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LG Korea has announced the LG StanbyME Go 27LX5, a portable display that's built inside a travelling case. This somewhat bizarre product features a 27-inch 1080p touchscreen display along with speakers and battery inside what clearly looks like a briefcase. The display can be tilted up to 90 degrees, rotated clockwise to 90 degrees, and adjusted in height within an 18-centimeter range. Users can choose horizontal or vertical orientation or utilize...

The annual mid-range Google Pixel phone is arguably one of the most anticipated budget smartphones on the market and this year's Pixel 7a comes really close to the vanilla Pixel 7 in terms of features. However, beneath the surface, the Pixel 7a is just as capable. The handset sports Tensor G2 SoC, just like the Pixel 7, offers an excellent camera experience, and offers the same battery capacity as its more expensive sibling, while being slightly...

The Bill of Materials (BoM) for the base Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra is just $469, according to Counterpoint’s latest research. This is for a unit with 8GB of RAM, 256GB storage and sub-6GHz 5G. The BoM for the 2022 model is unknown, but an S21 Ultra (Snapdragon 888, 128GB, mmWave) was $533 and before that the Galaxy Note20 Ultra (Snapdragon 865+, 128GB, mmWave) was $550. Qualcomm’s share of the BoM is at “an all-time high”, sitting at 34% – one percentage...

A new report sheds first light on the Google Pixel Watch 2, which is due in the Fall alongside the Pixel 8 series. Per this report, Google's second-gen smartwatch will make the move from Samsung's Exynos chipset to the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon W5 generation. Whether it's the Snapdragon W5 Gen 1 or the Snapdragon W5+ Gen 1, we're looking at a 4nm chip with four Cortex-A53 cores - a significant improvement to the Pixel Watch's 10nm Exynos 9110,...

The Apple AR/VR headset, reportedly named Reality Pro, will be announced on June 5. According to Ross Young, CEO of Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC), the headset will have two 1.41” micro OLEDs, bringing a 4,400 ppi resolution and over 5,000 nits of brightness. In a follow-up tweet, the analyst said the resolution should be “4K per eye”. Simple math reveals that with a 1.41” diagonal and a circular/square display, the side is 1”, and the...

As expected, vivo went ahead an announced its S17 series smartphones today in China. We got the vivo S17, vivo S17t and vivo S17 Pro which alongside the recently announced vivo S17e complete the four-strong series. The new devices sport the same curved 10-bit OLED displays (1260 x 2800 px resolution and 120Hz refresh rates) and 4,600mAh batteries with 80W fast charging. The differences come in the chipset and camera setups so let’s take a closer...

Apple will host its annual developer’s conference WWDC starting June 5. According to Mark Gurman, Chief Correspondent for Bloomberg on everything Apple, we will see the AR/VR headset, as well as the new version of the company's operating systems for smartphones, tablets, computers and smartwatches. In a more intriguing twist Gurman also suggetsed there will be “several new Macs”, meaning there will be more than the 15” MacBook Air with M2 chipset....

Motorola announced its third generation Moto G Stylus 5G and it’s one of the first devices to launch with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 chipset. The device retains the signature stylus which sits next to the charging port though it won’t offer any of the fancy Bluetooth or pressure sensitivity tricks found on the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra’s S Pen. Moto G Stylus 5G (2023) is built around a 6.6-inch IPS LCD with FHD+ resolution and a 120Hz refresh...

A few European retailers are here to seemingly dispel the report that the Xiaomi 13 Ultra will cost €1,499 in Europe. Dutch retailer Belsimpel and its German counterpart Gomibo have the Xiaomi 13 Ultra listed at €1,299 in the Netherlands, €1,277 in Germany, and €1,320 in Ireland. All the listings have this as the EU model and show the phone as shipping within 5 to 7 business days. This is a much more competitive price, especially considering this...

