Weekly poll results: the Asus ROG Phone 9 and 9 Pro are too expensive

Last week’s poll brings bad news for the new Asus ROG phones – they are too expensive. Of the two, the Asus ROG Phone 9 Pro has the best shot at attaining some popularity. Yes, it costs more, but it is also more capable. The Asus ROG Phone 9, meanwhile, had very few votes in its favor, so let’s start by looking at its poll results first. As you can see from the green segment, there are more people interested in the 9 Pro than the vanilla 9. That is if they are going with Asus at all, other gaming phones seem more popular, judging by the polls and the comments. The Asus ROG Phone 9...

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Ulefone Armor Mini 20T Pro unboxing

Rugged minis aren't like your regular smartphone minis. For one, they're not truly mini. This is the Ulefone Armor Mini 20T Pro and it's just 133.5mm tall and 63.3mm wide, but at 24.9mm thick it's nearly three times thicker than your typical smartphone these days. But if you're reading this, chances are you're not interested in regular phones. And the Ulefone Armor Mini 20T Pro has a niche all to its own. It has a niche all to its own. It's a fully rugged phone - drop-tested on concrete from up to 2 meters, IP68 and IP69K certified, and compliant with the MIL-STD-810H rating, and...

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Xiaomi Smart Band 9 Active in for review

Xiaomi has diversified its Smart Band lineup (formerly Mi Band) over the years, and it now comes in three distinct variations, with the Active being the most affordable one at €30/20 – cheaper than the vanilla Smart Band 9. Band 9 Active comes with a smaller 1.47-inch TFT display (60Hz) that boasts some thick bezels, and it's noticeably dimmer than the OLED panels on its siblings. This little nugget is entirely made from plastic, and it’s just 16.5 grams and 9.99mm thick, making it comfortable to wear 24/7. There’s no shortage of watch faces here, with 100+ options from the Mi...

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Google Pixel 9 vs. Google Pixel 9 Pro

Google has a pretty expansive lineup of phones this year, with a total of four Pixel 9 phones so far. And this year you have a choice between two compact options - the 9 and the 9 Pro. There is an almost 300 bucks worth of a price difference between the 128GB/12GB Pixel 9 and the 128GB/16GB Pixel 9 Pro without considering any holiday deals or carrier rebates. So if you are wondering whether the Pixel 9 Pro is worth the price premium over the vanilla Pixel 9, we are here to help as we will be putting them head-to-head in this comparison based on our extensive review findings. Table...

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iQOO to start selling products through offline channels in India starting next month

iQOO entered the Indian market in 2020 with the launch of iQOO 3, and it has sold all its products launched in India until now through its official website and Amazon.in. However, a Gadgets360 report claims the vivo sub-brand is set to enter India's offline market next month. Citing "reliable sources," the publication claims that iQOO will enter India's offline market through vivo-exclusive stores and other retail channels, allowing customers to get a hands-on experience with iQOO devices before buying them, which is something currently not possible since iQOO has been an online-only brand...

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Unannounced OnePlus 13R appears on a leaked Geekbench listing

Geekbench is at it again, leaking the specs of yet another unannounced smartphone. This time it's the OnePlus 13R, which is expected to be announced alongside the global version of OnePlus 13 early next year. Geekbench 6 result This Geekbench listing, first spotted by MySmartPrice, lists the device with the model number CPH2645. The model tested was running on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, which is the same chipset found on the OnePlus 12 and a generation newer than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 found on the OnePlus 12R. The 'pineapple' motherboard name is the same as the OnePlus...

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Samsung Galaxy A16 4G review

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Realme V60 Pro announced with Dimensity 6300 and IP69 rating

Realme went ahead and announced its V60 Pro midranger in China. It looks similar to the recently announced Realme C75 but has a more capable MediaTek Dimensity 6300 chipset at the helm. The rest of the specs include a 6.67-inch IPS LCD with HD+ resolution and a 120Hz refresh rate, an 8MP front-facing camera and a 50MP rear shooter. V60 Pro is also IP69-rated against dust and pressurized water jets. It boots Realme UI 5.0 based on Android 14 and packs a 5,600 mAh battery with 45W charging. Realme V60 Pro in Obsidian Gold, Rock Black and Lucky Red Realme V60 Pro comes in...

