Telegram to soon launch its premium plan

A new finding by Alessandro Paluzzi reveals that Telegram is moving closer to introducing its premium tier. The hint comes from a data string that drastically changes the wording of the welcome screen when downloading and installing the messaging app. Right now, you will read "Telegram is free forever. No ads. No subscription fees." but that text...

HTC's flagship phone delayed

We doubt that there are many of you holding your breath waiting for HTC's next flagship phone given that it's been a while since the company released a high-end device. The handset was expected to make its debut in April but it seems that it has been delayed. The reason for the delay is reportedly COVID-19-induced supply chain issues, so HTC hasn't...

Xiaomi Redmi 11 5G specs and release date revealed

One of the most anticipated low-end smartphones from Xiaomi is supposed to see its release sometime next month, with no information on the actual date. 91mobiles got the most important specs ahead of launch, though, along with the Indian pricing. The device is expected to feature a 6.58-inch FHD+ LCD panel, supporting 90Hz refresh rate. A MediaTek...

Realme GT Neo 3T confirmed to launch soon

Earlier this month, we learned that Realme was gearing up to launch the GT Neo 3T since the smartphone got certified by a few certifying authorities. While we still don't know when exactly the GT Neo 3T will be unveiled, Realme's global team has announced the smartphone is "coming soon." The poster shared by Realme also shows us the GT Neo 3T, which...

New Gallery Go app drops the “Go” name

As spotted by 9to5Google, the Gallery Go app appears to have dropped the “Go” part of its name with its new app icon. With version 1.8.8.436428459, the name of the app is just “Gallery” now. Via 9to5Google Gallery Go first launched in 2019 as a ‘Lite’ alternative to Google Photos for devices with limited hardware. As even budget devices catch up...

Google Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro display specs leak

Google has already teased the upcoming Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro back at its I/O developer conference earlier this month, showing us both of their backs and thus confirming that it's keeping the camera visor design. If you're interested on the other side of this fall's Pixels, a new report today is here to deliver, with purported details about their...

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold4 case leaks showing a slightly different aspect ratio

The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3 is a great foldable smartphone, but perhaps its main issue is the overly tall aspect ratio of its external screen, which makes typing not a great experience. According to a new leak out of China today, that niggle might get improved in the next generation. Seen below is a transparent case for the Galaxy Z Fold3, next to...

Realme unveils 512GB version of the GT Neo3, offers discounts for China's 618 shopping festival

The Naruto Edition of the Realme GT Neo3 sure looks cool, but some might find more RAM and storage more practical. Luckily, Realme has not stopped refining the phone since its launch in March. The latest version to show up doubles the maximum storage to 512GB while keeping the RAM capacity at the maximum 12GB. The previous top model had a 12/256GB...

Honor 70 Pro listed on Geekbench with Dimensity 8000 and 12GB RAM

One of Honor’s upcoming 70 series phones just stopped by Geekbench fkexing MediaTek’s Dimesnity 8000 chipset and 12GB RAM. The listing has the phone with the Honor SDY-AN00 model number and reveals it managed 819 single-core points and a 3,303 multi-core score. We can also observe the device boots Android 12 which will likely be layered with Honor’s...

Oppo A57 4G announced with Helio G35 SoC and faster charging

Oppo unveiled the A57 in April with Dimensity 810 SoC and 5G connectivity, and now it has announced a 4G-only version powered by the Helio G35 chip. That's not the only difference between the two variants, though. The 4G model packs a 5,000 mAh battery which now charges faster up to 33W instead of 10W, but the screen refresh rate is reduced from...

Google releases Android 13 Beta 2.1 for Pixel phones

Google has released a new update to the Android 13 Beta. Alhough we’re only halfway through the month, the new Android 13 Beta 2.1 patch will address a few issues that affected Pixel devices immediately following the initial release of the Android 13 Public Beta. Google’s release notes include the following fixes: Fixed an issue where typing in the...

‘1 Minute Music’ introduced for Instagram Reels in India

Instagram brings ‘1 Minute Music’, a collection of clips from songs and folks that are exclusively available for use on Instagram Reels or Stories. This includes music from more than 200 Indian artists to entice users in India to create more engaging content. The new collection includes music from recording artists including Dhvani Bhanushali, Neeti...

