In a market filled with budget-conscious buyers, the Galaxy M series was Samsung’s savor. Following the strategy of its Chinese counterparts, the M series offered a lot of performance for a lot less. And it worked out well for Samsung. Although there were a few compromises made, one of which was the Android version. Sure the A-series came with the latest Android 9.0 Pie, the M-series were stuck with Android 8.1 Oreo.
Well, that’s about to change starting June 3 with the rollout of Android Pie update for their M series devices in India. The new firmware will see the owners bump up the Android version and bring in OneUI. Samsung has also announced that the update will improve the device’s performance and will bring security patches. However, a complete changelog isn’t available just yet.
While using the latest Android version does feel nice, the inclusion of OneUI seems to be a more important addition here. It also shows how much Samsung has grown in terms of UI, the same company that started with TouchWiz. With this, there is now one more reason to buy an M-series phone.
The Galaxy M30 isn’t available in Nepal, but the M10 and M20 are two stellar options. The former brings in a 6.2″ LTPS display with Exynos 7870, 2GB of RAM and dual cameras for Rs 13,790. With competitive pricing, a good list of specs on paper, the Galaxy M10 is still one of the best phones to buy for under Rs 15,000.
The Galaxy M20 further ups the VFM (Value for Money) factor here with a 6.3″ FHD+ display, Exynos 7904 and 3GB of RAM. It also gets a huge 5000mAh battery with fast charging and similar camera setup as the M10. The phone is currently up on sale for Rs 18,490.
When Xiaomi launched the Redmi 7 a couple of months back, maybe they realized they missed something. Because, just after a month of that release, they launched the Redmi Y3, which is almost identical to the Redmi 7, except for a high-res 32 MP selfie camera. And apart from that, everything else is the same. So, does this 32 MP selfie camera phone help them any? Find out in this review.
Redmi Y3 Specifications:
Display: 6.26-inch IPS HD+ display (720 x 1520 pixels), Gorilla Glass 5 Protection, 19:9 aspect ratio @ 269PPI
Rear Camera: Dual camera – 12 MP, f/2.2, 1.25 μm, PDAF + 2 MP, depth sensor; LED flash
Front Camera: 32 MP with f/2.2
Chipset: Octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 632
GPU: Adreno 506
RAM: 3 GB / 4 GB
Storage: 32 GB / 64 GB; Expandable up to 512 GB via SD card (dedicated slot)
Battery: 4000 mAh with Quick Charge 3.0 support; Uses Micro USB 2.0 port
Colors: Elegant Blue, Bold Red, Prime Black
Price: Rs. 17,999 (3/32GB) | Rs. 20,999 (4/64GB)
Camera
Let’s start with the selfie camera, obviously. By default, the Redmi Y3 uses pixel binning to take 8 MP photos from its 32 MP lens. But it also lets you shoot pictures in 32 MP resolution. Of course, higher resolution doesn’t mean better images. And so, at first glance, it’s really, really hard to tell the difference between them.
Redmi Y3 8 MP vs 32 MP selfies
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8 MP
32 MP
8 MP
32 MP
8 MP
32 MP
Low light 8 MP
Low Light 32 MP
The only visible difference is when you try to zoom in the images, which is natural. When zoomed in, the 32 MP shots preserve details on the subject, while the 8 MP cannot. But the background looks slightly sharper on the 8 MP images, which is, thanks to pixel binning. But that’s about it. And since we don’t really zoom the pictures after, you can say there are, virtually, no differences between them.
Redmi Y3 HDR selfie samples
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8 MP HDR
32 MP HDR
8 MP HDR
32 MP HDR
But sometimes, when the HDR is turned on, in both modes, the 32 MP cannot capture the shadow details, highlights, and low lights properly, while the 8 MP does. And again, when the lighting conditions are great, the 8 MP shots make for a better background. In other scenarios, they’re pretty much the same…even in low light shots like these.
Redmi Y3 portrait selfie
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Group portrait selfie
One thing, however, is that you cannot take portrait selfies with the 32 MP camera. Having said that, the 8MP default mode does a good job of edge detection and blurs, so, they can take good portrait selfies.
