Tech News Wrap: POCO F4 5G launched in India….and more

POCO F4 5G launched in India

POCO has unveiled its F4 5G in the Indian market. The smartphone is an addition to its budget series and offers impressive features and specs in the mid-range. The recently launched 5G phone is the successor to its GT series featuring a Snapdragon chipset over the standard MediaTek SoC found in the predecessor. The smartphone features a 120Hz refresh rate, a Snapdragon 870 SoC paired with a 67W fast charging speed. The smartphone is currently available in two colours- Night Black and Nebula Green and is priced at Rs 30,000.

The smartphone comes with a 6.67-inch ultra-thin Dot display with a Full HD+ resolution panel. It also features a 120Hz refresh rate with a 360Hz touch sampling rate and 1300 nits of peak brightness. The screen also supports Dolby Vision with an HDR10+ certification. As for the camera specs, it sports a 64MP primary lens with optical image stabilization (OIS). Additionally, the primary lens is supported by an 8MP ultra-wide lens and a 2MP macro lens. It works on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 SoC paired with 12GB RAM and 256GB storage. F4 5G also features a 4,500mAh battery with 67W fast charging support.

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Noise Colorfit Vision 2 smartwatch launched with always-on display

Noise has unveiled its Colorfit Vision 2 smartwatch in India. This is yet another budget launch from the popular domestic wearable and audio brand. The smartwatch comes with an always-on display and up to 40 sports modes. It also comes equipped with a heart rate sensor giving the maximum battery hours. Furthermore, the watch is currently retailing with a special introductory price tag of Rs 2,999.

The smartwatch is available in three different colours: Black, Blue, and Green. It’s available for sale starting today on online websites like Flipkart. Users can also get their hands on the watch through the brand’s official site. Noise Colorfit Vision 2 is a straight competition to Fire Boltt’s recently launched Ninja Bell. It is also retailing for Rs 2,999. Additionally, both the smartwatches sport Bluetooth calling with 60 fitness and sports modes and is capable of SPO2 monitoring. The smartwatch features a 1.78-inch AMOLED touchscreen display with 368×448 pixel resolution. It also has an always-on display with a side-mounted physical button for navigation.

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HP launches the latest laptops in the Omen and Victus lineup

HP has rolled out new editions to its Omen and Victus lineup of laptops in the Indian market. The brand has launched four laptops: the Omen 16 (2022), Omen 17 (2022), Victus 15 (2022), and Victus 16 (2022). Both the series aim for the gaming community paired with Ryzen 6000 series- the 12th Gen Intel Core i7 processors. Additionally, the laptops come with RTX 3000-series GPUs featuring up to 32GB of RAM.

Talking about the latest Omen lineup first, it comes with a 16.1-inch IPS display with Quad-HD resolution paired with a 165Hz refresh rate. Furthermore, the laptop is powered by the 12th generation Intel Core i7-12700H or AMD Ryzen RX 6650M processors and has Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti GPU. It also sports up to 32GB DDR5 RAM paired with up to 2TB of PCIe SSD storage. The other one, The OMEN 17 (2022) features a 17.3-inch screen and the same specs as Omen 16 (2022). The Victus 15 (2022) features a 15.6-inch display with Full HD resolution. The laptops come powered with a 12th generation Intel Core i7 processor, installed with Nvidia RTX 3050Ti GPU. It also sports up to 16GB of RAM and 512GB of SSD storage. On the other hand, the Victus 16 (2022) comes with a Full HD+ resolution paired with a 144Hz refresh rate. The display on this one features Eyesafe low-blue light emission technology paired with AMD Ryzen 7 6800H processor. The HP Omen 16 (2022) starts at Rs 1,09,999, while the HP Omen 17 (2022) starts at Rs. 1,99,999. The Victus 15 (2022) price begins at Rs. 67,999 and the HP Victus 16 (2022) starts at Rs. 82,999.

ASUS ROG 6 to come with the latest Snapdragon chipset

Asus has confirmed that its latest edition to the ROG series- ROG Phone 6 will make a debut next month. It is also confirmed to come with the most enhanced Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset. The smartphone is set to release on July 5 with some tidbits here and there. Additionally, a renowned tipster has also confirmed some specifications and price details of the smartphone.

Asus ROG Phone 6 will be a gaming phone succeeding the ROG Phone 5. The device will come with some notable improvements over the predecessor. As per the tipster, the ROG Phone 6 will come with a 6.78-inch Full-HD+ OLED display with a 165Hz refresh rate. This is a significant upgrade over the predecessor’s 144Hz refresh rate screen. It will come powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC, making it the first device from ASUS with this chipset. The company claims that it will also be the first phone in the market with this chip.

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