Xiaomi 14 Series Revolutionizes Display: Play 'Spot the Pixel' in Flagship Style

DXOMARK tested the Xiaomi 14 display uniformity.
The more visible the green color, the more uniform the display.

But it turns out that the Xiaomi 14 series comes with the WORST Display uniformity you will ever find on any flagship out of the 10 flagship smartphone displays compared in the previous post

It features the TCL CSoT C8 Display that is "co-developed" with Xiaomi and you can see the result above

Cons:
• Many frame mismatches when playing video games or watching videos
• Lack of brightness and dark details when watching HDR10 videos
• The display is NOT uniform

NOTE:
This CANNOT Be fixed by Custom ROMs on Xiaomi 14 series smartphones

That being said, the quality comes at a price
So if you are buying Xiaomi by just coping on the "on-paper" specs, you are getting the special quality as well

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Samsung Galaxy M14 4G Launched in India

This is a 4G variant of the Galaxy M14 5G that was launched last year

Specifications:
• 6.7-inch (1080 x 2400 px) FHD+ LCD Screen
• 90Hz refresh rate
• Snapdragon 680 SoC
• MicroSD Card Slot

• 50MP main + 2MP useless + 2MP useless triple rear camera
• 13MP front camera
• Side-mounted fingerprint sensor
• 3.5mm audio jack
• 5000mAh battery with 25W fast charging
Colors: Arctic Blue and Sapphire Blue

Runs on OneUI 5.1 based on Android 13
It will get 2 Android OS upgrades + 4yrs Security Patches

Pricing:
• 4GB + 64GB = Rs. 8,499 (Just 100$)
• 6GB + 128GB = Rs. 11,499 (~140$)

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Samsung Galaxy F15 5G launched in India

Galaxy F15 features "multiple segment-only features including sAMOLED display, our promise of 4 generations of Android upgrades and five years of security updates alongside a segment-best 6000mAh battery" under 150$

Specifications:
• 6.6-inch (1080x2340 px) FHD+ sAMOLED Display
• 90Hz refresh rate

• MediaTek Dimensity 6100+ 5G SoC
(rebranded Helio G99/Dimensity 700 chip)
• MicroSD Card Slot

• 50MP main + 5MP UltraWide + 2MP useless triple rear camera
• 13MP front camera
• Side-mounted fingerprint sensor
• 3.5mm audio jack
• 6000mAh battery with 25W fast charging
Colors: Ash Black, Jazzy Green & Groovy Violet

Runs on Android 14 with OneUI 6
4 Android OS (Last is Android 18) + 5yrs Security Patches

Pricing:
• 4GB + 64GB = Rs. 12,999 (~145$)
• 6GB + 128GB = Rs. 14,499 (~175$)

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Lava Blaze Curve 5G launched in India

Specifications:
• 6.67-inch FHD+ resolution 3D Curved AMOLED Display
• 120Hz refresh rate
• 800nits peak brightness
• HDR 10+ certified

• MediaTek Dimensity 7050 SoC
(rebranded Dimensity 1080 chip)
• 8GB LPDDR5 RAM; UFS 3.1 storage

• 64MP main (Sony sensor; EIS) + 8MP UltraWide + 2MP useless triple rear camera
• 32MP front-facing camera
• In-display fingerprint sensor
• Stereo speakers, Dolby Atmos
• 5000mAh battery with 33W fast charging

Runs on clean-stock Android UI based on Android 13 with NO Bloatware
2 Android OS + 3yrs Security Patches

Pricing:
• 8GB + 128GB = Rs. 17,999 (~215$)
• 8GB + 256GB = Rs. 18,499 (~230$)

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Realme 12 5G launched in India

Specifications:
• 6.72-inch FHD+ resolution LCD screen
• 45/48/50/60/90/120Hz dynamic refresh rate
• 950nits peak brightness

• MediaTek Dimensity 6100+ SoC
(rebranded Helio G99/Dimensity 700 chip)
• LPDDR4X RAM with UFS 2.2 storage
• MicroSD Card slot