Redmi Y3 Beauty Mode 4.0
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Beauty Mode Off
Beauty Mode Medium
Beauty Mode Max
Off
Medium
Max
And yes, the Beauty Mode, here, dubbed the Beauty Mode 4.0 is something they talked extensively about in the launch. But, to be honest, this beauty mode looks just like any other to me. What the beauty mode does is smoothens the skin tone, and removes dark areas and other unpleasantries. So, not really something to hype about, is it?
Now I didn’t really get a chance to compare the selfie camera with that of the Redmi 7. However, since this phone’s 4 GB variant and the base 3GB model of the Redmi Note 7 costs about the same, I thought, why not? But to be fair, the Redmi Note 7 packs a lot better specs than this one. So, I only tested the selfie camera of these two, just to see if the 32 MP camera really is better.
And the results were, more or less, as expected. The 32 MP camera does a better job than Note 7’s 13 MP camera. See for yourself. When compared side by side, the Note 7’s selfies are washed out. The colors have this cold tone to them, and there is not enough dynamic range.
Redmi Y3 vs Redmi Note 7 Selfie
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Redmi Note 7
Redmi Y3
Note 7
Y3
Note 7
Y3
The Y3, on the other hand, takes more vibrant pictures and looks true to life. Portrait images, too, look better on the Y3, from colors on the subject to the background, and down to edge detection. When you zoom in, the details are slightly better on the Note 7. But the Y3’s selfies are better to look at, so, that’s that.
As for the rear cameras, they’re again very similar to the Redmi Y7’s camera configuration. It packs a dual camera setup comprising of a 12 MP primary camera and a 2 MP depth sensor. Classic budget phone!
Redmi Y3 Rear Camera Samples
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Portrait
And they take decent photos, just like the Redmi 7. Pretty good for a budget device, that is. Saturation is on point, while there’s a bit of a cool tone in the images. Details in the photos are also, only okay. They look good at first glance, but zooming reveals, that it cannot preserve the details all that well.
For hi-res images of the camera samples, click here>>
Performance
Since the selfie camera is the only notable difference on this phone compared to the Redmi 7, I didn’t really do an extensive test on other aspects. I did play around with it a little, but it more or less yielded the same results.
From the internal hardware to the displays, and everything…down to the benchmark scores, it’s the same phone. And that should be obvious, because, this phone runs on the same chipset – Snapdragon 632.
Geekbench 4
Single-Core: 1226
Multi-Core: 4322
AnTuTu 7
103970
AndroBench
Sequential Read: 291.04 MB/s
Sequential Write: 122.82 MB/s
So, nothing new to be expected either. Games like PUBG and Asphalt 9 run on medium settings, smoothly, and multi-tasking runs without a hitch, too. It even has the same issues as the Redmi 7, taking a while to load some apps.
Design
Redmi Y3 Design
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Back
Buttons
Ports and Grills
IR Blaster / Headphone jack
Another small difference is the colors this phone is available in…I don’t know if it matters all that well, but I’m just putting it out there for the record. The design is identical to the Redmi 7 – same kind of curved body with plastic construction. A bit big to fit snugly in your hands, but nothing so uncomfortable.
Display
The display, too, is the same at 6.26” with HD resolution. At this size, again, HD display is not what I would want, but I cannot demand more for the price, either. But what it gives you for this price, is Gorilla Glass 5 protection on the display, which, I cannot even say the same for some other mid-range phones, let alone budget ones!
Battery
Battery life is pretty good, similar to the Redmi 7. The 4000 mAh battery lasts like a day and a half, easily. The problem, here, is the 10 Watt Charging. So, do yourselves a favor and get a faster charger.
Conclusion
Overall, the Redmi Y3 is a good phone, just kinda unnecessary. Maybe they should’ve included the better front camera on the Redmi 7 itself. It just seems like there are too many choices, and Redmi 7 is competing with its brother in the market! But hey, that’s my view. Everything else depends on your preference.
