iQOO recently started to tease its upcoming flagship phone, the iQOO 15. The company also showcased the phones rear design with a color-changing panel and confirmed that it would be the first to come with OriginOS 6. Now, iQOO has revealed that the phone will come with a 6.85-inch QHD Samsung M14 display with 144Hz refresh rate, 2,600 nits of brightness, and Dolby Vision certification. Notably, known tipster PhoneArt (UniverseIce on X) stated that the iQOO 15 will be the first phone to use the ..

The vivo X300 and X300 Pro are set to launch in China on October 13. vivo has also revealed the design, key specs, and color options of both phones. Now, vivo has confirmed that both X300 and X300 Pro will be compatible with the vivo Zeiss 2.35x telephoto teleconverter kit that was unveiled alongside the vivo X200 Ultra. The telephoto teleconverter kit is said to enhance the zoom capabilities of both phones. For the base X300, the kit will be available in a silver color, whereas the X300 Pros ..

Apple's first novelty phone, the iPhone Air, has been a source of great fascination since its announcement. We all wanted to know how well it did in a bend test (spoiler alert: it did great), and now we want to know what it's like on the inside. Reparability experts iFixit are on the case as usual, and have made two important discoveries, one of which is quite unexpected. First, the iPhone Air is surprisingly easy to get into and repair, and got a relatively high score from iFixit. It still ..

Its been a while since the iPhone had a -gate controversy, but the new iPhone 17 Pro lineup seems to have sparked one called scratchgate. Several users have claimed that the Deep Blue and Cosmic Orange iPhone 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max scratch far too easily. YouTuber Zack Nelson from JerryRigEverything, in his durability tests, found that the iPhone 17 Pro series scratches easily, particularly around the sharp edges of the large rear camera module. According to him, the issue lies in the anodized ..

vivo has been teasing the X300 series for the past few days, and today, it announced that the X300 lineup will be unveiled on October 13 in China at 7 PM local time. vivo X300 series is launching on October 13 The X300 series consists of the X300 and the X300 Pro. Both smartphones will be powered by MediaTek's freshly announced Dimensity 9500 SoC and run Android 16-based OriginOS 6 out of the box. It will be introduced by vivo on October 10. OriginOS 6 will be introduced on October 10 The vivo ..

MediaTek has announced its newest flagship chipset, the Dimensity 9500. The company claims it sets a new standard in on-device AI, gaming, and power efficiency. The Dimensity 9500 uses the new generation Arm CPU cores with an 'All Big Core' design. It uses a single Arm C1-Ultra core clocked at 4.21GHz, three C1-Premium cores, and four C1-Pro cores for an octa-core design. MediaTek claims this chip has 32% higher single-core and 17% higher multi-core performance than the Dimensity 9400, and the ..

The Oppo Find X9 series launch date for China has been officially confirmed. Oppos latest Find X9 and Find X9 Pro flagship phones will run ColorOS 16, which will be announced on October 15 at the 2025 Oppo Developers Conference. Oppo Find X9 series will launch in China on October 16. The company also confirmed that the phones will be equipped with the MediaTek Dimensity 9500 SoC and feature Oppos proprietary Trinity Engine tech. According to Oppo, the Find X9 series will offer large batteries. ..

iQOO is expected to unveil the iQOO 15 in the coming weeks, and we recently saw a hands-on video showing the iQOO 15's color-changing model. While iQOO hasn't revealed the iQOO 15's launch date yet, earlier today, it gave us our first official look at the iQOO 15's color-changing version. [#InlinePriceWidget,13462,1#] The iQOO 15's design is similar to last year's iQOO 13 - it has a metal build with the volume rocker and power key placed on the right-side frame, while the back cover sports a ..

Realme has confirmed that its next flagship GT 8 series smartphones will be unveiled next month. The upcoming lineup will include the Realme GT 8 and GT 8 Pro. The Realme GT 8 series will be unveiled in China this October, the company confirmed via Weibo. While theres no exact launch date available yet, the lineup is available for pre-order on the official Realme China online store and via other online resellers. Customers who pre-book the Realme GT 8 or GT 8 Pro right now will be eligible to ..

