Samsung patents space zoom ahead of Galaxy S11 launch, S11e battery capacity leaked

With 2019’s onslaught of smartphone launches now coming to a close, Samsung is already gearing up for the reveal of its next flagship, the Galaxy S11. We have had multiple leaks and rumours revealing information about the upcoming flagship series, but the latest report gives us a peek into something really interesting.

Samsung filed a patent with the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) called “Space Zoom”. The patent is described as lossless zoom and it is quite likely that the S11 will attempt to do what the Pixel 4 is being known for — Astrophotography.

The patent describes it as the ability to zoom in on a subject without losing quality. It sounds like what Huawei has been doing with the P30 Pro or Oppo with the Reno 10X Zoom. The former even claimed that you can take shots of the moon using the mode. Samsung could have figured out a way to implement periscope telephoto zoom lens. It could also just be a way of applying digital zoom in tandem with image stacking to take zoomed shots without a big drop in quality.

Space Zoom certainly sounds interesting, but another report hints at something far more useful. The Galaxy S11e, the budget Galaxy S flagship for the coming year will have a larger 3,730mAH battery. GSMArena spotted a battery certification by SafetyKorea website for the model number EB-BG980ABY, which is supposed to go into a Samsung phone with the model number G980. Now, the Galaxy S10e came with the model number SM-G970, so it’s only safe to assume we are looking at battery capacity of the Galaxy S11e.

The image shared by the website is of poor quality but it’s easy to spot the battery is rated 14.36 Wh. Now, it’s known that the battery operates at 3.85V for mobile devices, so it can be deduced that the battery capacity could be 3,730mAh.

The rated capacity which Samsung would advertise should be around 3800-3900mAh, which is a major improvement over the Galaxy S10e. The S10e scored high in our review for performance, camera and usability, but failed to last even half a day thanks to a low 3,100mAh battery. A 3800mAh battery means a good 20 percent improvement in battery life.

Previous leaks have tipped the Galaxy S11 series will sport 90Hz refresh rate displays and 5G capability. The larger battery could be put in place to compensate for the higher power intake.

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Vivo X30 with Samsung Exynos 980 chipset will launch in December

Vivo has announced that it will launch a smartphone, the Vivo X30, powered by the recently launched Samsung Exynos 980 chipset. It will have support for dual-mode 5G as well. At a press briefing in Beijing on November 7, Vivo announced the collaboration with Samsung and elaborated on the performance of Exynos 980 chipset.  According to rumours, the Vivo X30 could launch alongside the X30 Pro before the end of 2019.

The Vivo X30 is rumoured to feature a 6.5-inch (2400 x 1080 pixels) Full HD+ display with 20:9 aspect ratio. The  AMOLED screen may come with a 90Hz refresh rate. It may come equipped with 8GB LPDDR4X RAM and 128GB/256GB of internal storage. In the optics department, the Vivo X30 could sport a quad rear camera setup: a 64MP primary sensor + a 13MP camera + an 8MP sensor + a 2MP depth sensor.

The Vivo X30 is also said to come in a 12GB RAM + 256GB storage variant and it is tipped to be called the Vivo X30 Pro. The smartphone may feature a 6.89-inch AMOLED display with 90Hz refresh rate. The X30 Pro is rumoured to sport a 60MP triple rear camera setup. It may pack a 4500mAh battery with support for 44W flash charge.

Both the Vivo X30 and X30 Pro will be powered by the Samsung Exynos 980 chipset. To recall, Exynos 980 SoC is Samsung’s first processor with built-in 5G modem. The mobile chipset is based on 8nm FinFET process technology. It is packed with two Cortex-A77 CPU cores and six Cortex-A55 cores, paired with Mali-G76 GPU. 

Furthermore, the Exynos 980 SoC also comes equipped with a neural processing unit (NPU), which enhances applications that have secure user authentication, content filtering, mixed reality, intelligent camera, and more. Moreover, Exynos 980 is claimed to deliver fast gigabit downlink speed in 4G LTE and up to 2.55-gigabits per second (Gbps) in sub-6-gigahertz (GHz) 5G.

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