AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT and Radeon RX 6800 Review

With ray tracing now on the menu, is AMD finally back in the PC gaming race? We review the new AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT and Radeon RX 6800 to find out.

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Poco M3 with 6,000mAh battery confirmed to launch on February 2 in India

Poco M3 is now confirmed to launch on February 2 in India after its global debut in November 2020. The Poco M3 follows the M2 series that was launched last year in India with a new design, large capacity battery and triple cameras on the back. 

Poco has announced through its various social handles that it will be launching the Poco M3 at 12 PM on February 2, with the phone going up on sale on Flipkart. Apart from this, the company has also released a teaser video of the Poco M3 teasing its key specifications and features.

Here's the quickest #POCOAMA ever. pic.twitter.com/vsNYXth4rj

— POCO India (@IndiaPOCO) January 27, 2021

The Poco M3 is priced starting at $149 for the base model with 4GB RAM and 64GB storage and $169 for the 128GB storage variant. This pegs the India pricing to start from Rs 11,000 by direct conversion. Having said that, it's likely that the company may choose different RAM and storage variants for its India launch.

Poco M3 specifications

The Poco M3 features a 6.53-inch Full HD+ (2340 x 1080 pixels) resolution display with a waterdrop notch cutout for the selfie camera. This gives the screen a 19.5:9 aspect ratio and is further topped with a layer of Gorilla Glass 3.

It is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 662 processor with an octa-core CPU and Adreno 610 GPU. This is paired with 4GB RAM and upto 128GB storage variants. Additionally, there is an option of expanding the storage further by using a microSD card. It runs on MIUI 12 based on Android 10 with the Poco Launcher.

The Poco M3 has a triple camera setup on the back that consists of a primary 48MP camera with an f/1.8 aperture, a 2MP macro camera and a 2MP depth sensor. On the front, there is an 8MP selfie camera housed within the notch cutout. The rear camera can record videos in 1080p at 30FPS.

The phone has stereo speakers and a side-mounted fingerprint reader. It is fitted with a 6,000mAh battery that supports 18W fast charging. Poco claims that the M3 is capable of lasting 40 hours on calling or 196 hours of music playback or 17 hours of video viewing.

 

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Apple AirPods Pro 2 rumored to launch in the first half of 2021

The reports of Apple working on releasing the new AirPods Pro 2 comes alongside the news of a new iPhone SE in the works. It is no surprise that Apple is working on refreshing its audio lineup with a successor to the AirPods Pro.

A new report claims that Apple will release a successor for the AirPods Pro in the first half of 2021. The news comes from unnamed industry sources who specifies Taiwan-based Windbound Corporation as the main supplier of NOR flash memory for the new AirPods Pro as cited by Digitimes.

“Winbond is also expected to be among the NOR flash suppliers for Apple’s next-generation AirPods Pro slated for launch later in the first half of this year, the sources indicated. The Taiwan-based chipmaker will be running its NOR flash production lines at nearly full capacity utilization during the six-month period,” reports DigiTimes.

The new AirPods Pro could also see a design change as noted in the previous reports. Apple is planning to make the new AirPods more compact by eliminating the stem with the thickness measuring the same 21mm while the height and length of the new AirPods Pro are said to be 46mm and 54mm, respectively. 

The new design is still reportedly in the testing phase and could feature the new in-house W2 chip powering the AirPods Pro. The new AirPods are rumoured to come in two different sizes just as the Apple Watch. The company is also looking into improving the battery life of the device despite reducing the size of the AirPods

 

 

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OnePlus co-founder Carl Peis new company is called Nothing

OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei has announced that his new company is called Nothing. Nothing is based out of London and is “a new forward-thinking consumer technology company”. This comes after Carl left OnePlus in October 2020 and revealed that he will be working on a new consumer electronics brand.

While it remains to be seen what Nothing ends up doing, Carl has managed to raise $7 million from investors including Steve Huffman (Reddit), Kevin Lin (Twitch), Tony Fadell (inventor of iPod), Youtuber Casey Neistat and Kunal Shah (CRED).

We rethought everything and came up with #Nothing. pic.twitter.com/VSz905Kgug

— Nothing (@nothingtech) January 27, 2021

“It’s been a while since anything interesting happened in tech. It is time for a fresh breeze of change,” said Carl Pei, CEO and founder of Nothing. “Nothing’s mission is to remove barriers between people and technology to create a seamless digital future. We believe that the best technology is beautiful, yet natural and intuitive to use. When sufficiently advanced, it should fade into the background and feel like nothing.”

The company has also revealed that it will launch its smart devices in the first half of 2021. However, there is no official word on what those devices will be. Previously, Carl has been rumoured to be working on new audio products however, as per this report by Wired, the new company is “so much more than that”.

