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  GoPro has announced their latest iteration of their GoPro action cameras - the new Hero 11 and a new successor to the Session lineup - the GoPro Hero 11 mini. GoPro Hero 11 Black - This is basically the successor to last year's Hero 10 Black and like the Hero 10, it improves upon the new chassis design brought by the hero 10 and it features the collapsible action camera mount and color display. The camera sensor (1/1.9") resolution has been bumped up to 27MP and has a 8:7 aspect ratio (photos as well) with settings which allow it to shoot vertical - 9:16 videos for TikTok and 1:1 clips for instagram and the standard 16:9 resolution for everything else. The sensor is capable of shooting 10 bit 5.3K (60fps) and has auto stabilization including horizon lock as well as Hypersmooth 5.0 stabilization first introduced with the Hero 7. You also get many photo filters and fun effects such as lighting effects  Rest of the specs include the option of using a special Enduro high enduran...

  DJI has announced their latest action camera - the Osmo Action 3. The announcement, which falls directly ahead of the upcoming GoPro Hero 11 series, brings a 1/1.7  12MP sensor with a 155 degree lens and f2.8 aperture and shoots 4K 120 fps and 1080p at 240 fps in 16:9 and you can also use horizonsteady to keep footage level but this is cropped to 2.7k@60fps. Other features include rocksteady 3.0 for digital stabilization and there is a quick release style mount which allows the action camera to be placed horizontally or vertically for social media.  The camera is capable of operating in -20c upto 45c and can record upto 160 minutes continuously. The chassis is capable of surviving upto 16m under water without a case and if you plan to use it for vlogging, you can use a variety of accessories including mics with a USB C to 3.5mm attachment and supports fast charging. Pricing starts at $330 for the basic kit and $440 for a monopod, extra batteries and a multifunctional ba...

The Vivo Y75s , powered by a helio G85  processor comes with 4GB of storage and has 64GB of internal storage and you can also get a 6GB Ram with 128GB storage as well. You also get a microSD card for expansion. Rest of the specs include a 6.55" LCD (1612x720) display and has a 8MP front camera and a rear 50MP main camera as well as a 2MP macro sensor. The device has a 5000 mAh and could be charged with USB - C with 18W fast charging. Pricing starts at EUR16   Source - GSMarena

Its that time of year when the whole world goes crazy for iPhones. This year , Apple has once again released their successor to last year's iPhone 13 lineup with the announcement of the new iPhone 14 series which now includes substantial differences which will separate the Pro lineup from the regular iPhone lineup. Here is everything Apple launched a few hours ago. iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus Out with the iPhone "mini" and in with the plus. Apple has officially killed off the iPhone mini lineup which in its place now sits the regular iPhone 14. But the missing gap has now been replaced by Apple's large - iPhone 14 Plus.  The devices - apart from battery and display changes are virtually identical. At first glance, the device continues last year's iPhone design layout and so you still get the notch and camera layout as well as everything else including the IP68 dust and water resistance as well as the glass sandwich design. Powering the device like last year is Ap...

The M5, powered by a helio G99  processor comes with 4GB of storage and has 64/128GB of internal storage and you can also get a 6GB Ram with 128GB storage as well. You also get a microSD card for expansion. Rest of the specs include a 6.58" LCD display and has a 5MP front camera and a rear 50MP main camera as well as a 2MP macro and 2mp depth sensor array as well. The device has a 5000 mAh and could be charged with USB - C with 18W fast charging. The second device is the M5s - this phone has a Helio G95 Soc and comes with the same 64/128 storage options and 4/6GB ram options for the 128GB model. Likewise you get a 64MP main camera, a 8MP ultrawide and a 2mp depth and 2mp macro lens set and a 13MP front camera. The device also comes with a 5000 mAh battery and has 33W fast charging too. Pricing starts at EUR 189 for the M5 and EUR206 for the M5s. GSMarena

The Vivo V22 , powered by a helio G85  processor comes with 4GB of storage and has 64GB of internal storage and you can also get a 6GB Ram with 128GB storage as well. You also get a microSD card for expansion. Rest of the specs include a 6.55" LCD (1612x720) display and has a 8MP front camera and a rear 50MP main camera as well as a 2MP macro sensor. The device has a 5000 mAh and could be charged with USB - C with 18W fast charging. Pricing starts at EUR160 Source - GSMarena

Nokia has launched three new Windows 11 based devices - Nokia Purebook Fold, Purebook Lite. and Purebook Pro. The 14.1"  fold and lite series of notebooks come with Intel N6000 Pentium silver chipsets while the 15.6" and 17.3"  Pro series has a Core i3 1220P series of chipset (12th gen) and all three come with 1920x1080 IPS panels with 60hz refresh rate and the fold's display is touch enabled.  All models come with 2 x USB-C, 1 x USB-A, audio jack 3.5mm and come with 512GB SSD storage for the pro and 128GB SSD for fold and lite. All models have microSD expansion. The pricing of the laptops are not official. gizmochina

Honor - an offshoot brand of Huawei is said to bring its Google services enabled (android 12 - Magic UI) handsets to Europe with the announcement that it would bring its new Foldable devices to EU and UK markets.  Currently, Honor plans to launch the Honor 70 - a 6.67" FHD+ phone with a 54mp main and 50mp ultra wide camera  handset powered by a Snapdragon 778G+ 5G processor (launched in June) for GBP 480 or EUR 550 for the base 8/128GB RAM and Storage option or EUR 600 for the 256GB model. Likewise you also get the Honor Pad 8 with a snapdragon 680 Soc and either a 4/128 GB RAM and Storage option or a 6/128GB storage option which retails for GBP 250 EUR 330 and EUR 350 respectively. Honor is also set to sell its Honor Magicbook 14 series of laptops with a Core i5-12500H base option EUR 1099 which could be configured with a discrete Nvidia RTX2050 for EUR 1299 and a Ryzen 6000 series powered model may be in the horizon as well. Honor is also said to launch its Magic V - a folda...

