Galaxy S26 debuts with larger 6.3" screen and 4,300mAh battery, S26+ brings few changes

Samsung just unveiled the Galaxy S26 series and let’s just say that the software team had a busy year, while the hardware team didn’t get much done. Okay, that’s not true – the S26 Ultra brings some cool upgrades. However, you can read about them in our other article. Here we will focus on the vanilla and plus models. First, let’s rip the band-aid off – the Galaxy S26 and S26+ will use the Exynos 2600 in all regions except North America, China and Japan. Those regions will get phones with the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 for Galaxy instead. Samsung Galaxy S26 While we’re on the...

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The Honor Magic V6 will boast an IP69 rating, a tougher hinge and a new red color

Honor will officially introduce the Honor Magic V6 at the MWC on March 1. While the phone is still under wraps, the company decided to offer a peek at the work it has done to make its latest flagship foldable tougher. Honor Magic V6 in Red The V6 will be rated IP68 and IP69. IPX9-rated devices are already on the market (the Magic V5 is among them), note the first digit – “6” denotes that the phone is dust-tight. Almost every other foldable on the market is only rated “5” for dust protected (i.e. 5 means that some dust may get in but won’t damage the device, 6 means no dust gets in at...

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Samsung tipped to be working on a bigger 200MP sensor

Samsung is now rumored to be developing a new 200MP 1/1.3-inch type camera sensor, that will be called ISOCELL HPC. That would be an increase in size from the HPB developed for vivo's X300 and X300 Pro, which is 1/1.4-inch type. The new sensor is high-end, and is expected to be used by Oppo in a future smartphone, most likely one in the Find X10 family. It features UFCC aka Ultra Fine Color Filter, which was developed by Samsung to reduce thickness while improving light transmission and color purity. It should also have ultra-high dynamic range. Source (in Chinese) | Via

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Watch the Galaxy S26 Unpacked event live here

This year the big show is a month later than usual, but it’s finally here – you can watch the Galaxy S26 Unpacked event live on YouTube below. We’re on location and will have more to report, but for now you can just enjoy the show. If you haven’t already, you can still register on Samsung.com for a $30/€30 discount once the phones are ready for pre-order – that should be later today or tomorrow morning at the latest. If the stream hasn’t started yet, you can check out our rumor round-up articles for the Galaxy S26 and S26+ as well as the Galaxy S26 Ultra. In addition to the new...

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Google is improving earthquake alerts on Wear OS watches

Google is now sending earthquake alerts to Wear OS devices even when they're not connected to a smartphone, according to the release notes for the latest version of Google Play Services. Google first brought Android's Earthquake Alerts System to Wear OS last year, but so far it was just basically mirroring the alert you received on your phone. From now on, even if your phone is too far to remain connected to your watch, the latter will still notify you about earthquakes. Of course, it will probably need a standalone internet connection to do so - thus, this most likely only applies...

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Oppo Find N6's special box contents exposed

Oppo is launching the Find N6 very soon, and ahead of that, today in China the purported contents of the Find N6 'gift box' (machine translated from Chinese) got outed. We assume not every Find N6 box will be outfitted with all this stuff, perhaps only those who pre-order will get the contents shown here, or this could be some special edition. Anyway, the box contents are impressive. You get the phone of course, a magnetic stand and charger, an aramid fiber case, a magnetic card holder, and a 20W power bank. The Find N6 is going to be powered by the 7-core Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5...

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iPhone 18 Pro series enters test production phase, rumor claims

Apple is expected to unveil the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max in September this year, with the iPhone Fold also likely to debut alongside them. A new leak now suggests the iPhone 18 Pro lineup has entered the test production phase. Tipster Fixed Focus Digital shared the details in a Weibo post. As per the leaker, the iPhone 18 Pro models are currently in the test production phase, where Apple conducts production validation runs to ensure there are no issues before the devices enter mass manufacturing. iPhone 17 Pro The production validation run will involve Apple using its...

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