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Digital Chat Station says that MediaTek's newly-launched Dimensity 1080 mobile AP will power one Redmi Note 12 device. The leaker adds that the MediaTek SoC performs on par with the Snapdragon 778G, at least in AnTuTu.

According to audio analysis tests, Nothing has equipped the Phone (1) with a set of weak speakers. Worse still, the device's microphones are subpar too, which helps rank the Nothing Phone (1) as one of the worse smartphones that DxOMark has reviewed in this regard.

As we move closer to the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S23, the hardware profile of the device is becoming ever clearer. Famed Chinese leaker Digital Chat Station has now revealed on Weibo that the Galaxy S23 battery would be bigger than the Galaxy S22 while remaining largely the same size.

The SEi12 with Core i5-1235U CPU, 16 GB RAM, 500 GB NVMe SSD, and Windows 11 license will begin shipping on October 26 for a starting price of only $459 USD.

Samsung's affordable 5G smartphone comes with several innovations in terms of SoC, camera, and charging technology. Most are positive improvements, but we also address the problems that remain.

MediaTek has unveiled its new Dimensity 1080 mobile AP for cheap 5G smartphones. The 6 nm SoC features two Cortex-A78 cores, six Cortex-A55 cores, a Mali G68 MPU GPU and can support a single 200 MP camera sensor. It will debut sometime in Q4 2022.

With almost 3,000 more registrations than the venerable Volkswagen Golf, the Tesla Model Y has become the best-selling car in Germany just a few months after the production of the electric SUV has started in Tesla's new Gigafactory Berlin. Furthermore, the Tesla Model 3 remains very popular in Europe's second most-populated country.

One of the most popular 65-inch sets made by the leading South Korean TV manufacturer has now received an additional 12% discount at a reputable US retailer, which brings the price of the LG C2 down to an intriguing US$1,597.

A new Geekbench listing has confirmed that the upcoming iQOO Neo 7 smartphone will pack a MediaTek Dimensity 9000+ SoC. Some of its other key specs include a 50 MP primary sensor and an 8 MP periscope telephoto lens.

The SENBONO smartwatch is available worldwide via AliExpress. The product listing claims that the wearable monitors your heart rate, blood pressure and oxygen level. You can receive smartphone notifications via Bluetooth, which also enables music playback and remote camera control features.

The Tineco TOASTY ONE smart toaster is now available in European countries, including France and Germany. The device has two slots which can be controlled independently via an LCD touchscreen. You can customize the toasting level and a cooking mode, with the option to save your settings to one of eight icons.

Although AMD promised a starting price of US$125 for the B650E & B650-based mainboards, the first batch to hit the market is far from it. Prices start around US$160 and go up to over US$400, depending on the features added by the third parties involved (US$449.99 for the ASRock B650E Taichi, for example).

The iOS 16.0.3 update is now rolling out for all eligible devices. It is 1.21 GB in size and addresses issues such as slow camera app launch times and delayed notifications on the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max.

Google will start shipping the Pixel Watch soon, with the smartwatch set to leave warehouses alongside the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro. Now, Google has provided details about the metal watch straps that it has designed, including Milanese designs. Surprisingly, Google has priced some of its watch straps higher than equivalents that Apple sells for its smartwatches.

One-netbook has announced version of the ONEXPLAYER Mini Pro, which remains one of the most powerful gaming handhelds. Equipped with an AMD Ryzen 7 6800U and a Radeon 680M iGPU, the ONEXPLAYER mini Pro has now received a stylish Gundam Edition, which has already been afforded to its Intel-based sibling.

Xiaomi has unveiled the Mijia Kitchen Tool Set, which includes a smart timer, electronic scale and automatic corkscrew, in China. The Mijia Smart Timer can be used for two countdowns simultaneously and doubles as a wireless switch. The scale is accurate to within 0.1 g (~0.004 oz), and the wine bottle opener can uncork a bottle in 10 seconds.

The production of the Toyota bZ4X electric vehicle has restarted after the company paused it due to an issue with the hub bolts. The problem led to the recall of many units earlier this year, and manufacturing of the EV has been on hold for several months. The SUV has up to 317 miles (~510 km) range and starts from US$42,000 in the US.

AAEON has launched the UP Element i12 Edge, a mini-PC built around the Intel NUC 12 Compute Element. Ideal for industrial uses, the UP Element i12 Edge measures 152 x 125 x 48 mm and has modern features like 2.5 Gbit Ethernet and an AX211 Wi-Fi module.

