ARM announces Cortex A76 for 7nm
Laptop class performance in 2019
Before we even start, we want to make clear that Cortex A76 - the successor of the flagship A75 today - is targeting both phones and laptops with a big focus and four times improvement in ML and AI performance.
Xiaomi Mi8 SE is officially out
Snapdragon 710 for 1799 RMB / €240 or $280
Xiaomi’s CEO Lei Jun has introduced the new mainstream/performance killer called the Mi 8 SE and this phone will sell for 1799 RMB/€240 or $280. It comes with the Snapdragon 710 and a dual AI camera.
Xiaomi Mi8 out, showing DXoMark is better than an iPhone
Officially - by Lei Jun the CEO
The wait is over and most of the rumors floating and leaked around were true. The only thing that really surprised us was the Mi8 Explorer edition with a transparent back and in display fingerprint. The standard Mi8 has a rear end fingerprint sensor.
Xiaomi Mi 8 launch
Updated: Most specs were right
Xiaomi is just introducing Xiaomi Mi8 phone. Developing
Qualcomm XR1 is the first XR platform
VR meets AR in future 10nm chip
Qualcomm has introduced a brand new platform called Snapdragon XR1, dedicated to Extended reality (XR) at the Augmented World Expo (AWE). It already has several customers on board.
Vivo Nex and Vivo Apex pictured
Bezel less and SD 845
A Vivo Apex prototype was showed at the Mobile World Congress and this was the first bezel less phone. The catch to a 98 percent screen to body ratio was a pop up camera. We strongly believe that many phones in 2019 will embrace this feature.
Xiaomi MI 8 SE is the first Snapdragon 710
High end and lite version strategy
Qualcomm revealed the existence of the Snapdragon 710 series at the Mobile World Congress 2018 in late February and it shared the details about two big and six little core chipsets just a week ago. It turns out that Xiaomi MI 8 SE, a cheaper version of the flagship Mi 8, will come powered by the Snapdragon 710.
Elon confirms Model 3 to arrive in Europe 1H 2019
Asia too, UK later in 2019
Elon Musk, like President Trump, likes to surpass his press machine and post exclusive stuff on Twitter and in his last communication, he confirmed that European and Asian Tesla 3 will be on the road in the first half of 2019.
Huawei 5G phone to arrive in 2H 19
Lagging behind
Huawei plans to make CPE ((customer premises equipment) infrastructure devices in the first half of 2019 but it looks like 5G for phones won’t happen before 2H 2019.
Software failed in Uber pedestrian fatality
NTSB confirms
The USA National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued a preliminary report about the first Uber pedestrian fatality. In short, the sensors worked and the software failed.