Our Poco F5/Redmi Note 12 Turbo video review is up

The Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 wasn’t used in many phones, so the 7-series still needed a successor to the 778G. That came in March and was so good that Qualcomm called it Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2. Our first encounter with this chip comes in the form of the Poco F5 (aka Redmi Note 12 Turbo), which could prove to be one of the more competitive mid-rangers this year. The F5 sells at €430 (after the early bird pricing of €380 expires) and its chipset can outperform anything in this price class that doesn’t have a flagship chip. Xiaomi also bumped up the battery by 500mAh to 5,000mAh compared to last...

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Samsung to start buying OLED panels from LG for its TVs

Samsung may be a big TV manufacturer, but it doesn't do OLED TVs since 2015. The company bet on its QLED panels, which are far closer to LCD panels in terms of both cost and quality. The company is also rapidly developing its microLED tech, which is seen as superior to OLED in terms of image quality, but still prohibitively expensive and only available in the largest diagonals. It now seems Samsung is looking to buy more time for the microLED tech to mature and will look to cover the premium market with OLED TVs. And the company has turned to its South Korean neighbor to achieve...

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Kuo: iPhone 16 Pro series to get larger displays and periscope cameras

While the iPhone 15 series is expected to launch later this fall, rumors about the iPhone 16 generation have been going on for months now. Noted Apple analyst Min-Chi Kuo shared his latest update which suggests the iPhone 16 Pro and 16 Pro Plus will offer larger display sizes and periscope camera sensors. iPhone 16 Pro is said to bring a 6.3-inch screen diagonal while the 16 Pro Max’s panel is expected to grow to 6.9 inches. These values represent 0.2-inch increases compared to the iPhone 14 Pro generation. The larger footprints will also allow Apple’s engineers to fit a periscope...

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MediaTek looking to build a chipset with an Nvidia GPU next year

DigiTimes is quoting industry insiders who claim that Nvidia and MediaTek have struck a deal to build mobile chipsets with GeForce GPUs as early as next year. A particular target for such chips will be Windows on ARM devices. Currently, MediaTek makes chipsets that end up in entry-level Chromebooks and has around 20% share in that market. A flagship chip with a powerful Nvidia GPU will allow MediaTek to push into the high-end laptop segment. Nvidia has its own ARM-based designs, famously the Nintendo Switch runs on a Tegra chip, though that thing is ancient at this point. There’s also...

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Oppo Reno10 series could arrive on May 24 as more specs leak

Oppo will launch the Reno10 series with a new camera design, as seen in renders earlier this month. The series now appeared in an online video ad, confirming the oval island. According to the short clip, the launch date will be May 24. The video was meanwhile taken down, but not before the important frame were captured. At the same time, Digital Chat Station revealed the Oppo Reno10 and Oppo Reno10 Pro will bring portrait cameras with 2x optical zoom and lightweight bodies. The Oppo Reno10 is said to have a 6.7” screen with 1080p resolution and curved sides, up to 120 Hz refresh...

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