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Xiaomi Smart Band 9 Pro in for review

The Xiaomi Smart Band 9 Pro, which was announced in October and very recently went global is here and in for review. It ships with a proprietary magnetic charger and a silicone strap for €80. You can buy a number of official accessories like this €15 leather strap. The nice thing about it is that it adds lugs to the Xiaomi Smart Band 9 Pro, which you can use to attach standard bands. The leather band adds lugs to the band Xiaomi's Pro model in the smart band adds a GPS, which is crucial for runners. The Band 9 Pro, like the 8 Pro before it, supports the BeiDou, GPS,...

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Honor 300 Pro runs Geekbench with mysterious chipset

The Honor 300 series is confirmed to launch in China on December 2 and it will consist of at least three devices with the 300 Ultra being the new top-dog in Honor’s number series followed by the Honor 300 Pro and Honor 300. The 300 Pro has now appeared as the Honor AMP-AN00 on Geekbench with a mysterious Qualcomm chip. Per the details, it seems like an underclocked version of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. The listing shows a prime core clocked @ 3.05GHz (instead of 3.30 GHz) alongside 5x large cores @ 2.96GHz and 2x efficiency units @ 2.04 GHz. The device in the listing managed 2,141 single-core...

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DJI announces Mic Mini wireless microphone for smartphones and cameras

DJI has announced the newest member of its wireless lavalier Mic series, the Mic Mini (not to be confused with the Mac mini. This new model is smaller than the Mic and the Mic 2 models while having a few new features and better battery life. The Mic Mini set includes two wireless transmitters that can be attached to your clothing using the magnetic or clip-on attachment. The design is meant to be not just small and light but also discreet so as to not attract too much attention. You also get windscreens, which can be attached in windy situations. Pairing with the transmitters is...

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FCC certification confirms some Samsung Galaxy S25 series details

The Samsung Galaxy S25 trio is now doing the rounds through certification agencies around the world, and it just stopped by the FCC. The listing doesn't reveal much but confirms a couple of interesting details. For instance, the documents reveal that the vanilla Galaxy S25 will be missing the UWB feature as it will only be available to the S25 Ultra and S25+. Additionally, the S25+ and S25 Ultra will chsrge at 45W, whereas the S25 settles for 25W charging for yet another year. Interestingly, the listing suggests the S25 will have a slower wireless charging capped at 9W instead of...

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Redmi Watch 5 and Buds 6 Pro announced

The Redmi K80 series is official and the Xiaomi sub-brand also announced a new smartwatch and TWS buds alongside its latest and greatest smartphones. Redmi Watch 5 Redmi Watch 5 is the logical successor to last year’s Redmi Watch 4 and it brings a larger 2.07-inch AMOLED screen which now peaks at 1,500 nits. Xiaomi also trimmed the bezels and kept the 60Hz refresh rate. Redmi Watch 5 key specs Watch 5 features an aluminum frame and a metal dial on the right-hand side which allows you to navigate the UI. It’s one of the first wearables to launch with Xiaomi HyperOS 2 out...

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Huawei FreeBuds Pro 4 debut alongside new Sapphire Gold Watch Ultimate

Huawei had a major launch event yesterday where we got the four-strong Mate 70 series, the Mate X6 foldable and the new MatePad Pro 13.2. Those weren’t the only new devices to take the stage as we also got the brand-new FreeBuds Pro 4 – Huawei’s flagship TWS earbuds and a new Sapphire Gold Edition of the Huawei Watch Ultimate Design Huawei FreeBuds Pro 4 are the first TWS buds from the brand to launch with the new HarmonyOS Next operating system. When paired with a HarmonyOS 4.3 or newer Huawei device, FreeBuds Pro 4 can achieve 2.3 Mbps lossless audio transmission with 48 kHz/24-bit...

