Apple iPhone 15 Pro to come without a SIM card slot

Apple unveiled the iPhone 13 lineup in September, and the iPhone 14 is still months away from the launch, but rumors around the iPhone 15 have already started doing rounds on the internet, with the latest one claiming Apple will ditch the physical SIM card slot beginning with the iPhone 15 series in 2023. Word comes from Brazilian publication Blog...

Winners and losers: Apple

It was a challenging year for all brands, but Apple ends up an absolute winner. Sure, it ended up a victim of the chip shortages as well and is still having trouble putting all of its devices on store shelves. But those devices are in high demand and when that's said for devices as expensive as Apple's are, you know they are pretty great. Apple grew...

iQOO 9 and 9 Pro to debut on January 5, leaked poster reveals

vivo sub-brand iQOO is getting ready to unveil its next flagship smartphone duo, comprised of the iQOO 9 and the iQOO 9 Pro. According to a leaked poster that surfaced in China today, these will become official at an event on January 5. As you can see from the image below, the iQOO 9 has a racing stripe design and an unnecessarily huge camera island...

Motorola is working on a new foldable Razr

The foldable smartphone space is definitely heating up these days, with more and more companies announcing more and more such devices. Motorola was one of the pioneers of the space, with the original foldable Razr launched in 2019. The 5G followup a year later made much smaller waves, but the company is undeterred and in fact it's already working...

The top stories of 2021: Q1

Welcome to our recap of the top news articles of 2021. We'll start with the main events of the first three months of the year and we'll cover the next quarters in the following episodes of the series. The first quarter of the year was transformative and shaped a lot of 2021. Qualcomm had just announced its Snapdragon 888 in the last month of 2020,...

Lenovo Legion Y90 with 144Hz screen and dual-engine air-cooling is arriving on January 1

The first week of January 2022 is turning out to be busier than expected. We know Realme, vivo, and Xiaomi are hosting launch events on 4th, 5th, and 6th, respectively, to unveil their new smartphones. Now Lenovo has announced it will kick off the new year by unveiling a gaming smartphone on the first day of 2022. Lenovo's new gaming smartphone is...

iQOO U5 announced with Snapdragon 695 SoC and 50MP camera

vivo sub-brand iQOO unveiled the iQOO Neo5 S and Neo5 SE earlier this week, and today the company further expanded its portfolio with the iQOO U5's announcement. The iQOO U5 is powered by the Snapdragon 695 SoC, runs Android 12-based OriginOS Ocean out of the box, and has three RAM options - 4GB, 6GB, and 8GB. It also comes with Memory Fusion 2.0,...

vivo V23 and V23 Pro with color-changing back panels are coming on January 5

Yesterday we exclusively reported that the vivo V23 series with 50MP dual selfie camera will launch in India next month. Today, vivo confirmed that report as it announced the January 5 launch event of the V23 series in India. vivo will unveil the V23 and V23 Pro at the event, and both will come with color-changing glasses, making them India's first...

Xiaomi 12 specs and prices leak

Next week Xiaomi is holding a grand launch for its next flagship smartphone family in China. The 'vanilla' Xiaomi 12 model has already been leaked and teased a lot, and so far we found out it will be a smaller handset than you may have expected - its 6.28" screen enables a 69.9mm width. While the panel is "only" 1080p, it's already rumored to have...

Honor Magic V will be the first foldable smartphone with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

Just yesterday Honor started teasing its upcoming foldable smartphone, the Honor Magic V. The company hasn't outed any details about it, aside from letting us know that it is in fact going to be Honor's "first foldable flagship", and that it's coming soon. According to a leaked presentation slide that surfaced in China, however, we get another bit...

Huawei smart glasses with HarmonyOS and MateBook X Pro 2022 unveiled

Alongside the P50 Pocket foldable phone, Huawei announced a new pair of smart glasses running HarmonyOS as well as a premium 14.2-inch MateBook X Pro Windows laptop. Huawei smart glasses The latest version of smart glasses from Huawei comes in three styles with Boston-style, Wellington and Aviator frames and prescription lenses or sunshades. They...

Huawei Watch D announced with ECG and blood pressure monitoring

Huawei today unveiled the P50 Pocket with the Snapdragon 888 SoC and a gapless folding screen. Alongside it, Huawei introduced the Watch D we've been hearing about for a few weeks. The Huawei Watch D sports a 1.64" AMOLED color touchscreen of 456x280-pixel resolution and a pixel density of 326 ppi. It's made of an aluminum alloy case and has two...

