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Oppo introduced the Reno12 F 5G smartphone with Dimensity 6300, 50-megapixel camera and Halo backlight Last month Oppo released Reno12 series of smartphones. It includes two models - the basic Reno12 and the more advanced Reno12 Pro. Today the company introduced the third model in this series - Reno12 F 5G. The new product offers a more affordable price tag and noticeably less advanced characteristics than its two brothers. Unlike the previously released Reno12 and Reno12 Pro, which use Dimensity 8250 and Dimensity 9200+ processors respectively, the Oppo Reno12 F comes with a Dimensity 6300 chip. This is a mid-range solution that offers dual Cortex-A76 cores clocked at 2.4 GHz, six Cortex-A55 cores with a frequency of 2.0 GHz and a Mali-G57 MC2 graphics controller. The smartphone also received 8 or 12 GB of LPDDR4X RAM and 128, 256 or 512 GB of UFS 2.2 permanent memory. The volume of the latter can be increased thanks to support for microSD memory cards. Reno12 F 5G has a 6.67-inch AMOLED display with a resolution of 2400 × 1080 pixels, a refresh rate of 120 Hz and a peak brightness of 2100 cd/m2 (in direct sunlight 1200 cd/m2). The screen is protected by AGC DT-Star2 glass. The main camera block of the device consists of a 50-megapixel sensor with f/1.8 optics, an 8-megapixel sensor with f/2.2 optics for wide-screen photography, and a 2-megapixel sensor for macro photography. On the front side of the device there is a 32-megapixel camera with f/2.4 optics. The rear and front cameras are said to support video recording in 1080p resolution. At the same time, the rear sensor can shoot at up to 60 frames per second, and also supports high-speed shooting mode in 720p resolution at 120 frames. The front camera only supports recording at 30 frames. An interesting feature of the rear camera island is that it comes with RGB Halo lighting. The smartphone runs Android 14 with the proprietary ColorOS 14.0.1 shell and supports a number of AI functions. In particular, support is announced for AI Recording Summary for summarizing recordings on a voice recorder, AI Summary for taking notes of text, AI Writer and AI Speak for writing and speaking text. The camera features AI Eraser 2.0, AI Smart Image Matting 2.0 and AI Studio for photo editing and processing. Reno12 F 5G is equipped with a 5000 mAh battery with support for 45 W fast charging (a full charge takes 71 minutes), an infrared port, and also has an IP64 certificate for protection against dust and water. The new product will be available for sale in green and orange body colors. The manufacturer did not disclose the cost of the smartphone. You can find all our projects on our Official website. With love, NSWTL.

Chinese Geely has developed LFP batteries that will allow electric vehicles to travel 1 million km. Пока перспективы появления твердотельных аккумуляторов слишком далеки, китайские производители пытаются усовершенствовать самые распространённые на рынке литийионные тяговые аккумуляторы на основе фосфата железа (LFP). Компания Geely собственными силами разработала семейство тяговых батарей Aegis в коротком исполнении, которые помимо прочих преимуществ, обеспечат ресурс до 1 млн км пробега. В свою очередь, как отмечают представители китайского автопроизводителя, это позволит повысить степень доверия потребителей к ресурсу электромобилей и будет способствовать развитию их вторичного рынка. Батареи этого семейства обладают плотностью хранения заряда 192 кВт·ч и расчётную долговечность в районе 3500 циклов. По данным Geely, при среднестатистическом годовом пробеге одного электромобиля, находящегося в частном владении, на уровне 20 000 км, такой батареи хватит на 50 лет эксплуатации. Потеря способности аккумуляторов сохранять заряд при этом будет минимальной. Geely хоть и сотрудничает с той же CATL, батареи семейства Aegis разрабатывала своими силами. Укороченный корпус позволяет им снизить внутреннее сопротивление и повысить эффективность работы аккумуляторов. Тонкие нанотрубки из углеволокна в составе этих батарей используются для передачи ионов, а специальные покрытия для плёночных изоляторов улучшают проницаемость для ионов лития, позволяя им быстрее перемещаться между электродами в процессе работы батареи. Тем самым повышается скорость зарядки тяговых батарей. В частности, аккумуляторы этой серии способны восстановить заряд с 10 до 80 % за 17 минут против 26 минут у аналогичной батареи с длинным корпусом и традиционным химическим составом. Кроме того, новые батареи медленнее теряют остаточный заряд на морозе. Например, при температуре минус 30 градусов Цельсия остаточный заряд традиционных аккумуляторов в ходе испытаний упал до 79 процентов, тогда как короткая батарея Aegis сохранила около 90 % остаточного заряда. На повышение безопасности данных батарей специалистами Geely был направлен целый ряд мер. Была внедрена высокопрочная термоустойчивая диафрагма, а также внедрён дополнительный предохранительный электрод для повышения плотности хранения заряда и защиты от нештатных ситуаций. Поверхность электродов имеет специальное покрытие, которое предотвращает возникновение коротких замыканий при механическом повреждении корпуса батареи. Последний в ходе испытаний подвергался прокалыванию металлическими штырями, боковым ударам и трению о твёрдую поверхность с большой интенсивностью. Батарею нагревали пламенем, выдерживали в солёной воде и переезжали строительной техникой массой 26 тонн, не говоря уже о заморозке при отрицательных температурах. По всей видимости, результатами экстремальных тестов разработчики остались довольны. Первым батареи нового семейства примерит электрический кроссовер Galaxy E5. Компания Geely также располагает совместными предприятиями с CATL, Farasis Energy и LG Energy Solution, поэтому обогащать собственные компетенции в сфере создания тяговых батарей она может и за счёт этих партнёров. You can find all our projects on our Official website. With love, NSWTL.

