vivo V80 runs Geekbench just as a new teaser video gets released

Last week, the upcoming vivo V80 had its battery capacity leaked, and then vivo started officially teasing it. So it's definitely coming soon. Now it's allegedly been spotted in the Geekbench online database with the model number V2648. The benchmark run reveals the fact that the V80 is powered by the same Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 chipset as its predecessor. In the prototype that ran the benchmark, this was paired with 8GB of RAM, but perhaps there will be other memory options as well. The V80 will run Android 17 out of the box, with the newly announced OriginOS 7 on top. As you can see...

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Here are the display sizes and resolutions for next year’s Pro iPhones

Apple just released the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max on Friday, and today we already have a new rumor about their successors. These are tentatively being called iPhone 20 Pro and iPhone 20 Pro Max, since next year is the 20th anniversary of the original iPhone - which is why Apple is expected to skip the number 19. [#InlinePriceWidget,14934,1#] [#InlinePriceWidget,14716,1#] So, according to Digital Chat Station on Weibo, the iPhone 20 Pro will have a 6.41-inch screen with 1236x2686 resolution, while the iPhone 20 Pro Max will have a 6.96-inch display with 1340x2912 resolution....

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Motorola heard you like cameras so it put a lot of them on the Signature 27

Tomorrow during Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Summit, Motorola is going to showcase the Signature 27, its next flagship smartphone. Ahead of that, today the company has shown us the phone's camera island, and it's... well, take a look for yourself. Clearly the company wants to make a statement here about this phone's camera prowess. Or maybe it's a Yo Dawg joke. Or, as the saying goes, why not both? Anyway, jokes aside, the company has also announced a partnership with Bang & Olufsen. Exceptional design. Exceptional sound.Motorola and @BangOlufsen are proud to announce a new global...

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Will the iPhone 18 Pro bend?

Since the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max became available on Friday, we've seen not one but two video teardowns, but wait - there's more! Zack from the JerryRigEverything YouTube channel has also got his hands on the new devices, and proceeded to subject them to his usual "durability test". [#InlinePriceWidget,14934,1#] [#InlinePriceWidget,14716,1#] This starts with scratching the display glass as usual, which is, at least in terms of testing with Mohs picks, the best glass out there - it scratches at level 7 and shows deeper grooves at level 8 (all other glasses scratch at...

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Here’s an up-close look at the iPhone 18 Pro series variable aperture

The iPhone 18 Pro series brings the first variable aperture camera on an Apple device, and that’s been one of the main talking points for the new devices. The team over at iFixit have now posted their signature teardown of the 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max, which goes over all of the new components and devotes plenty of detail on the new variable aperture system. You can skip to the 7:25 mark in the video where the host begins poking away at the camera. The system is driven by its own magnets, and the six “leaf-shaped” blades that make up the aperture are extremely small. camera...

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Xiaomi 18 Pro series to launch on September 23 with hardware-level privacy screen

Xiaomi recently began teasing its flagship 18 Pro series and has now revealed more details about the phones, including their launch date, color options, and key specs. The company has also confirmed that the Xiaomi 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max will sport a hardware-level privacy display. The Xiaomi 18 Pro series will debut in China on September 23 with an upgraded rear display, HyperOS 4, and several other hardware improvements. The phones will feature a hardware-level privacy display, similar to the screen on the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra. Xiaomi has also revealed that the phones will use...

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OnePlus 16 design and color options officially revealed

While we still don’t have a launch date for the OnePlus 16, the company has now fully revealed the upcoming flagship’s design, color options, and RAM and storage configurations. The phone is also available for pre-reservation in China. The OnePlus 16 will look largely identical to its predecessor, the OnePlus 15, although it will be available in new color options. OnePlus has confirmed that the flagship will be offered in Dark Forest, which features a black finish, Mars Masterpiece, which comes in light orange, and Tomorrow Starlight (grey). The orange and Starlight variants will...

