Samsung released the Android 16-based One UI 8 stable update for the Galaxy XCover7 last week. Now, the update rollout has expanded to the Galaxy XCover7 Pro, along with six other smartphones, including the Galaxy A33, Galaxy A53, Galaxy M34, Galaxy M35, Galaxy Wide 7, and Galaxy Quantum 3. [#InlinePriceWidget,13780,1#] The Samsung Galaxy XCover7 Pro is currently receiving the One UI 8 stable update with firmware version BYI6 in South Korea, but the rollout should expand to other countries ..

Ahead of its official unveiling of the Magic8 and Magic8 Pro on October 15, today Honor has appointed Nicholas Tse as its Future Technology Experience Officer. To celebrate the occasion, the brand has released the promo image you can see below, in which Tse is holding the Magic8 Pro. Tse is an actor, singer, songwriter, martial artist, entrepreneur, and TV chef from Hong Kong, and Honor says his journey of "identity evolution" reflects his continuous reinvention, taking on m

Nothing launched the Phone (3a) and Phone (3a) Pro mid-rangers back in March, and in July we heard that the company may have been working on a Lite device to add to its roster. Today a new rumor claims this will be the Nothing Phone (3a) Lite. This will allegedly come in a single RAM/storage configuration: 8/128GB. It will be offered in black and white. While these seem to be the only options, there's always a chance that the handset will get more RAM/storage combos and/or colorways in specific ..

Apple is widely expected to release its first foldable smartphone next year. The iPhone Fold's hinge is now rumored to be much cheaper than previously anticipated, according to Ming-Chi Kuo, an analyst who's always been very well connected with Apple's supply chain. He says the hinge is now expected to be about $70 to $80 cheaper than "the market's expectation". 65% of the hinges Apple needs will be manufactured by a joint venture between Foxconn and Shin Zu Shing, the other 35% by Amphenol. ..

The OnePlus 15's launch in China is imminent, and it's been rumored to get its global unveiling in mid-November. Ahead of all that, today the brand has extensively teased the phone's display. This is made by BOE, and the screen itself will be fully presented by BOE on October 14. It comes with a 165Hz refresh rate as hinted at by a OnePlus exec a while back, and OnePlus is also advertising 13% higher brightness and 11.8% improved color accuracy and consistency, both presumably compared to the ..

Samsung Galaxy Watch7 users are finally receiving the much-awaited stable One UI 8 Watch update in select regions. The rollout comes over a month after the last One UI 8 Watch beta release for the smartwatch. Galaxy Watch7 users in South Korea who participated in the One UI 8 Watch beta program have confirmed receiving the stable update. Regular users are expected to get the update in the coming days. The WearOS 6-based One UI 8 Watch update for the Galaxy Watch7 comes with build number ..

Realme is set to unveil its GT 8 series later this month, and the GT 8 Pro will be the first smartphone to feature a custom Ricoh Imaging tuning as part of the newly formed Realme x Ricoh Imaging partnership effort. The two brands will host a dedicated event tomorrow, where they will provide more details on their collaborative efforts, but we have some new info ahead of the keynote. Intuitive Algorithm Engine, which aims to eliminate common smartphone photography faults like over-sharpening, ..

Alongside the debut of its flagship vivo X300 and X300 Pro smartphones, vivo announced a trio of new devices, including the 12.1-inch Pad 5e tablet, the Watch GT 2 smartwatch and its latest pair of flagship earbuds the TWS 5. vivo Pad 5e vivo Pad 5e is a midrange tablet offering featuring a 12.1-inch screen, Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 chipset and a 10,000 mAh battery. It shares its key specs with the vivo Pad3, which launched back in August of 2024. A 12.1-inch IPS LCD dominates the front with 1,968 ..

REDMAGIC continues to advance its smartphone cooling technology and it showcased its latest innovations at the REDMAGIC Gaming and Liquid Cooling Technology Conference in Shenzhen. The star of the show was the industrys first mass-produced liquid cooling system combined with advanced air-cooling innovations. You can learn more about it on the company's official site. This is liquid cooling similar to what you see in powerful gaming PCs and AI servers a pump circulates liquid over hotspots in ..

The vivo X300 series is now official. It includes the base X300 with a compact design, and the X300 Pro. Both smartphones are powered by the recently announced MediaTek Dimensity 9500 SoC and offer several upgrades over their predecessors. vivo X300 Pro Starting with the flagship, the vivo X300 Pro gets an upgraded Zeiss triple rear camera setup. It offers a 50MP Sony LYT-828 main 1/1.28-inch sensor with f/1.57 aperture and gimbal OIS. The phone also gets a 50MP Samsung JN1 ultrawide unit, and ..

