Honor has begun seeding its Android 16-based MagicOS 10 update for the Magic V5, and the update has now reached our review unit. It weighs around 3.6 GB and comes with a long list of new features. Honor Magic V5 MagicOS 10 update changelog These include Honor’s latest Turbo X performance engine, optimized system animations, and camera improvements. The update also brings a refreshed Control Centre, updated parallel apps and... Read more ›
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The vivo S50 series is expected to launch in China next month. Last week, the company confirmed that the S50 Pro mini will feature the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 SoC. Now, vivo has unveiled the phone’s design along with several key specifications. vivo’s Han Boxiao shared the design of the S50 Pro mini on Weibo. The phone gets a pill-shaped horizontal rear camera module, which is reminiscent of the... Read more ›
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OnePlus has shared more details about the upcoming Ace 6T, ahead of its China launch on December 3. It is confirmed to be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 SoC. As for backup, the OnePlus Ace 6T will pack a massive 8,300mAh battery and offer 100W fast charging support, the company confirmed on Weibo. Meanwhile, the phone has also been listed on China Telecom’s database, which reveals some more... Read more ›
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Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 flagship SoC in September and followed it up with a non-Elite version two days ago. The OnePlus 15R, launching on December 17, will be the first smartphone in international markets to have the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 under the hood. Qualcomm confirmed that Motorola will announce a smartphone with this chip soon, but there's no word from the Lenovo-owned brand about it... Read more ›
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Oppo is already rumored to be working on the Find N6, its next foldable smartphone and the successor to the Find N5, which was released in February. We've recently heard that it would actually be the first foldable to launch with the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 SoC at the helm, which means it's definitely coming very soon. Today a tipster over on X has revealed that Oppo is now... Read more ›
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The iPhone Air is not selling particularly well and that may have discouraged at least three rival brands from attempting their own takes on the slim and light form factor. A new report from DigiTimes suggests that several Chinese brands, including Xiaomi, Oppo, and vivo have reportedly cancelled their plans to launch ultra slim phones meant to compete with the iPhone Air. According to the new report, Apple’s key suppliers,... Read more ›
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OmniVision also has a new high-end 200MP camera sensor for upcoming camera flagships, to rival the freshly announced Sony LYTIA 901. According to a report in Korean media, the OmniVision OVB0D is a 200MP 1/1.1-inch imager, so slightly larger, than the 1/1.12-inch LYTIA 901. The sensor features a Bayer filter, but with a different dual on-chip re-mosaic structure to the LYTIA's more complex QQBC. Technically, and we're hypothesizing a bit,... Read more ›
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After 14 years, Apple is once again poised to overtake Samsung as the global leader in terms of smartphone shipments. According to Counterpoint Research, Apple is projected to ship over 243 million iPhones in 2025, which would give it an estimated 19.4% share of the global smartphone market. Samsung, which is the current global leader, is expected to ship 235 million units, which would leave it with an 18.7% market... Read more ›
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During the recent Poco F8 series launch event in Bali, Indonesia, the company also unveiled the rollout timeline for its HyperOS 3 update. The Poco F8 Pro and F8 Ultra, notably, ship with the new software out of the box. The Poco F7 series and the Poco X7 lineup will be the first to receive the HyperOS 3 update by the end of this month. In fact, Poco has already... Read more ›
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We’ve already seen several teardowns for the iPhone Air as well as the iPhone 17 Pro, but we now have one for the vanilla iPhone 17 thanks to Zack from JerryRigEverything. The video also details all the official repair part prices for the iPhone 17, which Apple released. Getting into the iPhone 17 is as simple as removing the two pentalobe screws on the bottom of the phone, which Apple... Read more ›