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EarFun Wave Pro X review

The Wave Pro X is EarFun's latest headphones and its newest flagship model. They feature a new dual dynamic driver design targeting low- and high-frequency ranges, as well as have eight microphones for voice pickup and active noise cancellation. In typical EarFun fashion, you also get loads of features, including digital and analog wired inputs, aptX Lossless and LDAC support, Bluetooth LE Audio and Auracast support, and multi-point pairing. The headphones are priced at $130 and available in black. Let's see how they perform. Design and comfort The EarFun Wave Pro X are a...

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Deals: iPhone 18 Pro series goes on sale, Galaxy Z8 foldables get discounts

The iPhone 18 Pro series is now officially on sale in the UK. However, the latest iPhones are more expensive than last year, so it might be worth considering the iPhone 17 Pro models, which are currently available at a discount. Meanwhile, Samsung’s latest Galaxy Z8 foldables and Galaxy S26 lineup, along with a couple of Xiaomi flagships, are also on sale. The iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max are available in new color options and come with an upgraded main rear camera with a variable aperture. The new phones are also powered by the 2nm A20 chipset. ...

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Weekly poll results: the iPhone Duo nailed the form factor, iPhone 18 Pro Max upstages the 18 Pro

Apple nailed it on its first try – no, Cupertino didn’t invent the wide foldable form factor, but the results from last week’s poll show that it was the best choice compared to releasing a book-style or a flip foldable. Just look at how small the yellow and orange segments are (they correspond to exactly those choices in the poll). Spec highlights: iPhone Duo • iPhone 18 Pro (Max) And yes, the $2,000 iPhone Duo is expensive – did anyone think that Apple would be the company to make foldables cheap? Of course not, but this price tag significantly limits the pool of potential...

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Oppo Find X10 series launch set, Galaxy S27 Pro and Ultra to pack M16 OLEDs, Week 38 in review

Another week in the books, these were the top stories in the third week of September. Oppo confirmed its launch plans for the Find X10 series. The Find X10 and Find X10 Pro Max will be joined by the more affordable Find X10 E with all three set to launch in China on September 22 (Tuesday). The Pro Max is the headliner from the bunch and is expected to bring the brand-new Dimensity 9600 Pro chip, three 200MP cameras on the back and an 8,000mAh silicon-carbon battery. Oppo Find X10 series launch date, colors and storage options revealed The...

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Deals: iPhone 18 Pros launch, refurbished iPhone 17 Pros are expensive, Galaxy Z8 foldables discounted

The iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max went on sale this week in the US, along with 64 other countries in the first wave. If you have your eyes set on an iPhone Duo, you will have to wait for over a month more to get it. As for the new Pro models, here is a reminder of their prices – they cost $100 more than the iPhone 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max did last year. As is tradition, Apple stopped selling the old Pros when the new ones were unveiled – only non-Pro models last more than a year on Apple.com. But that doesn’t stop third-party retailers from selling older Pros as you’ll see below. ...

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The new itel A300C is tough, cheap and has a 6,000mAh battery

itel spent weeks teasing its new A300C model and it is finally go time. This is a rugged-but-affordable Android 16 Go Edition phone – it costs ₹11,000 and comes with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. That isn’t much, of course, but the phone supports microSD cards up to 2TB, so you can add as much storage as you like. The phone has a MIL-STD-810H certification (it has been drop tested). However, it lacks an official dust and water resistance rating. On the plus side, itel offers a free screen replacement for the first 100 days after you buy the phone. The itel A300C has a 6.56” 90Hz...

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This is when Motorola is unveiling the Signature 27

Motorola's Signature, its current flagship smartphone, came out in January, and now the company is almost ready to reveal its successor, the Signature 27. Motorola started teasing the upcoming device earlier this month, and today it has announced its unveiling date: September 22. That is also when Qualcomm is expected to unveil the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro chipsets, during its Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii. Motorola specifically calls out the Snapdragon Summit, so it looks like the Signature 27 using one of those chips is a given. There’s more to...

