MediaTek may be best known for its smartphone SoCs, but the company makes chips for all kinds of electronics. Today, the Taiwan-based manufacturer announces its MT9638 chipset for 4K TVs. But 4K is far from the only cool feature. The chipset can also do a bunch of AI powered things like super resolution, picture quality, and voice assistant. The infamous MEMC feature is also on board, but the variable refresh rate is arguably the most important feature for gamers. A quad-core ARM Cortex-A55 processor runs the show up to 1.5 GHz. Besides the standard processor, there is also a dedicated…
Author: Kevin Le
A few weeks ago, a renowned Samsung prognosticator said that Samsung is working on a smartwatch powered by Wear OS and will be ditching Tizen OS. And while we can’t say that the latter is safe, the former seems to be further supported by stronger evidence. In a teardown of the Galaxy S20 kernel source code, an XDA developer discovered that there was a device named “Merlot” and that it was associated with Google’s Wear operating system. The device was mentioned even alongside the already released Galaxy Watch3 with the codename “Noblesse”. At the moment, information is quite scarce, but…
The Samsung Galaxy A32 4G announced last week was due to arrive in India on March 5, but the company launched the smartphone two days early. The Galaxy A32 4G comes in a single 6GB / 128GB memory configuration in India and is listed on the Indian Samsung official website. It is priced at INR 21,999 ($ 300 / € 250) and offers four color options: Awesome Black, Awesome White, Awesome Blue, and Awesome Purple. The Galaxy A32 4G is powered by the Helio G80 SoC and runs One UI 3.1 based on Android 11. It is built around a…
Oppo’s Kenya branch teased the Reno5 F last week with a 48 MP main camera, 4310mAh battery, and 30W charge. We now learn that the smartphone will arrive with two more names in markets. different. The word comes from leaker Evan Blass, who claims that an Oppo smartphone codenamed Darwin will launch in different regions with three different names – Reno5 F, A94 and F19. The Oppo Darwin will be called F19 in India, A94 in Europe and Reno5 F in Asia. India and Europe will also get 5G variants called F19 Pro and A94 5G respectively. We wonder why…
A new gaming phone from the iQOO branch of vivo will arrive on March 16th and today we got to see some live photos of the device. We’re talking about the vivo iQOO Neo5 which will apparently have three cameras on the back and one on the front behind a punch hole. All three cameras appear to be standard, with no periscope in sight. However, the Neo line is expected to be an affordable flagship in the iQOO universe and a fancy telephoto lens won’t let you keep the price low. The front of the phone will be a flat…
On a Weibo article, Lenovo released a teaser for its next successor to its Legion gaming phone. In addition to showcasing dual active cooling fans, the General Manager of Lenovo has also officially confirmed that this device will be called the “Lenovo Legion 2 Pro”. When roughly translated, the poster reads: “Adjustable Dual Fan Turbo Cooling System” and at the bottom, “A new storm has arisen, you can crush everything.” Lenovo is also confirming that the Legion 2 Pro will be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 chipset. There is still no clue as to when the handset will release…
Last week, a report revealed that Motorola was going to announce a new ‘Moto G’ smartwatch powered by Google’s Wear operating system with a few renderings of the smartwatch with transparent support. A Reddit thread points out that the text written on the back of the watch body reads “Snapdragon Wear 4100” to indicate that the watch will be powered by Qualcomm’s latest portable chipset. Via Reddit Despite this new discovery, we’re still not quite sure when Moto will launch this new smartwatch. The new Moto watch is expected to succeed the Moto 360 launched in 2019 (the one that…
Samsung recently rolled out better and better updates to its insanely large list of devices, and today it has been proven once again. Originally slated to receive Android 11 in May, the 2019 Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 is now already busy getting the new software. The deployment is not yet wide, it is currently limited to the LTE model of the tablet sold in Germany. However, if you have one, you will soon be notified of the availability of a new version – T865XXU4CUB7. This 2.2GB download will bring you Android 11 with Samsung’s latest One UI 3.1, along with…
The 4G version of the Samsung Galaxy A32 became official at the end of last month and the device is now on its way to India. The official launch in the subcontinent would take place on March 5. If you’ve been waiting for this one and wondering how much it would cost in India, a generally reliable tipster shared this information today. The version with 6 GB of RAM and 128 GB of storage will be said to cost INR 21,999 (roughly $ 300 or € 248 at current exchange rates). The phone has a 6.4 inch FHD + AMOLED…
DJI launched FPV, a hybrid drone that combines the first-person perspective, speed and agility of racing drones with the ease of use and built-in camera functionality of consumer drones. The DJI FPV features high performance motors that can take it from standstill to 100 km / h in just 2 seconds while reaching a top speed of 140 km / h. The drone includes three flight modes; Normal mode, which is designed for novice pilots and allows the drone to hover in place and detect obstacles. Manual mode removes the drive wheels and gives full control over the flight, with…