The Google Pixel Watch launched last October came with the Exynos 9110 SoC at the helm. However, a few months ago, we heard the Pixel Watch 2 would ditch Exynos for the Snapdragon W5 Series chip. It was unclear whether that would be the W5 or W5+ Gen 1 SoC. But if Android Authority is believed, the second-gen Pixel Watch will be powered by the Snapdragon W5 Gen 1 platform.... Read more ›
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The Apple Watch Series 9, expected to go official next month, will be "basically unchanged" compared to its predecessor Watch Series 8, claimed Weibo user Instant Digital, corroborating previous reports of the Watch Series 9 being a minor upgrade over the Series 8. The Watch Series 9 will be the Watch Series 8 with a different chip at the helm, bringing performance and efficiency improvements to the smartwatch. A few... Read more ›
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Xiaomi held an event in New Delhi, India on August 1 for the global debut of the Redmi 12 5G, where it also announced the Redmi 12 4G for the Indian market. Both smartphones went on their first sale in India yesterday and helped the Chinese brand achieve a milestone of INR 3 billion ($36 million/€32 million) in sales. Xiaomi also said it sold 300,000 units of the Redmi 12... Read more ›
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As promised, Poco unveiled the Poco M6 Pro today, which is powered by the Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 SoC and comes in two memory configurations - 4GB/64GB and 6GB/128GB. It also has a microSD card slot for storage expansion up to 1TB and runs Android 13-based MIUI 14 out of the box. Poco has promised two major Android version upgrades and three years of security updates without mentioning the latter's... Read more ›
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The Nothing Phone (2) received its first update, which brought many camera-related improvements, in mid-July, before most people even had one. Now here we are only a few weeks later, and the company is already rolling out an additional update for its latest device. This one also comes with a lot of camera-focused enhancements, and it's labeled Nothing OS 2.0.2. Let's see what's inside. You get better photo clarity in... Read more ›
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The OnePlus Open will be that brand's first foldable smartphone, and we've seen it in some leaked CAD-based renders back in June. In the meantime, the company itself confirmed the name, but a lot of rumors stated it got delayed from its initially planned late August introduction, in order to change up the screen maker. Well, it now looks like the changes will be much more substantial than that. A... Read more ›
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We've now had a week with the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 and some thoughts have formed. While we're doing our tests and completing the review, we had a few watercooler thoughts about the new foldable. So here's our early impressions. Samsung played it too safe with the Galaxy Z Fold5 Once you get to a certain successful point, you can only do so much to improve without risking alienating your... Read more ›
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The vanilla iPhone models are still stuck on 12MP resolution, but this year things are finally about to change – the iPhone 15 and 15 Max are rumored to have 48MP main sensors. Interestingly, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo reports that this new sensor will be better than the one found in the iPhone 15 Pro pair. If you recall, the current expectations for the iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max... Read more ›
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Huawei Developer Conference 2023 is underway and the big announcement from earlier today is HarmonyOS 4, which brings a major visual redesign complete with new personalization options for smartphones, tablets and smartwatches. The HarmonyOS ecosystem now powers over 700 million devices worldwide across varying sectors ranging from smartphones to TVs and cars. HarmonyOS 4 Starting with the home screen, Huawei is bringing the ability to change system fonts, colors, clock... Read more ›
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Notification LEDs have fallen by the wayside as Always On Displays took over their function. But now they are staging a comeback and they are bigger and more powerful than ever – in fact, they have become a core part of the design of phones like the Tecno Pova 5 Pro. Two units just arrived at the office, one is Dark Illusion, the other is Silver Fantasy, both follow the... Read more ›
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Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Tab S9 series alongside its two foldables last week, but we are expecting at least two more slates to debut soon under the Galaxy Tab S9 FE series. New evidence of their imminent arrival was now delivered by the Korean company itself. Galaxy Tab S9 FE+ Samsung listed the Tab S9 FE and Tab S9 FE+ tablets on its own website. The names of the two... Read more ›
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The Moto G54 smartphone by Motorola leaked today in a 360-degree video, revealing four colors - Ballad Blue, Ambrosia, Coronet Blue and Outer Space. The source also shared some specs, including battery capacity and display details. The new G50-series device will be a light update over the Moto G53, which left something to be desired when we reviewed it. According to the source, these are all the color options. The... Read more ›
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According to a new report from 9to5Mac, Apple will announce its iPhone 15 series on September 13. The date which falls on Wednesday would be six days later than last year’s iPhone 14 series announcement. The new report cites multiple sources familiar with the matter which claim US mobile carriers have asked employees no to take days off on September 13 due to a “major smartphone announcement”. This could of... Read more ›
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Tecno unveiled the Pova 5 in June and introduced the Pro version earlier this week. Today, the company announced both models would be launched in India on August 11, which is also when Tecno's 3-day World of TECNOlogy event will begin. Powerhouse of Innovation awaits! 🚀 Join us at World of TECNOlogy for a grand showcase of groundbreaking products and unveiling of the highly anticipated #POVA5Series ! Get ready to... Read more ›
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OnePlus is launching Ace 2 Pro with Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 any moment now - we already saw one leaked render of the phone. Today, a new promo image surfaced, revealing one more color that could be Cyan. The promo leaflet also revealed the phone would support 150W fast charging, a feature we last saw in the Ace Pro (better known as OnePlus 10T). The phone will come with 24... Read more ›
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Apple reported $81.8 billion in quarterly revenues for the April, May and June months which is a 1.4% dip compared to the same period last year. The Q2 months traditionally see plummeting sales figures as consumers await the next generation of iPhones set to release in the Fall period. Net income stood at $19.88 billion while earnings per diluted share rose to $1.26. Cupertino saw an impressive $21.2 billion in... Read more ›
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Samsung has released the August 2023 Android security update for the Galaxy S20 FE's 4G variant (SM-G780G), making it the first Android device to get the August 2023 security patch. The update comes with firmware version G780GXXS6EWG9 and is rolling in Bolivia, Brazil, Guatemala, Paraguay, and Trinidad and Tobago. Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G If you live in any of these regions and are yet to receive the update on... Read more ›
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Tucked rather well inside a "Community Update" video, Nothing CEO Carl Pei has a rather big announcement for us today (go to 8:45 in the embedded video below to jump straight to it). Namely, that the company is introducing a new sub-brand: CMF by Nothing. According to Pei, this will be a more affordable brand than Nothing itself, focused on delivering "timeless designs" for great prices, along with "quality that's... Read more ›
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Oppo’s foldable shipments appear to be doing more than well in its home market of China as a new Canalys report confirms Oppo was the foldable market leader for the Q1 period. Oppo held a 31% market share in the Chinese foldable smartphone segment for the January-March 2023 period. The jump in market share is remarkable as Oppo controlled just 12% of the foldable market in China a year ago.... Read more ›
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