Samsung Galaxy S21 FE display assembly and repair costs leak

Another day, another Galaxy S21 FE leak. We're more or less certain of the design, the specs and the timeframe. So here's a look at an alleged genuine replacement kit for the Galaxy S21 FE' display and frame. The quoted price for the part is €185, but there's a cheaper €119 option that seemingly lacks the frame and only has the glass part. The repair...

Exclusive: vivo V23 series to come with 50MP dual selfie camera, launch in India next month

Earlier this month, a media report claimed the vivo V23 5G will launch in India in December, and later we heard the company will introduce the V23 Pro in the Asian country on January 4, 2022. While we are yet to get a confirmation on this date from vivo, we can now report that the vivo V23 series will definitely debut in India next month. Our source...

Huawei P50 Pocket comes with gapless folding screen and SD888 chipset

After three generations in the Mate X foldable series, Huawei finally unveiled its first clamshell foldable phone – the Huawei P50 Pocket. It brings a Huawei patented multi-dimensional hinge design with no visible gap when closed. P50 Pocket continues the design language laid out by the Huawei P50 series and uses a custom-made 3D structured glass...

Xiaomi 12 to sport 6.28-inch screen, revamped camera processing

Xiaomi is gearing up to introduce its 12 series on December 28 and ahead of the big announcement we got another bunch of details surrounding the phones. Xiaomi confirmed the vanilla 12 model will sport a 6.28-inch display which is noticeably smaller than the outgoing Xiaomi Mi 11’s 6.81-inch diagonal. Xiaomi 12 size comparison (image: Xiaomi) Earlier...

Samsung Galaxy S22 series dummies pictured, S Pen colors confirmed

We can finally get a good look at the Galaxy S22 Ultra, Galaxy S22+ and Galaxy S22, thanks to dummies, provided by UK accessories retailer Mobile Fun. The dummies are representative of the design and dimensions of the three future flagships and we can see how the three sizes compare - from the 6.06-inch Galaxy S22, the 6.55-inch Galaxy S22+, and...

Exynos 2200 scheduled for early next year with a focus on gaming

Samsung’s own flagship chipset, tentatively named Exynos 2200, is expected to arrive before February 2022, when the Galaxy S22 series is rumored to launch. The chipset usually arrives a month or so before the flagship phones, and the company recently confirmed it will indeed launch “early next year”. Samsung said it is preparing a “small gift for...

vivo S12 and S12 Pro arrive with impressive selfie cameras

The vivo S12 series is finally official with the vanilla S12 and a bigger, mightier S12 Pro. Both come with Dimensity chipsets and dual selfie cameras, complete with dual-LED flashes. The company said the flashes can be manually set up to any desired color between 3000K and 6000K. vivo S12 The vanilla vivo S12 comes with a 6.44” AMOLED panel. It...

Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra official poster leaks

It appears the rumors and leaks of the Galaxy S22 Ultra got the design right. A leaked official poster obtained by LetsGoDigital shows the upcoming flagship next to another member of the S22 series - likely the S22+. The Samsung Galaxy S22 and S22+ will adopt a camera bump similar to this year's Galaxy S21 lineup. Additionally, the poster confirms...

OnePlus 10 Pro to bring LTPO 2.0 display

In addition to confirming a January 2022 launch for the OnePlus 10 Pro, OnePlus CEO Pete Lau also detailed that the upcoming flagship will offer an LTPO 2.0 display. Lau mentions that users will notice an even smoother experience in all use cases thanks to the new display tech. Low-temperature polycrystalline oxide (LTPO) displays is a special kind...

Samsung suspends One UI 4.0 update for Galaxy S21 series due to Google Play issues

Samsung started distributing One UI 4.0 along with Android 12 a couple of weeks ago but a newly discovered issue has now paused the rollout. The company had to halt the update for the Galaxy S21 series in South Korea due to incompatibility issues with Google Play. According to a forum post by a Samsung community moderator, the issue with Google's...

Pixel Watch to be powered by Exynos SoC, may bring on-device Google Assistant

As we enter the new year, more evidence piles on about Google’s unicorn Pixel Watch. Earlier this month, we saw leaked marketing images of the Google Pixel Watch that show a round watch body and a low-profile touch screen with rounded edge all the way around. A recent report from 9to5Google found mentions of “PIXEL_EXPERIENCE_WATCH” which not only...