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First iPhone 18 Pro teardown video is here

The iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max have been released today, and there's already a teardown video of the former available on YouTube. Undoubtedly, many more will follow, but if you've been very anxiously waiting to take a peek inside the new iPhone 18 Pro, here's your first chance to do so below (beware the AI voice though). The teardown starts with the pentalobe screws on the bottom, then heat, a suction cup, and alcohol are used to remove the display. The smaller Dynamic Island is made possible by moving the infrared camera under the display, and the pixels on top of it are...

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Apple iPhone 18 Pro Max in for review

The iPhone 18 Pro Max could very well have been called the 17S Pro Max. It brings a chip update, some minor tweaks to the camera and new colors. Back in the day that basically amounted to an S-series update but Apple insists on a whole number update and in the midst of the global memory chip shortage is asking $100/€150/£100 more than last year's 17 Pro Max. There’s not much to talk about in terms of the unboxing experience. You still get a USB-C cable, which is … nice. At this point we’re not sure how many future iPhones will launch with bundled accessories, so a cable is better than...

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It's now the Xiaomi 18 Pro Max's turn to surface in Geekbench

Yesterday, the upcoming Xiaomi 18 Pro was seemingly spotted in the Geekbench online database, and today it's the turn of its bigger sibling, the Xiaomi 18 Pro Max, to surface in the same place. This one allegedly has the model number M610BB. As you can see in the screenshot below, it managed a single-core score of 2,831 and a multi-core score of 8,843 in Geekbench 7 for Android. As always, we caution you against taking such numbers too seriously, as they are results from pre-production prototypes. The Xiaomi 18 Pro Max is powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro chipset, just...

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Pixel 11 Pro vs. Pixel 10 Pro

The new Pixel 11 series is now out so new and returning customers have started making their comparisons. And we are doing our best to help with a more detailed look at the most popular ones. Pixel 11 Pro or Pixel 10 Pro? Let’s find out! The 256GB base version of the Google Pixel 11 Pro is quite pricey at €1,100, while the 128GB base model of the Google Pixel 10 Pro now sits at a far more reasonable price of €770. Is it worth paying the premium for the Google Pixel 11 Pro then? Table of Contents: Design Display Battery Life Charging Speaker Test Performance ...

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Samsung to outsource all of its DRAM manufacturing and focus on HBM production

The AI race is heating up, and so is the demand for hardware required to support it. That's why companies that produce HBM memory chips like Samsung have benefited immensely in the last few years. So it's only logical for Samsung to shift its focus to HBM memory production, as this is the company's best-performing business lately. According to inside sources, Samsung is already in talks with its partners, urging them to finish their DDR5 production lines ahead of schedule and is looking to invest in new outsourced production lines as well. This will free up in-house capacity, which can...

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iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max pre-orders in China eclipse the 2025 Pros

Pre-orders in the US may have been less than stellar, but the new iPhone 18 Pro models are a huge hit in China. Local publications report that a total of over 7 million units have been pre-ordered across all channels. Pre-orders for the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max started late in the evening of September 12 (Saturday) at 8pm. Retailer JD ran out of available units in under a minute. We don’t know how many units JD had on hand, but there are similar stories from other retailers. Sales revenue from iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max pre-orders on Tmall was double what the iPhone 17 Pro and...

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SK Hynix reportedly wants Intel to make its memory chips in the US

According to a new report from Reuters, SK Hynix is now in talks with Intel about a potential deal that would see the Korean company manufacture memory chips in the US for the first time. There are apparently two ways this can go: either SK Hynix will lease part of Intel's chip factory in Ohio, or it could form a joint venture with Intel as well as some unnamed "major cloud firms that are keen to lock in memory chip supplies". This all comes from "people familiar with the matter", so nothing is confirmed or official yet. A deal with SK Hynix would help Intel get out of its current not...

