According to a report by The Information, Samsung and OpenAI are in talks to form a partnership and potentially integrate ChatGPT into Samsung's Galaxy AI services. As of now, Samsung uses its own LLM and Google's Gemini AI to power its Galaxy AI features. It will be interesting to see how ChatGPT fits in all of this. For instance, Apple leverages OpenAI's ChatGPT for its own Apple Intelligence, but only... Read more ›
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Canalys' market report for the smartphone market in Q3 2024 in Africa just dropped, showing a modest 3% year-on-year growth and projecting an even less impressive 1% growth for the full year 2025. That's largely due to the region's economic uncertainties. Despite the small market gains on average across the continent, the situation in individual markets varies. For instance, Egypt showed an impressive 34% growth for a third consecutive quarter... Read more ›
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vivo's next foldable smartphone is allegedly delayed, according to the prolific Chinese leakster who goes by Digital Chat Station on Weibo. Interestingly, he also says there is currently only one device in development, so it looks like we're not getting a vanilla model and a Pro next year as we did in 2024. The X Fold4 will arrive a bit later in the year than the X Fold3, but do... Read more ›
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Realme is working on the GT Neo7, the company has confirmed through its chief marketing officer Xu Qi. He stopped short of naming names, but did reveal that a new Neo is coming next week. He promises that the new phone will usher in some "comprehensive innovation", and in case you're wondering just what that might be, Digital Chat Station has the answer: a 7,000 mAh battery in an 8.5mm... Read more ›
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vivo has teased the launch of the X200 and X200 Pro in India. The company's local branch has set up a promo page on its official website, saying the X200 series is "coming soon," but didn't reveal the date. The page includes the vivo X200 Pro's grey model, confirming its launch in India. However, it's unclear if that will be the only color or if the X200 Pro will have... Read more ›
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Realme is working on a new budget smartphone, as it turns out. It will have the model number RMX3938 and will be called Realme Note 60x (not to be confused with the Narzo 60x). This will be 4G-only, and it's recently been certified by the EU, FCC, and Thailand's NBTC. Through these certifications its name was confirmed, as is the fact that it comes with a 5,000 mAh battery with... Read more ›
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The iPhone 16 series was banned in Indonesia last month due to Apple's unmet investment commitments to the country. Cupertino responded with a pledge to invest $10 million, followed by a second promise to bump up the figure by an extra $100 million which would meet the initially committed sum of IDR 1.71 trillion ($109 million) in local R&D facilities. It seems Apple’s increased investment commitments are still insufficient. Indonesia's... Read more ›
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There’s a whole week of sales ahead of us ending on December 2. We picked out the best smartphone offers from Amazon UK and tried to pair up similar models. Like we saw last week, the Pixel 9 phones are £100 off. This week the deal is a bit better with an extra 10% off if you have an Amazon Prime Student subscription. Still, the Google Pixel 9 Pro at... Read more ›
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Samsung's biggest competitor in the smartphone space is obviously Apple, so it's no surprise that the Korean company's latest ad is aimed at poking that particular bear. The point, however, seems a bit derogatory towards people who use and like Apple products. Apparently they're all following the dictates of a mysterious character called Simon (is that Steve Jobs reincarnate? We'll never know). Thus, these iPhone owners are all very iSheep-y.... Read more ›
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The Honor 300 and Honor 300 Pro have both recently been listed on the company's online store in China ahead of their official release in the near future, but today the plot has thickened, as it were. It turns out there's also an Honor 300 Ultra coming. The two official-looking images you can see below have been leaked by Digital Chat Station over on Weibo, and they show a design... Read more ›
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ZTE revealed that there is a new nubia phone on the way with a post on Instagram. The nubia V70 Design – which will be sold as the “ZTE Blade V70 Design” in some markets – is going on pre-order in the Philippines now and will be released on November 28. You can find the nubia V70 Design on Lazada, Shopee and TikTok. The MSRP of the phone is PHP... Read more ›
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Today, Amazon US kicks off the Black Friday week, which will run from today to November 29 (Friday next week). You can pick up these deals without being a Prime subscriber. Amazon sells just about anything, but we focused on smartphones, tablets and laptops with a dash of smartwatches. Use the links below to jump to the relevant section: Smartphones Foldables & tablets Laptops Watches Smartphones The Samsung Galaxy S24... Read more ›
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Spotify announced a new partnership that will add more than 1,000 new audiobooks to its library. The Swedish streaming platform is partnering with Bloomsbury, one of the largest publishers in the United Kingdom, to bring titles such as Want, the recent number-one bestselling title collected by Gillian Anderson. Duncan Bruce, Spotify's director of audiobook partnerships and licensing, announced the partnership on the one-year anniversary of adding audiobooks to Premium. The... Read more ›
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Xiaomi is hosting a launch event for the Redmi K80 Pro on November 27, and as expected, it won’t be the only device to get announced on stage. The Xiaomi sub-brand revealed it will also announce its Redmi Watch 5 and Buds 6 Pro. Redmi Watch 5 and Buds 6 Pro Redmi Watch 5 will be the third entry in the series, following the Watch 5 Active and Watch 5... Read more ›
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Tecno introduced an LTE-only smartphone called Pop 9 in August, later relaunched as Spark Go 1. It then launched in Africa with a Unisoc T615 chip, and today, it made its way to India with yet another new SoC - Helio G50 by Mediatek. This Tecno Pop 9 remains an entry-level device, as evident from its sub-$80 price tag. Tecno Pop 9 features Tecno did not share the full specs... Read more ›
