Welcome to the weekly roundup. vivo has launched the V40 series with the Vanilla and V40 Pro. Both phones have 5500mAh batteries — the largest in the V series. The vivo V40 inherits the Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 from the vivo V30, while the vivo V40 Pro has taken a big step forward and now has the Dimensity 9200+, which is significantly more powerful than the Dimensity 8200 that powered the previous three vivo V Pro phones.
The vivo V40 and V40 Pro are already available in India, which increases the former’s availability in Europe. Both will then gradually roll out to other markets where vivo operates. The V40 starts at INR 39,999 in India and EUR 500 in Europe, while the vivo V40 Pro has a base price of INR 54,999.
The Infinix Note 40X 5G has been launched with a Dimensity 6300 and a 108MP main camera. The phone is available in Starlit Black, Lime Green, and Palm Blue colors starting at INR 13,999 ($167).
The V40 Pro also comes with the powerful Dimensity 9200+ chipset.
Sales in India will begin on August 9.
There were also two chipset stories – the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4, which is expected to be unveiled in October, was revealed on Geekbench. Comparing early results with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, it shows a promising 35% increase in single-core performance and a 30% increase in multi-core performance.
Mediatek has officially announced its Helio G100 chipset eight days after the debut of the platform’s first phone, the Tecno Camon 30S Pro. Detailed specifications shared by Mediatek reveal that the Helio G100 is virtually identical to the Helio G99 when it comes to the CPU and GPU. The most notable change is the added support for 200MP main cameras.
The chipset delivers an impressive increase in CPU performance over its predecessor.
This is the Helio G99 supporting 200 MP cameras.
In the usual Pixel 9 story, we got US pricing for the Pixel 9 Pro and 9 Pro XL – the Pixel 9 Pro will start at $999.99, while the Pixel 9 Pro XL will cost $1,199 with 256GB of storage. We also got some specs repeated.
This follows an earlier leak that revealed EU prices to us.
The XL model is expected to have a 6.8-inch OLED display with a resolution of 1344 x 2992 pixels and a brightness of up to 3000 nits and Gorilla Glass Victus 2 protection.
More leaks ahead of Google’s big event on August 14th.
Finally, Huawei nova Flip is official for China with 6.94-inch LTPO OLED and 4400mAh battery. Honor V3 will be available globally in Red, Green and Black. Finally, Galaxy A35 and A55 will get Galaxy AI.
It is not known exactly when, but it will definitely be soon.
Red, green and black colors are coming, white will remain available only in China.
Sales in China will begin on August 10.
