Prices are rising across the board, which could lead some to pick up a mid- range or a flagship killer phone instead of a premium flagship. If thats you, are you looking at the Poco X8 Pro or X8 Pro Max as your next phone? Poco X8 Pro and X8 Pro Max at a glance The Poco X8 Pro Max has a lot going for it with a Dimensity 9500s chipset (a derivative of the 9400 chip), a huge 8,500mAh battery with chart-topping endurance and fast charging, a great 6.83 display (12-bit, Dolby Vision), a decent ..

Reports from people familiar with the DRAM market say that Samsung is accepting last orders for the LPDDR4 and LPDDR4X memory chips. Production will likely continue throughout 2026 in order to fulfill all orders. Once LPDDR4 and LPDDR4X modules are phased out, Samsung will convert the existing production lines to LPDDR5 manufacturing in the first quarter of 2027. It's no surprise that Samsung is shifting its efforts toward the newer DRAM generation, given the memory semiconductor supercycle ..

Earlier this week, vivo announced the start of the global rollout of the X300 Ultra and X300 FE with the exact date depending on the market its April 24 for Spain, for example. Also, the X300 Ultra is now up on Amazon with an eye- watering price tag of 2,000 (16GB/1TB). Based on the results from last weeks poll, the vivo X300 Ultra will be one of the main challengers in the upcoming Ultra battle. The phone received a very warm welcome with one caveat people are curious about the Oppo Find X9 ..

With Google releasing the first Android 17 beta version in February, it's now smartphone manufacturers' turn to kickstart their beta programs. Motorola was one of the first to jump on the bandwagon and is doing so with a longer list of devices compared to last year. In addition to the Motorola Edge (2025), Moto G57 and Moto G57 Power, the list of all Motorola devices has been updated with several new devices. Here they are: Motorola Razr+ (2025) [USA] Motorola Razr+ (2024) [USA] Motorola Razr ..

OnePlus is expected to launch its budget-friendly TWS buds called Buds Ace 3 sometime this month, succeeding the Buds Ace 2 that debuted in late 2024. So in a sense, the Buds Ace 3 are a bit overdue. OnePlus Buds Ace 3 Ahead of the near release, OnePlus teased the headphones on Weibo, revealing key details and a press render. The headphones are also up on the Chinese Oppo online store, confirming the imminent launch. It looks like the Ace 3 brings the most upgrades in two departments - battery ..

The Oppo Find X9 Ultra is about to debut globally on April 21, but it won't come alone. Oppo's top-end handset will be joined by the Oppo Find X9s, adding to the global Find X9 series. Ahead of the release, the Find X9s popped up in a Geekbench 6 listing online showing off a Dimensity 9500s chipset, which is a toned-down version of the full-fledged Dimensity 9500 SoC. The Find X9s Pro, which is also expected to debut globally, runs on the latter chip. We already know what to expect from the ..

The Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold, unveiled last December and already discontinued in multiple markets, is 3.9-4.2mm thin when unfolded and 12mm thick when folded. According to a new rumor, the second-gen TriFold, which might be called Galaxy Z TriFold 2, could be thinner than the original TriFold. [#InlinePriceWidget,14292,1#] The slimmer profile of the Galaxy Z TriFold 2 would be courtesy of a new hinge mechanism being developed by Samsung. However, the TriFold 2 won't be the only foldable that ..

Last month, Reuters reported that the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) - a statutory authority under the Indian government's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) - had privately proposed in January that smartphone makers be required to pre-install its Aadhaar app on their devices. Now, Reuters reports that the Indian government has dropped the proposal following security and cost concerns raised by the smartphone brands. The Aadhaar app contains the Aadhaar ..

The Realme C81 is coming soon, according to a new report, and it apparently could be a rebranded Realme Note 80. That device launched last month, by the way. The Realme C81 will allegedly be available with 4GB of RAM and 64/128GB of storage. It has the model number RMX5388. It will be offered in Storm Black and Glacier Blue, according to the screenshot below which seems to be showing an internal retailer or carrier system somewhere. The theory about this being a rebranded Note 80 comes from the ..

