iQOO Z5x Breaks Cover with a 120Hz Display and a 50MP Dual-Camera Unit

October 21, 2021

Finally, iQOO has taken to China to uncover the iQOO Z5x smartphone silently. The smartphone falls in the mid-range category, but it packs fascinating features like a high refresh rate, the Dimensity 900 chip, and high-resolution cameras.

Specifications of the iQOO Z5x Smartphone

The iQOO Z5x comes with a 6.58-inch LCD screen sporting a teardrop notch. The display promises a 120Hz refresh rate, a 240Hz touch sampling rate, and a 1080 x 2400 pixels Full HD+ resolution.

The front side sports an 8-megapixel selfie snapper, while the vertical camera setup on the rear panel features a 50-megapixel primary camera, a 2-megapixel auxiliary lens, and an LED flash unit.

The Dimensity 900 chip oversees the operations of the iQOO Z5x, and it packs 8GB of RAM and 256GB of in-built storage. For storage expansion, the iQOO Z5x has a MicroSD card slot, and it ships with the iQOO UI based on Android 11 OS.

For security, iQOO equipped the Z5x with a side-facing fingerprint scanner, and the handset relies on a 5,000mAh battery that supports 44W fast charging.

Other features of the iQOO Z5x smartphone include dual SIM support, 5G, Wi-Fi 6, GPS, Bluetooth 5.0, USB-C, and a 3.5mm audio port.

Pricing and Availability of the iQOO Z5x

The iQOO Z5x arrived in China in three variants: 6GB RAM + 128GB storage, 8GB RAM + 128GB storage, and 8GB RAM + 256GB storage. And they sell for 1,599 Yuan (~$250), 1,699 Yuan (~$266), and 1,899 Yuan (~$297), respectively.

The iQOO Z5x’s presale started in China yesterday, and customers will get the phone in colors like Sandstone Orange, Fog Sea White, and Lens Black.

Leak Reveals the key Specs of the Motorola G51; May Launch in November

O. Christopher

October 21, 2021

Leak Reveals the key Specs of the Motorola G51; May Launch in November

Recently, several reports claimed that Motorola is working on a new phone called the Moto G51. However, as the company is yet to announce the device, the phone’s existence remains questionable.

Meanwhile, other sources say that Motorola plans to unveil the Moto G51 as a successor of the Moto G50 that arrived earlier. And a new report by TechnikNews has shared a few of the specs of the upcoming Motorola handset.

The publication revealed that the Moto G51 5G with the code name ‘Cyprus 5G’ and model number XT2171-1 would arrive with support for a Full HD+ resolution. The publication didn’t reveal the screen size, and information regarding the refresh rate is unclear.

The publication didn’t speak of the Moto G51’s processor as well. But it stated that the device would feature a 13-megapixel selfie camera and a triple camera unit on its backside. The rear camera system would comprise a 50-megapixel primary snapper, an 8-megapixel ultrawide lens, and a 2-megapixel auxiliary camera.

Meanwhile, the Moto G51 smartphone appeared at the Geekbench benchmarking platform last week. The Geekbench listing of the Moto G51 shows that it features the Snapdragon 750G chip, 4GB of RAM, and Android 11 OS.

Other details of the Moto G51 remain uncovered. But the publications claim that the handset will break cover in a couple of weeks. Hence, there’s a possibility more leaks regarding the Moto G51 will surface before its official launch.

Full Specifications of the Honor 30i Leaks Before Launch

O. Christopher

October 21, 2021

Full Specifications of the Honor 30i Leaks Before Launch

Come October 28; Honor will host a launch event in China to announce the Honor Play5 Vitality Edition. And Speculations are saying that the smartphone brand may seize the opportunity to take the covers off the Honor 30i and Honor 30 Max handsets.

Thankfully, we have some details regarding the smartphones in the Honor 30 series, and here’s all we know so far.

Specs of the Honor 30i

The upcoming Honor 30i would arrive with a 6.7-inch LCD screen with a center-positioned punch-hole. The phone’s display supports a 90Hz refresh rate, 180Hz touch sampling rate, and a Full HD+ resolution of 1080 x 2388 pixels.

The front side of the Honor 30i comes with an 8-megapixel front-facing snapper, and the back panel features a square-shaped camera module that houses the triple rear camera system. The camera module houses a 48-megapixel primary sensor alongside a pair of 2-megapixel snappers.

The Dimensity 800 chip powers the Honor 30i, and the handset would pack a 4,000mAh battery that supports 22.5W charging. The Honor 30i weighs 175 grams, and it’s 7.45mm thick – quite slim for a mid-range device.

The Honor 30i will come in Charm Sea Blue, Titanium Silver, Rose Gold, and Night Black color options and the phone also sports a side-fitted fingerprint scanner for security.

Specs of the Honor 30 Max

The Honor 30 Max handset would debut with a massive 7.09-inch LCD screen with a waterdrop notch design. It supports a Full HD+ resolution of 1080 x 2280 pixels and an 8-megapixel selfie snapper.