Samsung quietly makes the Galaxy M13 official

Samsung's quietly announced a new entry-level smartphone today, and it's not part of the incredibly successful A series. Instead, it's part of the much more confusing and less well defined M family. Meet the Galaxy M13. Samsung Galaxy M13 in Deep Green As the first digit strongly implies, this is a basic smartphone which should be rather affordable,...

Poco F4 GT, Poco Watch launch in the UK with early bird pricing until May 30

The Poco F4 GT got its global launch back in April, but for some reason it was only introduced for the UK market today. Good things come to those who wait? Well, quite. See, the phone can be ordered until 23:59 on May 30 for a special introductory price of £499 for the model with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. Its normal price, the one it will...

Broadcom agrees to buy VMware for $61 billion

Chipmaker Broadcom has announced that it agrees to acquire cloud computing company VMware to the tune of $61 billion in a cash-and stock deal. This is Broadcom’s most significant shift towards diversifying its business into the enterprise software industry. The deal offers $142.50 per VMware stock, which comes out to an approximate premium of 49%...

Samsung flexes its 200MP HP1 sensor by printing a cat billboard

Samsung unveiled its 200MP ISCOCELL HP1 camera sensor back in September of last year but we still have not seen a device to feature the massive sensor. That might change come July with an upcoming Motorola phone and Samsung posted a video detailing the sensor’s capabilities. The goal of the video is to showcase the amount of detail that the HP1 sensor...

Samsung to launch Galaxy A23 5G in Europe

Samsung unveiled the Galaxy A23 4G in March but didn't make any announcements about a 5G variant. Now, Dutch publication GalaxyClub reports that Samsung does intend to launch the Galaxy A23 5G, and it will come to Europe. The source doesn't reveal any specs of the Samsung Galaxy A23 5G, but it's safe to say it won't have the Snapdragon 680 SoC at...

Google reportedly further postpones foldable Pixel phone

During Google I/O this year, Google left out any mention of the foldable Pixel smartphone that has been rumored for many months now. This is the same foldable that may be called the Pixel Notepad and was believed to cost around $1,400 at launch. According to a new report from The Elec, Pixels new foldable device is being postponed yet again. The...

Honor reveals more details about the 70 series including chipsets and camera samples

Honor is gearing up to launch a new lineup of devices at the end of the month and in anticipation of that launch event, the company has revealed more details about its upcoming lineup of flagships on Weibo pertaining to some of its core features. There will be three Honor 70 models: Honor 70, 70 Pro, and 70 Pro+. Each will be powered by the newly...

Nothing phone (1) launch date and price leak

Yesterday Nothing unveiled a few new bits of information about its upcoming smartphone, the Nothing phone (1) - namely that it will have a transparent back, wireless charging support, and a frame made from recycled aluminum. However, the company still hasn't revealed when the Nothing phone (1)'s announcement is happening. A new leak from Germany...

Our Honor Magic4 Pro video review is now out

Honor is trying to recapture some of Huawei's long-lost glory in the western world, and it finally has a proper flagship device to help it do that with: the Magic4 Pro. This model is priced like a top of the line device, and it's specced like one too. So naturally we've been intrigued by it and wanted to get to know it better - hence our in-depth...

Samsung's Expert RAW camera app is now available for Galaxy Z Fold3

Samsung launched the Expert RAW camera app for the Galaxy S21 Ultra last November, which was released for the S22 series in February, and now it is available for the Galaxy Z Fold3 as well. You can download the Expert RAW app on your Galaxy Z Fold3 for free from the Galaxy Store. It is on version 1.0.02.6 right now and requires a download of about...

Samsung Galaxy M13 official images confirm design

Samsung’s Galaxy M13 is the subject of the latest Evan Blass leak which gives us a detailed look at the phone’s design. The official-looking images show a waterdrop notch cutout on the display and a triple camera setup on the back. The device profile closely resembles the Galaxy M23 that launched back in March. The silver and coral colors of the...

Xiaomi 12S with Leica branding leaks

Xiaomi and Leica are officially joining hands in a new partnership and the first jointly developed phone is launching in July. Before the big announcement comes through, we have a new leaked image that depicts the alleged Xiaomi 12S bearing the iconic Leica branding on its camera housing. Xiaomi 12S hands-on image Xiaomi is expected to bring its...

