Week 24 in review: PlayStation 5 hardware shown, Mi Band 5 is here
Welcome to your week's recap. Amazingly the most popular device of the week wasn't a phone but rather the Sony PlayStation 5. The PlayStation 5 will come in a sleek new white and black body meant to stand upright. It will be sold in a version with an optical 4K Blue-ray drive and a version without one, called PlayStation 5 Digital Edition.
We also saw a listing for the PS 5 on Amazon, citing a price tag of £599.99 ($760/€670). The next-gen console is due sometime in the second half of 2021.
Moving on to OnePlus and its first truly-affordable phone in years. The OnePlus Z' specs and Indian price leaked - it will have a 6.55-inch SuperAMOLED with 90Hz refresh rate, a Snapdragon 765G with 6GB of RAM, 128GB of storage, a 64MP camera plus a 16MP ultrawide, 4,300mAh battery and 30W charging. Pricing is a rumored INR 24,990 (~$330).
The Xiaomi Mi Band 5, the latest member of the best-selling fitness tracker family on the planet, was unveiled. It brings a bigger 1.1-inch OLED screen (the Mi Band 4 has a 0.95-inch screen), a new magnetic charger that finally doesn't require you to take the tracker out of the band, 11 new tracking modes, a more accurate heart-rate sensor and the same great starting price - $26 for the non-NFC, $30 for the NFC model in China.
Motorola unveiled the One Fusion+. It's a Snapradon 730-powered smartphone with a 6.5-inch IPS LCD of 1080p+ resolution. The 16MP selfie camera is tucked inside a motorized pop-up mechanism. On the rear there's a fingerprint scanner and four cameras - a 64MP main, 8MP ultrawide, 5MP macro units and a 2MP depth sensor. The One Fusion+ has a 3.5mm headphone jack but no NFC and a 5,000mAh battery that charges at 15W. The Motorola One Fusion+ will launch in Europe later this month and it will cost €300.
The other major release this week was the Xiaomi Redmi 9 with a Helio G80 chipset, 6.53-inch IPS LCD, 13MP main camera with a 8MP ultrawide, 5MP macro and 2MP depth sensor. The entry-level 3/32GB version costs €149, there's also a 4/64GB for €179.
Those were the highlights of last week, the full list of hottest stories is below. See you in a week!
Sony PlayStation 5's Amazon listing reveals price
Sony will unveil PlayStation 5 games later today through an online event.
Sony unveils the PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 5 Digital Edition hardware
Also showcased a ton of new games coming next year.
Xiaomi Mi Band 5 debuts with bigger display and magnetic charger
Great value fitness tracker as always.
Motorola One Fusion+ unveiled with 16MP pop-up selfie, 64MP main cameras
It's similar to the One Hyper, but with a faster chipset. The 6.5" 1080p+ display now supports HDR10.
32-inch and 43-inch OnePlus TVs certified, prices to start below $265
Both versions get Bluetooth certification, two separate remote controls get certified as well.
Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Pro getting MIUI 11 update based on Android 10
Only the Chinese units are receiving the firmware right now.
One UI 2.5 might bring ads to stock Samsung apps [Updated]
It remains to be seen how Samsung will handle ad placement in its upcoming One UI update.
Xiaomi Redmi 9 debuts with four cameras, Helio G80 and €150 price tag
The phone brings four cameras and a Helio G80 to the aggressively affordable market.
Xiaomi Mi NoteBook 14 official with 10-gen Intel CPUs, Nvidia GPUs аnd great prices
The Horizon Edition takes things up a notch.
Samsung Galaxy A01 variant with removable battery visits Geekbench
It's unclear what this phone will be named, but it should be even cheaper than the A01.
Sony Xperia 1 II initial pre-order stock depleted, bundle changed
A new bundle with a cover case is available.
New Xiaomi Mi Band 5 images appear showing official colors
As expected it looks similar to the outgoing Mi Band 4 but will pack plenty of new features.
Xiaomi unveils Redmi Router AX5 - a Wi-Fi 6 router with mesh networking support
The router also features smart home integration. Pre-orders in China start tomorrow, the price is $35.
Visionox has completed under-display camera solution development
The technology fixes brightness, color gamut, and viewing angle differences, brings algorithm for pixel arrangement on a new screen material.
Light, the designer of the Nokia 9 PureView camera, leaves the smartphone market
This means that HMD will have to look elsewhere for the camera on the perpetually-delayed Nokia 9.3 PureView.
Samsung Galaxy Watch 3 support pages briefly appear, hinting imminent unveil
The pages bring no specs with them.
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Reader comments
- Anonymous
- 15 Jun 2020
- 4Sd
Is the Z coming to the US?