Week 16, 2021 Launch Roundup: ZTE Axon 30 Ultra, ASUS ROG Phone 5, Sony Xperia 10 III, And More

| Published: Saturday, April 17, 2021, 19:41 [IST]

We are coming across numerous product announcements and launches from time to time. Despite the pandemic crisis, companies are not ceasing to launch their offerings as they have taken the online path to make new announcements. Notably, companies such as Asus, Sony, boAt, Zebronics, Samsung, Microsoft, Realme, iQOO, Acer and others have started taking the wraps off many new products in the past few days.

Week 16, 2021 Launch Roundup: ZTE Axon 30 Ultra, ASUS ROG Phone 5, Sony Xperia 10 III, Samsung Galaxy Quantum 2, Realme 8 5G And More

If you wanted to stay updated with the launches that took place last week, then here we have listed the same in our weekly roundup. You can take a look at our weekly launch roundup for the week 16 to know more about the recent launches, be it smartphones, laptops, accessories or other products.

ZTE Axon 30 Ultra

Key Specs

6.67-inch (2400 × 1080 pixels) Full HD+ AMOLED 20:9 aspect ratio flexible curved screen with 144Hz refresh rate, 360Hz touch sampling rate, 100% DCI-P3 color gamut, 10-bit color depth.
Octa Core Snapdragon 888 5nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 660 GPU
8GB / 12GB LPDDR5 RAM with 256GB (UFS 3.1) storage / 16GB LPDDR5 RAM with 1TB (UFS 3.1) storage
Android 11 with MyOS11
Dual SIM
64MP + 64MP + 64MP + 8MP Rear Camera
16MP front-facing camera
5G SA/NSA, Dual 4G VoLTE
4600mAh (Typical) battery

HIFIMAN BW400 Xtreme Bass Wireless Neckband

Key Specs

Wireless Neckband : Xtreme Bass Neckband Headphones for casual and daily usage.
Crystal Clear Stereo Sound-Wireless earbuds with Bluetooth V5.0 technology and microphone, providing you with high-quality pure stereo audio output with rich bass, clear midrange, balanced treble and high definition.
Battery Life : Up to 12 Hours of battery life. Bluetooth:Effective Range:Line of sight approx. 10 m (30 ft) . Quick Charge : Quick charge in 10 mins for 60 mins playback.
Headphones with Mic : In-Built Mic for Hands free calling . LightWeight Design : Lightweight design with secure fitting and magnetic housing for tangle-free listening

Zebronics Zeb-Fit2220CH

Key Specs

1.3-inch TFT color display with 100+ Customisable Watch Faces
Bluetooth 5.0 to connect to Android and iOS devices
8 Sports Mode: Football, Swimming, Walking, Running, Cycling, Skipping, Badminton, Basketball
Monitor Blood Pressure, Heart Rate, Spo2 Oxygen Saturation
Track: Sleep, Steps, Calories, Distance
IP68 Water Resistant
Caller ID, Call Reject and Camera Shutter Feature / Alarm Clock & Sedentary Reminder
Control Music Play/Pause/Prev/Next
200mAh battery with 5 days of battery

boAt Xplorer Smartwatch

Key Specs

1.3-inch (240 x 240 Pixels) colour touch 2.5D curved display with personalized and downloadable cloud-based watch faces
Bluetooth 4.2 to connect to devices
Vibration Alerts for Calls, Texts, Schedule Reminder & Alarms.
24/7 heart rate tracking
Wellness Mode: Sleep, Heart Rate, Menstruation Cycle Tracker, Guided Meditation breathing
8 active sports modes: Indoor walking, running, cycling, elliptical machine, rower, swimming, yoga, hiking with automatic sports recognition* (works for only walking and running)
Built in GPS
Water resistant (5ATM / 50 meters)
Remote camera & music control, Find my phone feature
210mAh battery offers 7-10 days battery life and up to 30 days standby

ASUS ZenBook Duo 14

Key Specs

Processor: 11th Gen Intel Core i5-1135G7, 8MB Cache, 2.4 GHz Base Speed, Up to 4.2 GHz Turbo Boost Speed, 4 cores, 8 Threads
Memory & Storage: 8GB LPDDR4X onboard 4266MHz RAM with | Storage: 512GB SSD M.2 NVMe PCIe 3.0
Graphics: Intel Iris Xᵉ Graphics
Display: Touch screen, 14.0-inch, FHD (1920 x 1080) 16:9, IPS-level Panel, Anti-glare display, LED Backlit, 400nits, sRGB: 100%, Pantone Validated, Screen-to-body ratio: 93 %, With stylus support
Additional Display: ScreenPad Plus (12.65" FHD 1920 x 515, Touch screen IPS-level Panel Support Stylus)
Software Included: Pre-Install MS Office Home and Student 2019 with lifetime validity, McAfee With 1 year validity | Operating System: Pre-loaded Windows 10 Home with lifetime validity
Design & battery: NanoEdge bezels | Mangnesium-Aluminum Chassis and Lid | Thin and Light Laptop | Laptop weight: 1.62 kg | 70WHrs, 4-cell lithium-polymer battery | Up to 17 Hours battery life

