Just a few months after demonstrating a 210W fast charging system that can fully charge a modern smartphone in just 9 minutes, Chinese phone maker Redmi has kicked things up a notch with a new 300W fast charger that can do the same in just 5 minutes. It takes just over two minutes to take […]
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Lilbits: A phone that charges in 9 minutes, Qualcomm v ARM, and why the Pixel 7 is 64-bit only (according to Google)
9 Comments on Lilbits: A phone that charges in 9 minutes, Qualcomm v ARM, and why the Pixel 7 is 64-bit only (according to Google)With most modern smartphone makers having access to the same processor, memory, storage, and display technology as their competitors, some companies have found other ways to stand out. For Google it’s photography. And for some Chinese phone makers like Xiaomi and Oppo it’s fast charging. Case in point: does anyone need a mid-range phone with […]
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OnePlus 10 Pro is now available globally
The OnePlus 10 Pro is a smartphone with a 6.7 inch, 120 Hz OLED display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor, support for up to 12GB of RAM, support for 50W fast wireless charging, and three rear cameras. After going on sale in China and India earlier this year, the phone is now available globally. […]
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The first USB Type-C cables capable of 240W charging have arrived
It’s been about a year since the USB Implementers Forum announced an update to the USB Type-C specification that, among other things, adds support for 240W charging. Now the first USB cables that actually support that feature have arrived. As spotted by Tom’s Hardware, a company called Club3D has introduced three new USB Type-C cables […]
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OnePlus Ace smartphone features 150W charging and MediaTek Dimensity 8100 Max
The new OnePlus Ace is a smartphone with a 6.7 inch FHD+ AMOLED display with a 120 Hz refresh rate, a MediaTek Dimensity 8100 Max processor, and support for 150 watt fast charging – the company says you can plug the phone in for just five minutes to get a 50% charge. OnePlus is launching the […]
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Lilbits: Goodbye Galaxy Note, hello Apple foldable (in four years… maybe)
Surprising absolutely nobody who’s been paying attention to the fact Samsung hasn’t released a Galaxy Note-branded phone since 2020, but that the new Galaxy S22 Ultra sure looks a lot like a Note, Samsung has confirmed that it’s killing off the Galaxy Note brand… but that features like the S-Pen will live on in the […]
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Lilbits: Pixel 6 charging speed, a new Android PS2 emulator, and Nreal’s augmented reality glasses
Comments Off on Lilbits: Pixel 6 charging speed, a new Android PS2 emulator, and Nreal’s augmented reality glassesThere’s a new PlayStation 2 emulator for Android in the works, and while a public beta won’t be available for a few weeks, a few lucky folks have had time to test a pre-release alpha and share some pretty impressive performance on a range of hardware (obviously games will run best on high-end hardware, but […]
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Lilbits: Samsung’s One UI comes to Wear OS watches, Xbox Cloud Gaming comes to Windows 10 and iOS (via the web)
Comments Off on Lilbits: Samsung’s One UI comes to Wear OS watches, Xbox Cloud Gaming comes to Windows 10 and iOS (via the web)Last month Samsung and Google announced plans to merge their smartwatch platforms into a single, unified platform bringing the best of Google’s Wear OS and Samsung’s Tizen. Now Samsung is giving us an idea of what next-gen Galaxy smartwatches running the new software will look like. Among other things, Samsung is promising updates to the […]
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Lilbits: Intel Beast Canyon NUC, an open source, configurable keyboard, and the down side of fast charging
6 Comments on Lilbits: Intel Beast Canyon NUC, an open source, configurable keyboard, and the down side of fast chargingIntel recently teased an upcoming NUC 11 Extreme compact, modular gaming desktop computer with 11th-gen Core processors, code-named “Beast Canyon.” But the company didn’t say which 11th-gen chips it would have. Now we know that at least some models will have a pretty powerful Tiger Lake chip. Xiaomi recently showed off a 200W fast charging system […]
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Xiaomi’s 200W fast charger fully charges smartphone batteries in 8 minutes
Xiaomi continues to push the boundaries of fast charging technology. The company is now demonstrating a 200W fast charging system that can fully charge a smartphone with a 4,000 mAh battery in just 8 minutes. Xiaomi is also showing off a new 120W wireless charging system that can take the same battery from 0 to […]