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The Blade 100W is the latest power bank from Baseus. It is markedly light and thin for its category, yet is rated to charge devices such as MacBook Pros at their full rate on the go. It also drops to 65W for certain other laptops, or into a "low current mode" for smaller objects such as wireless earbuds or peripherals.

Realme has launched the TechLife Watch S100 alongside its new 9 5G and 5G SE smartphones today (March 10, 2022). It appears to be a new version of an existing smartwatch from this OEM, with a potentially crucial upgrade in the form of a user body-temperature tracker. Its estimated battery life is also improved over its apparent predecessor.

Realme has just launched the latest members of its 9 series of mid-range smartphones. They consist of the 5G-enabled vanilla model and its SE variant. In this case, the acronym refers to the fact that it has the better refresh (and charging) rate of the two. They both also have different processors, albeit similar specs otherwise.

Huawei has quietly brought the Nova 9 SE to market, its first smartphone with a 108 MP camera. The Nova 9 SE has four other cameras, along with a stylish design, EMUI 12 based on Android 12 and a 4,000 mAh battery that it can recharge at 66 W.

Redmi has announced the Note 11 Pro+ and the Note 11 Pro in India. Both models sport fairly similar specifications save for the SoC and camera setup. The Redmi Note 11 Pro+ features the Snapdragon 695 SoC while the Redmi Note 11 is based on the MediaTek Helio G96. Both phones also feature a 108 MP Samsung HM2 primary sensor. Redmi also launched the Watch 2 Lite smartwatch with heart rate, SpO2, and sleep monitoring.

The delivery date announcement of the first Tesla Model Y made in Germany comes a week after Tesla received the final approval for its new Gigafactory near the capital of Germany, which is why the American automaker has planned a special delivery day event to celebrate this important milestone.

Volkswagen has now completed its event for the long-anticipated all-electric adaptation of its iconic mini-bus, although the actual global launch onto the market of the ID. Buzz and Buzz Cargo has understandably been delayed. However, we do now know more about their specs and features, their charging and battery capacities included.

Without any formal announcement, Lenovo is introducing the new ThinkPad E14 G4 and ThinkPad E15 G4. Skipping an announcement is nothing new for the budget oriented E series, which receive rather small CPU updates this year.

Tronsmart has launched its latest portable wireless speaker with a Bang, which is good as that is also its product name. It contains an array of different driver types rated for 60W of audio power, which can travel well thanks to its in-built handle and IPX6 waterproof rating. Its inbuilt battery can also power its tunable LEDs as well as the user's other devices.

AMD has announced a new mid-range workstation MPX GPU for the Mac Pro. The new AMD Radeon Pro W6600X offers 32 CUs, 8 GB GDDR6 128-bit memory and up to 9.8 TF peak FP32 performance. Buyers configuring the Mac Pro can now opt for the Radeon Pro W6600X MPX card for US$700.

Apple has announced a refreshed iPad Air 5th gen featuring the M1 SoC and optional 5G (sub-6 GHz) connectivity. The new iPad Air also offers a 10 Gbps USB-C port, a 12 MP ultra-wide front camera with Center Stage, and a 10.9-inch Liquid Retina display that supports Apple Pencil 2nd gen.

Apple has announced a new iPhone SE at today's March 2022 Event. The new iPhone SE now supports 5G, wireless charging, and features the new A15 Bionic SoC with four GPU cores. The iPhone SE will be available with up to 256 GB of internal storage starting from US$429.

AMD has announced the new Ryzen Threadripper Pro 5000 WX series today lead by the flagship Ryzen Threadripper Pro 5995WX. The new Threadrippers offer the same core counts as the previous generation but now come with increased boost clocks and an upgrade to the Zen 3 architecture. AMD touts that the performance of the Ryzen Threadripper Pro 5995WX is significantly higher than even a dual-socket Intel Xeon Platinum 8280.

Zeblaze has unveiled the Stratos 2 smartwatch, which features an AMOLED display and a SpO2 monitor. The device also comes with integrated GPS that you can use for up to 40 hours between charges.

The Realme C35 is a phone that shares some design elements with the OEM's current flagship phones, although it comes with a much less high-end processor. It has now arrived in India with the same specs, its 3.5mm jack and triple rear cameras included, and will be available to buy shortly

Consumer premises equipment (CPE) is typically provided as router-like devices for consumers to get wireless data over mobile standards such as 5G in their homes. ZTE claims that its latest flagship MC888 CPE supports Wi-Fi 7 as well, and can thus achieve speeds of about 10 gigabits per second in conjunction with its new design and antennae.

iQOO has launched flagship 9-series smartphones outside of China for the first time; however, their new Indian versions are not exactly the same as those announced in their OEM's native country. Nevertheless, they still manage to offer top-end 120W charging, as well as a cutting-edge 2K LTPO AMOLED display in the Pro variant.

