Galaxy M30s Leak Shows Updated Processor, Camera Improvements

Samsung Galaxy M-series of smartphones might not have taken the India market by storm, as Samsung expected them to but these phones have surely been a decent success. The line-up started with the Galaxy M10 and M20, and has now expanded to more phones, with the Galaxy M30 and M40. Well, according to a new leak, a new M series smartphone is just around the corner. A new Geekbench listing shows a new Samsung phone with the model number SM-M307F, which has been reported to be the new Galaxy M30 model, called the M30s.

As the name suggests, the Galaxy M30s should be a minor upgrade to the Galaxy M30, and well, the Geekbench listing does confirm some of the specs of the device. First off, the M30s should feature a more powerful processor in the form of the Exynos 9610, compared to the Exynos 7885 chipset in the M30.

Apart from the faster processor, the Galaxy M30s is also said to feature updated cameras, and come in two storage variants: 64GB and 128GB. The rest of the specs should remain the same from the Galaxy M30, which means you will get the AMOLED display, the same 5,000 mAh battery with fast charging and the same software experience.

That’s pretty much everything we know about the Galaxy M30s. So, what do you think of this new Galaxy M30 variant?

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LG’s Budget W10 Smartphone to Launch on June 26 in India

LG hasn’t really made a mark in the budding Indian smartphone market. However, the company now wants a piece of the Indian market, and it plans to do so with the new W series. The company, along with Amazon, has been teasing a new W series of budget smartphones, aimed specially at the Indian market. Reportedly, the LG W10 is going to be first smartphone in this new W series of phones and according to a leaked invite, the LG W10 is all set to be unveiled on June 26 in India.

As you can see in the invite, the LG W10 will be launched at 11:30AM on June 26 in New Delhi, India. The W10 will be an Amazon special device in India and thanks to the Amazon landing page of the device, we know some key specs of the phone.

The LG W10 will feature a teardrop notch 6.2″ display, a gradient finish on the back, a slim profile and it will come in multiple color options. On the camera front, the W10 will have triple cameras including a usual primary camera, an ultra wide angle lens and a depth sensor. Other than that, the W10 will come with a 2.0GHz 10nm Octa-Core processor, which could be the MediaTek Helip P60 or the Snapdragon 439, a 4,000 mAh battery and Android 9 Pie on board.

The specs of the LG W10 seem decent for a budget phone but at the end of the day, it all depends on the price, which should be revealed on June 26, if the leaked invite is to be believed.

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The Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Tesla Edition is Fake!

There has been a lot of leaks and rumors around the upcoming Galaxy Note 10 flagship, and we pretty much know everything there is to know about the Samsung flagship. However, a render of a new Galaxy Note 10 variant has been doing the rounds on Weibo, with many publications calling it the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Tesla Edition.

Well, this so called Galaxy Note 10 Tesla Edition isn’t actually real. This is a just a concept smartphone render posted last week on Instagram by YouTuber Arun Maini,popularly known as Mrwhosetheboss.

Samsung and Tesla partnering for a Tesla Edition Note 10 does seem enticing to be honest, and I have to give it to Arun, the render actually looks pretty cool. Plus, the Weibo post’s description said, “After Huawei Porsche and OPPO Lamborghini, Samsung will push the Tesla version of the phone! At present, the special version of Samsung’s new Galaxy Note 10 is exposed. This is the joint version of Tesla. The whole body is mainly gray, supplemented by red color scheme. There is a unique Tesla logo on the back of the phone, and there are joint information below.”

So, this is what led many people to believe that a Galaxy Note 10 Tesla Edition might actually be real. However, that wasn’t to be. Having said that, we wouldn’t mind if Samsung went ahead and actually made this real. What do you think?

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Huawei Announces New 7nm Kirin 810 Chipset for Mid-Range Smartphones

Alongside its newest Nova 5 lineup, Huawei has today also announced its latest mid-range chipset – the HiSilicon Kirin 810. It’s the world’s first mid-range chipset based on the 7nm node architecture, which is the same as the Chinese giant’s flagship Kirin 980 SoC, and is baked into the Nova 5 launched today.

The Kirin 810 is an octa-core chipset, which uses a big.LITTLE architecture, and packs 2 Cortex-A76 performance cores, clocked at 2.27GHz, and 6 smaller efficiency Cortex-A55 cores, clocked at 1.88GHz. This is coupled with a Mali-G52 MP6 GPU, which Huawei says should offer 162% improvement in gaming performance compared to the Kirin 710. It will obviously be backed by Huawei “Game Turbo” technology to offer even higher frame rates.

It is also a step ahead of Qualcomm’s 8nm mid-range Snapdragon 730 chipset lineup. It has been touted that the former can offer 11% better single-core and 13% better multi-core performance than the latter. The Mali-G52 MP6 GPU is capable of outperforming the Adreno 618, says Huawei.

The highlight of the Kirin 810 will, however, have to be the DaVinci architecture NPU (introduced for the first time with this Kirin chipset) that Huawei touts to be better than the flagship Snapdragon 855 and MediaTek Helio P90 chipsets in solving AI-related tasks.

There’s also a 32,280 benchmark score attached in the NPU section to prove it’s better than the flagships. The NPU will also track CPU performance. handle GPU overload and adjust the frequency accordingly.

