There are such concepts as calendar seasons and astronomical. So, according to the calendar, winter begins on December 1, and according to the astronomical calendar, the correct beginning of winter is December 22. Happy New Year is the same. Civilized Romans made it obligatory to celebrate it on September 1, while pagans around the world – from the ancient Egyptians to the Slavs – celebrated the new year in September. And to some extent this tradition is still preserved. Marketers around the world call autumn the back to school period, that is, the return of customers to stores after the summer holidays. Consumer and financial markets are revitalizing. Companies present new products and services.
So, for example, Ozon decided to launch a competitor for Avito, Motorola introduced a new flagship, and other companies are not far behind.
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Replenishment in the classifieds market
Parallel imports are like steroids for the gray market. This provokes some players to make sudden movements. So, OZON quietly sneaks in the direction of the so-called classified files, launching a service “Ozon Ads”. On the official website, Ozon writes:
Ozon Classifieds is a service for selling and buying new and used goods. On the showcase of the service, you can find ads of individuals and discounted goods of Ozon sellers.
Now the service is available only for residents of Rostov-on-Don. Apparently, according to Ozon, the most active resellers of new and used goods live there.
You do not need to create an additional account to become a seller. In the personal account, each user will have the opportunity to create an ad in order to sell something.
Right now, posting ads is free, but if anything changes, Ozon promises to let you know.
The main question is: does Russia need another bulletin board?
The main ad service is Avito. The name even, perhaps, has already become a household name.
Recently, the bulletin board “Yula” has grown quite well. To a greater extent, this is due to integration with the social network VKontakte. About a year ago, statistics came out that Yula was extremely popular with children and adolescents under 18 years old. They say that young people are actively selling something there, plus posting ads there as help to their parents.
By the way, let’s compare the statistics of Avito and Yula. This is SimilarWeb data. I think everything is clear without words.
What other message boards do we know?
I can’t even remember anything.
Someone will say that, like, there were ads from Yandex.
Indeed, in 2020, Yandex launched the Yandex.Ads ad service. They probably looked at Avito and decided that it was no worse, and even better – we have a cool marketplace (we are talking about Yandex.Market). However, already on January 17, 2022, the service stopped working, because, I quote, “we decided to focus on the development of other services and products.”
Obviously, the service turned out to be trite to no one.
Does Ozon have a chance? Theoretically, the message board idea makes sense. A man came in to buy something on Ozon (what do they usually buy there? The last time I bought nesting dolls and milk), and there are also ads with second-hand goods. The Ozon delivery service says that they will bring everything to the pickup point. So why not buy, right?
For myself, I can say that if we are talking about private announcements, then I feel comfortable that everyone gathered at Avito. In the same way, I feel comfortable that all sellers of equipment live on Yandex.Market. I would even be happy if Yandex pulls data from Avito into its market. And running and checking several sites at a time is too tiring.
Let’s talk about Motorola
Motorola quietly introduced the new Motorola Edge 2022 smartphone. Without high-profile presentations, just a section about the smartphone appeared on the company’s American website.
The fact is that Edge 2022 is just an appetizer before the main course, which Motorola plans to serve on September 8th. Most likely, we will be shown the Motorola Moto X30 Pro already presented in China, renamed the Motorola Edge Pro 2022.
First, I would like to note that Motorola, which once personified the US mobile industry, has become Chinese once and for all. I mean that now even device presentations (like the new Motorola Razr 2022, for example) are first held in the Chinese market, and only then, a month later, they are shown to the rest of the world. Obviously, this is a kind of demonstration.
Secondly, to hold a presentation for only one country is, of course, absolutely wrong, since everyone will still translate and learn everything and simply will not watch the presentation on September 8th.
Thirdly, given its pro-Chinese stance with defiant disregard for the West (the Razr 2022 was never shown in the West!), it is strange that the company chose to curtail its activities in Russia. Still, the opportunities for the brand are very promising. Well, or what do you think? Go to the store, and there on the counter iTel, Tecno, Infinix, realme and Motorola. It is obvious that any resident of Russia will buy Motorola simply because he has known about this brand for a long time.
Well, let’s look at the new smartphone. Also, just in case, I added data about Motorola Moto X30 Pro to the table, which, most likely, will be shown to us on September 8 as Motorola Edge Pro 2022.
| Motorola Moto X30 Pro | Motorola Edge 2022 | |
| Processor: | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 (4 nm), Adreno 730 graphics | MediaTek Dimensity 1050 (6 nm), Mali-G610 MC3 graphics |
| Operating system: | Android 12, MYUI 4 shell | |
| Memory: | 8/12 GB, 256/512 GB, no memory card slot | 8 GB, 256 GB, no memory card slot |
| Screen: | 6.7 inches, OLED, 2400 x 1080 pixels, 144Hz, HDR10+, 1000 nits brightness | 6.6 inches, OLED, 2400 x 1080 pixels, 144Hz, HDR10+, 1000 nits brightness |
| Battery: | Li-Po 4610 mAh, 125 W charging, 100% in 19 minutes wireless charging 50W |
Li-Po 5000 mAh, 30 W charging |
| Main camera: | 200 MP, f/2.0, (wide), 1/1.22″, 0.64µm, PDAF, OIS 50 MP, f/2.2, 117˚ (ultra wide), 1/2.76″, 0.64µm, AF 12 MP, f/1.6, (tele), 1/2.93″, 1.22µm, PDAF, 2x optical zoom |
50 MP, f/1.8, (wide), 1/1.55″, 1.0µm, multi-directional PDAF, OIS 13 MP, f/1.5, 120˚ (ultra wide), 1.12µm 2 MP, f/2.4, (depth) |
| Front camera: | 60 MP, f/2.2, (wide angle), 0.64µm | 32 MP, f/2.5, (wide angle), 0.7µm |
| SIM card: | 2 Nano-SIM | |
| Network and data transfer: | 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G, Wi-Fi 6e, Bluetooth 5.2, NFC, порт Type-C | |
| Navigation | A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO, QZSS | |
| Sensors: | Fingerprint scanner (optical, under the screen), accelerometer, gyroscope, compass, proximity, lighting, barometer | |
| Other: | Splash proof only, no 3.5mm jack, no radio | |
| Materials: | Gorilla Glass 5 | glass and plastic |
| Dimensions: | 161.7 x 73.5 x 8.4 mm, weight 198.5 g | 160.9 x 74.2 x 8 mm, weight 170 g |
| Price: | 560 euros | $498 |
From a practical point of view, each of the presented smartphones has only one highlight that attracts attention. So, Motorola Moto X30 Pro attracts with its 200 MP camera. So far, only narrowed promo photos are being posted on the Chinese Internet. As you understand, 200 MP is about detail. For example, here’s an example. On the left is a snapshot of a 200 MP module.
