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Vivo X200 FE India launch has been officially teased. The announcement follows the handset’s recent debut in Taiwan, with a global rollout expected next week. The handset features a Zeiss-branded triple rear camera unit, which is headlined by a 50-megapixel sensor. The Vivo X200 FE is equipped with a MediaTek Dimensity 9300+ chipset and is said to meet the IP68+IP69 ratings. The phone houses a 6,500mAh battery.

In an X post, the Chinese manufacturer announced that the Vivo X200 FE will soon be unveiled in India. The series of teasers doesn’t reveal the exact launch date. Vivo has also created a dedicated microsite on the company website for the upcoming launch. The listing reveals key specifications of the device.

Vivo X200 FE Specifications

The Indian variant of the Vivo X200 FE is confirmed to ship with Android 15-based Funtouch 15 and a 6.31-inch display. It will get a MediaTek Dimensity 9300+ chipset under the hood. The handset features a Zeiss-branded triple rear camera unit, including a 50-megapixel main camera, a 50-megapixel telephoto camera and an 8-megapixel ultrawide camera.

Vivo X200 FE is said to meet the IP68+IP69-ratings for dust and water resistance. It packs a 6,500mAh battery with support for 90W fast charging. The battery is claimed to deliver up to 25.44 hours of YouTube playback time on a single charge.

The Vivo X200 FE was launched in Taiwan last week in Fashion Pink, Light Honey Yellow, Minimalist Black, and Modern Blue (translated) finishes with 12GB of RAM and up to 512GB of onboard storage. The handset is scheduled to go official in Thailand on July 3. It is currently up for reservations in Malaysia.

Vivo X200 FE is believed to be a revamped Vivo S30 Pro Mini for global markets. The Vivo S30 Pro was introduced in China last month with a starting price tag of CNY 3,499 for the 12GB RAM + 256GB storage version.

Xiaomi has just announced its latest tablet offering in China called the Pad 7S Pro. The Xiaomi Pad 7S Pro is a successor to the previous Pad 6S Pro model but has a slightly different design and some new hardware. The Pad 7S Pro is placed between the Pad 7 Ultra and the previously launched Xiaomi Pad 7 Pro and so will appeal to the latter and Pad 6S Pro users alike. The highlight of this year’s model is the use of Xiaomi’s own silicon, which is in the form of its recently announced Xring O1 processor. Still, there are some minor upgrades sprinkled all over.

Xiaomi Pad 7S Pro Price, Availability

The Xiaomi Pad 7S Pro is priced from CNY 3,300 (roughly Rs. 39,000) for the base 8GB RAM + 256GB storage variant. Since this is a ‘Pro’ model, there are a number of variants available with 8GB, 12GB and 16GB RAM with the most expensive option with 16GB RAM + 1TB storage available at CNY 4,500 (roughly Rs. 53,000). The tablet goes on sale today in China but there is no information from the brand about a global launch. The tablet will be available in four finishes—Black, Purple, Titanium Silver and Basalt Gray. There will also be a Matte Glass version that will be available only in the Black finish and 12GB + 512GB, 16GB + 512GB and 16GB + 1TB options. 

Xiaomi Pad 7S Pro Specifications, Features

Xiaomi’s Pad 7S Pro sports a slightly larger 12.5-inch IPS LCD panel which now has a higher resolution of 2,136 x 3,200 pixels set in a 3:2 aspect ratio that remains unchanged. The panel also offers up to 1,000 nit of peak brightness. There is a matte glass version of the tablet called ‘soft light’  as well which offers a matte screen protector.

The Pad 7S Pro is powered by Xiaomi’s own Xring O1 processor, which is fabricated using a 3nm process and offers a maximum clock speed of 3.4GHz. The tablet uses LPDDR5X RAM for the 8GB and 12GB variants, while the 16GB variant uses the LPDDR5T RAM. You get up to 1TB of UFS 4.1 storage.

At the back is a 50-megapixel camera with an f/1.8 aperture and PDAF. The front facing camera is a 32-megapixel unit with an f/2.2 aperture. The Pad 7S Pro runs Xiaomi’s HyperOS 2 software that is based on Android 15. All of the above is backed by a 10,610mAh battery that offers 120W wired charging and 7.5W reverse wired charging. As for communication, there is a USB type-C port (USB 3.2 Gen 1), Wi-Fi 7, and Bluetooth 5.4.

