Lava Yuva 5G launched in India

Specifications:
• 6.5-inch 720p HD+ resolution IPS LCD display
• 90Hz refresh rate

• UNISOC T750 SoC
• Mali G-57 MC2 GPU
• 4GB RAM; UFS 2.2 storage
• MicroSD Card Slot

• 50MP main + 2MP useless camera
• 8MP Front camera
• Side-mounted fingerprint scanner
• 5000mAh battery with 18W charging
• 3.5mm Headphone Jack
Colors: Mystic Green & Mystic Blue

Pricing:
4GB+ 64GB = Rs.9,499
4GB + 128GB = Rs.9,999

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Vivo Watch GT Launched in China

The Vivo Watch GT operates on the Vivo's own custom Blue OS

It is said to have an average heart rate accuracy of 94.58%, all thanks to vivo’s self-developed deep learning blood oxygen multi-channel fusion analysis technology and longitudinal PPG sensor.

Specifications:
• 1.85-inch (390×450 px)
• 2.5D curved AMOLED screen
• Rotating Crown
• e-SIM support

• 100+ sports mode
• Professional coach & courses
All-day heart rate monitoring, continuous blood oxygen, sleep & stress monitoring, breathing training, menstrual cycle recording, noise detection, and more

• Speaker & microphone
• Bluetooth 5.3 LE, NFC, LTE
• 505mAh battery
• 9 days of usage with eSIM
• 21 days on Bluetooth

Pricing
Rubber strap: CNY 799 (~ 110$)
Leather strap: CNY 899 (~ 123$)

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This was too cool not to share: You can now play The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (as well as Ocarina of Time) natively on your Android phone, thanks to an unofficial port.

This might be the best way to experience these games. To learn how, read this article.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Series Processors Pricing
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Here are the price of Snapdragon 8 series SoCs, 2-6 months after mass production, according to Moore Elite

SD 865: 55$
SD 888: 30$
SD 8 Gen 1: 38$
SD 8+ Gen 1: 80$
SD 8 Gen 2: 100$
SD 8 Gen 3: 135$
SD 8 Gen 4: 200$ (expected)

Now with Snapdragon 865, there is NO modem i.e Qualcomm sells the modem separately.
So add another 40$ to it

If you notice, Snapdragon 888 and 8 Gen 1 are the cheapest of all because they were manufactured by Samsung Foundry.

Thus, the TSMC wafer pricing is very very expensive compared to Samsung Foundry
It's even speculated that Samsung Foundry 4nm process is about 2x cheaper than TSMC N6, which is used in low-end mobile chips.

So if Qualcomm wants a decently cheap high-end SoC, that's why the SD 8s Gen 3 exist, which was cut down so much that it does NOT even beat the SD 8 Gen 2 in both performance and efficiency.

Also, the SD 8s Gen 3 smartphones are not much cheaper than SD 8 Gen 2 phones.

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ARM Unveils Next-Gen Cortex-X925 CPU and Immortalis G925 GPU Designs

IP core designer Arm announced its next-generation CPU and GPU designs for flagship smartphones: the Cortex-X925 CPU along with Cortex-A725 and the Immortalis G925 GPU

Both are direct successors to the Cortex-X4 CPU and Immortalis G720 GPU and are compliant with Arm v9.2.
They also form the basis of the company's CSS (Compute SubSystems) for Client, previously known as Total Compute Solutions (TCS)

Cortex-X925:
• 36% improved single-core performance on Geekbench
• Increased the AI workload performance by 41%
• Upto 3MB Private L2 Cache

Cortex-A725:
• 35% better performance efficiency
• 25% and 15% more power efficient than Cortex-A720 and A520

Immortalis G925:
• 37% faster on graphics applications
• 52% improved Ray-tracing performance
• Improved AI and ML workloads by 34%
• Consumes 30% less power

As a bonus for mobile game developers, Lumen ray tracing on Unreal Engine now supports Immortalis.

Refreshed Cortex-A520:
• 15% energy saving than TCS-2023 A520
• Advanced 3nm physical implementation

DSU-120:
The DynamIQ Shared Unit, or DSU, integrates one or more cores with an L3 memory system, control logic, and external interfaces in order to form a multicore cluster

DSU-120 launched last year with TCS23 and this year L3 Quick Nap has been introduced which is a sophisticated power-saving mode that runs independently, requiring no intervention from SoC manufacturers like MediaTek or Qualcomm to enable or tune.
This feature ensures that the L3 cache enters a low-power state when not in use and wakes up automatically as needed

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Samsung Galaxy A83 Gets Certified at BIS India

In 2019, Samsung released the Galaxy A80 with an innovative swivel camera design.
However, the Galaxy A80 was the last A8x-series smartphone to be released globally

But, Samsung did release the Galaxy A82 powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 855+ SoC. It was exclusive to South Korea and it is called Galaxy Quantum 2 in Korea

Now, a Samsung smartphone bearing the model number "SM-A832B" has been spotted at the BIS Certification site in India which could be the alleged Galaxy A83
This Galaxy A8X device is being developed in Vietnam.

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Mr. Beast is now the Most Subscribed YouTube Channel

Mr.Beast aka James Stephen "Jimmy" Donaldson surpasses T-Series (an Indian Production House) to become the most subscribed YouTube channel on Earth

Pewdiepie, however, still remains as the Youtuber with the LONGEST streak of being the most subscribed Youtube channel

Longest streaks of most subscribed YouTube channel (in days):
PewDiePie: 1920
T-Series: 1875
Nigahiga: 675
Mr.beast: 1

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Apple Downgrades The New M2 iPad Air
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Apple recently introduced the new iPad Air 6th Gen, powered by an 8-core M2 processor with a 10-core GPU.

But now, Apple has very cleverly & quietly updated its specifications. Apple now says that the M2 iPad Air features a 9-core GPU instead of a 10-core GPU
Based on archive data, the change appears to have been made within the last 10 days.

The original press release for the M2 iPad Air launch still says it features a 10-core GPU. Apple has also NOT yet updated its tech specs pages in countries outside of the United States.

This is the first time that Apple has sold an M2 chip in any machine with a 9-core GPU. Even the M2 MacBook Air is available with an 8-core CPU and 10-core GPU.
This indicates that the M2 chip being used inside the iPad Air is a binned version of the 10-core version, similar to the M4 chip being a binned variant in the iPad Pro with 8GB RAM options

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Oppo F27 Pro+ Special Curry Edition

First we saw Honor using its X9B smartphone to cut destroy a watermelon into pieces

Now, Oppo is flaunting the IP69 rating for protection against high-stream water of the Oppo A3 Pro after testing it by boiling the smartphone in a curry

Previously, Oppo flexed the IP69 rating of the Oppo A3 Pro by putting it inside a washing machine, and now Oppo is boiling it in China

Oppo A3 Pro will launch globally (including India) this month as F27 Pro Plus

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