CES 2018: BlackBerry Motion coming to US, KEYOne Bronze Edition added in 2018

TCL Communication has remained steady with its portfolio of true to character BlackBerry devices. good news here are CES 2018 is that there will be two new smartphones coming in 2018. The BlackBerry Motion, which is the robust all-screen model we saw late last year, is coming to the US market starting on January 12.

The impressive BlackBerry KEYOne will soon have a Bronze Edition to join the original silver and space black variants. A Dual-SIM version is also slated for the KEYOne hitting global markets and TCL promises imminent Android 8.0 Oreo updates for the line.

CES 2018: Alcatel introduces re-imagined smartphone portfolio for 2018

Demonstrating TCL’s continuing commitment to its mobile handset business, today at CES 2018 it has previewed a new smartphone philosophy and product portfolio direction for the company’s Alcatel business unit. Featuring re-imagined product designs and features that modernize Alcatel’s 2018 smartphones.

It is also one of the first smartphone lineups to bring an immersive 18:9 display experience standardized across three new product series. Offering a universal design language, these new Alcatel product series will help make flagship style smartphone features accessible across the mid and entry price tiers.

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CES 2018: Qualcomm claims its newest SoC fixes issues plaguing wireless earbuds

Wireless earbuds makes things easier for users but it isn’t without fault. Qualcomm hopes to fix the issues plaguing these tiny wearables have. The new QCC5100 chipset claims to offer three times the battery life of previous devices and it comes with more wireless transmitting power, meaning it’ll most likely not cut out as much even when it encounters interference.

When compared to its predecessor, it’s said to have twice the processing power. This means, manufacturers can introduce better noise cancelling as well as integrate smart assistants and other smart features. The possibility of getting zero-delay fast translation like those in the Pixel Bud might head your way. We can’t say yet though when we might see manufacturers integrate this chip into their audio accessories.

Source: Engadget

CES 2018: HTC goes after hardcore and professional VR users with the Vive Pro

The new HTC Vive Pro doesn’t mean the original Vive virtual reality headset is going away. As its name suggests, the Vive Pro is going after the hardcore VR enthusiasts and those businesses that need the most powerful virtual reality experience they can get. HTC bumped up the resolution on the Vive Pro, it sports high-res OLED screens with a 2,880 x 1,600 resolution and 615 pixels per inch (which is a significant jump from the 1,080 x 1,200 resolution and 448ppi of the Vive). Ars Technica claims the field-of-view might not be improved this time around, instead the new resolution conforms to the resolution ratio of the original Vive. This new resolution though will work particularly well for training simulations as Ars Technica reports.

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