Like the previous model, the Xiaomi Pad 7S Pro comes with its own set of optional accessories, which include Xiaomi Pad 7S Pro Focus Keyboard, Xiaomi Pad 7S Pro Keyboard, Xiaomi Focus Pen, and Xiaomi Pad 7S Pro Cover. The tablet has grown slimmer and now has a thickness of 5.8mm versus the 6.3mm of the Pad 6S Pro. Its overall dimensions have also grown to 279 x 192 x 5.8mm. It is also lighter than the Pad 6S Pro at 576g.

Xiaomi Watch S4 41mm and Xiaomi Smart Band 10 were launched at the Human x Car x Home event on Thursday. The former arrives as a compact variant of the standard Watch S4, sporting a 1.32-inch circular AMOLED screen and up to eight days of battery life. Meanwhile, the Xiaomi Smart Band 10 is the successor to last year’s Smart Band 9 and comes with a 9-axis sensor and sleep monitoring features.

Xiaomi Watch S4 41mm, Smart Band 10 Price, Availability

Xiaomi Watch S4 41mm price starts at CNY 999 (roughly Rs. 12,000) in China for the TPU strap variant in Black and Mint Green colour options. The leather and Milanese strap variants of the smartwatch cost CNY 1,199 (roughly Rs. 14,301) and CNY 1,499 (roughly Rs. 18,000), respectively.

Meanwhile, the Xiaomi Smart Band 10 is priced at CNY 269 (roughly Rs. 3,200) whereas the Smart Band 10 Ceramic Edition costs CNY 379 (roughly Rs. 4,500). The regular variant comes in Midnight Black, Glacier Silver, and Mystic Rose colourways.

Xiaomi Watch S4 41mm Features, Specifications

The Xiaomi Watch S4 41mm sports a 1.32-inch (466 x 466 pixels) circular AMOLED screen with a 60Hz refresh rate and 1,500nits peak brightness. The display is housed in a compact 41mm stainless steel dial. The smartwatch has a 4-LED + 4PD heart rate module for tracking heart rate, blood oxygen or SpO2 level, stress level, sleep, and menstrual cycles. It is accompanied by an updated Xring T1 chip which is said to be 35 percent more efficient than the standard Watch S4.

The Xiaomi Watch S4 41mm runs on HyperOS 2 out-of-the-box. It supports 150 sports modes including real-time swim heart rate tracking. The wearable has a 5 ATM rating for water resistance. Connectivity options on the Xiaomi Watch S4 41mm include Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.4, NFC, GPS, Galileo, Glonass, Beidou and QZSS.

In terms of dimensions, the smartwatch measures 41.2 x 41.2 x 9.5mm and weighs 32g. It is backed by a 320mAh battery which is said to deliver up to eight days of battery life on a single charge.

Xiaomi Smart Band 10 Features, Specifications

Meanwhile, the Xiaomi Smart Band 10 comes with a 1.72-inch (212 x 520 pixels) pill-shaped AMOLED screen with 1,500nits peak brightness and auto-brightness support. It gets the same 5ATM water resistance as the previous model. There’s a 9-axis sensor on the smart band which powers its health and fitness tracking capabilities.

Xiaomi Smart Band 10 has thinner bezels than the preceeding model
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The Xiaomi Band 10 supports AI-powered swim stroke detection, advanced sleep monitoring with expert-guided improvement plans, and real-time heart rate monitoring. Xiaomi has integrated the smart band in its AIoT ecosystem which enables it to control PCs, tablets, smart appliances, and Xiaomi EVs.

The smart band is equipped with an accelerometer, gyroscope, electronic compass, optical heart rate sensor, pulse oximeter, and an ambient light sensor. It supports connectivity via Bluetooth 5.4. The Xiaomi Smart Band 10 packs a 233mAh battery which is claimed to deliver up to nine days of battery life on a single charge with always-on display enabled and up to 21 days of typical usage.

Google released the full version of Gemma 3n, its latest open-source model in the Gemma 3 family of artificial intelligence (AI) models, on Thursday. First announced in May, the new model is designed and optimised for on-device use cases and features several new architecture-based improvements. Interestingly, the large language model (LLM) can be run locally on just 2GB of RAM. This means the model can be deployed and operated even on a smartphone, provided it comes with AI-enabled processing power.

