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The vivo X200 series is launching on October 14 in China and the teaser campaign is in full swing. The latest additions are images of the X200’s front next to last year’s X100 as well as a few camera samples from the main and periscope lenses. The latest images are courtesy of vivo's Product Manager Han Boxiao and we can see the big design change compared to the outgoing X100. The upcoming device features a flat frame with a polished aluminum look....

Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S24 FE last week. The 2024 model features a larger display (6.7” vs. 6.4”), a new chipset (Exynos 2400e) with a vapor chamber that is “1.1x larger” and a higher capacity battery (4,700mAh vs. 4,500mAh). We can have a closer look at some of these hidden components in this teardown video. With the glass back removed, the layout is very similar to the S23 FE. A heat spreader on the motherboard hides one of the major changes...

Earlier this year, HMD entered a new phase of its development and dropped its Nokia branding for smartphones in favor of its own HMD-branded devices. HMD continued to offer Nokia-branded smartphones, feature phones, and tablets for the past months, but it seems supplies for those have come to an end, at least in Europe. No Nokia smaretphones in sight on HMD.com/UK You won't find Nokia-branded devices on most of the official HMD websites in the Old...

This is the Xiaomi Buds 5 - a premium pair of buds with a lot of tech and a classy yet sturdy design. The buds ship in a small box with a USB-A to USB-C cable. The case has an eye-catching semi-gloss-semi-matte finish. It's small and has a nicely rounded shape, making it comfortable to pocket. The Xiaomi Buds 5 in the case The Xiaomi Buds 5 feature an open-ear design - they don't have silicone tips that to invade your ear canal. These are generally...

It was a week of announcements - Xiaomi had a couple of huge launche events, and Samsung also unveiled a trio of interesting devices. In china the Redmi Note 14 series debuted with three models - vanilla, Pro and a Pro+. The Pros are extra tough and have high-quality curved displays. The Pro+ model stands out with better camera hardware and a 6,200mAh silicon-carbon anode battery. The Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 Pro+ starts at CNY 1,900 for the 12/256GB...

Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S24 FE this week, alongside two premium tablets. Meanwhile, Xiaomi launched a pair of 14T phones. Let’s have a closer look at the new arrivals. The Samsung Galaxy S24 FE starts at £650 and will receive 7 OS updates and 7 years of security patches. Will a device with 8GB of RAM and 128GB storage still be usable in 7 years? Who knows, Android is not as slim as it once was and it’s not getting any slimmer. Neither are all...

Does the Samsung Galaxy S24 FE need to exist? It all comes down to price – a 256GB unit will cost you $710 in the US with no promotions and discounts, a Galaxy S24+ 256GB is $1,000. The S24+ is certainly the better phone, but whether it is $290 better remains to be seen. And you shouldn’t be paying full price for these phones, anyway. Samsung US is accepting pre-orders for the S24 FE and is offering up to $400 trade-in credit, 50% off the Galaxy...

Apple iPhone 16, 16 Plus, 16 Pro and 16 Pro Max come with the latest available Apple iOS 18 pre-installed. While Apple tried to present this new iteration as one of the biggest redesigns, it doesn't feel that big in day-to-day use. However, allowing for deep personalization options across the homescreens and interface does have the potential to make the UI rather unique and different, something which has been lacking on iOS through the years. All...

Huawei launched the Mate 60 Pro last year in August, and if the brand follows a similar timeline for its successor, the Mate 70 Pro should go official next month. We haven't heard anything from Huawei about the Mate 70 Pro's launch yet, but its live image has surfaced online, corroborating a previous design leak of the Mate 70 Pro sporting a circular camera island. The source says that the Huawei Mate 70 Pro pictured in the image below is held by...

Caviar, known for its custom luxury devices, is back with another customized device. We are talking about the Huawei Mate XT Ultimate tri-folding smartphone, which was unveiled earlier this month in China in black and red colors and has a base price of CNY19,999 ($2,850/€2,555). Caviar's customized Huawei Mate XT Ultimate is part of its Rich Colors collection and has two versions - Black Dragon and Gold Dragon. The Black Dragon model is inspired...