Updated. Lenovo has announced an upgraded ThinkPad P14s Gen 3 at MWC 2022. The company claims that the P14s Gen 3 is its lightest mobile workstation yet. Lenovo is also introducing the ThinkPad P16 i Gen 1. Both workstations are powered by Intel Alder Lake-H CPUs and the Nvidia Quadro T550 GPU.

The Dimensity 1300 is MediaTek's new processor that confers "everyday 5G" on the devices to run on it. It is an eight-core chipset that is compatible with cutting-edge 200MP camera sensors. It supports Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.2 and a potentially high display refresh rate.

Intel has announced the new 12th gen vPro platform with enhanced security features for the new working normal. This time, vPro is being segregated into vPro Enterprise for Windows, vPro Essentials, vPro Enterprise for Chrome, and vPro Evo Design catering to both large and small and medium businesses.

Motorola has lifted the lid on the Moto G22, its latest budget Android smartphone. The Moto G22 features the new MediaTek Helio G37 chipset, 4 GB of RAM and expandable storage, plus a 90 Hz display. Motorola has also equipped the Moto G22 with a 50 MP primary camera, among other features.

The photo/video mobility accessory OEM SmallRig's latest range of products is made for Panasonic's latest Lumix GH6 Micro Four Thirds camera. Its flagship is the Black Mamba, a cage designed to help the user grip and carry their new mirrorless unit in a number of ways, by the kit's top handle included.

You can now stream games via Amazon Luna if you live in the US. Prime members can play some games for free, with a Luna+ subscription priced at US$9.99 (~€9.01) per month.

TCL has announced three new tablets at MWC 2022, all of which have ~10-inch displays. One is a 5G variant, whereas another is the latest in the OEM's NXTPAPER range. However, it may have detracted from these new devices by mentioning an additional slate that is yet to launch and might be a flagship among TCL big-screen mobile devices.

TCL's existing 30-series smartphones are new devices pitched at the US market. Now, it has announced new variants for the European market at the latest Mobile World Congress (MWC). They include the 30 5G, accompanied by Plus, SE, and E variants, starting from under US$160.

The new 20TB WD Red Pro is one of the largest NAS hard drives currently on the market, but at US$499 it might not be the most cost-efficient storage solution for owners of a network-attached storage server.

Xiaomi has unveiled yet more Redmi Note 11 smartphones. This time, the company has presented the Redmi Note 11E and Redmi Note 11E Pro, two very different smartphones. Currently available only in China, the Redmi Note 11E series will be orderable later this month.

The Earbuds 3 Pro have been unveiled by Honor at MWC. The new headphones will feature a dual-driver design and a temperature sensor to help you monitor your health.

Aohi has introduced itself as a "new smart brand" that sells high-tech power bricks rated to charge different devices at advanced wattages. Its latest such product is rated for 100W with Power Delivery (PD) - however, the OEM asserts that it is "40% smaller" than the charger typically used for machines such as MacBook Pros. It is shipped with a cable that has its own little read-out to display the speed of each charge.

Qualcomm has announced that all an OEM looking to make a new 5G-capable laptop needs is a spare M.2 slot in their prototype's design. This is because the company has invented a module with the corresponding form-factor with a Snapdragon X-series modem on-board. It may thus confer high-speed standalone connectivity on the machine in which it is installed.

Qualcomm has come to the 2022 Mobile World Congress (MWC) to assert that it will be first to market with its commercially-ready FastConnect 7800 subsystem. It is rated to confer Wi-Fi 7 on a given device, delivering max speeds of nearly 6Gbps with bandwidth that might support uses from 4K video streaming to VR gaming - possibly even simultaneously.

Realme has finally announced its latest charging technology for smartphones. The new UltraDart system can apparently support rates of up to 200W, although it will start at 150W in its first-ever phone. It is thus rated to charge its battery by 50% in just 5 minutes while controlling the amount of heat generated in the process.

LG has officially launched its newest laser projectors, both of which can project huge images bright enough to see clearly during the day. The HU710P and HU715Q can project images at 2,000 and 2,500 ANSI lumens, respectively.

Lenovo has now made its first-gen Legion Y-series Android smartphone official. It brings a relatively novel form-factor to its market, having rear-firing fans that blast through its rear panel and surround its RGB logo. Its Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor and generous battery drive a 144Hz AMOLED display with a 720Hz multi-finger touch-sampling rate.

Honor has finally released the Watch GS 3 outside its home market. To be available in the Eurozone for €229, the Watch GS 3 features a dual-band GPS module, over 100 workout modes, SpO2 monitoring and a particularly accurate heart rate monitor. The Honor Watch GS 3 will be available in Classic Gold, Ocean Blue and Midnight Black colourways.

