Last week, Chinese EV maker NIO launched its first smartphone called NIO Phone, which is receiving its first software update. Some users received the update weighing 128MB in size, while some required a download of 558MB, with the latter bringing Intelligent Vehicle Control and NIO Link Relay to the smartphone. The Intelligent Vehicle Control brings fingerprint verification support and onboard temperature syncing when getting in a NIO car, while NIO... Read more ›
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Arguably one of the most anticipated game titles this year is Counter-Strike 2. Valve, the studio behind the famous competitive shooter, announced the update to the existing Counter-Strike: Global Offensive in March this year, but limited the beta testing to select high-ranking players, streamers and content creators. Counter-Strike 2 doesn't feel like an upgrade, but like a totally different game. While most of the mechanics for which we love Counter-Strike... Read more ›
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Samsung is gearing up to launch its midrange Galaxy Tab A9 on October 5 in India and we already saw the device on the Google Play Console listing last week. We now have a new listing detailing the Galaxy Tab A9+ which may launch alongside the regular Tab A9. Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ on Google Play Console Tab A9+ brings a 1200 x 1920px resolution display alongside a Snapdragon 695... Read more ›
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The near future of the smartphone chipset market is looking bleak, according to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. According to their latest report, Apple is lowering demand for 3nm chips; Qualcomm is also scaling back production, pushing Dutch ASML to cut EUV equipment shipment for 2024 by about 20-30%. Kuo revealed the current market consensus was the semiconductor business would bottom out in the second half of this year, but the slump... Read more ›
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The latest in a long series of Galaxy S23 FE leaks features two promo videos, teasing the epic display and epic camera of the phone. The videos are part of a Samsung campaign to hype up the phone, titled the New Epic, it says the phone is launching soon. Snapshots from the promos The Galaxy S23 FE will have a 6.4-inch 120Hz-capable AMOLED, a triple camera with a 3x zoom,... Read more ›
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Following its preview in June, Meta Quest 3 is now official and we have all the details on Meta’s latest mixed reality (MR) headset. Quest 3 is slimmer than its predecessor and features updated 2208 x 2064 px displays with a 90Hz refresh rate and a 120hz experimental mode. You get a 110° horizontal and 96° vertical field of view. The headset is equipped with Pancake lens design offering a... Read more ›
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Lenovo launched at least five Tab M10 tablets over the past three years with no clear logic in their naming. The company finally decided to move on, and it is working on a Tab M11 slate. According to leaked renders and specs, the pioneer will be an entry level tablet. The leak stated the screen will be 11” while the battery capacity will be 7,040 mAh, enabling 10 hours of... Read more ›
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The Motorola Edge 40 Neo launched in India last Thursday will go on sale in the country today starting at 7PM local time through Motorola's official Indian website, Flipkart, and leading retail stores. The Edge 40 Neo comes in PANTONE Black Beauty, PANTONE Soothing Sea, and PANTONE Caneel Bay colors with two memory options - 8GB/128GB and 12GB/256GB, priced at INR23,999 ($290/€275) and INR25,999 ($310/€300), respectively. However, as a part... Read more ›
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The Redmi 12C was first made official in China last December, and then it made its way to India in March. Now, the first renders for the upcoming Redmi 13C have been leaked, and this will unsurprisingly be the succesor to the Redmi 12C. Redmi 13C leaked renders According to these renders, the Redmi 13C features a 50 MP main camera (with two additional cameras on the rear as well),... Read more ›
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When it's not overheating, the iPhone 15 Pro Max fails bend tests - like the one performed last week by Zack from YouTube channel JerryRigEverything. It's quite a sight to behold how the back glass shatters when the phone is bent, and keep in mind that this is the first iPhone to ever fail such a test. Let's reminisce: Today it's time to see if the vanilla iPhone 15, which... Read more ›
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It's time to unbox the new Apple iPhone 15 Pro (we already did the Max). Just like the bigger phone, the Pro ships with a single item - a USB-C cable. As far as those go, this one is a quality, braided unit. Before we come back to the inevitable comparisons with the Pro Max, let's take a good appreciative glance at the new iPhone 15 Pro. Perhaps it's the... Read more ›
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As we near the Google Pixel 8 launch on October 4, we are getting another bit of leaked info concerning the bundled accessories offered with pre-orders. The Pixel 8 will be bundled with the Pixel Buds Pro while the 8 Pro will be offered alongside the upcoming Pixel Watch 2. As per tipster Roland Quandt, these bundles are presumably for the US and it remains to be seen if they... Read more ›
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A brand new Oppo A-series phone made its debut in the United Arab Emirates bearing entry-level specs. The Oppo A18 is the latest entry from the brand and its bears nearly identical specs as the Oppo A38 which debuted earlier this month. Oppo A18 packs a 6.56-inch IPS LCD with HD+ resolution and a 90Hz refresh rate. There’s a waterdrop notch at the top for the 5MP front-facing cam while... Read more ›
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Sony launched the Xperia 5 V with a new app called Video Creator. It enabled the creation of short videos quickly and easily, but was available only on the latest flagship smartphone. Today, the app finally expanded its availability and is now available for download on Google Play for all users of Sony Xperia 1 V smartphone. Video Creator promises to let you “quickly and easily create short videos” for... Read more ›
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There's an ongoing debate about Apple's recently announced Vision Pro and its potential success. Some believe the initial interest is pretty underwhelming, although Apple says exactly the opposite. Popular market analyst Ming-Chi Kuo sides with the skeptics on the matter and has some numbers to back his claims. Kuo says hardware shortage is going to be Apple's biggest obstacle in the near future. Only a few key suppliers have made... Read more ›
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Honor introduced the V Purse concept in early September just to launch the actual smartphone two weeks later in China. The foldable has been on sale since yesterday, but it's already getting its first update. The new MagicOS 7.2.0.111 package is massive in size – 6.19 GB and brings safety improvements, as well as features that enrich the user experience with the screen. Screenshot of the software update log Some... Read more ›
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The Sony Xperia 5 V unveiled earlier this month recently went on sale in Europe, but there were questions about its availability in the US. Well, Sony has confirmed that the Xperia 5 V won't come to the US - at least not this year. In a statement to Android Police, Sony said it "will not [be] carrying the Xperia 5 V in the North American market this year. We... Read more ›
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Another Google app will soon be phased out – Google Podcasts will cease to exist in 2024 as Google looks to move podcasts to YouTube Music. Google Podcasts launched in 2018 on Android and later made its way to web and iOS in 2020. Google Podcasts is being phased out by YouTube Music Google is looking to create a centralized podcast destination on YouTube Music and the plan is already... Read more ›
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The European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union, introduced the Digital Markets Act (DMA) to ensure a higher degree of competition by preventing large companies from abusing their market power. One of the targeted companies is Apple, and according to Reuters, Commissioner of Internal Market Thierry Breton told Tim Cook he needs to open the ecosystem to competitors. Apple HQ in Europe, based in Cork, Republic of Ireland... Read more ›
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You can't have missed the reports that certain iPhone 15 Pro series phones have been found to overheat. People have been complaining about hot-running Pro models since they launched. Now, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has released a note, concluding that the A17 Pro chipset isn't to blame for the overheating but rather compromises Apple made in the design of the thermal system. The A17 Pro is built on TSMC's advanced new... Read more ›
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