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Oppo Watch 2 With Snapdragon Wear 4100 SoC And Up To 16-day Battery Life Released: Check Price And Specifications.

On Tuesday, July 27th, the Oppo Watch 2 was unveiled at an event in China. The new smartwatch is the follow-up to the original Oppo Watch, which was announced in March of last year. Oppo Watch 2 features Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Wear 4100 SoC, an upgrade from last year’s model. Smartwatches are said to have a battery life of up to 16 days. In addition to the Oppo Watch 2, the Chinese company has introduced two new true wireless stereo (TWS) earphones, the Oppo Enco Air Smart Edition and the Oppo Enco Play.

Specifications for the Oppo Watch 2

ColorOS Watch 2.0, which is based on Android, powers the Oppo Watch 2. The 42mm model has a 1.75-inch AMOLED display with a resolution of 372430 pixels, while the 46mm model has a 1.91-inch AMOLED display with a resolution of 402476 pixels. Both models have a 326 PPI pixel density, a 60Hz refresh rate, and 3D glass protection.
The Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 4100 SoC powers the Oppo Watch 2. This is an improvement over the Snapdragon Wear 2500 SoC that powered the first Oppo watch. Ambiq has also created an Apollo 4s custom coprocessor. Furthermore, the smartwatch has 1 GB of RAM and 8 GB of internal storage.
The Oppo Watch 2 has over 100 sport modes, 24-hour heart rate tracking, and SpO2 blood oxygen monitoring as preloaded fitness tracking features. Sleep analysis, snoring risk assessment, and stress monitoring are also available. Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, GPS, NFC, and Bluetooth v5.0 connectivity are all available on the Oppo Watch. LTE variants can also connect to 4G networks and make phone calls.
According to Oppo, its Ultra Dynamic Dual Engine (UDDE) technology should help extend the battery life of its smartwatches. The 42mm version of the Oppo Watch has a 360mAh battery that is said to last 10 days on a single charge. The 46mm variant, on the other hand, comes with a 510mAh battery that is rated to last as long as 16 days. Watch VOOC rapid charging technology is likewise available, that’s designed to offer as much as an hour of use in only 10 mins of charging.
The Oppo Watch 2 42mm variant measures 42.7836.7911.40mm and weighs 31 grams, while the 46mm variant measures 46.3738.5111.55mm and weighs 35 grams. Furthermore, the smartwatch is water-resistant to 5ATM (50 meters).

Oppo 2 Watch — Image source: www.slashgear.com

Specifications for Oppo Enco Air Smart Edition, Oppo Enco Play

The Oppo Enco Air Smart Edition TWS earphones feature 8mm audio drivers and an IP54 rating. Headphones are said to have latency as low as 80 milliseconds. Bluetooth v5.2 is available for connectivity. The headphones come with a charging case with a USB Type-C charging port.
Enco Air Smart Edition, according to Oppo, has a battery life of up to 25 hours with its charging box. An integrated 40mAh battery allows the headphones to last 2.5 hours on a single charge.
The Oppo Enco Air Smart Edition headphones weigh 4 grams consistent with each earbud and 37 grams for the charging case, for a complete weight of 45 grams. The Oppo Enco Play TWS earphones, like the Oppo Enco Air Smart Edition, have Bluetooth v5.2 connectivity and a USB Type-C charging port. The headphones also use software algorithms based on artificial intelligence (AI) to adjust the audio output. Further information about the Enco Play has yet to be released.

Price and Availability

The price for the Oppo Watch 2 ranges from CNY 1,299 for a 42mm (Wi-Fi only) variation to CNY 1,299 for a 42mm (Wi-Fi only) variation (about Rs. 14,900). The smartwatch additionally supports eSIM for RMB 1,499 (about Rs 17,200) for the 42mm size and RMB 1,999 (about Rs 22,999) for the best model in 46mm. Initially, all three versions are Reservations can be made in advance. Sales in China are set to begin on August 6th. However, no information on the global launch or pricing of the Oppo Watch 2 has been released.
Along with the Watch 2, Oppo has introduced the NS Enco Air Smart Edition. The cost is 199 yuan (approximately 2,300 rupees) Encoplay 399 RMB (about 4,600 rupees).

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Qualcomm is developing its gaming smartphone in partnership with Asus

Many companies have launched excellent gaming phones in the last few years. Some of the best gaming phones to date are launched by Apple, Asus, Samsung, Sony, Black Shark, Nubia, etc. But, now it seems the leading company in the sphere of telecommunication and wireless networks is also entering the realm of a gaming smartphone. So, sit tight as Qualcomm in collaboration with Asus is going to launch a gaming smartphone as early as the end of this year.

