Galaxy A16 5G and MediaTek Dimensity 9400 official, Week 41 in review
Samsung unveiled the Galaxy A16 5G with a record-breaking for the segment 6 years of Android version updates and security patches. Galaxy A16 5G comes in Midnight Blue, Turquoise, and Gray colors. The phone costts €249 in its 4/128GB trim in Europe and shipments are already underway.
We saw photos of the Galaxy S25, S25+, and S25 Ultra"s display assembly, giving us an idea of the lineup"s fronts. We also saw a render of One UI 7"s new control (command?) center on the Galaxy S25 Ultra.
MediaTek announced the flagship 3nm Dimensity 9400 SoC. It"s built on TSMC"s 3nm N3E node, has a Cortex-X925 prime core running at up to 3.63GHz, and three Cortex-X4s at 3.3GHz. The GPU is Immortalis-G925, which was announced earlier this year. It runs at 1612 MHz frequency, promising 41% performance improvement, 40% faster ray tracing performance, and 44% power savings. The AI is handled by the NPU 890, which should consume 35% less energy than its predecessor. MediaTek is already shipping Dimensity 9400 chips to OEMs. We expect to see the flagship platform in the Oppo Find X8 and vivo X200 series this month.
Samsung Galaxy A16 5G announced with record-breaking software support
Samsung"s latest budget device will be supported until October 2030.
Samsung Galaxy S25 displays surface in live image
The display assembly of all three phones reveals what the front of the phones will look like.
The Samsung Galaxy S25 rendered with One UI 7"s new command center
A visualization that doesn"t bring anything new, but stirs the imagination.
Mediatek officially announces Dimensity 9400 with a 3.63 GHz CPU
The 3 nm chip has a 40% faster GPU and a 30% better CPU.
Vivo"s upcoming X200 series was all over the news this week. The X200 Pro and X200 Pro mini will adopt the vivo X100 Ultra"s 200MP periscope shooter. The series will feature the aforementioned Dimensity 9400.
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vivo teases X200 Pro"s 200MP periscope, shares camera samples
We also get an abundance of specs and details of the upcoming series.
vivo X200 Pro Mini leaks in live video, pricing for entire X200 series also emerges
Our best look at the upcoming compact vivo flagship.
vivo X200 Pro official unboxing shows out the micro quad-curved display
The X200 Pro also appeared on Geekbench and in an SGS Fimko listing.
Speaking of chipsets, we heard the Exynos 2500 is facing yield issues and could force Samsung to use only Snapdragon chips in the Galaxy S25 series.
Samsung struggles with Exynos 2500 production, all Galaxy S25 units could switch to Snapdragon
The foundry is facing poor yield rates, according to sources in Korea.
