Weekly Trending Smartphones: Vivo V17 Pro, Galaxy M30S, Realme XT Pro, OnePlus 7T, Vivo Z1X, iPhone 11

Realme XT Pro has been confirmed to be coming with the popular 90Hz display as the current OnePlus 7 Pro. Even the new OnePlus 7T is supposed sport the same display as OP 7 Pro, but XT Pro will be available at a more affordable pricing. Redmi Note 8 series India launch will happen in 8 weeks in early November. 

Vivo unveiled the Z1 Pro successor in the country, Vivo Z1X with an upgraded AMOLED display and 48MP camera. 

The upcoming Samsung Galaxy M30S has been leaked as well, and it reveals all the important information about the new Samsung smartphone. The new iPhone series will be unveiled tomorrow, while Vivo has another successor ready to be launched in India, the Vivo V17 Pro. The device will come with a total of six cameras.

Let’s check out the top trending smartphones from this week.

Vivo V17 Pro

All set to launch in India, Vivo V17 Pro will house four cameras at the back and a dual camera pop-up system upfront, a total of six cameras. The image leaks confirm a rear quad camera system on Vivo V17 Pro, and a dual front camera system inside the wide-sized mechanical pop-up sensor. The image leaks show thinner bezels with a slight chin down under. The company will carry with the notch-less design technology to offer a more enhanced immersive viewing experience.

The upcoming Vivo V17 Pro will also come with an in-display fingerprint sensor, confirming an AMOLED display. Vivo V15 Pro was the first smartphone in the country to feature a pop-up selfie camera at under Rs 30,000, before the market was flooded with more affordable pop-up camera smartphones, and the new V17 Pro will also launch in the same price bracket.

Realme XT Pro

The upcoming Realme XT Pro will come with the same processor as Redmi K20, the newly launched Qualcomm Snapdragon 730. Realme XT Pro will come with a similar 64MP quad camera system as the new Realme XT. The four camera system at the back will use the much-hyped Samsung 64MP GW1 sensor as the primary lens with three additional sensors. The company will probably use an 8MP ultra wide-angle sensor and two 2MP sensors: a macro lens and a depth-sensing portrait sensor.

The latest leak confirms that Realme XT Pro will come with the popular 90Hz display panel as the current OnePlus 7 Pro, confirmed by the company. Realme XT will launch in the country on September 13, followed by XT Pro in a few weeks. Realme XT Pro India price will be somewhere around Rs 20,000 directly challenging Redmi K20.

Vivo Z1X

Vivo Z1X has been launched in India, and it continues to trend in the country. The Vivo Z1 Pro successor comes with a water-drop styled notched AMOLED display with narrow bezels on the sides and slightly thin chin. Vivo Z1X will be powered by the same Qualcomm Snapdragon 712 SoC as Z1 Pro. The smartphone will come with a 6.38-inch Full-HD Super AMOLED display, to come in two storage options upto 128GB storage with upto 6GB of RAM featuring a triple camera system powered by a 48-megapixel primary sensor, an ultra-wide angle sensor and a third depth-sensing camera.

Upfront, Vivo Z1X will include a 32-megapixel selfie camera as the current Z-series Vivo smartphone. Vivo Z1X will feature a 4,500mAh battery supporting 22W Vivo FlashCharge technology and an in-display fingerprint sensor. Vivo Z1X starts at Rs 16,990 in India, available via Flipkart.

Samsung Galaxy M30S

After being listed on Google’s official Android Enterprise directory, the complete specs of Samsung Galaxy M30S have been leaked ahead of launch. Samsung Galaxy M30S will pack in a 6.4-inch Infinity-U Full HD+ display with 4GB of RAM and  64GB and 128GB of internal storage options. Galaxy M30s will run on Android 9 Pie with One UI on top with a similar body design as the M30 with a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor. Galaxy M30S will run on the new  Exynos 9610 chip with a triple camera system at the back.

The triple camera setup on Galaxy M30S will include a 48MP primary sensor, an ultra wide-angle lens and a depth sensor. The smartphone is said to pack in a mammoth 6,000mAh battery with support for 15W fast charging. Galaxy M30S will be priced at around Rs 16,000 in India.

Redmi Note 8 Pro

Xiaomi India has confirmed that Redmi Note 8 series will launch in 8 weeks in India, confirming a launch in the first week of November. It remains the most awaited device in India now, and a direct competitor to the upcoming Realme XT. The gaming beast Note 8 Pro comes with a 6.53-inch Full HD+ screen offering an immersive 91.94 percent screen-to-body ratio with a 3D curved CG5 glass sandwich body. Redmi Note 8 Pro also comes with a quad camera system at the back. Note 8 Pro comes with the 64MP Samsung GW1 sensor with f/1.7 aperture, 2MP depth sensor, 8MP Ultra Wide lens and 2cm Macro lens.

Redmi Note 8 Pro comes with the newly launched gaming-centric flagship MediaTek Helio G90T processor with upto 8GB RAM and 128GB storage with a larger 4,500mAh battery with support for 18W fast charging support running on Android 9 Pie based on MIUI 10. Redmi Note 8 Pro starts at Rs 14,000 in China for the 4GB/64GB model (converted).

OnePlus 7T

The next OnePlus smartphone leaks are out wide in the air, and the company may launch its first 64MP camera sensor with OnePlus 7T Pro. The latest OnePlus 7T leaks confirm the same 90Hz display as the current OnePlus 7 Pro. Both the OnePlus 7T smartphones will be powered by the new Snapdragon 855 Plus chip. The design will remain the same without some minor changes in the inside. OnePlus 7T series is being rumoured by multiple sources to be launching on September 26 in India. The 7T series sales are supposed to start from mid-October. 

OnePlus will definitely be adapting the latest 64MP camera technology, we don’t know when. It could be OnePlus 7T, OnePlus 7T Pro or a smartphone next year. The company will also be unveiling its first SmartTV in India in September.

iPhone 11

Apple will unveil three smartphones under the latest iPhone 11 series: iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max. The company has officially confirmed that the devices are launching tomorrow. iPhone 11 will succeed the XR model, rumoured to start at $749, which translates to around Rs 53,750. The smartphone will see an upgrade over the current list of features with a newly improved processor, better display, rear dual camera system, better camera and thinner bezels.

Coming to the other two iPhone 11 devices, iPhone 11 Pro will start at $999, which is around Rs 71,750 and finally iPhone 11 Pro Max will start at $1099 (around Rs 78,850). In India, the iPhone 11 prices will differ, and the India launch of the new iPhone 11 models will happen a week from the initial global launch.