Xiaomi 12S Series launched with insane specs and camera, however, Indian users won’t get to try it

Xiaomi showcased and launched their latest flagship series, the Xiaomi 12S in China yesterday. The main flagship device is the Xiaomi 12S Ultra which comes with some seriously impressive specifications, especially in the camera department. The phone gets a massive camera module with Xiaomi using a new Sony IMX989 sensor, which is one inch in size and was co-developed with Leica, the German camera-maker.

However, it seems that the highly anticipated series will be limited to the Chinese market for the time being. Tech enthusiasts can try to get their hands on the device by importing it from one of the vendors but that is very risky as an endeavour and something that we cannot recommend.

This is a little surprising, given that Xiaomi streamed the event on its global YouTube channel. There is a chance that the Xiaomi 12S Ultra could come to other markets, but with a different name or number line. 

For those interested the Xiaomi 12S, the most basic phone in the series, has a 6.28-inch FHD+ AMOLED HDR10+ display with support for a refresh rate of 120Hz, and Dolby Vision. The handset is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen1 chipset paired with Adreno GPU, and comes in four models: 8GB + 128GB, 8GB + 256GB, 12GB + 256GB and 12GB + 512GB version. 

It gets a 4,500mAh battery with support for 67W fast charging, 50W wireless charging and 10W reverse wireless charging.

As for the camera, the Xiaomi 12S will have a 50MP Sony IMX707 primary sensor with an f1.9 lens with OIS, a 13MP sensor and an ultra-wide-angle lens and a 5MP macro/tele camera. There is a 32MP selfie snapper on the front, behind the punch-hole cutout.

The Xiaomi 12S Pro has a 6.73-inch 2K LTPO 2.0 AMOLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate, HDR10+ and Dolby Vision. It is powered by the same Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen1 chipset coupled with Adreno GPU, and comes with 12GB RAM and 512GB storage that may not be further expandable. You also get Harman Kardon speakers supporting Dolby Atmos and Hi-Res Audio.

The Xiaomi 12S Pro gets a 4,600mAh battery with 120W fast charging, 50W wireless charging and 10W reverse wireless charging support. 

For the cameras, the Xiaomi 12S Pro gets a triple camera layout on the back, with a 50MP Sony IMX707 primary sensor, a 50MP ultra-wide-angle lens and a 50MP third camera. There is a 32MP selfie snapper on the front.

Finally, there is the Xiaomi 12S Ultra. It gets a large 6.73-inch AMOLED LTPO 2.0 display with 2K resolution, 120Hz refresh rate, HDR10+, Dolby Vision, HDR10+ and is powered by the same Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen1 chipset paired with Adreno GPU, and has up to 12GB RAM and 512GB storage. You also get Harman Kardon speakers supporting Dolby Atmos and Hi-Res Audio.

The Xiaomi 12S Ultra packs a large 5000mAh battery with 120W fast charging support. The company has launched a new proprietary battery charging chipset with the phone.

The Xiaomi 12S Ultra also has a triple camera array on the back. It is the first phone to use the custom 1-inch Sony IMX989 sensor. It has a 48MP primary sensor, a 50MP ultra-wide-angle lens, and a 48MP zoom lens. There is a 32MP shooter on the front for selfies

The devices are expensive as well, given that they are flagships and currently have some of the best hardware you can find in a smartphone. 

The Xiaomi 12S is priced at CNY 3,999 or around Rs 47,000 for the 8GB + 128GB, and goes all the way up to CNY 5,199 or around Rs 61,000 for the 12GB + 512GB model.

The Xiaomi 12S Pro is priced at CNY 4,699 or around Rs 55,000 for the 8GB + 128GB, and goes all the way up to CNY 5,899 or around Rs 70,000 for the 12GB + 512GB model.

The Xiaomi 12S Ultra is priced at CNY 5,999 or around Rs 71,000 for the 8GB + 2568GB, and goes all the way up to CNY 6,999 or around Rs 70,000 for the 12GB + 512GB model.

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Steve Jobs to get the Presidential Medal Of Freedom, the highest civilian honour in the US, posthumously

Earlier this week, the office of the President of the United States announced that it would be bestowing Steve Jobs with the Presidential Medal Of Freedom, the highest honour in the country that a civilian is eligible for.

The Biden administration announced seventeen recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Friday. Jobs is one of three to receive the award posthumously, the others being John McCain and Richard Trumka.