The Honor 200 Lite, introduced last week in India, is now on sale through Amazon.in and Honor's Indian website. It comes in a single 8GB/256GB configuration priced at INR17,999 ($215/€190) with three color options - Starry Blue, Cyan Lake, and Midnight Black. [#InlinePriceWidget, 12948, 1#] The Honor 200 Lite has the Dimensity 6080 chip at the helm and runs Android 14 with MagicOS 8 on top. It packs a 6.7" 1080p 90Hz AMOLED screen and is fueled...

The iPhone 16 Plus is Apple's new cheaper large iPhone and this year it's standing a bit closer to the Pro Max in some ways, but further away in others. It shares the same box content, though - you only get a braided USB-C cable. So what do you get in your new iPhone 16 Plus over the 15 Plus? It has a new design with the two cameras on the back sitting aligned instead of opposite each other. This allows the iPhone 16 to shoot spatial content for...

The Red Magic nova gaming tablet debutted earlier this month in China and is now going global. Red Magic claims this is the best tablet for triple-A games thanks to a combination of a potent chipset, capable display, big battery, and sophisticated passive and active cooling. Inside the Red Magic Nova is the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Leading Edition — a higher-clocked version of the SoC with a 3.4GHz Cortex-X4 prime core and a GPU running at 1GHz. This...

Last year Honor launched its Honor X9b midranger which offers several drop protection features. One of them was the “Ultra-Bounce Anti-Drop Display” which featured shock-absorbing material which Honor claimed could provide a drop resistance of up to 1.5m. Honor Malaysia is now teasing a new tougher device which should be the upcoming Honor X9c. While we don’t get an actual look at the phone, the teasers clearly hint at the device’s name and its...

Xiaomi's announcements keep piling up and the latest additions are the Redmi Note 14 5G and Redmi Buds 6. Note 14 joins the Note 14 Pro and Note 14 Pro+ as the entry-level device in the series while the Buds 6 are the latest in-ear TWS from the Xiaomi sub-brand. Redmi Note 14 5G Redmi Note 14 is built around a 6.67-inch OLED display with FHD+ resolution and a 120hz refresh rate. It gets up to 2,100 nits peak brightness and features Corning Gorilla...

Samsung announced its Samsung Health SDK suite as a comprehensive solution to bring advanced data from Galaxy Wearables to researchers and developers around the world. The SDK is split into four categories and is now available to Samsung partners, developers, and researchers. Sensor SDK unlocks the advanced BioActive sensor algorithm from the Galaxy Watch series which offers heart rate, skin temperature, electrocardiogram (ECG), and Bioelectrical...

vivo launched the X Fold3 Pro in India in June in Celestial Black color. Today, vivo announced the X Fold3 Pro Lunar White Limited Edition, which is available for purchase through vivo's Indian website, Flipkart, and partner retail stores. The vivo X Fold3 Pro Lunar White Limited Edition is basically the Solar White model available in China. It comes in a single 16GB/512GB configuration like the Celestial Black model and costs the same - INR159,999...

Meizu took the wraps off its Lucky 08 smartphone and its main claim to fame is AI. The device boots Meizu’s Flyme AI OS and it is packed with all kinds of smart features ranging from automatic call answering and call summarization to AI-powered shopping assistant that helps you find the best deals by comparing prices. Meizu Lucky 08 in Star White and Meteorite Black The new interface also brings an updated AI assistant that can answer search queries,...

Today is the day of the Xiaomi 14T series global launch. It is exactly a year after the 13T series launched and once again we expect to see two models: Xiaomi 14T and Xiaomi 14T Pro. Once again, the pair will feature cameras co-engineered with Leica, plus high quality displays and high-end chipsets. We’ve seen many leaks that detail the specs, but the event is about to start, so let’s focus on the official details. The event starts at 2:00pm GMT....

Huawei launched the Pura 70 series back in April before AI became the industry's favorite buzzword. Now the phones are catching up to the trend with the latest software update. The Pura 70 Ultra flagship got a firmware update that adds AI Image Expansion feature. AI Image Expansion AI Image Expansion adds more to an image, expanding its field of view. The feature can be found in the Gallery app when an image is selected. The Edit icon now has the...

