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Recent leaks have suggested that Nokia has a new flagship smartphone up its sleeve which may be called the Nokia 9. It would be a unique device as it may very well be the world’s first smartphone with five rear cameras. It was said that Nokia will launch this device at the Mobile World Congress 2019 in Barcelona but a new rumor claims that the launch has now been moved up.

The Mobile World Congress takes place in the last week of February next year. The rumor suggests that HMD Global, the home of Nokia smartphones, will be launching the device prior to the event.

So the launch is still going to take place next year but the device may possibly be unveiled a c couple of weeks before the big industry event takes place in February. That’s really not going to make a difference as fans would want HMD Global to launch the device within this year, ideally.

HMD Global hasn’t confirmed anything about this device as yet. What we gather from the leaks is that it’s going to be a flagship smartphone with five rear cameras. Precisely what each of those cameras do remains a mystery at this point in time.

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Watchmaker Jaquet Droz makes luxury watches that cost more than some San Francisco apartments. Now, however, they’ve decided to go “downmarket” with their Sports Watch chronograph, a handmade watch that is designed for both work and play.

The watch is a standard chronograph with big date, a complication that displays the date as two digits instead of on a rotating dial. The resulting piece looks like a haute couture Speedmaster and should cost around $15,000, an acceptable sum for a manufacture watch with Droz’s provenance given that other Droz watches can run into the $100,000s, a price that might be less appetizing to the illiquid entrepreneur.

More from the release:

True to watchmaking tradition, the hour markers are 18-carat white gold appliques. Wide Roman numerals indicate 3, 6, 9 and 12 o’clock. At 12 o’clock, Jaquet Droz features a big date, a complication traditional in fine watchmaking but rarely associated with a chronograph. Although more complex to produce than a simple date aperture, the large date offers superior readability. Again, to provide optimal readability, the latest versions of the SW Chrono feature a 45 mm dial, and a rail track over the motion work in fine watchmaking tradition.

The strap is made of “rolled-edge hand-made dark-blue fabric,” a unique addition to the luxury watch world that has thus far used rubber or metal for bands. It is water resistant to 50 meters, if you think you’re going to get wet with this thing on your wrist, and it should be on sale before the end of the year.

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Over in China, the country’s government has deployed certain hi-tech measures to track people in the country, such as by using facial recognition systems to identify wanted suspects who might still be at large. Now it looks like things will be getting harder for wanted criminals as authorities have recently begun to use a new method of surveillance: gait recognition.

In a report from AP, it appears that the Chinese authorities have adopted a new surveillance tool which can apparently identify individuals based on their gait (how they walk). According to Huang Yongzhen, the CEO of Watrix, the company who developed the system, the benefit of such a system is that it does not require the cooperation of the individual, such as requiring a warrant and so on.

“You don’t need people’s cooperation for us to be able to recognize their identity. Gait analysis can’t be fooled by simply limping, walking with splayed feet or hunching over, because we’re analyzing all the features of an entire body.” That being said, China isn’t the first or alone in their interest in the technology.

As AP points out, gait recognition technology has been researched by countries around the world, although there is some skepticism that people can be recognized simply by the way they walk. As expected, the technology doesn’t seem to sit well with privacy advocates, especially since there’s really no way to hide your walk, at least not as far as a long-term solution is concerned.

China Can Now Identify Citizens Based On How They Walk , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.

Watchmaker Jaquet Droz makes luxury watches that cost more than some San Francisco apartments. Now, however, they’ve decided to go “downmarket” with their Sports Watch chronograph, a handmade watch that is designed for both work and play.

The watch is a standard chronograph with big date, a complication that displays the date as two digits instead of on a rotating dial. The resulting piece looks like a haute couture Speedmaster and should cost around $15,000, an acceptable sum for a manufacture watch with Droz’s provenance given that other Droz watches can run into the $100,000s, a price that might be less appetizing to the illiquid entrepreneur.

More from the release:

True to watchmaking tradition, the hour markers are 18-carat white gold appliques. Wide Roman numerals indicate 3, 6, 9 and 12 o’clock. At 12 o’clock, Jaquet Droz features a big date, a complication traditional in fine watchmaking but rarely associated with a chronograph. Although more complex to produce than a simple date aperture, the large date offers superior readability. Again, to provide optimal readability, the latest versions of the SW Chrono feature a 45 mm dial, and a rail track over the motion work in fine watchmaking tradition.

The strap is made of “rolled-edge hand-made dark-blue fabric,” a unique addition to the luxury watch world that has thus far used rubber or metal for bands. It is water resistant to 50 meters, if you think you’re going to get wet with this thing on your wrist, and it should be on sale before the end of the year.