• 108MP main (Samsung HM6, NO OIS) + 3x Lossless Zoom
• 2MP useless Dual rear camera
• 8MP front camera
• Side-mounted fingerprint sensor
• 3.5mm audio jack, Hi-Res Audio
• 5000mAh battery with 45W fast charging

It also features a "Dynamic Button" which is copied from the action button available on iPhone 15 Pro/Max

Pricing:
• 6GB + 128GB = Rs. 16,999 (~205$)
• 8GB + 128GB = Rs. 17,999 (~215$)

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Realme 12 Plus 5G launched in India

After launching Realme 12 Pro Plus and Realme 12 pro, now comes the Realme 12 and Realme 12+ 5G

Specifications:
• 6.7-inch FHD+ resolution AMOLED Display
• 120Hz refresh rate
• 2000nits peak brightness

• MediaTek Dimensity 7050 5G SoC
(rebranded Dimensity 1080 chip)
• LPDDR4X RAM with UFS 3.1 storage
• 3D VC cooling
• Rain-water Smart Touch technology

• 50MP main (Sony LYT-600, OIS) + 8MP UltraWide + 2MP useless triple rear camera
• 16MP front camera
• In-display fingerprint sensor
• 5000mAh battery with 67W fast charging
• Stereo Speakers; NFC
• IP54 Splash-resistant
Colors: Pioneer Green and Navigator Beige

Pricing:
• 8GB + 128GB = Rs. 20,999 (~250$)
• 8GB + 256GB = Rs. 21,999 (~265$)

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Samsun Galaxy S24 Ultra Blue Archive Edition

Nexon Games has announced the Galaxy S24 Ultra Accessory Blue Archive Edition in South Korea.
Blue Archive is the developer’s tactical role-playing game.

The price will be announced soon for South Korea

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Dragon Ball Z Creator Akira Toriyama Passes Away at 68

Akira Toriyama, creator of Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball Super, and Sand Land, has passed away.
The legendary manga artist was 68 years old

Akira Toriyama died of an acute subdural hematoma, a condition in which blood collects between the skull and brain.

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Nikon acquires cinema camera maker RED

Nikon is acquiring US Camera Manufacturer RED Digital Cinema, the company best known for digital cinema cameras including the RED One 4K and V-Raptor X with its proprietary RAW compression technology.

RED boasts that its cameras have been used to film numerous major films and TV shows, including multiple Marvel productions like Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and Captain Marvel, nature documentaries like Planet Earth II, and TV shows like Squid Game, Mindhunter, Peaky Blinders, and The Queen’s Gambit.

Popular YouTuber MKBHD also uses RED digital cameras to shoot his videos

The exact terms of the deal were not disclosed in Nikon’s press release.

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Samsung will use Nvidia tech to improve its semiconductor chips
Source

Samsung Electronics will pilot apply ‘digital twin’ technology to its semiconductor factories starting next year.

Digital Twin technology helps create virtual versions of real-world objects and uses artificial intelligence (AI) and big data to analyze and predict various situations.

If this is applied to a semiconductor factory, defective products can be greatly reduced, thus improving the semiconductor yield and also making AI process analysis possible.

This digital twin technology is based on NVIDIA's digital twin platform, 'Omniverse'.

If the pilot operation goes ahead as scheduled next year, the digital twin will be introduced to the factory 2 years after development began.

An industry insider said, "TSMC has already applied digital twin technology to its core processes and has been able to stably secure the yield of increasingly finer processes

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Green Lines on Smartphone Display

Green line occurs on smartphone displays due to a loose/damaged display connector or a flex cable

But the major reason causing green lines is "heating", especially from gaming
Most issues are reported from India because of extremely hot summers

Micro Solder heats up & the heat dissipation system kicks in, trying to "rapidly cool" it
But the micro solder may crack, introducing green lines

How often it happens strictly depends on how far away the PCB is from the "screen side"

Google Pixels barely have green lines issues because of its design and Pixels opens from the front, thus the frame & back side get hot

Xiaomi smartphones open from the back & basically, it dumps all the heat into the screen

It's mostly during software updates because while rebooting & updating, the SoC gets hot and so does the phone

There's a limit to how much abuse the display can take and there's NO thermal mitigation while it's rebooting or updating in recovery if not AB

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