Xiaomi's Redmi launched the Redmi Watch 5 Active last month, and today, the brand introduced the Redmi Watch 5 Lite. The Redmi Watch 5 Lite looks similar to the Watch 5 Active but packs an always-on AMOLED display instead of LCD. It measures 1.96" diagonally and is brighter with 600 nits peak brightness. Its resolution is also higher (502x410 pixels) and supports 200+ cloud watch faces, of which 50+ are customizable, and 30+ are always-on (AOD)....

As expected, vivo announced its V40e in India today. The new device follows the design language of the V40 and V40 Pro with a curved 6.67-inch OLED screen and a dual-camera setup on the back with vivo’s Aura Light portrait system. vivo V40e in Mint Green and Royal Bronze V40e is equipped with a MediaTek Dimensity 7300 chipset paired with 8GB RAM and 128/256GB storage which does not support expansion. The display features FHD+ resolution, a 120Hz...

The vivo X200 series will launch on October 14 at an event in Beijing, China. We expect vivo X200 and vivo X200 Pro phones, and it looks like a mini version, the vivo X200 Pro mini, will also be available. The name of this phone popped up on Weibo in a post from a vivo brand manager Jia Jingdong, who welcomed a new brand ambassador. The executive introduced Zheng Qingwen, a tennis player and the winner of the Olympic gold in Paris 2024 – the first...

We recently saw an official unboxing video of the Samsung Galaxy S24 FE leaked by Evan Blass, which corroborated previous design leaks while also revealing key specs of the smartphone. Now, we are looking at yet another Samsung Galaxy S24 FE unboxing video showing the smartphone in blue and gray colors. You can watch the clip below. Once you finish that, you can watch the official unboxing video leaked by Blass. We've reuploaded it below since Blass'...

Samsung is bringing the Galaxy S25 Ultra with a redesigned body, thinner bezels and possibly support for satellite connectivity. We also heard it will be exclusively powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chipset, skyping the Exynos version and while this latest leak doesn't really confirm that it shows the kind of performance we can expect. A Galaxy S25 Ultra unit was benchmarked on Geekbench, giving us its first CPU rating and telling us more about...

The Redmi Note 14 Pro series is launching in China on Thursday, September 26 and the teaser campaign is in full swing. The latest pieces to the puzzle reveal the Note 14 Pro+ will feature a massive 6,200 mAh silicon-carbon battery with 90W charging. Note 14 Pro+ will get a 6,200 mAh silicon-carbon battery The other teaser confirms the phone will launch with the Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 – Qualcomm’s latest midrange chip. And a Snapdrgaon 7s Gen 3 chip...

We have the freshly launched Tecno Spark 30 Pro for unboxing today. Ours is the Transformers special edition model with a custom Optimus Prime paint job and a anime-style promo leaflet in the box. There's also a 33W charger, a USB-A to USB-C cable, and 3.5mm earbuds - yes, this phone has a proper audio jack and it enables an FM radio. Upfront, the Tecno Spark 30 Pro packs a 6.78-inch FHD AMOLED display with a fluid 120Hz refresh rate. Inside, there's...

Users across Europe are reporting significant price hikes in their individual and family plans. And although the reports are mainly from Europe, YouTube has made a quiet decision to increase prices globally. Subscribed users are now receiving emails with the new pricing that will go into effect in November. In Belgium, the Netherlands and Italy, for example, the family plan will ask €26 monthly, up from €18, while the individual plans go from €12...

Tecno silently unveiled the Spark 30, and today, we received a press release about the official launch of the series. The vanilla smartphone is getting a bigger brother – Spark 30 Pro and both of them come with a custom Transformers edition. The Pro phone has 4.5G (that's LTE Advanced) connectivity and some of Tecno's latest AI features embedded in the software. The Spark 30 Pro's screen is a 6.78" AMOLED with FullHD+ resolution, up to 120 Hz refresh...

