Welcome to this week’s roundup. Vivo introduced the V40 series with the original model and the V40 Pro. Both phones feature 5,500mAh batteries, the largest in the V series yet. The Vivo V40 inherited the Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 from the Vivo V30, while the Vivo V40 Pro took a big step up and now has a Dimensity 9200+ chip, 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 now available in India, with the former also available in Europe. The two will be gradually rolled out to other markets where vivo operates. The V40 starts at INR 39,999 in India and €500 in Europe, while the base price of the vivo V40 Pro is INR 54,999.
The Infinix Note 40X 5G was launched with a Dimensity 6300 processor and a 108MP main camera. The phone is available in Starlit Black, Lime Green, and Palm Blue, starting at INR 13,999 ($167).
Open sales in India start on August 9.
There were also a couple of new developments in the chipset field: the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4, which is expected to be launched in October, has appeared on Geekbench. Comparing the first results with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, a promising 35% increase in single-core performance and 30% in multi-core performance can be seen.
Mediatek has officially announced its Helio G100 chipset eight days after the first phone powered by the platform debuted – the Tecno Camon 30S Pro. The 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 shows impressive gains in CPU performance over its predecessor.
This is the Helio G99 with support for 200 MP cameras.
Following the usual Pixel 9 story, we’ve learned the US pricing for the Pixel 9 Pro and 9 Pro Xl: the Pixel 9 Pro will start at $999.99, the Pixel 9 Pro XL will cost $1,199 with 256GB of storage. We’ve also been given a few more specs.
This follows an earlier leak that brought us EU pricing.
The XL model is said to have a 6.8″ OLED display with 1,344 x 2,992px and up to 3,000 nits of brightness, as well as Gorilla Glass Victus 2 protection.
More leaks ahead of Google’s big event on August 14th.
Finally, the Huawei nova Flip is official for China with a 6.94-inch LTPO OLED display and a 4,400 mAh battery. The Honor V3 will launch globally in red, green, and black. Finally, the Galaxy A35 and A55 will feature Galaxy AI.
It is not known exactly when, but it will be rather soon.
Red, green and black will be available, white will continue to be available only in China.
Open sales in China start on August 10th.