The first Lenovo ThinkPhone launched last year as a business-oriented phone with a design inspired by the company’s ThinkPad laptops and the guts of a decent phone like those offered by Lenovo subsidiary Motorola.
Now it looks like the company is preparing to launch a follow-up, but it may not arrive until next year and according to leaked info published by Android Headlines, the ThinkPhone 2025 could bring some interesting changes.
Here’s a roundup of recent tech news from around the web.,
This is the Motorola ThinkPhone 2025 [Android Headlines]
Motorola is allegedly bringing the ThinkPhone back, this time with a MediaTek Dimensity 7300 processor (the original had a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chip). Other features are expected to include a 6.36 inch pOLED LTPO display with a resolution of 2670 x 1200 pixels and adaptive refresh rates up to 120 Hz, a 4,310 mAh battery, a 68W charger, 8GB of RAM, and 256GB of storage. It also adds a 3x telephoto camera.
Purism Releases STEP File for Librem 5 [Purism]
Purism releases the STEP file for the Librem 5, a 3D model file with information about the Linux smartphone’s mechanical components. Odds are most folks aren’t going to have the resources to build their own Librem 5 from scratch using these files – theoretically that’s possible, but if you thought a pre-made phone was expensive, you ain’t seen nothing. But the STEP file could aid folks looking into in repair or third-party mods.
One-NetBook reveals the price of its new OneXGPU 2 [@OneXplayer_]
The next version of One Netbook’s external GPU is expected to feature an AMD Radeon RX 7800M GPU. But it won’t be cheap, with prices starting at $839 during crowdfunding, and that’s only for folks that back the campaign in the first four days. After that it jumps to $899. At that price you might be better off just buying a gaming laptop or desktop PC with a decent discrete GPU.
A crowdfunding campaign for the ONEXGPU 2 is set to begin September 26 at noon Eastern Standard Time.
MINISFORUM’s Strix Point Mini PC is on the way [MINISFORUM / Weibo]
MINISFORUM is working on a mini PC with an AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 processor with Radeon 890M integrated graphics and a 50 TOPS NPU. The upcoming MINISFORUM EliteMini AI370 will join recently announced models from Beelink and AOOSTAR.
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