The Honor 30 Max’s rear panel houses a 64-megapixel + 2-megapixel dual-camera system, and it would ship with the Dimensity 900 processor. The handset relies on a 5,000mAh battery that supports 22.5W fast charging, and it sports other features like NFC, dual speakers, and a side-facing fingerprint scanner.

The Honor 30 Max weighs 227 grams, and it will debut in colors like Charm Sea Blue, Night Black, and Titanium Silver.

Infibranches, a Nigerian stirrup, secures $2m funding from Shell-backed company

O. Christopher

September 21, 2021

Infibranches, a Nigerian stirrup, secures $2m funding from Shell-backed company

It’s always good news when Nigerian startups secure good funding to better their services and expand their range of products. Thus, when Infibranches Technologies Limited got a $2m funding from All On to help them boost their reach and services in the country, we didn’t skip on reporting it.

Infibranches established its services around providing a payment solution for solar energy providers in the country. Thus, these companies can focus on other parts of their solutions without worrying about building a viable digital payment service for its customers and markets that they serve too.

This investment comes from an investment company backed by Shell, showing that the oil-based firm is diversifying into the energy market in other ways. This will also give Infibranches a better access to more industry players, help them gain the trust of bigger companies and expose them to the mentorship and support of a company that has been in the energy industry for decades.

With this funding, the start-up hopes to trigger a new wave of growth through talent acquisition, inventory acquisitions, product and tech development and maintain a solid working capital, among other things.

WhatsApp working on beta feature that allows user convert voice to text

O. Christopher

September 17, 2021

WhatsApp working on beta feature that allows user convert voice to text

WhatsApp is working hard towards making amassing new features available for its service, and we are here for it all.

In a new spotting on the beta info dashboard, the IM giant is working on a transcription service for voice notes. In other words, they will now allow users change their voice notes into text to be sent to their contacts.

It is expected that the transcription service will happen locally on the phone so the voice texts don’t have to be sent to WhatsApp or Facebook for transcription first. With that in mind, it makes sense that the service is expected to launch on Apple’s iOS, taking advantage of speech recognition tech that Apple has baked into these devices.

We don’t have any idea of when this beta update, or the full thing, will roll out. Like many other features that are in testing, there is also no guarantee that this will even make beta phase, pass the beta phase or rollout to Android devices in the future.

Above all else, though, we are happy that the team behind this app is working on new things to better how we interact with one another online. When it makes the market, this might open up new ways to fire up the device assistant and send texts, instead of relying on voice notes all the time.

Oppo to release early Android 12 custom skin to select users

O. Christopher

September 13, 2021

Oppo to release early Android 12 custom skin to select users

As Google works towards making sure that we have the Android 12 in October, so are OEMs who work on custom skins of their own. One of such OEMs is Oppo who develops its own ColorOS inhouse, and have now given us a date when we can expect the ColorOS 12.

As the name implies, we already know that this will be the one to bring Android 12 to devices that will be getting it. We also know that the OS will hit the markets in a September 16 launch planned for China, among other things.

Fortunately, that day will also usher in the launch of the Find X3 series which will be the first to get the beta build of the OS.

Since Google will launch the official thing in October, we expect that this will be the same month when Oppo and other smartphone makers start pushing their flagship devices to the new Android flavour.

Every year, we look forward to the new things that Google has slapped on Android for us. This year is no exception and we cannot wait to see all the amazing features that Android devices get going forward.

Google might launch the stable version to Android 12 on October 4

O. Christopher

September 13, 2021

Google might launch the stable version to Android 12 on October 4

We don’t like that Google stopped naming its Android versions, but the Android 12 is almost upon us.

According to the roadmap of updates, the fifth and final beta build for the software has already been rolled out sometimes last week. This means that we have the stable version to look forward to next but we don’t have an official date for that yet.

We don’t think Google will give us that information anytime soon as they are busy working on making sure everything works smoothly right now. According to a post on the official XDA Developers forum, though, this global launch and rollout for the new OS could start happening from October 4.

The Pixel phones are usually the first to get the update since they were made by the same company that runs the software. Thus, it won’t be out of place if they are also the first to get the official rollout this year.

On the back of that, we need to factor in the fact that the pandemic has affected development too and the company might not be able to keep to this date. While September is looking unlikely for launch, though, we have a lot of reason to believe that October is the month when we get the latest version.

Till then, we’ll keep our fingers crossed and wait to see what the company has in store for us.

WhatsApp to cut support for some Samsung and Apple iPhones in November

O. Christopher

September 9, 2021

WhatsApp to cut support for some Samsung and Apple iPhones in November

WhatsApp updates the OS that it supports with its apps from time to time, and it is that time of the year when they cut some units off again.

As of the time of this writing, the IM service won’t be supporting units running the Android OS 4.0 and older anymore. To be fair, this year makes the tenth-year anniversary of that operating system and it should not be around anymore. The least that you can do is get another device with the Android 4.1 running on it if you love that number version so much.