Apple announces two new Apple Watch Pride Edition bands with matching watch faces

For the past few years, Apple has announced Pride Edition bands for the Apple Watch in May to celebrate Pride Month. And continuing the tradition, Apple has introduced two new Apple Watch Pride Edition bands - Pride Edition Sport Loop and Pride Edition Nike Sport Loop - with matching watch faces. Apple says the Pride Edition Sport Loop is designed...

Motorola Razr 3 leaks in short hands-on video showcasing entirely new design

Motorola has already officially confirmed that it's working on a new Razr foldable smartphone, which is going to be the first properly flagship-grade one in the family with its Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC. Today the device has been leaked in a quick hands-on video (well, it's technically a GIF, but you get the idea). The design seems to have changed...

Nothing phone (1) will have a transparent back and wireless charging

Nothing is a company founded by Carl Pei, who pioneered the extensive teaser campaign for a new product while at OnePlus. Unsurprisingly then, the upcoming Nothing phone (1) is getting an extended teaser campaign of its own. We've already learned about some carrier partnerships, and today it's time for a new nugget of information. The Nothing phone...

Apple to launch new Apple Watch Pride Edition soon

For the past few years, Apple has launched Pride Edition bands for the Apple Watch in May to celebrate Pride Month. The company is yet to do that this year, but if Mark Gurman is to be believed, the Pride version bands for the Watch Series 7 should start arriving later this week. Gurman also claims that Apple will launch a new Pride Edition of the...

Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite (2022) soon to be released in India

Earlier this month, Samsung quietly announced the 2022 version of the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite for the global market and now we have a really good reason to believe that the tablet is making its way to Indian shores as well. A support page of the product went live on Samsung's Indian branch of its official website. This is not the first time we see Samsung...

Report: Apple AirPods Pro 2 won't be affected by supply chain constraints

One of the most renowned Apple analysts, Ming-Chi Kuo, says that Apple's future AirPods Pro 2 are right on schedule and will be unaffected by the supply chain constraints that China's manufacturing is experiencing right now. That's mainly because Apple has shifted some of its production to Vietnam, where the COVID-19 situation is vastly different...

Xiaomi 13 and 13 Pro could arrive sooner than expected

Now, this is a highly speculative story but an interesting one, nonetheless. It appears that Xiaomiui dug up a total of four IMEIs from a Chinese database assigned to four model numbers. It's believed that these model numbers represent the Chinese and global variants of the Xiaomi 13 and 13 Pro. The model numbers in question are 221113C and 2210132C...

“LG IMS” Bug was causing some LG phones on T-Mobile to go offline

LG devices on T-Mobile may have experienced a serious hiccup towards the end of the weekend. A backend change caused LG devices to display a persistent error that caused “LG IMS” to crash without ability to connect to cellular services. The following error message above continued to show, even after being dismissed, with little time to perform other...

The Pixel Watch will have an LTE version, Cortex-M33 co-processor

A few more details about the upcoming Pixel Watch have surfaced. The watch is reportedly coming with an Exynos 9110 (a 10nm chipset from 2018), but it is supposed to have a co-processor for power efficient operation in standby mode. This co-processor was identified as a Cortex-M33 by Max Winebach. The power draw of the M33 is measured in micro Watts,...

vivo delays T2 launch but leaks all of its specs, Y72t debuts

The vivo T2 smartphone was expected to arrive in China today, but the company decided to postpone the launch to June 6. However, the specs page of the smartphone was still uploarded on the company website, so we get to see what is arriving in two weeks' time. The device is only new by name - it has the exact same specs sheet as the iQOO Neo6 SE with...

AMD showcases Ryzen 7000 series processor running at 5.5GHz

Taking the stage today at Computex 2022, AMD made a suite of announcements, including details about its upcoming Ryzen 7000 series of desktop processors, as well as several new technologies and laptop details. Starting with the desktop stuff, AMD did not share information about the exact SKUs or an architectural breakdown of the Ryzen 7000 parts....

Motorola confirms next Razr will have Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1

Motorola brought the Razr brand back to life several years ago, and the foldable smartphone has had two iterations so far. None of them were powered by a flagship chipset, but a company executive revealed this is about to change. A brand manager of Motorola shared a teaser on his own Weibo page, revealing the new Moto Razr will run on the Snapdragon...

