OnePlus smartphone gets 3C certified with 160W charging

An unknown OnePlus device bearing model code PGKM10 has been 3C certified with 160W charging. The PGKM10 was previously rumored to be a OnePlus tablet, but it's now listed on 3C as a 5G mobile phone. We don't know the commercial name of the PGKM10, but reliable tipster Digital Chat Station says this is OnePlus' Dimensity 8100-powered smartphone,...

Redmi 10C leaks on its way to global markets

On March 17, the Redmi 10 is launching in India - or rather, we should say, the Redmi 10 (2022). But according to a new rumor surfacing today, the Xiaomi sub-brand is also busy working on a very similar device that it will soon bring to other global markets. It will allegedly be called Redmi 10C, and outside of India this is said to sport an unknown...

Redmi Note 11S 5G passes through the FCC, it's a Poco M4 Pro 5G rebrand

The upcoming Redmi Note 11S 5G got certified by the FCC. In case you're thinking "wait, there already is a Redmi Note 11S", you're right - but that "5G" suffix is important and basically makes this one a different phone. We've already heard once that Redmi was working on expanding its 5G lineup with the Note 11S 5G, and now this is confirmed. Furthermore,...

Netflix is raising the subscription prices in the UK and Ireland

Netflix bumped up its subscription prices for the US and Canada in January. Now a similar fate has befallen subscribers in the UK and Ireland, who are looking at a small price bump for the basic plan and а £2/€3 increase for the the premium tier. The table below has the breakdown. Netflix has around 14 million subscribers in the UK and 600K in Ireland,...

Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 Pro review

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WhatsApp launches new browser extension to make its web app more secure

Shortly after WhatsApp's dev team enabled simultaneous multi-device support on its beta version, it also announced a new browser extension. The add-on is called Code Verify and its sole purpose is to ensure the web version of WhatsApp is secure enough and the end-to-end encryption hasn't been compromised. WhatsApp says that after it launched the...

Oppo details the manufacturing process of Find X5 Pro’s ceramic back

Oppo offers a detailed look on how it has achieved the look of the Find X5 Pro’s ceramic back cover, the challenges involved, and the processed needed to make the ceramic back cover and fit it all together. Oppo took inspiration from the back cover of the Oppo Find X3 to translate to the Find X5 Pro. It also took inspiration from nature in that “there...

Realme Narzo 50A Prime is coming on March 22, design and key specs revealed

Realme's Narzo 50 series currently includes three smartphones - Narzo 50, Narzo 50i, and Narzo 50A. This number will increase to four on March 22 as the company will introduce the Narzo 50A Prime in Indonesia. Realme hasn't detailed the Narzo 50A Prime's specs sheet yet, but the company confirmed the smartphone will feature a 6.6" 1080p display and...

Messages by Google update now displays reactions from iPhones as emojis

Google's Android messaging app is getting an interesting new update today. Messages by Google, which is the name the app goes by these days, can now show reactions from iPhones as emojis, "just like when you're messaging with someone who's using an Android device", Google says. This will initially be available for devices set to English. Next up,...

Oppo Find X5 and Find X5 Pro UK pre-orders start, offering freebies worth £373

Oppo has started taking pre-orders for the Find X5 and Find X5 Pro in the UK today. These will be up until March 23, when the phones finally become available and pre-orders will ship. If you pre-order either device, you're getting freebies valued at a whopping £373: a 50W AirVOOC wireless charging stand valued at £69.99, a pair of Oppo Enco X true...

Osom teases the front of its OV1 smartphone and Privacy Cable

Osom Privacy has just posted a new teaser of its upcoming OV1 smartphone. Osom is a privacy-focused brand that’s working to build a privacy-focused smartphone with the core team of engineers who built the Essential PH-1. When you charge your device, you could be sharing personal data. The OSOM Privacy Cable gives you the ability to turn off data...

Valve releases Windows 10 drivers for Steam Deck

Valve today announced that it is providing Windows drivers for its Steam Deck handheld console. These drivers will enable crucial hardware compatibility for those who want to use Microsoft's OS. The drivers being released today are for the GPU, the Wi-Fi, and the Bluetooth. Valve said the audio drivers are still being worked on with AMD, so they...

Realme 9 SE launches with an SD778G and 144Hz display, Realme 9 tags along

The Realme 9 Pro duo was announced in mid-February, now come a pair of non-Pro phones. Don’t be so quick to write them off, however, as the Realme 9 5G SE is actually faster than the Realme 9 Pro. Realme 9 5G SE SE stands for “Speed Edition” and the phone lives up to its name in two ways – having a faster chipset and a faster display (than its sibling...

