Asus ROG Phone 6 and ROG Phone 6 Pro's India launch set for July 5

Earlier last month, Asus said it will unveil the ROG Phone 6 on July 5 at multiple events in Taipei, Berlin, and New York. Today, the company announced it will launch the ROG Phone 6 in India as well on the same day alongside the ROG Phone 6 Pro. Both smartphones will be introduced to the Indian market through a virtual event which will be streamed...

Samsung Galaxy A32 gets the July 2022 Android security patch

Samsung has rolled out new Android security patches for its smartphones several times before even Google did and the new month started, and the company has once again become the first to release a new Android security patch since it has rolled out the July 2022 Android security update for the Galaxy A32's 4G model. Samsung Galaxy A32 4G The update...

Sprint’s network is officially shutting down

US wireless carrier Sprint’s remaining LTE towers have begun their official shutdowns, a T-Mobile spokesperson confirmed to The Verge. It’s been over two years since T-Mobile's acquisition of Sprint went through April of 2020 including its network, stores, assets, spectrum, towers, and customers. T-Mobile has decommissioned Sprint’s wireless spectrum...

Samsung Galaxy M11 receives Android 12 update with One UI 4.1

Samsung's One UI 4.1 update train has reached the Galaxy M11 today, which tells you something about how many devices the company has gone through already - it's now at the phase where it's updating low-end phones from two years ago. That's exactly what the M11 is, and it's now receiving the update to Android 12 with the latest version of Samsung's...

OnePlus 10RT gets certified on its way to India

Last year the OnePlus 9R was followed by the 9RT a few months down the line, and we have all the reasons to believe that the same will happen this year. The OnePlus 10R launched in April, and the 10RT may be coming in the fall (as the 9RT did in 2021). The OnePlus 10RT has now seemingly received the necessary BIS certifications which will allow it...

Fossil working with Google to make its new companion app compatible with Wear OS 3

Following the Wear OS 3 transition for smart wearables has been interesting to follow and with every new piece of information, we can slowly make out what the big picture will look like for Wear OS. The latest information comes from Fossil, a popular Wear OS smartwatch OEM. As per a Reddit thread, a Fossil representative has provided an update as...

OnePlus Nord 2T debuts in India, sales begin July 5

The OnePlus Nord 2T unveiled in May has debuted in India. It comes in Gray Shadow and Jade Fog colors and has two memory options - 8GB/128GB and 12GB/256GB, priced at INR28,999 ($365/€350) and INR33,999 ($430/€410), respectively. You can buy one starting July 5 through OnePlus Experience Stores, OnePlus' official Indian website, OnePlus Store app,...

OnePlus Nord 2T 5G hands-on review

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Infinix Note 12 5G series teased by Flipkart with 108MP camera and AMOLED screen

Infinix currently has four smartphones in its Note 12 lineup - Note 12, Note 12 G96, Note 12i, and Note 12 VIP. None of these support 5G networks, but the company will soon launch Note 12 series smartphones with 5G connectivity. This revelation comes from Indian online retailer Flipkart, which set up a promo page on its website for the Infinix Note...

Detailed screenshots of Galaxy Watch5 leak running One UI Watch 4.5

Samsung’s Galaxy Watch5 has not yet been released. The wearable isn’t expected to arrive until Samsung’s fall hardware launch event – usually sometime after August. The latest leak from @evleaks shows detailed screenshots of the next version of Samsung’s One UI Watch 4.5 over Wear OS 3.5. Here are some new watch faces for the new watches. Next up,...

Apple Japan bumps iPhone 13 lineup pricing amidst inflation of yen against the dollar

Beginning Thursday, Apple Japan has updated its pricing for all iPhone models. Some models have increased in price by as much as 20%, which could reflect the weakening of the Japanese Yen against the US Dollar, which has lost about 15% of its value to the dollar in the last three months. The iPhone 13 Pro, for instance, is now priced at 144,800 yen...

