Itel A90 is the latest entry-level smartphone from the brand. The handset is built with IP54 rated protection, making it resistant to rain, dust, and the occasional spillages. It also introduces Aivana 2.0 – itel’s intelligent AI Assistant – “designed to make your day smoother and your life much easier,” as per Itel.

Itel A90: Price, Availability

It comes in two variants — 64GB storage and 128GB storage, both with 4GB RAM, priced at Rs 6,499 and Rs 6,999 respectively. It is available in retail stores across India and the company is also offering a free screen replacement within 100 days. It can be bought in Starlit Black and Space Titanium shades.

Itel A90: Specifications

The A90 from Itel sports a 6.6-inch IPS LCD display with a 90Hz refresh rate, HD+ Resolution of 720 x 1612 pixels, 267 ppi, 480 nits typical brightness, and 20:9 aspect ratio. The smartphone features a 13MP rear primary sensor paired with an auxiliary lens. There is a 5MP front-facing camera.

The device has a side-mounted fingerprint sensor for security and is powered by a Unisoc T7100 SoC. The A80 packs up to 4GB RAM along with up to 8GB virtual RAM. It is offered with up to 128GB storage.

The device is backed by a 5,000mAh battery unit with support for 15W fast charging. The itel A90 runs on Android 14 Go operating system. Connectivity options on the device include Bluetooth, Wi-Fi 5, GPS, Dual-SIM 4G LTE, a 3.5mm audio jack, and a USB-C port. There’s also a single speaker at the bottom of the device and it is IP54 rated as well.

MediaTek Dimensity 9400e has been announced by the Taiwanese chipmaker for mid-range premium smartphones. Featuring the company’s advanced All Big Core architecture, the Dimensity 9400e is the latest addition to MediaTek’s family of flagship-class processors, providing a wider variety of options and functionality for device makers.

MediaTek Dimensity 9400e: Features

Built on TSMC’s third-generation 4nm process, the MediaTek Dimensity 9400e features an All Big Core CPU architecture, including four Cortex-X4 super cores with clock speeds of up to 3.4GHz and four Cortex-A720 big cores with clock speeds of 2.0GHz. The Chipset is equipped with a flagship 12-core GPU, Immortalis-G720, providing powerful graphics rendering capabilities for smartphone enthusiasts and gamers. Additionally, it supports hardware-level mobile ray tracing technology as well. There’s LPDDR5x RAM and UFS 4.0 storage support.

“With MediaTek HyperEngine technology, the Dimensity 9400e allows gaming enthusiasts to experience smooth, long-lasting, and responsive gaming experiences.” The chipset supports MediaTek Adaptive Gaming Technology (MAGT 2.0), which enables real-time performance scheduling between the chipset and gaming applications for excellent high-frame-rate stability and low power consumption.

Furthermore, the Dimensity 9400e supports MediaTek Frame Rate Converter (MFRC 2.0+), which can reduce power consumption by up to 40% when enabled. The Dimensity 9400e supports the latest MediaTek NeuroPilot SDK, enabling generative AI applications and services to deliver fast, personalized, and secure experiences. It features enhanced inference decoding technology (SpD+), accelerating the computational efficiency of large language models.

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It also supports global mainstream large language models and small language models, enabling on-device operation of DeepSeek-R1-Distill (Qwen1.5B/Llama7B/Llama8B) models, as well as Gemini Nano with Multimodality, LLaVA-1.5 7B, and more.

The MediaTek Dimensity 9400e is equipped with a flagship 18-bit RAW ISP, supporting AI semantic segmentation video engines capable of 16-layer image semantic segmentation. It also supports high-dynamic noise reduction for recordings with three microphones. It supports a maximum camera sensor of up to 320-megapixels with up to 8K 30fps video recording.

Other key features of the chip include:

• Bluetooth connection range between phones up to 5km within line of sight
• Sub-6GHz four-carrier aggregation (4CC-CA) with theoretical peak network download speeds of up to 7Gbps
• Wi-Fi 7 tri-band concurrency (5 data streams) with theoretical peak transmission speeds of up to 7.3Gbps
• Bluetooth v6.0 with dual Bluetooth engine
• MediaTek 5G UltraSave 3.0 power-saving technology
• Multi-mode Dual-SIM dual-active functionality
• Display resolution: 4K up to 120GHz, WQHD up to 180Hz

MediaTek says the first smartphones powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 9400e mobile chipset are expected to launch this month. OnePlue Nord 5, Realme GT 7, Vivo X200 FE are some of the rumoured devices to be coming soon with this chip.

Nothing Phone (3) price range has been confirmed officially by Carl Pei, the CEO of the UK-based smartphone brand. The device is coming as the successor to the Nothing Phone (2) that came way back in 2023. Pei describes the handset as Nothing’s “first true flagship smartphone.”

In a surprise bonus segment after today’s episode of The Android Show, Google gave fans a little treat—a sneak peek from Nothing’s co-founder Carl Pei himself. In the short clip, Pei not only talked about the brand’s quirky personality and design ethos but also dropped some key details about the highly anticipated Nothing Phone (3).

The clip, shared on YouTube’s Android channel as part of a “Device Showcase,” had Pei outlining what makes Nothing stand out—its bold designs, clean software, and a different way of thinking about tech. But the real buzz came when he teased the Nothing Phone (3a) series and, more importantly, the Phone (3), which he confirmed is set to arrive this summer.

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Though the phone itself stayed hidden behind a blur, Pei hyped it up as Nothing’s “first true flagship.” He promised premium materials, big performance gains, and a software experience that takes things up a notch. While he kept things vague, it lines up with earlier rumors about the device.