The Y3 is available in 2 variants: 3/32 GB and 4/64 GB. And the Y3 is slightly more expensive than the Redmi 7, a difference of about Rs.1500. That extra premium is what you pay for the selfie camera, I guess. However, as I already said, the 4 GB model costs as much as Redmi Note 7’s base model.
So, if you’re thinking of getting the 4 GB version of the Redmi Y3, you should get the Redmi Note 7 instead. It’s a lot better than this one, except for the selfie camera.
So, would you go for the Redmi 7, or the Redmi Y3… or the Redmi Note 7? Do let us know.
Samsung’s line up of smartphone has changed in 2019. Ditching all the series, the company was focusing only on M-series, A-series, S-series, and Note-series devices only. And in that run, the South Korean giant has already released over a dozen handsets. Still, Samsung is not done with releasing budget smartphones. Samsung Galaxy Xcover 5, the successor to the Xcover 4 launched in March 2017 recently received FCC certification. This hints that the smartphone would be launching anytime soon. The listing also revealed some of the major specs of the device.
The new Galaxy device appeared in FCC bearing the model number SM-G398FN/DS which is expected to be the Xcover 5. While going through the certification process, the listing also revealed that the phone would carry a 10.78Wh battery at 3.85 volts. These ratings imply that the battery on the device would of 2800mAh capacity. That’s the same value as the previous model.
FCC did not reveal further details about the phone. However, some hardware details came from Geekbench, which cues it to be a budget phone. The information from Geekbench points out to an Exynos 7885 chipset with 3GB RAM on the performance front. The phone would boot on Android Pie out of the box. And like most of the Samsung phones out there, this one too will ship with One UI atop the Android Pie.
Although most of the rumors about this new Galaxy phone converges to the Xcover 5, a Dutch retailer Centralpoint listed the SM-G398 on their website with the moniker Xcover 4S. So that arises an extra bit of confusion here. The device was listed on the website with the price tag of €250. Further details also came into the limelight about the launch date of the phone. It is said to launch on June 4, 2019. So if it launches then, we will know about its actual name, pricing and more of the info.
The world of deep-fakes is scary enough. Well, sometimes…they’re kinda fun, too. But deep-faked videos and pictures around is rampant on the internet. And at such a time, Samsung revealed their own Deep Fake AI. And what’s mind-boggling is that Samsung’s Deep Fake AI that can fabricate videos using a single image! Also, the demonstration showed how Mona Lisa would have looked if she could do more than smile like that!
This is a result of the researchers at Samsung’s AI center in Moscow. Their video demonstration and paper, on the journal, ArXiv showed the capabilities of machine learning, called “One-Shot” and “Few-Shot“. The result of this is it can bring faces to life from one still picture. Its usage? Well, I can’t think of very useful features of this…but there are some sinister applications of this. However, those sinister application is something many of us might have already seen.
How does it work?
Samsung’s Deep Fake AI algorithm is trained using the publicly available VoxCeleb database. It contains more than 7,000 images of celebrities from YouTube videos. Using that, the AI established some universally identifiable traits in faces – subjects’ nose, eyes and more. These landmark features, once identified can be used in other still images as well.
Source: Egor Zakharov
The algorithm recognizes common characteristics in the face of the subject. So, it’s able to deduce images with little input. And sometimes, it can create videos of those who were never captured on video. And the more images are fed into the program, the more realistic the resulting video is. Therefore, a single image converted into a moving face might look highly altered, but a sample of about 16 to 32 images can produce lifelike results.
And since it can also use selfies to do that, it is also applicable for the general public and not just celebrities and famous dead personalities. However, the AI, at its current state is only able to produce “talking head” style videos of subjects from the shoulder up. But of course, this can quickly change. It’s AI after all…
Recently, former employees of Google and Microsoft also showed how an algorithm convincingly duplicated the voice of a popular podcaster, Joe Regan. If we combine these two technologies, well, imagine what can be done… From using it to create fake videos and spreading misinformation, you can also steal someone else’s identity!
It doesn’t always have to be this serious. If you’ve seen the movie Justice League, then Superman’s face uses the same kind of deep fake algorithm to hide Henry Cavil’s mustache! But then again, its usage is mostly in weird fetishes.
