The ongoing AI boom is signaling good fortune for Samsung, which currently holds the title of leading chipmaker. Samsung has released its Q3 earnings guidance and is anticipating its largest quarterly profit since 2022. Revenues are expected to rise to KRW 86 trillion ($60 billion) while profits are now estimated at KRW 12.1 trillion ($8.5 billion). These figures represent 32% and 8.7% bumps compared to last year. Consolidated figures based... Read more ›
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OnePlus is expected to unveil the OnePlus 15 and Ace 6 this month, but it's also rumored to introduce a new Turbo lineup. We haven't heard about it from OnePlus yet; however, a rumor coming out of China tells us its battery capacity will be higher than the OnePlus 15 but less than the Ace 6. In a post on Weibo, reliable tipster Digital Chat Station has mentioned the battery... Read more ›
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The Nubia Z80 Ultra is set to be unveiled in China on October 22. Ahead of the launch event, the company has been sharing teasers of the phone. The most recent teasers revealed the phone’s design, color options, and camera specs. It also shared several camera samples. Nubia has now unveiled the design of a dedicated Photography Kit for the upcoming Z80 Ultra. The kit features a retro design, physical... Read more ›
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Apple announced that its in-house streaming platform Apple TV+ will now be called Apple TV. The rebrand is effective immediately and was hidden inside a press release for the streaming release of F1: The Movie. The move sparks some confusion as Apple TV will now be used for the streaming service, the app that you stream from and the Apple TV 4K set-top-box device, which Apple still sells. The trio... Read more ›
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Samsung released the Android 16-based One UI 8 stable update for the Galaxy XCover7 last week. Now, the update rollout has expanded to the Galaxy XCover7 Pro, along with six other smartphones, including the Galaxy A33, Galaxy A53, Galaxy M34, Galaxy M35, Galaxy Wide 7, and Galaxy Quantum 3. [#InlinePriceWidget,13780,1#] The Samsung Galaxy XCover7 Pro is currently receiving the One UI 8 stable update with firmware version BYI6 in South... Read more ›
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Ahead of its official unveiling of the Magic8 and Magic8 Pro on October 15, today Honor has appointed Nicholas Tse as its Future Technology Experience Officer. To celebrate the occasion, the brand has released the promo image you can see below, in which Tse is holding the Magic8 Pro. Tse is an actor, singer, songwriter, martial artist, entrepreneur, and TV chef from Hong Kong, and Honor says his journey of... Read more ›
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Nothing launched the Phone (3a) and Phone (3a) Pro mid-rangers back in March, and in July we heard that the company may have been working on a Lite device to add to its roster. Today a new rumor claims this will be the Nothing Phone (3a) Lite. This will allegedly come in a single RAM/storage configuration: 8/128GB. It will be offered in black and white. While these seem to be... Read more ›
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Apple is widely expected to release its first foldable smartphone next year. The iPhone Fold's hinge is now rumored to be much cheaper than previously anticipated, according to Ming-Chi Kuo, an analyst who's always been very well connected with Apple's supply chain. He says the hinge is now expected to be about $70 to $80 cheaper than "the market's expectation". 65% of the hinges Apple needs will be manufactured by... Read more ›
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The OnePlus 15's launch in China is imminent, and it's been rumored to get its global unveiling in mid-November. Ahead of all that, today the brand has extensively teased the phone's display. This is made by BOE, and the screen itself will be fully presented by BOE on October 14. It comes with a 165Hz refresh rate as hinted at by a OnePlus exec a while back, and OnePlus is... Read more ›
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Samsung Galaxy Watch7 users are finally receiving the much-awaited stable One UI 8 Watch update in select regions. The rollout comes over a month after the last One UI 8 Watch beta release for the smartwatch. Galaxy Watch7 users in South Korea who participated in the One UI 8 Watch beta program have confirmed receiving the stable update. Regular users are expected to get the update in the coming days.... Read more ›
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Realme is set to unveil its GT 8 series later this month, and the GT 8 Pro will be the first smartphone to feature a custom Ricoh Imaging tuning as part of the newly formed Realme x Ricoh Imaging partnership effort. The two brands will host a dedicated event tomorrow, where they will provide more details on their collaborative efforts, but we have some new info ahead of the keynote.... Read more ›
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Alongside the debut of its flagship vivo X300 and X300 Pro smartphones, vivo announced a trio of new devices, including the 12.1-inch Pad 5e tablet, the Watch GT 2 smartwatch and its latest pair of flagship earbuds – the TWS 5. vivo Pad 5e vivo Pad 5e is a midrange tablet offering featuring a 12.1-inch screen, Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 chipset and a 10,000 mAh battery. It shares its key... Read more ›
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REDMAGIC continues to advance its smartphone cooling technology and it showcased its latest innovations at the REDMAGIC Gaming and Liquid Cooling Technology Conference in Shenzhen. The star of the show was the industry’s first mass-produced liquid cooling system combined with advanced air-cooling innovations. You can learn more about it on the company's official site. This is liquid cooling similar to what you see in powerful gaming PCs and AI servers... Read more ›
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The vivo X300 series is now official. It includes the base X300 with a compact design, and the X300 Pro. Both smartphones are powered by the recently announced MediaTek Dimensity 9500 SoC and offer several upgrades over their predecessors. vivo X300 Pro Starting with the flagship, the vivo X300 Pro gets an upgraded Zeiss triple rear camera setup. It offers a 50MP Sony LYT-828 main 1/1.28-inch sensor with f/1.57 aperture... Read more ›
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The Nubia Z80 Ultra already leaked a few times, and we now have an official launch date to look forward to. The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 flagship is set to launch in China on October 22. Nubia also went ahead and showcased the device in all its glory, confirming its design. Nubia Z80 Ultra is launching on October 22 in China Nubia Z80 Ultra will feature a similar look... Read more ›
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The China-exclusive Samsung W26 is now official as the Z Fold7’s distant cousin, and like previous W-series releases, it comes with some minor cosmetic changes and a more premium unboxing experience. Samsung also added satellite connectivity on the W26, which allows users in China to use the Tiantong satellite system for calling and messaging in areas without network connectivity. The only other hardware change is the 16GB RAM, which comes... Read more ›
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Just days before its official debut, key specifications of the Honor Magic8 Pro have surfaced online. Meanwhile, the phone has also been spotted on the Geekbench website. The Magic8 series is set to launch in China on October 15. Tipster Digital Chat Station revealed the specs of the Magic8 Pro on Weibo. As per the leak, the Pro phone will sport a 6.71-inch quad-curved display with a 1.5K resolution. It... Read more ›
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For the third week in a row the Xiaomi 17 Pro Max was the most popular smartphone in our database. Even though it's still only available in China, Xiaomi's latest flagship still gets you excited and managed to keep its Apple namesake - the iPhone 17 Pro Max behind. [#InlinePriceWidget, 13964, 1#] There's a brand other than Apple and Xiaomi on the podium for the first time in a while... Read more ›
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Ever since the low yield of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chip that Samsung Foundry manufactured, Qualcomm moved to TSMC for its chip manufacturing, starting with the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1. However, a recent report from a Korean news outlet suggests that this will likely change. To some extent. The new Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 was announced in late September and is built on the 3nm node by TSMC, but... Read more ›
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