Intel Foundry Services to start making chips for MediaTek

Intel today announced that it is partnering with MediaTek to manufacture their chips using Intel Foundry Services. The goal here is to help MediaTek build a more balanced and resilient supply chain through the addition of a new foundry partner with significant capacity in the US and Europe. Last year, the company announced a similar deal with Qualcomm. Intel is a company that designs and manufacturers its own chips. Last year, the company decided to open up this facility to others with the launch of Intel Foundry Services. MediaTek has now signed up to be one of the first major customers...

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Motorola Edge X30 Pro will unsurprisingly be more expensive than the Edge X30

Motorola is announcing the Edge X30 Pro alongside the Razr 2022 next week, on August 2. As we get closer to that moment, we learn more about the devices - this time it's all about the X30 Pro. According to Chen Jin, Lenovo's GM of its mobile phone business in China, the X30 Pro will be more expensive than the X30, which launched last December. That phone started at CNY 2,999 (approximately $444), but the new X30 Pro won't be able to match that price. The culprits are easy to identify: first off, the X30 Pro comes with a 200 MP camera, a first in a smartphone, and that sensor is...

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OnePlus explains why the 10T is missing the alert slider while its full specs leak

The OnePlus 10T is going to get official on August 3, which is next Wednesday, but in true OnePlus fashion we are getting a lot of official details even before that. Earlier today we saw a shot of the two color versions side by side, and the Chinese company has also talked to The Verge about the missing alert slider, while outing a new set of official images. For any OnePlus fan it's hard to look at these and not instantly focus on what's missing - the iconic alert slider, a clear inspiration from Apple initially, but then a feature that was rightly associated with OnePlus in the Android...

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vivo Y30 5G quietly launches with Dimensity 700, 6.5" HD+ display

vivo quietly launched a basic 5G phone in Thailand today. Dubbed the vivo Y30 5G, it is already available through several stores and carriers in the country. vivo Y30 5G in Rainbow Fantasy and Starlight Black The phone is powered by the Dimensity 700 chipset, which is paired with 6GB of RAM and 128GB storage. Both are expandable with virtual RAM (+2GB) and a microSD card (up to 1TB), respectively. The phone runs FuntouchOS 12 (based on Android 12) out of the box. It has a 6.51” IPS LCD with 720 x 1,600px resolution. This is one of the few things that sets it apart from the...

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Moto Edge X30 Pro appears on Geekbench with Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset

Motorola is launching the Edge X30 Pro smartphone with a 200MP camera, and the latest and greatest Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 platform. The confirmation comes from Geekbench, where the flagship was benchmarked and unsurprisingly revealed mighty results in raw performance. The Moto Edge X30 Pro’s result of 1,252 for a single core and 3,972 for multiple cores are in line with other tests we had so far. There will also be a 12GB RAM option and the OS will be Android 12, but the phone will launch in China first with a heavily modified interface. Other rumored specs include 5,000 mAh battery...

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OnePlus 10T to come in Moonstone Black and Jade Green

OnePlus today announced that its upcoming OnePlus 10T smartphone will be available in two colors. The colors in question are Moonstone Black and Jade Green. The Moonstone Black color has a rough textured back glass, somewhat reminiscent of the sandstone finish of the original OnePlus One but with striations instead as seen on certain types of rocks. The Jade Green color, on the other hand, has a smooth, glossy texture. It has the pale, waxy green color, as one would find on the jade mineral. The OnePlus 10T will be launching in New York on August 3. The phone is packing the...

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