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Motorola Takes Action With One Action

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Motorola Takes Action With One Action

Motorola wants to combine the smartphone with the action camera as it announces the One Action-- an addition to the mid-range One series featuring a rear-facing camera with a a 117-degree field of view allowing for GoPro-style shooting.

At first glance the One Action is similar to the rest of the One range, with a 6.3-inch 1080 x 2520  resolution LCD display complete with hole-punch cutout for a 12MP front-facing camera, even if the unusually tall 21:9 aspect ratio makes it stand out at least a bit. It carries a 2.2GHz Samsyng Exynos 9609 processor, a Mali G72 MP3 GPU, 3500mAh battery with USB-C 10W charging, 4GB RAM and 128GB storage (expandable via microSD). The OS of choice is, as the name might suggest, Android One.

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Samsung Presents 108MP Smartphone Image Sensor

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Samsung Presents 108MP Smartphone Image Sensor

Samsung sets to further push smartphone photography with the 108MP ISOCELL Bright HMX-- an image sensor the company claims is the first to go beyond 100 million pixels, a resolution equivalent ot a high-end DSLR camera.

Developed in collaboration with Xiaomi, the sensor promises "extremely sharp photographs rich in detail," even in extreme lighting conditions. It comes in a large 1/1.33-inch size, allowing it to absorb more light in low-lit settings, while pixel-merging Tetracell technology allows the sensor to imitate big-pixel sensor. The result, Samsung says, is brighter 27MP images.

A Smart-ISO mechanism sets the level of amplifier gains according to illumination levels, and switches to a low ISO in case of bright conditions and to high ISO in darker settings to reduce noise. The sensor also supports video recording at resolutions up to 60K (6016 x 3384) at 30fps.

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Samsung Leaks Galaxy Note 10's Lack of 3.5mm Jack

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Samsung Leaks Galaxy Note 10's Lack of 3.5mm Jack

A leak appears to confirm the lack of a 3.5mm jack in the Samsung Galaxy Note 10-- instead, according to SamMobile, the upcoming flagship makes use of a 3.5mm to USB-C dongle.

As typical with Note accessories the dongle comes in a white colour, and will be reportedly included in the box (and as such will note be available as a separate purchase). SamMobile adds the Galaxy Note 10 package will also feature a pair of Galaxy Buds, just like the Galaxy S10 series does. Another potential audio-related accessory is a pair of USB-C earphones, possibly complete with noise cancellation support and AKG-tuned sound.

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Motorola Updates Moto E Series With E6

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Motorola Updates Moto E Series With E6

Motorola announces an addition to the budget-friendly Moto E smartphone series-- the E6, a 5.5-inch handset featuring a fairly basic design, if one offering a "water repellent" coating as well as Android Pie capabilities.

The E6 is smaller than last year's 5.7-inch E5, if with the same 1440 x 720 resolution, making the IPS LCD panel appear slightly sharper. The battery also sees a downgrade, being 3000mAh instead of 4000mAh, but it is actually removable. The processor is improved, being a Snapdragon 435 chip promising a 50% improvement over the Snapdragon 427 inside the E5, while RAM and storage remain identical at 2 and 16GB respectively.

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Samsung Produces LPDDR5 DRAM for Premium Phones

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Samsung Produces LPDDR5 DRAM for Premium Phones

Samsung starts mass production of what it says is the first 12Gb LPDDR5 mobile DRAM in the industry. Aimed at the premium smartphones of the future, the memory is optimised to enable 5G and AI features.

The announcement comes all of 5 months after Samsung started mass producing 12GB LPDDR4X memory, and just a month before it starts mass producing 12GB LPDDR5 packages combining eight of the 12Gb chips, in line with growing demand for higher performance and capacity from premium smartphone makers.

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LG Intros G8S ThinQ

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LG Intros G8S ThinQ

LG launches the G8S ThinQ-- a variant of the flagship G8 ThinQ promising "unique touches" popular with target consumers, such an improved camera with a wide field of view and continuous zoom capability.

The G8S retains the same triple-lens rear-facing camera setup as the G8. It features a 137-degree field of view, the widest in an LG smartphone yet, as well as continuous zoom, bokeh effects and stabilisation enhancements to video. The front-facing camera also promises improvements, since it uses IR and "3D point clouds" for more accurate face-based unlocking, even in the dark, as well as the simulation of studio lighting in selfies.

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Has Samsung Fixed the Galaxy Fold?

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Has Samsung Fixed the Galaxy Fold?

Samsung manages to complete a two-month redesign of the Galaxy Fold, Bloomberg reports, possibly allowing the S. Korean giant to start relaunch the much hyped foldable smartphone just in time for the holiday season.

Initially set for an April 2019 release, test versions of the Fold sent to multiple publications were hit by an embarrassing series of technical faults. One such issue is the result of users peeling off what looks like a regular plastic film, but is in actual fact a crucial display component. The latest version of the Fold seeks to bypass the issue by stretching the film to wrap around the entire display and flowing into the outer bezels, making it impossible to peel off by hand.

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Samsung Gets AMD Graphics for Smartphones

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Samsung Gets AMD Graphics for Smartphones

Samsung and AMD announce a multi-year partnership in "ultra low power high performance mobile graphics" based on AMD Radeon technology, with a particular focus on putting said technologies to work in smartphone applications.

“As we prepare for disruptive changes in technology and discover new opportunities, our partnership with AMD will allow us to bring groundbreaking graphics products and solutions to market for tomorrow’s mobile applications," Samsung says. "We look forward to working with AMD to accelerate innovations in mobile graphics technologies that will help take future mobile computing to the next level.”

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Reuters: Google Suspends Huawei Android Support

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Reuters: Google Suspends Huawei Android Support

Google suspends "some" business with Huawei, Reuters reports-- specifically dealings requiring the transfer of hardware, software and technical services aside from what is publicly available via open source licensing.

Such a move is surely a big hit for the 2nd largest smartphone maker in the world (at least according to IDC), especially considering the Trump administration is set on blacklisting Huawei around the world. The Google decision means Huawei "immediately" loses access to Android updates beyond what is available on open source, and upcoming handsets will lack proprietary apps such as the Google Play Store, Gmail and YouTube.

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