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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3’s under-display camera to offer improved light transmittance

There’s plenty of talk that Samsung will announce its first under-display camera on a smartphone with the upcoming Galaxy Z Fold3. Now, tipster IceUniverse is adding some clarity on the matter by addressing a key factor in image quality for such sensors – light transmittance. Based on his tip, the Galaxy Z Fold3’s UD camera will bring over 40% better light transmittance than any other camera of this type thus far.

Fold3’s UPC transmittance is as high as 40%+, which is much higher than any other brand UPC solutions you have ever seen.— Ice universe (@UniverseIce) June 4, 2021

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Apple finds a new mini-LED supplier for the MacBook 14 and 16 to help with the H2 launch

A couple of weeks ago DigiTimes reported that Apple’s plans to introduce MacBook Pro laptops with mini-LED displays will be hampered by limited supply. In fact, Cupertino is struggling to keep even its first and so far only mini-LED product in stock – orders for the iPad Pro 12.9 (2021) in the US have estimated delivery times around mid to late July.

Now the publication brings a spot of good news – Osram Opto Semiconductors has reportedly signed on as a mini-LED supplier that will help with the push to release the new MacBook Pros in the second half of 2021.

These are expected in 14”…

Dimensity 900-powered Oppo runs Geekbench, tops Snapdragon 750G/765G results

Currently we know of only one phone that uses MediaTek’s new Dimensity 900 chipset and that is the Oppo Reno6 5G. That particular chip (MT6877V/ZA) was spotted running Geekbench inside the Oppo CPH2251. Is that the Reno6 5G? Perhaps, but it could be a related Reno device.

Geekbench 5 scores: Oppo CPH2251 with Dimensity 900

The score is pretty interesting as the Dimensity 900 is one of the most promising mid-range chipsets to be announced recently. It is a 6nm chip with two Cortex-A78 cores (2.4 GHz), a Mali-G68 MC4 GPU and a 5G modem.

Unfortunately we don’t have score results for…

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 888 successor detailed, 4nm process and X65 modem

Exactly one week ago we got the first details about Qualcomm’s next flagship chipset – the Snapdragon 888+ thanks to a Geekbench listing. Today, we get our first set of info on the actual next-gen successor to the SD 888 via well-known leaker Evan Blass who shared a preliminary spec sheet of the next-gen flagship SoC on his Twitter.

“SM8450 is Qualcomm’s next-gen premium system-on-chip (SoC). It has an integrated Snapdragon X65 5G Modem-RF system. It is fabricated on a 4nm process.” pic.twitter.com/u1GXMhOWBf— Evan Blass (@evleaks) June 3, 2021

The SM8450 or Waipio as its known…

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 888+ detailed, 4nm process and X65 modem

Exactly one week ago we got the first details about Qualcomm’s next flagship chipset – the Snapdragon 888+ thanks to a Geekbench listing. Today, we get our first set of details via well-known leaker Evan Blass who shared a preliminary spec sheet of the upcoming flagship SoC on his Twitter.

The SM8450 or Waipio as its known internally will be fabricated on a 4nm process and…

ZTE Axon 30 Ultra 5G open sales begin in multiple regions, prices start at $750/€750/£650

When we reviewed the ZTE Axon 30 Ultra 5G we found that it undercuts the ultimate flagships in terms of price and then uses its superior camera hardware to stand above the phones in its price range. It’s not perfect, but it does offer great value for the money.

ZTE Axon 30 Ultra 5G

Specifically, $750/€750/£650 for the base model with 8 GB of RAM and 128 GB storage. If you want more memory, the 12/256 GB version is $850/€850/£740. The phone is available in multiple countries around the world starting today, June 4. You can find it on the official store.

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