This week’s top pick is the Snapdragon 820 Leeco Pro 3 Elite. It’s a massive bargain getting Snap 820 for this price. Check prices on Aliexpress and you’ll see the LeEco Pro 3 Elite selling for $200+. Oukitel U11+ and UmiDigi A1 are also of special note $129 for the U11+, and $99.99 for the A1.
The excellent wildlife photographer, Paul Nicklens, normally posts incredibly scenes and tales from around the world. His latest posts have generally featured whales, penguins, and polar bears. (more…)
Yongning Wu, the famous rooftopping daredevil from China who attracted 50,000 followers on Weibo has fallen to his death during his last stunt. (more…)
China has just turned on the largest floating solar farm in the world. The farm is capable of pushing 40 megawatts of juice and floats on a manmade lake in Anhui, China, according to Sarah Zheng, a journalist with the South China Morning Post.
The plant at Anhui, China is built by Sungrow Power Supply and puts out enough juice to power 15,000 homes. This plant is twice the size of the previous record holder, also in the same region but built by a different company, Xinyi Solar, only a year back.
Ironically, the province of Anhui is a coal-rich area and where the power plant now floats was once heavily mined. According to Zhen, the lake varies in depth from twelve to thirty feet.
Building solar power plants on water offer a couple of big advantages over using land: The water helps to keep the electronics cool, and in the case of manmade lakes keep agricultural land and ecosystems from the harm of being developed.
While this project is ambitious and a milestone for water-based renewable energy, Sungrow Power Supply’s project is just one tiny piece of China’s renewable energy push. The Longyangxia Dam Solar Park on the Tibetan plateau has 4 million solar panels and puts out 850 megawatts of energy. That’s 21x more output than this lake’s juice. And, even that is small compared to the soon to be completed 6 million panel project in the Ningxia Autonomous Region, which is scheduled to put out 2 gigawatts of juice — enough to power 750,000 homes.
China has announced they will invest $361 billion in renewable power by 2020, and by 2022 may possibly produce 320 gigawatts of wind and solar power, and 340 gigawatts of hydropower. According to Zheng, currently a whopping 11 percent of China’s energy comes from renewable energy sources and may reach 20% by 2030.
University of Central Florida (UCF) Nanoscience Technology Center has made a breakthrough in battery technology. (more…)
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4, also known as Millet Red Rice Note 4 has been officially announced by Xiaomi. Here’s what we know so far. (more…)
Zenfone 3 is here at last, with some surprisingly unique specs. While it’s only been 16 months since the Zenfone 2 was first announced, this is an eternity in the world of mobiles, (more…)
Much of the tech world is gearing up for Virtual Reality (VR) and ARM is no exception. Their next set of high-end mobile CPU Cortex tech will be Cortex-A73. (more…)
Xiaomi along with Snapdragon 820 MSM8996 heralds the Mi5 as the most powerful consumer mobile in the universe. (more…)
Going to a real museum is so 2010. The project by Google dedicated to putting a bit of culture in your day just got a big boost from new technology. (more…)
I really enjoy ES Explorer. Over the years its been my go-to app for file management.
However, ES Explorer’s latest ploy has left a big smile on my face, which, (more…)
MT6757 Helio P20 is set to take.the stage. After the very successful MT6755 Helio P10 has been implemented in a slew of China mobiles, the new Helio P20 takes things to another level with higher CPU and GPU clock speeds. We still expect MT6755 Helio P10 to be used in many upcoming mobiles, and the MTK6755 Helio P20 to begin showing up in slightly higher tier MediaTek devices.