Amazfit GTR 3, GTR 3 Pro, and GTS 3 get second major update

Amazfit is currently busy sending out the second major update for its latest smartwatches - the GTR 3 Pro, GTR 3, and GTS 3. These were unveiled together back in October, and now they're in the process of receiving the latest software goodies. In the case of the GTR 3 Pro, the new build which is currently rolling out is labeled 8.26.3.1, and this...

Realme 9 Pro+ will have 65W charging while Realme 9i sports a 5,000 mAh battery

Realme is working on bringing us a whopping four members of the Realme 9 family soon, with the official launch expected to take place in the first few weeks of 2022. As we get ever closer to that point, two of the upcoming phones have been certified by CQC, and this process has confirmed the previously leaked rumor about the Realme 9i having a 5,000...

Motorola Moto G Stylus 2022 appears in detailed renders

The Motorola Moto G Stylus 2022 is rumored to be released sometime in mid-2022 but the first batch of renders are already here to reveal the design. The images themselves are courtesy of @OnLeaks and Prepp. They show a familiar Moto design with oval, rectangular camera bump and slightly protruding lenses. Moto G Stylus 2022 We can also see a flat...

Xiaomi confirms only two flagships will launch on Dec 28, teases design

Xiaomi revealed earlier today December 28 will be announcement date for the 12 series, and later followed up with more information, revealing we’ll see only two flagships make an appearance. The devices will have slightly curved screens on the side, which clashes with the previous information of curved display from all four sides, meaning these are...

Apple iPhone 14 Pro to have 48MP camera, periscope scheduled for 2023

Apple has been relying on 12MP sensors for the main cameras of its smartphones for the better part of a decade now. This is finally about to change in the iPhone 14 Pro series, as Cupertino is aiming to put a 48MP sensor behind the main shooter, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claims. The 48MP sensors still output 12MP images after pixel-binning, but allows...

vivo V23 Pro arrives on Google Play Console, could be the global version of S12 Pro

The vivo S12 Pro is getting announced tomorrow with two front-facing cameras and two dual-LED flashes in the bezel on top. The S-series is usually exclusive to China, but the manufacturer often relaunches the phones under the V lineup outside of its domestic market. Something similar is likely to happen this time as well - the vivo V23 Pro is expected...

Xiaomi 12 series launch date revealed

The Xiaomi 12 series that was rumored to arrive on December 12 will be unveiled next week - on December 28. The launch event will be held in China next Tuesday and begin at 7:30PM local time. Xiaomi hasn't explicitly mentioned how many smartphones the Mi 12 lineup consists of, but we know there are at least three of them since the company execs used...

OnePlus 10 Pro launch confirmed for January 2022

This morning, OnePlus founder Pete Lau has confirmed that the brand’s upcoming OnePlus 10 Pro flagship will arrive in January. The news was confirmed via a post made by the executive on the Chinese micro-blogging site Weibo. The OnePlus 10 Pro will arrive with Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 8 Gen1 chispet. Accroding to previous leaks and rumors, the OnePlus...

Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G briefly listed on Samsung Ireland's web store

The now almost mythical Samsung Galaxy S21 FE is expected to finally debut in early January and while there are a few weeks left to the big announcement, Samsung Ireland went ahead and listed the device for a brief period. The since-deleted listing came complete with actual pricing - €769 for the 128GB storage trim (no word on RAM) as well as detailed...

iQOO U5 details revealed through store listing

Even though the iQOO U5 is still unreleased, it appeared on the popular Chinese web store, JD Mall. The listing reveals quite a bit of detail and, of course, the design too. Pre-orders start on December 24 so an actual release should be in order before that date. Screenshots from the JD Mall listing The handset is running a Snapdragon 695 SoC with...

Philips PH1 announced with Unisoc chipset and 4,700 mAh battery

Here’s something you don’t see every day – a new Philips smartphone launched in China. The PH1 is the latest budget effort in the brand’s portfolio and pairs entry-level specs with affordable pricing. The PH1 comes with a 6.5-inch HD+ display with a waterdrop notch for the 5MP front camera. There’s a dual-camera ring design on the back housing a...

Nokia 2760 Flip 4G featurephone details leak

An upcoming Nokia featurephone with clamshell form factor has just been leaked through a Tracfone listing. Access to the listing has already been restricted, but you can't delete anything from the internet and we got the deatils. The phone sports a simple LCD screen with 240 x 320px resolution and a 1,450 mAh battery that lasts almost 14 days on...