The Presidential Medal Of Freedom is awarded to those civilians who have made exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values, or security of the United States, world peace, or other significant societal, public or private endeavours. It is considered equivalent to the Medal Of Honour, an award that is bestowed on military personnel who go above and beyond the call of duty 

The White House's bio of Jobs reads, “His vision, imagination and creativity led to inventions that have, and continue to, change the way the world communicates, as well as transforming the computer, music, film and wireless industries.”

2022 marks the 11th year since Steve Jobs passed away on October 5th at the age of 56, after fighting a long and hard battle with pancreatic cancer. He had resigned from Apple just six weeks before his death.

Although he is considered to be a visionary by many in the tech community, some see Steve Jobs as a divisive figure. He was either seen as a brilliant, genius entrepreneur who left an indelible mark on the tech industry thanks to the products his company designed and developed under him, or he was seen as a tyrannical, manipulative man who was terrible to those around him who abandoned his daughter.

The awards will be presented at the White House on July 7, 2022. The Biden administration has not revealed who will be collecting Jobs' award. However, it is likely to be collected by Steve Job’s wife of 20 years, Laurene Powell-Jobs.

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Intel showcases their 12th Gen Core Processors for hardcore gamers, content creators and power users

Intel showcased the 12th Generation or the Alder Lake series of Intel Core Mobile & Desktop Processors, in India at the 12th Generation Intel Core Experience event. The processors are available across a number of platforms, ranging from the S-series or the desktop-only variants all the way to the H-series, HX series, U-series, and P-series for notebooks and other mobile devices.

The 12th Generation has been built on Intel 7 process and features a new architecture design that allows systems to leverage two types of specialized cores, performance cores and efficiency cores. This allows processors across Intel’s 12th Gen processors to deliver class-leading performance and snappy responsiveness.

We get to see a whole new generation of legacy technologies. We get to see support for DDR5, upto 4800 Mhz RAM. Chipsets for the 12th Gen processors are also backwards compatible with DDR4 RAM. We also get Thunderbolt™ 4 connectivity, and Intel® Wi-Fi 6E (Gig+).

The biggest breakthrough that Intel has made with the 12th Gen processors is the all-new performance hybrid architecture, which, Intel say, is its most significant shift in x86 architecture in more than a decade. 

Basically, this is a combination of Performance cores and Efficiency cores to deliver ultimate performance. The Performance-cores or P-Cores are the highest performing CPU core Intel has ever built, for maximum burst and single-threaded performance. ​The Efficient-cores or E-Cores are designed for scalable performance-per-watt, for multi-threaded and multi-tasking performance.​ ​This is possible all thanks to Intel’s new process called the Intel Thread Director. 

Intel Thread Director monitors any given set of instructions, analyses it and then helps the OS scheduler in allocating the different instructions to a dynamic set of P-core & E-cores to carry out the instructions in such a way that the machine remains snappy and very responsive. This allows the best possible utilisation of performance and efficiency.

What this translates to in real-life performance is that in case while playing a processor-heavy game, you suddenly need to start streaming on a platform, switching the streaming application would have no discernible impact on your gameplay, even under heavy loads.

Intel also introduced the new cache architecture that has been used for the 12th Gen Intel Core processors. Intel is using the new Common Intel Smart Cache architecture which is shared among the P-Cores, E-Cores, and graphics processors. Furthermore, they have increased the Smart Cache (L3) and L2 cache sizes,  which drives large memory capacity and reduces latency. This in turn delivers faster game loading times and much smoother frame rates during gameplay.

The 12th Gen HX series is aimed towards mobile devices like laptops and notebooks and features up to 16 cores and supports overclocking.

The H-series have also been aimed at laptops and notebooks and offer up to 14 cores. The H-series processors will be paired with discrete graphics and will be mainly seen in gaming laptops.

The U-series offers up to 10 cores and it is mainly for ultra thin and light laptops. The P-series is for performance thin and light laptops and notebooks in the lower range.

As of now, there are limited laptops and notebooks with Intel’s 12th Generation processors, but soon, we can expect more OEMs to bring 12th Gen Intel chip-powered devices into the Indian market.

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Moto G42 launched in India with insane specs, budget phone gets an AMOLED screen, 50MP camera

Motorola continues to launch a brand new phone every month. They recently silently launched the Moto G42 in India in the ever increasingly competitive budget segment. The new Moto G42 has some significant improvements over the predecessor Moto G41.

The Moto G42, which competes against devices like the Realme 9i, Redmi Note 11 and Poco M4, has been equipped with an AMOLED display, a triple camera setup for the rear, and a powerful Snapdragon SoC.

