It was a big week for announcements. Sony kicked things off with the Xperia 1 VI and the Xperia 10 VI announcements. The Xperia 1 VI brings an end to the 4K display but makes up for it with a brighter and smarter 1080p panel, and increases the zoom range on its telephoto module up to 170mm. Sony's flagship also packs a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, a 5,000mAh battery that puts most other flagships to shame, and a cool, distinctive design. The phone is coming in June, starting at €1,399 and we have the...
It’s vivo’s turn to announce its 2024 top-tier flagship and the X100 Ultra does not disappoint on the specs front, offering one of the most capable camera systems on any phone to date. X100 Ultra features a 1-inch type main camera using Sony’s LYT-900 sensor, and an even more impressive 200MP periscope camera leveraging the 1/1.4" ISOCELL HP9 sensor co-developed with Samsung. vivo X100 Ultra The 1/1.4” sensor on the periscope cam is the largest telephoto sensor fitted on a phone until now....
vivo is making the X100s, X100s Pro, and X100 Ultra official on May 13, which is next Monday. The prices for the trio have already been leaked recently, and today a new leak over on Weibo gives us some details about the phones' screens and batteries. The X100s is said to sport a "1.5K" resolution panel made by Visionox. It will be powered by MediaTek's Dimensity 9300+ SoC, paired with vivo's own V2 imaging chip. The X100s will have a 5,100 mAh battery with support for 100W wired charging. ...
Qualcomm could be tweaking the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 design, allowing it to
According to the notorious tipster on Weibo Digital Chat Station, Qualcomm's upcoming flagship SoC, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4, will likely impress with exceptional graphics performance. The post is quite vague, but gives an example with the GPU-intensive Genshin Impact game. The report claims the new Adreno GPU will run the title fluently in native 1080p resolution. The game is quite taxing even for modern high-end chipsets and to run smoothly, users need to lower the resolution. Additionally,...
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While the vivo X100 Ultra stole the spotlight with its 200MP periscope, the company also unveiled mid-season refreshes for the X100 vanilla and Pro models. The two new models now wear an “s” tag in their name and feature the new Dimensity 9300+ chipset. The original X100 series launched with the original 9300 chip. The plus model boosts the prime Cortex-X4 core to 3.4GHz (up from 3.25GHz) and improves the APU performance by 10% on AI tasks, however, the ARM Immortalis-G720 remains the same. ...
Leaked photos from the set of The Witcher Season 4 have revealed a first look at the Geralt of Rivia played by Liam Hemsworth, who replaces Henry Cavill in the role after three seasons.
Earlier this year Meizu confirmed it is exiting the smartphone market and going all in on AI but that hasn’t stopped it from launching its Meizu 21 series phones and the latest is the Meizu 21 Note. Meizu 21 Note Meizu 21 Note is built around a 6.78-inch 8T LTPO OLED with FHD+ resolution, a 1-144Hz refresh rate and 5,000 nits peak brightness. You also get a 16MP front-facing camera and an ultrasonic fingerprint scanner embedded in the display. The back houses a 50 MP main cam with a...