Samsung's Galaxy Z TriFold lived a short and tumultuous life. It went on sale a few times in very limited quantities in Korea, and then it got discontinued there. It lived on in the US just a little bit longer - the last restock over there was on April 10. Obviously, that stock sold out as well. Today we bid farewell to the Galaxy Z TriFold in the US as well. Following its discontinuation in Korea, it's now been discontinued in the US too. Or rather, to quote Samsung's official page listing it, ..

A few days ago it emerged that Lenovo was getting back into the smartphone game with a refresh of the Legion Y70 launched back in 2022. The 2026 edition will most likely be an entirely new device that just reuses the old name for whatever reason (public awareness perhaps? It might be big in China). Today the company has released the teaser video you can see below, which shows the design of the new Y70 and confirms its very Motorola-inspired looks (which are no coincidence as Lenovo owns ..

A new report from Macworld claims to have cracked the code as to which colors will be available on the upcoming iPhone 18 Pro series. According to sources familiar with Apples supply chain, the 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max will arrive in four color options with Apples internal teams referencing Light Blue (Pantone 2121), Dark Cherry (Pantone 6076), Dark Gray (Pantone 426C), and Silver (Pantone 427C). Alleged iPhone 18 Pro series color options Weve already seen rumors about the so-called deep red color ..

Google has released the Android 17 Beta 4 build for developers, and a new report suggests it contains references to an upcoming Pixel feature that hints at LED lighting on the rear panel of future devices. According to the report, the feature is called Pixel Glow and appears to function as an LED-based notification system, similar to the front-facing notification lights seen on older smartphones. A screenshot shared in the report offers additional details, revealing that Pixel Glow will use ..

According to a new report by Counterpoint Research (CR), the Indian smartphone market between January and March had its weakest quarter in six years. Shipments fell 3% compared to the first quarter of last year. vivo still leads, amassing 20.8% of the pie, followed by Samsung (17.4%), Oppo (13.6%), Apple (9%), Realme (8.9%), Xiaomi (7.9%), Poco (4.2%), iQOO (2.6%), and OnePlus (1.8%). The biggest growth came from Nothing (including the CMF sub- brand): 47%. The fastest growing brand in the ..

Samsungs Galaxy Tab A11+ Kids Edition is the latest addition to the makers child-focused tablet range. Like previous Kids Edition entries, its basically a Wi-Fi-only Galaxy Tab A11+ but with a host of parental controls on the software side and several bundled accessories. The most notable one is the foam case, which offers drop protection and features a built-in kickstand that also doubles as a carrying handle. The case comes in blue, red, purple, and royal blue colors. The other big addition ..

Following the very successful recent release of its Core Ultra Series 3 processors (codenamed Panther Lake), today Intel is unveiling their lower-end counterparts in the Core Series 3 - notice the distinct lack of "Ultra". These are meant to go in cheaper laptops, and Intel says it's aiming them at those consumers and small businesses that are on a five-year upgrade cycle. Compared to a five-year-old PC powered by the Core i7-1185G7, these processors deliver up to 47% better single-thread ..

The Galaxy A-series is a key volume driver for Samsung, and with the Galaxy A37 and A57 announcements already in the rear-view mirror, its time we turn our attention to the Galaxy A27, which is expected to launch in the coming months. The device was already spotted in a few rumors and a Geekbench listing, and we now have our first live look at its design thanks to a batch of detailed CAD renders. The design is in line with what we saw from the A37 and A57, with a flat display and vertically ..

The OnePlus Watch 4 is coming soon, its specs having been outed last month. Today, it's been spotted in the Google Play Console, and this listing has provided us with the image you can see below, showing the device from the front. The Google Play Console listing reveals that the OnePlus Watch 4 has 2GB of RAM, a screen with a resolution of 466x466, and the Snapdragon Wear W5 SoC at the helm. According to rumors, the Watch 4 is a rebranded Oppo Watch X3, which launched in China in March. Aside ..

The Motorola Moto G Stylus (2026), unveiled last week, is now on sale in the US and Canada. In the US, the Moto G Stylus (2026) is available unlocked through Motorola's US website, Best Buy, and Amazon in Pantone Lavender Mist and Pantone Coal Smoke colors with two memory options - 8GB/128GB and 8GB/256GB, priced at $499.99 (425/INR46,395) and $599.99 (510/INR55,675), respectively. Motorola Moto G Stylus (2026) Those buying the 256GB model through Motorola's website will receive the Moto Watch, ..