ZenBook Pro Duo 15 OLED

Key Specs

ScreenPad Plus: 14 inches 4K matte touchscreen, giving you endless way to optimize your multitasking experience by extending the screen or split windows and apps on both displays
15.6 inches 4K UHD NanoEdge touchscreen glossy main display
Latest 9th generation Intel Core i7 9750H Quad Core Processor (12M Cache, up to 4.5 GHz) with NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
Detachable palm rest and ASUS active stylus pen included
Fast storage and memory featuring 1TB PCIe NVMe SSD with 16GB DDR4 RAM
Built-in IR camera for facial recognition sign in with Windows Hello
Exclusive ErgoLift design for improved typing position, optimized cooling system and enhanced audio performance
Extensive connectivity with HDMI, USB Type C with Thunderbolt, Gig+ Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) (USB Transfer speed may vary.

ASUS ROG Phone 5

Key Specs

6.78-inch (2448 × 1080 pixels) Full HD+ 144Hz OLED 10-bit HDR 20.4:9 aspect ratio display, 300Hz touch sampling rate, 111% DCI-P3, sRGB : 150.89%, Delta E average <1%; Contrast ratio: 1,000,000:1, 10-bit HDR, 5 nits to 800nits @ APL100 + HBM or 1200nits @ APL1, , Corning Gorilla Glass Victus protection
Octa Core Snapdragon 888 5nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 660 GPU
8GB LPDDR5 RAM with 128GB (UFS 3.1) storage, 12GB LPDDR5 RAM with 256GB (UFS 3.1) storage, 16GB (ROG Phone 5 Pro) / 18GB (ROG Phone 5
Ultimate) LPDDR5 RAM with 512GB (UFS 3.1) storage
Android 11 with ROG UI
Dual SIM (nano + nano)
64MP rear camera + 13MP + 5MP Rear Camera
24MP front-facing camera
5G SA/NSA, Dual 4G VoLTE
6000mAh (typical) / 5800mAh (minimum) battery

Sony Xperia 10 III

Key Specs

6-inch (2520 x 1080 pixels) Full HD+ OLED 21:9 aspect ratio Wide display with 97% DCI-P3, 10 bit tonal gradation, Triluminous display for mobile, Corning Gorilla Glass 6 protection
Octa Core Snapdragon 690 8nm Mobile Platform (2GHz x 2+1.8GHz x 6 Kryo 560 CPUs) with Adreno 619L GPU
6GB LPDDR4x RAM, 128GB (UFS 2.1) storage, expandable memory up to 1TB with microSD
Android 11
Hybrid Dual SIM
12MP rear camera + 8MP + 8MP Rear Camera
8MP front camera
5G (sub-6GHz) / 4G VoLTE
4500mAh battery

ZTE Axon 30 Pro

Key Specs

6.67-inch (2400 × 1080 pixels) Full HD+ AMOLED 20:9 aspect ratio flat screen
Octa Core Snapdragon 888 5nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 660 GPU
6GB / 8GB LPDDR5 RAM with 128GB (UFS 3.1) storage / 8GB LPDDR5 RAM with 256GB (UFS 3.1) storage
Android 11 with MyOS11
Dual SIM
64MP primary camera + 64MP + 5MP + 2MP Rear Camera
16MP front-facing camera
5G SA/NSA, Dual 4G VoLTE
4200mAh (Typical) battery

Sony Xperia 5 III

Key Specs

6.1-inch (2520×1080 pixels) Full HD+ OLED HDR Display with 21:9 aspect ratio, 120Hz refresh rate, Corning Gorilla Glass 6 protection
Octa Core Snapdragon 888 5nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 660 GPU
8GB RAM, 128GB (UFS 3.1) internal memory, expandable memory up to 1TB via microSD card
Android 11
Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano / microSD)
12MP rear camera + 12MP +12MP Rear Camera
8MP front-facing camera
5G (sub-6GHz) / 4G VoLTE
4500mAh Battery