Apple has equipped the iPhone 14 Pro Max with an excellent display, supposedly the best display of any smartphone released to date. However, the iPhone 14 Pro Max cannot quite match expectations with its battery life, with Apple's latest flagship unable to outperform the iPhone 13 Pro Max.

Mobvoi has announced a limited-time 2022 "Prime Fall Sale" with discounts on the new TicWatch E3 and its top-end Pro 3 GPS sibling, as well as that smartwatch's iterative Pro 3 Ultra GPS upgrade. They are available at up to 45% off, although the affordable TicWatch GTH might have one of the best deals of the lot among the OEM's wearables.

Even if by 2030 virtually all sales are of electric vehicles, the total of new electricity demand they will add to the global grid would be in the 11%-15% range by 2040. That includes electric cars, buses, or trucks, too, dispelling the myth that the grid won't survive a rapid electrification of global transport.

Xiaomi had reportedly been in talks to sell its premium gaming smartphone brand, Black Shark, to Tencent since early 2022. However, the latest word is that the software giant has ultimately passed on buying the company. Black Shark is now apparently obliged to let as many as half of its employees go, and to abandon plans for a foray into virtual reality (VR) tech on top of that.

Xiaomi is said to have new top-end Android smartphones for its sub-brand Redmi in the works. They are now thought to consist of a vanilla "K60" and a "K60 Pro": two devices that may launch fast, albeit hardly ground-breaking, wired charging speeds, considering their OEM. However, they are also slated to be the inaugural Redmi K-series generation to ship with support for wireless charging.

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced that the 'biggest ever economic development project in Northern Michigan' will be a Gotion battery factory. The US$2.36 billion investment comes hot on the heels of the government's 'Made in America' EV subsidy plans.

LG has confirmed pricing for the MAGNIT 4K 136-inch, its massive Smart TV equipped with Micro LEDs. Also available with three Bang & Olufsen speaker bundles, the MAGNIT 4K 136-inch is LG's showcase of what it can do with Micro LED technology.

According to new reports, Samsung is not making as many subtle changes to the Galaxy S23 Ultra as previous leaks suggested would be the case. Instead, a renowned leaker believes that the Galaxy S23 Ultra will look practically identical.

After countless rumors, Apple may finally be ready to ditch the aging Lightning port on its mobile devices starting with the 2023 iPhone 15. Thanks in no small part to the latest legislation by the EU that requires device manufacturers to adopt USB-C as the standard form of charging, Apple could move its entire product stack with the Lightning port to USB-C by 2024.

After a few years of rumors, it looks like Apple's in-house 5G modem is still not ready to see the light. According to insiders familiar with the matter, the iPhone 16, expected to arrive in 2024, will use chips that Qualcomm still has to unveil, so Apple's own 5G solution will not be ready before 2025.

According to reputed analyst Ross Young, the iPhone SE 4 will ship with a 6.1-inch IPS LCD screen. He previously revealed that the next-gen compact iPhone would hit the market with a 5.7-6.1-inch display with a notch for the selfie shooter. It is not clear yet when this handset will arrive, but late 2023 or early-mid 2024 are possible choices.

This year's Alienware x15 R2 is virtually indistinguishable from its predecessor but offers welcome internal upgrades that perform on par with the competition. The thin chassis results in higher emissions and Dell could further improve a few aspects as well, but the x15 R2 indeed comes across as a highly capable gaming laptop in our detailed review.

The iOS-compatible grow box makes it easy to grow a variety of plants and vegetables indoors the high-tech way with firmware upgrades, humidity and temperature sensors, ultrasonic sensors, a water level monitor, and more. It works pretty well unless if you want to relocate the plant elsewhere.

Google may have announced several new software features with the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro, but they may not remain exclusive for long. Soon, some of these new features will be making their way to the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro via a Feature Drop and even to older Pixel smartphones.

Google is betting big on its machine learning capabilities, so much so in fact, that it wants to guarantee a practically stepless zoom to 30x on the Pixel 7 Pro. Supposedly delivering 10x more zoom than the Pixel 6 Pro, Google has sought to demonstrate the improvements in a series of camera samples.

The Xiaomi Soft Wind Vertical Air Conditioner 3hp has launched in China. The device can quickly cool or heat a room with a wide range of settings. You can control the product with Xiao AI voice commands or via the accompanying app. Microholes ensure a comfortable flow, and the device can run quietly with an output as low as 22 dBA.