The Nubia Z80 Ultra already leaked a few times, and we now have an official launch date to look forward to. The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 flagship is set to launch in China on October 22. Nubia also went ahead and showcased the device in all its glory, confirming its design. Nubia Z80 Ultra is launching on October 22 in China Nubia Z80 Ultra will feature a similar look to last years Z70 Ultra but we can see the camera island will feature a reshuffled look with main and ultrawide lenses on the ..

The China-exclusive Samsung W26 is now official as the Z Fold7s distant cousin, and like previous W-series releases, it comes with some minor cosmetic changes and a more premium unboxing experience. Samsung also added satellite connectivity on the W26, which allows users in China to use the Tiantong satellite system for calling and messaging in areas without network connectivity. The only other hardware change is the 16GB RAM, which comes as standard on both the 512GB storage and 1TB storage ..

Just days before its official debut, key specifications of the Honor Magic8 Pro have surfaced online. Meanwhile, the phone has also been spotted on the Geekbench website. The Magic8 series is set to launch in China on October 15. Tipster Digital Chat Station revealed the specs of the Magic8 Pro on Weibo. As per the leak, the Pro phone will sport a 6.71-inch quad-curved display with a 1.5K resolution. It will also offer a 3D ultrasonic fingerprint sensor. Honor Magic8 Pro The phone will get a 3D ..

For the third week in a row the Xiaomi 17 Pro Max was the most popular smartphone in our database. Even though it's still only available in China, Xiaomi's latest flagship still gets you excited and managed to keep its Apple namesake - the iPhone 17 Pro Max behind. [#InlinePriceWidget, 13964, 1#] There's a brand other than Apple and Xiaomi on the podium for the first time in a while too, the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra gaining three spots to snatch the bronze medal. Right behind it is the new ..

Ever since the low yield of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chip that Samsung Foundry manufactured, Qualcomm moved to TSMC for its chip manufacturing, starting with the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1. However, a recent report from a Korean news outlet suggests that this will likely change. To some extent. The new Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 was announced in late September and is built on the 3nm node by TSMC, but according to the latest rumor, Samsung will be tasked with the production of the "for Galaxy" iteration that ..

As the reigning leader in the global wearables market, Huawei has been refining its premium smartwatches with a focus on more accurate health and activity tracking. Watch GT 6 Pro arrives as the successor to last years GT 5 Pro with a familiar look and updates on several fronts. On the hardware side, theres a slightly larger and much brighter OLED screen, improved positioning accuracy, and a larger battery. Huawei is also offering an updated TruSense system alongside improved algorithms for ..

HMDs latest device is an in-betweener, or a hybrid as the maker puts it not quite a smartphone but smarter than a traditional featurephone. The HMD Touch 4G is basically a reincarnation of the Nokia Asha series, giving users some smart features through cloud-hosted browser apps. HMD Touch 4G is exclusive to the Indian market for now and runs a custom lightweight real-time operating system (RTOS) called RTOS Touch. HMD Touch 4G comes in Cyan and Dark Blue colors. Pricing is set at INR 3,999 ..

Introduction and unboxing Beelink is nothing if not prolific. It makes a mini- PC for just about anyone. Today, we have one of its premium models - the SER9 Pro, specifically, the unit powered by the AMD Ryzen 7 H 255 processor. This particular model comes standard with 32GB of RAM and a 1TB Crucial SSD and is $640/609/740 from the company's official website. You have a choice of Frost Silver and Space Gray color options. Inside the box, the SER9 Pro packs a power adapter and an HDMI cable. ..

The Xiaomi 17 series is all the buzz lately, and even rumors about the Xiaomi 17 Ultra started surfacing, even though the handset is expected to launch in early 2026. A leak from earlier this week, for example, suggests a slightly upgraded camera setup. Now, the handset has reportedly received approval from a Chinese regulatory body to use a direct satellite connection. According to the listing, the Xiaomi 17 Ultra will support Tiantong-1 and Beidou connectivity for satellite calls and ..

