Xiaomi 12 and OnePlus 10 Pro will have LTPO 20 display: Heres what you should know

The next-generation flagship phones are almost here. Xiaomi has confirmed to bring in the 12 series even before the year ends, and OnePlus will follow close with its 10 series in early January. Both companies are aggressively vying for attention and have been letting slip interesting features. The latest one is the display technology used on these phones - LTPO 2.0. 

According to Weibo teasers, the LTPO 2.0 screen on the Xiaomi 12 gets A+ certification from DisplayMate and created 15 new display records. The panel will also be shielded by Gorilla Glass Victus. Both the Xiaomi 12 and OnePlus 10 Pro will employ Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC. 

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LTPO 2.0 vs LTPO 1.0: What to expect?

Xiaomi 12 and the OnePlus 10 Pro will employ LTPO 2.0 displays sourced from Samsung. In his Weibo post, OnePlus co-founder Pete Lau clarified that the new LTPO 2.0 displays will have a smoother high refresh rate experience. This looks like an iterative refinement since the last-gen LTPO 1.0 displays were also able to switch between 1Hz and 120Hz refresh rates based on the content playing. However, there could be more to it. 

In its investigation of last generation LTPO panels, folks at Anandtech discovered that these displays were still resorting to 'mode switching' instead of seamless VRR (variable refresh rate) as we commonly see on most gaming monitors and PCs. This is to say that the display refresh rate can range between 1hz and 120Hz, but it can assume only a few predefined values in between and not just any random value. Besides, Samsung also restricted LFD or low-frequency drive on its phones, which is to say that VRR only triggered when the ambient brightness was above 40 lux (a restriction which isn’t present on the iPhone 13 pro). 

These are some of the kinks that we expect the iterative refinements in the LTPO 2.0 technology to even out. Of course, we will have to wait and watch to know what exactly has changed. 

What are LTPO displays?

In all modern active-matrix displays, every pixel is turned on/off using a switching transistor and uses another Driving transistor and capacitor to uniformly glow. LTPO (stands for Low-Temperature Polycrystalline Oxide) displays use faster LTPS transistors for switching circuits and power-efficient IGZO transistors for driving circuits. 

This enables the pixels to switch faster (LTPS switching circuits) and also be more power-efficient (IGZO driving circuits). This is also why they can be better used to implement VRR or variable refresh rates on phones. Both the IGZO driving circuits and the ability to switch to lower refresh rate modes make them notably more power-efficient compared to regular OLED displays.

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Steam Winter Sale: Best Deals on PC Games Including Red Dead Redemption 2, F1 2021, It Takes Two, FIFA 22, More

Steam Winter Sale is here, bringing discounts on popular PC games like Disco Elysium - The Final Cut, F1 2021, It Takes Two, Mass Effect Legendary Edition, and Titanfall 2. The sale will go on till January 5 and will offer discounts on games like Half-Life: Alyx, Sea of Thieves, Forza Horizon 4, Red Dead Redemption 2, Doom Eternal, FIFA 22, Deathloop, and Cyberpunk 20...

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How to unlock the new D13 Sector weapon in Call of Duty: Mobile

The new Season 11 update to Call of Duty: Mobile is here and as has become pretty much the norm, the update adds new functional weapons. The first is the PKM LMG that will be available to all players once they reach Tier 21 in the free Battle Pass. The second is the D13 Sector, which is a secondary weapon that players can equip via the Launcher section. But before that, they will have to unlock the weapon via the Disc of Doom Seasonal Event.

How to unlock the D13 Sector in Call of Duty: Mobile

As with any Seasonal Event, players will have to complete missions in a specific order to unlock the D13 Sector.

Land in Bus Station three times in BR Matches - 5x Weapon XP Card, 1000x Battle Pass XP Kill 10 Enemies in Bus Station in BR Matches - 200x Credits, 1000x Battle Pass XP Use Armor Plates five times in BR Matches - Ninja - Greenrock, 2000x Battle Pass XP Open Airdrops three times in BR Matches - Weapon XP Card, 2000x Battle Pass XP Kill 10 Enemies with a Customised Weapon from your Loadout in BR Matches - Frame - Chilled Coil, 5x New Year Token Place in the top three in BR matches once - D13 Sector, 3000x Battle Pass XP Call of Duty: Mobile - D13 Sector details

The weapon is very reminiscent of the Ripper weapon that was seen in the first Unreal Tournament that was released back in 1999. The D13 Sector fires discs that can kill enemies in a single shot. These discs can not only kill multiple enemies, but they can also ricochet off surfaces. As such, it can be deadly along narrow corridors and can be used to shoot around corners. 