The Xiaomi Mijia Freezer 203L has been launched in China. The large-capacity device can maintain a low temperature for up to 100 hours, which could be helpful during a power outage. You can set the temperature of the product from -30 °C (~22°F) to 5 °C (~41 °F) with 3D surround cooling technology.

The Govee Envisual TV Backlight T2 has arrived, with several upgrades on the previous model. The light strip has a bead density of 60 LEDs per meter (~18 LEDs per foot) for an enhanced lighting experience. A dual-camera set-up improves the accuracy of the content scanning, and you can control the lights with Alexa or Google Assistant voice commands.

Since TSMC will only move to the novel and more complex GAAFET chip production technology for the 2nm node, Apple has reportedly started readying its test equipment for the A18 processor that will use the new method. The 2nm Apple A18 chip will allegedly first be used in the iPhone 17 series.

The Odyssey Ark is a pioneering Samsung monitor in that it is a 55-inch monitor with a pronounced 1000R curvature and an imposing portrait mode. It has now arrived on the OEM's Indian webstore, bringing its height-adjustable (or HAS) stand and 165Hz refresh rate with it. It has also started with an introductory deal for its new potential buyers.

Honor has confirmed that it will launch a new GT counterpart its recently-released X40 soon. The 2 versions of the Android smartphone have the same basic design, although the newer GT model has been re-styled so as to evince speed and power. It is tipped to launch with another mid-range Snapdragon 6-series processor, albeit with a possibly improved display refresh rate.

Sony Electronics' latest stand-alone condenser microphone is a relatively affordable new offering from its Pro Audio division; however, it has inherited design elements from higher-end and "revered" counterparts such as the C-800G. Accordingly, the OEM asserts that the new uni-directional mic will deliver high-end audio specifically optimized for voice recording at a more accessible price.

Reportedly, NVIDIA was developing an even more powerful version of the GeForce RTX 4090. Billed as the Titan Ada or the RTX 4090 Ti, the graphics card is thought to be a whopping four slots thick and requires twin 16-pin power connectors. Supposedly, NVIDIA has ceased development though, with multiple reasons spelling the end of the Titan Ada for now.

Toshiba TV has launched its latest M550K variant as a new 4K TV touted to go beyond "conventional LED" in terms of image reproduction, color-accuracy, depth and sharpness. The OEM asserts that the user will thus be able to "say goodbye to dull pictures and blurry screen images" with this upcoming big screen. It will ship with in-built REGZA Audio Power Pro speakers enhanced with Dolby Atmos for "heart-shaking sound".

The Xiaomi 13 will be Xiaomi's next high-profile smartphones. More details of the premium devices have now been revealed ahead of its launch, with one notable takeaway being Xiaomi's plans to make the vanilla Xiaomi 13 bigger than its predecessor.

Xiaomi has launched its W10 Wet Dry Vacuum Series in European countries, including Germany. The Ultra model comes with a self-cleaning base station, washing the mop head and refilling the water tank. The Pro device has a handle that can adjust up to 90° to help you reach dirt in corners and under furniture.

NASA has achieved a breakthrough in its solid-state battery research aimed at electricity-powered transportation. NASA's solid-state battery stacks all of its cells in one casing, reducing weight and increasing the energy density twice compared to that of Li-ion batteries in the typical electric car.

According to new reports, it seems less and less likely that Microsoft will release the Surface Laptop 5 13.5 or Surface Laptop 5 15 with AMD Ryzen APUs. Instead, both laptops could feature the same Intel Alder Lake-U series processors as the Surface Pro 9. An apparent leaked marketing image points to little visual updates for this year's Surface Laptop series too.

According to reports, NVIDIA is preparing the RTX 4070, an AD104-based graphics card with 10 GB or 12 GB of GDDR6X VRAM. Sporting Ada Lovelace's subtle redesigns, the RTX 4070 Founders Edition is alleged to resemble a shorter RTX 3080 Founders Edition card.

The Marshall Emberton Black Diamond Jubilee model has been launched. The portable speaker has an all-black finish with similar features to the existing variants. For example, the device has up to 20 hours of playback time, and you can pair gadgets via Bluetooth 5.0. Plus, True Stereophonic technology brings a multi-directional sound experience.

Amazon's current deal for the iconic 13-inch MacBook Pro with the fast Apple M2 processor might be a good choice for buyers who would like to avoid the controversial display notch found on the similarly priced but also passively cooled 2022 MacBook Air.

For the first time ever, the Apple iPhone 14 Pro uses a 48-MP sensor and promises improved colors from the macro lens compared to its predecessor. Luckily, we have an iPhone 13 Pro on hand to compare the two smartphones.