What's the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear about Acer? Laptops, most likely, and perhaps tablets, too. Well, Acer is now making a return to smartphones, and Amazon.in has revealed that the Taiwanese brand will launch new smartphones in India later this month. The promo page set up by Amazon.in on its website reveals Acer will launch new smartphones in India on March 25, but the... Read more ›
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Xiaomi launched the Redmi K80 series in November 2024, with the Pro version being one of the first phones with the Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset. Today, the company celebrated 100 days since the start of the first sale with an impressive milestone – 3.6 million units sold. This record for the Redmi K series includes the K80, K80 Pro, and the K80 Pro Automobili Lamborghini Squadra Corse Special Edition (yes,... Read more ›
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Back in January, tipster Digital Chat Station claimed the MediaTek Dimensity 9400+ SoC would go official in March. Now, DCS says the chipset will be unveiled at a launch event next month - on April 11. While DCS provided us with the launch date of the Dimensity 9400+, they said the launch dates of devices powered by this chip are yet to be determined. Previous rumors claimed the iQOO Neo11... Read more ›
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Smaller flagship smartphones are all the rage these days in China. Xiaomi has the 15, vivo has the X200 Pro mini, Oppo is working on the Find X8 Mini (or is that Find X8 Next?), OnePlus will rebrand that one as the 13T, and now even Honor is said to be getting in on the action. According to the prolific leaker who goes by Digital Chat Station on Weibo, Honor... Read more ›
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Today Google has announced that AI Overviews are now powered by Gemini 2.0 in the US. This will help with harder questions relating to coding, advanced math, and multimodal queries. Google promises faster and higher quality responses. It also boasts that more than a billion people are "using" AI Overviews, which is disingenuous to say the least, since this is not a service that you opt into - you just... Read more ›
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Yesterday the vivo Y300i appeared on China Telecom's website, complete with full specs, images, and pricing, but no actual launch date to speak of. vivo itself has now provided that last bit of the puzzle, officially announcing the phone's unveiling for March 14. The brand promises the device will be "super drop resistant", and will come with long battery life and an overall "good experience" for the price. The Y300i... Read more ›
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YouTube has today unveiled a new plan called Premium Lite. As the name implies, this is cheaper than YouTube Premium, but it also comes with fewer features. To make sense of what's what, YouTube has provided the image below. So, whereas with Premium you get a fully ad-free experience (well, aside from the sponsored segments in seemingly all videos), as well as the ability to download videos and background playback... Read more ›
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Okay, you can put down the pitchforks – the OnePlus 13 and OnePlus 13R will receive 4 major OS updates as originally promised. To spell it out, that is Android 16, 17, 18 and 19 (the two phones came out with 15). Earlier today, there was some confusion after a OnePlus US PR representative claimed that OnePlus will be counting the out-of-the-box software as one of the four updates. That... Read more ›
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Android makers have entered a frenzy ahead of the Apple's iPhone 17 Slim launch. We expect the Galaxy S25 Edge in April and now Tecno has an even slimmer phone. Meet the Tecno Spark Slim, which measures just 5.75mm thin. The Spark Slim is more than just a thin phone. It's impressively well made and features either a stainless steel colored (it's actually plastic) or a ceramic rear panel, and... Read more ›
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Last week we saw the upcoming Galaxy Z Flip7 in some CAD-based renders for the first time, and today the same source is back with an update. Everything else stays the same except for the cover display, which is growing substantially to basically take over the entire space on the phone's upper half, even incorporating the two cameras. This is a design we've seen from other companies already, so it's... Read more ›
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The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has approved Microsoft’s $13 billion investment in OpenAI following a 14-month investigation. The conclusion is that Microsoft’s latest investment does not require further investigation under the merger rules, as neither party would gain more control over the other. In particular, the CMA does not consider there has been a change of control by Microsoft from material influence to de facto control over OpenAI.... Read more ›
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Apple today announced an update to the MacBook Air lineup, which includes three changes: an updated chip, a new color, and an upgraded front camera. The MacBook Air models now get Apple's latest M4 chip, which was introduced last year on the iMac and Mac mini. This chip features 10 CPU cores and either 8 or 10 GPU cores depending on the configuration. Apple claims the new chip provides 1.6x... Read more ›
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Apple announced updated versions of its Mac Studio with the M4 Max and all-new M3 Ultra chips. The latest Mac desktop is aimed at video editors, developers, engineers, photographers, and creative pros. Apple originally announced the Mac Studio in 2022 with the M1 Max and M1 Ultra chips. The new M4 Max and M3 Ultra models offer sizeable gains for 3D rendering, video editing, code compiling, and other workflows. The... Read more ›
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The older among you may remember Digg – a social link sharing site. For the younger among you, it was “the front page of the Internet” before Reddit took over the crown. After a disastrous redesign in 2010, Digg fell off hard and never really recovered – but now it is coming back. Kevin Rose, Digg’s original founder, and Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of Reddit, have teamed up to “revive the... Read more ›
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Meizu made a comeback at MWC 2025 with the Note 22 and mblu 22 series smartphones. Those devices are aimed at the budget segment, but we got a sneak peek at Meizu’s alleged upcoming flagship offering – the Meizu 22 Pro, which was spotted near Meizu’s booth at MWC Barcelona. Meizu 21 Pro (left) next to Meizu 22 Pro (right) The yet-to-be-announced device is seen next to a Meizu 21... Read more ›
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Tecno is on a roll – after unveiling the Camon 40 series and AI smart glasses, the company now turns its attention to laptops. Meet the new Tecno Megabook S14, an ultra-portable 14” laptop that weighs only 899g (1.98lbs). That’s not the only interesting fact about the S14 – there is a version of it powered by the Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100). That’s a 12-core chip (with custom Qualcomm CPU... Read more ›
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Honor Alpha Plan was introduced on Sunday, and now we learn more details from the company about its plans in the world of AI. James Li, CEO of Honor, attended two panels at MWC 2025 at which he revealed the company will push for open collaboration in artificial intelligence. He also talked about a recently published white paper on protecting user data and the five principles his company intends to... Read more ›
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Infinix recently unveiled the Note 50 and Note 50 Pro, and today, we learned the brand will introduce the Note 50x later this month. This revelation came from Infinix's Indian branch, which announced the Note 50x will launch in India on March 27. The picture we received from Infinix India shows the Note 50x in white color, while the image the brand has put on its official website shows the... Read more ›
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The vivo T4x was launched today in India, just as the company promised last week. It is an affordable smartphone with a huge battery as its key selling point. The T4x is powered by a Dimensity 7300 chipset, coupled with 6/8 GB RAM and 128/256 GB storage. It is built around a 6.72” LCD with Full HD+ resolution, up to 120 Hz refresh rate, and 1,050 nits peak brightness. The... Read more ›
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Realme introduced the 14 Pro series in January with two smartphones - Realme 14 Pro and Realme 14 Pro+. These are now joined by a third model called Realme 14 Pro Lite (yes, a "Pro Lite"). As evident from the name, the Realme 14 Pro Lite is positioned below the Realme 14 Pro. It's powered by the Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 SoC and comes with 8GB RAM and up to... Read more ›
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