Its only been a few months since Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S26 series, yet leaks about the companys next-generation Galaxy S27 lineup have already begun to surface. A new leak has now revealed the type of storage the upcoming lineup is expected to feature. According to a tipster, Samsung is expected to adopt the new UFS 5.0 storage for the Galaxy S27 lineup, although the upgrade may be limited to select models. Samsungs upcoming lineup is rumored to include the Galaxy S27, Galaxy S27+, a new ..

The vivo X300 Ultra and vivo X300 FE, which began their international rollout yesterday, are "coming soon" to India. This revelation comes straight from vivo's Indian branch, which has started teasing the two smartphones in the Asian country. The teasers posted by vivo India on its official platforms confirm that both the X300 Ultra and X300 FE will launch in India with telephoto extenders. The X300 Ultra will be compatible with the vivo ZEISS Telephoto Extender Gen 2 Ultra and vivo Imaging ..

Weve seen a fair share of rumors and leaks for the Honor 600 and 600 Pro but we now have official listings which confirm their key specs ahead of their announcement next week. As expected, both phones share similar specs, but the Pro model brings a more capable chipset alongside a 50MP periscope telephoto camera and wireless charging. Honor 600 Pro Honor 600 and 600 Pro are built around 6.5-inch OLEDs with 2,728 x 1,264px resolution and 120Hz refresh rate. Both feature thinner display bezels ..

Google is, these days, releasing multiple AI updates every few hours. Following on from the creation of personalized images in Gemini, now the search giant is unveiling a new AI Mode experience in Chrome. Now if you click links that AI Mode has presented you with, they will open side by side with your chat, all in the same browser tab. This will simplify navigation and reduce tab clutter - no need to switch back and forth between tabs anymore. It's also obviously easier to ask AI Mode follow-up ..

Tecno has announced it will expand its portfolio of Pop Series smartphones with the launch of the Pop X 5G on April 20, which will be sold through Amazon.in in India. Neither Tecno nor Amazon has revealed the price of the Pop X 5G; however, both companies have revealed a few of the phone's features, with Amazon even revealing the colors. For starters, the Tecno Pop X 5G will have a 6,500 mAh battery under the hood with 45W charging support. The processor powering the Pop X 5G hasn't been ..

OnePlus launched the Nord 6 earlier this month and the company is also expected to complete the family with the Nord CE6 and Nord CE6 Lite. Today a OnePlus device with the model number CPH2943 has been spotted in the Geekbench online database. As you can see in the screenshot below, it managed a single- core score of 1,068 and a multi-core score of 2,953. According to a tipster over on X, this is the Nord CE6 Lite, and the Geekbench listing has revealed that it's powered by the MediaTek ..

The Redmi Buds 8 Pro and Redmi Buds 8 Lite are already official, but there is a third member of the family that's now on the way too: the Redmi Buds 8. These will be fully unveiled alongside the Redmi K90 Max and the Redmi K Pad 2 on April 21. Until then, the brand has revealed that they come with "50dB 4kHz wideband noise cancellation", and each earbud features an 11mm high- performance dynamic driver. Unfortunately, these are all the details that have been outed so far. Considering the ..

Oppos Find X10 series is expected to debut later this year, and several details about the lineup have already surfaced through leaks. A new leak has now revealed some details about the Find X10. The series is expected to include the Find X10, Find X10 Pro, and Find X10 Pro Max. Tipster Digital Chat Station has revealed new details about the Find X10, suggesting that the device could pack a massive 8,000mAh battery. The tipster also claims that the phone will feature a dual 200MP rear camera ..

Today Spotify has announced that it's revamped its tablet interface - for both Android tablets and iPads. The "new app experience" is tailored for tablets from the ground up, and is "designed to make listening, watching, and discovery feel more natural on larger screens", according to the official press release. The redesigned tablet UI isn't just a scaled up phone version as before. Instead, it's designed to take advantage of the extra screen real estate, "so you can browse and discover new ..

Google's Gemini can now create more personalized images using Nano Banana 2 and your Google Photos library, which you of course need to connect to Gemini for this to work. The context of your library is integrated into Nano Banana 2 to give you the opportunity to create images with prompts that don't have to be extremely long and detailed. You can also skip uploading a reference photo to give Gemini some context - having access to your Photos library will provide that instead. There's no extra ..