Arm unveiled the high-power Cortex-X4 core yesterday for mobile processors alongisde the Cortex-A720 and Cortex-A520 cores. Mediatek followed to confirm its next Dimensity flagship 5G SoC will feature X4 and A720, as well as Immortalis-G720 GPU, but did not mention A520. The leakster Digital Chat Station used their Weibo account to try and offer an explantion - there isn’t Cortex-A520 in the chipset; the Mediatek Dimensity 9300 will have an octa-core...

Samsung was rumored to launch the Galaxy F54 5G in India by the end of April, and while that didn't happen, we now know that the Korean conglomerate will unveil the Galaxy F54 5G in the Asian country on June 6 at 3PM IST. Samsung hasn't detailed the Galaxy F54 5G's specs sheet. However, the company gave us a glimpse of the smartphone's design through its promo page on the official website, confirming the presence of a triple camera setup on the...

The vivo Y35 5G which launched back in December now has a successor with the vivo Y35+ 5G. The newly launched phone brings a Dimensity 6020 chipset which is nearly identical to the Dimensity 700 from 2020 alongside a 50MP main cam and a 5,000 mAh battery. vivo Y35+ 5G is built around a 6.64-inch IPS LCD with FHD+ resolution and a 60Hz refresh rate. The phone has a waterdrop notch housing its 8MP front-facing camera. The back houses a 50MP main shooter...

The vivo Y35 5G which launched back in December now has a successor with the vivo Y35+ 5G. The newly launched phone brings a Dimensity 6020 chipset which is nearly identical to the Dimensity 700 from 2020 alongside a 50MP main cam and a 5,000 mAh battery. vivo Y35+ 5G is built around a 6.64-inch IPS LCD with FHD+ resolution and a 60Hz refresh rate. The phone has a waterdrop notch housing its 8MP front-facing camera. The back houses a 50MP main shooter...

Rumors about OnePlus Ace 2 Pro started surfacing earlier this month, and now we have more details regarding the expected flagship smartphone. According to Digital Chat Station, it will be a close copy of the Reno10 Pro+ with its so-called 1.5K screen and 100W fast charging but with a newer Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset. In a comment to another post, the leakster said the phone should be expected in “July-August,” when it will compete with Xiaomi’s...

The Honor 90 and Honor 90 Pro made their debut in China today. The phones are a slight improvement over their predecessors, with the most impressive feature being the 200 MP main camera with an ISOCELL HP3 sensor. The two phones have a 5,000 mAh battery, which is the highest capacity ever for the number series. The launch took place in China, but the company confirmed in a press release the devices will arrive internationally with GMS “soon”. George...

Apple's iPhone 16 Pro lineup for 2024 will have bigger displays. Ross Young first claimed this earlier this month and Ming-Chi Kuo chimed in a few days after, both saying the same thing - bigger screens for the Pro models in the iPhone 16 lineup. Mark Gurman's Sunday newsletter further confirmed these claims. However, there's no clear consensus on how much bigger the iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max will be compared to their predecessors. Gurman thinks...

ARM’s big.LITTLE CPU configurations have been around for years and the standard practice so far has been to have as many – or more – little cores as there are big cores. This is now changing with the introduction of ARM’s new designs. The high-power Cortex-X4, middle Cortex-A720 and small Cortex-A520 were unveiled today and will work in tandem to balance between performance and efficiency. ARM also introduced the DSU-120, which is what drives the...

Introduction The Formovie P1 aims to be one of those good things that come in small packages. Formovie has managed to fit a powerful projector in a very small body, measuring 150.8 x 83 x 24.6mm and weighing in at just 300 grams. The P1 is a truly portable device that still packs a laser light source capable of an advertised brightness of 800 lumens. This enables an advertised projected image of up to 100 inches in diagonal, which is formidable....

Another week down, here are the top headlines from our news section. We got our first look at the iPhone 16 Pro Max which should launch in the fall of 2024 with a 6.9-inch screen and the same Dynamic Island notch on the top. Next up from the rumor mill is news about an Xperia Compact foldable of the clamshell variety. The only other information we have is that the device will not feature a secondary screen. Infinix announced its Note 30 series smartphones....