Amazfit have unveiled their new GTR 4 and GTS 4 series of smartwatches for 2022. The GTR 4 as the name suggests is the hardcore model with a 1.43" AMOLED 466x466 circular display and has a 475 mAh battery which can last upto 14 days or 25 hours on GPS accurate mode and have two band options - nylon and one made of Fluoroelastomer. The GTS 4 on the other hand has a 1.75" AMOLED watch face with 390x450 px and has a smaller 300 mAh battery which can give it a standby time of 8 days or 16 hours on GPSand has a leather strap option as well. Both watches are made with a aluminum alloy frame and have polycarbonate panels. Both models have a 5 ATM endurance for water resistance and they run on Zepp OS 2.0 with fall detection, heart rate, sleep track etc and could e paired to Android and iOS devices. Prices start at $200.  Visit W3Schools.com!

Asus have announced their Zenbook fold - convertible tablet/laptop device which runs off an Intel Core i7 - 1250U and 16GB LPDDR5 ram with Iris Xe graphics and a 1TB NVMe ssd. The device, which has a 17.3" 2560x1920 OLED and a 4:3 aspect ratio could be used with its kickstand as a monitor with a wireless keyboard, laid flat or folded for a laptop type experience with the bottom half with a virtual keyboard or used as a tablet . the device also comes with 2x USB C snd has a 3.5mm headphone jack as well.  Pricing is said to start at $3499. GSMArena

Nokia have announced 4 new Android 12 powered devices to its lineup - the Nokia G60 5G, Nokia X30 5G, Nokia C31 and the Nokia T21 Tablet.All devices stay true to Nokia heritage with MicroSD expansion and come with Android 12 with the X30 and G60 set to receive 3 major OS updates  Nokia X30 5G The X30 5G is Nokia's highest specced device in the latest announcement , the device, powered by a Snapdragon 695 5G soc, it has two memory and storage options with 6GB/128GB or 8GB 256GB RAM and Storage options respectively. The 256GB variant is UFS 3.0 so expect high speed data transfers. The display consists of a 6.43" Amoled panel with 90hz refresh rate and is FHD+ resolution and has Gorilla glass Victus protection as well as a notch for the 16mp selfie camera. The rear of the phone consists of a 50MP main sensor with 1/1.56" sensor size and OIS and it has a 13MP ultra wide sensor as well. The phone has a  4200 mAh battery and has 33W fast charging as well. the device comes with ...

Samsung has officially announced their Galaxy Tab Active 4 Pro - a tablet with better protection than your typical vanilla mobile device.  The Active 4 pro is powered by a unspecified %G compatible processor which we believe would be a high end or mid tier Snapdragon Soc and is paired with 6GB of RAM and has 128 GB of storage. The tablet also has microsd expansion. The tablet, unlike its peers, come with IP68 ingress protection, MIL-STD-810 H drop protection as well as a slot for Samsung's S-PEN stylus. The tablet also has a userreplaceable battery and is rated for 7600 mAh battery as well as a special POGO pin socket for charging. and bringing in some nostalgia from the past, the tablet also has Samsung's older design home and multitask keys as buttons and a main button with a fingerprint sensor sitting on a thick bezel around a 10.1" 1920x1080 display. Pricing is said to be GBP 749 and ships mid September  Samsung

Samsung has announced two new handsets to their A series lineup - the A04S and A23. The A04S is powered by Samsung's own Exynos 850 Soc and has 3 GB of Ram and 32GB of storage. The handset has a 90Hz refresh rate HD+ LCD panel at 6.5" and has a U shaped notch with a 5MP resolution sensor and has a 50MP rear camera with a 2MP depth and 2MP macro sensor and it comes with a 5000 mAh battery. The slightly higher specced A23 has a 6.6" FHD+ resolution LCD with 120hz refresh rate and an Infinity V notch with a 8mp camera and comes with a 50MP main camera a 2mp depth and 2mp macro sensor but the device is powered by Snapdragon's 695 5G SOC and has 4GB of ram with 64GB storage. the handset also comes with 5000 mAh's but it has a 25W fast charging ability unlike the 15 of the A04s. Both models have fingerprint sensors, expandable storage and are said to retail at GBP 289 for the A23 and GBP 159 for the A04s. Source - Samsung

Sony has officially launched their latest iteration of the Xperia series - the Sony Xperia 5 IV - 5G. The phone, which features a 6.1" FHD+ 120 hz OLED display also has HDR enhancement and is protected by a sheet of Gorilla glass Victus. The phone, unlike other modern flagships, does not come with a notch for the front camera and instead has a small bezel where the 12MP 4k capable camera and its sensors sit. The other camera options on this phone include a 24mm equivalent sensor 1/1.7", a 60 mm equivalent telephoto camera and a 124 degree ultra wide camera of which all three are of 12 megapixels. With the exception of the ultra wide, the other two have OIS stabilization and dual pixel PDAF and Zeiss optics. The phone is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon SM8450 (8 Gen 1 4nm) Soc and has 8GB of Ram with either 128 or 256GB storage options with microSD expansion.The device runs on Android 12 and is IP68 dust and water resistant in true Sony heritage. Rest of the important hardwar...