Hard intelligence, take you to peek into the dynamics of the new machine in advance.
This month, Qualcomm Snapdragon and MediaTek Tianji have updated their flagship chip products, but in the end, the strength of the new core needs to be combined with the debugging results of various manufacturers to see the advantages and disadvantages.
No, in the next few weeks we will usher in a number of new mobile phones equipped with qualcomm Snapdragon 8 mobile platform, without further ado, let's take a look at these debut players. In addition, the recent news about Apple's new products has also followed, so in the second half we will also bring a summary of Apple's new product forecasts.
Xiaomi Mi 12 Series
Xiaomi Mi 12 will be released tomorrow, but the preview of the new machine has already been overwhelming. There are both posters and real spy photos, and it can be said that the price difference has not been announced.
According to the existing news, the Xiaomi Mi 12 will use a 6.28-inch AMOLED screen, centered and open, with an aspect ratio of 20:9, a refresh rate of up to 120Hz, and will also have 12-bit color, HDR10+, 1500 nits peak brightness and other features.
As for the Xiaomi Mi 12 Pro, it has been greatly upgraded, and the front is a 6.73-inch E5 flexible screen, with a resolution of 3200x 1440, the refresh rate is the same as that of the Xiaomi Mi 12, and the touch sampling rate is up to 480Hz.
It is equipped with a Xiaomi surging P1 charging chip, which can be wired fast charge and 50W wireless fast charge up to 120W power, and in addition, in terms of imaging, it will debut Sony IMX707. Officially, this sensor uses a 1/1.28-inch oversized bottom, 2.44um four-in-one large pixels, is currently one of Sony's top sensors.
Along with the new Xiaomi hardware products, there is also the new MIUI 13.
According to official news, the new system will launch a comprehensive upgrade version of the three core technologies of "focus computing", "atomic memory" and "liquid storage", and the fluency of the system should be improved accordingly, but the bugs inherited from MIUI 12.5 will not be fully patched in MIUI 13, and it depends on the performance of the real machine. At the same time, the Xiaomi Tablet will also usher in the MIUI 13 Pad update, which will support the multi-task free window, which will be pushed after the 28th conference this month.
Real Me GT 2 Series
Realme True Self officially announced that it will release the realme GT2 series mobile phone on January 4, realme GT2 Pro Master Edition uses paper-like back cover materials, which will become the world's first "material-based material" machine.
In addition to the new material, there is also a breakthrough in functionality, which will provide a 150° ultra-wide angle lens and fisheye mode, and also provide consumers who like to shoot videos with two new dynamic image modes, axis shifting and starry time delay, and the image gameplay is becoming more and more diverse.
The realme GT 2 will be equipped with a 2K LTPO direct screen, hollowed out in the upper right corner, and a refresh rate of up to 120Hz. In terms of performance, the GT 2 series will be equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 processor, and the subsequent Version of the Tianji 9000 processor may be launched.
Honor Magic V
On December 22, Honor Mobile announced on the official micro that it will launch its first folding flagship Magic V. Last week, an interview video of Honor CEO Zhao Ming was also released, which revealed a small number of details about the phone.
Zhao Ming said that Magic has complex hinge technology and has made a lot of adaptation and optimization for the conversion of apps between large and small screens. And mentioned that "some manufacturers will fold the screen mobile phone light or even make the size small, contrary to the original intention of the folding screen." This may mean that the Magic V will use a folding form similar to the left and right opening and closing of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold series, rather than the top and bottom folding design.
In addition, Honor Magic V will be equipped with Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor, the rest of the information is still to be announced, on the current public information, Honor Magic V positioning within the brand is extremely high, it is expected that the price will not be too cheap, but as more and more manufacturers enter the folding screen category, Glory Magic V may fire the first shot of the folding screen year.
iQOO 9 Series
At the 2021 KPL Fall Finals, which ended on December 25, iQOO 9 was unveiled as the new KPL official competition machine, with the classic red, black and blue stripes unveiled, and its appearance is no longer a secret.
According to the previous official poster, you can see that the front of the mobile phone uses Samsung custom flexible direct screen, center digging hole, the rear camera using three camera specifications, it is reported that the main camera will be the first Samsung GN5 sensor, as well as a new generation of micro-gimbal technology upgrades, even the cloud window design on x70 Pro+ has also been brought over.
In addition, the iQOO 9 series will be equipped with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chip, and the flagship attributes will be full. Among them, the iQOO 9 will be equipped with a 4550mAh dual-cell battery, while the higher-end iQOO 9 Pro is expected to be equipped with a 4700mAh dual-cell battery and support 120W super flash charge.
iPhone SE3
Recently, the market has reported that Apple will launch the next generation of affordable iPhone (or iPhone SE3) in the first half of 2022, according to the time of Apple's conference in previous years, it is expected that we can see Apple's cheapest 5G mobile phone at the 2022 spring conference held in March and April.
There are two voices about what the iPhone SE3 will look like. One is based on the iPhone XR and uses a side fingerprint unlocking scheme; the other is likely to continue the iPhone 8 design with a 4.7-inch screen and Touch ID.
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Another agency pointed out that Apple's pricing of the iPhone SE3 is set below $400 (about 2548 yuan), which is lower than the starting price of 3299 yuan for the current generation of iPhone SE.
In terms of hardware configuration, the iPhone SE3 or will be equipped with a bloody version of the A15 processor (with the same core as the iPad mini 6) and 3GB of memory, using the external X60M 5G baseband. If the pricing is really as predicted, this will be the most cost-effective mobile phone launched by Apple, and may have a big impact on the 5G mobile phones in the Android camp.
JPMorgan Chase said in a December research report that this affordable 5G mobile phone is expected to compete for about 1.4 billion low-end Android mobile phone users worldwide, as well as about 300 million apple old users.
Apple MR head set
Apple began to lay out the AR field a long time ago, and in 2017 also launched the corresponding ARKit development kit for developers to conduct effective research, it can be said that there have been reserves on the software side, but in terms of hardware, there is no relevant information, too much invalid information, and the industry and outside can only catch the wind and shadows.
And our old buddy, Tianfeng International analyst Guo Mingji, pointed out in the report that Apple will launch a mixed reality (MR) headset in 2022, with both AR and VR capabilities.
South Korea's The Elec reported that Apple has asked South Korea's APS company for display component samples, which is developing imaging components for micro OLED screens, so The Elec deduced that Apple's MR headset will use micro OLED screens to achieve high-pixel display effects.
Back in February, The Information provided information about the appearance of the MR headset, and concept designer Ian Zelbo sketched it. The headset will feature a similar design to the AirPod Max headband, with a mesh cutout structure that reduces overall body weight, and the headband size can be adjusted.
However, as Apple's first MR product, the price will not be low, bloomberg Mark Gurman said that its price will far exceed the competition.
According to the available information, we can infer that the competitor of Apple's MR product will be Microsoft's HoloLens 2, which is priced at 27388 yuan, if Gurman's words come true, then this product is destined not to be a plaything for the general public.
iMac 27
In Digitimes' breaking article on the 2022 27-inch iMac, some insiders said that suppliers have begun to ship small batches of 2022 27-inch iMac devices, but this product will not use the mini-LED display we are expecting.
The good news is that the new iMac 27" will feature the same colorful color palette as the currently available iMac 24", a 30-40% increase in screen brightness, and is expected to use the same M1 Max or M1 Pro chip as the MacBook Pro 14" for higher productivity. If all goes well, it will meet consumers at the spring launch.