Apple began selling Vision Pro AR headset in China, Japan and Singapore Back in the middle of the outgoing month, Apple found it necessary to announce its intentions to launch sales of the Vision Pro augmented reality headset through official channels in China, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore by the end of June, and today the corresponding products arrived in the company’s branded stores in these regions. Until now, the Vision Pro headset was offered on the US market, where it arrived at the beginning of the year, but Chinese intermediaries literally from the first days found an opportunity to bring Apple’s new product to China. By doubling the official price, these entrepreneurs didn't find many customers, but some began offering the Vision Pro for rent, allowing users to get some insight into the device before they decided to buy. As noted in the richly illustrated press release Apple, in China, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore, the start of sales of Vision Pro in the company's official stores is accompanied by the same procedure of lengthy familiarization with the capabilities of the device. Inside Apple stores there are special areas with sofas that allow comfortable seating for both a potential buyer and a consultant trained in a special demonstration procedure and armed with a tablet. At the same time, the accessories included with the Vision Pro headset have also gone on sale, so you can get everything you need in one visit to the store. In China, for example, the Vision Pro sales launch ceremony was personally attended by Deirdre O’Brien, who holds the post of Apple’s senior vice president of retail. She personally congratulated some Vision Pro buyers on their purchase. Her visit to China shows the importance of the region for Apple as a market for a new type of product. As previously reported, Apple had to adapt the Vision Pro software to the specifics of the local market. Streaming services from American providers are prohibited here, and instead, Apple customers will be offered local alternatives. In addition, the Chinese company ByteDance was supposed to develop the Douyin application for Vision Pro, which is an analogue of TikTok. Pre-orders for the Vision Pro should also start today in Germany, France, Australia, the UK and Canada, but the device won't go on sale in local markets until July 12. The fairly rapid expansion of Apple headsets in foreign markets, according to some experts, indicates modest sales results in the home US market. You can find all our projects on our Official website. With love, NSWTL.

Veteran Apple chip designer joins Sam Altman-backed startup Rain AI One of the founders and CEO of OpenAI, Sam Altman, has long dreamed of releasing his own computational accelerators, and therefore supports the startup Rain AI, which promises to develop corresponding chips. The startup recently added an experienced developer to its staff, who helped Apple create its own processors to replace Intel products. We are talking about Jean-Didier Allegrucci, who participated in the development of several generations of Apple's own processors and worked on the company's staff for about seventeen years, and his total experience in the industry exceeds 30 years. Recently he was hired in Rain AI, in order, under the leadership of Amin Firoozshahian, a native of Meta, to create more energy-efficient processors for computing accelerators compared to existing analogues of competitors. Firouzshahian joined Rain AI after five years at Meta Platforms. Jean-Didier Allegrucci will head the hardware development division at Rain AI. Rain AI is exploring the possibility of creating chips that would allow some of the calculations to be carried out on the side of memory chips, imitating the structure of the human brain. Similar developments are already underway at Intel, Samsung and TSMC, so Rain AI will not be alone in this initiative. According to the developers, ultimately, more energy-efficient chips will allow artificial intelligence to be distributed to more devices, and computing will not need to be concentrated in data centers. You can find all our projects on our Official website. With love, NSWTL.

Cubot will release a rugged smartphone KingKong ACE 3 with two screens on July 22 The Chinese manufacturer of smartphones and wearable devices Cubot has announced the upcoming start of global sales of the rugged Cubot KingKong ACE 3 smartphone, scheduled for July 22. The new product has a heavy-duty design, making it possible to use it in the most adverse environmental conditions. Cubot KingKong ACE 3 Designed to withstand the harshest environments, it is water and dust resistant and IP68/IP69K shock and drop resistant for durability and reliability. The smartphone will become a reliable companion for lovers of travel and extreme sports, as well as builders, metallurgists and other professions whose work involves being in adverse environmental conditions. The smartphone is based on an eight-core MediaTek Helio G88 processor with a clock frequency of up to 2.0 GHz and an Arm Mali-G52 graphics accelerator, which, combined with up to 8 GB of RAM with the possibility of virtual expansion up to 32 GB, provides high performance when running resource-intensive applications and heavy games, and also supports multitasking. The capacity of the flash drive is up to 256 GB. Storage capacity can be expanded with support for microSD cards up to 1 TB. Cubot KingKong ACE 3 is equipped with a 6.58-inch IPS screen with FHD+ resolution (2408 × 1080 pixels). The screen refresh rate is 90 Hz. There is an additional round touch screen on the rear panel, which can display various information, such as battery level or time, as well as incoming notifications. The secondary screen can also be used to take selfies using the main camera. The ability to take high-quality photos and videos is provided by the main 108-megapixel camera, complemented by a 5-megapixel sensor for macro photography. There is also a 32MP front camera for selfies. A 5100 mAh battery will ensure you can stay connected throughout the day. The smartphone runs Android 14 OS. The device specifications also include a fingerprint scanner and an NFC module for paying for purchases through a terminal without the need for a bank card. You can find all our projects on our Official website. With love, NSWTL.