Samsung rolled out the Android 16-based One UI 8 stable update for the Galaxy S25 series last week in multiple countries. Now, the Korean brand has released the stable One UI 8 for two more smartphones - the Galaxy Z Fold6 and the Galaxy Z Flip6. The stable One UI 8 for the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold6 and Galaxy Z Flip6 is seeding in South Korea for those who were enrolled in the beta program; however, the rollout should expand to non-beta users (and those living in other countries) soon. Samsung ..

It's quite obvious that the new iPhone Air's key selling point isn't the camera, but that doesn't mean it can get away with mediocre image quality. The only camera on the back uses a familiar 48MP, 1/1.56" sensor coupled with an f/1.6 aperture. Apple promises lossless, optical-like zoom quality at 2x to compensate for the absence of a dedicated zoom camera. We'll reserve the judgment on how well that works until the review is complete and we've done a detailed analysis across all our test ..

Much like last week, our trending chart is dominate by Apple's iPhone 17 series, but there were some changes in the top four. Once again the Pro Max flagship ended up victorious, but the vanilla model replaced the Air in the second position. [#InlinePriceWidget, 13964, 1#] That probably doesn't bode too well for what Apple hopes to be its next iconic model, but it's not too far behind in third. The 17 Pro was once again the least popular member of the new lineup, but still managed to retain its ..

Samsung announced its lastest flagship tablet, the Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra, earlier this month during the annual IFA in Berlin, and now we have it in the office and about to start working on its review. The Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra is an impressive device with its massive 14.6-inch display. The panel remains unchanged from last year, but that's not an issue given that the screen was excellent in the first place. It offers supports 120Hz refresh rate and HDR10+. The chipset gets an upgrade, though, ..

Xiaomi kickstarted its HyperOS 3 beta program based on Android 16 in late August and started recruiting beta testers for the global HyperOS 3 shortly after. And now, the company is almost ready to move in with the stable update, at least for the Chinese market. Xiaomi will kick off the stable HyperOS 3 update for its Chinese users in the first half of October and will start with the Xiaomi 15 and Redmi K80 series. The rollout will gradually reach all phones, tablets and TVs eligible for the ..

Nothing has released the Nothing OS V3.5-250911-2112 update for the Nothing Phone (3), which comes with some camera improvements, battery optimization, and bug fixes. For starters, the camera clarity for third-party apps has been improved, and so is the Action Mode to reduce noise grains. The AI SuperRes Zoom algorithm has also been updated to improve the sharpness of texts, while adjusting the exposure using the manual slider is now smoot

Apple opens a new chapter with the launch of its new iPhones it introduces the slender Air and significantly buffs the base iPhone. But how is the iPhone 17 Pro doing? It has major changes on the surface and below that too, join us as we experience them first hand. [#InlinePriceWidget, 14049, 1#] We will talk about the design in a minute, first we have to address the materials. Apple has switched several times over the last few years and now it is back to aluminum, a material it hasn't used on ..

Sonys latest Xperia mid-ranger launched on Friday the Sony Xperia 10 VII brings significant changes to the design while maintaining that Sony feel, plus it features several important hardware upgrades. The new camera visor design may be the most visible change, but the new display is the most important one the 6.1 panel now has an aspect ratio of 19.5:9 instead of the tall and narrow 21:9 of the Mark 6. Its also a 120Hz panel (finally!), though we found a lot of issues with this particular ..

The Huawei nova 14 series smartphones and the Freebuds 7i TWS earphones, which were available exclusively in China, have finally made their international debut. The Freebuds 7i come in black, white, and pink colors, and they are already available for purchase in the UK through Huawei's official website. The TWS are priced at 99.99 in the UK, but until October 31, customers can get a 10 discount on their purchase by applying the coupon code AFB7I10OFF at checkout. Huawei Freebuds 7i Key features ..

Last week, we asked you which (if any) of the new iPhones you would buy. We are now looking at the results and, unsurprisingly, the vanilla model is eating into the small Pros market share, while the big Pro Max is the most popular. The Apple iPhone 17 may be the big winner this generation, at least in terms of improvement over its predecessor. With a number of significant upgrades and staying at the same price as last year, many will flock to this model - including people that in previous ..