The Oppo Find X9 Ultra is still awaiting its April 21 unveiling, but there are units in the wild, which means we get videos like this one. It's an unboxing of the Oppo Find X9 Ultra in its Hasselblad Explorer Master Edition. The video is just 2 minutes long and goes through the accessories you'd get in this premium photography kit. Unlike vivo, Oppo went with a single teleconverter lens for its Find X9 Ultra, and it sits exactly in the middle of vivo's two lenses at 300mm equivalent. The kit ..

Apple Intelligence is getting enhanced in iOS 27, which will be unveiled this June at the company's annual Worldwide Developers Conference, and will be released in September when the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max launch. Four new features coming to Apple Intelligence have been discovered in "backend code", and shared today. First, Visual Intelligence will get the ability to scan food nutrition labels to get more information, and this could integrate with the Health app. Another new Visual ..

A new report from South Koreas ETNews suggests that the supply chain for components related to the iPhone 18 Pro series variable aperture cameras has now begun operations. The report claims China's Sunny Optical has reportedly started trial production for actuators, which will be used on the variable aperture cameras. An unnamed industry source confirmed that LG Innotek is on schedule to begin production for the 18 Pros camera modules between June and July. The same source also confirmed that ..

Last year, Apple achieved its goal of removing all plastic from the packaging of its products now every Apple gadget you buy comes in 100% fiber-based packaging that you can recycle at home. The gadgets themselves feature a lot of recycled materials. The company used 30% recycled materials across the products that it shipped last year. And in three specific areas, the recycled content is 100%: all Apple-designed batteries use 100% recycled cobalt all magnets use 100% recycled rare earth ..

The upcoming Honor 600 and Honor 600 Pro have now been listed on a European retailer platform ahead of their launch on April 23. This has revealed their approximate prices in the Eurozone - 604.90 for the Honor 600 with 256GB of storage, 651.89 for the one with 512GB of storage, and 930.90 for the 600 Pro which only comes with 512GB of storage apparently. According to these listings, the Honor 600 will have 8GB of RAM and the 600 Pro gets 12GB. Interestingly, if you buy the Honor 600 you are ..

Oppo has revealed some new AI features coming to its ColorOS skin on top of Android 16 on the upcoming Find X9 Ultra, which is due to be unveiled on April 21. The AI Mind Space introduced with ColorOS 16 now supports AI Bill Manager, which can automatically extract and record key spending details from digital invoices and billing information. To use it, you simply need to enable AI Mind Space by pressing the Snap Key or using a three-finger swipe after making a payment on your phone. This also ..

The Motorola Razr Fold has had a troubled launch it was unveiled way back in early January, but its not available yet. That will change this Saturday as Bulgarian carrier Yettel is wrapping up pre-orders for the FIFA edition of the phone. The phone the Motorola Razr Fold FIFA Edition England Ghana with 512GB storage will officially go on sale on April 18 and you can pick one up for 2,600. There is only one color and only one storage option. Motorola Razr Fold FIFA Edition England Ghana ..

Samsung announced that its SmartThings home automation system now supports Now Brief integration. Now Brief made its debut on the Galaxy S25 series and provides glanceable contextual information like weather updates, upcoming calendar events and reminders on supported Galaxy devices. With the new update, Now Brief will also support relevant information from SmartThings- enabled devices. This includes updates from SmartThings-compatible home security cameras, as well as integration with Samsungs ..

DJIs latest flagship gimbal camera is now official, and it brings a host of improvements over the Osmo Pocket 3, which came out back in 2023. Osmo Pocket 4 gets an all-new 20 mm equivalent 1-inch CMOS sensor (f/2.0), which supports up to 4K/240fps slow-motion video capture, with 14 stops of dynamic range and 10-bit D-Log mode shooting. It can take 37MP still photos with a maximum resolution of 7,680 4,320 px in 16:9 mode with support for DNG RAW and manual exposure at up to 4 seconds. Pocket 4 ..

Google has released a standalone Gemini app for macOS, bringing a native desktop experience that can be accessed from anywhere on your system. The app can be quickly summoned using the Option + Space shortcut, allowing users to interact with Gemini without switching between apps or windows. It also supports on-screen context sharing, letting you share any window and receive relevant responses. For instance, you can share a Chrome tab and ask questions about its contents. The app additionally ..