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According to a new rumor from China, Apple will start testing the iPhone 18 series devices on the mass production line "one after another" in the very early days of January.
Then, the actual production is set to start right before the Chinese New Year, which in 2026 falls on February 17. The iPhone 18 Pro mass production line has allegedly already been set up, and this source says the phone itself won't come with exterior changes as big as everyone seems to think.
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The Redmi Note 15 Pro+, unveiled a few months ago in China, made its international debut today. However, the international model doesn't share all the specs with its Chinese counterpart. For starters, the Chinese Redmi Note 15 Pro+ came with a 50MP primary camera, but the international Redmi Note 15 Pro+ features a 200MP HPE primary camera with 2x and 4x in-sensor zoom. Its camera lens also supports five focal... Read more ›
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The Honor Win and Honor Win RT are getting official on December 26, and ahead of that today the brand has confirmed some of the specs we should expect. This comes after it unveiled their design yesterday. The Honor Win is confirmed to come with 1272x2800 resolution, 16GB of LPDDR5X RAM, and a 10,000 mAh battery. At the same time, the prolific Chinese leaker who goes by Digital Chat Station... Read more ›
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Honor’s Magic V5 was one of the premier foldables of the past year, and we now have some preliminary specs for its successor – the Magic V6. Tipster Digital Chat Station revealed some key spec for the upcoming foldable, which is expected to launch in China by mid-2026. Magic V6 will unsurprisingly feature Qualcomm’s top-tier Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset alongside some pretty sizeable battery gains. According to DCS,... Read more ›
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