A year ago, we asked you for your thoughts on the Xiaomi 14T and 14T Pro. Back then, things leaned in favor of the more capable Pro model. Last week, we asked you a similar question this time featuring the new 15T duo. Xiaomi 15T (left) and Xiaomi 15T Pro (right) While things were relatively close before, the Pro now dominates its vanilla sibling the Xiaomi 15T Pro is the preferred model by a wide margin. Some found great deals on the Pro and are happy with the phone people praised its ..

Honor unveiled the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3-powered MagicPad 3 13.3 in July, and next week, on October 15, it will introduce the Pro model. The Honor MagicPad 3 Pro 13.3 will be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 SoC, making it the first tablet to have Qualcomm's flagship silicon at the helm. With that chip under the hood, the Honor MagicPad 3 Pro 13.3 achieved a score of over 4.2 million points in multiple AnTuTu v11 benchmark tests. The highest score was 4,302,345. Last month, the upcoming ..

iQOO will unveil the iQOO 15 on October 20 at an event in Shenzhen, China. The brand recently shared some pictures of the iQOO 15, revealing its color options and giving us a fair idea of the smartphone's design. Now, the iQOO 15 has appeared in an unboxing video posted by AnTuTu on Weibo, which gives us a closer look at the flagship. We are looking at the Chinese iQOO 15's Legend Edition, and the video is in Chinese, which we don't understand, but non- Chinese speakers can still gather some ..

During the annual India Mobile Congress this year, Oppo and MediaTek announced that the Find X9 series will be the first smartphone lineup to feature MediaTek's latest and greatest Dimensity 9500 SoC, which was announced in late September. That bit isn't particularly new information, though. The interesting bit about the announcement is that the Find X9 series will be coming to India next month. Oppo already set an announcement date in China for October 16, but now we know the phone will come ..

Honor has released some new teasers about its upcoming Magic8 Pro, and specifically about its 200 MP telephoto camera. This will have a 1/1.4" type sensor, the AIMAGE Honor Nox Engine, a large f/2.6 aperture, and, according to the brand, the industry's first CIPA 5.5-stop image stabilization. This should handle hand shaking without issue as it can make the shutter speed 5.5 times slower than without stabilization without any adverse effects, hence the name. The Magic8 and Magic8 Pro will be ..

OriginOS 6 is now official. The OS unveil was a major part of the 2025 vivo Developer Conference, which also saw the unveiling of BlueOS 3.0 and CarLink 3.0. OriginOS 6 brings a new design that has what vivo says is a more spatial and layered feel. Elements have a 3D effect and appear physically over and under other visual elements thanks to shadows and a translucent effect, similar to Apple's Liquid Glass look on iOS 26. Animations have been comprehensively upgraded with a new motion effect ..

The Samsung Galaxy S26 series, expected to go official next year in January, is rumored to comprise the Galaxy S26 Pro, Galaxy S26 Edge, Galaxy S26+, and Galaxy S26 Ultra. A recent report said that the Pro model will have the Exynos 2600 SoC under the hood, which is now corroborated by SamMobile. The publication claims to have found evidence that confirms the Galaxy S26 Pro will be powered by the Exynos 2600 chip in most countries. But in the US and China, the S26 Pro might come with the ..

Xiaomi unveiled the Xiaomi 17 series last month, which consists of three smartphones - Xiaomi 17, Xiaomi 17 Pro, and Xiaomi 17 Pro Max. It is expected to introduce the Xiaomi 17 Ultra in the next few months, and while we await more information from Xiaomi about it, reliable tipster Digital Chat Station has revealed some camera details of the Ultra model. According to DCS, the Xiaomi 17 Ultra will feature a quad-camera setup on its rear, which will be a combination of one 200MP and three 50MP ..

Samsung unveiled its latest M-series phone in India. The Galaxy M17 is the M variant of the Galaxy F17, which launched last month as a rebadged Galaxy A17. This makes the M17 the third variant of the same phone. The only differentiating factors are the available colors - Moonlight Silver and Sapphire Black, as well as pricing, which starts INR 12,499 ($141) for the 4/128GB model, making the M17 the most affordable entry from the trio. Samsung is also offering a 6/128GB trim for INR 13,999 and ..

Apple COO Jeff Williams is set to retire later this year, and Bloomberg reports that in response to Williams' departure from Apple, the Cupertino- based tech giant is preparing to expand the roles of some of its top executives. Apple's health and fitness teams, managed by Sumbul Desai and Jay Blahnik, respectively, had reported to Williams. But as part of the organizational restructuring and in anticipation of Williams' departure, these teams will be consolidated under Desai, who will report to ..

