MediaTek has announced the Dimensity 9400e, a new chipset in the company's flagship Dimensity family. The 9400e sits below the 9400 and the 9400+ models, and is essentially a rebranded 9300+ from last year with minor changes. The Dimensity 9400e has the company's All Big Core design, which includes 1x 3.4GHz Cortex-X4, 3x 2.85GHz Cortex-X4, and 4x 2.0GHz Cortex-A720 CPU cores, same as the 9300+. There's also 8MB L3 cache... Read more ›
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Sony expects to be hit with JPY 100 billion (about $680 million) in tariffs in the next fiscal year, ending on March 31, 2026. Lin Tao, the company's CFO, told investors that it is considering options like moving manufacturing to the US and increasing the prices for consumers. This implies that costs for Sony PS5 consoles will rise since the Japanese company intends to pass the burden of tariffs onto... Read more ›
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Samsung has begun seeding its One UI 7 update for the Galaxy A54. The update is now available for Galaxy A54 users in South Korea bearing the A546SKSU9DYD7 identifier. It comes in at 3.5GB and comes with the April security patch. One UI 7 update screen for Galaxy A54 The update should gradually spread to more regions in the coming weeks. You can consult this roadmap for more details on... Read more ›
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Tecno started teasing the Pova 7 series over a month ago, but there haven’t been any launches yet. This might be one of the members or it could be an adjacent model – details on the Tecno Pova Curve 5G have been discovered in the Google Play Console and in the Geekbench database. The phone, Tecno LJ8k, is powered by the Dimensity 7300 (MT6878), judging by the 4x Cortex-A78 (2.5GHz)... Read more ›
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Google took the wraps off Material 3 Expressive – its updated design language for Android and Wear OS devices. It builds on the existing Material You design with even more personalization options, new animations, color, and improved fluidity. Material 3 Expressive is a big step for Android and Wear OS visual identity. On the Android side, Google is implementing new system animations that are “more natural” and “springy”. There’s haptic... Read more ›
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Realme split the GT and Neo series into two separate lineups, and as we are about to see the global launch of GT 7 - set for May 27. And today we learn it will soon be joined by a new Neo7. The company posted a teaser about a phone called Realme Neo7 Turbo on social media. It said it will offer "powerful performance" and be "the most powerful Neo... Read more ›
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Say hello to the nubia Z70S Ultra - an undeniably outrageous smartphone in almost every way. It's eye-catching for a few reasons - it has a huge 6.85-inch 144Hz display with razor-thin bezels all around - notice the lack of a selfie camera cutout - that's because the camera sits under the display (you can see it a bit further down). Around the back, the nubia Z70S Ultra sports a... Read more ›
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Huawei is set to announce its nova 14 series on May 19 at 2:30 PM Beijing time. The upcoming midrange phones will consist of at least three devices with a nova 14, nova 14 Pro and an Ultra model joining the ranks. Huawei nova 14 launch event posters Huawei shared an early look at the Nova 14 Ultra. The device was showcased in a teaser video. The teaser suggests it... Read more ›
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Honor India's Madhav Sheth is also in charge of the revival of the Alcatel brand, as we described yesterday. The brand will launch a bunch of new smartphones in the near future, one of which Sheth already teased - the V3 Ultra 5G. Now he's back with another teaser, this one much more mysterious. Clearly, it's a new smartphone, one that is imagined and built in India, and "made to... Read more ›
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Lava launched the 4G-only Shark back in March, and released it in April. Now, the company is seemingly working on a 5G-capable model, aptly named the Shark 5G. Two marketing renders for this device have been leaked today, showing it in two colorways as you can see below. The Shark 5G will come in blue and gold, just like the 4G model. With the 5G iteration, you'll also get "5G"... Read more ›
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Earlier today, Meizu launched the Note 16 series, but it's also working on something much more interesting - a small-screen flagship smartphone. This will be called Meizu 22 and will be unveiled in "mid-summer", according to the company itself, which teased the upcoming device during its launch event for the Note 16 devices. The Meizu 22 will be AI-infused, unsurprisingly, and it will be 71mm wide. Meizu says that for... Read more ›
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One of the biggest new features in Samsung's One UI 7 based on Android 15 is the Now Bar with the Now Brief, and in the upcoming One UI 8 based on Android 16 this may be getting a very interesting upgrade. According to a teardown of the One UI 8 firmware, you'll be able to listen to your Now Brief too, not just read it. This will be called... Read more ›
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Today, Nothing has announced a long-term strategic partnership with iconic British audio pioneer KEF "to usher the company's next chapter in sound". The collaboration brings together KEF's six decades of Hi-Fi audio expertise with Nothing's design-led approach to technology. Expect this to result in Nothing expanding into new audio categories, and several acoustically co-developed products are already in the works and launching later this year. Remember those Nothing headphones that... Read more ›
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Oppo is working on the A5x, which will be added to the ever-expanding A5 family, which already includes the A5, A5 Energy, A5 Pro, and A5 Pro 4G. The A5x will be a 4G-only model according to newly leaked marketing materials. It will be powered by the Snapdragon 6s Gen 1 SoC. It boasts a screen (probably LCD) with 1,000-nit peak brightness and a 90 Hz refresh rate, as well... Read more ›
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According to sources close to Bloomberg, Apple is working on an AI-powered battery-saving feature for its upcoming iOS 19. The feature will work based on the user's usage habits and optimize things in the background to extend battery life. The AI will learn from users' behavior on the fly and reduce power consumption by optimizing apps in the background depending on the time of day. Apple is reportedly already training... Read more ›
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Samsung just unveiled the Galaxy S25 Edge a few hours ago, and we already have a rumor about its successor, as apparently there will definitely be one. According to sources in Korea, the Galaxy S26 Edge will launch alongside the Galaxy S26 and Galaxy S26 Ultra. In case you spotted what's missing, you're not wrong. The rumor says Samsung is currently considering giving up on the Galaxy S26+, as the... Read more ›
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Nothing already launched the Phone (3a) and Phone (3a) Pro mid-rangers, and the company is slowly getting ready to unveil the Phone (3), billed as its first ever proper flagship device. This is arriving in the third quarter of the year, as revealed last month by Carl Pei, Nothing's CEO. Today Pei is teasing a very important aspect of the Phone (3) - its price. According to him, the device... Read more ›
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The global tablet market grew 8.5% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2025, reports Canalys. However, different markets had different reasons for the growth in shipments. There was a sharp uptick in tablet sales during the pandemic as people moved to work/study from home. However, those slates are now 4-5 years old and in need of replacement – that’s what pushed shipments in the US up in Q1. The Trump... Read more ›
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Samsung has proudly unveiled that Google Gemini is coming to its Galaxy Watches. Activating Gemini will also be "smoother than ever" when you have a pair of Galaxy Buds3 or Buds3 Pro. Gemini on your Galaxy Watch provides hands-free assistance using natural voice commands. You can ask it to do things like remember stuff for you, summarize your incoming emails, and more across multiple apps. With the Galaxy Buds3 and... Read more ›
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OnePlus is now selling Pad 2 Pro, a new tablet with a flagship chipset. The slate was listed on the Oppo store in China earlier this month, and we immediately spotted its similarities to another product from the same family - the Oppo Pad 4 Pro. Both devices share the exact same specs sheet, including a 13.2" LCD with up to 144 Hz refresh rate, 900 nits peak brightness and... Read more ›
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