Perhaps the biggest reveal? Pei mentioned that the Nothing Phone (3) price range as well, and said that it will be priced “somewhere around £800,” which would put it close to $1,000 in the US—a significant jump from the $599 starting price of last year’s Phone (2). In India, the Phone (2) began at Rs 49,999 and we think that the Phone (3) should be priced around Rs 60,000 or more.

Google has officially revealed the Material 3 Expressive design for Android and Wear OS devices that’ll first be available on Pixel devices. The design first got leaked last week by Google itself and now that it’s officially revealed, we know how the UI refresh will look, not only on Pixel phones but also Pixel watches.

Google says that “Material 3 Expressive builds on Material You, bringing even more customisation options so you can truly express yourself.” Material 3 Expressive feels more fluid and introduces a system of more natural, springy animations. “For example, when you dismiss a notification, the others next to it subtly respond to your drag. And when you snap it off the stack, you feel a satisfying haptic rumble.”

Similar instances can be seen across the system, like “when you’re dismissing an App in your recent apps screen, fidgeting with the volume slider or flinging down the shade.” Google has also added a subtle blur to the shade background to provide a sense of depth, so the motion feels lightweight and you’re able to stay aware of the apps you’re using in the background.

Android is also getting updated dynamic color themes, responsive components and emphasized typography so you can customize your phone to your style and preferences. And Google is working to bring these visual choices across Google apps like Google Photos, Fitbit and Gmail.

The design balances modern aesthetics with improved functionality. You can now customize Quick Settings to fit in more of your favourite actions like Flashlight and Do Not Disturb. The all-new Live Updates feature helps you easily track progress notifications from select apps. For example, after placing an Uber Eats order, you get a glanceable Live Update to track your delivery progress.

These real-time updates from top delivery, rideshare and navigation apps are front and centre so you won’t miss them. Google’s animation shows that Live Activities will also be available on Always-on display for you to check information at a glance.

Google says Material 3 Expressive design for Android is coming first to Pixel devices later this year.

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Material 3 Expressive for Pixel Watches

The Material 3 Expressive design centers the round display. The design is fluid with scrolling animations that trace the curvature of the display. As you scroll, lists animate to give you a sense of depth that makes information more accessible.

Google has also refreshed daily experiences like using the PIN pad and controlling media with motion and responsive feedback. And your watch features smooth transitions with shape-morphing elements that adapt to the smaller screen size. With Material 3 Expressive for Pixel Watches, Google is bringing dynamic color-theming to the watch so that the theme you choose for your watch face applies to the entire system.

Further, the company has also created a system of glanceable buttons that stretch to hug the display which makes them space-efficient and easily tappable. Tiles are also more engaging, providing quick access to information or actions that matters most, like texting your favourite contacts or starting a workout.

Material 3 Expressive will be a part of the Wear OS 6 update which is further claimed to deliver up to 10% more battery life for the watches. The update will be available for Pixel watches later this year.

MediaTek Helio G200 has been launched as the successor to the Helio G100 that was launched earlier in August with specifications that are quite similar. The new G200 does offer a higher GPU clock speed, HDR support, and is claimed to deliver more than a 40 percent improvement against competitors. Tecno, on the other hand, has confirmed that its Spark 40 series will be the first to use this chip, same as last year where it was also the first one to use the Helio G100.

MediaTek Helio G200: Everything to Know

MediaTek Helio G200 is built on TSMC’s 6nm process, consisting of an octa-core CPU with two 2.2 GHz Cortex-A76 cores and six 2.0 GHz Cortex-A55 units. It supports LPDDR4X RAMand UFS 2.2 storage, while the maximum display Resolution supported is 2,520 x 1,080 pixels running at up to 120Hz refresh rate. Graphics are handled by the Arm Mali-G57 MC2 GPU which has a 1.1Ghz clock speed compared to 1.0Ghz in the Helio G100.

The Processor comes with MediaTek’s HyperEngine technology, which intelligently manages the CPU, GPU, and memory depending on power, temperature, and gaming demands. This helps deliver smooth gameplay while keeping power consumption in check. According to the company, it also ensures stable frame rates and faster network speeds by automatically switching between Wi-Fi antennas for the strongest signal. Plus, the chip supports connection concurrency, so your game stays online even if you get a call.

The chip further supports up to 200MP single cameras. It also features support for dual 16 + 16MP Sensors and 32 MPvideo shooting at 30 fps. The chip’s new 12-bit DCG supports higher-quality video HDR capture, while there features like hardware dual-camera support and lossless in-sensor zoom are also present, combined with portrait lenses. MediaTek notes that it has reduced the power consumption by up to 20 percent by partnering with camera App developers.

The chip has support for running 120Hz displays at full-HD resolution. Its Display Sync technology is claimed to boost power efficiency by dynamically adjusting the Refresh Rate based on the usage, allowing for up to 20 percent improvement in this area as well.

As for connectivity, there’s support for 4X4 MIMO, 2CC CA, 256QAM, TAS 2.0, HPUE, IMS (VoLTE\ViLTE\WoWi-Fi), eMBMS, Dual 4G VoLTE (DSDS), Band71, Wi-Fi 5, and Bluetooth v5.2. The chip includes support for GPS, QZSS L1+ L5, Galileo E1 + E5a, BeiDou B1C + B2a, and NAVIC.

Meanwhile, Tecno has confirmed that its Spark 40 Pro+ will be the first handset to use the new Helio G200 processor. Additionally, the Spark 40 Pro+ will have customized super resolution algorithms that will render graphics at 1.5K resolution. The TECNO SPARK 40 Series is set to launch in global markets in July.