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Tech This Week – November 12, 2022

This was one of the most interesting weeks in the tech world with major headlines breaking almost every day! And of course, we’re here to bring them to you in a nice little package in the form of ‘Tech This Week’ From layoffs to new launches, we’ve got you covered! 

Major layoffs in the tech industry 

This week saw major tech industries laying off their employees. While Twitter laid off half of its workforce, which included 90% of its Indian workforce, Facebook-parent Meta let off 11,000 of its employees. This was one of the largest layoffs ever witnessed in the tech industry. Whereas, major tech players like Microsoft and Amazon are also reported to fire a chunk of their workforce. 

 

MediaTek Dimensity 9200 launched

After a month of rumours, MediaTek has finally launched a new chipset for flagship smartphones – the Dimensity 9200. The latest flagship chipset is based on the TSMC N4P node and is the first SoC with ARM’s Gen 2 architecture with new cores. The newly launched chipset promised to offer better performance as compared to its predecessor, Dimensity 9000.

Realme Dizo launched

Another affordable smartwatch is on its way, this time from Realme’s TechLife brand Dizo. The company officially launched the Dizo Watch D Plus in India, which will be available on the e-commerce platform Flipkart from November 15th. The new wearable from the house of Chinese electronics maker Realme comes with a big immersive display, an aluminium frame and offers the most reliable tracking of health and fitness.

RTX 4080 rebrand 

Nvidia recently paused the launch of the 12GB RTX 4080 graphics card last month as it received a lot of backlash from fans over the naming and pricing. It is now being reported that the 4080 will be making its return to the market as the RTX 4070 Ti in Jan 2023. It will be interesting to see how fans react to this relaunch as they were vocal about their disappointment over the RTX 4080. 

Volvo EX90 unveiled 

Volvo recently unveiled the EX90 SUV that will go on sale globally in 2024. Volvo says it is the safest car ever produced and is banking on the car’s safety features to be its USP. This will mark Volvo’s third electric model promising a range of 600KMS. It supports bi-directional charging. It is also 5G-capable for over-the-air updates. One of the key features of the car is that its interior sensors can gauge eye concentration to warn about driving while being distracted or drowsy. 

iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max shipments to take a hit

It was back in October when news about a COVID-19 outbreak in the world’s largest iPhone manufacturing plant hit the internet. A surge in COVID-19 cases at Foxconn’s Zhengzhou, China site lead to a complete lockdown at the factory as a measure to curb the spread. As a result, several factory workers were seen fleeing the facility citing poor working conditions and a lack of basic resources. News outlets around the world also focussed on individual stories where workers from the factory shared their experience of being under the strict lockdown and finally making their way to the world. Foxconn’s Zhengzhou plant employs about 200,000 people and produces the maximum number of iPhones for  Apple across the world. Thus it was expected that the production of iPhones will take a hit due to this outbreak.  Apple this week confirmed that delays in the shipment of iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max will indeed take a hit! 

Oculus founder builds VR headset that kills you if you die in-game!

Palmer Luckey, one of the founders of Oculus has designed a new VR headset that can literally take your life if you die in-game! Technology and dystopia go hand-in-hand and with this new development, humanity has gotten a little bit if not too close to the sci-fi show ‘Black Mirror’ The VR headset draws inspiration from the Sword Academy Online Anime! However, it is not a product that will be making its way to the market anytime. 

Crypto market’s big fall

The crypto market recently witnessed a big drop with the entire market’s cap now sitting below $1 trillion, at $914 billion. Binance’s proposed purchase of FTX is likely the reason behind this volatile market move. As of now, Ethereum witnessed a 17% drop and Bitcoin is fairing a little better with a 10% fall.

MediaTek launched a new flagship SoC – Dimensity 9200

After a month of rumours, MediaTek has finally launched a new chipset for flagship smartphones – the Dimensity 9200. The latest flagship chipset is based on the TSMC N4P node and is the first SoC with ARM’s Gen 2 architecture with new cores. The newly launched chipset promised to offer better performance as compared to its predecessor, Dimensity 9000.

The latest system-on-chip from MediaTek is designed to deliver high-performance gaming, ultra-sharp image capturing and significantly reduced power consumption. MediaTek is known to be frequently associated with budget Android phones, but slowly and steadily, the company is making its way to the flagship devices.

The SoC can also support both mmWave and sub-6 GHz band 5G networks and is said to be the first SoC to be ready for WiFi 7, which means it can deliver speeds of up to 6.5Gbps on the device. An ARMv9 Gen 2 architecture arrives with a Cortex-X3 core which handles the most demanding tasks along with the three Cortex-A715 performance cores.