We take a look at the official specifications, pricing and early offers that Motorola has provided for the Moto G42.

Moto G42 Specifications
The Motorola Moto G42 comes with a 6.4-inch FullHD+ AMOLED display and a standard refresh rate of 60Hz. Powering the device is a Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 SoC, and an Adreno 610 GPU. It gets 4GB RAM + 64GB storage. Although a version with a higher storage capacity is available in certain areas, it hasn’t been listed in India so far. The device gets a microSDXC slot, so that should take care of any storage woes one might fear having.

For the cameras, the Moto G42 has a triple rear camera setup which consists of a 50MP primary sensor, an 8MP sensor with an ultrawide lens, and a 2MP macro shooter. For the front, the Moto G42 has a 16MP camera for selfies and video calls. The Moto G42 also gets a 5,000mAh battery with 18W charging.

Moto G42 pricing in India and launch offers
The Moto G42 has been launched in India with a price tag of Rs 13,999 for the 4GB RAM and 64GB storage variant. The handset will be available in Atlantic Green and Metallic Rosé colourways and will be sold via Flipkart. According to the official announcement, the device will be available for sale starting July 11.

Potential customers who are looking to buy the phone can avail discounts of up to Rs 1,000, if they use a debit or credit card from SBI, making the price effectively Rs 12,999. In case someone is planning to buy a connection with the phone, Jio is offering benefits of up to Rs 2,549 with the G42, if one opts for Jio’s mobile plan worth Rs 419.

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iPhone 14: Here are the most recent updates about the launch date of Apple’s upcoming flagships

Apple’s iPhone 14 is one of the most anticipated mobile devices of 2022. Although we have a rough idea that Apple will be announcing the device sometime around the end of September or early October, there has been a lot of speculation about the date of the launch event.

We expect four new iPhone 14 models this year, and they will likely be available to pre-order in a matter of just a few months. While the earlier models of the iPhones were usually unveiled during the first half of the year, Apple has since then switched to a consistent schedule of announcing and releasing the new iPhone 14 series in mid-fall, that is around September.

The only two exceptions to this schedule have been the iPhone X, which was released on November 3, 2017, and the iPhone 12, which was released on October 23, 2020.

The iPhone 12 series was delayed by a month due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The iPhone X was announced in September, but not released until November. The iPhone X featured an all-new design and was the first iPhone with FaceID. Hence, the delay with the launch.

If history is any indication, Apple generally holds its annual Special Event to announce new iPhone models on the first or second Tuesday of September. This year, that would be September 6 or September 13. Given that Labor Day is September 5 in the United States, the most likely date for a keynote this year is September 13.

However, we still can’t entirely rule out the possibility of delays. There are a number of issues with the global supply chain, ranging from chip and other shortages to shutdowns in major industrial towns in China, caused by COVID-19.

There have been reports that suggest that Apple is struggling in acquiring components for its iPhone 14 Pro Max, but that’s about it. In all likelihood, the other three devices will be readily available when Apple finally launches the series.

The iPhone 14 lineup is expected to bring upgrades to the camera, a redesign for the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max, and more. For example, the Pro models are slated to feature a hole punch along with a pill-shaped cutout. The front-facing camera is expected to get updated, a new purple colour could be offered, and there are rumours of an always-on display.

We also have to consider that the iPhone is Apple’s best-selling product, so there is a very good chance that they might just accommodate the production of iPhones over all of their other devices to get ready in time for a September launch. In case Apple misses their September deadline, it will be forced to go on the backfoot against all other major mobile phone brands. This is a position, that Apple does not want to be in.

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OnePlus 10RT to be the next smartphone OnePlus launches in India, possible specifications and price leaked

OnePlus has just launched its new smartphone OnePlus Nord 2T 5G in India. The sale of this phone will start on July 5. So now news of the launch of another new smartphone of the company is coming. OnePlus can launch its new phone OnePlus 10RT in India soon.

According to a report, this new phone of OnePlus has been seen on the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). Some features of the phone have also been revealed in this report, which has already been leaked before the launch of the phone. The BIS report also indicates an imminent launch. 

The OnePlus 10RT is likely going to be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus octa-core processor and will have either 8 or 12GB of RAM. As for storage, the top variant will have 256GB. For the display, OnePlus will be going for a 6.75-inch Full HD+ AMOLED display, which will support a refresh rate of 129Hz.