In an interview with The Verge, Carl confirmed that Nothing will launch multiple products across different consumer technology categories, “with the eventual aim of building up an ecosystem of devices”. Carl also clarifies that Nothing is an independent company with its own R&D department and it won’t “relabel somebody else’s products.”

“Consumer tech is a tidal wave of limitless potential. Nothing will be the brand at the forefront and I can't wait for the world to experience their products,” said Casey Neistat, YouTuber and Investor in Nothing.

With the announcement, the company has also gone live with its social media handles (1,2) and a website that you can visit here.

As for OnePlus, the company recently announced that it is merging its R&D team with Oppo “to better maximize resources”, especially since both companies have been found to develop and release similar-looking smartphones. Both OnePlus and Oppo are managed by BBK Electronics which also oversees Realme, iQOO and Vivo.

   

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Cyberpunk 2077 Gets Workaround for Game-Breaking Bug, Developers Release Modding Support Tools

Cyberpunk 2077 developers have shared a workaround for a bug that Patch 1.1 introduced. This bug prevents players from progressing in the story. The developers have also released official modding support tools for Cyberpunk 2077.

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iPhone SE Plus price, and specs leaked online

A new leak suggests that an iPhone in Apple’s SE portfolio is in the works. The phone is being dubbed as the iPhone SE Plus and could be the successor to the iPhone SE (2020) (review) that was introduced last year in April.

A tipster on Twitter by the name @apple_lab has revealed details about the rumored iPhone SE Plus. The tweet even shows a rendered image of the phone. In the rendered image we can see that the phone does not come with a home button at the bottom, which is a welcoming change from the iPhone SE that was released in 2020 that has a physical button and a large chin and forehead bezels.

 

iPhone SE Plus - Display: 6.1" (IPS) - Chip: Apple A14 (A13) Bionic - Camera: Main: 12Mp (iSight), Sefie 7Mp (FaceTime HD) - Features: 6 Portrait Light effect / OIS / Smart HDR 3 / IP67 / Color (Black / Red / White?) - Security: TouchID in Home Button - Price: ≈499$ / ≈589€ pic.twitter.com/wQkz19QYoL

— Apple Lab (@aaple_lab) January 19, 2021

 

According to the tweet, the phone will come in Black, Red, and White colours and will feature IP67 water and dust certification. The front side of the phone will house a 6.1-inch IPS display and could be powered by either the A13 or A14 Bionic chip. It is expected to feature a 12MP iSight sensor, whereas the selfie camera is tipped to feature a 7MP sensor.

The iPhone could feature a Touch ID sensor integrated with the power button but this is not yet confirmed. Coming to the price of the device it is expected to retail around $499 (Roughly Rs. 36,500 directly converted). The tipster did not share any details about the launch of the phone but one can speculate that the device could launch sometime in April same as the iPhone SE (2020) last year.

 

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OnePlus 9 with two 48MP rear cameras surfaces in real-life images

A real-life image allegedly of the upcoming OnePlus 9 has leaked online giving us a look at the design of the phone along with other key details. OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 9 Pro are rumoured to launch sometime by mid-March and there are speculations that they could be joined by the OnePlus 9 Lite.

The new leak was reported by ITHome with a live image of the OnePlus 9 showing off the phone from the back and the front. The image also reveals some key details about the phone from the Settings menu. From the images, we can see that the OnePlus 9 is shown to be clad in a glossy silver finish with a large camera module in the top-left corner. The image seems to have been posted by TechDroider in a video on YouTube.

As per the leaked image, the OnePlus 9 is powered by the Snapdragon 888 processor paired with 12GB RAM and 256GB storage. The phone is equipped with a 48MP primary camera, 48MP ultra-wide-angle camera and an 8MP camera as well. This particular bit is where the information deviates from previous leaks that hinted at the presence of a 50MP primary camera on the upcoming OnePlus 9 series. 

Other than that, the OnePlus 9 is shown to be equipped with a 6.56-inch Full HD+ display with support for 120Hz refresh rate. Interestingly, previous leaks have indicated that the standard OnePlus 9 will have a flat display but that does not seem to be the case with the leaked image. The image purportedly of the OnePlus 9 has a screen that curves along the edges, similar to the OnePlus 8, though the punch-hole cutout for the selfie camera does seem to shrink in size for the upcoming OnePlus 9 series. The OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 9 Pro are also likely to support 65W fast charging out-of-the-box that debuted with the OnePlus 8T in October.

We will advise our readers to take the new leak with a pinch of salt as we don’t have any official information about the devices yet. OnePlus CEO Pete Lau has previously indicated that the design of the OnePlus 9 lineup isn’t final yet.

OnePlus 9 series is rumoured to launch sometime by mid-March where the company could also unveil its first smartwatch alongside. The company is yet to share its plans for the launch of the OnePlus 9 series.

   

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