The first week of October is over and we have all the big news covered in our weekly recap.
OnePlus kicked things off on Monday with its Nord Watch. It includes a 1.78-inch AMOLED rectangular screen with a resolution of 368×448 px, a heart rate sensor, an SpO2 monitor and sleep monitoring. You get over 100 sports tracking modes and battery life is estimated up to 30 days with normal use. The price is set at INR4,999 ($ 60).
Xiaomi then announced its Xiaomi 12T and 12T Pro along with the Redmi Pad tablet. The 12T Pro gets Qualcomm’s latest flagship Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset along with a 200MP main camera (Samsung ISOCELL HP1) and a battery 5,000mAh with 120W charging. The standard Xiaomi 12T carries a Dimensity 8100 Ultra SoC along with a 108MP main camera and the same battery and charging speed as its Pro brother. 8/128 GB while the 12T Pro climbs to € 750 for the same RAM and storage.
Redmi Pad is a 10.6-inch Android 12 tablet with MediaTek’s Helio G99 chipset. The 1200 x 2000px resolution IPS LCD display sports a 90Hz refresh rate and 8MP selfie camera. The tablet offers four speakers, an 8,000mAh battery and an 18W charging. Pricing starts at € 279 / INR 12,999 for the 3 / 64GB version.
Oppo announced its A77s with a Snapdragon 680 chipset, a 90Hz screen, and a 50MP camera. Huawei nova 10 SE is equipped with a slim body, Snapdragon 680G and 66W of charging.
Infinix unveiled the Zero Ultra with a 200MP main camera (Samsung HP1 sensor), Dimensity 920 chipset and 4,500mAh battery with 180W Thunder Charge. Pricing starts at $ 520. Infinix Zero 20 has also seen the light of day pack a 60MP selfie cam, the Helio G99 chipset and the industry’s 108MP Samsung ISOCELL HM2 main sensor. The price is set at € 275.
Thursday belonged to Google and its Pixel 7 series. The new Pixel 7 and 7 Pro are refinements of last year’s Pixel 6 series with the big update being the new Tensor G2 chipset. The Pixel 7 Pro gets a new 48MP telephoto module with 5x optical magnification while the 12MP ultra-wide now gets autofocus and can also act as a macro cam.
The Pixel 7 gets a slightly smaller 6.3-inch AMOLED display with a 90Hz refresh rate, while the larger Pro has a 6.7-inch AMOLED LPTO upgrade to 120Hz. Both phones charge at 20W with the Pixel 7 having a 4,355mAh battery while the 7 Pro has a 5,000mAh cell. The little Pixel starts at $ 600 / € 650 while the 7 Pro costs $ 900 / € 900.
Pixel Watch was also announced on stage: Brings Fitbit sports tracking combined with Google’s WearOS in a sleek 41mm casing with a round 1.2 “AMOLED display. Track heart rate, SpO2 levels, sleep and stress along with all-day battery life for $ 350 / € 380 (Wi-Fi only) and $ 400 / € 430 for the LTE model.
Apple iPhone 14 Plus finally went on sale, nearly three weeks after its announcement. We saw the leaked case designs for the Samsung Galaxy S23 that showed the supposed design of the phones. It looks like Apple will be skipping its in-person event for its upcoming MacBook and iPad Pro models and will instead have an online launch right on its homepage.
These were the biggest stories of week 40. See you next week.
The wearable arrives in India, other markets remain to be announced.
They look mostly the same, although there are some changes inside and out. Pre-orders start today with a free Pixel Watch or Pixel Buds Pro as a bonus.
The current Galaxy A53 uses a 64MP sensor.
And a Dimensity 8100-Ultra chipset. Other than that, the phones are similar with 5,000mAh batteries with 120W charging support and 12-bit 120Hz AMOLED displays.
The S23 series smartphones achieved 3C certification last month with 25W charger.
Zero Ultra offers a 200MP Samsung HP1 sensor and 180W charging, while the Zero 20 boasts an industry-first 60MP camera with OIS and autofocus.
The Tensor G2 shouldn’t see major CPU performance improvements.
The upcoming flagship will carry the same dimensions but with a slightly modified camera bump.
Amazfit’s premium multisport GPS smartwatch.
All the colors of both phones, plus a look at the phones and clock control scheme.
There really isn’t much to surprise us now.
The wearable device will come with Google Wallet payments and Fitbit integration.
Starts at 10am ET (2pm UTC).
The company is slowly revealing more details about the upcoming device.
The watch has a stainless steel body with a domed GG5 crystal and you can customize its appearance with various straps.
Open the sales tip tomorrow at 10:00.
Smart Band 7 Pro has built-in GNSS and offers up to 12 days of battery life.
An operator in Germany will supply Buds Pro with Pixel 7 and Pixel Watch LTE with Pixel 7 Pro.
It’s not an entirely new smartphone, though.
The device will be launched first in Germany.
Here are the prices of the latest phones from Google and the first smartwatch. You can even get the watch for free by ordering a Pixel 7 Pro.
Apple will instead announce only the new MacBooks, iPads and Apple TVs on its website.
The phone runs on Snapdragon 680 which is an LTE-only chipset.
It is (almost) time for a new form of custody.
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