The OnePlus 10RT is likely to have a triple camera setup at the rear. For the main camera, we will have a 50 MP Sony IMX766 with OIS or Optical Image Stabilization. It is important to mention that the sensor was also used on the OnePlus 9RT and OnePus 10R. Apart from this, other rear cameras will include an 8MP ultra-wide unit and a 2MP macro unit. The phone is also likely to get a 16MP front camera for selfies.

As for the battery, OnePlus will be giving the 10RT a massive 5,000mAh battery with support for 80W fast charging or more. 

According to media reports, the price of the OnePlus 10RT may be priced around Rs 45,000. However, OnePlus has not revealed anything on the launch of the OnePlus 10RT yet. It is expected that the company can launch this phone in October.

However, the OnePlus 10RT will not be the final flagship that OnePlus launches this year. In all likelihood, the final flagship device from OnePlus that we see this year, will be the OnePlus 10T Pro, which will feature the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1.

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Xiaomi 12S launch: Where to watch the launch event and what to expect from the lineup

Xiaomi will finally be launching one of its most highly anticipated lineups, the Xiaomi 12S flagship series at a launch event in China today, July 4. The event is scheduled to take place at 7:00 PM Beijing Time which means that anyone looking forward to the launch of the device, can watch the live stream at 4:30 PM in India.

Xiaomi will be live streaming the launch event across a number of platforms. Firstly one can catch the live stream via the brand’s official channel on Bilibili, a Chinese video-sharing social media site, exclusively in China. For the rest of the world, there will also be a concurrent live stream hosted on Xiaomi’s official channel on YouTube.

Xiaomi will be announcing at least three different phones under the 12S flagship series. These will be named as the Xiaomi 12S, Xiaomi 12S Pro and Xiaomi 12S Ultra. 

All three models in the lineup will have Xiaomi’s first-ever Leica-branded camera setup and are expected to have an unparalleled camera performance, both in terms of photography, as well as making videos. It will also have an ergonomic premium finish on the back, and under the hood, all 3 models will be powered by Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 flagship SoC which has been built on TSMC’s power-efficient 4nm node process.

The mainstay of the launch event, however, is expected to be the Xiaomi 12S Ultra. The 12S Ultra will be sporting one of the biggest camera sensors that has ever been fitted to a smartphone, the 1-inch Sony IMX989 sensor. 

Apparently, Xiaomi spent over $15 million on developing the Sony IMX989 sensor in collaboration with both Sony and Leica, and with that much research and development poured in, we can see why Xiaomi is confident in claiming that its upcoming flagship will usher in a new era of smartphone photography and filmmaking.

The Xiaomi 12S is expected to feature a 6.28-inch Full HD+ AMOLED display which supports variable refresh rates of up to 120Hz. As per several leaks, it will be equipped with the new Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset instead of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. 

It will be powered by a 4500 mAh battery with 67W fast charging option. As for the cameras, it will feature a triple-camera setup on the back with a 50MP Sony IMX707 1/1.28-inch sensor coupled with a 13MP ultrawide camera and a 5MP camera, which will be fitted with either a tele lens or a macro lens.

Xiaomi 12S Pro will have a Leica-tuned triple-camera setup on the back with a 50MP sensor for the main camera. It will also feature a 32MP selfie camera and will be powered by the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC. There are rumours that Xiaomi may launch a different variant of the 12S Pro with a MediaTek Dimensity 9000 chipset as well. If that is indeed true, it is very likely that the Dimensity 9000 SoCs will be made available only in select areas. Both the variants will be powered by a 4600 mAh battery with support for 120W fast charging.

Finally, the higher-end premium flagship of the series, the Xiaomi 12S Ultra will feature a quad-camera setup. It is confirmed that the Ultra version will get a 50MP Sony IMX989 1-inch main camera, while other sensors are rumoured to be a 48MP ultra-wide camera, a 48MP telephoto camera with 5x optical zoom and another 48MP camera with 10x optical zoom. This is also expected to pack Qualcomm’s top-notch Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset.

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OnePlus Nord 2T 5G launched in India, check specifications, pricing and launch offers

OnePlus launched its latest device, the OnePlus Nord 2T 5G on Friday, July 1st. The new OnePlus is being positioned as an upgrade to the OnePlus Nord 2 5G which made its debut last year in 2021. 

Just like the Nord 2, the OnePlus Nord 2T 5G comes with a 90Hz AMOLED display, a triple rear camera setup, and a 4,500mAh battery and an octa-core SoC. 

We take a look at the specification of the OnePlus Nord 2T 5G its pricing, and the special launch offers, which OnePlus is offering to early adopters.