Today, we have with us the new iPhone 17, the baseline, and what would undoubtedly be the most popular iPhone for Apple. This is also the most improved model for this year, which should make a lot of people happy. Before we delve into the new features, let's take a quick look at the packaging. Well, there's not really much to look at here, as the iPhone 17 continues Apple's crusade in cutting down on the packaging material, which leaves you with mostly just a cable. At this point, we are not ..

Ayaneo, known for its exhaustive range of portable handheld gaming devices, has announced the new Pocket Air Mini retro gaming handheld. Designed with older emulated titles in mind, the Pocket Air Mini is the first of its kind to feature a 4:3 display. The display is the Pocket Air Mini's claim to fame. Featuring a 1280x960 resolution in a 4.2-inch size, the 60Hz display on the Pocket Air Mini features the correct 4:3 aspect ratio that most classic and retro games used to have. This would ..

On September 24, Xiaomi is unveiling the 15T and 15T Pro smartphones. A new rumor today from a tipster over on X claims that they will be joined by the Redmi Pad 2 Pro, the Xiaomi Watch S4 41mm, and the Xiaomi OpenWear Stereo Pro. Not just that, but we have alleged prices for all of these products. So let's start with the phones. The 15T is said to go for 649, the 15T Pro for 799, both with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. The Redmi Pad 2 Pro, on the other hand, will apparently be priced at ..

vivo launched the Y50 and Y50m back in July, and today they're joined by a third member of the family, the Y50i. It comes with a 6.74-inch flat LCD screen with 720x1600 resolution, 90Hz refresh rate, 180Hz touch sampling rate, and 1,000-nit peak brightness. The phone is powered by MediaTek's Dimensity 6300 SoC, paired with 6GB of LPDDR4X RAM and 128GB of eMMC 5.1 storage. vivo Y50i official images showing all three colorways There's a 13 MP rear camera and a 5 MP selfie camera, and a 6,000 mAh ..

vivo's upcoming iQOO 15 has seemingly just run Geekbench a few hours ago, and it's managed some record-breaking in the process. The prototype was able to reach a single-core score of 3,824 and a multi-core score of 12,402, while being powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 SoC. The phone that ran the benchmark had 16GB of RAM, though other options may be available upon launch. It had Android 16 on board, giving us a good hint that the iQOO 15 will launch with that version. The phone will have ..

Xiaomi is getting ready to unveil the 17 series later this month, and ahead of that Lu Weibing, the company's President, took to Weibo to compare the Xiaomi 17 Pro Max to the iPhone 17 Pro Max. You can see his hands-on with both in the short video below. The point of this was to assuage people's fears that Xiaomi copied the camera island design from Apple - he's basically saying you can see how different they are. But, if you ignore Xiaomi's screen occupying the island, we can't really see that ..

Samsung is rumored to have been working on the next One UI release, 8.5, ever since April, and yesterday an early build meant for the Galaxy S25 Ultra was spotted on Samsung's servers. One UI 8.5 is expected to be the version with which the Galaxy S26 series will launch. Today we have our first look at One UI 8.5, courtesy of a developer who was able to modify the Galaxy S25 Ultra build to run on a Galaxy S21+. Take a look at the refreshed UI in the images below. One UI 8.5 The Settings menu ..

The iPhone Air, iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro, and iPhone 17 Pro Max became available today, and we already have the first video teardown of one of them, mere hours later. We're talking about the iPhone 17 Pro, and if you've ever been curious to see its insides, then this is the video for you. Take a look: The video goes through the usual disassembly process, telling you how best to do it without risking any damage, should you ever want to self-repair your iPhone. Interestingly, the screen is ..

The brand-new Watch GT 6 Pro is Huaweis latest premium smartwatch, and it brings a slew of welcome upgrades across health and activity tracking, alongside improvements in areas like battery endurance and positioning accuracy. Our review unit comes in brown, though thats only visible on the scale around the display. Watch GT 6 Pro retains the titanium casing of its predecessor and comes with the new brown woven strap, which features an interesting mix of rubber and nylon. It has the same 46mm ..