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Xiaomi is developing its own smartphone chipset, here's when it launches

Xiaomi is allegedly working on its own in-house developed chipset, according to a new report today. The move comes in order to reduce its reliance on Qualcomm and MediaTek. Mass production of the chip is apparently going to begin next year and the first phones powered by it will also launch in 2025. Chinese officials have repeatedly asked local firms to reduce their reliance on foreign tech as much as possible, and Xiaomi seems to have received the message loud and clear. Of course, it remains to be seen how the chip will be positioned and in what part of the market it will be used....

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Brazilian regulator orders Apple to open up in-app purchases

The Brazilian antitrust watchdog Cade has ruled that Apple must lift all restrictions related to in-app purchases. The Cupertino-based company has 20 days to comply, or it will face a $43,000 fine per day. The decision comes after Mercado Libre, an online merchant, filed a complaint back in 2022 against Apple for anti-competitive practices. The Brazilian regulator forces Apple to either allow developers to link to external websites for payments and subscription options or let all developers handle payments themselves. This isn't the first court ruling against Apple's in-app...

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OnePlus Open's Android 15 update hits the US and EU next week, is already out in India

OnePlus has already updated the 12 and 12R to OxygenOS 15 based on Android 15, and the latest device to get a taste of the new release is the OnePlus Open. The update to OxygenOS 15 for it is already rolling out in India as build CPH2551_15.0.0.200(EX01), and OnePlus has today revealed that it will make it to the US and EU next week. The changelog is humongous, so if you want to see all of it make sure you visit the Source linked below. We'll just mention that you can expect "ultra animation effects", a new AI writing suite, various AI photo editing features, new icons and a new...

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Poco F7 and Poco X7 get certified on their way to launch

Poco is working on a bunch of new smartphones currently, in both the F7 and X7 families which are definitely due to launch soon. Now, the Poco F7 and Poco X7 have both been spotted in different certifications across Asia. First off, the F7 has been certified by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), which means it will be released in India. It has the model number 2412DPC0AI. The F7 was also previously certified by Singapore's IMDA, revealing support for NFC, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and 5G and nothing more. According to leaks however, the F7 should be powered by the Dimensity 8400 SoC, and...

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Bloomberg: Sony is working on a handheld PS5 console

Last year, Sony announced its PlayStation Portal – a remote play handheld that streams your PS5 games via Wi-Fi. A far cry from a successor to the legendary PlayStation Portable (PSP) and PS Vita, a new report from Bloomberg News suggests that Sony is considering a full-fledged handheld gaming console that can play full PS5 titles natively. PlayStation Portal According to the rumor, the device can play titles locally without needing an active internet connection, making it a true handheld console and not just a remote-play device. According to people familiar with its development,...

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OnePlus Watch 3 to launch internationally alongside the OnePlus 13 and OnePlus 13R

This year was quite prolific already for OnePlus on the smartwatch front, having launched the OnePlus Watch 2 at MWC and then the Watch 2R later in the year as a cheaper alternative. The Watch 2 has only been on the market since March and the 2R since July, but the company is already making preparations to launch another smartwatch in the very near future, apparently. According to a very active tipster on X, the OnePlus Watch 3 is coming. It will launch internationally alongside the OnePlus 13 and OnePlus 13R. The former was made official in China last month, and its global release is...

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Moto G 5G 2025 gets an extra camera, leaked renders show

The Moto G 5G 2024 launched back in March, and Motorola is, of course, already working on its successor. The Moto G 5G 2025 has now been leaked in CAD-based renders, and immediately we see what could potentially be a huge upgrade: a third camera on the rear. That said, before you get all excited about it, keep in mind that this might just be a 2 MP depth sensor, there to make the phone look more high-end than it actually is. 2024's model had a 50 MP main camera and a 2 MP macro camera, so it's not like Motorola hasn't pulled something like this in the past. Naturally, we're hoping to...

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Samsung Galaxy A56 leaked renders show one key design change

Samsung's Galaxy A56 has been leaked in CAD-based renders today. As you can see below, the images show a device that is easily recognizable as a Samsung, no surprise there, but there is something distinctively new about its design, for the A5x series: the camera island. No longer do we have individual mini-islands for each camera directly on the rear glass, now these are contained in a bigger black oval-shaped island. That's really the only big new thing here design-wise, if you don't count the bottom bezel which does appear to be ever so slightly smaller - but these are CAD-based...