OnePlus Nord 2T 5G Specifications
The OnePlus Nord 2T comes with a 6.43-inch Full HD+ (1080x2400 pixels) AMOLED display with a 20:9 aspect ratio and supports a refresh rate of 90Hz. The display, which features a hole-punch design comes with HDR10+ certification and is protected by a Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection. You also get an in-display fingerprint scanner.

Under the hood, we see that the OnePlus Nord 2T 5G gets the octa-core MediaTek Dimensity 1300 SoC, along with up to 12GB of LPDDR4X RAM and up to 256GB of UFS3.1 storage. The OnePlus Nord 2T 5G runs Android 12 with OxygenOS 12.1

The Nord 2T comes with a triple camera setup at the rear that houses the 50MP Sony IMX766 primary sensor with an f/1.8 lens with OIS support. The rear camera setup also includes an 8MP 120 degrees ultra-wide shooter and a 2MP monochrome sensor with an f/2.2 lens. At the front, the OnePlus Nord 2T 5G gets a 32-megapixel Sony IMX615 sensor, with an f/2.4 lens.

As for the battery, we get a 4,500mAh unit that supports 80W fast charging through USB-C. You get support for 5G, 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth v5.2, as well as NFC. You don’t get any wireless charging facilities.

OnePlus Nord 2T 5G Pricing & Offers
OnePlus is offering the Nord 2T 5G in two variants - the 8GB + 128GB base variant and the 12GB + 256GB top tier variant, which, have been priced at Rs 28,999 and Rs 33,999, respectively. Potential customers can get their hands on the device one starting July 5, and can buy the device through OnePlus Experience Stores, OnePlus' official Indian website, OnePlus Store app, Amazon, and select retail outlets across the country.

Launch offers on the OnePlus Nord 2T 5G include a Rs 1,500 instant bank discount that will be given to customers using ICICI Bank credit and debit cards.

The instant bank discount will be available between July 5 to July 11. Also, ICICI Bank cardholders will be able to avail of no-cost EMI options for up to three months until the end of July.

Additionally, customers purchasing the OnePlus Nord 2T 5G through the OnePlus’ website and the OnePlus Store app will be eligible to receive an additional Rs 3,000 exchange discount between July 5 to July 14.

Red Cable Club members will be able to save up to Rs. 1,000 using RedCoins on purchase of the OnePlus Nord 2T 5G through OnePlus’ website and the OnePlus Store app until July 11.

 

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Oppo Reno 8 lineup is set to be released in July, to feature a powerful Neural Processing Unit

Oppo is preparing to launch their latest iteration of the Reno series on July 21. While the company has confirmed that the Reno 8 and Reno 8 Pro will be launched in India in a couple of weeks there has been no confirmation around the dates. An online tipster has suggested that the launch would take place on July 21.

The Reno 8 Pro packs the MariSilicon X NPU a neural processing unit and supports 4K ultra night videography. The Reno 8 Pro's Chinese version is being powered by a Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 chipset, but the Indian model will likely use the MediaTek Dimensity 8100-Max SoC, reported Moneycontrol.

For those unaware, the Chinese smartphone maker had announced this chip back in December 2021 for its flagship Find X series. Now, this same NPU will be making its way to the Reno 8 series as well. While there were rumours that had revealed this information before, the brand has officially shared the news along with some improvements in its MariSilicon X platform. As per official notes, the 6nm MariSilicon X NPU will help bring end-to-end imaging solutions to the Reno 8 series.

Thanks to proprietary algorithms, the company has developed a new way to better render Indian skin tones accurately and even create Bokeh Flare Portrait videos as well. Oppo’s AI can even distinguish between skin blemishes and beauty spots, while smartly applying a different level of beautification and skin smoothening based on the age and gender of the subject. Its optimizations for the Indian market will also help improve HDR performance across wide exposure shots without user intervention.

Talking about the NPU itself, the company took 3 years to develop the chipset and it consisted of over 400 patent applications. It packs 3.6 billion transistors and can perform up to 18 trillion operations per second (18 TOPS). It is built on the 6nm process and is also capable of real-time lossless AI processing in the Bayer RAW domain with images taken from the 50MP Sony IMX766 primary camera.

As for the other specs, we can expect the regular Oppo Reno 8 to come with a 6.43-inch AMOLED display and a 120Hz refresh rate. Powering the device will be a MediaTek Dimensity 1300 SoC, The NPU-backed 50MP primary sensor, up to 256GB of UFS 3.1 storage and a 4,500 mAh battery that offers 80 W Super Flash Charge fast charging.

