While they were not universally loved, the Redmi Note 15 series from Xiaomi got a positive response in a poll a year ago. The Pro+ model was clearly the fan favorite, but the Pro did well for itself too. Last week we polled your opinion on their successors and the results arent nearly as good. To summarize the results, the Redmi Note 17 Pro Max is overpriced. The regular 17 Pro is also overpriced and people would rather have the Pro Max, anyway. Sticking to the Redmi Note 17 Pro Max for now, it ..

WhatsApp is currently in the process of redesigning its Android app, according to a new report. The redesign is right now focused on the apps navigation bar, which is getting a new look and a new item inside of it. The image below shows the rough state of the current development - this is definitely not the final version of the redesign, since the Meta AI button appears in two different places. These images do however seem to show that Meta AI is going to be a part of the navigation bar, and ..

Apple launched its latest entry-level iPad in March 2025, and its successor has been expected to arrive about two years after that in spring 2027. Ahead of that, a new report brings us the upcoming tablet's main specs, courtesy of "details found in Apple's code". So, the next entry-level iPad will be powered by the A19 chip, paired with 8GB of RAM. That's a solid upgrade over the existing model's A16 chip and 6GB of RAM. Not just that, but Apple Intelligence support is a given on the new ..

Apple unveiled the first HomePod Mini in October 2020. It was initially offered in white and midnight, then later in blue, orange, and yellow. Now, an image of the yet-to-be-launched HomePod Mini 2, shared by MacRumors, shows the speaker in all its colors. The image below shows the HomePod Mini 2 in five colors: pink, white, green, blue, and midnight. Pink and green are new colors, while the blue shade is slightly lighter than the original HomePod Mini's. Apple HomePod Mini 2 MacRumors says it ..

Samsung was expected to unveil the Galaxy Tab S12+ and Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra this month, but rumors now suggest it will make these tablets official next month - October 7, to be precise. Leaked renders of both tablets revealed their designs, so we already know what they would look like. Now a new set of renders has surfaced, corroborating earlier design leaks. The Samsung Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra has a notched display and two rear cameras. Samsung Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra's leaked renders The Samsung ..

Oppo recently announced that it would unveil the K14 Plus in India on September 29, with online retailer Flipkart revealing its design, color options, and key specs. Now, Oppo has set up a page on its Indian website and shared images of the K14 Plus, giving us our best look at it yet. The Oppo K14 Plus' white model is called Star White, and the orange version is called Solar Orange. Both have the same patterns on their back covers, along with text in the right corner that reads "Stay Cool. Stay ..

Honor is unveiling the Magic9 series on September 28, and since we're just a few days away from the event, the company keeps on teasing the upcoming phones. The Magic9 devices, or at least the Magic9 Pro Max, will feature a cinematic mic, and Honor's "imaging innovator" Han Han has shared how it delivers a dynamic sound experience in his daily life. This cinematic mic captures sounds from both near and far - and every sound is crystal clear, be it of fried food or a coffee machine or some ..

We had the distinct pleasure of attending vivo's X500 series unveiling in Shanghai, China. If you've never been to such an event, it's pretty nice; the maker usually arranges a bunch of photo opportunities around the location, and vivo did just that. So we went to a couple of places, vivo X500 Pro Max in hand, and took some photos. We did share a bunch of these pics with you in our hands-on, but we had more, so we're sharing them as well. This isn't a detailed review of the cameras of the X500 ..

Motorola has started rolling out the update to Android 17 for the Edge 60 Fusion in India, according to reports on Reddit. The update arrives over-the- air as version A171VCH.41-9, and it's a 5.2GB download, so make sure you grab it over a fast enough network. [#InlinePriceWidget,13752,1#] It's unclear whether this update brings with it Motorola's new Qira AI assistant, but it might. Anyway, everything else that comes with Android 17 is included of course. Motorola Edge 60 Fusion Android 17 ..

A US-based company called Ioengine is suing Samsung in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, alleging that the Korean company is using five of its connectivity-related patents without authorization or compensation. These patents were allegedly used by Samsung in the Galaxy S23 Ultra, Galaxy Watch Ultra, Galaxy Buds2 Pro, and Samsung's Portable SSD T7. These devices are being used as examples, by the way - they do not represent the full scope of the complaint. Samsung Galaxy ..