The source of this news is Digitimes, a Taiwanese tech outlet. Though we still don’t have a name yet, the outlet has also mentioned that these gaming phones will be Qualcomm-branded. Both the companies are planning on designing more than one gaming smartphone and at least one of them will run by the Snapdragon 875 processor. The details about both the system integration and the outlook design are quite vague till now. But, Qualcomm has announced an event on 1st December 2020 to introduce the Snapdragon 875 SoC. It is expected that the company might mention further details about these gaming smartphones at the event.

Qualcomm and Asus Work distribution

Till now Qualcomm and Asus have only made the collaboration public but nothing about these smartphones. But, it is expected that Qualcomm-branded gaming phones will also bear the mark of the Republic of Gamers as the company is partnering with Asus. These gaming smartphones are also expected to run in the latest Snapdragon processor, have a better display, and a comparatively larger battery. The model might also have a shoulder button but all these are just predictions and nothing can be certain until 1st December. We also know that Qualcomm traditionally rolls out its new flagship product in December. So, there are high chances that these gaming gadgets will be in our hands by the Q1 of 2021.

In terms of which company will be looking after which field of product development, Asus is going with the hardware part thus responsible for both designing and developing while Qualcomm has the responsibility of industrial design and “software integration optimizing its Snapdragon 875 platform”. The Snapdragon 875 SoC is most likely to have an Ardeno series GPU. Now, the question is which one will be better, the upgraded Ardeno GPU or GeForce mobile GPU.

A joint partnership of Qualcomm and Asus

Not only the company is building the product together but also buying the components together as well. Sources have informed Digitimes that the agreements between Qualcomm and Asus also clearly mention the joint purchasing of components required for making these gaming smartphones (both Asus ROG gaming phones and Qualcomm gaming phones). The electronic devices that are mentioned in the agreement are screens, memory, camera modules, cooling solutions, and batteries.

Buying the components together is a very smart tactic to reduce the production cost and thus maximize the profit. Moreover, it is Asus that has created the entire series of ROG mobile gaming phones that have kept on impressing the users consistently. So, through the joint cost of purchasing Asus might have better bargaining power on this agreement later to boost its line of production. Also, we might find some analogous relationship between the core design of Qualcomm gaming smartphones and ROG as well as the later is monitoring the entire hardware development.

Production

After the joint partnership, both Qualcomm and Asus expect to produce a million units of the gaming smartphones annually. Out of the expected one million smartphones, half of the gaming phones will be launched from Asus as ROG gaming phones and the other half will be Qualcomm branded gaming smartphones. If you are planning to buy a gaming phone you might just want to wait for this one. Because with Asus’s designing which sells one of the best gaming smartphones and laptops, the technology of this new Qualcomm’s gaming phone is going to be exciting as well.

Apart from the upcoming Qualcomm’s smartphones designed for gaming, some of the best gaming phones of this year are Honor 9X Pro, Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max, OnePlus 8 Pro, etc. So, after the launch of this product, you can compare the phones and make the choice yourself.

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Qualcomm Announces new Flagship Chip featuring 5G connectivity

Product, Tech News / By Yashica Vashishtha

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The world’s largest semiconductor and telecommunications equipment company Qualcomm has announced its new flagship processor, built on the 7-nanometer mode process. Noticeably, the Apple’s A12 processor and Huawei’s Kirin 980 processor are also built on the same technology. And now Qualcomm is also about to produce its own high-performance processor.

The processor is considered to be the Snapdragon 855, and Qualcomm has claimed that the processor will provide better speed, improved battery backup, and performance. The flagship chip is likely to be the first mobile platform that will be 5G-capable and will be implemented in the premium flagship smartphones when used with the Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X50. Although Snapdragon X50 5G modem is not new to the technical world, it will be used in a smartphone for the very first time. And, according to Qualcomm, it has already begun coupling the processor with OEMs developing next-generation consumer devices.

The President of Qualcomm Incorporated stated, “We are very pleased to be working with OEMs, operators, infrastructure vendors, and standards bodies across the world, and are on track to help launch the first 5G mobile hotspots by the end of 2018, and smartphones using our next-generation mobile platform in the first half of 2019.”

Qualcomm is already considered as a leader in 3G and 4G mobile technologies. Now this time it is coming with the 5G technology with its faster, smaller and power efficient Snapdragon 855 to be used with high-end smartphones.

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