As per MediaTek, the latest chipset, Dimensity 9200, is up to 32% faster than the GPU in the Dimensity 9000 and uses 41% less power. The four Cortex-A510 low-power cores help the compatible device with the battery life. The Imagiq 890 image signal supports RGBW camera sensors and promises more brightness along with details in photos than plain RGB.

The MediaTek Dimensity 9200 promises a very comfortable smartphone viewing experience and will be available by the end of 2022, and most probably, it will debut with Vivo X90. Now that MediaTek has officially launched Dimensity 9200, Qualcomm will surely try to grab the attention with their SoC Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, as it’s already on the horizon.

Tech Launches of the Month (November 2022)

Nothing Ear (Stick)

Again, Nothing has something new to offer, this time in the name of Nothing Ear (Stick). The London-based company unveiled new TWS earbuds in a Red and White colour option, which are not precisely similar to the previously launched Nothing Ear (1). Along with the Nothing Ear (Stick), they also launched an app – Nothing X, where you can customise the sound output of the earbuds. The buds will be available in India from November 17 and priced at ₹8,499.

Key Features

  • Bluetooth Version: 5.2
  • Style: Open-fit true wireless earbuds
  • Driver type: Custom-made 12.6mm
  • Weight: 4.4g per earbud, 46.3g charging case
  • Battery life: Up to 7hrs (29hrs including charging case)

Asus Zenbook 17 Fold OLED

Asus recently unveiled its first foldable laptop in India – the Zenbook 17 Fold OLED, which sports a 17.3” foldable OLED display with 2560 by 1920 resolution. The thin and light foldable laptop from the house of Asus is priced at ₹3,29,290 and has a touchscreen that folds down instantly to a compact 12.5” size. The laptop is powered with a 12th Gen Intel® Core™ processor and features a stunning Harman Kardon-certified quad-speaker Dolby Atmos® audio system.

Key Features

  • 5 MP AI camera video calling
  • Multiple screens via ScreenXpert
  • 75 Wh all-day battery life
  • Up to 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i7 processor
  • Dolby Atmos quad-speaker with smart amplifier technology

Realme 10

In the last week of October 2022, in a series of tweets, Madhav Seth, CEO of Realme, confirmed the release of the Realme 10 in India. The smartphone will have a punch-hole display with a selfie camera in the upper left corner. Realme 10 is powered by the MediaTek Helio G99 SoC with up to 8GB of RAM and has a 90Hz Super AMOLED panel. It will pack a 5,000mAh battery with 33W fast charging support.

Key Features

  • Colour options – Clash White and Rush Black
  • MediaTek Helio G99 SoC with up to 8GB of RAM
  • 360Hz touch sampling rate and FHD+ resolution
  • 5,000mAh battery with 33W fast charging support
  • 16MP front camera with AI Clear Fusion technology

MediaTek Dimensity 9200

The MediaTek Dimensity 9200 is on its way, and interestingly, it’s getting a launch before its rival, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. The successor of the Dimensity 9000 will sport one Cortex-X3 prime core, three Cortex-A715 mid-cores, and four Cortex-A510 cores. The Dimensity 9200 is expected to launch on November 8th and will share a similar architecture with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, as both of them are said to be fabricated on TSMC’s 4nm process.

Apple iPad Pro (2022)

Apple launched iPad Pro 2022, the new and updated iPad Pro refresh with the company’s M2 chipset. The design of the new powerful tablets remains the same, except for the home button, which is removed. The tablets are available in two size options – 11-inch and 12.9-inch, both with a 120Hz ProMotion refresh rate. The larger 12.9-inch iPad Pro comes with a mini-LED display panel, while the 11-inch iPad has a normal LCD display panel.

Key Features

  • RAM – 8GB/16GB
  • Storage – 128GB/256GB/512GB / 1TB/2TB
  • Chip – Apple M2, 8-core CPU, 10-core GPU, 16-core Neural Engine
  • Video Recording – 4K video recording at 24 fps, 25 fps, 30 fps or 60 fps (Wide)
  • Camera – Dual 12MP wide + 10MP ultra-wide, 2x optical/5x digital, Smart HDR 4

Apple TV 4K

Apple introduces the powerful next-generation Apple TV 4K, which will be available from 4th November. The TV is said to be more powerful, entertaining, and affordable than ever and features the A15 Bionic chip, adds HDR10+, and gets the best of Apple to the biggest screen in the home. The TV is available in two configurations: Apple TV 4K (Wi-Fi), which offers 64GB of storage, and Apple TV 4K (Wi-Fi + Ethernet), which provides support for Gigabit Ethernet along with twice storage.

