vivo V29 gets official for Europe first, large ring light in tow for portraits

vivo just made the V29 official for Europe, and specifically mentioned it's coming to Europe first. Afterwards, it should make its way to Latin America as per the press release, but it's not an exhaustive list so India might get it in the future too. The V29's main claim to fame is its Aura Light function, a light ring 15.6mm in diameter that sits right under the two large camera circles in the same island. This is meant to significantly improve your Portrait Mode shots, creating "a three-dimensional lighting effect" and ensuring "even illumination from every angle, eliminating facial...

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Redmi K60 Ultra benchmarked with Dimensity 9200+, Xiaomi Pad 6 Max to have 14" display

An early report on the Redmi K60 Ultra claimed that it will use the Dimensity 9200, but the phone will actually be powered by the Dimensity 9200+ instead. The plus version of the chip runs its Cortex-X3 core at 3.35GHz, the three A715 cores at 3.0GHz and the four A510 cores at 2.0GHz (up from 3.05/3.0/1.8GHz on the non-plus version). Xiaomi Redmi K60 Ultra (23078RKD5C) scorecard from Geekbench 6.1.0 These are exactly the numbers seen in this Geekbench 6.1.0 result for the Xiaomi 23078RKD5C, which is presumed to be the K60 Ultra. The motherboard is listed as “corot” – this code name...

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Motorola unveils Moto G14 with FHD+ display, 5,000mAh battery

The Moto G13 was released earlier this year with an HD+ display – not ideal, but the pricier G23 and even G53 models also had a sub-1080p displays. You had to go all the way up to the G73 if you wanted FHD+ resolution. Now that we’ve set the scene, let’s meet the first phone in the Gx4 series, which was just unveiled in India. Motorola Moto G14 The Motorola Moto G14 is built around 6.5” FHD+ display (20:9), which is a pretty major upgrade. And it is a good quality IPS LCD to boot, although it only runs at 60Hz (down from 90Hz on the G13, but that’s a trade we’re willing to...

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Redmi 12 5G brings 6.8" display and Snapdragon 4 Gen 2

Xiaomi is following the Redmi 12 from last month with a 5G version that just debuted in India. The Redmi 12 5G is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 but is otherwise fairly similar to its 4G sibling. The new phone is also identical to the China-only Redmi Note 12R, except for the selfie camera. The Redmi 12 5G is built around a 6.79” LCD with a 90 Hz refresh rate and Full HD+ resolution. The 5,000 mAh battery with 18W charging support is also shared with the Redmi 12. The camera setup is different, though, with a 50 MP f/1.8 main unit and a 2 MP f/2.4 macro camera instead...

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PS5 beta firmware brings Dolby Atmos, second controller for assistance

Sony has released a new beta firmware for the PlayStation 5 console that brings with IT a whole host of new accessibility as well as social features, along with the inclusion of Dolby Atmos. The PS5 can now output audio to Dolby Atmos compatible devices. Previously, this was only available for Blu-ray playback, that too specifically through bitstream. This new beta adds software encoding of Atmos content for games as well. While playing games that support the PS5 Tempest 3D AudioTech, the console will encode the audio in Dolby Atmos if required so you can output it to your...

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