Oppo Find N sells out in China, resale value soars

Oppo Find N sells out in China, resale value soars The hype around Oppo’s Find N foldable is reaching new levels after limited quantities of the foldable sold out in China in mere seconds during its first online sale. Reports from China via IT Home are that resale prices on the secondary market have ballooned to CNY 9,299($1,457) for the 8/256GB model and CNY 12,000 ($1,880) for the 12/512GB trim. As a reminder, the retail pricing of the baseline model is CNY 7,699 ($1,206) while the top-end version costs CNY 8,999 ($1,410).

Oppo Find N resale pricing (images: via IT Home)

Oppo Find N is expected to go on open sale in China next…

MediaTek benchmarks the Dimensity 9000: faster CPU than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, slower GPU

MediaTek benchmarks the Dimensity 9000: faster CPU than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, slower GPU MediaTek has gotten bold – it published a video showing a Dimensity 9000-powered device running various popular benchmarks, throwing the gauntlet at Qualcomm. Long story short, the Dimensity wins the CPU battle, but loses the GPU battle. The margins are pretty slim in both cases, though.

The video kicks off with AnTuTu (v9.0.7) and the MediaTek chipset posted a score of 1,017,488. We knew pretty early on that the chip will break the 1 million points barrier, but so did the Snapdragon. The Realme GT2 Pro also ran AnTuTu, but that was weeks ago so it may have been an older version, making…

Realme confirms the three GT 2 Pro firsts

Realme confirms the three GT 2 Pro firsts Realme today unveiled the GT 2 Pro at the GT 2 Series Special Event, and as promised, the company introduced the “world’s first innovations” on the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1-powered smartphone, revolving around the design, photography, and communication.

Design

Let’s talk about the design first. Realme had worked with Japanese industrial designer Naoto Fukasawa for Master Edition products before, and the company once again teamed up with him for the Realme GT 2 Pro, which flaunts a design focused on sustainability and inspired by paper.

Realme calls it the “Paper Tech Master Design” and…

Stable One UI 4 update for Galaxy Z Fold3 and Z Flip3 resumed

Stable One UI 4 update for Galaxy Z Fold3 and Z Flip3 resumed Samsung has resumed its stable One UI 4 release for the Galaxy Z Fold3 and Z Flip3 in South Korea. As a reminder, the update was suspended over numerous bug and bad usability reports form early adopters. The new build comes with the BUL4 build number and is said to iron out all mishaps from the previous releases.

South Korean Fold and Flip users will once again serve as soak testers for the latest build and if all goes well the release will spread to other regions. When and if the update reaches your device, it’s always good to back up all your data beforehand just in case you run into…

Honor Magic Fold to have Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

Honor Magic Fold to have Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Mediatek issued a press release earlier this week, confirming at least four major smartphone manufacturers will bring phones with Dimensity 9000 in Q1 2022. Today Honor took it to Weibo to assure its fans a phone will come with the flagship SoC.

In the meantime, leakster Digital Chat Station revealed the upcoming phone will not be foldable. The Honor Magic Fold (name still pending) will also arrive in the first months of the new year, but it will be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chip.

The Dimensity 9000 is a proper flagship chipset, built on the 4nm process. It is the first…

Apple assembling new chip design team in Southern California

Apple assembling new chip design team in Southern California Over 9 months after it announced its new Munich-based chip design plant, Apple has begun hiring engineers with experience in the modem chips and wireless semiconductor business in Irvine, California. A recent Bloomber report confirms the development and specifies Apple is looking for people with experience in Bluetooth and Wi-Fi semiconductors, wireless radios, radio-frequency integrated circuits and wireless system-on-a-chip designs.

This marks yet another clear sign that Apple is hard at work on transitioning away from Qualcomm modems and wants to develop its own in-house wireless chips…

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