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Nuevo Qualcomm Snapdragon 616: discreta renovación para el octo-core de gama media

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Algunos rumores indicaban que hoy sería la presentación oficial del Qualcomm Snapdragon 820, pero parece que la empresa americana ha decidido no dar veracidad a dichos rumores. Por tanto, todavía no tenemos nuevo procesador tope de gama, pero sí tenemos un nuevo gama media. Se trata del Qualcomm Snapragon 616, es decir, una revisión muy ligera del actual Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 que tan buen rendimiento está dando en todos los dispositivos que lo montan.

Según nos informan desde Fonearena, la renovación prácticamente no supone ningún cambio, salvo un aumento de frecuencias en los cuatro núcleos secundarios, que en el Snapdragon 615 solo alcanzan 1 GHz, y la integración del módem LTE X5. Estas son las características del nuevo Qualcomm Snapdragon 616:

  • CPU: ARM Cortex-A53 de 4 núcleos hasta 1,7 GHz más ARM Cortex-A53 de 4 núcleos a 1,2 GHz
  • Proceso: 28 nm LP
  • GPU: Adreno 405 con soporte DirectX 11.2 y Open GL ES3.0
  • RAM: LPDDR3 a 800 MHz monocanal
  • Almacenamiento: eMMC 4.51 SD 3.0 (UHS-I)
  • Pantallas soportadas: resoluciones de hasta 2562 x 1600 píxeles (QHD)
  • Cámaras: hasta 21 megapíxeles
  • Multimedia: reproducción de vídeo en resolución 1080p a 60 fps con H.264 (AVC) y H.265 (HEVC); grabación en 1080p a 30 fps con H.264 (AVC)
  • Conectividad: módem LTE global integrado X5, con soporte dual SIM multimodo, LTE Broadcast, LTE FDD, LTE TDD, WCDMA (DC-HSDPA, DC-HSUPA), CDMA1x, EV-DO, TD-SCDMA y GSM/EDG; Qualcomm VIVE integrado con soporte Wi-Fi 802.11ac MU-MIMO y Bluetooth 4.0; Miracast
  • 3ª gen. del transceptor LTE multimodo eficiente con Qualcomm RF360 Front End
  • Qualcomm IZat Gen8C
  • Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0

Este chipset ya está en el mercado, aunque de momento solo en el Huawei Maimang 4, que se ha puesto a la venta en China recientemente.

Preliminares antes de la gran presentación

Este Qualcomm Snpadragon 615 se une a los otros dos chipsets que la compañía hacía oficiales ayer mismo, el Qualcomm Snapdragon 212, y el Qualcomm Snapdragon 412. Así, la empresa sigue renovando su catálogo de cara a los próximos meses, aunque estos tres apenas ofrecen diferencias de peso respecto a los Snapdragon 210, Snapdragon 410 y Snapdragon 615 que ya conocíamos. Parece más una de intentar exprimir al máximo la tecnología que poseen hoy en día, para tratar de mantener a ralla con mejores garantías a la fuerte competencia, en este caso, a MedaiTek.

El colofón, por supuesto, lo protagonizará el citado Qualcomm Snapdragon 820, esperado SoC para la gama alta, con el que la comnpañía tratará de lavar un poco su imagen tras lo sucedido con el Qualcomm Snapdragon 810, que si bien ahora sí parece estar funcionando como debe, fue blanco de innumerables críticas debido a sus problemas de sobrecalentamiento. Además, este chip tendrá otra difícil misión, que no es otra que la de ponerse a la altura de los Exynos de Samsung, quien por cierto será la encargada de manufacturar este Snapdragon 820 con su proceso FinFET de 14 nanómetros.

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Z1 from Lenovo-backed ZUK offers a 5.5-inch display, USB 3.0 Type-C and more

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The inclusion of USB Type-C in smartphones, and other devices, is starting to become the norm for some companies, including OnePlus with their OnePlus 2. And now another device has just been unveiled with the port. This time it’s from ZUK, a company based in China and backed by Lenovo, and their brand new Z1.

The Z1 is an affordable Android-based smartphone, and it will launch in China on August 18. It will retail for RMB 1799, or about $284. The company says an international release is happening “soon,” though. The Z1 actually has some interesting specs, including an all-powerful Home button right there on the front of the handset, below the 5.5-inch display.

ZUK calls it the U-Touch button, and it offers a fingerprint reader built in that boasts a 0.31s identification speed. The feature can be used with mobile purchases as well, but what else it does might actually be more interesting. The U-Touch actually encompasses several different buttons, including the Home, Back, Menu, app switching and even multitasking. To go back, a user will simply touch the Home button. To go home, press it down. Double tapping the button will bring up the most recent apps, and swiping horizontally on it will bring up multitasking.

As mentioned above, the Z1 also features USB Type-C, but this is a bit different from other devices. As ZUK points out, the Z1 is the first smartphone to boast USB 3.0 Type-C, which boasts 500MB per second transfer speeds. That’s ten times faster than USB 2.0.

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As far as specifications go, the Z1 offers the aforementioned 5.5-inch display, which packs a resolution of 1920×1080. The camera on the back is a 13MP shooter with optical image stabilization, while the front-facing shooter is an 8-megapixel camera. There’s a Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor under the hood, clocked at 2.5GHz. There’s 3GB of RAM and it’s equipped with 64GB of built-in storage. The battery is measured at 4100mAh. ZUK has a proprietary user interface on the Z1, and that’s over Android Lollipop.

Are you interested in the Z1?

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‘GTA 5’ Hits 54 Million Sold, Still No Word On Story DLC

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Take-Two has just released their quarterly report with figures showing that GTA 5 is still a big draw months and years after release, having moved another 2 million units over the past quarter. That brings its grand total to 54 million units sold, continuing to secure its spot as far and away the biggest traditionally-priced gaming success story of the past decade or so.

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Firefox 40 is out with better support for Windows 10

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Today Mozilla has announced the release of Firefox 40. The latest version of the well known web browser comes with a few new things, but perhaps the most notable is its enhanced support for Windows 10.

Previous versions of Firefox have worked fine with Microsoft’s latest operating system, of course, but this iteration of the browser comes with a new look.

This apparently leads to “a streamlined feel”, with bigger and bolder design elements, and even more space on the screen for the websites you’re visiting. All of these things are the result of a series of tweaks to the UI.

Additionally, you can now search from the Windows 10 taskbar through services other than Bing. If you’ve set Firefox as your default browser, and inside Firefox you have a different search engine than Bing set as default, then all of your taskbar searches will be performed through that engine.

Mozilla has also published support materials showing how you can make Firefox your default browser in Windows 10. This was needed because after the upgrade to the latest version of Microsoft’s OS, the Edge browser is automatically set as default.

Firefox add-ons will be going through a certification process based on guidelines that have already been made available to developers. This should apparently allow for better security. In future releases of Firefox, any add-on that hasn’t been certified will be…

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