New batch of Sony Xperia 1 VIII renders detail its dimensions

We’ve got a new batch of renders for the upcoming Xperia 1 VIII, and they are our best look at the device yet. According to MyMobiles, we’re looking at the finalized design, and the source assures us they are based on the same CAD data used by Sony suppliers. They depict a familiar design upfront with a tall and narrow-looking display with the front-facing camera integrated inside the top bezel next to the earpiece. Earlier renders suggested we might see a punch-hole cutout approach, but it seems that’s not going to be the case. The new renders suggest the bezel width will be unchanged...

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iPhone 18 now rumored to get one key upgrade after all

The iPhone 18 was recently rumored to come with some downgrades to keep costs low, including a display material first used in the iPhone 14 Pro in 2022. However, it's not all bad news for the iPhone 18, apparently. According to a new report, the device will come fitted with 12GB of RAM. That's up from 8GB on its predecessor, so it's quite a jump, especially seeing as how we're currently in the middle of a RAM pricing crisis thanks to AI data centers using up all of the production capacity. The iPhone 18 is said to be powered by Apple's upcoming A20 chipset, made on a 2nm process by...

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OPPO Find X9 Ultra Hasselblad Earth Explorer Kit hands-on

This is the OPPO Find X9 Ultra Hasselblad Earth Explorer Kit, a fancy name for the Find X9 Ultra's photography kit. But a fancy name is fitting for such a fancy product. While vivo's X300 Ultra photography kit attaches either a 200mm or a 400mm teleconverter lens to the phone, the Oppo Hasselblad kit has a single option that sits in between - a 300mm lens. But it's a longer lens that gets longer still if you use the provided lens hood. Here's what's in the box. You get a case for the phone with a very compact built-in grip; the lens with a body cap, a lens cap, and a lens hood; a...

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Samsung Galaxy Book6 Edge with Snapdragon X2 Elite chip leaks

Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Book6 series of laptops at CES in January – those were powered by Intel’s new 18A Core Ultra Series 3 processors. There is an Edge model coming too – “Edge” is what Samsung calls its ARM-powered laptops. We know this because German retailer Cyberport jumped the gun and published the Samsung Galaxy Book6 Edge page on its online store. This appears to be the base 16” model with 16GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD. The whole kit costs a hefty €2,200. The laptop is powered by the Snapdragon X2 Elite, specifically the X2E-88-100 variant. It is an 18-core CPU (of which 12...

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Nothing introduces Essential Voice speech-to-text transcription and translation

Today Nothing has unveiled Essential Voice, a speech-to-text engine that promises to deliver "clear, ready-to-send text in real time". Thus, it improves upon the traditional dictation that, while turning speech into text, includes all the ums, uhs, and ahs, all of your stutters, and sometimes zero punctuation (or, perhaps even worse, wrong punctuation). Essential Voice promises to give you "the speed and ease of talking with the clarity and flexibility of text". It cuts filler words "for a more streamlined and considered output". It auto-detects more than 100 languages, and lets you choose...

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Samsung's mobile division may be facing its first-ever annual loss because of crazy memory prices

Samsung’s MX division (which builds its smartphones) may be facing its first-ever annual loss – meanwhile, the folks over at Device Solutions (where the memory business is housed) posted guidance for a record-breaking Q1. You have already figured out that there is a single cause for these two events. To spell it out, the soaring prices of DRAM and NAND memory are eating into the margins. According to the analysts at Counterpoint, the bill of materials (BoM) for a flagship phone ($800+) is predicted to rise by $100-$150. Memory makes up the most with 23% of the total going towards RAM and...

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Google confirms: revamped Siri will be powered by Gemini

Back in January, Apple confirmed that Google's Gemini AI models would be powering the next evolution of Apple Intelligence, which is expected to be unveiled this June at the annual Worldwide Developers Conference. This should include a completely revamped Siri, and will hopefully ship in iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 in the fall. Now, Google has also confirmed that this is happening, on stage during the Cloud Next 2026 conference that's currently taking place in Las Vegas. Google Cloud chief Thomas Kurian said: Earlier this year, we announced a monumental partnership with one of the most...

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