The Onda Xiaoma 21 is a 12.5" 1080p thin and light laptop with a full metal build. It's powered by an Intel Celeron N3450, 4GB of LPDDR3 RAM at 1600mhz. It runs Windows 10 home, has Intel Wireless-AC 3165, BT 4.0. Two USB 3.0 ports, MicroSD slot, micro HDMI and type-c port for audio and charging only. 64GB of eMMC storage but on the underside, there is a slot for installing your own 22 x 42 M.2 spec SATA3 SSD.
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You will soon be seeing another device off the Galaxy range in the low end from Samsung. The Samsung Galaxy Star, which surprisingly will come running Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. Mobile device manufacturers have been of late striving to get the latest OS even in the low end. The gap that was in Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich vs Android 2.3 Gingerbread vs Android 2.2 Eclair is going down with more and more devices trying as much as possible to get close to the latest Android version as possible.
The Galaxy Star GT-S5282 will be a 3.0 inch device with QVGA display resolution, 2MP camera, 4GB internal storage, microSD support, Bluetooth 4.0 and a 1200mAh battery. According to Sammobile, the device will be announced at Mobile World Congress and sell in week 15.
The Redmi Note 3 had a fingerprint scanner at the back. The Redmi Note 4's headline feature will be the dual rear cameras
Dual-camera setups are all the rage right now. Huawei is screaming from the rooftops about the dual-cameras on the back of its flagship P9 smartphone. The P9, like other high-end devices, costs upwards of $500 if you are to pick one from a shop in any part of the world. What about the budget market segment?
Huawei’s Honor sub-brand just unveiled a budget smartphone with a dual-camera setup, the Honor 8. Another Chinese smartphone brand, Xiaomi, looks set to enter the same space with its own budget dual-camera device if news and leaks spreading on Chinese social media sites are to be believed.
According to a leak, the next Redmi Note smartphone from the company, the Redmi Note 4, will have a two cameras at the back. Unlike what we’ve seen so far from Huawei and others, the dual cameras will follow each other vertically instead of horizontally with the LED flash coming in between them.
Further details of the Redmi Note 4 are scarce at the moment but it is expected to pack 3GB RAM and a Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 processor.
Just yesterday, Xiaomiu’s global Vice President Hugo Barra announced that the company had managed to sell 110 million of its Redmi range of budget smartphones. The Redmi Note 4 may just tip the scales in the Chinese company’s favour further.
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OnePlus has officially announced the OnePlus 5, their flagship phone for 2017 which is poised to take on the big boys at offering flagship level specs at a lower price.
In the latest iteration, the company has decided to move away from their previous design language shown in the OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T to a design that resembles the iPhone 7 Plus at the back. It still maintains its all-metal unibody with the fingerprint scanner at the front and the headphone jack at the bottom.
The smartphone still sports a 5.5 inch “Optic Display” with a resolution of 1080 by 1920 which is covered by Corning’s Gorilla Glass 5. The Snapdragon 835 powers the phone which makes it at par with the latest flagship smartphones from Samsung, HTC and Sony. The RAM can go upto a healthy 8GB RAM which is double what we get from what we call “flagship worthy” phone.
It still maintains the no expandable storage policy where you can get one with upto 128GB of UFS 2.1 storage where OnePlus says it uses 2 lanes which doubles its bandwith.
The biggest change on the OnePlus is the inclusion of the dual camera system which replaces the single 16MP main camera we saw on the OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T.
It features a dual 16MP colour sensor with a wide f/1.7 lens and 20MP monochrome sensor with a f/2.6 telephoto lens which is a move we have seen employed by Huawei on their Mate 9 and P10. The rear camera can shoot 4K video at 30fps, 1080/60fps/30fps and 720p at 30/120fps. It also has features like smart capture that uses algorithms to intelligently detect the conditions and optimize for accuracy and clarity, portrait mode for adding bokeh to make your subject the centre of your photo and a new “robust” pro mode that will appeal enthusiasts. OnePlus also says that this new system focuses 40% faster than the OnePlus 3T.
The OnePlus 5 maintains its USB Type-C port with their proprietary Dash Charge technology which charges its 3300mAH battery quite fast. Other connectivity features include Bluetooth 5 which has this cool feature of beaming separate audio to separate connected devices, NFC and 2×2 MIMO Wi-Fi. It also runs their Oxygen OS on top of Android 7.1.1 Nougat.
This is the most expensive OnePlus phone to date where it will cost $479 for the 6GB RAM/64GB model and $539 for the 8GB/128GB model, which is still reasonable. The OnePlus5 is available in two colours: Slate Gray and Midnight Black where the Midnight Black model is the 8GB/128GB variant and the Slate Gray is the 6GB/64GB variant.
Regarding variable refresh rate technologies, FreeSync/VESA Adaptive Sync does offer a lot of advantages, like the ability to be integrated into monitors free of charge without royalty fees or proprietary hardware and capacity to function using both HDMI and DisplayPort.
Considering these capabilities, FreeSync has the potential to integrate into a much wider range of products than just Gaming Monitors and AMD-powered gaming PCs. The FreeSync support in the console could be a very attractive possibility, as it will allow developers to choose Framerate limits outside of the standard 30Hz or 60Hz limits.
In a recent interview with TomsHardware the head of AMD’s Radeon Technologies Group, Raja Koduri, was asked about the possibility of FreeSync coming to TVs in the future. Raja stated that “We [AMD] are definitely working with the entire display community on getting FreeSync to more places. I think this is something we should follow up…on what we can share at this point on FreeSync TVs”.
FreeSync on televisions would not only give Console gamers a better experience when using a living room-based gaming but also PC gamers use a TV as monitors, also allow console developers to be a little more flexible with their framerate targets, improving the console gameplay experience.
With FreeSync already working on HDMI and all console makers using AMD hardware, it may just need a firmware update, which could enable FreeSync on the PS4 and Xbox One.