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Microsoft announces October 7 Windows and Surface event

It has been more than two years since Microsoft held a major event, but that is about to change. The company has announced a Windows and Surface event for next month to share new details about AI, Windows, the Surface Laptop Ultra, and the Nvidia RTX Spark. According to Engadget, the event will be held in San Francisco on October 7. The event will focus on local AI on Windows PCs, while Microsoft is also expected to announce the availability and pricing of the Surface Laptop Ultra, which was unveiled in June. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Microsoft Executive Vice President of...

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The September Pixel Drop improves the VIP contacts widget, adds Harry Potter themes

The September Pixel Drop is here – it brings key improvements to the VIP contacts widget, adds even more scam protections, expands Pause Point availability to older models and even celebrates the release of the new Harry Potter audiobooks. All Pixel devices going back to the Pixel 6 series are eligible for this update except for the Pixel Tablet. Do note that while the rollout starts today, it will happen in stages and some models (especially carrier phones) may get it in the coming weeks rather than today. Also – and this is important – some of these features are region and language...

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More details about the Samsung Galaxy S27 Ultra's cameras emerge

Back in late August, a rumor claimed Samsung would equip the Galaxy S27 Ultra with a new telephoto camera with 4x optical zoom. This would have used a 1/1.9" type sensor. Earlier this week, however, another source vehemently denied this, claiming that the S27 Ultra would have the exact same 5x optical zoom telephoto camera as its predecessor. Today a new, usually reliable source has chimed in on the controversy as well. According to Roland Quandt, the Galaxy S27 Ultra will use a 50MP 5x optical zoom telephoto camera with a Sony sensor. So it's not going to be 4x optical zoom, which...

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Analyst Jeff Pu is not impressed with iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max pre-orders

Analyst Jeff Pu has been keeping track of iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max wait times for the various configurations. Based on that data, Pu says that the pre-order wait times are “lukewarm”. The stats are as follows. The most popular 256GB and 512GB models are showing 3-4 week wait times for most colors. Pricier 1TB and 2TB models are available immediately if you want a Silver phone, with 1-2 weeks wait times for Black and Glacier models and 3-4 weeks for the Burgundy version. It’s easy to tell that the new Burgundy color is by far the most popular option, while the Silver color...

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Samsung will reportedly raise DRAM and NAND prices for smartphone makers

Korean publication Sisa Journal e reports that Samsung Electronics (the DS division, specifically) wants to increase the prices of DRAM and NAND for smartphones by 7% to 10%. Chinese smartphone makers are first – negotiations with them are already underway. Apple will be asked back to the negotiating table in Q4 (October-December). Even Samsung’s smartphone division will not be spared (the DS and DX divisions operate separately). Apple may be a tough cookie to crack, though. Analysts estimate that Apple buys two times as much NAND for its smartphones as Samsung and three times as much...

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3D models of new iPhone Duo, iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max are now available in our database

It seems unlikely that Apple stores will have iPhone Duo units for you to handle before pre-orders start in mid-October – but you don’t have to wait that long to spin around a virtual Duo, thanks to our partners at Binkies3D. The cool thing about this 3D model is that you can open and close the phone – just hit the button under the zoom button. This way you can see what the phone looks like in both states. You can also tap on the color names to view both paint jobs. function swatchClicked(target) { var selected =...

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Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 may be made in part by Samsung

According to a new report from Korea today, Qualcomm is still in talks with Samsung about the latter joining TSMC in making the former's upcoming flagship Snapdragon chips. Qualcomm is expected to announce the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro later this month, and a lot of prior rumors have suggested that TSMC will be the only foundry making them. However, today's new report claims Qualcomm is still open to a dual-source setup with TSMC and Samsung. This is made possible by the fact that Samsung's 2nm yields have improved lately, although they're still trailing...