As we’ve said before, Sony marches to the beat of its own drummer – while other brands rushed out Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 phones as soon as the chip was available, Sony just announced its first. Say “hello” to the Sony Xperia 1 V. Well, you’ll have to wait until the end of July until you can actually greet the Mark 5 flagship. With patience and €1,400/£1,300 in your wallet you too could own this prosumer camera phone. It’s not quite the Xperia Pro-I,...

As one commenter in last week’s poll says, the point of the Poco F-series is to deliver flagship performance at mid-range prices. Both the F5 models do that and while it’s not quite a 2023-level flagship performance, it comes really close. Of the pair, the vanilla Poco F5 is the breakout star – over half of the voters showed interest, it’s rare to see such a positive reaction. It beat its Pro sibling by a large margin, which is quite evident in...

The Tecno Camon 20 and Camon 20 Pro 5G and Camon 20 Premier unveiled earlier this month just debuted today in India. The Camon 20 Premier will be available in Dark Welkin and Serenity Blue colors in a single version with 8GB RAM and 512GB storage. It will be available from the third week of June, but pricing is yet to be confirmed. The Camon 20 comes in Glacier Glow, Serenity Blue, and Predawn Black colors with 8GB RAM and 256GB storage. It will...

The Google Pixel family is experiencing a tug of war between the Pixel 7 and 7a and in some markets the old flagship has the upper hand thanks to solid price cuts. We also found great deals on all four iPhone 14 models, all three Galaxy S23 phones as well as a variety of mid-rangers. Germany The UK USA India Germany Now that the Pixel 7a is out, the older Pixel 7 is almost obsolete – unless you find a great offer. In Germany, you can pick it up...

We’ve kind of known that this feature has been in the pipeline for some time, but now a “Ridesharing” toggle has started appearing on actual Pixel devices. It is located in the main At a Glance feature settings, and its description reads: “Shows the status of your ride”. At a Glance Ridesharing toggle It will show how far out a car is to your position on the Pixel’s lockscreen with the intention of saving you time from having to open the app or...

Don’t get overly excited about this since it is a very specific extension, only covering a total of five devices. The announcement was made on Discord, of all places, by Xiaomi India, and it covers the Redmi Note 10, Redmi Note 10 Pro, Redmi Note 10 Pro Max, Mi 11 Ultra and Poco X3 Pro. Extended warranty If you have purchased any of these devices in India in the last two years and are currently experiencing a selfie camera issue or a motherboard...

If you are not in the know, the popular PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS (PUBG) franchise has been having plenty of problems with the government in India. The original version of the game was banned and taken down from both the Google Play Store and Apple App Store way back in the day due to security concerns and violence-related reasons. Those events were then followed by the Krafton company releasing a specific version of the game in the country,...

If you've been around the rumor mill lately, then you'll probably know that one of the major expected innovations to arrive with the iPhone 15 Pro Max has been a new main camera, likely based on the Sony IMX903, 1" sensor. The latest industry insider tip, however, claims that the iPhone 15 will stick with the same IMX803, 48MP 1/1.28", Quad-Bayer camera that the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max already have. iPhone 15 Pro MaxM12 Panel(Same as 14PM)imx803(Same...

We've heard details about the upcoming flagship Exynos 2400 already, but it seems like Samsung is also working on what is likely the Exynos 2300. GeekBench listing Last we hear about the Exynos 2300, it was said to rock a rather odd 9-core CPU setup, including one prime Cortex-X3 core, clocked at up to 3.09 GHz, four Cortex-A715 cores, working at 2.65 GHz and four Cortex-A510 ones, with a 2.1 GHz max frequency. A very similar 1+4+4 chip has now...

We already know quite a bit about the upcoming Moto Razr 40 Ultra. The last major leak revealed its entire specs sheet and also included high-res renders of the phone. We expect to see the Razr 40 Ultra unveiled on June 1 alongside another less-premium device – a vanilla Moto Rarz 40. The regular Razr 40 is a bit more of a mystery. We do have some alleged images and pricing, but today also brings some alleged specs leaks. Motorola Razr 40 leaks...