The Kirin 810 has made major strides on the imaging front as well. It comes with an integrated detail enhancement module, which will provide improved white balance algorithms, noise reduction in RAW image processing, and detailed low-light outputs. It also supports dual-SIM dual-VoLTE out-of-the-box that makes it an attractive option in developing nations.

So, Huawei seems to be really proud to have launched the first 7nm mid-range chipset even though it’s being boycotted by ARM. There’s no word on when Huawei will launch Nova 5 in India, but we can expect to see Kirin 810 chipset being integrated into Honor phones over the next few months.

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Galaxy Note 10 Might Come with a Triple Aperture Camera

Samsung is gearing up to launch the Galaxy Note 10 and following reports that the phone might feature a sound-on-display technology in order to remove the earpiece, it now looks like the Note 10 will also get a camera upgrade.

According to a tweet by IceUniverse, Samsung engineers are saying that the Note 10 will come with a three-stage variable aperture (F 1.5 / F1.8 / F2.4) — an improvement over the dual-aperture camera found in the Galaxy S10 that was launched earlier this year.

The tweet goes on to mention the three apertures that will be available to users while clicking pictures with the primary camera on the Note 10. If the tweet is accurate (and IceUniverse usually is), the Note 10’s primary camera will allow users to switch between f/1.5, f/1.8, and f/2.4 apertures on the phone’s primary camera.

The Galaxy Note 10 is expected to launch with a triple camera set-up, with a primary wide-angle lens, a telephoto lens, and an ultra-wide lens on the back, along with a punch-hole selfie camera to maximise display real estate without introducing a notch on the phone. The South Korean giant is also expected to launch a Note 10 Pro, which will reportedly add a fourth Time of Flight sensor to the phone for added depth information which should help with portrait mode, and even for AR applications.

Apart from that, the Galaxy Note 10 series of smartphones is expected to come with the Exynos 9825 or the Snapdragon 855 SoCs, depending on the region, paired with up to 12GB RAM, and up to 1TB storage, if the rumors are to be believed.

Obviously, all of this information is based off of leaks and rumors, so take this with a pinch of salt, if you will. The Galaxy Note 10 is expected to be launched on August 7, in Brooklyn, so stay tuned for more information about the phone over the coming months.

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PUBG Lite India Pre-registrations are Now Live

Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds, popularly known as PUBG is one of the most popular games in the world right now, with a massive player-base and competitive tournaments with prize pools in the millions. Earlier this year, in January, PUBG started testing a new variant of the game — PUBG Lite — designed to work on low-end hardware. While the game was region-locked to Thailand in the beginning, if you’ve been waiting for it to arrive in India, your wait is almost over.

Pre-registrations for PUBG Lite are now open in India, so you can head over to the PUBG Lite website, and register to get access to the beta in the country when it rolls out. To further sweeten the deal for players, the game is offering multiple cosmetic rewards to people for pre-registering, including a Tiger M416 skin, and a Cheetah parachute skin.

Apart from that, there are two more tiers of cosmetic rewards that players can get. According to the website, if PUBG Lite receives over 100,000 pre-registrations, players will be rewarded with the following:

• Black Scarf
• Punk Glasses
• Bloody Combat Pants

Moreover, if the pre-registrations cross 200,000, players will also receive the following cosmetic rewards:

• Gold PUBG Scarf
• Striped Long-Sleeved Shirt
• Red Sports Top

The pre-registration event is live right now, and will be open till 3rd July 2019, so go ahead and register your interest in trying out PUBG Lite in India. The developers will be sending event codes via email on 11th July 2019, so keep an eye out on your inbox if you’re in the habit of ignoring it, like I am.

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Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Launch Reportedly Set for August 7

After launching the Galaxy S10 line up in February this year, Samsung is gearing up to launch its next flagship smartphone – the Galaxy Note 10, and now, according to a report from CNET, we know when we can expect the South Korean giant to launch its new smartphone.

According to CNET’s sources, Samsung is planning on launching the Galaxy Note 10 on the 7th of August at an event held in Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, which is where the company launched the Note 9 last year.

This time around, however, Samsung is expected to launch not one, but four variants of the Note 10 – the Note 10 and Note 10 Pro, and the 5G variants for both of the devices as well.

If rumors surrounding the devices are correct, the Note 10 will come with a 6.3-inch AMOLED display, a triple rear camera set-up along with a punch hole selfie camera aligned in the center of the display. The phone is also expected to come with either the Exynos 9825 or the Snapdragon 855 Mobile Platform, depending on the region, and feature a meager 3,400 mAh battery.

There will also be the more powerful Galaxy Note 10 Pro, which will have a larger curved 6.7-inch AMOLED display, an additional ToF sensor along with the triple camera setup on the standard Note 10. Apart from that, the Note 10 Pro will come with the Exynos 9825 chipset or the Snapdragon 855, an ultrasonic in-display fingerprint scanner, a 4,500 mAh battery with 25W fast charging.

Also, like I said, both the Galaxy Note 10 and Note 10 Pro will come in separate 5G variants, so you will have a lot of choice when it comes to the next Samsung flagship.

So, if you are excited about the Galaxy Note 10, I’d suggest you to mark the date, August 7, on your calendar. I mean, it’s not official yet but ya, we will keep you posted.

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