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iPhone Duo may become an entire product line, new rumor claims

For a long time the first foldable iPhone was rumored to be called iPhone Ultra, but Apple actually went with iPhone Duo as you may know. If you were wondering why, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman has an intriguing theory. According to him, Apple is planning multiple foldable iPhones for the future - a bigger iPhone Duo Max, a smaller iPhone Duo mini, and even an entry-level iPhone Duo SE. These suffixes work much better with the Duo name than they would have with Ultra - just imagine an iPhone Ultra mini, or an iPhone Ultra Max. It's all a bit much. The fact that Duo is three letters long...

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Poco F9 Pro review

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Oppo Find X10 series launch date, colors and storage options revealed

After teasing the lineup and their key features last week, Oppo has now confirmed when the Find X10 series will launch in China. The company has also revealed the phones’ designs, color options, and storage configurations. The Oppo Find X10, Find X10 Pro Max, and Find X10 E will launch in China on September 22, just one day after vivo is set to unveil its X500 series in the country. Oppo has also revealed the design, color options, and the RAM/storage configurations of all three devices on their official online store in China. The Oppo Find X10 Pro Max will feature a square-shaped...

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Sony LinkBuds Clip review

The LinkBuds Clip are Sony’s first clip-style earbuds. This style of earbuds claims to offer open-ear comfort and spatial awareness while being more secure than standard earbud designs. Sony promises all-day wearing comfort, balanced sound, and AI-enhanced voice pickup. The LinkBuds Clip come in four different colors and are priced at $230. Let’s see how they perform. Design and comfort With the LinkBuds Clip, Sony is offering a fresh take on the design of clip-style earbuds. Instead of the typical wiry bridge connecting the speaker unit and main unit, the LinkBuds Clip use a...

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Here's another look at Tecno's Camon Slim bezel-less concept phone

You may remember Tecno's bezel-less concept phone, which we handled at the IFA trade show a week ago. Well, we have it at the office for a closer look. Now, we're not going to cover the same ground all over again; go and check out our original piece on the concept. Think of this as more of a high-quality gallery. The bezel-less concept phone is based on Tecno's 5G Camon Slim. It even calls itself by that name in About phone. And it reports the same base specs - a Dimensity 7300e chip and a 6,000mAh battery. The concept phone next to its namesake, the Camon Slim 5G But there are...

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Apple unveils its first foldable - the iPhone Duo, iPhone 18 Pro official, Week 37 in review

Of course, Apple dominated the most popular stories of week 37 this year. Apple held a historic event on September 9 - the first in new CEO Ternus' reign, and the one to finally unveil the first foldable iPhone. Interestingly, the iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max scored more hits than the iPhone Duo. Apple's latest Pro models got a variable aperture main lens, a faster A20 Pro SoC, and a smaller Dynamic Island. The iPhone 18 Pro series is now on sale, starting from $1,200/€1,450 and $1,300/€1,600, respectively, and will begin shipping on September 18. The iPhone Duo is, undoubtedly, the...

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Oppo Watch X3 review

The Oppo Watch X3 continues the brand's strategy of offering a great Wear OS experience with a focus on battery longevity. With a price point around €300, it positions itself against established competitors by promising up to five days of battery life in its full smart mode. [#InlinePriceWidget,14547,1#] Oppo Watch X3 specs at a glance: Body: 47.4x47.4x11.0mm, 43g; sapphire crystal front, titanium alloy frame, glass-fiber-reinforced plastic back; IP68/IP69 dust-tight and water-resistant (high-pressure water jets; immersible up to 1.5m for 30 min), Waterproof (5ATM),...

