New leak shows off the entire Sony Xperia XZ1

Yesterday we got to see what the rear panel on Sony’s upcoming flagship might look like. But a new leak shows off the alleged design of the Xperia XZ1 in all its glory. Aside from showing off the possible design of the phone, the leak also “confirms” or reveals some of the specs we’re expecting the Xperia XZ1 to have: Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor, 19-megapixel rear camera with Motion Eye feature, 13-megapixel front camera, 5.2-inch HDR display, IP65/68, and have Sony’s 3D feature, too. Our wait isn’t that long to find out if any of these hold up as Sony is set to debut new devices at IFA in Berlin at the start of September.

Source: GSMArena

Sony Xperia XZ1 leak suggests extra sensors for the camera

The Sony Xperia XZ1 is being touted as the next flagship from the Japanese company and it's being expected to debut alongside the XZ1 Compact and X1 at IFA in Berlin at the start of September. Now, we get new information, or at least more leaks about the upcoming device. While it'll look similar in shape to Xperia phones of yore, it's said to be smaller than the XZ Premium with a 5.2-inch display, Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor, Android O out of the box, metal construction, and water resistance.  

There is something new supposedly coming, though. As GSMArena points out, there seems to be an extra-large hole at the back, which is bigger than the one we see on the XZ Premium. This suggests there could be more focus-related features on top of the Laser AF and RGBC IR sensor on the XZ Premium. What it's for, we can't say yet. It's being rumoured, though, that the XZ1 will carry a 19-megapixel rear sensor with 4K video capabilities and a 12-megapixel front-facing camera also with 4K video recording. There's a possibility Sony will carry over its 960fps slow-motion video mode to the XZ1. The upcoming devices are expected to go on sale as soon as September 10th and the price target for the XZ1 is around US$860 (around CA$1,100). 

LG V30 to get OLED display, new leaked render for the phone’s display surfaces

Updated on Thursday, August 3, 2017 at 10:57AM by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

LG has just confirmed that its next flagship, the V30 is getting a six-inch OLED display as rumours have stated before. LG says it’ll get a FullVision display, which means it gets a similar display with the G6. That means, we’d get to see an 18:9 aspect ratio with thinner surrounding bezels. GSMArena got a new leaked render showing off what the display could possibly look like. You can see it between the G6 and the Samsung Galaxy S8+ in the image above. As The Verge points out, it’ll be a smaller device than the V20 but will have bigger screen real estate. Its upper and lower bezels will be reduced by 20 and 50 percent, respectively. The LG logo will be relegated to the back of the device. Aside from that the OLED display will cover 109 percent of the DCI-P3 color and support HDR10 with VR compatibility in mind. It’ll be LG’s second OLED phone since the G Flex 2 was announced two and a half years ago. We’re expecting to see the V20 successor at IFA in Berlin on August 31^st.

The FullVision display’s immersive and expansive visual experience is enhanced on the 4.15 million pixels of the QHD+ (1440 x 2880) OLED screen. Superb image quality is achieved via emissive OLED technology which reproduces perfect black and colours with greater accuracy and across a wider colour spectrum. 

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LG V30 specs show up on GeekBench

With the LG V30 coming out at the end of August, which is the day before IFA kicks off in Berlin, anticipation is high for the new flagship. Now, we get to see more about the device as it’s been spotted on GeekBench app. It seems to be sporting the same specs that flagships coming out this year have: a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor and 4GB of RAM. It’ll also reportedly run on the latest version of Android Nougat (7.1.2). Based on the GeekBench leak, it shows that the multicore score of the V30 is well over the 6,300 mark but it still doesn’t beat the Xiaomi Mi 6 with its score over 6,700. That said, benchmark scores aren’t the only indicators whether a device will work well in real life. We’d just have to wait for the device to launch on August 31^st in Germany.

Source: GSMArena