Key Features

  • 4K screen resolution
  • Gigabit Ethernet
  • Up to 128GB Storage
  • A15 Bionic chip
  • Siri remote with USB-C connector

MediaTek unveils the Dimensity 1080 chipset with up to 200MP camera support

If you’re in the market looking for a mid-range smartphone, it is hard to miss out on MediaTek chipset devices. The company has managed to capture the mid-range market by providing powerful performance at a cheaper price than other chipset manufacturers. Be it the likes of Xiaomi or OnePlus many smartphone manufacturers house MediaTek chipsets in their smartphones. It looks like Mediatek is not slowing down any time soon as it has launched its latest MediaTek Dimensity 1080 chipset which doubles down on its previous Dimensity 920 that was released last year. Check out all details about the MediaTek Dimensity 1080 below:

Dimensity 1080 details

The latest Dimensity 1080 5G chipset is fabricated on TSMC’s N6 6nm manufacturing node, it offers key improvements over the DImensity 920. It comes with an octa-core CPU featuring two ARM Cortex-A78 cores which are clocked up to 2.6Ghz and ARM Cortex-A55 cores clocked up to 2Ghz. It features an Arm Mali G68 GPU. One key feature of the latest chipset is that it comes with the support of LPDDR5 memory and UFS 3.1 storage. Another upgrade here is that its Image Signal Processor (ISP) can now support 4K HDR video encoding and image capturing prowess up to 200MP with zero shutter lag. There are no noted new gaming features in the chipset. It comes with HyperEngine 3.0 which is similar to the Dimensity 920. Mediatek has announced that smartphones powered by this chipset will be available in Q4 of 2022.

Leaks on the internet are now suggesting that the upcoming Redmi Note 12 series will be one of the first smartphones to be equipped with Dimensity 1080. The leak was shared by tipster Digital Chat Station who revealed that the internal testing of the chipset has shown a similar performance to the Snapdragon 778G SoC. It reportedly also scored over 520,000 on AnTuTu.  If true, this could make Dimensity 1080 one of the best chips in the mid-range segment.

 

 

 

MediaTek announced Dimensity 8000 and Dimensity 8100 chipsets

The Taiwanese chipset company, MediaTek, had announced their 2022 flagship processor, Dimensity 9000. The processor aims at the upper end of the mid-range smartphones. Now, they have announced the launch of two new 5G smartphone chipsets, Dimensity 8000 and 8100.

Dimensity 8000

The MediaTek Dimensity 8000 features an octa-core CPU, inclusive of 4 Arm Cortex-A78 cores clocked at as much as 2.75GHz and 4 Arm Cortex-A55 cores clocked at as much as 2.0GHz. The SoC packs an Arm Mali-G610 MC6 GPU for gaming and graphics-extensive tasks. 

The GPU can force an FHD+ show at a full refresh charge of 168Hz and aid for 4K AV1 media decoding. The Dimensity 8000 uses the Imagiq 780 ISP for imaging, which assists in simultaneous twin digital digicam HDR video recording, 200MP digital digicam aid, AI-Motion unblurs AI-NR/HDR photos, and 2x lossless zoom.

Dimensity 8100

The MediaTek Dimensity 8100 is a minor step up from the Dimensity 8000. It additionally functions as an octa-middle CPU providing 4 Arm Cortex-A78 cores and 4 Arm Cortex-A55 cores. However, the Cortex-A78 overall performance cores at the Dimensity 8100 can accelerate to 2.85GHz. 

The octa-middle CPU is paired with the identical Mali-G610 MC6 GPU. MediaTek claims that the Dimensity 8100 improves gaming overall performance with 20% extra GPU frequency over the Dimensity 8000 and over 25-tier CPU power-performance over preceding Dimensity chips.

The Dimensity 8100 additionally functions the identical Imagiq 780 ISP, which gives simultaneous twin digital digicam HDR video recording, 200MP digital digicam support, 4K60 HDR10+ video capture, AI-Motion

unblur, AI-NR/HDR photos, and 2X lossless zoom.

Specifications:

  1. CPU: Dimensity 8000 will be 4x Arm Cortex-A78 @ up to 2.75GHz and 4x Arm Cortex-A55 @ up to 2.0GHz. Whereas Dimensiy 8100 will be 4x Arm Cortex-A78 @ up to 2.85GHz and 4x Arm Cortex-A55 @ up to 2.0GHz
  2. Display: Dimensity 8000 chipsets will display Maximum On-Device Display support: FHD+ @168Hz and its counterpart 8100 will be Maximum On-Device Display support: FHD+ @ 168Hz / WQHD+ @ 120Hz.
  3. AI: Dimensity 8000 and 8100 will have 5th Gen APU 580.
  4. Connectivity: Bluetooth 5.3, Bluetooth LE Audio Technology with Dual-Link True Wireless Stereo Audio, and WiFi 6E 2×2 are connection modes.
  5. Camera: Dimensity 8000 and 8100 will be shipped with 200 megapixels camera, but the onus of providing the feature lies with the manufacturers. Along with this, the chipsets will also allow a 4K video recording feature. 
  6. Internet: Faster internet speeds will be provided, and the smartphones will have dual 5G standby support.
  7. Manufacturing Process: 5nm production process by TSMC are used to build the chipsets. 