Qualcomm is apparently considering an official solution to better support PC game emulation on Android. According to one Chinese YouTuber, the company may be adding proper support for DirectX 12 for its Snapdragon chips. If this happens, it would make emulating PC games on Android much easier. The YouTuber in question tested the capability on a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 reference device and managed to successfully run Cyberpunk 2077 and Black Myth: Wukong through a translation layer in DirectX ..

The September Pixel Drop brought improvements to the VIP contacts widget, shored up scam detection and added the Pause Point feature to older models. And it seems that it also introduced a nasty bug to the lockscreen. One Reddit user reports that they couldnt get through the pattern lock on their lockscreen Pixel 10 Pro XL they couldnt even connect the second dot of the pattern before the screen would reset. Another 10 Pro XL user in the same thread experienced similar issues but managed to ..

According to a new report from China, Insta360 is now working on a pair of AI- powered smart glasses. This apparently comes from sources close to the company. No actual details about the glasses have been revealed thus far, but Insta360 does hold a patent for "wearable glasses", which could potentially give us some hints. In that patent, Insta360 describes a pair of smart glasses that don't have a built-in battery. Instead, the battery is separate and intended to be worn on another part of the ..

Infinix has now launched the GT NX Controller and the GT NX Station. The former is designed to be able to replicate "the nuanced precision" of touchscreen operation, featuring "the world's first Pixel-Level FPS Precision Touchpad" in a mobile gaming controller, delivering "mouse-like accuracy for mobile FPS titles". The GT NX Controller has an "esports-grade" three-chip low-latency architecture with "millisecond-level" Direct Connect. There are two chips in the left handle and one in the right, ..

A recent rumor claimed that vivo would launch the S2 FE on October 6 alongside the V80. While vivo is yet to say anything about the S2 FE, Indian online retailer Flipkart has set up a promo page on its website, confirming the smartphone's October 6 unveiling. Flipkart has also shared an image on the page, revealing the vivo S2 FE's design. The smartphone features a green- colored back panel with a camera island housing two cameras. The page also says that the S2 FE is "powered by OriginOS" ..

Oppo teased the F35 series earlier this month, and we later heard the brand would launch the F35 and F35 Pro in India in October. Now, we have a more definite launch timeframe for both models. A reliable source told us the Oppo F35 and F35 Pro will launch in India between October 5 and October 7. However, pricing remains unconfirmed. Leaked renders of Oppo F35 (bottom) and F35 Pro (top), said to be a version of Oppo A7 Pro Max Oppo hasn't divulged the specs or features of the F35 series either, ..

The iQOO Pad Ultra is set to debut alongside the iQOO 16 in China next week, and ahead of the big unveiling, we got some additional specs for the tablet. The device will bring an 8.8-inch OLED display with a 165Hz refresh rate and 4,500 nits peak brightness. We also get confirmation of 2.65mm thin bezels on all four sides of the display, as well as sub-1ms response times. iQOO Pad Ultra display specs (machine translated from Chinese) The iQOO Pad Ultra will also feature a 30mm active cooling ..

Xiaomi unveiled the Redmi 17C 5G in Singapore last month and has now confirmed that the smartphone is coming to India. The company has also revealed the key specifications and color options for the Indian variant. The Redmi 17C 5G will launch in India on October 1. Based on the official listing, the Indian variant appears to be identical to the model launched in Singapore. It is confirmed to come with a 6,000mAh battery with 33W fast charging support and a 6.9-inch LCD display with a 120Hz ..

vivo has silently added a new model to its Y600 lineup in China. The new variant is called the vivo Y600i and it arrives with an 8,000mAh battery and a large 6.87-inch display. It joins the recently announced vivo Y600 Turbo and the Y600 Pro. The Y600i is powered by the Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 chipset, which is paired with 6GB of LPDDR4X RAM and 256GB of UFS 2.2 storage. It offers a microSD card slot for storage expansion. Alongside the large 8,000mAh battery, which supports 44W wired fast charging, ..

China doesn't run on cards or cash - it runs on app-based payments. WeChat Pay and Alipay rule, and while you could use both as a tourist before, WeChat is launching a new dedicated payment app for tourists. It's called TenPayGo and you can pay with it wherever WeChat Pay is accepted. You download it, set it up with your email address, and you can choose to use Apple Pay, another payment wallet ("nearly 60" international ones are supported), or your card directly through it. Then, every time ..