Watch the Realme 9 5G series launch event live

The Realme 9 Pro duo is already available in India, now two new 9-series phones are preparing for launch – the Realme 9 5G and Realme 9 5G SE will be unveiled in a live stream (which you can watch below). The event starts at 12:30 PM Indian time. The company has already shown off the design of the phones and announced some details. The Realme 9 SE...

Realme GT Neo3's design teased in official poster, launching this month

Last week, Realme VP Mr. Madhav Sheth said that the GT Neo3 will launch in the second half of 2022, meaning after June, but the plans have changed since Realme CMO Mr. Xu Qi Chase today announced that the GT Neo3 will arrive this month. Chase also shared a poster on Weibo, giving us our first official look at the GT Neo3. You can see the smartphone...

Apple's new iPhone SE reportedly has 4GB of RAM, 33% more than its predecessor

As you may already know, Apple unveiled its newest cheapest iPhone yesterday, the iPhone SE (2022). The new model looks exactly like the old one, but it's packing Apple's A15 Bionic chip under the hood - that's the exact same SoC found in the iPhone 13. And it's not the only part it shares with the iPhone 13, according to a new report. The new iPhone...

Google unexpectedly drops first “Quarterly Public Release” Beta testing June’s Feature Drop

This week, Google pushed a Feature Drop to Pixel devices along with the Android version 12.1 update with the March security update. This completed Google’s beta testing cycle for Android 12L, but the beta program wasn’t over. Today, Google unexpectedly began pushing a new beta build for eligible Pixel devices. Google Pixel 6 Interestingly, however,...

Apple 'Peek Performance' wrap up

On Tuesday, Apple held its 'Peek Performance' event, during which it made a range of announcements, including the launch of two new products. In case you missed all of that, this is your wrap up of the event. First off, Apple, along with Major League Baseball (MLB), announced Friday Night Baseball, a weekly doubleheader with live pre and post game...

Nokia G21 review

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The Mac Studio is Apple's most powerful desktop computer ever

Apple concluded its "Peek Performance" event with its most powerful computer ever - the Mac Studio. A Mac mini on steroids, the Mac Studio is bigger in order to fit Apple's previous best processor M1 Max, and its new flagship M1 Ultra processor. The Mac Studio measures 9.5cm in height and 19.7cm in width and depth, making it very portable for a desktop...

Apple TV+ will offer Friday Night Baseball

With the new iPhone SE, new iPad Air, new M1 Ultra chip, Mac Studio, and Studio Display, Apple's event today was mostly about hardware. But the company also announced something that will go down very well with fans of baseball who subscribe to Apple TV+, its streaming service. Apple is going to offer Friday Night Baseball on Apple TV+, through a...

Apple announces new green versions of the iPhone 13 lineup

During today's Apple event, the company introduced fresh new colors for its iPhone 13 and 13 Pro smartphones. The former gets a simple Green color while the Pro models now have the Alpine Green option. iPhone 13 Pro in alpine green The new premium Alpine Green finish for the 13 Pro and 13 Pro Max is achieved through multiple layers of nanometer-scale...

Apple unveils new iPad Air with M1 chipset, 5G support

Just as expected, today's Apple event saw the announcement of a brand new iPad Air, alongside the new iPhone SE. Apple's mid-end tablet still slots in nicely in between the cheap iPad and the more expensive iPad Pro models. The iPad Air has Apple's M1 chipset at the helm and optional 5G support (with eSIM), but the base model is Wi-Fi-only as usual....

Apple iPhone SE (2022) announced with Apple A15 chipset

iPhones have a reputation of being pricey – all except for one. The third-generation iPhone SE is here, two years after the 2nd gen arrived. It may look the basically same on the outside as the iPhone 6 design from 2014, but the internals are much improved. Let’s start with the Apple A15 chipset, the same chipset as on the iPhone 13 series and the...

Samsung stops shipping chargers with its new Galaxy A series phones in the US

Last year Samsung began shipping its flagship Galaxy S21 series phones without bundled chargers and that trend carried over to the Galaxy Z Fold3 and Z Flip3 as well as the brand new Galaxy S22 series. It’s now confirmed that the trend will carry over to the more budget Galaxy A series with the US landing pages for the Galaxy A13 5G and Galaxy A03s...

Spy photo shows Carl Pei and Cristiano Amon admiring a Nothing phone prototype

Not long after Nothing launched its first product, the Nothing ear (1) TWS headset, the company announced a partnership with Qualcomm. And we heard a rumor that Nothing is working on its first phone months ago. So, what do you think it is that Carl Pei (CEO of Nothing) is showing to Cristiano Amon (CEO of Qualcomm) in this photo shared by @evleaks?...

