The iQOO 12 unveiled earlier this month in China is set to debut in India on December 12 as the country's first Snapdragon 8 Gen 3-powered smartphone. Beyond impressive performane the iQOO 12 also sports a triple camera system on its rear comprising 50 MP primary, 50 MP ultrawide, and 64 MP periscope telephoto units. The 50 MP primary and 64 MP periscope units have OIS, with the latter being... Read more ›
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WhatsApp rolled out the Chat Lock feature in May to let users lock their chats with their device password or biometric, like a fingerprint. These locked chats are hidden behind a "Locked chats" folder that appears in the chat list. Hence, WhatsApp has announced a new feature called Secret Code for Chat Lock to provide an additional layer of security and privacy to these locked chats. With the Secret Code... Read more ›
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Microsoft has released an updated version of the Xbox app for PC, which comes with several changes and quality of life improvements. One of the new additions is Compact mode, which has been designed with the new wave of handheld gaming PCs in mind. The Compact mode enables a collapsible side menu, which lets you minimize it so only the icons are visible. This frees up some much needed space... Read more ›
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RCS is officially big. 1 billion monthly active users big, in fact. Google announced the milestone today, and to celebrate it's giving the Messages app 7 new features. These will apparently "help your personality shine through". They won't make RCS bubbles blue on iOS, however. RCS, in case you've been living under a rock, is a new standard that's supposed to replace the antiquated SMS and MMS, Google says, although... Read more ›
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As is tradition around this time of the year, Apple announced its App Store Award winners for 2023. There are nine categories ranging from iPhone and iPad apps and games of the year alongside winners for Mac, Apple Watch, Apple TV and Apple Arcade apps. Apple also crowned generative AI as its Trend of the Year. It’s inspiring to see the ways developers continue to build incredible apps and games... Read more ›
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Leakster Ice Universe has some good news – the Samsung Galaxy S24+ will finally have an option with 12GB of RAM (the S23+ options begin and end at 8GB). However, The Cat has some bad news too – the vanilla Galaxy S24 is sticking to the 8GB, which has been the base capacity since the S20. As you may have heard, the Galaxy S24 Ultra will only use Snapdragon 8... Read more ›
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Huawei will launch the nova 12 Ultra with 100W charging, just published certification documents reveal. The device with model number ADA-AL00U appeared on 3C, and it will be compatible with the HW-200500C00 adapter, supporting up to 20V/5A rates. The listing does not reveal much more about this new phone. Even the nova 12 Ultra moniker is not officially confirmed, it was revealed by leaksters instead. A report from earlier this... Read more ›
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The Realme GT5 was unveiled in August and has been on sale for a few of months. A week from now it will be joined by the Pro model of generation and Realme is leaning into teasers to drum up hype for the new flagship. First, let’s look at the teaser video for the Realme GT5 Pro. There isn’t much family resemblance – the wide, rectangular camera island of the... Read more ›
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Meizu successfully launched its latest Android flagship smartphone with the Meizu 21 at a dedicated launch event held in China today. The device comes as a successor to last year’s Meizu 20 offering the latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset, a 200 MP main cam, and 80W fast charging. Meizu 21 Meizu 21 features a 6.55-inch AMOLED display with FHD+ resolution and a 120Hz refresh rate. The panel boasts symmetrical... Read more ›
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The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip6 and Galaxy Z Fold6, which are more than six months away from their launch, will pack displays bigger than their predecessors. This information comes from DSCC CEO Ross Young, who said the Fold6 and Flip6 will have bigger cover and folding displays. Young claims the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip6 will sport a 3.9" cover display, making it 0.5" bigger than the Flip5's cover screen. Young... Read more ›
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The latest teaser for the OnePlus 12 is here and in the form of an AnTuTu benchmark score. Armed with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 alongside 24GB RAM and 1TB storage, the upcoming OnePlus flagship delivered an overall score of 2,333,033 points - the highest AnTuTu score to date. OnePlus 12 AnTuTu scorecard Breaking down the score by category, OP 12 scored 533,566 points on the CPU test, 904,961 points... Read more ›
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Say hello to the vivo Y100i – a new smartphone with a 5G chipset, ample storage and a 5,000 mAh battery that was just introduced in China. It is already up for pre-order, with the first sales scheduled for Saturday, December 2. The device costs CNY1,599, which is equivalent to $225 or €205 and is a more affordable alternative to the vivo Y100 with a downgrade in the screen department.... Read more ›
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The vivo S18 is arriving “next Monday”, December 4, according to the VP of Products at the company. The new series will come with vivo's own AI named BlueLM – blue, because of the logo's color, and LM most likely standing for “language model”. The executive also revealed the phone's design – it will feature three cameras on the back with a square Aura Light, the largest for a vivo... Read more ›
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Co-engineered with Leica – that’s the highlight slogan of the Xiaomi 13T series, as the smartphones share identical cameras. The Xiaomi 13T and 13T Pro are also of similar size and with identical design, plus – they share identical displays and batteries. There are, of course, a couple of differences that give the Xiaomi 13T Pro its premium factor and price tag – the flagship-grade chipset, the faster charging, the... Read more ›
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The OnePlus 10 Pro launched in January 2022 with Android 12 picked up the Android 13 update last September and is now receiving the stable Android 14 update with OxygenOS 14 on top. The update comes with firmware version NE2211_14.0.0.202(EX01) and requires a download of about 790MB. However, note that only users in the Open Beta program in India are receiving the update, and the rollout should expand to other... Read more ›
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The iQOO 12 has already been introduced for the Chinese market, and it's scheduled to make its debut in India on December 12. 12 on 12, as it were - nice one, iQOO. Today the price for the upcoming device in India has been leaked by two usually reliable sources. They both seem to corroborate each other, saying that the iQOO 12 will start at around or under INR 55,000.... Read more ›
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The Redmi K70 Pro was just unveiled for the Chinese market a few hours ago, and already a local channel has performed a teardown of the device, showing all of its innards in all their glory. This is undoubtedly the highest-end Redmi smartphone ever made, and it features what is currently the top chipset from Qualcomm, which is a first for the brand, definitely befitting its ten-year anniversary. Did we... Read more ›
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According to industry sources close to a Chinese media outlet, Samsung has notified its hardware partners about CIS (Camera Image Sensors) component price increases. Starting next year, the Korean tech giant is bumping up the prices of some components by 25% and others by up to 30%. Samsung is one of the world's biggest CMOS sensor manufacturers and for the first time in two years, the Korean firm is seeing... Read more ›
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Apple has been on a long and difficult path to develop its own in-house 5G modem and it seems that battle is not headed in the right direction. According to a new post on South Korean platform, Naver, supply chain sources close to Apple are saying that Cupertino is in the process of restructuring investments in its modem development department as the company is preparing to scrap the project altogether.... Read more ›
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