IFA or IFA Berlin or Radio Berlin fair is one of the oldest industry fairs in Germany and in the world. He specializes in consumer and entertainment electronics. The exhibition attracts many companies specialized in technology of all kinds. It provides an opportunity for these companies to reveal their latest innovations and technologies to the public. CD, color TV and car radio were announced for the first time at this exhibition. This exhibition is held annually from August 31 to September 5. The exhibition this year, version 2018, contains a few new smartphones presented by leading companies such as Sony, Huawei, Motorola, HTC, and even BlackBerry. Here is a list of the most prominent of those phones.

New smartphones at IFA Berlin 2018, what's new?


Sony Xperia XZ3

It is one of the most prominent phones that were shown at the IFA exhibition, in which Sony has significantly reduced the bezels. Among its features:

◉ For the first time, Sony introduced a 6-inch QHD OLED screen surrounded by front-facing speakers, making the XZ3 a great choice for watching movies.

◉ The phone is equipped with a 19-megapixel single-lens main camera, which has not changed from the previous phone, XZ2, but has improved the front camera up to 13 megapixels.

◉ The phone supports wireless charging.

◉ It contains a Snapdragon 845 processor, 4 GB RAM, 64 storage memory, and a 3300 mAh battery.

◉ The phone is rated IP68 for water and dust resistance.

◉ It runs Android 9.0 Pie system.

◉ In general, the phone is elegant, strong in performance and battery, but the price of 900 may be overpriced, especially with this hardware.


Huawei Mate 20 Lite

The Chinese Huawei presented its Mate 20 Lite smartphone at the lowest cost and at affordable prices for its Mate 20 phone. Among the specifications of this phone are:

6.3 inch Full HD Screen.

Kirin 710 processor supported by 4GB RAM.

◉ 24MP plus 2MP dual-lens front camera.

Dual rear camera, 20-megapixel and 2-megapixel main camera, with a wider lens slot, to get a better picture in low light.

◉ 3750mAh battery.

Huawei is showing skill in providing medium phones desirable to a large group of users, as the phone came at a price of 380 pounds, which is just under $ 500.


Huawei Kirin 980 and Honor Play

The phone was announced before the IFA 2018 conference, as it was launched in China only, and its global launch is considered to be the beginning of the Berlin exhibition.

Some sites have called the missile phone on this phone provided by Huawei, as it presented the HiSilicon Kirin 980 processor, which is the world's first 7-nanometer processor, compared to the Snapdragon 845, manufactured with 10 nm technology. The processor is 20% faster, and for the first time it is also equipped with two processors for artificial intelligence, and other amazing features that this new processor offers. The processor contains four Cortex A76 cores for high performance tasks, and four Cortex A55 cores for low performance tasks. The phone is equipped with a Gli Maly G76 graphics processor that allows you to play any game, regardless of it, on that phone with ease.

The phone has a mode called "Turbo Mode" that increases the speed of the graphics processor by 60% while playing games while preserving battery consumption.

At the same time, the company announced the Honor Play 2 phone, and the phone's features also include:

6.3 inch Full HD Screen.

6 GB random memory. And a storage memory of 64 GB.

16MP + 2MP dual rear camera, 16MP front camera, these cameras are supported by artificial intelligence to recognize the scene.

◉ 3750mAh battery.

Despite these wonderful technical specifications, especially in the processors, the phone comes at a reasonable price, which is 329 euros, and it is expected that the price in Arab countries will be less than this amount.


HTC U12 Life

The prominent thing about this phone is the simple modification in the design and it contains taut lines on the back lower third of the phone that work on anti-slip and tighten the grip on the phone. The distinctive thing also is that HTC has canceled the digital buttons that it placed in the Plus version and reverts back to the traditional one in that version, due to the many complaints about the increased sensitivity of these digital buttons. Among the features of the phone:

6 inch Full HD Screen.

◉ Snapdragon 636 mid-range processor. 4 GB RAM. 64 GB and 128 GB storage.

16MP + 5MP dual rear camera. Front camera 13 mega pixels.

3600 XNUMX mAh battery.

◉ Phone price $ 390.


BlackBerry Key2 LE

If you are a BlackBerry fan with memories, this is yours. BlackBerry introduced a mid-range phone with a real physical keyboard. Among the features of the phone:

◉ Snapdragon 636 processor and 4GB random memory.

◉ 32GB internal storage with a MicroSD card slot for more.

◉ 13MP plus 5MP dual rear camera. Front camera 8 megapixels.

◉ 3000mAh battery.

◉ The price of the phone when launched in the US might be $ 400.


Motorola One

The phone features an all-glass design and a pure Android interface, with news that it will get the Android 9 Pie update. Among the features of the phone:

5.9-inch screen with a bump like iPhone X.

◉ Snapdragon 625 processor. 4 GB random memory. 64 GB storage.

◉ Dual 13-megapixel rear camera, and the second camera works as a “bokeh” or “Bokeh” depth sensor, which is an aesthetic feature of the quality of the blurring in the parts outside the focus points of the lens. In the camera app there is a great feature called Spot Color so that you can click on a specific area on the screen while shooting and only that color will be preserved, changing all the colors in the image to black and white. For example: keep the red color only, and the rest is black and white.

◉ Another feature called Cinemagraphs where you can capture a short video clip and then select an area of ​​that video to animate as a GIF while the rest of the image remains static. But such features need good lighting to get a clear shot.

8MP front camera.

3000 XNUMX mAh battery.

◉ The phone has other features that cannot be mentioned.


LG G7 One

The LG G7 One is the latest in the Android One initiative from Google, meaning that the phone will get a raw copy of the system, and it will receive periodic updates. LG also abandoned "bloatware", meaning programs that contain many features and require a large amount of storage memory and random access memory "RAM", which negatively affects the system as a whole. This was very welcome. Among the features of the phone:

بوصة 6.1 inch screen.

◉ Snapdragon 835 processor. 4 GB random memory. And a storage memory of 32 GB.

One 16MP rear camera. And an 8-megapixel front camera.

◉ IP68 Water and Dust Resistant.

3000 mAh battery with fast charging feature.

◉ Google Lens feature, a new way to search for using artificial intelligence-supported vision technology.

◉ Face recognition feature.

LG did not mention anything about the price or the time of its availability, even if its price is supposed to be less than the rating of $ 700 as it is not a top class phone.

IFA 2018 will run until September 5. If new products are detected, we will tell you about them.

What phone caught your eye on IFA? Which companies do you see fail? Let us know in the comments

Sources:

digitaltrends | techradar | makerof

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