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Researchers have come up with a chewing gum that could potentially reduce and prevent Covid-19 infection

As the world continues to labour under the Covid-19 pandemic and its various mutations and variants, there seems to be a silver lining in the form of chewing gum. Yep, you read that right. According to MedGadget, a team of researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have been working on a chewing gum that attracts and binds SARS-CoV-2 in the saliva. This could actually help reduce infections through a smaller viral load in the patient. The chewing gum is said to contain ACE2 which then attaches itself to the viral spike protein of SARS CoV-2. This ideally should help prevent serious infection as well as transmission of the virus. 

Chewing gum that prevents Covid-19?

In a press statement, Researcher Henry Daniell stated that “SARS-CoV-2 replicates in the salivary glands, and we know that when someone who is infected sneezes, coughs or speaks, some of that virus can be expelled and reach others. This gum offers an opportunity to neutralize the virus in the saliva, giving us a simple way to possibly cut down on a source of disease transmission.”. He also added, “We are already using masks and other physical barriers to reduce the chance of transmission. This gum could be used as an additional tool in that fight.”. 

The research team noticed that patients who chewed the gum were found to have lowered the viral load and neutralized the viral particles. They exposed saliva samples from COVID-19 patients to the ACE2 gum and found that levels of viral RNA fell so dramatically that they were almost undetectable. As we move into the third phase of the pandemic, vaccines are the frontline soldiers in the fight with safety measures such as masks following close behind. But, with this technology, prevention could be a smarter and more logical solution to stopping the spread of Covid-19. 

You can read the entire study, right here. 

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LG unveils double-height DualUp Monitor and UltraFine Display ahead of CES 2022

Ahead of CES 2022, LG has unveiled two interesting monitors for the upcoming year. These include the DualUp monitor with an unconventional double-storey form factor and an UltraFine Display that is the first from LG to use an IPS Nano Black panel.

LG will divulge the price and availability details of DualUp and UltraFine Display at CES 2022 event to be held on January 4.

LG DualUp Monitor (28MQ780)

The LG DualUp is an extra tall, nearly square 16:18 monitor with a 27.6-inch Nano IPS display that according to the company provides as much screen real estate as two 21.5-inch displays. 

LG DualUp monitor targets ‘work from home’ professionals who can use it to accommodate more on a single screen or use it as two monitors in a split-screen mode. LG pitches this as a multitasking powerhouse that will help reduce side to side movements, which the company says is the primary cause of neck pain. 

There is also the space-saving LG Ergo stand that comes with a swivel arm for easy positioning. Ports and connectivity options include two HDMI ports, three USB ports, a display port, and a USB-C port that supports Power Delivery (PD). 

The specifications of the DualUp monitor won’t be particularly appealing to creative professionals, though. The dual up has QHD resolution (2560 x 2880) and maxes out at 300 Nits brightness. On the plus side, the monitor covers 98% of the DCI-P3 colour gamut.

Either way, the double-stacked screen form factor should suit the workflow of many people working from home and those will be the ones primarily considering it if the price is right. 

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LG UltraFine Display (32UQ85R)

LG UltraFine sticks to the conventional form factor and has slightly better credentials to appeal to creative professionals. This one has a 31.5-inch 4K UHD (3840 x 2160) screen that covers 98% of DCI-P3 and has a 2000:1 contrast ratio. 

LG says that it’s using a Nano IPS Black panel for the first time. Compared to the regular Nano IPS LCD panel, this one can better portray blacks and near black regions. The monitor also ships with a detachable self-calibration sensor. 

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Connectivity options are the same as LG DualUp - two HDMI ports, three USB ports, a display port, and a USB-C port that supports Power Delivery (PD).