Differences:

  1. Dimensity 8100 enjoys slightly higher performance cores at a speed of 2.85GHz than Dimensity 8000 at performance cores of 8.75Ghz. 
  2. A higher screen resolution of FHD+ @ 168Hz / WQHD+ @ 120Hz is available in the Dimensity 8100; on the other hand, Dimenity 8000 has only FHD+ @168Hz.

Rest all the specifications and hardware are similar in the newly launched Dimensity 8100 and 8000.

Xiaomi Launched the Redmi Note 11T 5G with 50MP camera and Dimensity 810 SoC

Xiaomi launched the Redmi Note 11T 5G, the rebranded version of the regular Redmi Note 11 5G and successor to last year’s Redmi Note 10T 5G, on a live-streamed YouTube event. The 5G enabled handset features a 6.6-inch display with a 90Hz Adaptive Refresh Rate. The model sports a hole-punch display design and supports Dual Split Fast Charge technology which helps the handset to charge faster than usual.

The smartphone is powered by MediaTek’s Dimensity 810 6nm octa-core chipset coupled with 6/8GB RAM and 64/128GB storage, and it will be the first Redmi phone to come with a 6nm SoC. The smartphone is available in three colours: Aquamarine Blue, Matte Black, Stardust White and three variants, 6GB+64GB priced at ₹16,9999, 6GB+128GB priced at ₹17,999 and 8GB+128GB priced at ₹19,999.

The handset arrives with a dual rear camera setup, which means you only get a 50-megapixel primary sensor with an f/1.8 lens and 8-megapixel ultra-wide lens around the back. While for selfies and video chats, the smartphone has a 16-megapixel camera in the front. Along with this, the Redmi Note 11T 5G features a 3.5 headphone jack, stereo speakers and a side-mounted fingerprint scanner.

Redmi always offers the best to its consumers and that too without burning a hole in the pocket. The Note 11T 5G smartphone is protected by a Corning Gorilla Glass and is IP53 rated. The model also includes sensors such as an accelerometer, ambient light, gyroscope, magnetometer, and proximity sensor. On the battery front, the smartphone is packed with a 5000 mAh two-day battery that supports 33W Pro fast charging via USB-C.

The budget smartphone comes with Android 11 out of the box, and still, it has all the features you could ask for from a high-end smartphone. The Chinese electronics giant has also partnered with Reliance Jio for conducting 5G trials in the country on their Redmi Note 11T 5G smartphone. The smartphone will go live for sale on 7th December at noon via Xiaomi India’s website, Mi Home stores, Amazon India and partnering retailers.

 

Realme India Geared Up To Launch A First-ever MediaTek Dimensity 810 Powered Smartphone In India

Realme India is all geared up to launch the first-ever MediaTek Dimensity 810 powered 5G phone soon. The company announced the collaboration with MediaTek via Twitter, where they mentioned that they are bringing the world’s first MediaTek Dimensity 810 5G processor in India.

Realme has previously launched a number of MediaTek 5G processors in India including MediaTek Dimensity 800U, MediaTek Dimensity 700 and MediaTek Dimensity 1200 with their smartphones Realme X7 5G, Realme 8 5G and Realme X7 Max 5G respectively.

The latest MediaTek Dimensity 810 5G processor was unveiled earlier this month and it can support high-resolution HD+ displays with up to a 120Hz refresh rate and will bring Cortex-A76 CPU cores clocked at 2.4GHz alongside Cortex-A55 cores for power-efficient tasks.

The company is launching a new smartphone with the latest MediaTek processor and the upcoming smartphone is claimed to provide an all-round experience with faster performance, dual 5G stand-by, and a longer battery. The name of the model is not revealed yet but it is expected to be the Realme 8s.

The upcoming smartphone from Realme with MediaTek Dimensity 810 5G chipset is rumoured to feature a 6.5-inch display with a 90Hz refresh rate. The upcoming smartphone is expected to have up to 8GB of RAM and a maximum of 256GB onboard storage alongside a 5,000 mAh battery with 33W fast charging.

The smartphone is tipped to feature a triple rear camera setup with a 64-megapixel primary sensor and a 16-megapixel selfie camera sensor. The leaked images of the smartphone suggest that the phone will have a gradient back finish and a rectangular-shaped rear camera module, similar to the existing Realme 8-series phones.

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