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Redmi K80 Pro cameras revealed, telephoto shooter is finally coming

Redmi will introduce the K80 Pro flagship on November 27, but the Xiaomi brand is not shying away from teasing specs before the launch. This morning, we learned major details about the camera setup on the back, including that it will be the first time we see a Redmi K phone with a telephoto shooter and that it will have OIS. Redmi K80 Pro camera details The main camera is simply listed to have a LYT-800 sensor by Sony, and we know it is 50 MP. OIS is also coming for this shooter, which is less of a surprise. The telephoto cam will also have a 50 MP sensor, and thanks to the...

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Check out the iQOO 13's camera samples from a day in Dubai

The iQOO 13, introduced in China in October, will begin its international rollout soon, with the India debut set for December 3. The iQOO 13 is powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite flagship chip and sports a trio of 50MP cameras on the rear. The iQOO 13's 50MP primary camera uses the Sony IMX921 sensor with an f/1.88 aperture. It has OIS and EIS and can record 1080p and 4K videos at up to 60fps and 8K videos at 30fps. The 50MP telephoto unit uses the Sony IMX816 sensor. It, too, has OIS and comes with 2x optical zoom. The 50MP ultrawide camera employs Samsung's S5KJN1SQ03...

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Top 10 trending phones of week 47

A few interesting debuts came in week 48, but the trending chart since has the same familiar Samsung duo on top. The Galaxy A55 remains the most popular smartphone in our database, followed by the S24 Ultra. [#InlinePriceWidget, 12824, 1#] The podium is once more completed by the Redmi Note 13 Pro, while the iPhone 16 Pro Max kept climbing up the ranks and is now fourth. Oppo's Find X8 Pro made its international debut, which helped propell it to fifth position, just ahead of the Redmi Note 13. Samsung Galaxy A15 follows in seventh, while the Realme GT 7 Pro made it on the...

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Asus unveils ROG Phone 9 and 9 Pro with Snapdragon 8 Elite, Week 47 in review

Asus unveiled its gaming flagship series this week - the ROG Phone 9 and 9 Pro feature the Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset, an AeroActive Cooler X Pro with its own subwoofer for 2.1 sound, faster 185 Hz displays, and bigger 5,800mAh batteries. The ROG Phone 9 and 9 Pro are already on sale in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and China, and are coming to Europe in December, and the US in January. Prices start at €1,100 for the 12/256GB ROG Phone 9 and €1,300 for the base 16/512GB Pro. The Galaxy S25 Slim, which is expected to replace the FE next year, will feature a 200MP main camera (but a smaller...

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Weekly poll results: the global pricing of the Realme GT 7 Pro will decide its fate

The Realme GT 7 Pro will enter its first foreign market, India, on Tuesday and it will be a make-or-break moment for the phone. The price in its homeland is great, but last week’s poll shows that people are concerned about the international pricing, which will be higher than the ₹42,000/$505/€465 value we get with a simple currency conversion. The pricing issue was easily the most voted option in the poll – it was picked by over a third of voters. That said, about a fifth are drawn to the phone and will have a close look at it once it becomes available in their region. Most people...

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Samsung Galaxy Z Flip FE and Z Flip7 chipsets tipped

Rumors so far suggest that the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip FE is indeed coming next year. It will be a toned-down version of the original Z Flip at a lower price to appeal to the masses. Details have been pretty scarce as of late, but an industry insider has recently posted on X, revealing the chipsets powering up the Galaxy Z Flip FE and the Z Flip7. It looks like the FE will adopt the Exynos 2400e, while the Z Flip7 will get the still-unreleased Exynos 2500. This signals a shift in strategy as the Galaxy Z Flip6 this year launched with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip, while the...