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Weekly poll results: Poco F9 Ultra sizzles, Poco F9 Pro not as hot, both need a price cut

From the comments under last week’s poll we know that some of you have already bought a Poco F9 Ultra. This is clearly the more popular model of the two – its F9 Pro sibling did okay, but it’s clearly in the shadow of the Ultra. Poco F9 Ultra at a glance • Poco F9 Pro at a glance It’s not all roses, though. From the poll results it’s clear that people think that F9 Ultra’s starting price ($730/€830 early bird) is too high. But as our weekly deals posts have shown us, the Poco F series gets frequent discounts and promotions. The F9 generation will not be any different in that...

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iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone Duo hot-take

Now that we've had a few days to mull over Apple's newest iPhones, it's time to share our initial thoughts. Some things are as clear as day - Apple will still sell every new iPhone that it manufactures, and it's almost a 100% certainty that it will struggle to keep the iPhone Duo in stock. With that out of the way, here's our hot take. Apple took its sweet time with its first foldable, and it shows Apple is said to have been actively working on its first foldable since at least 2019. Reportedly, Tim Cook came back from a trip to China, apparently very energized about...

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Deals: iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max are on pre-order, iPhone Duo coming soon, here are the alternatives

Pre-orders for the new iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max started this Saturday. And since this is Apple we are talking about, there are no pre-order goodies – the opposite, actually, since Apple raised the iPhone 16, 17 and Air prices by $100. But we won’t be looking at the vanilla models today since the vanilla iPhone 18 isn’t expected until next year. So, here are the iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max. They feature Apple’s first 2nm chip, the A20 Pro, which runs at close to 5GHz (it peaks at 4.93GHz) and posted massive Geekbench scores. Additionally, the new models promise longer battery life,...

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OnePlus 16 may not launch in India

According to a new rumor from a tipster on X, OnePlus may not be launching the upcoming OnePlus 16 in India. Instead, the OnePlus 16R will be the brand's next flagship in the country. It will be followed by new Nord series and N series devices. In recent years, OnePlus has launched a new flagship number-series device as well as an R-series model, which uses a lesser chipset and comes with lesser cameras and a big battery. Now, if this rumor pans out, it means India will miss out on a OnePlus device powered by the upcoming Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 chipset, and will have to make do with the...

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Fairphone's Fairbuds 2 earbuds leak in two colors

Fairphone launched its first pair of true wireless earbuds, aptly called the Fairbuds, in April of 2024. Now the company is almost ready to introduce the second generation - in fact, the Fairbuds 2 are coming in the fourth quarter of this year (between October and December). Today a new leak brings us a look at the new earbuds in green and black. Fairbuds 2 leaked images As you can see, the Fairbuds 2 have stems, while the originals didn't. Their case is also thicker than the original one, which makes us wonder whether Fairphone has managed to fit a larger battery inside than...

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Samsung Galaxy A08 retailer listing gives us specs and official images

The Samsung Galaxy A08 was spotted in the Google Play Console in August, and then got certified by Anatel in Brazil a few days later. Things have been quiet since then, but now the phone has shown up at an online retailer in the UAE, where it's seemingly already available for purchase for AED 625 ($170), down from the recommended price of AED 659 ($179). The phone sports a 6.7-inch PLS LCD screen with a 90Hz refresh rate, a 50MP main camera, a 2MP depth sensor, an 8MP front camera, and a 6,000 mAh battery with support for 25W fast charging. Samsung Galaxy A08 images It's...

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The iPhone Duo does not solve foldables' biggest problems

After leaking more than a communal tap, the iPhone Duo — Apple’s first foldable — is finally a reality. We are used to foldables around here, but for Apple, this is the first and only major new iPhone form factor in 19 years since the original iPhone. Needless to say, that’s a pretty big deal. But as stated before, foldables are not new to us. By now, the original Galaxy Fold units have completed seven trips around the Sun, and we have seen countless models from every other major manufacturer since then. Some have come and gone in such a blink of an eye that many people won’t even...