Gemma 3n Is a Multimodal AI Model

In a blog post, the Mountain View-based tech giant announced the release of the full version of Gemma 3n. The model follows the launch of the Gemma 3 and GemmaSign models and joins the Gemmaverse. Since it is an open-source model, the company has provided its model weights as well as the cookbook to the community. The model itself is available to use under a permissive Gemma license, which allows both academic and commercial usages.

Gemma 3n is a multimodal AI model. It natively supports image, audio, video, and text inputs. However, it can only generate text outputs. It is also a multilingual model and supports 140 languages for text, and 35 languages when the input is multimodal.

Google says that Gemma 3n has a “mobile-first architecture,” which is built on Matryoshka Transformer or MatFormer architecture. It is a nested transformer, named after the Russian nesting dolls, where one fits inside another. This architecture offers a unique way of training AI models with different parameter sizes.

Gemma 3n comes in two sizes — E2B and E4B — short for effective parameters. This means, despite being five billion and eight billion parameters in size, the active parameters are just two and four billion.

This is achieved using a technique called Per-Layer Embeddings (PLE), where only the most essential parameters are required to be loaded into the fast memory (VRAM). The rest remains in the extra layer embeddings and can be handled by the CPU.

So, with the MatFormer system, the E4B variant nests the E2B model, and when the larger model is being trained, it simultaneously trains the smaller model. This gives users the convenience of either using E4B for more advanced operations or E2B for faster outputs without finding any noticeable differences in the quality of the processing or output.

Google is also letting users create custom-sized models by tweaking certain internal parts. For this, the company is releasing the MatFormer Lab tool that will let developers test different combinations to help them find the custom model sizes.

Currently, Gemma 3n is available to download via Google’s Hugging Face listing and Kaggle listing. Users can also visit Google AI Studio to try Gemma 3n. Notably, Gemma models can also be deployed directly to Cloud Run from AI Studio.

Redmi K Pad was launched in China on Thursday alongside the Xiaomi Mix Flip 2 and Redmi K80 Ultra smartphones. This latest Android tablet from the Xiaomi sub-brand features an 8.8-inch display with 3K resolution and is sold in three colour options. The tablet is available with up to 16GB of RAM and a maximum 1TB of storage. The Redmi K Pad runs on a MediaTek Dimensity 9400+ chipset and houses a 7,500mAh battery.

Redmi K Pad Price

The Redmi K Pad is priced at CNY 2,799 (roughly Rs. 33,000) for the base 8GB + 256GB RAM and storage model.

The 12GB + 256GB, 12GB + 512GB, 16GB + 512GB, and 16GB + 1TB RAM and storage variants are priced at CNY 3,099 (roughly Rs. 37,000), CNY 3,399 (roughly Rs. 40,000), CNY 3,599 (roughly Rs. 42,000), and CNY 4,199 (roughly Rs. 50,000), respectively. The tablet is available in Deep Black, Smoky Purple, and Spruce Green colourways.

Redmi K Pad Specifications

The Redmi K Pad runs on Android 15-based HyperOS 2. It features an 8.8-inch 3.5K resolution display with 165Hz refresh rate, 403ppi pixel density, 700 nits peak brightness, and 372Hz touch sampling rate. The screen has Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection. The display has a 16:10 aspect ratio. The tablet runs on a MediaTek Dimensity 9400+ chipset, alongside up to 16GB of RAM and up to 1TB of storage.

For photos and videos, the Redmi K Pad has a 13-megapixel OV13B rear camera sensor with an f/2.2 aperture. It features an 8-megapixel front-facing OV08F camera with an f/2.28 aperture for selfies and video chats.

Connectivity options on the Redmi K Pad include Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4. The tablet has two USB Type-C ports and is equipped with stereo speakers with Dolby Atmos support. The tablet gets a 12,050mm sq liquid cooling system for thermal management. It includes a dual X-axis linear motor.

The Redmi K Pad carries a 7,500mAh battery and supports 67W charging and 18W reverse charging. It measures 205.13×132.03×6.46mm and weighs 326g.