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Apple to keep the periscope telephoto camera exclusive to the iPhone Pro models next year

Apple unveiled the iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro, and iPhone 16 Pro Max in September, with only the Pro versions featuring periscope telephoto cameras. And if you were expecting next year's non-Pro iPhone 17 models to sport periscope units, that's not happening. The word comes from South Korean publication The Elec, which claims the periscope telephoto camera will remain exclusive to the Pro models in next year's lineup, even though LG Innotek - that makes iPhone camera modules - is investing in new facilities, possibly for the upgraded iPhone 17 series camera...

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More affordable Snapdragon X chip coming to Windows devices

During Investor Day, Qualcomm teased an upcoming Snapdragon X chipset aimed at affordable Windows-powered devices priced around $600. The name isn't final, but we suspect it will just be Snapdragon X. Right now, the company is offering the Snapdragon X Elite with 12-core CPU configurations and the Snapdragon X Plus with 8- or 10-core CPUs. Thus, the vanilla Snapdragon X will likely adopt a 6-core CPU, although Qualcomm has yet to confirm this. The company teased that its powerful NPU chip, used in the rest of the Snapdragon X SoCs, will also be employed in the cheaper Snapdragon X....

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Samsung's latest ad tells you to do your own thing instead of being an iSheep

Samsung's biggest competitor in the smartphone space is obviously Apple, so it's no surprise that the Korean company's latest ad is aimed at poking that particular bear. The point, however, seems a bit derogatory towards people who use and like Apple products. Apparently they're all following the dictates of a mysterious character called Simon (is that Steve Jobs reincarnate? We'll never know). Thus, these iPhone owners are all very iSheep-y. Sure, the ad doesn't use that term, but the implication is clearly there. If you try to fit in, you won’t stand out.🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎 🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎 🛸 🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎...

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vivo X Fold4 to be delayed

vivo's next foldable smartphone is allegedly delayed, according to the prolific Chinese leakster who goes by Digital Chat Station on Weibo. Interestingly, he also says there is currently only one device in development, so it looks like we're not getting a vanilla model and a Pro next year as we did in 2024. The X Fold4 will arrive a bit later in the year than the X Fold3, but do expect vivo to keep focusing on making its foldables ever thinner and lighter. vivo X Fold3 Pro The X Fold4 has a 6,000 mAh battery with support for wireless charging, two ultrasonic fingerprint sensors...

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Indonesian government expects Apple to invest more than $100M to bypas iPhone 16 ban

The iPhone 16 series was banned in Indonesia last month due to Apple's unmet investment commitments to the country. Cupertino responded with a pledge to invest $10 million, followed by a second promise to bump up the figure by an extra $100 million which would meet the initially committed sum of IDR 1.71 trillion ($109 million) in local R&D facilities. It seems Apple’s increased investment commitments are still insufficient. Indonesia's Industry Ministry reportedly declined Apple’s offer at an internal meeting headlined by Minister Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita. Per a spokesperson, the...

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Honor 300 Ultra leaks

The Honor 300 and Honor 300 Pro have both recently been listed on the company's online store in China ahead of their official release in the near future, but today the plot has thickened, as it were. It turns out there's also an Honor 300 Ultra coming. The two official-looking images you can see below have been leaked by Digital Chat Station over on Weibo, and they show a design that is nigh-on identical to that of the Honor 300 Pro. Honor 300 Ultra leaked images But, upon closer inspection, the Honor 300 Ultra has a periscope zoom camera in the center-right position. We can't...

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Apple still dominates US smartphone market

Apple still totally dominates the US smartphone market, Counterpoint Research's latest quarterly market share report reveals. The Cupertino fruit company commanded 53% of the pie in the third quarter of this year (July to September), with Samsung a distant second at 23%. In third was Lenovo, which owns Motorola let's not forget - we assume most, if not all of that 14% share was actually Motorola's. The next brand is, perhaps surprisingly, HMD, but it only managed a 1% market share. "Others" only account for 9%. We can't think of a more polarized market than this, where one player has over...

