We analyze the important events of the outgoing seven days. In this issue: a review of the realme GT 7T with a 7000 mAh battery, Trump’s American smartphone from China and the features of Android 16.
Realme GT 7T Review
One of the trump cards of the realme GT 7T is its 7000 mAh silicon-carbon battery. The impressive battery capacity is packed into a case of adequate thickness – about 8.3 mm. Silicon is more energy efficient than the usual graphite, and is also resistant to temperature changes. With active use with periodic launch of games and Yandex applications, reading in the browser, watching online videos, chatting with colleagues, taking photos and videos, the device works for about 1.5 days.
The smartphone also boasts the flagship Dimensity 8400-MAX from MediaTek. In AnTuTu, it managed to score 1,792,664 points, in Geekbench 6 – 1,693 and 6,452 points in single-core and multi-core modes, respectively. The chip is paired with 12 GB of LPDDR5X RAM with a frequency of up to 4266 MHz and a 256 GB UFS4.0 drive. There is also a version with 512 GB of built-in storage. Read our review to find out what the realme GT 7T can surprise you with .
Trump’s team unveils smartphone
The Trump Organization, which manages the assets of US President Donald Trump, has unveiled the T1 Phone smartphone . The press release describes it as “an elegant gold phone built for high performance.” It is known that the model has a 6.8-inch AMOLED display, 12 GB of RAM, 256 GB of ROM, a 5000 mAh battery, and an under-screen fingerprint scanner. And also a “serious” set of cameras: the main one (50 MP), a couple of additional sensors (2 MP), and a front camera (16 MP).
The Trump Mobile website offers the new product for $499. Sales will start in August, but for now only pre-orders are available with a mandatory $100 deposit.
The president’s son Eric Trump has acknowledged that the first batches of T1 will be manufactured outside the United States, most likely in China.
Meanwhile, journalists have already found out what gadget the “American” T1 is based on: it is the Wingtech REVVL 7 Pro 5G smartphone, which is manufactured at the factories of the Chinese company Luxshare. The model differs from the T1 Phone, but, as the source explains, the ODM manufacturer can have several design options for one device.
Main innovations of Android 16
Android 16 brings Live Updates — notifications for monitoring processes in real time, such as delivery status or navigation routes, which are also displayed on the lock screen. Advanced Protection mode makes it easy to activate advanced security measures with a single switch. It combines features such as logging login attempts, auto-locking if the phone is stolen, auto-rebooting after 72 hours of inactivity, and locking the device when going offline.
The update will finally solve the problem of uneven content display on foldable models. The mobile OS requires utilities to scale text correctly, and the mandatory edge-to-edge mode improves readability by eliminating empty fields. For owners of hearing aids with Bluetooth LE, the ability to switch to the smartphone microphone in noisy places for better call audibility has been added. Read more about Android 16 in our article .