Nothing ear (1) TWS earbuds are getting a refresh

On July 12 Nothing will finally fully unveil the phone (1), but it looks like it might not be the only product that's going to get stage time on that occasion. Prolific leakster Mukul Sharma has dug up a picture of some Nothing ear (1) TWS earbuds that look almost identical to the existing model, but not entirely. These look like a minor refresh,...

Instagram tests making all video posts Reels

Instagram’s efforts to compete with TikTok are growing with the blogging platform’s latest move. As per a screenshot posted to Twitter by Matt Navarra, Instagram has begun testing making every video posted to Instagram a Reel so it may reach a larger audience across Instagram and Facebook. In an email to TechCrunch, a Meta spokesperson writes: “We’re...

Motorola reveals unusual focal lengths for X30 Pro’s triple camera

Motorola posted a teaser for its upcoming X30 Pro flagship smartphone. This is the same smartphone expected to come equipped with the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset and a 200MP main camera sensor. Motorola may launch the X30 Pro as the Motorola Frontier in markets outside of China. The teaser reveals that the Moto X30 Pro will use three different focal...

iQOO 10 Pro appears on TENAA with Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset

The iQOO 10 series is expected to arrive soon, and reports are at least one of the phones will have a Dimensity 9000+ chipset. We assume this is the vanilla version, because the Pro was just certified by TENAA with a Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset. The listing revealed a bunch of other specs so let's dig in. vivo iQOO 10 Pro alleged renders The iQOO...

Apple M2 MacBook Air's pre-orders to begin on July 8

Apple unveiled the M2-powered MacBook Air and MacBook Pro earlier this month. The MacBook Pro went on sale a couple of weeks ago, but Apple hasn't revealed when exactly the MacBook Air will be available for purchase. However, if a new report is to be believed, the MacBook Air will launch on July 15, with pre-orders expected to begin on July 8. The...

iFixit now carries replacement OEM parts for repairing Google Pixels

Google and iFixit announced a partnership back in April where original Pixel parts would become available for customers to purchase on iFixit so they can perform their own repairs using iFixit’s guides. Want to make your Pixel last even longer?Starting today, @iFixit has the genuine Pixel spare parts you need to give your Pixel 2 through 6 a hardware...

Google's Switch to Android iOS app now supports all Android 12 devices

Google really seems to think a lot of people are switching from iPhones to Android phones, and thus it's updated its Switch to Android iOS app. It now supports all Android 12 devices, whereas previously it only worked with Pixels. While Google's perception of how many people switch from iOS to Android might be optimistic to put it nicely, it sure...

Nothing confirms Snapdragon 778G+ chipset for the phone (1)

Nothing founder and CEO Carl Pei is continuing his teaser campaign for the upcoming Nothing phone (1), drip-feeding information left and right every few days in advance of the July 12 launch event. Today he confirmed that the device is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G+ premium mid-range SoC. This is in fact no surprise, since a Nothing phone...

Nokia G11 Plus goes official with 50MP camera and 3-day battery life

Nokia launched the G11 in February, and today, it followed up with the Plus model. The Nokia G11 Plus is built around a 6.51" HD+ 90Hz screen with a notch for the 8MP selfie camera. The 50MP primary camera on the rear is housed inside a rectangular island, joined by a 2MP auxiliary unit and LED flash. The rear panel, having a textured finish, also...

Google Pixel 7 to support 4K selfie video, Pixel Tablet to feature a single main camera

A new version 8.5 of the Google Camera app for Pixel smartphones has begun rolling out and 9to5Google has spotted some evidence about the Google Pixel 7 in its latest “APK Insight” post. There’s evidence that suggests that both the Google Pixel 7 and 7 Pro will use new front-facing camera sensors that are capable of recording 4K video. This is denoted...