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Samsung unveils Gauss2 AI model with an on-device option

Around this time last year, Samsung introduced Gauss, its own generative AI model. During the latest Samsung Developer Conference, the company unveiled its successor, called Gauss2, which brings improved performance and efficiency. Samsung truly believes that AI can enhance productivity and it has been using the Gauss AI internally. It is used in “code.i”, an in-house tool for developers in the Device eXperience (DX) division. Usage of code.i has been growing at a fast pace and now 60% of all developers inside DX are using it. code.i in action Gauss has also been deployed to...

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Rumored specs for the Samsung Galaxy S25 paint a familiar picture

There are a few more major smartphone launches left this year, but attention is already starting to shift towards 2025. We’ve heard that the Samsung Galaxy S25 series might be one of the first out of the gate with January 5 reveal, though a different source put the Unpacked event on January 22. We’ve seen plenty of leaks about the new flagship series and the S25 spec sheet is starting to crystallize. TechManiacs has published a report of what the S25 trio will be like – and, unfortunately, it can be summarized as “more of the same”. Speculative render: Samsung Galaxy S25, S25+...

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Google may have to divest Chrome to bypass search engine monopoly verdict

Earlier this year, the United States District Court of Columbia ruled that Google holds an illegal monopoly in the search engine market. That ruling led the Department of Justice (DOJ) to draft several proposals to help amend Google’s illegal monopoly status. The latest DOJ proposal includes divesting Google’s Chrome browser, which the DOJ sees as a “key access point for searching the web.” The U.S. government is also prepared to force Google to divest Android in a similar manner. The DOJ also wants to prohibit Google from offering payments to third parties that would secure Google...

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Google reportedly cancels Pixel Tablet 3

Android tablets haven't seen anywhere near as much success as Apple's iPads, and Google's wares are included in that assessment. The company gave up on tablets in 2019 before it teased the Pixel Tablet in 2022 and then released it last year, and now it looks like it's ready to give up on the form factor yet again. According to a new report supposedly coming from "multiple industry sources close to the project", Google has decided to cancel the development of the Pixel Tablet 3, codenamed internally as Kiyomi. The decision was apparently made last week, which is when all of the teams...

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HMD Fusion is on its way to India with its modular chops

HMD unveiled the Fusion smartphone with a modular design back in September, and last month it received a Venom Smart Outfit. Now, it's getting ready to land in India. The phone is being teased by Amazon, and so you'll be able to buy it from that retailer when it does arrive in India. The launch date is still a mystery, but since the teaser campaign has started, it really can't be long now. The HMD Fusion comes with a 6.56-inch 720x1612 LCD touchscreen with 90 Hz refresh rate, the Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 chipset at the helm, 4/6/8GB of RAM, 128/256GB of storage, a 108 MP rear camera with...

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Huawei teases spectral image sensor for Mate 70 series

We’re less than a week away from the Huawei Mate 70 series announcement, and the teaser campaign is in full swing. The latest piece to the puzzle details an important camera development that may shape up to be one of the key upgrades on the new phones. Huawei will bring a dedicated spectral imaging sensor dubbed “Red Maple” to its Mate 70 series phones. The brief teaser video shows the new sensor in action alongside a few samples highlighting natural color rendition. Unlike traditional red, green, green, blue (RGGB) color sensors or red, yellow, yellow, blue (RYYB) on...

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The SonarPen 2 is the most affordable iPad stylus with pressure sensitivity

Perhaps one of the more sensible alternatives to the Apple Pencil stylus for iPads is the SonarPen and it's now getting a second generation. The SonarPen 2's key selling point is its battery-free design and the support for some advanced features at a fraction of the Apple Pencil's price. The SonarPen 2 is powered by a cable that you plug into the iPad's USB-C port, which is a bit of an inconvenience, but it's a pretty simple and straightforward solution. That's what makes it cheap and particularly useful for classrooms that use iPads, for example. You don't have to charge all the...

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Huawei Mate 70 Pro+ teased in brief hands-on by exec

Huawei is hosting a big event next week with the official launch of the Mate 70 series. We already saw an official image of the Mate 70’s design, and now Huawei chairman Richard Yu decided to share a video that gives us a brief look at the Mate 70 Pro+. The device in the video appears to have a similar design to the Mate 70 from yesterday’s image but with an altered quad camera setup. We can spot a dedicated periscope lens in the top left corner. The phone in the video features the silver colorway seen in previous leaks, and we get another look at the curved sides and...