The OnePlus 15 is coming soon, most likely in October, and ahead of that it's been doing the usual certification dance left and right. The latest certification for the upcoming device comes from SIRIM in Malaysia. While not revealing any of its specs, this certification is nevertheless very useful since it confirms that the global OnePlus 15 has the model number CPH2747. On the other hand, the Chinese version has the model number PLK110, as revealed earlier. That one was spotted on Geekbench ..

Apple didnt rename the Pro Max model to Ultra as some rumors suggested, but it did significantly rework the design and it upgraded a lot of the hardware too. And a lot of that is new materials. The company introduced its first stainless steel phone, the iPhone 4, way back in 2010, but switched to aluminum with the iPhone 5. These past couple of years, Cupertino experimented with titanium to try and fight the steadily increasing weight of the Pro and especially Pro Max models. The experiments ..

Huawei has unveiled the new MatePad 12 X 2025 tablet with the familiar PaperMatte Display and upgraded specs. The tablet features a 12-inch LCD display with a resolution of 2800 1840 pixels, up to 1,000 nits of brightness, an adaptive refresh rate of up to 144Hz, and HDR Vivid support. It also comes with Huaweis PaperMatte coating, designed to reduce glare and mimic the texture of paper. According to Huawei, the PaperMatte display helps minimize eye strain and improves readability, even in ..

Apple's next Vision Pro will come with the R2 chip, a self-developed one that will be built on TSMC's 2nm process. As the name implies, this is the successor to the R1 chip, which is present in the original Vision Pro. The R1 is a dedicated co-processor that handles input from the headset's cameras, sensors, and mics, including for tracking eye movements, hand gestures, and head position. It stands to reason that the R2 will be used for the same purposes, only it should perform better and ..

Huaweis Watch Ultimate 2 comes in as the direct successor to last years first- gen Watch Ultimate bringing a few key upgrades. It features a similar design to its predecessor with an updated zirconium-based liquid metal case matched with dual-tone nanocrystal ceramic bezels and sapphire glass. You get a 1.5-inch LTPO2 AMOLED display rated at 3,500 nits peak brightness and 18% thinner display bezels. Ultimate 2 brings a 20ATM water resistance rating (EN13319, ISO 22810:2010), which means divers ..

There's no two ways about it, the iPhone Air is one of the more exciting Apple devices in recent memory. A nod to the first MacBook Air which revolutionized laptop design, the Air is Apples thinnest phone to date and we have one in our hands. Let's get the obvious out the way - it's remarkably slender. But how thin is 5.6mm really? Well, take a look for yourselves. In the photo above it is on top of the iPhone 17 Pro Max. The 3.2mm difference looks even more substantial in person. But the ..

A year later, almost to the day, Huawei unveils its new Watch GT 6 series. The latest smartwatches improve battery life and positioning accuracy, while the updated software offers new and improved sports modes and health tracking features. There are two models the Huawei Watch GT 6, coming in 41mm and 46mm, and the Huawei Watch GT 6 Pro, which only comes in 46mm size now (the GT 5 Pro had a 42mm variant). Lets start with the battery the 46mm Pro model can last up to 21 days with light usage ..

Samsung will launch its first tri-fold smartphone later this year. While early rumors suggested the phone would be sold only in South Korea and China, a new report indicates otherwise. As per a CNN Business report citing a source familiar with the matter, Samsung is considering bringing its tri-fold smartphone to the US. If so, it would become the first brand to sell a tri- fold device in the American market. Huawei is currently the only brand selling tri-fold phones to consumers, the Mate XT ..

vivo has officially unveiled the complete rear design of the upcoming X300 series, following several teasers. Although vivo has yet to announce the launch date for the X300 lineup, the rear design of the phone is now clear. The company has also showcased some of the color options for the X300 and X300 Pro. The Vivo X300 and X300 Pro sport a flatter design than their predecessors, featuring a flat frame with rounded corners. Vivo also seems to have repositioned the rear flash module to the left ..

Its officially iPhone launch day and Apple is seeding a new software update for all four of its new phones. The 17 series and Air models ship with iOS 26 (23A330) out of the box and will immediately get the 23A341 version update. Apple does not offer a detailed changelog for the update, but it's likely a hot-fix, targeting bugs identified in the last minute. iOS 26.0 (23A341) update screen [#InlinePriceWidget,14050,1#] The 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max are also getting an additional update today, which ..