But some of you might be familiar with what I’m talking about. Such deep fakes technology is already in use to create porn videos of celebrities… There are many users who use similar sophisticated AI technology and use photographs to create human masks and overlaid on porn-actors. Seen some things like that? Weird, right?
So, yeah…while AI is progressing further, it seems we’ll keep finding sinister ways to use it our various twisted ways.
The AMD Navi RX3080 is all set to launch tomorrow at Computex 2019. Not just that, the company will be launching the new Zen 2 CPUs, several motherboards, and of course a few other Navi based GPUs. And while we are on the subject of GPUs, those include the RX3070 and RX3060 alongside the RX3080. Based on a 7nm process, the GPUs are here to give Nvidia some stiff competition in the mid-range segment, both in terms of performance and pricing.
Why Nvidia isn’t happy!!
No company is happy about their competitor’s product launch, but the plot thickens. Based on the Navi architecture, the RX3080 goes head to head with the Turing based Nvidia’s RTX 2080. You can see how this might be a problem for Nvidia. Buyers could opt for something called the “3080” over “2080” assuming the latter is an inferior product. Plus, Nvidia might release the RTX 30-series sometime soon. Maybe that’s why Nvidia filed a trademark for the numbers “3080”, “4080” and “5080” with the EU Intellectual Property Office.
Based on the new Navi architecture, the GPU is rumored to offer eight shader engines, 2,560 stream processes with 8GB of VRAM. A quick look at the diagram below shows eight shader engines with five compute engines each for a total of 40 CUs. While the naming does suggest it’s a direct RTX 2080 competitor, it will more be looking to compete with the RTX 2070 and the GTX 1080. As for pricing, some sources claim around $500.
The new Navi 10 architecture will be able to scale more than 4 shader engines for every die of microarchitecture. This is, of course, just leaks at this point, but if it turns out to be true, AMD engineers have finally overcome their previous limitations. They will now be able to push out better-scaling performance for their higher-end models, and probably one with 4096 stream processor in the near future.
How much would you pay for a laptop? $600? $700? $1500? Or maybe up to some $4000 for the beastliest of powerful gaming rigs and what not. But what if I told you that the world’s 2nd most expensive laptop right now, is an old Samsung NC10-14GB 10.2″ Notebook? In addition, what if I told you it’s full of viruses… And not just your regular everyday viruses, but the most dangerous ones throughout history that have caused over $95 billion damage?
Strange, right? Well, this laptop is apparently a work of art. Dubbed as “The Persistence of Chaos“, this laptop contains the six deadliest computer viruses known to mankind. The artist behind this work of “genius” is a Chinese artist, Guo O Dong. And he collaborated with Deep Instinct, a cyber security firm. The firm ensured all safety protocols necessary to prevent the virus from spreading, and so, the viruses reside in their forever home, right now. Artists do strange things, and Dong explained that he created this piece to see how the world responds to and values the impact of malware. Right now, this one is up for auction, and the current bid resides at slightly over $1.2 million!
Of course, the ones who’re bidding must really be crazy, or hate themselves. But it’s their money. We’re not judging. However, the laptop is air-gapped to prevent it from spreading, and Deep Instinct believes it is impossible to breach. Also, they plan to disable all the ports after the auction ends…so that the viruses have no way of escaping!
Six Deadly Sins
What are these deadliest viruses in this The Persistence of Chaos, you may ask? Here they are in all their glory:
ILOVEYOU is the first malware, which first showed up in 2000 and spread to the masses via email. It came in the form of a love letter attachment, that when clicked on, sent similar messages to your contact list. Also, opening it meant it would overwrite random files on your computer. It affected over 500000 systems and did about $15 billion worth damage.
SoBig showed up in 2003, as a worm and a Trojan virus that circulated via email spam. This malware could copy files, email itself to others and damage your computer software / hardware components. It remains the second fastest spreading virus till date, doing about $37 billion in damages to hundreds of thousands of computers
MyDoom appeared in 2004, and became the fastest spreading malware. It sent junk emails through infected computers, with the text “andy, I’m just doing my job, nothing personal, sorry”. And by conducting some DDoS attacks, it did a damage of $38 billion!