Well, Motorola Edge 2022 is curious in that it is the first smartphone with the Dimensity 1050 chipset from MediaTek. This is an overall premium chipset with increased performance (in the AnTuTu test, the chipset will probably knock out something around 600 thousand points). Let me remind you that last year’s Edge used Snapdragon 778G, and Edge 2020 was equipped with Snapdragon 765G.
In general, given the rather modest price of $ 500, the smartphone looks balanced and curious. It could well compete on the Russian market with some realme GT or realme 9 Pro.
Lenovo Legion Y70
Lenovo, rightly believing that in terms of gaming, its brand will be stronger than Motorola, introduced a new gaming smartphone (everyone knows this moment, but suddenly you forgot: Motorola belongs to Lenovo).
The smartphone has several features.
First, it is super thin: only 7.99 mm. Apparently, in order to impress with harmony, it was decided to move the fingerprint scanner from under the screen to the power button on the side.
Here, of course, the question of cooling immediately arises. But Lenovo boasts a giant vapor chamber. And he says that in games the temperature will not rise above 37.5 degrees.
Secondly, the smartphone is clearly aimed at the gaming community, as Lenovo stresses that the screen here has an adaptive frequency of 144 Hz, and the touch processing frequency is 1500 Hz, that is, the smartphone must be hyper-responsive.
Thirdly, an interesting point is that although Legion is a purely gaming brand, the smartphone itself is positioned rather simply as a fashionable gadget.
So, in one picture we are shown a fashionable pepper in a Panama hat.
And in the other photo – is it a thing seen ?! is a simple Chinese woman playing smartphone touches. It can be seen that so far he has not fully coped with the tricky device (poking with one finger), but determination is read in his eyes.
The smartphone has a surprisingly attractive price. Only 2,900 yuan, and now the yuan is worth only 9 rubles on the stock exchange, that is, the price of a smartphone should not be higher than 30,000 rubles. And for this money, the chipset is top-end, and the screen is good. Cameras, however, apparently mediocre. But everything can’t be perfect. In my opinion, a very hot smartphone, how about you?
It is a pity that the device cannot be ordered on AliExpress. So far, only the Chinese version has been presented, which no one needs outside of China.
Specifications:
- Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1
- Operating system: Android 12, ZUI 14 shell
- Memory: 8/12/16 GB / 128/256/512 GB storage, no memory card slot
- Screen: 6.67 inches, OLED, 2400 x 1080 pixels, 144Hz, HDR10+, 1000 nits brightness
- Battery: 5100 mAh, 68 W fast charge, 80% in 34 minutes
- Main camera:
- 50 MP, (wide angle), 1/1.55″, 1.0µm, PDAF, OIS
- 13 MP, 120˚ (ultra-wide), 1.12µm, AF
- 2 MP, f/2.4, (depth)
- Front camera: 16 MP
- SIM card: 2 Nano-SIM
- Network and data transfer: 2G, 3G, 4G LTE, 5G, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.2, A2DP, LE, NFC, USB Type-C
- Navigation: A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS, QZSS
- Sensors: fingerprint scanner (side), accelerometer, gyroscope, proximity, compass
- Other: no 3.5mm jack, no waterproof
- materials: glass and aluminum frame
- Dimensions: 163.6 x 77 x 8 mm, weight 209 g
- Price: 2,900 yuan
Tip of the week: keep your mouth shut
Finally, I want to share some sad news. The American Journal of Environmental Science and Technology published material about the confirmed hypothesis that all rainwater on the planet is undrinkable, as it is contaminated with so-called “eternal chemicals”. This term refers to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), they are synthetic organofluorine chemical compounds that have several fluorine atoms attached to the alkyl chain. In small quantities, these substances are considered harmless, but they tend to accumulate in the body. And with proper volumes, there is a direct connection with various types of cancer and other unpleasant diseases characterized by the destruction of internal organs.
The main trouble, according to scientists, is that these “eternal chemicals” very well live up to their name. Accordingly, they poison the soil, crops, animals, and then, again, they get into humans. Scientists have received samples all over the world – from Denmark to Antarctica – and everywhere the permissible levels are exceeded. For example, in Denmark, rainwater is 4 times higher than normal.
So the main recommendation is to keep your mouth shut in the rain. And not in the rain either. It is always important to remember that an open mouth, one way or another, is detrimental to health.