OPPO is expected to confirm more details as we get closer to the launch date.

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Samsung’s Note series is officially dead, confirms top exec, will be replaced by Note’s spiritual successor

It seems that Samsung has finally decided to kill off their iconic Note series. Instead, the legacy that Samsung had established with their flagship “phablets” will be carried forwards by the S Ultra series, which has been positioned as Note’s spiritual successor.

In a Twitter post, prominent Samsung leaker Ice Universe translated an interview quote from Samsung head of mobile experience Roh Tae-moon. In the quote, Roh states that “Starting from this year, Galaxy Note will appear in the form of S Ultra every year.”

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">TM Roh：“Starting from this year, Galaxy Note will appear in the form of S Ultra every year.” <a href="https://t.co/TIKX85razb">pic.twitter.com/TIKX85razb</a></p>&mdash; Ice universe (@UniverseIce) <a href="https://twitter.com/UniverseIce/status/1542418543433482241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

The Samsung Galaxy Note series used to be the productivity flagship in Samsung’s smartphone lineup and was a fan favourite. The premium features, especially the ones that revolved around multitasking and productivity, were loved by many. In fact, many of the current multitasking features that we see in today’s Android were first made mainstream by the Note Series.

The S Pen and the huge phablet-like form factor had their own fan base. But when Samsung decided to skip 2021 for the Note, the writing was on the wall. In February 2022, Samsung officially announced that for the foreseeable future, they wouldn’t be working on a Note device. Instead, the roles and duties that were assigned to the Note series were placed upon the new Galaxy S22 Ultra. Naturally, the next iteration of the Note series would come to us as the Galaxy S23 Ultra.

Right now not a lot is known about the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S23 lineup. However, some information has trickled out. Tech enthusiasts are anticipating that the Galaxy S23 will release sometime in early 2023, but that has yet to be confirmed.

A few rumours related to the camera have also leaked out. GalaxyClub, a reputable tipster around all things Samsung, claims that the Samsung Galaxy S23 and S23 Plus will both come with a 12MP front camera, which would be an upgrade over recent models. 

The rumoured Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra may also get a camera upgrade. According to Ice Universe, the new flagship Galaxy S23 Ultra would come with Samsung’s new 200MP camera sensor, the ISOCELL HP3. It should be noted though, that this rumour has been going around since rumours and leaks about Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra were making the rounds, so there is some possibility, that this may not happen with the S23 Ultra as well.

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Explained: Samsung’s breakthrough in 3nm chips & how it translates to higher performance and better efficiency

Manufacturers of SoCs have in a never ending race to make their microprocessors as tiny as possible. While chip designers and manufacturers like Apple, Qualcomm and TSMC have aced the 4nm, 5nm & 6nm processors for some time now, Samsung has just made the world’s first 3-nanometer chips. 

In doing so, Samsung is now on pace to release the most advanced chips in the world. According to Samsung, the new fabrication process is 45% more power efficient and delivers 23% better performance than the previous 5nm process.

All major SoC and chip manufacturers are vying to make their microprocessors as small as possible. Smaller microprocessors usually mean that the production of an SoC can be more efficient, as well as perform much better. This also means that from the same silicon wafer, a higher number of chips can be made, thus remedying the current chip shortage. For these reasons alone, Samsung’s breakthrough is noteworthy. However, that is not all.

Samsung has achieved this feat using a process called Gate-All-Around transistor architecture (GAA FET), an update on FinFET, on a surface that has a 16% smaller surface area than before. 

Samsung said the process would be used for “high performance, low power computing” with mobile processors coming later, and that a second-generation 3nm process will reduce power consumption by 50% and improve performance by 30% on a 35% reduced area.

Being the first to break into the 3nm market shows that Samsung is a major player in the chip manufacturing business. However, the South Korean giant still needs to prove itself against TSMC. The Taiwanese chipmaker dominates the microprocessor market and manufactures chips for Apple’s iPhones, iPods, MacBooks, and Macs. They also supply silicon wafers to companies like Nvidia and AMD. As per a Bloomberg report, TSMC currently accounts for more than half of the global foundry business by revenue.

Samsung and TSMC are currently competing for multi-year deals with Apple and Qualcomm, two mega tech firms awaiting mass production of 3nm chips that could improve the performance of existing products while enabling new technologies. Samsung will manufacture these chips in South Korea at its Hwaseong facilities before expanding to Pyeongtaek. The company is currently building a plant in Texas where it could spend more than $10 billion to produce 3nm chips.

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