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For many years now, we’ve been partnered with Binkies 3D to give you access to 3D models of smartphones that you can spin around, zoom in on and explore. But now foldable phones have complicated things a bit. These phones are designed to be used in two configurations – folded and unfolded. Each has its pros and cons and they differ by the form factor. A flip foldable’s cover display may be just enough to answer a quick text, but it’s not great for general use. Meanwhile, book-style foldables have cover displays that are almost as big as the displays on regular phones and tablet-sized...

Oppo teased the K14 Plus last week, and today it announced that the smartphone will be unveiled in India on September 29 at 12 PM local time. The Oppo K14 Plus will be available through Flipkart as a Flipkart Unique product, with Oppo promising "exciting offers during the Big Billion Days" to customers. A promo page set up on Flipkart reveals the Oppo K14 Plus will come with a MediaTek 7360 Max SoC, a 6.77" 1.5K AMOLED screen with a 144Hz refresh rate and 3,600 nits peak brightness, ColorOS 16, 8GB RAM, and 256GB storage. The Oppo K14 Plus will feature three cameras - one on...

Qualcomm’s latest flagship chipsets are now official. The new Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 and Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 mobile platforms are built on a 2nm process and feature Oryon CPU cores clocked at up to 5.0GHz. The Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 and 8 Elite Gen 6 feature 64 bit Oryon CPUs paired with new Adreno GPUs and Hexagon NPUs. Both chipsets feature two Prime cores clocked at up to 5.0GHz and six Performance cores running at up to 4.0GHz. They also come with 16MB of Oryon FlexCache and support up to 24GB of LPDDR5X/6 RAM at speeds of up to 5,300MHz, along with UFS...

vivo launched the X500, X500 Pro, and X500 Pro Max in China yesterday, and today the company has already revealed when they're coming to Europe. The European launch event will take place on October 27, which is also when pre-orders will start. The devices will then be released on November 5. There is, however, something you need to know - while vivo's page talks about the "X500 series", the vanilla X500 is not shown. That may just mean that vivo wants to focus its marketing efforts on the Pro and Pro Max models, but it could also mean that the X500 isn't coming to Europe. Hopefully this...

OnePlus has expanded its N6 lineup in India with the launch of the new OnePlus N6 Lite. The affordable 4G smartphone packs a 7,000mAh battery and joins the OnePlus N6 and N6x in the country. The OnePlus N6 Lite is priced at INR 16,999 for the sole 4GB RAM and 64GB storage variant. It is available in Midnight Black and a bright Neo Green colorway. It is powered by the Unisoc T7250 chipset and comes with a 6.75-inch LCD display that offers a 120Hz refresh rate and 900 nits in high-brightness mode. The phone offers storage expansion via a microSD card. The handset features a...

After unveiling the X500 series in China, vivo will likely turn its focus to the X500 Ultra. While the company has remained tight-lipped about the phone, a vivo executive reportedly shared the launch timeline for the X300 Ultra successor during a media interview post the X500 series launch event. Huang Tao, Vice President of Product at vivo, reportedly confirmed that the vivo X500 Ultra will debut in China sometime in March or April 2027. Notably, its predecessor was unveiled in China on March 30. vivo X300 Ultra The vivo executive also noted that the Ultra variant will offer a...

vivo started teasing the V80 last week, and today it announced that the smartphone will be unveiled on October 6 at 12 PM in India. Additionally, vivo revealed key specs of the V80, including a 6.59" 1.5K OLED display with 5,000 nits peak brightness and a 144Hz refresh rate, a 7,200 mAh battery with 90W charging support, and four cameras co-developed with ZEISS. The V80 will also feature 4K Cinematic Video and support 4K@60fps video recording with OIS. In India, the smartphone will come with AI Diwali Portrait 2.0 and a Diwali Frame. On the software side, you'll get the...