Xiaomi promised to launch the Redmi Note 14 Pro series this week, and we finally know the date. The new phones will arrive on September 26 with a strong body and improved durability. The launch will be the landing ground for the Redmi Note 14 Pro and Redmi Note 14 Pro+, which will have slightly different designs - the Pro has a colored camera island, and the Plus has a back glass. Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 Pro features The Redmi Note 14 Pro series will...

Mediatek is expected to release the Dimensity 9400 chipset next month. It will have the Immortalis-G925 graphics unit by Arm, which the Taiwanese company claims will be "the highest performing, most efficient GPU to date." Recent benchmarks confirmed this might be true regarding raw power. The GPU scored 134 fps in the GFX Aztec 1440p off-screen Vulkan benchmark, which is much higher than the 72 fps on the Apple A18 Pro and the 95 fps on last year's...

A year ago, Tecno unveiled its first foldables. Now the company has followed up with the second generation models, which bring some vital improvements, but also leave quite a few things as they were. Starting with the Tecno Phantom V Fold2, this horizontal foldable is now noticeably thinner and lighter – 12mm and 249g, down from 14.5mm and 299g for the previous generation. That’s right, over 2mm thinner and 50g lighter, and Tecno still managed to...

The iPhone 16 series went on sale this Friday with brand new Camera Control and Action Button, plus new ultra wide cameras – quadruple the resolution (48MP) for the Pros and autofocus for the vanilla models. And, of course, Apple Intelligence AI for all four, but that one isn’t ready yet – it should be enabled in the UK next year. The Apple iPhone 16 is the base model, still with a 6.1” display. The new controls and the Apple A18 (coupled with two...

This year's Z60S Pro model bears a striking resemblance to last year's Z50S Pro. We recently got the new device, though, so we still figured out it will be good to run some tests on it. Before we get to the actual benchmark tests, let's review what has changed in the new model. Despite the significant jump in the model number, it is more of a facelift than a straigh upgrade. Nubia boosted the main 35mm cam with a larger sensor. It also introduced...

The iPhone 16 series went on sale this Friday with brand new Camera Control and Action Button, plus new ultra wide cameras – quadruple the resolution (48MP) for the Pros and autofocus for the vanilla models. And, of course, Apple Intelligence AI for all four, but that one isn’t ready yet – it should be enabled in the UK next year. The Apple iPhone 16 is the base model, still with a 6.1” display. The new controls and the Apple A18 (coupled with two...

The Tecno Spark 30 that leaked recently has been officially unveiled. The smartphone has a 6.78" 90Hz FullHD+ screen on the front with 800 nits peak brightness and support for wet and oily touch. It also has a centered punch-hole for the 13MP selfie camera but no fingerprint scanner underneath since it's embedded in the power button. Around the back, it has a circular camera island, with the primary camera using a 64MP Sony IMX682 sensor. Under...

The vivo V40e teased a few days ago will be unveiled next week. This revelation comes from vivo India, which announced the V40e will be launched in India on September 25 at noon local time. vivo hasn't detailed the V40e's specs sheet, but the brand already revealed its design and key specs, including a 6.77" 120Hz 1080p curved display, 50MP primary camera (Sony IMX882, OIS), 8MP ultrawide camera, and a 50MP selfie camera. vivo V40e will have two...

The Motorola Razr 50, introduced in India last week, is now on sale through Motorola's Indian website, Amazon.in, and leading retail stores. It comes in a single 8GB/256GB configuration priced at INR64,999 ($780/€695) with three color options - Spritz Orange, Beach Sand, and Koala Grey. [#InlinePriceWidget, 13151, 1#] The Motorola Razr 50 is powered by the Dimensity 7300X, runs Android 14-based Hello UI, and packs two screens - a 6.9" 120Hz LTPO...

The iPhone 16 series went on sale this Friday with brand new Camera Control and Action Button, plus new ultra wide cameras – quadruple the resolution (48MP) for the Pros and autofocus for the vanilla models. And, of course, Apple Intelligence AI for all four, but that one isn’t ready yet – that will reach India next year(at least the version in English). Here are the four new iPhone models. The vanilla duo still uses the 6.1” and 6.7” 60Hz displays...

