There was a series of high-profile announcements this week and even though it's going to be months before some of the phones go global everyone was paying attention. The Xiaomi 15 Pro ended up as the most popular phone in our database in week 44, just edging another Snapdragon 8 Elite newcomer - the Oneplus 13. Last week's champion, the Samsung Galaxy A55, had to settle for third, while the... Read more ›
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If you are eyeing the Galaxy S24 FE, you may be wondering what makes it different from the Galaxy S24 proper and which one is the better phone to get. While these two are very different devices size-wise, we can see how somebody might look into both for the cheapest entry into the Galaxy S24 family. Of course, there are other considerations besides price to go over since, if that... Read more ›
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This was a week of Mac releases, kicking off with a new iMac on Monday. It has a 24” display and is powered by the M4 chip. Note that there are two chips, both called “M4” – one with 8 CPU cores and 8 GPU cores and one with 10 CPU cores and 10 GPU cores. The 24” display is the same 4.5K panel as the previous model, but now... Read more ›
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Last week Qualcomm unveiled the Snapdragon 8 Elite and this week we got the first phones with the flagship SoC. Xiaomi, OnePlus, and Honor all unveiled phones. The OnePlus 13 has a triple 50MP Hasselblad-branded camera system and a massive 6,000mAh battery. The phone is out in China, starting at CNY 4,499 ($632) for the 12/256GB model. The Xiaomi 15 Pro has an even larger 6,100mAh battery and a 50MP... Read more ›
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After Qualcomm unveiled the Snapdragon 8 Elite, multiple companies lined up to launch flagships based on the new chipset. Xiaomi did so or rather it unveiled two-thirds of its new flagship series – the vanilla and Pro models, while the expected Ultra model should arrive a few months later. The common features between the two Xiaomi models include the new chipset, of course, and the much larger battery capacity compared... Read more ›
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During Prime Day a few weeks ago, the Pixel 9 was going for €900 for a 12/256GB unit. If you missed that deal, now you have a second chance – you can get it at just that price and this time you don’t even need a Prime subscription. Google Pixel 9 €100 off Read our review 12/256GB - €900 at Amazon DE The Google Pixel 9 Pro XL is also... Read more ›
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Last week’s poll shows that the Oppo Find X8 series has strong potential but also several hurdles to overcome in its fight with other recent flagships. Let’s start with the more popular model. That is the Oppo Find X8 Pro, of course. Unless reviews uncover issues with this phone, it’s looking like a strong contender with half of voters expressing interest. There would be more, but the phone is a... Read more ›
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Xiaomi's Redmi K80 series is apparently inching towards a release, as it has now passed through the CQC certification authority. The documentation doesn't reveal much, but it does hint that, at least for now, there will be three devices in the lineup: the K80, K80 Pro and K80E. The Redmi K80 and K80 Pro, model numbers 24127RK2CC and 24122RKC7C, respectively, will both support 120W charging, while the Redmi K80E, model... Read more ›
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Most wireless earbuds have one crucial flaw—they have a tough time staying in your ears. That’s especially annoying if you’re working out, running, or simply walking about. Enter the Nothing Ear (open), which adds clever hooks that go around your ear to secure the buds in place. As their name suggests, these are Nothing’s first open-fit earbuds. They omit the in-ear silicone tips and instead place their 14.2mm drivers next... Read more ›
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According to the International Data Corporation (IDC), Q3 2024 saw a total of 39.6 million tablets shipped worldwide, which represents a YoY growth of 20.4%. Apple maintains the top spot within the segment with a sizeable lead in front of the competition but just a modest 1.4% YoY growth. Still, 12.6 million units is nothing to scoff at. The second spot for number of units sold goes to Samsung, with... Read more ›
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Apple has launched a new service program specifically for iPhone 14 Plus units sold between April 10th, 2023 and April 28th, 2024. Reportedly, it affects “a very small percentage” of devices, which is good to hear. The issue is pretty apparent – the phone does not show a rear camera preview. Just to reiterate, only iPhone 14 Plus units are reportedly affected, not the iPhone 14, 14 Pro or 14... Read more ›
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Last week, the Samsung Galaxy S24 FE was £585 for an 8/128GB model and £640 for an 8/256GB one. It did come with a free Galaxy Watch FE, which was nice, but wouldn’t you rather just have a lower price? If you would, then have another look at Amazon’s offer – the prices for the 8/128GB and 8/256GB models have fallen to £550 and £600, respectively. No free watch this... Read more ›
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There are a lot of interesting potential developments involving the future Google Tensor chips. A recent massive leak regarding the Tensor G5 and G6 clams that TSMC will be taking over production of the chips from Samsung. The G5 in particular, will be codenamed “laguna”, be manufactured on TSMC’s 3nm-class N3E process and use a 1x Arm Cortex-X4 prime core, 5x Cortex-A725 performance cores and 2x Arm Cortex-A520 efficiency units,... Read more ›
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Oppo has unveiled the Find X8 and Find X8 Pro earlier this month, and the Find X8 Ultra is expected to join them in a few months' time. But now it turns out there could actually be a fourth member of the family coming alongside the Ultra. This is speculated to be a Find X8 Mini by Chinese Weibo user Digital Chat Station. If this is true, then Oppo will... Read more ›
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On the first day of each month, AnTuTu publishes two charts for the previous month, one for flagship smartphones, the other for upper-midrange devices. Today we have the charts for October, with a bonus one at the end. The flagship smartphone chart shows the first entrants using the latest top of the line chipsets from both Qualcomm and MediaTek, and the former is clearly winning. The OnePlus 13 took the... Read more ›
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Even though the news isn't official, a renowned tipster on X revealed that Samsung will further delay the release of One UI 7 Beta. The stable release of the software is vaguely scheduled for early next year, probably coming alongside the Galaxy S25 series. The good news is that the Beta delay won't be long - just two weeks. This means that there's a very good chance Samsung will push... Read more ›
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Whoever comes in the Apple ecosystem, stays in the Apple ecosystem, right? If so, you are maybe looking to upgrade your older iPhone but seeing those lucrative iPhone 15 Pro Max price tags makes you wonder whether the extra few hundred bucks for the newer iPhone 16 Pro Max are justifiable. Table of Contents: Design Display Battery Life Charging Speaker Test Performance Cameras Verdict For starters, you can compare the... Read more ›
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AMD unveiled the Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor, a successor to the 7800X3D. It promises to deliver 8% higher frame rates than the old chip on average, though some games will see a performance uplift of up to 26%. Like before, there are 96MB of L3 cache in total – 32MB on the CCD itself, plus 64MB on an additional die. Interestingly, this time the 3D V-Cache is placed below the... Read more ›
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Apple announced its Emergency SOS via satellite feature with the iPhone 14 series back in 2022 using US-based satellite services provider GlobalStar’s infrastructure. In a new development, Apple has commented $1.1 billion in a new deal with GlobalStar to expand the latter's satellite infrastructure capacity. In addition, Apple now owns 20% of GlobalStar via an equity deal worth $400 million. These investments are expected to help significantly boost GlobalStar’s capacity... Read more ›
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