Google announced the Pixel 10 Pro Fold alongside the Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro, and Pixel 10 Pro XL back in August, but the folding smartphone only became available today. To celebrate the occasion, Google has explained why it chose to build a gearless hinge for the Pixel 10 Pro Fold, and it's all about offering more "without sacrificing the benefits of pro-level phones". Google's designers and engineers took the less s

Oppo launched the Reno14 and Reno14 Pro back in May, and as you may know, this mid-range series refreshes twice annually, so we're definitely now getting very close to the launch of the Reno15 family. According to a new rumor, there will be three main Reno15 devices: the Reno15, Reno15 Pro, and Reno15 Pro Max (yes, really - Oppo is apparently ready to follow Xiaomi's lead in copying Apple's naming scheme). The Reno15 Pro Max will allegedly come with a 6.78-inch flat LTPO OLED screen with "1.5K" ..

If we go by a rumor from earlier this month, Samsung will fully reveal its VR headset codenamed Project Moohan on October 21. So it's no surprise that we are finally getting some solid information about what might be called the Galaxy XR. The leak contains official-looking renders and key specs. Samsung Galaxy XR The Galaxy XR will be equipped with two 4K micro-LED displays with 4,032 ppi. Both displays combined will feature 29 million pixels, which is more than the 23 million pixels offered by ..

Following a series of teasers, Onyx has officially announced the Boox P6 Pro its latest smartphone-sized e-reader. This one is notable because it adds cellular connectivity with full 5G support and also comes in a special version with a Kaleido 3 color E Ink screen with 4096 colors, similar to what weve seen on Amazons Kindle Colorsoft models. Boox P6 Pro also comes in a regular monochrome E Ink screen version using a Carta 1300 screen. Both measure 6.13 inches in diagonal and feature some ..

Samsung will launch its first tri-fold smartphone this year, but the brand hasn't revealed its launch date yet. And while we await more information from Samsung about this smartphone, rumored to be called the Galaxy Z TriFold, a patent document published by KIPRIS revealed the tri-fold will pack three batteries. Since this is a tri-folding smartphone, it has three segments, each housing a battery cell. The sketch, which is shown below and included in the patent document, reveals that the ..

If you're interested in test driving Oppo's upcoming ColorOS 16 and OnePlus' OxygenOS 16, both based on Android 16, you now have a chance. Sort of. An open beta program has seemingly started, but you can't just get in. Instead, you need to pass an eligibility quiz. You reach this by going to Settings System & update Software Update then hitting the three dots and choosing Beta Program. This should work if you have a OnePlus 13, OnePlus 13R, OnePlus 13s, OnePlus Open, OnePlus 12, OnePlus 12R, ..

vivo continues teasing OriginOS 6. Key improvements are new AI features, smoother UI animations, improvements to the animated island around the front camera punch hole and a new style for the user interface. Watch the video and tell us if it seems familiar: It looks very glass-like, doesnt it? Well, vivo might actually call it water instead of glass as that is more on brand for vivo. Still, the translucent UI elements and blurred background have recently become more popular with the arrival of ..

Motorola is gearing up to launch its impossibly thin Edge 70 (aka Moto X70 Air in China) on November 5, but the phone made a surprise appearance on a Polish retailers website ahead of next months announcement. The listing comes with a detailed spec sheet and multiple product images. Motorola Edge 70 in Pantone Bronze Green Edge 70 is set to measure 160 x 75 x 6mm. This means it will be slightly taller than the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge and iPhone Air, and a bit thicker, though we suspect the ..

A major launch is just around the corner Oppo will introduce the Find X9 series. The company has been teasing the upcoming phones by sharing details, images and videos. So, here is one more video. Weve seen the Oppo Find X9 and X9 Pro in the hands of Oppos Zhou Yibao. He concealed the camera design, however. This video does show all the design elements, including the new camera island a squircle in the corner instead of the large centered circle that the X8 generation featured. The video goes ..

Google unveiled the Pixel 10 series in August, which consists of four smartphones - Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro, Pixel 10 Pro XL, and Pixel 10 Pro Fold. The first three smartphones went on sale in August, and starting today, the Pixel 10 Pro Fold is also available for purchase. The Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold starts at $1,799 in the US, 1,899 in Europe, and INR172,999 in India. You can check the pricing breakdown of the Pixel 10 series here. [#InlinePriceWidget,14014,1#] The Google Pixel Buds 2a TWS ..