Samsung users need not worry as long as the device that they take to WhatsApp is not the Galaxy Ace. This seems to be the Apple device from that era, which had not been returned by WhatsApp before, that also didn’t get a bump to an OS beyond that level.

On the other business end of things, Apple devices users with less than iOS 10 running on their units will also have to forget using WhatsApp for now. Else, they port to another phone. This change will only affect those that have the iPhone 4S as their main unit.

Otherwise, you are good to go also.

These changes make it possible for the chat app to add new features that will work on all devices it currently supports without breaking anything. As operating systems advance, so do codes that go on them. Without the right framework, it is more difficult to optimise for every single OS as far back as that, so it makes sense to have things done this way.

PlentyWaka raises US$1.2 million as it purchases another Ghanaian mobility start-up

O. Christopher

August 26, 2021

PlentyWaka raises US$1.2 million as it purchases another Ghanaian mobility start-up PlentyWaka, a Nigeran bus hailing and mobility service, has plenty going on for it these days. After just securing some funding to expand its services beyond Lagos into other commercial hubs in the country, they have secured yet another US$1.2 million that enables them grow and expand even further. The evidence of that growth is already showing in the company’s latest acquisition of Stabus, a Ghanaian start-up in the same industry. With this acquisition, PlentyWaka begins to make its move outside of the Nigerian market as it seeks to become a bus hailing service to be reckoned with in the whole of West Africa and even Africa at large. Since launch, the PlentyWaka service has been based on helping passengers book bus fares online and in real time like they would buy air fares. Over the past year alone, the company has enjoyed considerable growth in the area of funding and also, getting people to use and commit to its services. Thus, it makes sense that they capitalise on that current visibility to even reach more people while curating better solutions to help the existing market base. The latest funding round is led by Xchange, a Toronto-based fund, which is geared towards helping the Nigerian start-up scale, and do so fast.

PlentyWaka, a Nigeran bus hailing and mobility service, has plenty going on for it these days.

After just securing some funding to expand its services beyond Lagos into other commercial hubs in the country, they have secured yet another US$1.2 million that enables them grow and expand even further. The evidence of that growth is already showing in the company’s latest acquisition of Stabus, a Ghanaian start-up in the same industry.

With this acquisition, PlentyWaka begins to make its move outside of the Nigerian market as it seeks to become a bus hailing service to be reckoned with in the whole of West Africa and even Africa at large.

Since launch, the PlentyWaka service has been based on helping passengers book bus fares online and in real time like they would buy air fares. Over the past year alone, the company has enjoyed considerable growth in the area of funding and also, getting people to use and commit to its services.

Thus, it makes sense that they capitalise on that current visibility to even reach more people while curating better solutions to help the existing market base.

The latest funding round is led by Xchange, a Toronto-based fund, which is geared towards helping the Nigerian start-up scale, and do so fast.

Google is bringing an important Chrome desktop feature to mobile with Android 12

O. Christopher

August 20, 2021

Google is bringing an important Chrome desktop feature to mobile with Android 12 Google has been pushing to have the same functionality across the desktop and mobile versions of its apps and solutions. With the coming Android 12, the Chrome browser could be one of those apps to get the biggest improvements in this instance. For now, it is possible to open multiple tabs in both the desktop and mobile apps. You can also group these tabs on the desktop app so that they are easy to manage, however, one thing that you cannot do on the mobile side is have multiple windows of the browser open. This has been here for desktop for a long time now which allows you to launch the app simultaneously like you were opening another browser. Some might use this feature to separate their incognito from main tabs – or just use it to separate their web works into different sections. With the new update spotted to come with Android 12, android users will now be able to open as much as 5 windows to work concurrently on their phones. There is also no limit to how many tabs can be open within each window. Given the rate at which Google Chrome consumes resources, though, we wait to see how the search engine giant will optimise this such that it doesn’t hog up too much processing power on the phones that do choose to use the feature.

Google has been pushing to have the same functionality across the desktop and mobile versions of its apps and solutions. With the coming Android 12, the Chrome browser could be one of those apps to get the biggest improvements in this instance.

For now, it is possible to open multiple tabs in both the desktop and mobile apps. You can also group these tabs on the desktop app so that they are easy to manage, however, one thing that you cannot do on the mobile side is have multiple windows of the browser open.

This has been here for desktop for a long time now which allows you to launch the app simultaneously like you were opening another browser. Some might use this feature to separate their incognito from main tabs – or just use it to separate their web works into different sections.

With the new update spotted to come with Android 12, android users will now be able to open as much as 5 windows to work concurrently on their phones. There is also no limit to how many tabs can be open within each window.

Given the rate at which Google Chrome consumes resources, though, we wait to see how the search engine giant will optimise this such that it doesn’t hog up too much processing power on the phones that do choose to use the feature.

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