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  Qualcomm Inc on Tuesday released its new top-tier smartphone chip aimed at premium-priced Android phones with features like sharper photos and graphics than handsets using chips from rivals. The San Diego, California-based company is the biggest supplier of the chips at the heart of many Android phones, competing against rivals such as Taiwan's MediaTek Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, which uses Qualcomm chips in some of its phones but self-supplies chips for some models. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chip released Tuesday will have similar computing cores to rivals like MediaTek, which this month announced a chip aimed at premium phones. But almost every other part of the chip are custom designed by Qualcomm, including those playing a role in the visual quality of photos and graphics-intensive apps like games. Alex Katouzian, senior vice president and general manager of mobile, compute and infrastructure for Qualcomm, said the company has been crafting software that will l...

  Realme is set to launch in India the Realme X7 Pro and Realme X7 smartphones in its X series lineup. The virtual launch event will start at 12:30 pm on Thursday at 12:30 pm, and the event will livestream on Chinese smartphone maker’s official YouTube channel and social media accounts. Launched in China last year in September, the smartphones will be powered by MediaTek mobile platforms with 5G network support. Realme X7 series launch event livestream Part of the Realme X7 series, the Realme X7 Pro and Realme X7 will be launched on February 4 at 12:30 pm. The launch will livestream on company’s India YouTube channel. Live updates from the launch will also be available on the Realme India’s social media accounts on Twitter, Facebook, etc. You can also watch the Realme X7 series launch event livestream through the video embedded below. Realme X7 Pro: Expected specifications The Realme X7 Pro will sport a super AMOLED screen of 120Hz refresh rate. It will be powered by Me...

  Chinese smartphone maker OPPO is set to launch in India the Reno 5 Pro 5G on January 18. Successor to the Reno 4 Pro, the Reno 5 Pro 5G is likely be the first smartphone in the country powered by MediaTek Dimensity 1000+ system-on-chip (SoC). Touted to be a smartphone with swell video capabilities, the OPPO Reno 5 Pro 5G will bring live HDR and ultra-night video features, which will be part of the phone’s industry-first artificial intelligence-based ‘AI Highlight Video feature’. The OPPO Reno 5 Pro would look similar to the predecessor, the Reno 4 Pro (review). It will boast a 3D Borderless Sense screen, which is another fancy name for two-side curved screen. The screen will be of 90Hz refresh rate, likely to be AMOLED unit. The screen will sport a punch-hole on the top left side, accommodating the phone’s front camera for face unlock, selfies and videos. Read More

  Taiwan-based fabless semiconductor company MediaTek has acquired Intel Enpirion power management chip product line-related assets, via its subsidiary Richtek, for approximately $85 million. With this acquisition, MediaTek is now aiming to expand its product line to offer integrated power solutions used in FPGA, SoC, CPU, and ASIC for the enterprise-level system applications, reports GizmoChina. Intel Enpirion power System-on-Chip (PowerSoC) modules integrate nearly all the components needed to build a power supply without sacrificing performance or efficiency. These robust, easy-to-use products meet your most challenging power requirements for FPGAs, ASICs, processors and other semiconductors -- all in a small footprint. According to GizmoChina, MediaTek pointed out that after the completion of the merger, it will expand the company's product line. Read More

Taiwanese fabless semiconductor company MediaTek on Tuesday launched a new gaming-focused chipset for premium 4G smartphones. Named the MediaTek Helio G95 , it is the latest addition to the MediaTek Helio G Series family aimed at gaming-centric smartphones. "MediaTek continues to enhance its G series gaming chips to deliver robust performance and MediaTek Helio G95 is our most powerful gaming chip to date," Yenchi Lee, Deputy General Manager, Wireless Communications Business Unit, MediaTek, said in a statement. The new chipset features enhanced MediaTek HyperEngine game technology, multi-camera support, unrivalled connectivity, and AI Super-Resolution for video streams. It aims to offer gaming enthusiasts faster performance and high-end features like advanced multi-camera photography (up to 4 cameras) with an inbuilt AI processing unit (APU). Read More                    

MediaTek on Tuesday expanded its G-series mobile processors with the launch of Helio G35 and Helio G25 system-on-chips. The SoCs feature MediaTek HyperEngine game technology for enhanced gaming performance without compromising on the power efficiency. Besides gaming-centric enhancements, the chipsets are touted to bring improvements with regard to imaging capabilities. Targeting the global smartphone user base, the new chips are designed for feature-rich smartphones in budget and midrange segment. “The MediaTek Helio G25 and G35 chips offer smartphone users premium features included in our other G-series family, including enhanced power efficiency, optimum performance, seamless gameplay, and enhanced photography,” said Dr Yenchi Lee, Deputy General Manager, Wireless Communications Business Unit, MediaTek. Read More

After launching several smartphones last year, Chinese smartphone brand Realme is continuing to bring more smartphones to the Indian market. After the Realme 5i, the company has brought the Realme C3, aimed at those who love to binge-watch movies and web series. The Realme C3 comes with some notable software and hardware upgrades over the Realme C2, including MediaTek's Helio G70 Processor chipset and a 5,000-mAh battery. In the first impression, we felt the smartphone was worthy of some praise but we couldn't just do that at its face value, so we used the phone for a few days and here is what we found: Design and display The phone's textured back panel is a deviation from the usual gradient design we see in most smartphones these days. Apart from that, the phone is lightweight, despite a 5, 000mAh battery. The power and volume buttons are on the right and left sides, respectively. But they are very sleek, hence a bit difficult to locate. The phone has a tra...

In a market where budget smartphones (priced below Rs 10,000) are available in plenty, Infinix has come up with yet another model in this category. Infinix Hot 8 will be available for purchase from September 10. The new phone is priced at Rs 6,999. Powered by Android 9 with 4 GB RAM, the phone has a 5000 mAh battery. So let's find out how this phone turns out: Design and Display The Infinix Hot 8 has a striking resemblance compared with most other budget smartphones. The company has given it a sleek look and the round edges add to the feel of the device. The gradient colour of the phone is clearly done to notch up the design game. There are a few colour options — Quetzal Cyan, Cosmic Purple, Shark Grey and Midnight Black. The good thing is that the phone doesn't slip from hands and is not as heavy as its size would suggest. The volume buttons and screen lock button on the right side on the phone are just fine. The SIM & memory card slot is on the left, with space f...

Realme , a Chinese smartphone manufacturer, is gearing up to announce the Realme U1 in India on November 28. The smartphone would be the first to use MediaTek’s latest Helio P70 system-on-chip, which is an octa-core processor based on TSMC 12-nanometre FinFET process.  Successor of the P60 SoC, the P70 was announced at the India Mobile Congress 2018, where MediaTek also confirmed that Realme would be the first smartphone maker to use it in its upcoming smartphone. Along with the name and launch details, the company also confirmed that the Realme U1 would be a selfie camera-centric (SelfiePro) smartphone. The Amazon-exclusive smartphone would sport a waterdrop notch, according to a product landing page on the e-commerce portal. The landing page also lists processor-based enhancements that the phone’s camera would get, such as high-resolution depth engine, faster multi-frame noise reduction shots, anti-blooming engine and accurate artificial intelligence detection. ...