Kuo: Apple will unveil more powerful Mac mini and an affordable 27-inch display

Apple’s “Peek Performance” launch event is just a day away and noted Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is here with another prediction for what could be unveiled on stage. According to the long-time insider, Apple will introduce a more powerful Mac Mini which is rumored to arrive with Apple’s M1 Pro or M2 processor. Predictions for Apple's new desktop products:1....

Samsung Galaxy A53 unit goes on sale, official cases leak

The Samsung Galaxy A53 launch is fast approaching, to go by the increasing number of leaks. One unit even went on sale through a Serbian portal. The listing is accompanied by live images, revealing the design, which will be pretty similar to the Galaxy A52 series. The price in the listing is €350, which is in line with the previous Galaxy A5x generations,...

Google Pixel 6a listed on Geekbench with Tensor chip

There are plenty of leaks of an upcoming Pixel 6a due to launch sometime in the next months. The phone is expected to offer a similar look to the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro but with toned-down specs and a more compact form factor. Now, the rumored device appeared in a Geekbench listing confirming the presence of Google’s in-house Tensor chipset and 6GB RAM....

Samsung Galaxy A73 spotted at Geekbench with a Snapdragon 778G chipset

The Samsung Galaxy A73 will be more powerful than we originally expected – leaked specs claimed that it will use the same Snapdragon 750G as the A52 5G (there never was an A72 5G), however, Geekbench results point to the Galaxy A52s 5G chipset instead (note the ‘s’). We’re talking about the Snapdragon 778G, a chip coming from TSMC’s 6 nm foundries...

Realme C35 comes to India for INR 11,999

After launching in Thailand last month, Realme C35 has now made its way to India with a starting retail price of INR 11,999 ($156) for the baseline 4/64GB trim. The device is offered in Glowing Green and Glowing Black colors and also comes in a 4/128GB model which retails for INR 12,999 ($169). Open sales start on March 12 at 12 noon IST from realme...

Kuo: Apple will unveil more powerful Mac mini and an an affordable 27-inch display

Apple’s “Peek Performance” launch event is just a day away and noted Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is here with another prediction for what could be unveiled on stage. According to the long-time insider, Apple will introduce a more powerful Mac Mini which is rumored to arrive with Apple’s M1 Pro or M2 processor. Predictions for Apple's new desktop products:1....

Vivo X Fold schematics reveal quad cam setup on the back

vivo's upcoming foldable flagship will be called X Fold, multiple rumors suggested. Today, the trustworthy leakster Digital Chat Station posted schematics of the upcoming foldable, revealing a punch-hole camera on the cover screen and a quad-cam setup with a periscope lens on the back. He also revealed that the phone hardware would be “absolutely...

Realme 9i hands-on review

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Top 10 trending phones of week 9

Having taking a break last week as yours truly was busy roaming the MWC grounds, the trending chart returns and it's unsurprisingly significantly changed. Even so, the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra remained on top, just edging out new additions Poco X4 Pro and Redmi Note 11E Pro. Samsung Galaxy M33 came in fourth, ahead of the Redmi Note 11 Pro and the...

HiFiMan HE400se headphones review

The HE400se are entry-level planar magnetic headphones from Chinese audio manufacturer HiFiMan. The company is known for making portable audio players and headphones but off-late has grown in popularity for its expansive and impressive range of planar magnetic headphones, which goes as high as $8000. The HE400se, however, are on the other end of...

New phones of the week - MWC 2022 edition

MWC 2022 is officially in the books and it brought over plenty of new smartphones. The announcements kept pilling on even after the four-day conference so let’s recap all the new phone hardware that made it to the market. Starting off the list chronologically, TCL unveiled five new phones as part of its TCL 30 series. TCL 30 5G is a Dimensity 700...

Week 9 in review: Nokia, Poco, Realme and Honor announcements

The Mobile World Congress came and went and makers of all shapes and sizes took advantage of the world's attention to showcase new stuff. Let's take a look at the biggest stories from the week. Xiaomi's Poco announced the 4G variant of the M4 Pro and the brand-new X4 Pro 5G. The biggest selling point of both is the AMOLED display - 6.67-inch 120Hz...

Huawei Sound Joy review

Introduction We’ve reviewed plenty of Huawei smart devices but it’s our first time testing one of their Bluetooth speakers. Huawei teamed up with French audio tech company Devialet for the Sound Joy speaker in a bid to challenge the likes of JBL’s Flip series and it’s time to see how well they fared. Can this be your next portable speaker ? Let’s...

Weekly poll: which were the best phone of MWC 2022?

Which is your favorite phone from the MWC 2022? You can vote for your chosen phone below and we’ve also prepared individual polls so that we can gauge the desirability of each new model. Note that we’re including some models that weren’t technically unveiled at the MWC, but are relevant enough to be featured here. We’re also skipping the entry-level...