The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2020 trade show has begun in Las Vegas. The first day of the CES has concluded and several companies have come up with some of the weirdest yet exciting stuff CES is known for. From a rotating TV to sleek laptops to, wait for it, a smart toothbrush (yes, that’s apparently a norm now at the CES every year), this year’s CES has got everything.
CES 2020 LIVE Updates Day 1
On day 1, a lot of the big names took to the stage to show off their prized creations. HP, Dell, and Lenovo were happy to unveil a bunch of sleek Windows ultrabooks with the latest Intel processors and some quirky features. Samsung surprised everyone with its Galaxy S10 Lite and Galaxy Note 10 Lite but the Korean brand also came up with its weird rotating TV. For fashion lovers, LÓreal has a new gadget for mixing makeup material.
Below are the most prominent ones in brief:
Samsung Galaxy Lite smartphones
Even though Samsung has announced it globally last weekend, the Galaxy S10 Lite and Galaxy Note 10 Lite is part of Samsung’s CES presentation. Reportedly, both the phones are more affordable variants of the mainstream S and Note series phones. With new cameras and a Snapdragon 855 chip, the S10 Lite is a powerful alternative to the Galaxy S10e. The Note 10 Lite will be an affordable alternative to the Note 10, complete with the S Pen. However, the prices and availability are yet to be announced.
Samsung Sero rotating TV
It is a fact that Samsung loves experimenting with its TVs and the Sero is the latest one built for the Instagram generation. The Sero is a 43-inch 4K QLED TV that comes with a special rotating stand. The reason behind the launch is that when you want to stream your Instagram or Snapchat stories on the TV, the TV will be aligned vertically to prevent those ugly black bars to the sides. The rotation happens automatically and if you have a Samsung Galaxy phone, you can tap on it to start streaming automatically as well.
LÓreal’s mixing expert Perso
The cosmetic brand, LÓreal is also a part of the CES this year and it has come up with the Perso. Perso is basically a gadget that specializes in mixing cosmetic items, especially mixing foundation, lipstick, and skincare. The specialty of the gadget is that it uses AI and face tracking to analyse your facial details and customize the make-up. One can even go for shades that are trending globally and one will have to buy refills of colours though and a small mirror will let you apply it. It’s reportedly be coming in 2021.
Smart toothbrushes
Smart toothbrushes are still around and this year, they are using AI to help you get your mouth washed. One such smart toothbrush from Oral-B is called the iO and it uses AI to wash the mouth. A magnetic drive is included to help with 16 zones of the mouth. It has seven brushing modes and lasts up to 12 days on a single charge.
Another one is the Colgate Plaqless Pro Toothbrush which is meant to clear plaque formation and bacterial layers on the teeth however no information is available about how it does the same.
Asus goes bonkers with its gaming display
For gamers, the Asus ROG Swift is a 24.5-inch gaming monitor with 1080p resolution and- wait for it- a refresh rate of 360Hz. Hence, if you love extremely smooth visuals, the ROG Swift is the display to go for this year. However, it is to be noted that you need to have a compatible GPU for supporting the high refresh rate.
Sleek Laptops
CES 2020 saw a couple of premium ultrabooks from the big players of the industry. Dell was the first one to announce the new XPS 13 laptop with tiny bezels on all four sides of the display and latest 10th Gen Intel processors. HP followed with its Spectre x360 15-inch variant that also gets extremely slim bezels, a very exquisite looking design and the latest 10th Gen guts from Intel. The HP Elite Dragonfly G2 is the newest entrant in the business laptop lineup with a Tile Bluetooth tracker built-in.
Last but not the least, the Lenovo Legion Y740S, which is one of the slimmest and lightest gaming laptops from Lenovo. It gets the newest 10th Gen Intel processors and a standard 60Hz display but there’s no graphics card inside. Instead, Lenovo has built an external GPU box called the Booststation that will offer a combination of different graphics card from Nvidia and AMD, which makes it unique.
HP’s latest desktop PC is a Swiss-army knife for creators
HP comes at CES with the new Envy 32 AIO. It’s an All-In-One desktop PC equipped with the latest 9th Gen Intel processors, a 31.5-inch 4K display with HDR600, the latest Nvidia RTX 2080 Max-Q graphics card and a powerful audio system with two speakers as well as a subwoofer. The base of the stand can also charge your smartphone wirelessly, even when your PC is switched off. It costs $1,599 and will be on sale from today.
