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The new Motorola Edge 70 Pro+ is now official in India, and it brings a familiar set of specs and looks. The 70 Pro+ is actually a rebadge of the global Edge 70 Pro featuring a 50MP telephoto camera with 3.5x optical zoom. It arrives in the three color options - Pantone Chicory Coffee (brown), Pantone Zinfandel (red) and Pantone Stormy Sea (blue). Edge 70 Pro+ features a 6.8-inch AMOLED with FHD+ resolution and a 144Hz refresh rate. The panel is protected by Gorilla Glass 7i and features up to 5,200 nits peak local brightness. There’s a MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme under...

The Xiaomi 17T, unveiled last week, has launched in India. The smartphone comes in violet, blue, and black colors in India with two memory options - 12GB/256GB and 12GB/512GB, priced at INR59,999 ($625/€540) and INR64,999 ($680/€585), respectively. [#InlinePriceWidget,14652,1#] The Xiaomi 17T will go on sale in India starting June 10 via Xiaomi's Indian website, Amazon.in, and Xiaomi retail stores. Xiaomi also unveiled the 17T Pro last week, but it's unclear if and when it will launch in India. Xiaomi 17T's color options The Xiaomi 17T is powered by the Dimensity 8500...

More details about the rumored vivo X500 Pro Max have surfaced online. Just a day after a tipster revealed the display details of the device, the same source has now shared information regarding its rear camera system. According to the new leak, the Pro Max variant will feature a triple rear camera setup consisting of two 50MP sensors and a 200MP camera. vivo X300 Pro The primary camera is said to use Sony's 50MP 1/1.28-inch LOFIC sensor, while the periscope telephoto camera could be equipped with a 200MP 1/1.4-inch sensor. Meanwhile, vivo is also said to be testing an upgraded...

Today Helium Mobile has announced that it's being acquired by Noble Mobile. Helium Mobile launched back in 2023 with a hybrid network. It relied on T-Mobile just like any other MVNO, but it also had its own decentralized "people-powered" network comprising over 100,000 user-operated mini cell towers deployed across the US. It also made waves with its free Zero Plan, launched last year and discontinued a few weeks ago. There was a lot of talk of crypto rewards too because crypto was still the thing in 2023 apparently (before it gave way to AI as the new buzzword). Now, though, Helium Mobile...

Google today announced fake call detection for the Phone by Google app. This protects you from what the company refers to as "the growing threat of impersonation scams", which are now using AI deepfakes. Here's how these scams work. First, the scammers spoof the originating phone number of, say, one of your family members, "routing calls through internet-based software to make it appear as though the call is originating from a familiar contact", Google says. Then they use "easily accessible" AI deepfake technology to sound exactly like "an authority figure, family member, or...

Realme has announced it will unveil the Realme P4R in India on June 10 at 12 PM local time. The Realme P4R will be powered by the Dimensity 6300 SoC, run Realme UI 7.0 out of the box, and offer up to 256GB of storage. The smartphone will feature a 144Hz display with 1,200 nits peak brightness, and fueling the entire package will be an 8,000 mAh battery, advertised to deliver three days of endurance on a single charge. The Realme P4R will support 45W wired charging, 27W reverse wired charging, and all-scenario bypass charging. Realme is advertising a "One Tap Cooling" feature that would...

Honor has silently introduced a new budget 4G smartphone in select global markets. The phone’s called the Honor X7e and its key selling point is the large 7,500mAh battery. The Honor X7e is powered by the MediaTek Helio G81 Ultra chipset and runs Android 16-based MagicOS 10.0. As mentioned in the beginning, the highlight of the phone is its large 7,500mAh battery, which supports 45W wired charging. In some regions, the handset will come with a 7,000mAh battery. The device sports a 6.6-inch LCD display up front with an HD+ resolution and a refresh rate of up to...