Alleged Realme Pad Spotted In The Wild

A couple of photos were recently shared online via SlashLeaks, featuring what is believed to be the upcoming Realme Pad. As revealed by its India-based CEO Madhav Sheth last month, the device will be the brand’s first tablet product which is also expected to launch alongside its first ever laptop, the Realme Book.

The photos depict preview units of the Realme Pad being used in the wild, showing both its front and back design. As per the teaser images provided by Sheth, the new tablet sports a tall form factor, rounded corners, and a flat edge frame that is similar to current generation iPads. On its back appears to be a metal or aluminium shell with a protruding single camera lens on the upper left corner. Due to the poor quality of the photo that showcases its front design, it is difficult to make out whether the Realme Pad would feature a in-display or a bezel mounted one front-facing camera, its screen-to-body ratio, and other details.

Realme has been quite silent about the tablet’s specifications and features, and even unofficial information regarding its potential hardware has been pretty scarce. Most sources believe that the device could offer some form of interconnectivity with other Realme devices such as its smartphones and upcoming tablet. It is also expected that the Pad will feature the current or latest version of the Android 11 operating system.

The brand has yet to announce when it is planning to officially unveil the Realme Pad and Realme Book. Although, it is very likely that Realme will be disclosing more information of either device in order to build hype soon, especially when their expected launch date (or dates) closes in.

Black Shark 4 To Launch On 23 March; Standard Variant Spotted On TENAA

Joining companies such as OnePlus and Realme (and maybe Apple) in launching new products on 23 March will be Xiaomi’s subsidiary brand Black Shark. The company has revealed via its official Weibo page that it will debut its upcoming gaming smartphones, the Black Shark 4 series, in China next week.

It is believed that the brand will launch two variants of the product: a standard edition and a Pro model – much like its predecessor last year. Specs-wise, Black Shark has yet to provide any information on what to expect from its upcoming gaming phones. However, it did previously reveal that the new series will feature a 4,500mAh battery with 120W fast charging support, and an “AI triple camera” setup for imaging.

On the unofficial side of things, certain specifications of the Black Shark 4 series have been spotted on Google Play console, 3C certification, TENAA, AnTuTu and even Geekbench. The findings suggest that the upcoming phones will feature a 6.67-inch display with 120Hz refresh rate, and also two different Snapdragon chipsets for each model. Specifically, it is said that the standard variant will sport a Snapdragon 870, while the Pro version will instead come with Qualcomm’s 2021 flagship Snapdragon 888 chipset.

As for its design, the non-Pro version is shown to feature what appears to be a flat display panel with a top-centered camera cutout – a first for Black Shark, as previous models favoured in-bezel camera setup instead of the typical punch-hole or notch approach. Meanwhile, its rear design is revealed to sport a simple metallic finish with a horizontal camera island for its triple shooters. Provided that this TENAA submission is to be believed, the vanilla Black Shark 4 may disappoint fans due to the new minimalist-like design – a far cry from its predecessor’s more intricate-looking rear panel.

Whether these leaks are accurate or not remains to be seen, so it is advisable to take unofficial information or images with a nice pinch of salt. Regardless, we’ll be looking forward to what the Xiaomi subsidiary has to offer with its latest gaming smartphones. As mentioned earlier, the Black Shark 4 series are slated to launch in China next Tuesday on 23 March 2021.

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles Ratings Spotted For PC, PS4, Switch

If you like the Ace Attorney series and wished more of its spinoffs were available on non-Nintendo platfroms, there’s good news. An upcoming compilation, called The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles, will be making its way to PC and PS4. This is, of course, in addition to the Nintendo Switch.

The game appeared on the Taiwan Digital Game Rating Committee. It was listed alongside a Switch port of Tales from the Borderlands, and a PS5 version of Genshin Impact, among other things.

For fans of the Ace Attorney series, The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles is quite special, for two reasons. One is that the two games in the spinoff series were only released on the 3DS. The other reason is that they were never made available in English. While the games coming to Steam and PS4 doesn’t guarantee them being available in English, the hope is there.

The plot of The Great Ace Attorney series centres around Naruhodo Ryunosuke, an ancestor to Naruhodo Ryuichi, or Phoenix Wright. Set in the late 1800s, it sees Ryunosuke traveling to England, and meets up with Sherlock Holmes.

Hopefully, this leads to a localised version of Ace Attorney Investigations 2 as well. The sequel of the spinoff starring Miles Edgeworth is another game in the franchise that never left its home country, even when the first game did.