The Xiaomi Mi Band 7 is available for pre-order, sales start tomorrow

The new Xiaomi Mi Band 7 will launch tomorrow, but you can already reserve one on the company’s storefront at JD.com. Actually, there are two versions – regular and NFC. While they will be available simultaneously in China, chances are that the global launch of the NFC version will come later (that was the case for the Mi Band 6 NFC). Anyway, there’s...

Infinix Hot 12 Play announced with 90Hz display and 6,000 mAh battery

The latest addition to Infinix Hot 12 series is the Hot 12 Play. The device sports a massive 6,000 mAh battery, 90Hz LCD screen and boots Android 12 out the box. Infinix Hot 12 Play comes with a 6.82-inch IPS LCD with a centered punch hole cutout for the 8MP selfie cam. The back houses a 13MP main cam alongside a 2MP AI lens. Infinix Hot 12 Play...

Motorola is launching a 200MP camera phone in July

Motorola China officially confirmed a new 200MP camera phone is launching in July. This is most likely the long-rumored Motorola Frontier smartphone which has rumors dating back to last year. The new teaser is touting the 200MP camera sensor as a “new benchmark for image experience”. Motorola 200MP camera phone teaser Based on past speculations,...

Mediatek Dimensity 1050 brings mmWave support, Dimensity 930 and Helio G99 tag along

Mediatek announced the Dimensity 1050 - its first chipset with mmWave 5G support. It will allow seamless connectivity through an easy switch between the Sub-6GHz and the mmWave standards. It is built by TSMC on a 6nm process, and the company promised devices with the chip as early as Q3 2022. The Taiwanese company also introduced its Wi-Fi 7 platforms...

Xiaomi officially announces partnership with Leica, first jointly developed phone arrives in July

The rumors were true as it turns out. Xiaomi has just informed us that it is in fact undertaking a strategic partnership with Leica, and the first imaging flagship smartphone jointly developed by the two companies will be launched in July this year. Since the rumor mill was right about the Xiaomi - Leica partnership, we think it's safe to assume...

Top 10 trending phones of week 20

The Sony Xperia 1 IV's reign was short-lived and the Samsung Galaxy A53 has reclaimed the throne once more in week 20. The Galaxy S22 Ultra also gained a spot to claim second as the Redmi Note 11 returned to the final podium spot. Sony's new flagship is now fourth as the initial hype died down a bit, but it's still clearly getting plenty of attention....

Week 20 in review: Infinix Note 12 VIP official, X80 Pro, Mate Xs 2 go global

Another week down, let's recap. Infinix unveiled the Note 12 VIP and it can do 120W Hyper Charge. Infinix claims the 4,500mAh battery has a 0-100% time of just 17 minutes. Otherwise, the Note 12 VIP has a 108MP camera, and a 6.7-inch 120Hz display. The Infinix Note 12 VIP will be available soon in select regions at $300. The vivo X80 and X80 Pro...

Huawei MateStation X review

Introduction PCs and monitors have enjoyed a resurgence in the past couple of years, thanks to people having to work from home. So it made sense that all-in-ones would also enjoy more attention. More and more manufacturers are giving the form factor attention - computers that package a display, keyboard, and mouse and simplify your life while doing...

Weekly poll: does the Huawei Mate Xs 2 have a future in your pocket?

Pretty early on it was clear that when it comes to foldables, keeping the screen inside is preferable to leaving it out in the open. That was more by necessity, though, the early foldable screens were too fragile to leave them with no protection. Outward folding designs like the Huawei Mate Xs 2 have many advantages, however, and this is the second...

Poco Watch review

Introduction Poco has been in the smartphone game for a few years and has now set its eyes on building a larger ecosystem of products. We already reviewed the company’s first pair of wireless earbuds and now we turn out attention to the Poco Watch. A compact, lightweight device more akin to a smart band than an actual smartwatch, Poco Watch brings...

Weekly poll results: the Sony Xperia 1 IV and 10 IV are great, if you can afford them

This is the blight of the Sony fan – last week’s poll shows that 3 in 4 people want to buy the new flagship, the Xperia 1 IV, but only 1 in 4 actually have the money for it. The rest wish it was cheaper, but that might take a while. The Mark 3 started at €1,300 a year ago. Today, you can find one for around €900 with some shopping around. But the...