It's been rather a engaged week, and arsenic we're present approaching the extremity of September, the calm and quiescent of summertime is genuinely down us. Tech is successful afloat plaything again! So let's recap the past 7 days.
Qualcomm unveiled its latest flagship chipsets – the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 and Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6. Both are built connected TSMC's 2nm process and bring upgraded Oryon CPU cores, Adreno GPUs, and improved AI capabilities. The Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 is the much almighty of the two, portion the regular Elite Gen 6 is aimed astatine a broader scope of flagship phones. The archetypal devices powered by the caller chips are expected to get aboriginal this year.
Xiaomi unveiled the 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max with 6.4-inch and 6.9-inch OLED displays, respectively, implicit with hardware-level privateness extortion and secondary 2.7-inch and 2.9-inch rear screens. Both phones diagnostic dual 200MP Leica cameras, portion the Pro packs a 7,000mAh artillery and Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6, and the Pro Max gets an 8,500mAh compartment and Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6.
The Xiaomi 18 Pro starts astatine CNY 5,999 ($840), portion the Pro Max starts astatine CNY 6,999 ($980) successful China. Both are already connected merchantability there, and Xiaomi confirmed the 18 Pro bid volition motorboat globally aboriginal this year.
The vivo X500 bid is besides official, with 3 models – the X500, X500 Pro and X500 Pro Max. The X500 and Pro usage MediaTek’s Dimensity 9600, portion the Pro Max steps up to the Dimensity 9600+ and brings the astir susceptible camera setup of the trio.
All 3 phones diagnostic ample batteries, Zeiss-branded cameras, and OriginOS 7. The vivo X500 bid launches archetypal successful China, with income starting connected September 30; planetary availability is marked for October 27.
Realme introduced the 16 Pro Harry Potter Edition, featuring a themed plan and the company’s (and the world's first) Quadra Light-Sensing Color-Changing technology, allowing the Hogwarts crest connected the backmost of the telephone to instrumentality the 4 houses' respective colors. It besides comes with Harry Potter-themed UI elements, packaging, and accessories.
OnePlus officially revealed the plan of the OnePlus 16 up of its afloat launch. The telephone gets a redesigned camera land and volition beryllium offered successful 3 colors: Dark Forest, Mars Masterprice, and Tomorrow Starlight. Or black, airy orange, and grey.
Meta unveiled 2 caller pairs of astute glasses – a caller VR-focused exemplary and the Ray-Ban Meta Audio. The second drops the cameras wholly and focuses connected audio, calls, and Meta AI, offering a much discreet alternate to the company’s existing camera-equipped Ray-Bans.
The Samsung Galaxy S27 series’ representation configurations leaked. The Galaxy S27 and S27+ are tipped to commencement with 12GB of RAM, portion the S27 Pro and S27 Ultra volition reportedly connection up to 16GB, with retention options reaching 1TB connected the Ultra.
Right aft Qualcomm unveiled its caller flagship SoCs, Motorola announced the Signature 27, powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6. Motorola didn't afloat uncover the phone, but it has a 200MP zoom camera, a high-end OLED screen, and a ample battery!
Finally, vivo revealed the plan and cardinal specs of the upcoming V80. It volition diagnostic a 6.59-inch 1.5K 144Hz OLED, a 7,200mAh artillery with 90W charging and a Zeiss-backed camera strategy with 4K/60fps video. It volition travel successful Sunrise Anthem, Horizon Blue and Stellar Black. The vivo V80 volition motorboat successful India connected October 6, with pricing to beryllium announced then. It volition besides beryllium the archetypal vivo telephone extracurricular China to vessel with OriginOS 7.
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