Month: December 2020

Amazfit Bip U Pro to reach Europe with a SpO2 sensor and GPS for €70

It has only been a month since the Amazfit Bip U arrived, but Huami has already moved onto the Amazfit Bip U Pro. The company teased the latter in October, which was then followed by a certification published by the Bluetooth SIG earlier this month. Now, @Sudhanshu1414 has revealed that Huami will be bringing the Bip U Pro to Europe.

Apparently, Huami will charge approximately €70 for the Bip U Pro, or €10 more than the cost of the Bip U. As we reported last month, the Bip U Pro adds a microphone, a geomagnetic sensor and GPS. Sadly, there is no NFC module, as many smartwatches have.

Additionally, the Bip U Pro has a 1.43-inch that resolves at 320 x 302 pixels. Huami has built the smartwatch with a polycarbonate shell, a BioTracker 2 PPG biological optical sensor, an accelerometer and a gyroscope. Huami has included a 230 mAh battery too, which should last up to 9 days on a single charge.

Presumably, the Amazfit Bip U Pro will be available from Amazon. The smartwatch should be purchasable from Amazfit directly, too.

Galaxy A32 5G leaked: Samsung gives its midrange smartphone a new design and 5G connectivity

We may have only just reviewed the Galaxy A31, but Steve Hemmerstoffer (OnLeaks) has already revealed the design of a successor. Presumably planned for release in spring 2021, Hemmerstoffer claims that the device will be called the Galaxy A32 5G.

The renders published by Hemmerstoffer show that Samsung has made several changes from the Galaxy A31. The South Korean company has ditched the rectangular camera unit of this year’s models, for example, although the cameras on the Galaxy A32 5G are still arranged vertically. There is a fourth sensor though, which is new.

In fact, the Galaxy A32 5G resembles the LG Velvet more than it does its predecessor. The Galaxy A32 5G will have plastic back though, unlike LG’s mid-range handset. The back will also be flat. Apparently, Samsung has designed the Galaxy A32 5G with a 6.5-inch display, which pushes its dimensions to 164.2 x 76.1 x 9.1 mm.

Meanwhile, the Galaxy A32 5G will have a 3.5 mm jack too, along with a USB Type-C port and a fingerprint scanner. The latter will be integrated within the device’s power button. The chipset and battery capacity underpinning the Galaxy A32 5G remain unknown for the moment, though.

The Galaxy Z Fold3 will cost roughly as much as the Z Fold2: new leak

Some recent leaks have pointed toward the possibility that the Galaxy Z Fold series will absorb the Galaxy Note line in coming years. This is due to rumors of the “Galaxy Z Fold3” having pen support, which has been beyond its predecessors due to the fragility of their flexible AMOLED screens. However, this improvement may prove a disadvantage to some Samsung fans.

The leaker MauriQHD has posted a new tweet that could be interpreted as meaning that the Galaxy Z Fold2 and its eventual successor could launch for around the same price. Therefore, should this third-gen Fold really subsume stylus functions and features, its cost could get prohibitive for some potential customers, even if they have for example been interested in the Note line since the original N7000.

Then again, the latest indications are that there may be a final Galaxy Note 21 in 2021 after all. Perhaps it will be refreshing to move on from its form-factor after that year after all – so long as it becomes more economical, of course. In the meantime, it may be interesting to see how the ultra-thin glass (UTG) in the putative Z Fold3 works out in the presence of S Pen use after all.