LCD, that has a hole up top in the center for the 8MP selfie camera.
Around the back, you get a 48MP primary camera that’s joined by an 8MP ultrawide, 2MP macro and 2MP depth sensor units.
On the inside, the Huawei Y7a has a Kirin 710A SoC paired with 4GB RAM. The smartphone boots Android 10-based EMUI 10.1 sans Google services and has two storage options – 64GB and 128GB. The former will be restricted to Latin American markets, but you do get a memory card slot in both variants for storage expansion by up to 512GB.
Completing the package is a side-mounted fingerprint reader, 3.5mm headphone jack, USB-C port, and a 5,000 mAh battery with 22.5W charging. All this might sound familiar to you because the Huawei Y7a is a rebranded P Smart 2021 that was announced last month.
The Huawei Y7a is priced at RM799 ($190/€160) for the 128GB variant and will go on sale in Malaysia starting October 30 with three color options – Midnight Black, Crush Green, and Blush Gold.
Huawei Y7a in Midnight Black, Crush Green, and Blush Gold colors
The Fujitsu LifeBook series is known for being very light and mobile. The new Fujitsu LifeBook UH-X follows this path and comes with only 638 g , at a 13, 3 inch display. The thickness is 15, 5 mm. Overall, the dimensions are 307 mm x 197 mm x 15, 5 mm. Unfortunately, this information is mainly achieved at the expense of the battery, which is one of the heaviest components. The capacity only includes 25 Wh, which is roughly half of what competing products have to offer. Nevertheless, according to the manufacturer’s information, the battery life is up to 11 hours. As a rule, however, this will hardly be achieved. You have to wait until independent reviews are created.
The remaining equipment includes a 13, 3 inch size 1 . 080 p IGZO panel and an Intel Core i7 – 1165 G7 with integrated Intel Iris Xe Graphics. With 8 GB of LPDDR4X – 2017 – the RAM is sufficiently large for office applications and beyond. A 1 TB PCIe SSD is available for storage. A fingerprint sensor is also available for logging in. There is also a 1 MP webcam on the front for occasional video calls. There is Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.0 for connections.
The connections are quite generous for such a small notebook. There are two USB-C ports (3.2 Gen 2 / 10 Gbit / s), two USB-A ports (3.2 Gen 1/5 Gbit / s), Ethernet, HDMI, one SD Card reader and an AUX connection.
The Fujitsu LifeBook UH-X / E3 starts in this version in Japan at an impressive price of 241. 780 Yen, converted about 1. 938 Euro. Whether there will be a release in Europe – and if so, at what price is currently unknown.
The smartphone market in Germany is getting tougher. With Vivo, another manufacturer from China is starting business in this country, and it is not a small one. In the past year, Vivo sold around 110 million devices. The Android smartphone X 48 is the first model to be officially launched in German stores.
The heart of the smartphone is the camera. The main camera of the Vivo X 48 has a technically complex stabilizer that works like a gimbal and makes movements stronger than one common optical stabilizer is supposed to compensate. Vivo promises a steady hand and better results than with other smartphone cameras, especially with videos, but also photos in poor lighting conditions. The main camera with 33 – megapixel sensor is accompanied by a portrait camera, an ultra wide angle and a fivefold telephoto . The selfie camera takes photos with up to 32 megapixels.
With the Snapdragon 765 G from Qualcomm, Vivo has chosen a chip that is not quite in the Upper class plays along. However, the power is easily enough for everyday use and the energy consumption is comparatively low. With 8 GB of RAM and 256 GB of internal memory, the memory is very decent.
Vivo X 51 5G camera
(Image: Vivo)
Matt glass against fingerprints The display diagonal of the X 51 is 6, 56 inches. The OLED panel is slightly curved on the long sides and represents 1080 x 1080 pixels. The maximum refresh rate is 90 Hertz, if you want to save a little battery, leave it at 60 Hertz. Apropos battery: As usual, it is permanently installed and has a capacity of 4315 mAh. It is charged via USB-C with up to 33 watts. Vivo does without wireless Qi charging technology. The smartphone accepts two nano SIM cards and supports 5G.
The technology of the X 51 is in a chic case made of glass with a slim metal frame. The back is equipped with a matte surface so that no fingerprints can be seen. According to IP 53 certification, the X is 51 protected against splash water.
HMD Global unveiled a new entry-level phone for Verizon, the Nokia 2 V Tella (a successor to the earlier 2 V model). The phone starts at $89 and you can find it at Walmart.com and physical Walmart phones now.
It has a 5.45” display with 720p+ resolution (18:9) and runs Android 10 out of the box. The full fat Android, not Go like the original 2 V or the similarly-priced Nokia 1.3. On the side of phone there is a Google Assistant button.
The Tella is powered by a MediaTek Helio A22 chipset, a 12nm part with four Cortex-A53 cores (2.0 GHz) and a PowerVR GE8320 GPU. The chipset is paired with 2GB of RAM and 16GB storage (double what the original 2 V got). A microSD card slot is available if you need more room.
The camera is another upgrade, the rear is now home to an 8MP main shooter and a 2MP depth sensor. The latter is used for customizable bokeh effects, you can pick between Classic, Star, Heart, Butterfly, Flake and Water Drop.
The camera snaps photos before and after you press the shutter, then lets you pick the best one. There’s also a Portrait mode that works even in the dark.
The Nokia 2 V Tella packs a 3,000mAh battery, which HMD says is enough to last 2 days of general use. It charges over USB-C and while 10W charging is supported, you only get a 5W adapter in the box. An “AI-assisted Adaptive Battery” keeps an eye on what apps you use the most and allots a bigger share of the battery to them.
In terms of connectivity, the Tella features LTE Cat. 6, Wi-Fi b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.2 and has a built-in GPS for positioning. There’s also a 3.5 mm headphone jack plus FM radio receiver.
The Nokia 2 V Tella is available only in Blue
Note that the $89 price tag is for a prepaid phone, the full retail price is $168, which matches Verizon’s Nokia 3 V (though expect to get it for free if you sign a contract).
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