Rumours about the RX 6700 series have reared their head again. This time the rumour stems from Patrick Schur, a software engineer and active leaker on Twitter. Apparently, AMD has two SKUs planned, with the RX 6700 and RX 6700 XT set to join the RX 6800, RX 6800 XT and RX 6900 XT. Based on […]
Monthly Archives: November 2020
Motorola Moto E7 launched with a 48 MP dual camera and a 4,000 mAh battery for €110
The Moto E7 has arrived, a few months after Motorola announced the Moto E7 Plus. The new budget handset will be available from next month in Europe for just €110, so it should come as no surprise to learn that Motorola has made some compromises to keep costs down. Motorola has, for example, equipped the Moto […]
A possible Redmi Note 9 5G leaks onto Geekbench ahead of its launch
New Redmi phones are officially set to launch soon. However, it seems one member of this group has broken cover ahead of this event. A new Xiaomi device called the M2007J22C has appeared on Geekbench with specs previously predicted for the Note 9 5G. They include a processor called the ARM MT6853T, believed to be the Dimensity 800U processor. This is due to findings that the […]
Beelink GTI: A new mini-PC with an Intel Core i5-8260U and a built-in fingerprint scanner launched
The Beelink GTI, is a rather unusual mini-PC in some sense. The machine measures a typical 168 x 120 x 39 mm and includes multiple ports, such as six USB Type-A ports and dual LAN connections. However, it also has an Intel Core i5-8260U processor and a fingerprint scanner that Beelink has included on the top of […]
The Xbox Series S and Series X can now run retro emulators through RetroArch, and performance is excellent
The Xbox Series S is by far the weakest console of the current generation, but there’s a new trick up its sleeve that may entice some gamers, particularly those interested in emulating retro consoles. Thanks to the console’s Developer Mode, some intrepid coders have gotten the popular emulator frontend Retro Arch to run on the […]
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano features lower powered Tiger Lake UP4 CPUs & 1.35mm travel keyboard
When Lenovo announced the new 13 inch 16:10 flagship ThinkPad X1 Nano in late September 2020, a few things were left in the dark. For example, the exact release date. In the press-release, Lenovo did not give us a release date beyond the 4th quarter 2020, which by now would mean December. Depending on the […]
MINISFORUM EliteMini UM700: A mini-PC with an AMD Ryzen 7 3750H APU for US$539
MINISFORUM has unveiled another mini-PC, following on from the announcement of the EliteMini Box X400 earlier this month. MINISFORUM has called its new machine the EliteMini UM700, and it is already available to order for US$539 directly from the manufacturer. The entry-level model comes with 8 GB of SO-DIMM RAM and 128 GB of M.2 2280 storage. […]
The Huawei P50 series will be available in limited quantities because of the scarcity of the Kirin 9000 chipset
Although Huawei has already received some licenses to trade with US companies, it cannot purchase high-end chipsets from Qualcomm, with Huawei restricted to Qualcomm’s 4G chipset portfolio, instead. Equally, Huawei cannot produce new Kirin chipsets through companies like TSMC, leaving it at a loss when it comes to releasing new flagship smartphones. The P50 series […]
The Huawei Mate X2 visits the TENAA – Kirin 9000 chipset likely in line for 5G foldable smartphone
Huawei has certified the Mate X2 with the TENAA in China. Specifically, the Chinese company has approved the TET-AN00 and TET-AN10, which appear to be two SKUs of the same device. Details about the Mate X2 remain sparse, but the TENAA offers a few nuggets of information about the upcoming foldable smartphone. On the one […]
OPPO patents a phone with a round pop-up selfie camera
The pop-up selfie camera is a prominent alternative to the display notch or punch-hole camera. It keeps the upper part of a smartphone screen free of either and deploys a front-facing shooter at need. These modules are usually small square modules that rise from the top edge of a device using motors at need. However, there are a couple of departures from this shape out […]