Tecno announced a new imaging technology called Universal Tone. Leveraging AI, it promises to enhance skin tones in photos so people from all colors are correctly captured. The essence of Tecno Universal Tone is recognizing multiple faces in one photo, along with their facial complexities, and then applying appropriate filters that encompass a vast range of skin tones in order to eliminate bias within the image processing. The technology combines... Read more ›
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The iQOO 12 series will arrive on November 7, and today the vivo brand revealed the duo will feature new design, a periscope camera for combined 100x zoom, and a new iQOO Q1 gaming chip. A couple of hands-on images also surfaced. We know a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset will power the Pro member of the duo, but it's unclear if the vanilla will share the chispet. The BMW... Read more ›
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The latest wireless earbuds from vivo are here with the TWS Air2 and they bring improved battery life, Bluetooth 5.3 connectivity and a few extra features compared to their predecessors. The earbuds are still feature a semi-in ear design which does not come with silicone tips. They offer 14.2mm drivers, 3D spatial audio and DeepX 3.0 stereo sound. The buds support the AAC, SBC and LC3 audio codecs and feature... Read more ›
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Tecno has a new entry-level phone in its Pop series with the Tecno Pop 8. The device comes as a successor to the Pop 7 and offers a 90Hz display, better cameras as well as more RAM and storage than its predecessor. Pop 8 is equipped with a 6.6-inch LCD of 720p resolution and 90Hz refresh rate. There’s an 8MP front facing cam housed inside a punch hole cutout and... Read more ›
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Samsung just managed to squeeze the One UI 6 update in October with two days to spare. The firmware carrying Android 14 and the October 1 security patch is now seeding globally to the Galaxy S23 Ultra, Galaxy S23, and Galaxy S23+. The update is around 3 GB and brings a bevy of improvements and new features. There's a new design with a new default font, new icons, simpler icon... Read more ›
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The Huawei nova 11 SE was revealed in promo materials last Monday, and today, we finally learned when the phone will launch. It will arrive tomorrow, October 31, with an LTE-only chipset as a listing on Geekbench confirms. Huawei nova 11 SE poster • Geekbench listing The nova 11 SE with model number BON-AL00 was benchmarked with Android 12 and 8 GB RAM. The SoC wasn't explicitly named, but we... Read more ›
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Samsung has rich history in the flip phone market and it is now paying homage to one of its more influential models from two decades ago – the Samsung E700 - with a limited edition Galaxy Z Flip5 Retro. 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... Read more ›
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This week Xiaomi launched its new 14 series and even though they'll remain exclusive to China initially the interest they sparked is enormous. The 14 Pro comfortably topped our trending chart, opening a comfortable gap to second-placed Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra. The Galaxy A54 rounded up the podium, much like it did last week. The Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max retained fourth, while behind it the Galaxy S23 FE and... Read more ›
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Huawei first announced the Freebuds Pro 3 alongside the Watch GT 4. We now have the TWS earbuds with us, and we are ready to put them through our lengthy tests, but first, let's see what's inside the box. These Freebuds Pro 3 are Green in name, although the color is very pale. The earbuds are glossy while the case is matte, and both are leaning towards the gray color.... Read more ›
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Qualcomm unveiled the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset this week and phone makers queued up to declare their next flagship will have it - iQOO and Honor were among them. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 is all about AI - the AI Engine supports multi-modal generative AI models and popular large language models for speech recognition - the chip can run up to 20 tokens per second for instant AI... Read more ›
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The Meta Quest 3 is a VR headset, but its guts are closer to a phone than any other gadget. Having reviewed the Quest 2 and spent countless hours with just about every other VR headset out there I was curious to see how latest Meta device performs. My love for all things VR dates back to the original HMD (Vive DK1), followed by various experiments with Samsung's Gear VR,... Read more ›
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Fairphone is promising 8 years (possibly up to 10) of support for its new Fairphone 5. Google brought Android longevity into the mainstream with the new Pixel 8 series, which will be supported for 7 years, this includes both software updates and availability for spare parts. But this raises the question – is anyone actually using their phone for that long? While it’s tough to predict whether there will be... Read more ›
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The Meta Quest 3 is a VR headset, but its guts are closer to a phone than any other gadget. Having reviewed the Quest 2 and spent countless hours with just about every other VR headset out there I was curious to see how latest Metaa device performs. My love for all things VR dates back to the original HMD (Vive DK1), followed by various experiments with Samsung's Gear VR,... Read more ›
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Economies of scale mean that once a product becomes popular, it costs less too. But that causes a Catch-22 – it’s difficult for an expensive product to become popular. Right now that is the problem facing foldables, especially the horizontal variety. Last week’s poll shows that the OnePlus Open is a very promising phone. It might even be the best in class that the markets outside of China have seen.... Read more ›
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The Oppo A79 that leaked a few days ago is now official. It's powered by the Dimensity 6020 SoC and runs Android 13-based ColorOS 13.1 out of the box. The smartphone has 8GB LPDDR4X RAM and 128GB of UFS 2.2 storage onboard, with the option to expand the storage by up to 1TB via a microSD card. The Oppo A79 is built around a 6.72" 90Hz FullHD+ LCD with Panda... Read more ›
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Google introduced the Ultra HDR feature with Android 14, which allows users to capture and view HDR photos on their Android devices in HDR format instead of SDR. Some Chinese flagships already have a similar feature, but Samsung didn't implement it with One UI 6. However, rumor claims Samsung will implement an Ultra HDR-like feature on its smartphones next year. Word comes from reliable tipster Ice Universe, who said the... Read more ›
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Apple's been assembling iPhones in India for over half a decade now, with the first "Made in India" iPhone being the iPhone SE produced by Foxconn in 2017. Apple has two more partners in India for making iPhones - Pegatron and Wistron. However, with Wistron set to exit the iPhone business in India, its 100% stake will be purchased by Tata Electronics Private Limited (TEPL), making it the first Indian... Read more ›
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Samsung Week is nearly over - the sales event ends on Sunday, but there is still time to pick up a new phone, tablet, watch or another Samsung device, including laptops, SSDs and monitors. Obviously, we’ll look at the phone deals first. These cover Samsung’s high end with two S23 modes and two Z foldables, but there’s a deal on Samsung’s popular mid-ranger too, the Galaxy A54. Samsung Galaxy S23... Read more ›
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A couple of days ago we brought you news that the iQOO 12 family is launching in China on November 7, and today it seems like the company was in a teasing mood. That's because an iQOO product manager just outed a few images depicting the upcoming BMW M Motorsport edition of the iQOO 12 Pro over on Weibo. Take a look for yourself below. The previously leaked design is... Read more ›
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X - the artist formerly known as Twitter - has today announced two new subscription tiers for its service. These join the already available $8/month Premium subscription, which now becomes the middle option. The cheapest X subscription is now Basic, at $3/month. This gives you the ability to edit posts, create longer posts (and longer videos), undo posting, it gives you access to Reader for consuming longer posts without distractions,... Read more ›
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