Xiaomi is allegedly working on its own in-house developed chipset, according to a new report today. The move comes in order to reduce its reliance on Qualcomm and MediaTek. Mass production of the chip is apparently going to begin next year and the first phones powered by it will also launch in 2025. Chinese officials have repeatedly asked local firms to reduce their reliance on foreign tech as much as... Read more ›
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The Brazilian antitrust watchdog Cade has ruled that Apple must lift all restrictions related to in-app purchases. The Cupertino-based company has 20 days to comply, or it will face a $43,000 fine per day. The decision comes after Mercado Libre, an online merchant, filed a complaint back in 2022 against Apple for anti-competitive practices. The Brazilian regulator forces Apple to either allow developers to link to external websites for payments... Read more ›
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OnePlus has already updated the 12 and 12R to OxygenOS 15 based on Android 15, and the latest device to get a taste of the new release is the OnePlus Open. The update to OxygenOS 15 for it is already rolling out in India as build CPH2551_15.0.0.200(EX01), and OnePlus has today revealed that it will make it to the US and EU next week. The changelog is humongous, so if... Read more ›
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Poco is working on a bunch of new smartphones currently, in both the F7 and X7 families which are definitely due to launch soon. Now, the Poco F7 and Poco X7 have both been spotted in different certifications across Asia. First off, the F7 has been certified by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), which means it will be released in India. It has the model number 2412DPC0AI. The F7... Read more ›
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The nubia Z70 Ultra went official in China only a few days ago, and today it's making its global debut. It's already up for pre-order from nubia's global website. The company's new flagship smartphone starts at $729 in the US, £649 in the UK, and €749 in the EU with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. If you go up to 16/512GB, you'll pay $829 in the US, £749... Read more ›
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The Black Friday deals are in full swing over at Samsung US. While the company is selling everything from smartphones to washing machines, the Samsung storage solutions caught our eye. Starting with microSD cards, the EVO Select is the value option with a 1TB card costing $80. These are rated A2, so you can run apps from them. They also have transfer speeds of up to 160MB/s (read). Samsung EVO... Read more ›
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Huawei unveiled the new Mate 70 series earlier today, but was secretive about what chipsets are used in the new phones. Early speculations pointed to a “Kirin 9100” with ARM Cortex cores, but that doesn’t seem to be the case – though this too is based on unofficial info coming from Weibo. A photo from one of the new Huawei Mate 70 phones shows that the chipset is called the... Read more ›
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Huawei unveiled a lot of devices today - among them five phones and a tablet - the MatePad Pro 13.2 (2024), which is a nearly indistinguishable relative to the MatePad Pro 13.2 from late 2023. As the name suggests, the slate has a 13.2-inch 2880x1920px Flexible OLED display with 1,000 nits of brightness and a 144Hz refresh rate. There seemingly are two variants on sale - a regular (likely glossy)... Read more ›
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Realme C75 is the latest member in the maker’s budget C-series. The phone was introduced in Vietnam and features a 6.72-inch IPS LCD (FHD+ 90Hz) and is the first phone to launch with MediaTek’s Helio G92 Max chipset. The new chip is a 4G-only SoC and is likely a revamped Helio G91 with some slight modifications. The rest of the specs include IP69 water and dust resistance, a 50MP main... Read more ›
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Realme GT 7 Pro is now selling globally, four weeks after its unveiling in China. The smartphone comes with a Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset, top-tier cameras, underwater camera capabilities and a huge battery – 5,800 mAh in India and 6,500 mAh everywhere else. We have had the opportunity to review the global version of the Realme GT 7 Pro, and we were truly impressed by the progress made over the... Read more ›
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The HMD Fusion, unveiled in September, has debuted in India with three Fusion outfits called Smart Outfits. These are interchangeable covers that bring extra features to the smartphone. HMD has introduced three Smart Outfits in India - Casual Outfit, Flashy Outfit, and Gaming Outfit. The Flashy Outfit has a foldable LED ring light supporting up to 16 million colors to match different selfie moods, while the Gaming Outfit is a... Read more ›
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Huawei Mate X6 is now official with a body under 5 mm thick when unfoled. It is a massive upgrade over its year-old predecessor with slightly bigger displays, a new set of cameras and the in-house HarmonyOS Next straight out of the box. As Huawei tradition goes lately chipset is not mentioned. We expect a Kirin 9100 – a 6nm platform that is still nowhere near modern flagships. Inside the... Read more ›
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Huawei unveiled its four-strong Mate 70 series at a big event in Beijing, and we’ll be covering the vanilla Mate 70 and Mate 70 Pro in this article. Starting with the Mate 70 – it’s the smallest phone out of the bunch, with small being a relative term here and the only one in the series that gets a flat frame. It’s the thinnest of the bunch at 7.8mm. Mate... Read more ›
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Huawei's Mate 70 series' top tier is here - meet the Mate 70 Pro+ and Mate 70 RS. Both are more than just a flashier version of the Mate 70 Pro - they feature larger batteries, more premium materials, and more RAM. The Mate 70 Pro+ may be better than the Pro, but it's not as good as the RS in its own right, so let's break it down. The... Read more ›
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Xiaomi published the official schedule for the HyperOS 2 rollout two weeks ago, and it included over a dozen models that were up for an update as early as this month. The company kept its promise and started pushing HyperOS 2 to Xiaomi 14. The package is 6.3 GB in size and has version number OS2.0.4.0.VNCMIXM. It should be available to all international users of the vanilla flagship. HyperOS 2.0... Read more ›
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You may have expected the iPhone 17 Air to be the most talked about in the family come September, with its record thinness, but that may not be the case. It now seems like Apple is also preparing a significant revamp of the Pro models. Thus, the iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max will return to using aluminum frames, giving up on the titanium experiment after just two generations. The... Read more ›
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The Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra's dummy units recently surfaced online, and now we are looking at a hands-on video of the smartphone posted on Reddit. The 10-second clip was posted on Reddit with the caption "S24 Ultra definitely," but tipster Ice Universe confirmed it is the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra. The Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra has a flat design with slightly rounded corners. It has the power button and volume... Read more ›
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Instagram is adding some new features today, including support for sharing your live location over DM "in select countries" (that aren't named). This works for up to one hour at a time. You can also pin a spot on the map, for example to coordinate arrival to a specific place. Live location can only be shared privately in DMs, either in a 1:1 or group chat. It is of course... Read more ›
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Samsung launched the Galaxy A16 5G last month, and now it's getting ready to unveil a very, very close sibling: the Galaxy M16. This has been spotted in the Geekbench database powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 6300 SoC, just like the A16 is. The M16 prototype that was tested had 8GB of RAM and ran Android 14. The A16 also launched with Android 14 on board, and with a promise... Read more ›
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