The OnePlus Nord CE 3 Lite has been released last month, and we've since heard that it would at some point land in the US under a different name - Nord N30 5G. The version with this name has, in fact, already been spotted in the Google Play Console, so the launch is definitely near. That assumption has been further cemented today by the fact that the Nord N30 5G has been spotted in the Geekbench database, with the model number CPH2513. As you can...

Xiaomi is yet to announce the Redmi K60 Ultra for the Chinese market, which will eventually reach other markets as Xiaomi 13T Pro, and the famous tipster Digital Chat Station offers a sneak peek of its design with some schematics. The image alone isn't enough to gives us the full picture, but at least it gives us an idea of what to look for in the coming weeks. The alleged Xiaomi 13T Pro is depicted with thin bezels and a centered punch-hole for...

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YouTube Stories will cease to exist from June 26. The temporary post medium is being phased out and all YouTube Stories shared on June 26 will expire in seven days’ time. The accompanying community post suggests that YouTube is removing Stories in favor of YouTube Shorts and Community posts. YouTube Stories demo YouTube believes its Community posts are great for sharing “lightweight updates” and starting discussions among followers while Shorts...

Xiaomi posted its financial report for Q1 2023, and the numbers look promising for the Chinese manufacturer that is about to join the EV game as well. The company had 594.8 million monthly active users between January and March 2023, and it managed to reach the 600 million milestone by the time the announcement was published. The smartphone business reached CNY 35B (just under $5 billion) in revenue, shipping 30.4 million devices. The ASP was CNY...

The Google Pixel Fold is now up for pre-order but it seems the top-end model with 512GB storage is now officially out of stock in the US. The 512GB model is only available in the Obsidian black color and despite the $1,919 price tag seems to be the model stirring up the most interest from buyers. The 512GB Pixel Fold is out of stock in the US Google’s official store still offers the 256GB version in both Obsidian and Porcelain colors and those who...

Huawei introduced the Watch 4 and Watch 4 Pro with eSIM support on May 9 during the global unveiling of the P60 Pro flagship and the Mate X3 foldable. Company officials did not reveal any details about the availability of the wearables then, but now we have the official information. Huawei will begin the pre-order for Watch 4 and Watch 4 Pro on June 8 and will start selling the wearables two weeks later, on June 22. Huawei Watch 4 features The Watch...

Realme's Indian branch today announced it has roped in Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan (SRK) as its brand ambassador for the smartphone category. The company said it signed SRK - also referred to as "King Khan" - because he "truly embodies the spirit of Realme with his remarkable journey and charismatic persona" and "represents Realme's commitment to providing users with a leap-forward experience." The five-year-old brand also said that by joining...

Sony announced a new handheld streaming device that will be able to play your PS5 games over Wi-Fi via Remote Play. The device is called Project Q and features an 8-inch LCD screen with 1080p resolution and a 60Hz refresh rate. The screen is attached to a DualSense controller with all the same buttons and features as the PS5 controller apart from the touchpad which will presumably be integrated into the touchscreen. Sony details that you will only...

The sales of Samsung's Galaxy S23 family went down significantly this month, according to a new report from a leakster on Twitter. Rumor has it sales for the full second quarter (April to June) of the Korean company's flagship slab-style line will be down 20% compared to what the Galaxy S22 series managed last year. This seems to be down to lower than expected demand from "general consumers". The early adopters all bought their brand new devices...

Today we're unboxing the Infinix Note 30. It comes in a nice box with all the necessities, plus a few nice extras - you get a USB cable, a 45W charger, headphones, as well as both a case and a tempered glass screen protector. Our unit is the Interstellar Blue with 256GB of storage and 8GB of RAM, which can be expanded through the memory. The phone brings a squarish design with flat glossy sides and a matte-finished rear panel. There's a special...

AMD today announced the Radeon RX 7600 desktop graphics card. This is the third entry in the new RDNA 3 based 7000-series of cards and is the cheapest one yet. The RX 7600 is, in many ways, a third of a card compared to the flagship RX 7900 XTX. It has a third of the compute units and ray accelerators at just 32, a third of the stream processors at 2048, a third of the texture units at 128, the Infinity Cache has been reduced to a third to 32MB,...