Sony Xperia 1 III

Key Specs

6.5-inch (1644x3840pixels) 4K OLED HDR Display
Octa Core Snapdragon 888 5nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 660 GPU
12GB RAM, 256GB (UFS 3.1) internal memory
expandable memory up to 1TB via microSD card
Android 11
Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano / microSD)
12MP rear camera + 12MP + 12MP Rear Camera
8MP front-facing camera
5G (sub-6GHz) / 4G VoLTE
4500mAh Battery

Mi QLED TV 75-inch with 4K

Key Specs

75-inch (3840 × 2160 pixels) 4K display with MEMC 120Hz refresh rate, 178-degree viewing angle, 100% NTSC Color Gamut, 95% DCI-P3 color gamut, Auto Low Latency Mode (ALLM)
Quad core MediaTek MT9611 (A55) processor with Mali G52 MP2 GPU
2GB RAM, 32GB storage
Android 10
WiFi 802.11 ac (2.4GHz / 5GHz) (2×2 MIMO), Bluetooth 5.0, 1 x HDMI 2.1, 2 x HDMI 2.0, 2 x USB, S/PDIF, 1 x 3.5mm headphone jack, Ethernet
AV1, H.265, H.264, H.263, VP8/VP9/VC1, MPEG1/2/4, etc.
Mi Voice remote with support for Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa.
30W ( 2 x 15W) 6 speaker system (4 woofers, 2 tweeters), Dolby Audio, DTS-HD

Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 with 13.5″ / 15″ PixelSense display

Key Specs

13.5 / 15-inch (2256 x 1504 pixels) PixelSense 10 point multi-touch Display with 3:2 aspect ratio
Quad Core 11th Gen Intel Core i5-1135G7 processor / Quad Core 11th Intel Core i7-1185G7 processor with Intel Iris Xᵉ Graphics / AMD Ryzen 5 4680U Mobile Processor with Radeon Graphics Microsoft Surface Edition (6 cores)
8GB/16GB LPDDR4X RAM, 256GB/512GB SSD, Removable solid-state drive (SSD) options
720p f/2.0 HD front-facing camera
3.5mm headphone jack, Dual far-field Studio Mics, Omnisonic speakers with Dolby Atmos
Ambient light sensor, TPM 2.0 chip for enterprise security and BitLocker support, Enterprise-grade protection with Windows Hello face sign-in
Wi-Fi 802.11 ax Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.0 LE, 1 x USB-C, 1 x USB-A, Surface Connect
Up to 19h battery life for 13.5″ with AMD Ryzen / Up to 17.5 hours of battery life for 15″ with AMD Ryzen / Up to 17 hours for 13.5″ with Intel Core processor / Up to 16.5 hours for 15″ with Intel Core processor

Samsung Galaxy Quantum 2 5G

Key Specs

6.7-inch (3200 x 1440 pixels) Quad HD+ Infinity-O Dynamic AMOLED 2X
Display, 120Hz refresh rate (FHD+ only), up to 1300 nits brightness
Octa-Core Snapdragon 855 Plus with 7nm Mobile Platform with 675MHz Adreno 640 GPU
6GB LPDDR4x RAM, 128GB (UFS 3.0) storage
expandable memory up to 1TB with microSD
Android 11 with One UI 3.1
64MP rear camera + 12MP + 5MP Rear Camera
10MP front camera with f/2.2 aperture
In-display fingerprint sensor
5G SA / NSA, 4G VoLTE,
4500mAh battery

Realme 8 5G

Key Specs

6.5-inch (2400 × 1080 pixels) Full HD+ LCD screen with up to 600 nits brightness, 90Hz refresh rate
Octa Core MediaTek Dimensity 700 7nm processor with Mali-G57 MC2 GPU
8GB LPDDR4x RAM, 128GB / 256GB (UFS 2.1) storage
expandable memory up to 1TB with microSD
Dual SIM (nano + nano + microSD)
Android 11 with realme UI 2.0
48MP rear camera + 2MP + 2MP Rear Camera
8MP front camera with f/2.0 aperture
5G SA/ NSA, Dual 4G VoLTE
5000mAh (typical) battery

Acer Nitro 5 gaming laptop

Key Specs

This laptop comes with the latest 11th Generation Intel Core i5-11300H processor giving the fastest single threaded laptop performance and higher performance
It also comes equipped with 4 GB of NVIDIA Geforce GTX 1650 so that you can enjoy an enhanced and seamless gaming experience
39.6 cm (15.6") display with IPS (In-Plane Switching) technology, Full HD 1920 x 1080 pixel, Acer ComfyView LED-backlit TFT
8 GB of DDR4 system memory, upgradable to 32 GB so that you can multitask with ease.
This Acer laptop boasts a refresh rate of 144 Hz and an overdrive response of 3 ms so that the visual experience of your game is lag-free, fluid, and seamless.