HMD launched the Aura in 2024 and the Aura 2 in 2025, and now it's apparently time for the Aura 2 Pro. Almost. According to a new leak from a reliable source of HMD-related information, the Aura 2 Pro is on its way. It will allegedly have a 6.75-inch LCD screen with a 90Hz refresh rate, a 50MP main camera, a couple of decorative sensors on the back - a 0.08MP one and a 2MP one too, for good measure - and a 5MP selfie snapper on the front. HMD Aura 2 Pro leaked images The phone is apparently ..

Honor is making the Magic9 series official on September 28, but ahead of that today the company's CEO, Li Jian, has revealed the pricing for the vanilla Magic9 - or rather, one version of it, the one with 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage. This will have a normal price of CNY 6,499 ($968), but there will be a special price of CNY 5,999 ($893) in celebration of the Magic series' tenth anniversary. There's also a Chinese national subsidy that can take it down to CNY 5,499 ($819). For comparison, ..

HMD launched the Vibe2 in India in May, and the company has now confirmed that the lineup is expanding with a new Pro variant. HMD has also revealed several key specifications and the launch date for the upcoming Vibe2 Pro. The HMD Vibe2 Pro will launch in India on September 29. It will be powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 6400 chipset, which will be paired with up to 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. It is confirmed to pack a 6,000mAh battery with support for 33W wired fast charging. The phone ..

Mivi, the Indian electronics brand known for its audio products, has officially entered the smartphone market with the launch of the Mivi One 5G. The Mivi One is a budget 5G phone that comes with a 6.75-inch LCD display with 90Hz refresh rate and HD+ resolution. It is powered by the Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 chipset and is available with up to 8GB of LPDDR4X RAM and 128GB of UFS 2.2 storage. The phone does also get a microSD card slot for storage expansion. The Mivi One packs a 6,000mAh battery and ..

Meta's Muse AI agent has received support for Spotify today, following a bunch of other connections with existing services that were recently announced (Box, GitHub, Granola, Notion, Expedia, Turo, Viator, 1Password, OpenTable, Peloton, Plaid, Ticketmaster, as well as a bunch of others including Shopify's Shop Pay, Stripe's Link, and PayPal for payments). Now, Muse can connect to Spotify too (just ask it to), and it can play music, audiobooks, and podcasts, save stuff to your library, build ..

Today in an incredibly short one-paragraph press release, Qualcomm has announced that it has renewed its global patent licensing agreement with Apple. The renewal goes into effect from April 1, 2027. Attached is probably the world's shortest quote inside a press release: "We are pleased to extend the Apple license agreement", Qualcomm Executive Vice President and General Manager of Qualcomm Technology Licensing, John Han, said. Undoubtedly, this is all so concise and mysterious because the ..

Disney is raising prices for monthly Disney+ and Hulu subscriptions for new and existing users. The ad-free Disney+ and Hulu plans will cost $2.50 more, so you'll now pay $21.49 for each. The ad-free Disney+ and Hulu bundle will cost $21.99, which is a $2 increase. The ad-supported Disney+ and Hulu plans will cost $0.50 more, so you'll now pay $12.49 each, while the ad-supported Disney+ and Hulu bundle remains unchanged at $12.99. Existing users should have already received the price-hike ..

This March, GrapheneOS announced a partnership with Motorola. This Android fork has an uncompromising focus on security and privacy to the point where it only supports a limited number of phones if a phone is missing a hardware feature that is vital for security, it doesnt get a GrapheneOS port. Naturally, the expectation that the new Motorola Signature 27 will become the first Moto to support this fork was met with the cloud of doubt. Well, doubt no more the official GrapheneOS account on X ..

Today, Verizon has announced the nationwide availability of three Motorola devices: the Razr Fold, Razr+ 2026, and Razr 2026 with Swarovski crystals. The Razr Fold is priced at $1,949.99, but you can have it for $25 per month with a four-year device payment plan, if you pick Verizon's Simplicity plan. That means you only spend $1,200 in total for the device. The Razr 2026 with Crystals by Swarovski is priced at $999.99, but you can have it for $10 per month for four years (a total of just ..

OnePlus has revealed the full camera specs of its upcoming flagship, the OnePlus 16. The handset is confirmed to launch in China soon and will be powered by Qualcomms newly announced Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 chipset. The OnePlus 16 will feature a triple rear camera setup headlined by a 200MP primary sensor with a 1/1.4 inch size and an f/1.6 aperture. It will also offer a 50MP periscope telephoto camera with 3x optical zoom and a 50MP ultrawide camera with a 116 degree field of view. ..

