The smartphone market has been in decline for some time now, and China is no exception. Canalys revealed the biggest smartphone market saw 5% fewer shipments (66.7 million) in Q3 2023, compared with the same three-month period last year (69.8 million). However things are finally start to look up as the shipments are higher than they were in Q2. Honor managed to climb to the top of the market in... Read more ›
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Qualcomm shared the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 3's benchmark results at its Snapdragon Tech Summit 2023, revealing the chip's performance in AnTuTu 10, Geekbench 6, PC Mark, GFXBench, 3DMark, AI Mark, MLPerf, JetStream 2.1, and Speedometer 2.1. The new SoC scored 2.13 million in AnTuTu 10, which is around 30% better than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, and around 2300 (single-core) and 7500 (multi-core) on Geekbench 6. The Snapdragon 8... Read more ›
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HMD launched the Nokia 105 (2023) in India a few months ago with support for India's Unified Payments Interface (UPI) system for instant payments. It came with 123PAY to enable UPI payments without internet access. Today, the brand introduced the Nokia 105 Classic in India, which, too, allows UPI payments as it comes with an in-built UPI application. HDM says the Nokia 105 Classic has "undergone rigorous durability testing to... Read more ›
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The latest report by Mark Gurman of Bloomberg details Apple's roadmap for the AirPods series. According to him Apple will release two new AirPods models in 2024 that will sit below the current AirPods 2 with USB-C. Both models will be called the 4th generation AirPods and they'll reportedly have an open-fit design like the one on the AirPods 3 but with shorter stems. The more expensive model will have... Read more ›
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Last month Infinix launched its Zero 30 5G and today the company announced another Zero 30 member in Indonesia with several key differences. Infinix Zero 30 4G brings a Helio G99 chipset at the helm and offers slower 45W charging speeds compared to the Zero 30 5G’s 68W charging. The new model is also IP54 dust and splash-resistant compared to the IP53 rating on the 5G version. Infinix Zero 30... Read more ›
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The next flagship by Realme is going to be called GT5 Pro, and it will come with a trio of mighty cameras on the back and a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset. A big unknown was whether the phone would resemble the GT5, and now we have the answer. Thanks to a listing on TENAA, we can confirm the Realme GT5 Pro will actually be more similar to the Huawei... Read more ›
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The Lava Blaze 2 5G that's being teased on social media for the past few days will be unveiled on November 2. This revelation comes from Lava via X, where it announced the Blaze 2 5G will be launched in India next Thursday through an online event that will be streamed on YouTube starting at noon local time (6:30AM UTC). The promo page set up by the Indian handset maker... Read more ›
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A few hours ago we spotted the upcoming Tecno Spark 20 in the Google Play Console, and now it's time for Tecno's sister brand Infinix to get the spotlight, since its Smart 8 has also visited the Google Play Console. The listing has revealed some of its specs, along with a very low quality image showing its front. Infinix Smart 8 in the Google Play Console The Infinix Smart 8... Read more ›
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Today Apple has released iOS 17.1, iPadOS 17.1, and watchOS 10.1 to all supported devices. The downloads should already be available to all who manually search for them, in usual Apple fashion (see that, Google?). iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1 come one day later than previously rumored, and bring with them support for continuing a large AirDrop file transfer over the internet when you are out of AirDrop range. The... Read more ›
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Honor used the ongoing Snapdragon Summit 2023 to announce that the upcoming Magic6 series will be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. The Magic6 will leverage the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3's built-in generative AI language models to power a new personal assistant called YOYO. The large language model will be able to use up to 7 billion parameters and being on-device, will not need to send any personal data... Read more ›
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An upcoming Tecno Spark series device appeared in a Google Play Console listing revealing an early look and some key specs for the budget device. Spark 20 (KJ5) features a MediaTek Helio G85 chipset alongside 4GB RAM and boots Android 13. The listing also confirms a 720 x 1,612px resolution display with a centered punch hole. Tecno Spark 20 listing on Google Play Console Another Tecno Spark member also recently... Read more ›
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After Netflix's recent price hike for some of its plans, Apple followed suit with a price increase on most of its online services - Apple TV+, Apple Arcade and Apple News+. The bundle deals are also getting more expensive in the US and other regions. For News and Arcade this is first price hike since they launched in November 2019. Apple TV+, on the other hand already saw a 40%... Read more ›
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The Chinese smartphone company vivo launched a third smartphone with the name vivo T2. This has LTE-only and a Helio G99 chipset and is already available in Russia. The smartphone is actually identical to the vivo V27e, which is also sold in Russia, meaning the whole thing makes even less sense. The phone is also different from the vivo T2 sold in India or the vivo T2 sold in China,... Read more ›
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The next iteration in the vivo X-series is expected to debut soon and a new Weibo post from a reliable tipster which was also confirmed to us by an insider suggests all devices in the X100 series will bring the fastest available DRAM on the market. LPDDR5T which stands for Low Power Double Data Rate 5 Turbo offers up to 9.6 Gbps operating speeds which is 12.5% faster than LPDDR5X... Read more ›
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Google Photos has learned a neat little trick to better serve its users on Android and iOS. It will use AI to create a highlight video of anything you'd like, with background music in tow. The feature is rolling out to Android and iOS users right now though it may take a few days to reach your phone. When it does, you'll have a new "+" icon at the top... Read more ›
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Yesterday, a moderator of the Samsung Members community said that Samsung will not release any more One UI 6 beta updates, and a new beta will only be rolled out if there are issues to fix before the rollout on the stable channel. Turns out there were some bugs that had to be ironed out since Samsung has released the ninth One UI 6 beta for the Galaxy S23 series.... Read more ›
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Samsung introduced Galaxy SmartTag2 earlier this month and opened sales for the tracker in India today. A single unit costs INR2,799 (about $33/€31). The smart accessory is already available in White or Black on the Samsung Online Store, Amazon.in and Samsung Exclusive Stores. Samsung does not offer any goodies like a case or bundles, but the INR2,799 price is for a limited time only; later, it is said to increase... Read more ›
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Lenovo hosted its annual Global Tech World event yesterday and one of the standouts from the keynote was a flexible pOLED display concept phone. The device can bend around your wrist or stand on its own as a tripod and Lenovo believes it’s the key to a hands-free experience. Motorola adaptive display concept Motorola did not share detailed specs for this device but we know it features a 6.9-inch diagonal... Read more ›
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The next Realme flagship will be called GT5 Pro, and a rumor from this summer suggested an OmniVision OV64B sensor for the 3x telephoto camera. Now leakster Digital Chat Station revised the information, suggesting we will actually see three Sony sensors. The user also said the screen will have 1.5K resolution, which is a marketing term Chinese company erroneously use for 1220p panels. Realme GT5 If the new info is... Read more ›
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The latest disassembly video to hit YouTube is of the Motorola Razr 40 (also known as the razr 2023 over in the US). The video comes courtesy of teardown specialist PKBreviews and it's a step-by-step guide of how to open the Razr 40 and take out the different components. It's a useful resource if you ever need to replace the battery or a cracked cover screen. Keep in mind that... Read more ›
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