Huawei started shipping the Mate XT Ultimate units, just 10 days after unveiling the world's first tri-fold smartphone. Those who pre-ordered and paid for the device will be the first to receive it, as reports from China confirm that the phone is not yet available for open sale. According to Reuters, people lined up outside Huawei stores in major Chinese cities, only to be turned away because the phone was not available for in-store purchase. Huawei...

Huawei started shipping the Mate XT Ultimate units, just 10 days after unveiling the world's first tri-fold smartphone. Those who pre-ordered and paid for the device will be the first to receive it, as reports from China confirm that the phone is not yet available for open sale. According to Reuters, people lined up outside Huawei stores in major Chinese cities, only to be turned away because the phone was not available for in-store purchase. Huawei...

Sure we already have a vivo V40 Lite phone, but how about two vivo V40 Lite phones? The smartphone company just announced a different phone with the same name is coming, and this one will launch in Indonesia. Key features of the new vivo V40 Lite were posted on the company website, but the official announcement will take place on Wednesday, September 25. The phone has a flat frame and an AMOLED screen that supports 120 Hz refresh rate. At the back...

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Huawei unveiled the Mate XT Ultimate last week as the world's first tri-folding smartphone. It is currently China-exclusive, and Huawei was expected to ship 500,000 units of the phone this year. However, popular analyst Ming-Chi Kuo's survey shows the forecast for the Mate XT Ultimate has been revised from 500,000 units to 1 million for 2024. That's surprising considering the Huawei Mate XT Ultimate's eye-watering base price of CNY19,999, which...

Xiaomi is launching its Redmi Note 14 Pro series in China sometime next week and the brand has now shared an early look at the Note 14 Pro+ in Mirror Porcelain White. Redmi Note 14 Pro+ in Mirror Porcelain White That phone features a curved display with a punch hole cutout and a sizeable ellipse-shaped camera island with a glass element that protects the three camera lenses and LED flash. We can see the outside ring will feature a texturized pattern....

Apple got hit with a class-action suit in four European countries, filed by Euroconsumers – one of the biggest consumer advocacy groups in the European Union. According to the files, Apple is at fault for music streaming services like Spotify and YouTube Music getting more expensive. The lawsuit read that the companies have to pay 30% to be on the App Store, and in order to cut their losses, they pass the cost onto their customers. Euroconsumers...

Honor launched the Honor 200 and Honor 200 Pro in India in July, and today, it introduced the Honor 200 Lite in the country. The Honor 200 Lite is powered by the Dimensity 6080 SoC and boots Android 14-based MagicOS 8. It has a 6.7" 1080p 90Hz AMOLED display on the front with a pill-shaped cutout for the 50MP selfie camera. On the back, you get a triple camera setup, which is a combination of 108MP primary, 5MP ultrawide, and 2MP macro units. The...

The vivo X200 series will arrive on October 14, and we expect at least two phones – vanilla and Pro versions. Today, the company shared the first camera sample from the telephoto shooter, revealing a brighter aperture than its predecessor. A product manager at Vivo shared the image, saying it was taken at 10x zoom without clarifying whether it was all optical or a hybrid magnifaction. Here's the photo, which looks impressive even after the heavy...

Way back in 2019, Xiaomi patented a tri-fold design, but knowing what we know now, that kind of funky design will never work in the real world. There was another patent that showed a more sensible design, but it needed segments to bend both ways, which may be tricky. A month ago, we heard rumors that Xiaomi will show off a tri-folding phone (or at least a prototype of one) at MWC in February 2025. And now a patent published by the China National...

If you’ve ever faced firmware issues like boot looping or bricking with your iPhone, your last resort would be to connect it via cable to a PC or Mac and restore its firmware with iTunes. According to a new report from 9to5Mac, the new iPhone 16 models will be able to restore their software wirelessly thanks to RecoveryOS. This feature would allow iPhone 16s to be wirelessly restored from another iPhone or iPad running iOS 18/iPadOS 18. image: 9to5Mac...