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Poco introduced the F8 series yesterday and, as the brand usually does, it is offering early bird discounts – considering that the MSRPs of the two new models are slightly higher than those of their predecessors, the discounts make a huge difference. But you can do one better – by using the code 25POCOF8, you can score an additional 10% discount. This means that the Poco F8 Pro (12/256GB) starts... Read more ›
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The Xiaomi 17 Ultra is rumored to launch ahead of schedule, with leaks suggesting the brand may unveil it by late December. The flagship is expected to deliver notable camera upgrades, and fresh details about its imaging sensors have now surfaced online. Leaked images of the Xiaomi 17 Ultra Photography kit suggest the upcoming phone will feature a triple rear-camera setup. While this may seem like a step down from... Read more ›
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Honor launched the Magic8 Pro in China in mid-October, and today the device has also made its way to Malaysia, marking its global debut outside of China. It's also on its way to Europe in the near future. Interestingly, the vanilla Magic8 didn't make the journey to Malaysia. The Magic8 Pro can be pre-ordered for MYR 4,599 ($1,113) with 12GB of RAM and 512GB of storage and MYR 5,199 ($1,258)... Read more ›
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Almost a month after its unveiling, Nothing today launched the Nothing Phone (3a) Lite in India. The smartphone comes in white, black, and blue colors in the country with two memory options - 8GB/128GB and 8GB/256GB, priced at INR20,999 and INR22,999, respectively. Phone (3a) Lite Blue is here. Designed for India to light up your everyday. Available from 5 Dec, 12 PM. pic.twitter.com/tOvTSYzSLt— Nothing India (@nothingindia) November 27, 2025 The... Read more ›
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Motorola is continuing its rollout of Android 16 to older devices, and today the update has started to arrive on Edge 50 Ultra units. The update is currently going out to Edge 50 Ultra devices bought in Brazil. [#InlinePriceWidget,12919,1#] It arrives over-the-air with firmware version W1UV36H.61-15 as a 1.64GB download. As always with such updates, the rollout is most likely staged, so it might take a few days for it... Read more ›
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Sony's long-awaited entry into the 200MP smartphone camera game is finally here. The new Lytia 901 sensor has been made official today, and it will go head-to-head with Samsung's 200MP offerings. Sony's sensor is 1/1.12" type, with a 14.287 mm diagonal. It's billed to achieve "high-definition image quality" even with 4x in-sensor zoom. It has a pixel size of 0.7 μm. It employs a Quad-Quad Bayer Coding (QQBC) array with... Read more ›
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Smartphone maker Infinix is teaming up with Italian design house Pininfarina for its upcoming flagship, according to a source familiar with the company’s roadmap. Pininfarina, the iconic design house behind legendary automobiles from Ferrari, Maserati, Alfa Romeo, and more, brings a rich automotive heritage to the table. It would mark the studio’s first-ever collaboration with a smartphone brand. Infinix’s upcoming flagship is likely to feature both hardware design touches and... Read more ›
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Samsung unveiled the Galaxy A36 in March, and we know it's working on the Galaxy A37, as the smartphone's firmware was spotted on Samsung's servers. While the firmware didn't reveal any of the Galaxy A37's features, thanks to Geekbench, we know what processor the smartphone will have under the hood. [#InlinePriceWidget,13497,1#] The benchmark database revealed that the Samsung Galaxy A37, bearing model code SM-A376B, will be powered by the Exynos... Read more ›
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OnePlus has finally announced the launch date of the Ace 6T after a string of teasers. It is the world’s first smartphone to be powered by Qualcomm’s newly unveiled Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 chipset. The OnePlus Ace 6T will debut in China on December 3. Interested customers can also head to the official OnePlus China online store and pre-book the phone. The phone will feature a metal frame, a dual-rear... Read more ›
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We have Poco's other new tablet in for an unboxing - the Poco Pad M1. It's a rebadged Redmi Pad 2 Pro, which we reviewed last month, and comes with the same accessories in the box. You get a USB-A to USB-C cable, a 33W charger, and the tablet itself. Xiaomi sells the Poco Pad M1 for $329, but you can get it at an Early Bird discounted price of... Read more ›
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