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Huawei is holding a big event on November 26 to introduce the Mate 70 lineup and the Mate X6 foldable smartphone. Today, we learned that the company is alao launching FreeBuds Pro 4, the first TWS earbuds with HarmonyOS Next. The buds are quite similar visually to the FreeBuds Pro 3 but with a finer edge of the stem. It will also have Huawei Sound, which appears to be a... Read more ›
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Honor is preparing to launch its next-gen number-series smartphones in China with the Honor 300 series. We already saw an early registration listing for the vanilla Honor 300, and the brand has now followed up by posting one for the 300 Pro model. Honor 300 Pro will look similar to the non-Pro model and will be available in three colors: Black, Green and Sand. The 300 Pro features a curved... Read more ›
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Redmi will launch the K80 Pro on November 27, and today, we learned more details about the phone. The brand shared the key specs on its Weibo profile, including the new flagship chipset by Qualcomm, a massive battery and an IP68 + IP69 rating. Xiaomi Redmi K80 Pro features Redmi K80 Pro coming with Snapdragon 8 Elite is not a surprise, as company officials have already teased the phone to... Read more ›
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While its Chinese competitors are busy issuing stable Android 15 updates left and right, Samsung is lagging behind - badly. The Korean company hasn't even sent out the first beta of One UI 7 based on Android 15 to any of its devices, in a sharp turn backwards compared to its insanely fast update cadence over the past few years. This has been rumored to have occurred because the company... Read more ›
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Voice messages are much easier to send than typing, but, for some people, much more of a hassle to listen to than read. Today WhatsApp has officially introduced a new feature that aims to alleviate the issues faced by people who hate listening to voice messages. Voice message transcripts are just that. Voice messages can be transcribed into text "to help you keep up with conversations no matter what you're... Read more ›
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Yesterday a report surfaced claiming Google canceled the Pixel Tablet 3, thus giving up on the form factor yet again. Today there's an intriguing plot twist to the story. A new source says it was actually the Pixel Tablet 2 - you know, the one with the first-party keyboard case - that got the axe. Provided this is true, the big question is whether the Pixel Tablet 3 will launch... Read more ›
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The Redmi Note 14 series launched in China back in September, and now the devices are almost ready to make the jump into India. Today, the brand has unveiled the fact that the Redmi Note 14 5G models will be arriving in India on December 9. The much-awaited #RedmiNote14 Series is finally here! Bringing advanced AI features and game-changing camera innovations. Get ready to capture, create, and explore like never... Read more ›
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vivo's S20 and S20 Pro are getting official on November 28, and ahead of the grand unveiling the company has now posted a promo video for the duo - a trailer, for all intents and purposes. This shows us the design of the devices, the periscope telephoto camera of the Pro (a first for this line), and a couple of colorways (though more could be on the way). Have a... Read more ›
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Apple still totally dominates the US smartphone market, Counterpoint Research's latest quarterly market share report reveals. The Cupertino fruit company commanded 53% of the pie in the third quarter of this year (July to September), with Samsung a distant second at 23%. In third was Lenovo, which owns Motorola let's not forget - we assume most, if not all of that 14% share was actually Motorola's. The next brand is,... Read more ›
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Around this time last year, Samsung introduced Gauss, its own generative AI model. During the latest Samsung Developer Conference, the company unveiled its successor, called Gauss2, which brings improved performance and efficiency. Samsung truly believes that AI can enhance productivity and it has been using the Gauss AI internally. It is used in “code.i”, an in-house tool for developers in the Device eXperience (DX) division. Usage of code.i has been... Read more ›
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There are a few more major smartphone launches left this year, but attention is already starting to shift towards 2025. We’ve heard that the Samsung Galaxy S25 series might be one of the first out of the gate with January 5 reveal, though a different source put the Unpacked event on January 22. We’ve seen plenty of leaks about the new flagship series and the S25 spec sheet is starting... Read more ›
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Earlier this year, the United States District Court of Columbia ruled that Google holds an illegal monopoly in the search engine market. That ruling led the Department of Justice (DOJ) to draft several proposals to help amend Google’s illegal monopoly status. The latest DOJ proposal includes divesting Google’s Chrome browser, which the DOJ sees as a “key access point for searching the web.” The U.S. government is also prepared to... Read more ›
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Redmi is 11 years old now, and to celebrate that milestone it has introduced a new logo, which is red and all-caps. This new brand identity apparently represents courage and confidence. The brand has confirmed that it's launching the K80 series on November 27, and it's also released these official images of the K80 Pro. Redmi K80 Pro official images Redmi says the phone has a 1.9mm "ultra narrow" bottom... Read more ›
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Honor 300 series is coming soon, and today the vanilla option was listed on the company e-store in China. The phone's five color options are pictured, and while it is up for registration, any details about a launch date, specs or features are missing from the page. Willing buyers can put down a deposit by December 2, which suggests the phones will launch then and the actual pre-orders will begin.... Read more ›
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