Lenovo has unveiled the IdeaPad Flex 3i, another budget Chromebook from the company. The IdeaPad Flex 3i will start at €449 in May and comes in two colours. Multiple memory and configurations will be available too, but all IdeaPad Flex 3i models rely on eMMC flash storage.

Realme has launched the Book Prime globally at MWC 2022. The Realme Book Prime is largely identical to the Book (Slim) but now offers a Core i5-11320H processor and up to 16 GB RAM. Realme also announced the Buds Air 3 with support for Dolby Audio and 88 ms super-low latency for gaming.

Honor has officially launched the Magic 4 and Magic 4 Pro in Europe, with prices starting at €899 former and €1,099 for the latter. Both phones feature a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC, 120 Hz LTPO HDR10+ AMOLED screens with a MEMC chip, and more.

Xiaomi has released the second version of the POCO M4 Pro globally. Now a 4G model, the new POCO M4 Pro has a 6.43-inch AMOLED display, a Helio G96 SoC and four cameras. The POCO M4 Pro (4G) starts at €199 and is available with up to 8 GB of RAM and 256 GB of storage.

The POCO X4 Pro 5G is here, and it has a worse Qualcomm SoC than its predecessor. The new model has a superior display though, along with a 108 MP primary camera and a 5,000 mAh battery that supports 67 W charging, among other features. The POCO X4 Pro 5G will debut for €269 with 6 GB of RAM and 128 GB of storage.

At MWC 2022, Qualcomm has introduced the Snapdragon X70 5G modem-RF system featuring a dedicated AI processor to enhance key network parameters and power efficiency. The Snapdragon X70 supports all commercial 5G bands from 600 MHz to 41 GHz and allows FDD-TDD and mmWave-sub-6 aggregation along with standalone mmWave. The modem offers up to 10 Gbps peak downlink and up to 3.5 Gbps peak uplink speeds.

Qualcomm is adding new SoCs — S3 (QCC307x) and S5 (QCC517x) — to its Sound Platform. The new Sound Platforms support Hi-Res Bluetooth Audio and also LE Audio along with stereo recording for earbuds, 68 ms low-latency gaming mode, and 3rd gen Adaptive ANC.

The flagship of the T series was renovated last year, and another redesign is happening this year, due to the change toe 16:10 screens. Another focus: The new Intel Alder Lake CPUs and AMD Ryzen 6000, as well as a new screen option.

The ThinkPad T series is the most well known ThinkPad series, apart from the X1 ThinkPads maybe. Lenovo describes the ThinkPad laptops of the T line as workhorses and the workhorses receive a huge upgrade at MWC 2022. This includes a new chassis design, 16:10 screens and the newest processor for ThinkPad T14 G3 and T16 G1.

Apart from a regular update to the established T series ThinkPads, Lenovo also dares to explore new territory with the ThinkPad brand at MWC. In the case of the Lenovo ThinkPad X13s, this means going with Qualcomm instead of AMD and Intel, or rather Snapdragon than Core i or Ryzen. The result is the first ThinkPad laptop with an ARM CPU.

Lenovo has officially unveiled the ThinkBook 12s Gen 4 i at MWC 2022. It packs a 13.3-inch WQXGA IPS LCD panel, 32 GB of LPDDR5 RAM, 1 TB of solid-state storage, Wi-Fi 6G, and more. It will go on sale in April 2022, starting at US$849.

The Lenovo ThinkBook 14s Yoga Gen 2 i is has been officially announced at MWC 2022. It packs an Intel Alder Lake-P processor, up to 40 GB of user-replaceable RAM, a 1 TB NVMe SSD, a 14-inch FHD touch screen and a 60 Wh battery. Lenovo will start selling the laptop in April 2022, starting at US$849

Lenovo is introducing a redesigned IdeaPad Gaming series at MWC 2022. The new IdeaPad Gaming 3 and 3i laptops will be available in both Intel 12th gen and AMD Ryzen 6000H options in both 15-inch and 16-inch screen sizes. The IdeaPad Gaming 3 and 3i can be configured with up to the RTX 3060 while an Arc A370M option is also available with the IdeaPad Gaming 3i.

Lenovo has launched a thin and light, ultra-portable ThinkVision M14d external monitor at MWC 2022. It weighs just 0.6 kg (1.3 lbs) and has two USB Type-C ports which can output 65 W of power. It costs US$299 and will be available for purchase in July 2022.

Huawei has debuted 2 of its latest Matebook-series PCs outside China during its MWC 2022 event. The E is a 2-in-1 with a 12.6-inch OLED display, whereas the X Pro 2022 has a 14-inch 90Hz 3K display. They both also have 11th-gen Intel platforms and pricing in euros.