iQOO Z3 unveiled with Snapdragon 768G,  5G, 120Hz display and 55W fast charging

iQOO Z3 unveiled with Snapdragon 768G,  5G, 120Hz display and 55W fast charging

vivo launched the iQOO Z3 in China, an affordable 5G phone with fast charging and some gaming inspirations based on the Snapdragon 768G chipset and a 120Hz display. The Z3 is currently in the pre-sale stage, availability is set for 7 days from now.

The Snapdragon 768G chipset is connected to a heat pipe that leads to a graphite heat sink that then transfers the heat into the air. vivo makes the bold claim that this system drops the chipset temperature by 10ºC.

The chipset is hooked up to 6GB or 8GB of RAM (LPDDR4X dual channel) and 128GB or 256GB of storage (UFS 2.2). Storage can be…

Xiaomi to equip the new Mi Mix with a liquid lens

Xiaomi to equip the new Mi Mix with a liquid lens

Xiaomi will bring back the Mi Mix series at the March 29 launch. In a teaser, the company revealed the phone will have a camera with a liquid lens, researched and developed in-house. It is supposed to imitate how the human eye works and how it focuses instantly on objects at different distances.

Xiaomi calls the technology “Bionic photography” and is essentially a transparent fluid wrapped from by ultra-thin film that can change the curvature of the lens to achieve rapid refocusing and minimize distortion. According to the official Weibo post, this fluid has high light transmittance,…

Realme GT Neo design revealed ahead of March 31 announcement, 64MP triple camera confirmed

Realme GT Neo design revealed ahead of March 31 announcement, 64MP triple camera confirmed

Realme has revealed the design of the GT Neo that will be introduced on March 31 in China with the Dimensity 1200 SoC. As you can see, the smartphone has a rectangular camera island on the back, which includes three shooters, with the primary unit using a 64MP sensor.

The camera island is aligned with the shiny stripe that stretches across the rear panel’s length and has the Realme logo placed on it with the “Dare To Leap” text. Realme calls this a “Box Logo” design and says it is a tribute to the Cyberpunk culture since that’s the source of the design’s inspiration.

Realme GT Neo…

Xiaomi posts stellar 2020 annual results as it sold 10M premium smartphones

Xiaomi posts stellar 2020 annual results as it sold 10M premium smartphones

Xiaomi has announced its financial results for 2020, and the numbers look absolutely stellar. Profit increased on a yearly basis, while smartphone shipments rose 17.5% to 146.4 million units. Also half the company’s revenue now comes from the overseas market.

Xiaomi claimed to have sold approximately 10 million “premium” smartphones in 2020, while the monthly active users of MIUI are now above 400 million. Xiaomi considers premium phones that costs CNY3,000 and above in China, or €300 and beyond overseas, so take that number with a pinch of salt.

Snippets from Xiaomi’s annual…

New Google Assistant Feature “Memory” detailed in new APK teardown

New Google Assistant Feature “Memory” detailed in new APK teardown

An APK teardown performed by 9to5Google details a new feature coming to Google Assistant. This feature is named “Memory” and lets you save whatever content you like to a dedicated feed that can be viewed later. Google describes it as “easy, quick way to save and find everything in one place”. The feature was enabled from a build that contained some of the feature’s assets.

Memory will be able to save things using a verbal Assistant command and it will be smart about what it saves based on contextual cues. Memory can save: articles, books, contacts, events, flights, hotels, images, movies,…

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