Wednesday, December 6, 2017

LG V30+ arriving in India next week

LG V30+ arriving in India next week


The continues its expansion around the world , now India. Today the company sent out invites for a December 13 event (thats next Wednesday) to unveil the LG V30+. The V30+ is the same hardware but with double the storage 128GB. And theres a free card slot to boot (a hybrid slot, but still). We dont know the price yet or whether the regular V30 will also be available (it should be, right?). The LG G6 currently sells for INR 33,000, though the V30 will probably be closer to its initial price of INR 55,000 (a Galaxy Note8 is INR 68,000).


Huawei P11 rumored to have three cameras on the back for 40MP snaps

Huawei P11 rumored to have three cameras on the back for 40MP snaps


Huawei loves dual rear camera systems so much that it's basically been employing this arrangement in all of its flagships and mid-rangers for a while now. Next year, though, the Chinese company may take things to a whole new level. In fact, Huawei's next P-series smartphone perhaps to be dubbed the might be showing up with not one, not two, but three cameras on the rear. This setup will allegedly enable 40MP photos, as well as 5x hybrid zooming. Selfies won't be forgotten either, for you will be able to take 24MP shots with low light enhancement. The new Leica-branded optics of the main camera will capture 100% more light and a Pro Night Mode will ensure you shoot gorgeous night scenes without a tripod. To top things off, Huawei will be using some AI magic to let the camera app do instant scene recognition and auto framing. All of this information comes from a digital artist at one of the company's creative agencies, who added the promotional materials you can see above to their portfolio. Interestingly, they have since been pulled and aren't available in the original location anymore that may be a sign of these materials' importance or legitimacy. It's impossible to tell for sure at the moment, so do take this with an ever so slight pinch of salt. Still, as Huawei was one of the pioneers of the dual rear camera setup, it wouldn't be extremely surprising to see the company amp things up by going with three lenses from 2018. A slightly baffling detail in these marketing materials, which you may have noticed already, is the Huawei PCE Series branding. That could just be a placeholder for the real name say, P11 or perhaps the company will introduce a new flagship line that has camera performance as its main differentiating feature. This might also mean that the P-series will turn into the PCE-series, but we'll have to wait and see.


Qualcomm announces Snapdragon 845, Xiaomi Mi 7 will have it

Qualcomm announces Snapdragon 845, Xiaomi Mi 7 will have it


Qualcomm is holding its second annual Snapdragon Technology Summit in Hawaii. At the beginning of the conference, the chipset company announced the Snapdragon 845. Cristiano Amon, executive VP of Qualcomm Technologies was joined on the stage by Lei Jun, Xiaomi CEO. Jun said the next flagship the Xiaomi Mi 7 will be among the first smartphones, powered by the new SoC. The Snapdragon 845 is built on the same 10 nm process technology like the current Qualcomm star the Snapdragon 835. It will still support Gigabit LTE speeds thanks to the X20 modem. What is different though, is the new chip will also run laptops and convertibles. ASUS and HP officials said that in the early months of 2018 well see the first portable computers that will support all-day battery life and thin, sleek and fanless PC design, all while incorporating Windows 10. Detailed specs were not revealed, but Amon said they will be introduced today at a separate keynote.