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Moto G05 and G15 renders leak showing identical twins

Here's something we don't see very often (or ever). Today we have leaked images showing two separate upcoming Motorola phones. So far so unremarkable. What is out of the ordinary is that they look 100% the same. The only difference can be found in the colors that will be offered. Moto G05 leaked renders We're talking about the Moto G05 and Moto G15. The G05 will come in orange, and that's how we know which is which. The devices should hopefully be more different on the inside. More Moto G05 leaked renders Both phones will have a 50 MP main rear camera, and...

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Apple now promises to invest $100 million in Indonesia to get rid of iPhone 16 ban

Last month the iPhone 16 series got banned in Indonesia, because of Apple having previously committed to investing IDR 1.71 trillion (approximately $107 million) in the country in local R&D facilities and then not meeting that commitment. Earlier this month, Apple pledged around $10 million in investments in Indonesia in a new factory to circumvent the ban, and today the company has boosted that planned investment tenfold, up to $100 million - which incidentally is very, very close to the sum it was initially supposed to invest and didn't. The $100 million would be invested in...

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Oppo brings Gemini and Circle to Search to ColorOS 15

Oppo launched ColorOS 15 last month with a strong focus on AI. The company implemented its own voice assistant and circle-to-search feature for the Chinese audience, and today, we learned that international users will get the Google-powered equivalents. In a press release, the company officially announced that ColorOS 15 will bring the Gemini app and the Circle to Search with Google feature. The LLM will also work within the Notes and Documents app and offer an AI Recording Summary. Oppo will incorporate Google Gemini 1.5 Pro and 1.5 Flash across its user interface for AI assistance...

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Here's when the Realme 14x drops and how much memory and storage it will have

Realme is bringing back the x model in its numbered series, a new rumor today claims. There was no Realme 13x, but there will be a Realme 14x. The phone is expected to be the cheapest in the Realme 14 family. According to a new rumor, the Realme 14x will launch in early December, and will come in three RAM/storage combos: 6/128GB, 8/128GB, and 8/256GB. The phone is said to arrive in three colorways: Crystal Black, Golden Glow, and Jewel Red. Realme 12x The Realme 14x will have a 6,000 mAh battery and a square-shaped camera island (unlike the 12x pictured above). These are all the...

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vivo V50, V50e, and Y29 4G are all on the way

vivo is working on three new smartphones, according to an EEC certification that has been recently uncovered. These are the V50, V50e, and Y29 4G. The V50 and V50e will quite obviously be the successors to the V40 and V40e, respectively - the former having arrived in summer and the latter only being released last month. And yet, such is the breakneck pace of development in the mid-range smartphone world. vivo V50 (left), V50e (center), and Y29 4G (right) EEC certifications According to the certification in question, the V50's model number is V2427, and the V50e's is V2428....

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Watch the Asus ROG Phone 9 launch here

Tomorrow, the Asus ROG Phone 9 series arrives to shake up the state of gaming phones – it will set a screen refresh rate record, at least among phones that are widely available around the world. Asus already teased the new models at the Snapdragon Summit and revealed that they will be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite chip. Asus ROG Phone 9 series The landing page for the launch also promises an upgraded AniMe Vision (the dot matrix LED display on the back of the Pro model) and a “brand new retro experience” (that’s a bit of an oxymoron, isn’t it?). Here’s an official preview of...

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Oppo officially confirms next-week Reno13 and Pad 3 launch date

Oppo was rumored to bring the Reno13 midrangers and the Pad 3 tablet next week, and today we have the official confirmation. The company took it to Weibo to confirm that the phones and the slate will debut in China on November 25. The hero color of the Reno13 series will be Butterfly Purple, and the phone's celebrity endorsement comes from Yuqi, a 25-year-old Chinese singer-songwriter and a member of the South Korean girl group I-dle. The Oppo Reno13 phones will have a thin body and a metal frame. According to a leaked image, both the vanilla and Pro will have three cameras, but the...

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