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LG Ultra Gear Gaming Laptop Revealed With Intel 11th-Gen Core i7 CPU and Nvidia RTX 3080 GPU

The LG Ultra Gear 17G90Q is the first gaming laptop from the brand in a long time. LG isn’t a brand known for making gamer-focused products. They’re mostly known for making the thin and light “Gram” series and their value for money TV sets. Beyond that, LG generally focuses on manufacturing home appliances. However, times are changing and now eSports gaming tournaments could very well see sponsorships from LG, the makers of your favourite fridge. Nonetheless, here’s everything you need to know about the LG Ultra Gear 17G90Q. 

LG Ultra Gear 17G90Q Specs and Features

First and foremost, the LG laptop comes with an Intel 11th Gen Core i7 Tiger Lake processor. Our best guess would be an Intel Core i7-11800H featuring 8-cores and 16-threads along with 4.60GHz max turbo frequency and 24MB Intel smart L3 cache. In terms of GPU, the LG Ultra Gear G17G90Q will feature an Nvidia RTX 3080 Max-Q graphics card. This particular GPU features a massive 16GB GDDR6 of visual memory, which should be enough to handle the ever-increasing requirements of modern AAA gaming. At the time of writing this article, no word is available on the TGP of the GPU. 

The LG Ultra Gear 17G90Q features a 17-inch 1080p display with support for up to a 300hz refresh rate. I guess the screen response time would also be close to 1ms as well. In terms of RAM and storage, the laptop features 32GB DDR4 RAM and 1TB SSD storage. Considering how LG packs its products, like the LG Gram 2021, the storage will most likely be upgradable via a second M.2 slot on this gaming laptop.

The LG Ultra Gear 17G90Q also comes equipped with all the necessary ports like a USB Type A, Type C, an RJ45 Ethernet port, an HDMI slot, a microSD port alongside a Thunderbolt port as well. Gaming is power intensive and that’s why LG Ultra Gear comes with a massive 93Wh battery. It is a little less than the 99Wh battery that comes with the likes of the MSI GE66 Raider gaming laptop though. 

Packing all these components and keeping them cool takes a lot of space hence the LG Ultra Gear 17G90Q is 21.4mm thick, which is slightly thicker than the Alienware X17 which measures 20.99mm. The latter does a great job at keeping its internals cool thanks to four powerful fans and a special thermal paste compound. In terms of weight, the LG Ultra Gear 17G90Q is surprisingly light thanks to an overalls weight of 2.6kg, much lighter than the Alienware X17, another 17-inch laptop with a weight of 3.19kg.

The LG Ultra Gear 17G90Q will hit the shelves in the USA and South Korea in early 2022 with more details coming out soon at the upcoming CES 2022.

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Xiaomi 12 Pro Geekbench scores leak, design and key specs revealed ahead of launch

Xiaomi 12 series is all set to launch on December 28 in China and is one of the first few phones to be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen1 chip. Ahead of their launch, the Xiaomi 12 and Xiaomi 12 Pro have been teased officially by the company revealing its front design and some key dimensions. Furthermore, the Geekbench scores of Xiaomi 12 Pro have leaked and indicate that the Xiaomi flagship is miles ahead of other Snapdragon 8 Gen1 counterparts.

Xiaomi has officially posted some promotional pictures of its Xiaomi 12 and 12 Pro smartphones on Weibo. The images show us the front design of the phones and confirm key dimensions. Xiaomi has confirmed that the Xiaomi 12 features a 6.28-inch display with a punch-hole notch cutout in the middle and is 69.9mm (2.7-inch) narrow. In comparison, the iPhone 13 features a 6.1-inch display and measures 71.5mm (2.8-inch) in breadth.

As per a separate leak, the Xiaomi 12 Pro has received 1246 points in Geekbench single-core tests and 3903 points in multi-core tests. Interestingly, these scores are higher than other Snapdragon 8 Gen1 powered flagship devices but fall short against the scores of the MediaTek Dimensity 9000 reference device.

Xiaomi 12 series is rumoured to feature a triple camera stack headlined by a 50MP camera and some variants in the lineup could have a Full HD+ resolution display while others are touted to feature QHD+ display, likely with support for a high refresh rate.

The Xiaomi 12 is said to come equipped with a 5,000mAh battery that supports 67W fast charging while the high-end variants that may or may not be called Xiaomi 12X and Xiaomi 12 Ultra could offer support for 120W fast charging. 

We’ll know more when the Xiaomi 12 series launches on December 28 in China.

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