Sony has its own take on AirPods, features noise-cancellation tech

One of the new audio accessories Sony unveiled at the ongoing IFA tech show in Berlin takes the fight to Apple’s own wireless earphones, the AirPods. Called the WF-1000X, this wireless earbuds has a special trick up its sleeve: noise-cancellation technology. Each earbud comes with a button, one is used to enable ambient sound while the other is for taking calls.

According to Sony, you can get three hours of use out of them. Not a lot but if you charge them in the case, which holds two additional charges, you get a total of nine hours out of the pair. A full charge will take an hour and a half while using microUSB. Unlike Apple’s AirPods, you can’t track the WF-1000X, so if you lose them, you might lose them forever. The WF-1000X retails for US$199.99 (around CA$250).

Source: The Verge

The new LG V30 is first smartphone with F1.6 aperture camera lens

LG has finally unveiled its highly teased LG V30, this is smartphone featuring the first F1.6 aperture camera lens, the first glass Crystal Clear Lens, the first OLED FullVision display offers Cine Video mode for producing movie-quality videos, premium sound with advanced Hi-Fi Quad DAC and Voice Recognition. Hit jump for specs.

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Samsung Gear Sport gets leaked ahead of rumoured IFA debut

With IFA just a few days away, we get a look at what looks like another wearable coming from Samsung. The Gear Sport (SM-R600) will supposedly have 5ATM waterproofing, which makes it suitable for taking on a swim. In the FCC schematics, you can see that it’s still similar looks-wise to other Gear smartwatches with its round screen. Not much is known from the leaked image. But it’s expected to be the first smartwatch to run on Tizen 3.0 and have both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity. It’ll supposedly also have a heart rate sensor, as one would expect from a fitness tracker. We should be hearing more about this next week.

Source: GSMArena

New leak shows off the entire Sony Xperia XZ1

Yesterday we got to see what the rear panel on Sony’s upcoming flagship might look like. But a new leak shows off the alleged design of the Xperia XZ1 in all its glory. Aside from showing off the possible design of the phone, the leak also “confirms” or reveals some of the specs we’re expecting the Xperia XZ1 to have: Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor, 19-megapixel rear camera with Motion Eye feature, 13-megapixel front camera, 5.2-inch HDR display, IP65/68, and have Sony’s 3D feature, too. Our wait isn’t that long to find out if any of these hold up as Sony is set to debut new devices at IFA in Berlin at the start of September.

Source: GSMArena