Sony just started seeding the Android 14 update to the Xperia 1 V. The firmware brings the improved Bokeh mode from the Xperia 5 V, as well as the new Video Creator app. Sony announced the Video Creator app as part of Android 14, though it did previously release it for Xperia 1 V users as a downloadable app. The Bokeh mode is Sony's Portrait mode and was much more... Read more ›
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With the introduction of the Mate 60 series Huawei resumed the manufacture of 5G-capable HiSilicon Kirin chipsets for use in its smartphones. Now it seems that the company plans to swap another chip with an in-house design, the image sensor. Huawei has long been using Sony sensors in its phones, a peculiar design with two yellow sub-pixels instead of two greens. However, leakster Fixed Focus Digital reports that Sony and... Read more ›
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Less than 24 hours before the iQOO 12 launch in China, we’re bringing you a sneak peek at the design process that went into the upcoming flagship. Speed, functionality and elegance are the three cornerstones of the iQOO 12 design with each contour and detail on the phone being meticulously crafted to the company’s high standards. The signature design detail on the iQOO 12 is its camera island inspired by... Read more ›
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The vivo X100 series is launching next week and we’ve already seen several specs and design teasers so far and vivo’s official Weibo page shared some more hands-on images of the X100 Pro alongside a teaser video. vivo X100 Pro The X100 Pro is shown in its blue and orange colors with the former featuring a frosted glass back with white elements inspired by star trails while the latter gets... Read more ›
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Xiaomi 14 Pro was once again on top of our trending chart in week 44. Once again the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra and Galaxy A54 completed the podium, but some way back from the leader. The Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max retained fourth, as the Redmi Note 12 rose to fifth position. The vanilla Xiaomi 14 also gained a spot to place sixth. We then have the Galaxy S23 FE,... Read more ›
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Introduction If you've been following the AR space, you've probably come across the Nreal brand. The company has been one of the most successful in actually commercializing AR glasses, reaching 100,000 sales in 2022. The company's Air glasses are thus a rather popular product in the growing space. Following a trademark dispute with Epic Games, Nreal rebranded to XREAL and has since been expanding its portfolio, putting out the Beam... Read more ›
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Samsung's announcement of the Galaxy Z Flip5 Reto - an ode to the Samsung E700 from 2003 - was the most popular story of this week. Flip5 Retro features the same iconic indigo blue and silver colors as the E700 and comes with some nostalgic pixel graphics UI tweaks and cityscape animation on its Flex Window cover screen. The phone is available in limited quantities in South Korea from November... Read more ›
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This is the Poco C65, the successor to the Poco C55. The new phone comes with higher refresh rate for the display, better cameras, and faster charging. Upfront, the Poco C65 has a 6.74-inch 1600x720px IPS LCD with a 90Hz refresh rate and a peak brightness of 600 nits. It's a standard 8-bit panel but it's TUV-certified for low blue light emissions, and offers DC dimming. There's an 8MP camera... Read more ›
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Just a couple of days after Qualcomm lifted the veil off the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, Xiaomi announced the Xiaomi 14-series – the first phones to use the new flagship chipset. They will launch with HyperOS, the company’s next-generation software that will replace MIUI going forward. That means several major “firsts” happened on Wednesday this week when the two phones launched in the Chinese market (the first flash sale... Read more ›
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Based on last week’s poll, half of the voters are currently using phones that are a year or two old. But that’s not the average age of a phone and that average may be growing – going forward, half of users will have a phone that’s 3 years or younger. Let’s start with the first question we asked – how old is your current phone? The top answer was “1-year-old”,... Read more ›
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The Nokia N95 was a high point for Symbian, but as we noted in our previous Flashback article, its success was never replicated. It was also the end for this form factor – the Swiss army knife slider phone. The original N95 came in early 2007, followed a few months later by the much-improved N95 8GB. Our destination for today’s story is the N86 8MP, but we have to take... Read more ›
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The vivo X100 series is about to debut later this month and numerous leaks of the design showed us what to expect at launch day, but we've never seen a vivo X100 out in the wild until now. Well, a Weibo user shared a live image of what appears to be an X100 from the back. The device shows up in a light blue color, which we've already seen in... Read more ›
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A report obtained by TheElec confirms the previously rumored titanium frame on the Galaxy S24 Ultra. Samsung is at the final stage of securing its titanium orders. The Korean tech giant is working with Chinese suppliers as well as one homegrown manufacturer. Apparently, Samsung started researching titanium about two years ago, but the decision to implement it came only recently, perhaps due to pressure from Apple with the iPhone 15... Read more ›
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According to previous rumors, the OnePlus 12 is just around the corner as the company is gearing up to launch the handset earlier than expected. In fact, we could see the handset appear by the end of this month in China and the latest 3C certification can attest to that. The handset popped up on the Chinese 3C website with a 100W-capable wired charger, confirming the initial rumors that there... Read more ›
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Samsung announced its new 50MP ISOCELL GNK sensor boasting improved video recording capabilities and wider dynamic range for stills. The sensor is a direct successor to the 50MP ISOCELL GN1 that other OEMs and Samsung itself widely use. Spec-wise, the GNK is identical to the GN1. The 50MP imager is 1/1.3" in size and offers 1.2µm pixels. But to improve the sensor's performance, the company used other smarts. For instance,... Read more ›
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Some users using the beta branch of WhatsApp are prompted to verify their accounts using their personal emails. It looks like a limited rollout of the feature, though, as only a handful of beta users report the novelty. Screenshot from the email verification prompt There were early reports regarding email verification, suggesting that the WhatsApp team has been working on an email verification system since August. The new verification method... Read more ›
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We've already heard a few times that Samsung's upcoming Galaxy S24 Ultra would have a titanium frame, thus following the lead of the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max. And today yet another rumor, this time one originating in Samsung's home country of South Korea, confirms this fact. According to unnamed sources, the S24 Ultra will be the first Samsung smartphone to have a titanium outer frame. Depending... Read more ›
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vivo's next flagship series is the X100, which may comprise of at least two - and up to three - models. The first one (or two) of them will be made official at an event on November 13, and ahead of that we've recently shared the X100's AnTuTu run. Now it's time for the phone to compete in Geekbench too. And it has. An X100 with the model number V2309A... Read more ›
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The Pixel 8 Pro may be Google's showcase of what an Android smartphone should be, but there's a competing school of Android excellence headlined by the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra. The Galaxy isn't exactly fresh - it's been around for close to a year now - but for the next couple of months, until its replacement shows up, it will remain the most talented alternative to the Pixel this side... Read more ›
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Samsung introduced the Tab Active4 Pro over a year ago, and its successor might arrive in a few months. An FCC listing of the new tablet has surfaced revealing some details about it, although it didn't confirm the actual name. The battery of the new device will once again be user-replaceable, but the image is not clear enough to make out any details about the cell with model number EB-BX306GBY.... Read more ›
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