The specs in the table for P10 P20 are official, while the specs in the Helio P30 and Helio P30T column are based on leaked insider information.
| Component | MediaTek Helio P25 MTK6757T | MediaTek Helio P10 MT6755 MTK6755 | MediaTek Helio P20 MTK6757 | Helio P30/P30T (See CPU/GPU clock) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Process | 16nm | 28nm | 16nm | 16nm |
| CPU max | 64-bit 8-core [email protected] | 64-bit 8-core [email protected] | 64-bit 8-core [email protected] | big.LITTLE 4-core 64-bit [email protected]/2.2GHz (Helio P30T) + 4-core [email protected] |
| GPU max | Mali-T880 MP2@900MHz | Mali-T860 MP2@700MHz | Mali-T880 MP2@900MHz | ARM Mimir MP2@780/850MHz (Helio P30T) |
| Display support max | FHD 1920×1080 60fps 2x DSI for dual display | FHD 1920×1080 60fps | FHD 1920×1080 60fps 2x DSI for dual display | FHD 1920×1080 |
| Video decode max | 4Kx2K 30fps H.264/265 | 1080p 30fps H.264/265 | 4Kx2K 30fps H.264/265 | 4Kx2K 30fps H.264/265 |
| Video encode max | 4Kx2K 30fps H.264 | 1080p 30fps H.264 | 4Kx2K 30fps H.264 | 4Kx2K 30fps H.264 |
| Modem | LTE FDD TDD R.11 Cat.6 with 2×20 CA. C2K SRLTE. L+W DSDS support, DC-HSPA+, TD-S CDMA, EDGE CDMA2000 1x/ EVDO Rev. A (3.1/1.8Mbps, SRLTE) LTE/GPS Co-clock Supported | LTE FDD/TDD R11 Cat-6 with 2×20 CA (300/ 50Mbps), DC-HSPA+, TD-SCDMA, EDGE CDMA2000 1x/ EVDO Rev. A (3.1/1.8Mbps, SRLTE) LTE/GPS Co-clock Supported | LTE FDD TDD R.11 Cat.6 with 2×20 CA. C2K SRLTE. L+W DSDS support, DC-HSPA+, TD-S CDMA, EDGE CDMA2000 1x/ EVDO Rev. A (3.1/1.8Mbps, SRLTE) LTE/GPS Co-clock Supported | Cat.7 (up 100Mbps, down 300Mbps) |
| WiFi | AC/ABGN up to 90Mbps | ABGN up to 90Mbps | AC/ABGN up to 90Mbps | AC/ABGN up to 90Mbps |
| RAM max | Up to 2 x LPDDR4X 1600MHz (up to 6GB) + 1x LPDDR3 933Mhz (up to 4GB) eMMC 5.1 | LPDDR3 933MHz 4GB eMMC 5.1 | Up to 2 x LPDDR4X 1600MHz (up to 6GB) + 1x LPDDR3 933Mhz (up to 4GB) eMMC 5.1 | Up to 2 x LPDDR4X 1600MHz (up to 6GB) + 1x LPDDR3 933Mhz (up to 4GB) eMMC UFS2.0 5.1 |
| Camera max | 13MP+13MP dual rear, or 24MP@24fps 16MP@30fps ZSD Dual ISP Improved 3A/denoise/demosaic/sharpness Bayer & Mono sensor support | 21MP@24fps 16MP@30fps ZSD Dual ISP Improved 3A/denoise/demosaic/sharpness | 24MP@24fps 16MP@30fps ZSD Dual ISP Improved 3A/denoise/demosaic/sharpness Bayer & Mono sensor support |
There is a big jump from Helio P10 vs Helio P20 with the P20 allowing decoding and encoding up to 4kx2k, as well as support for dual-displays.
P10 vs P20 we see the GPU is a nice bump up from Mali-T860 MP2 to Mali-T880 MP2.
Comparing Helio P10 and P20 vs Helio P30 rumored specs, we see the P30 carries a big.LITTLE configuration with 4-core Cortex-A72. We also see the P30 will have ARM’s new Mimir GPU. Mimir is the codename for ARM’s latest GPU technology.
Note there is also a Helio P30T. Helio P30 vs P30T gives us 780MHz vs 850MHz respectively for the GPU and 2.0GHz vs 2.2GHz respectively for the Cortex-A72 cores.