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Insta360 Luna Pro gimbal camera goes official with a 1-inch sensor

Insta360 is expanding its Luna series of gimbal cameras with the new Luna Pro. The handheld gimbal camera features a 1-inch sensor paired with a Leica Summicron lens, along with support for 8K Dolby Vision video recording and 10-bit I-Log. The Insta360 Luna Pro is powered by a 4nm chipset and also features a dedicated image processor, enabling its 1-inch sensor to capture video at up to 8K resolution and up to 1080p 240fps slow-motion footage. The gimbal camera features 3-axis stabilization, along with 2x lossless zoom and up to 4x HighRes zoom. The Luna Pro also features a...

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Apple iPhone Duo vs. iPhone 18 Pro (Max): Which one to get?

Apple’s relatively stable smartphone line-up made it easy for people to figure out their upgrade path. The company would occasionally throw in a curveball like the iPhone Air or the iPhone 17e, but for the most part, people didn’t spend much time wondering which model to pick. Vanilla users got the new vanilla iPhone, Pro users got the new Pro. But now the iPhone Duo has arrived, Apple’s first foldable. Obviously, Android foldables have been around for a while now, so this isn’t a completely unprecedented experience. Still, for Apple die-hards this could be their first...

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The Trump phone just got 50% more expensive

The Trump Mobile T1 Phone, announced with much fanfare (how else) last year, finally became available this June for $499. And if you wanted one, hopefully you were able to get it at that price. Now you can't. That's because the device has quietly received a sharp price increase up to a whopping $749. That's 50% more than it used to be, and considering the fact that this is just an HTC from 2024 with a gold paint job and Trump logo on it, well, let's just say you really need to be a huge Trump fan to justify the new price. There are many better-specced phones out there for the same...

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Apple reveals the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max's battery capacities

Apple unveiled the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max yesterday, and today the company has done something that it really doesn't enjoy doing: publishing actual specs. Thanks to the EU, Apple has to make the phone's Energy Labels public, which it did today. You can see them below. This means we now know what the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max's battery capacities are in the EU. The former gets a 4,056 mAh cell, the latter a 5,391 mAh battery. Thus, the iPhone 18 Pro has a 1.45% larger battery than its predecessor, while the iPhone 18 Pro Max has an 11.8% bigger cell than the iPhone 17...

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Apple AirPods 5 are better, but surprisingly also cheaper

Apple's latest base AirPods are here, and it's all good news - you're getting better sound, more powerful noise cancellation, and the price is lower, spec-for-spec. Before we continue, let's get one thing out of the way - this is the non-Pro earbud, with the open-ear design. AirPods 5 comes in two versions - one with the regular USB-C case, and one with a wireless charging case and stem touch controls. Both models have ANC this time, and Apple claims the AirPods 5 have the the best active noise cancellation for an open-ear design on the market. Elaborating further, Apple says the...

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iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max arrive with A20 Pro chip, smaller Dynamic Island and variable aperture main cams

The iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max are here, and they may look a lot like their predecessors, but they also bring enough new additions under the hood. On the outside, we have three new colors and a smaller Dynamic Island, while the internals bring the A20 Pro chip, larger batteries and variable-aperture main cams. Burgundy is the new hero color, and it is joined by glacier (blue), black and silver. The new Pros get the same 6.3 and 6.9-inch LTPO Super Retina XDR OLED panels with the same resolution, refresh rates and brightness as the outgoing models. The new bit is the narrower...

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iOS camera app will get some pro add-ons, hints at variable aperture support

Apple is finalizing iOS 27 for release to the masses (after tomorrow's iPhone 18 event), and some clever people have peeked into the code to see what's new. Specifically, the iOS 27 camera app code, and there are some major pro features en route. Starting with exposure scopes, bringing tools like a histogram and waveform to judge exposure. Both have a more sophisticated RGB (red, green, blue) version for finer control. So far the camera app has had an exposure value slider, which was anything but pro. Next up is manual focus and focus peaking, which will enable much finer...

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Samsung Galaxy S26 FE review

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