BlackEnergy was discovered in 2007 and remained in operation for the longest amount of time until 2015. It caused a massive cyber attack that caused a large-scale blackout in Ukraine in December 2015. Some say it was one of the most sophisticated malware.
DarkTequilla appeared in 2013, and with its sophisticated and evasive nature, targeted users in Latin America. It stole personal and corporate data including bank credentials, even when offline. It spread through spear phishing and infected USB Flash drives, and did hundreds of millions of damage.
WannaCryis probably the most well known, as it took place in 2017, as a global attack. It infected over 200000 computers from around 150 countries, causing the National Health Service in the US of $100 million damage and over $4 billion damage to the public. The attackers demanded ransom in BitCoin!
The Persistence of Chaos brought the deadliest computer viruses ever together in a single computer. What could go wrong, right? And at its current bidding, this becomes the second most expensive laptop in the world. Strangely enough, other expensive laptops comprise of those with golden chassis and diamond-crested power button! However, this…here, is totally something else!
Remember this article here? It’s about the Zen 2 processors from AMD that were to go fully official on Computex 2019. Well, the day has come. Tomorrow, in less than 24 hours, we will see be hearing from the CEO herself. But that doesn’t stop the leaks from coming in, more than ever. So, let’s get into everything you need to know before the announcement.
The Ryzen 3 3300
The title of this article wasn’t really a click bait. The entry-level Ryzen 3 3300 (according to the leaks) scored more points in GeekBench 4 than the current champ Ryzen 2700X. Don’t believe us? Well, we don’t believe it either, but we do have screenshots of the GeekBench results, and those usually don’t lie (could be photoshop).
Either way, the Ryzen 3 3300, a six-core thread CPU priced at $99 just scored 5061 points in single core and 25481 points in the multicore test on Geekbench 4. As opposed to 4923 single core and 25,209 multi-core scores of the $329 Ryzen 2700X. This does make things a lot more interesting.
Rest of the AMD Ryzen 3000 family
AMD Ryzen CPU
Cores/Threads
Base Clock
Boost Clock
TDP
Price
Ryzen 3 3300
6/12
3.2GHz
4.0GHz
50W
$99
Ryzen 3 3300X
6/12
3.5GHz
4.3GHz
65W
$129
Ryzen 3 3300G
6/12
3.0GHz
3.8GHz
65W
$129
Ryzen 5 3600
8/16
3.6GHz
4.4GHz
65W
$178
Ryzen 5 3600X
8/16
4.0GHz
4.8GHz
95W
$229
Ryzen 5 3600G
8/16
3.2GHz
4.0GHz
95W
$199
Ryzen 7 3700
12/24
3.8GHz
4.6GHz
95W
$299
Ryzen 7 3700X
12/24
4.2GHz
5.0GHz
105W
$329
Ryzen 9 3800X
16/32
N/A
N/A
125W
$449
Ryzen 9 3850X
16/32
N/A
N/A
135W
$499
New Motherboards
Alongside all these Zen 2 CPUs, there are bound chipsets announcement that can handle them. And yes, the new board is going to be the X570 which has gotten so many board makers pretty excited, to say the least. One of which was Asus that took to Instagram and Twitter to teasing their NextGen ROG, ROG Strix, TUF Gaming and Prime series motherboards. Take a look at their official teaser post below:
While the new X570 is interesting enough, AMD is still sticking to their existing AM4 socket. So, if you are an owner of a, let’s say X470, a BIOS update is all you need to upgrade to a brand new Ryzen 3000 series CPU. Apart from the budget conscious A320, motherboard makers have started pushing out BIOS updates for the X470, B450, X370, and B350 motherboard. A new feature for the X570 will include PCIe 4.0 support as well.
iPhone XS and XS Max did not bring much of an upgrade over the table. That could be one of the reasons why Apple is quite suffering the iPhone sales drop recently. Another reason would be the innovative products from Samsung and Huawei. So to cope with the challenges, Apple could bring some major upgrades over the last year iPhones. And the new rumors and leaks certainly have made us more hopeful about it.
