IFA, Europe’s largest technology show, officially starts on September 2 and runs until September 7, but major technology companies will be holding press conferences from Wednesday in the lead-up to the event. Rumors suggest modular capabilities, a 5.5-inch curved QHD display, Snapdragon 820 processor and 4GB of RAM. According to the TV industry on August 31, Samsung Electronics will explain the strengths of its QLED TV technology and sketch out its QLED development roadmap in a meeting with reporters at the IFA 2016 on September 1 (local time).
Advertisement
The noticeably unique, Asus ZenWatch 3 is the company’s first round smartwatch.
The new LG V20, which is set to be one of the first phones to ship with the next version of Android’s mobile operating system – 7.0 Nougat – is also expected to be shown off during the event, which was visited by more than 245,000 people previous year. Samsung almost nailed the aesthetics and smartwatch interface with Gear S2 and with Gear S3, that rotary bezel is set to be retained but the watch could be more useful that ever before. At IFA 2016, Samsung announced two new AddWash products – the AddWash Combo, which eliminates the need to purchase a separate dryer, and the AddWash Slim, which can fit into a smaller space without compromising on load size. Samsung could add standalone Global Positioning System to the base model and we are probably looking at LTE version as well.
Here are our top picks from the IFA 2016 rumour mill.
Samsung has also launched an iOS beta program for Gear S2 and Fit 2, so we can expect the new S3 to be compatible with iPhones relatively soon. The company is expected to launch the Moto Z Play (leaked earlier), the Moto Z, and the Moto M (also leaked earlier). We have added the official Lenovo video teaser for IFA below, and you can follow Lenovo at IFA on Twitter @lenovo with the tag #LENOVOLAUNCH. Sony is expected to purportedly showcase its new 4K Blu-ray player with HDR compatibility and a Xperia-series smartphone codenamed as Xperia X Compact.
Amid heated rivalry on next-generation TVs, the head of Samsung’s consumer electronics division expressed confidence Thursday in its quantum dot technology that it believes will dominate the market in 10 years. We know what you’re thinking.
Advertisement
Yoon Boo-keun, president and CEO of Samsung’s consumer electronics division, speaks at a news conference in Berlin on Friday. In May, Acer announced a partnership with StarVR to create its own PC VR gaming headset, and it might have a striking demo at this show. Acer invested million into Starbreeze in June. The annual show was originally set up to exhibit the latest in radio technology.