We're here with an exciting update about our merch store. We have two brand new T-shirt designs in multiple colors, as well as mugs in three sizes! We've been getting requests for Mugs since we launched the store and we are finally able to answer those. To mark the occasion we're running a special 15% discount on EVERYTHING until the end of June - just enter ROBOTSFTW-15 at checkout. Kicking things off with our new 'I Sound Like a Robot' tee in...

OnePlus today announced a limited-edition OnePlus 11 Marble Odyssey for the Indian market. This variant is essentially a rebranded version of the OnePlus 11 Jupiter Rock edition for China that we have covered in the past. Just to reiterate what this particular edition is, the phone uses a material that OnePlus calls 3D microcrystalline rock for the back panel. We are not sure what the exact chemical composition of this material is but OnePlus claims...

Oppo launched the K10x last September, and today it unveiled its successor - Oppo K11x. It's powered by the Snapdragon 695 SoC paired with up to 12GB RAM and boots Android 13-based ColorOS 13.1. The smartphone has up to 256GB of storage onboard and packs a 6.72" FullHD+ 120Hz screen having 680 nits peak brightness (550 nits typical). Oppo doesn't mention if it's an LCD or an AMOLED panel, but chances are it's the former since the fingerprint scanner...

Samsung is rumored to have its summer Unpacked event in late July, where we traditionally see the latest Galaxy wearables, among other flagship products. Rumors already suggested we will see the return of the rotating bezel, and the latest leaked renders suggest this is really happening. The Samsung Galaxy Watch6 Classic will be a premium product and will have a minimalistic design with a metal body and two keys on the right side. Samsung Galaxy...

Tecno has announced it will launch the Camon 20 series smartphones in India on May 27. It comprises four models - Camon 20, Camon 20 Pro, Camon 20 Pro 5G, and Camon 20 Premiere. However, the company will only introduce the Camon 20 and Camon 20 Pro 5G in India at its May 27 event. The vanilla model will come in Glacier Glow, Serenity Blue, and Predawn Black colors, and the Pro 5G version will come in Serenity Blue and Dark Welkin colors. Since the...

Alongside its new iQOO Neo8 series smartphones, vivo also announced the iQOO Pad and iQOO TWS Air Pro wireless earbuds. The tablet is nearly identical to the vivo Pad2 but with a Dimensity 9000+ chipset instead of the regular Dimensity 9000 while the buds bring an in-ear design and up to 30 hours of total battery life with their charging case. iQOO Pad Like the vivo Pad2, iQOO Pad features a 12.1-inch IPS LCD with 1800 x 2880px resolution and a...

The iQOO brand held a big launch event in China where we saw the debut of the iQOO Neo8 series, iQOO Pad and TWS Air Pro earbuds. The Neo8 series comes in two variants with the iQOO Neo8 and the Neo8 Pro which debuts MediaTek’s new Dimensity 9200+ chipset. iQOO Neo8 series Dimensity 9200+ features a Cortex-X3 prime core clocked at 3.35Ghz alongside 3x Cortex-A715 Big cores humming at 3.0GHz and 4x Cortex-A510 Little cores at 2.0GHz. MediaTek's new...

Warner Bros. Discovery has now completed its transition of HBO Max and Discovery+ into one unified streaming service called Max. The rebranded service is now live in the US and comes with additional content for the most expensive Max Ultimate pricing tier ($19.99/month) with a total of 1,000 new movies and TV shows in 4K quality. The press release has the full list of 4K content and mentions that most Max users will have their apps automatically...

The umbrella company Meta which owns Facebook was fined €1.2 billion by the Irish Data Protection Authority (IE DPA). According to the European Data Protection Board (EDPB), it is the largest fine ever over GDPR breaches. The fine was imposed because Meta was transferring the personal data of European users to the United States over standard contractual clauses since July 2020, which EDPB deemed unlawful. The company needs to discontinue the procedure...