Multiple camera setup is a growing trend in the smartphone market. Huawei started triple camera setup with its flagship P20 Pro smartphone last year. And since then smartphone camera has not been the same again. Huawei and Samsung are leading the DxOmark leaderboards when it comes to their camera prowess and iPhones are left far behind. But Apple is expected to make a comeback in the race.
It’s been a fair amount of time we have been hearing about triple rear cameras on the upcoming iPhone. But we told you to take it as a pinch of salt back then. Now new leaks of the phone have surfaced online with lively shapes. The leaked image shows the iPhones with three cameras at the back arranged in a triangular configuration.
Source: EverythingApplePro
Last year’s iPhone XS and XS Max had a normal camera and a telephoto camera with a 12MP sensor. And that may remain the same this time around too. The additional one is supposed to be an ultra-wide-angle lens, which would support the 120-degree field of view. However, the resolution of the ultra-wide-angle camera has not surfaced into the rumor market. Nonetheless, there are hints about Apple including OIS only on the main camera and a telephoto camera. Only the 5G variant could get an OIS on the ultra-wide-angle shooter. Apple is also said to be preparing on a more advanced flash, which would emit more light without an increment on the size of the LED. Furthermore, the new iPhones will reportedly come with smaller camera bumps.
On the front though, Apple could implement just a single selfie shooter. And just like last year, the upcoming iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Max will come with 5.8-inch and 6.5-inch Super AMOLED display respectively. Just like last two years, the phone will also feature a sizable notch on the top, which would include Apple’s proprietary Face ID. There also news about Apple improving its Face ID system, which would allow the users to unlock their devices from wider angles. Further rumors hint that this feature would only unlock the Apple handsets from shorter distances.
As of now, there is no information if Apple would rejuvenate its popular Touch ID (fingerprint unlock) feature. However, Apple is said to be working on a new project where the under-display fingerprint scanner on the Apple devices could do a 3D mapping of the fingerprint and unlock the device securely. This new tech, Touch ID 2.0 is said to make a debut on 2020 edition of the iPhones.
Since the camera has been an important aspect on the smartphones these days, Apple is going a step further than just increasing the number of cameras. The company is preparing to upgrade its image signal processor (ISP) for fast and improved photography. This upgrade would also enhance the Smart HDR feature on the phone. Although there is not enough information regarding this topic, the tipsters have claimed the “it’d be better than anything Google or Samsung or Huawei have done before.” This certainly sounds interesting.
Further leaks suggest that the upcoming iPhones would feature a new frosted-glass-like coating. The devices are also said to come with less shiny stainless steel frame and upgraded stereo speaker setup that would produce a louder and clearer sound.
iOS 13 with tons of features
When Apple launches a new phone, it also includes the latest and improved software. And things are going to be the same thing time too. The iOS 13 will bring plentiful of amazing features. The first one would be the highly anticipated dark mode. However, the things won’t be deep AMOLED blacks on this mode. Apple is striding to include dark gray colors in this mode and it would support in the third-party apps as well.
Siri is also said to be enhanced on the new iPhones. The upgraded Siri will support advanced multi-command support, major improvements to overall understanding, and minor improvements to contextual understanding. Furthermore, there will be intelligent RAM management, which would learn users’ habits to pre-load apps helping to speed up the process. The developers inside Apple are also putting their efforts to make iOS 13 jailbreak proof.
Vivo’s a smartphone company known for introducing high-end features in low-priced phones. And similarly, Vivo launched the Vivo Z5x in China. The company’s Z-lineup comprises of the most affordable phones from Vivo. Only thing is, their Z-series rarely make it out of China. And the Vivo Z5x is no exception. It is launched only in China for now, at a starting price of CNY 1398 ($202).
Overview
For an affordable price of around $202, this is Vivo’s first phone with a punch-hole display! Imagine that…the company’s first phone with a punch-hole display is a budget phone. This is something that we saw on premium phones like the Huawei Nova 4, and the Samsung Galaxy S10! And not only that but for that price, you also get a triple camera setup at the back!
