Another week down, so let’s recap. Week 13 was an eventful one, starting with the global launch of the Redmi Note 11 Pro+ 5G (what a name, eh) went on sale globally, while the Redmi 10 5G and Redmi Note 11S 5G were announced.
Redmi Note 11 Pro+ 5G comes in Graphite Gray, Star Blue, Forest Green colors. The baseline 6/128GB trim starts at $369. While the Redmi Note 11S 5G comes in Midnight Black, Twilight Blue, and Star Blue colors. It starts at $249 for the 4/64GB model. The Redmi 10 5G starts at $199 for the 4/64GB trim.
Xiaomi unveiled the Black Shark 5 series of gaming phones. The Black Shark 5 Pro has a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chip, the Black Shark 5 RS uses the Snapdragon 888+, while the Black Shark 5 has a Snapdragon 870. All three will be exclusive to China initially, with global launch to hopefully follow later on.
Oppo quietly listed the Reno7 4G on its Indonesian website. It comes with a Snapdragon 680, 8GB of RAM, 256GB of storage, and a 6.43-inch AMOLED display. The phone is already on sale, priced IDR 5,200,000 ($365/€325/₹27,400).
The OnePlus 10 Pro is now on sale across the world. It brings 80W charging, a 48MP Sony IMX789 main camera, and 8MP telephoto (the same as its predecessor), and a new Samsung JN1 ultrawide camera. The global OnePlus 10 Pro is running OxygenOS 12.1, based on Android 12. The OnePlus 10 Pro price will start from $899 in the United States and €899 in Europe for the base 8/128GB version.
Those were the key stories of the week, but you can find the full list of hot topics below. See you next week!
Redmi Note 11S 5G and Redmi 10 5G were also announced.
Three Black Shark 5 models were announced: vanilla, RS and Pro with Snapdragon 870, 888(+) and 8 Gen 1, respectively.
One upgrade over the 5G model is the 32MP selfie camera, which uses the IMX709 RGBW sensor. Also, there is a version with a leatherette back.
This could be the first smartphone launched with Samsung’s 200MP HP1 sensor.
First sales start on April 5.
Mark Gurman from Bloomberg reveals his expectations in his latest newsletter.
The device is limited to 65W SuperVOOC fast charging in North America, the rest of the world gets 80W.
Your parents’ phone gets more battery.
Fighting air and noise pollution at the same time.
The lineup will include two phones – F21 Pro 4G and F21 Pro 5G.
The images reveal a zero-gap crease on the inside of the foldable.
The tablet is now up on Lazada Philippines.
The Snapdragon 888 powered phone is over a year at this point, so it’s not clear if it was doing this from the beginning or of this is a recent change.
A colorful 32-inch VA LCD mointor with 4K resolution.
The brand will announce something regarding its Nothing phone (1).
Apparently the previous release got really hungry.
It will offer an 8.7-inch screen and 6,400 mAh battery with 18W charging.
The Honor X9 5G goes on sale in Malaysia today.
Overpriced and unnecessary.
A big theme for this version was cleaning up older designs and making everything more cohesive.
Pricing for the two models is yet to be announced. Their siblings – the A53 5G, A23 and A13 – arrived in the country last week.
Motorola overtook LG’s place as the third largest smartphone maker in the States.
Not just that, but also other features too.
The phone was launched last summer with Android 11 on board.
The phone was not unveiled alongside the M33 and M23 as originally expected.
Haslinda has worked with some of the largest telcos in North America and Asia. She loves tech and doesn’t like iPhone