Realme confirms the three GT 2 Pro firsts

Realme introduced today the "world's first innovations" on their upcoming Snapdragon 8 Gen 1-powered smartphone GT 2 Pro, revolving around design, photography, and communication. Design Let's talk about the design first. Realme had worked with Japanese industrial designer Naoto Fukasawa for Master Edition products before, and the company once again...

Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 4G is acquires certificates ahead of global launch

The Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 4G was launched in China as a cheaper alternative to its 5G namesake, and now a device with the same moniker is being certified for global sales. The company received approval from at least two authorities - IMDA in Singapore and the EEC, which is the overseeing organization for several markets in the Eurasian Economic Area....

vivo S12 Pro to bring dual front-facing LED flashes

The vivo S12 series will arrive on Wednesday, December 22, and we already know the phones will have a triple-camera setup on the back, with two more shooters at the front. The brand posted a short video teaser on its Weibo page, revealing selfies will be further improved with two LED lights. That’s right - vivo is putting two flashes at the front...

2021 Winners and Losers: Samsung

In a turbulent year filled with component shortages and delayed product launches, Samsung once again stood at the top of the smartphone world. Notable developments started with the Galaxy S21 series introduction in January, while the Galaxy Z Fold3, Z Flip3 and Tab S7 series arrived in August. We also saw plenty of new Galaxy A and M series phones...

Top 10 trending phones of week 50

We've got a third leader in as many weeks in our trending chart after Oppo's new Find N foldable took the number one spot. Yet, as the Motorola Edge X30 dropped to fifth, Redmi Note 11 Pro and Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G retained their places on the podium. In fourth we have the Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max, while the Redmi Note 10 Pro retains its sixth position....

Week 50 in review: Oppo Find N official, Galaxy S22 live photo emerges

Welcome to another week's recap. The biggest story of the week was the arrival of the Oppo Find N. It has a much smaller footprint than the Galaxy Z Fold3. Outside, the Find N has a 5.49-inch 18:9 display - a standard aspect and an easier one to use, compared to the Fold3's 25:9 outer screen. On the inside, the Find N has a 7.1-inch 8.4:9 main screen,...

Interview: Renowned filmmaker Philip Bloom on the Sony Xperia Pro-I and the state of smartphone videography

Sony's Xperia Pro-I just went on sale and at one of the press events accompanying the launch we ran into renowned filmmaker Philip Bloom. One of the big names in the industry, he has worked as a cameraman and cinematographer for Lucasfilm, CNN, Sky News, and the BBC, among others. Mr. Bloom is also keeping a close eye on the smartphone industry and...

Weekly poll: is the Oppo Find N the best foldable yet?

Did Oppo design the best foldable yet or is the company’s first go at the form factor too little, too late? The Oppo Find N has some exciting design elements, but also some flaws. In case you missed it, check out our hands-on review for more details (and you can watch our key features video below). The biggest flaw is that right now Oppo seems to...

Major leak reveals Garmin's new Venu, Epix, Fenix, and Instinct series smartwatches

Garmin unveiled the Venu 2 and Venu 2S smartwatches in April, and we know a Plus variant exists since we saw its leaked image last month revealing the design, color options, and a few features. Now a major leak by WinFuture reveals Garmin is planning to introduce more than one smartwatch since the publication posted over three dozen official-looking...

Weekly poll results: the Motorola Edge X30 looks like a runaway success, the S30 not so much

The Motorola Edge X30 may be a big hit for the brand, it was a clear favorite in last week’s poll. Between it and the Moto G200, which also seems ripe for success, Motorola is headed for a strong year. The major concern that most commenters expressed is about the price – the X30 could be one of the best value-for-money phones of 2022, but we just...

iQOO Neo5 SE price and specs tipped ahead of launch, Snapdragon 870 in tow

iQOO yesterday announced it will introduce the Neo5 SE on December 20 alongside the Neo5s. The company also shared a few teasers on social media, revealing the Neo5 SE's design, color options, and some features. And while the vivo sub-brand hasn't detailed the Neo5 SE's specs sheet yet, reliable tipster Digital Chat Station has revealed the smartphone...

Samsung patent shows a funky device with a rollable and foldable display with adjustable angle

We'll just start by saying that, in case it isn't apparent, this design cannot be considered a serious indication of an actual product that is on its way. Companies the likes of Samsung tend to patent a lot of things. Many of those patents don't actually lead to actual products, and that's just part of the reason the vast majority of such filings...