Of course, this is not the first time we’re seeing triple cameras for affordable pricing. The Vivo Y17 also has a similar camera setup, but costs slightly more than this one. Its triple camera setup comprises of 16 MP primary lens, an 8 MP ultra-wide angle lens and a 2 MP depth sensor. The punch-hole houses a 16 MP selfie camera as well!
Besides that, the rest of the configuration seems pretty standard for a budget phone such as this. Actually…no! It packs amazing specs for this price. It features a large 6.53″ IPS LCD display with Full-HD resolution, and there’s a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor too. But what’s even more intriguing is that this phone is powered by the Snapdragon 710 processor! Yes…a $200 phone with a Snapdragon 710. Also, there are 3 RAM configurations – 4 GB, 6 GB and 8 GB with two storage options – 64 GB and 128 GB.
In addition, this phone packs a huge 5000 mAh battery with 18-Watt Fast Charging. It runs on Android Pie with FunTouch OS 9 on top. It will be available since June 1 in China in three different colors. Pricing starts from CNY 1398 ($202) and going up to CNY `1998 ($289).
We all know Xiaomi is planning to launch the Redmi K20 Pro on 28th of May. And it has brought a surge of excitement among us primarily because it would be the next flagship killer from the company. The phone will come aboard with the flagship Snapdragon 855 chipset. And it is said to succeed the last year’s fan favorite Pocophone F1. But apart from the Redmi K20 Pro, Xiaomi is also striding to launch Redmi K20 on the same date. Being the “non-pro” variant, we will definitely expect some cutbacks on the specifications front. But the new leak hinted out that the major one would be on the performance front.
A poster recently appeared on MI store, where the major specs of the device came out of the veil. The poster shows that the Redmi K20 would be powered by Snapdragon 730 chipset. It is a new chipset from Qualcomm, which was launched back in April. Since it’s a very new chipset, we haven’t seen any smartphone with SD730 till the date apart from the Galaxy A80. Around the last week of April, Xiaomi Global VP and Xiaomi India’s MD, Manu Kumar Jain had announced a new Redmi phone with SD7XX processor to launch very soon in India. And by the looks of it, Jain could possibly be referring to the Redmi K20.
Redmi K20 Leaked Poster Source: Slash Leaks
On to the imaging department, the phone will get a camera triplet on the back. The poster has explicitly written 48MP main camera. However, there is no solid hint that gives us further details about the rest of the two. But according to the rumors, the device could possibly feature an 8MP telephoto and 13MP ultra-wide-angle lens. The handset is also said to support some nifty features like capturing 960fps slow-motion video and 4K videos at 60 fps.
On the front, we will see a pop-up style selfie camera, which is rumored to come with a 20MP sensor. So with the all-screen design, the display could look really immersive. The poster also implies that there will be an under-display fingerprint scanner. Further leaks suggest that the Redmi K20 would have 7th-gen in-display fingerprint scanner. So we might see some blazing fast unlocking speed on the device.
The in-display fingerprint scanner also cues that the display here would use an OLED panel. So we can expect some amazing colors with an optimum contrast ratio. And since Xiaomi has always been generous on the battery front, this one too will get a sizable 4000mAh battery.
The poster also reveals that the phone will also come in two color variants: Red and Blue. But since the true colors and design are not much visible in that image, we were still how the device would look when it launches. But Donovan Sung, the director of product management at Xiaomi posted a tweet recently and cleared our doubts on that respect. He posted a photo of the red variant of the K20. And the phone looks really amazing on that photo.
Mi Fans, here’s the first official look of our brand new #Redmi#K20#flagship#killer… Getting ready to set a new standard of mind blowing specs at honest pricing. ??
Other confirmed features of the Redmi K20 are DC dimming, an audio jack, and Game Mode 2.0. And the will get Android Pie out of the box. We can also expect the K20 will have MIUI 10 skin on the top of Android Pie.
Although most of the specs are yet to be confirmed, the K20 already got us excited. And we cannot wait to see more features and price of the device when it launches on May 28.