Despite its name, the new Snapdragon Sound Elite Gen 2 is designed not just for headphones, but for hybrid devices too camera-enabled earbuds, audio glasses and future form factors. This chip doubles the on-board AI compute compared to the Gen 1 (its now rated at 0.128 TOPS), while also reducing power consumption by 40%. It also has a 30% smaller footprint on the motherboard. With Snapdragon Sound Elite Gen 2, were heralding intelligent audio wearables that enable experiences such as real-time ..

While smartphone makers flocked to the Snapdragon Summit to reveal phones with the new flagship chipsets, Microsoft picked a chip from earlier this year, the Snapdragon X2 Plus, to power two new Surface devices. Starting with the Microsoft Surface Pro 12 (2nd edition), this is a highly portable 12 Windows on ARM tablet with a 2,196 x 1,464px (3:2) PixelSense LCD and 90Hz refresh rate. Besides regular touch input, it also supports the optional Surface Slim Pen (which can detect 4,096 levels of ..

The brand-new Honor X9e Pro is now official in Malaysia, and it brings two standout features. The first is a 10,000-nit bright display, which well cover in a bit, and the second is an 11,000mAh battery. Thats the same typical capacity as the Honor X80 Pro Max, which launched earlier in June, and both phones share the similar core specs. The impressive battery capacity is achieved thanks to silicon-carbon anode tech, and Honors lab tests claim the X9e Pro can do over 164 hours of music ..

Apple has confirmed that it's working on a fix for a pretty bad bug that has been affecting some iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max units. If everything goes according to plan, the fix will be incorporated into a new firmware update that is scheduled to be released next week. [#InlinePriceWidget,14934,1#] [#InlinePriceWidget,14716,1#] In case you're not aware, the bug basically makes the iPhone freeze and reboot following a failed attempt to authenticate via Face ID. If you have this bug, your ..

Yesterday, Xiaomi unveiled the 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max in China. Less than 24 hours later, the company has already officially confirmed that the "Xiaomi 18 Pro series" (so, both phones) will be getting global launches at some point in the future. Here's Xiaomi's CMO, Xu Fei, talking about them in a short video: #Xiaomi18ProSeries is going global this yearwith more surprises.#XiaomiLaunch pic.twitter.com/5pDq9oR6Of Xu Fei (@XuFei_Xiaomi) September 24, 2026 There's an interesting twist, however (or ..

Right after unveiling the new camera-less Ray-Ban Meta Audio and Meta VR glasses, Mark Zuckerberg went to a one-more thing device the Meta Muse Charm. As the name implies, this is a standalone keychain-like/Tamagotchi type device that allows users to interact with Metas Muse AI. Meta Muse Charm From the sound of it, the device is in its late development phase, but Zuckerberg did confirm that it should ship in time for the holidays in December. Muse Charm supports voice input and features ..

Back in August, vivo resurrected the S line in India with the S2. And now, according to a new leak from a tipster on X, the company is working on the S2 FE. Its specs have purportedly been outed along with the two images you can see below. Before we go any further we need to caution you about the fact that this is not a tipster with a long track record of accurate leaks - so the usual pinch of salt may need to be bigger in this case. With that out of the way, let's dive in. vivo S2 FE leaked ..

Oppo unveiled the Find X10, Find X10 E, and Find X10 Pro Max in China yesterday. While the devices are not yet official for global markets, Oppo has already started taking blind pre-orders for them in the UK. The company is basically offering you the opportunity to save either 150 on the Find X10 or 200 on the Find X10 Pro Max. On top of that, you'll also get your choice between a free Hasselblad teleconverter kit, a free Oppo Watch X3, or a free Oppo Pad 5. All you need to do is put down a 49 ..

vivo will unveil the V80 in India on October 6 at 12 PM local time. It will come in three colors: Sunrise Anthem, Horizon Blue, and Stellar Black. We recently got our hands on the vivo V80's Sunrise Anthem model, and you can check the images below for a real-world look at it. The vivo V80 sports a 6.59" 1.5K OLED display on the front with 5,000 nits peak brightness and a 144Hz refresh rate. The screen brightness can drop to 1 nit, and it can also display 1.07 billion colors. There's also a ..