Kuo: Apple’s 5G modem is not quite ready, Qualcomm will supply 5G chips for 2023 iPhones

Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo Tweeted an update about the state Apple’s 5G modem situation. Back in 2019, Apple acquired Intel’s modem business so that Apple could eventually begin producing its own 5G chips for iPhones. Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max Reports of Apple's development of 5G modem began in late-2020, but Kuo’s latest note reveals that Apple won’t...

Google's Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL receive what is almost certainly their last update

While right now it offers a longer support window, Google's Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL aren't covered by it since they launched before it was announced. As such, their software support should have ended back in November of last year. And yet Google still delivered updates to these devices in January and February. The build sent out in February was expected...

Asus ROG Phone 3 finally gets to taste stable Android 12

Asus has finally released the stable, finalized update to Android 12 for the ROG Phone 3 from 2020. According to the company's schedule, this was supposed to come out in the first half of the year, and so it's kept its promise, if only by a few days. Asus sure took its sweet time with this one - Android 13 is practically around the corner, but ROG...

Incoming Montblanc Summit 3 running Wear OS 3.0 will be compatible with iOS

The state of Wear OS is still not clear. Google promised an overhaul with Wear OS 3 and we’re expecting a new Google Pixel Watch that runs Wear OS 3. The only Wear OS 3 wearables on the market for a while were last year’s Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 models and these were the first time Samsung’s Watches were no longer compatible on iOS. This led us to...

Google releases third Android Beta 13 Beta 3 build issuing more fixes

We are towards the end of the month and Google has released a third build for its Android 13 Beta 3. This month’s beta build has seen enough issues for Google to have to release not one, two, but three builds to address critical fixes to beta testers. Android 13 beta 3.3 is purely intended to fix bugs and does not bring any new features. Some of...

One UI 5.0 beta will reportedly arrive next month with an October release date

Samsung’s One UI skin is getting its 5.0 version with the release of Android 13 later this year. A report from SamMobile reveals from a source that Samsung is going to launch its Android 13/One UI 5.0 beta in the third week of July. The beta program will let eligible devices, starting with the Samsung Galaxy S22 series, to download and test One UI...

Samsung Galaxy S23 and S23+ to have the same telephoto camera as their predecessors

Last week a report came out shedding some supposed light on Samsung's choice of front-facing camera for next year's Galaxy S23 and S23+ smartphones. And while in that case the news was good, with the rumor saying the devices in question could ship with upgraded selfie cameras, the same apparently can't be said for the telephoto shooter on the rear....

OnePlus Nord N20 5G is now available in the US unlocked

The mid-range smartphone space in the US is a joke compared to the rest of the world, given that brands which are traditionally powerful in this area are simply missing - think Xiaomi/Redmi/Poco, Realme, and so on. Thus, the landscape is pretty barren - and in this barren landscape OnePlus is making a nice buck for itself with the Nord N series....

Nvidia GTX 1630 leaks, an entry level Turing card

Prices of desktop GPUs have started to normalize, but it seems that Nvidia still feels there is a need for something cheap and easy to produce - component maker Colorful has let it slip that there is an Nvidia GTX 1630 on the way. This will be a cut down on the previous base model, the 1650. This means it is based on the Turing architecture from...

Poco F4 review

Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/poco_f4-review-2443.p...

OnePlus confirms Nord 2T arrival in India

OnePlus Nord 2T is selling in Continental Europe and the United Kingdom but the phone was missing from another major market until now - India. This injustice is finally going to be fixed, as the company confirmed the Nord 2T will arrive in the Pacific-Asian country as well. OnePlus set up a landing page on its own website and at Amazon in preparation...

vivo iQOO 10 series to be the first with a Dimensity 9000+ smartphone

The iQOO 10 is already in the rumor mill, and we expect to learn more as early as next month. Latest information coming from trustworthy sources claimed the series will be the first with a phone, powered by a Dimensity 9000+ chipset. iQOO 9 Pro The Mediatek platform was announced just last week as a minor improvement over the Dimensity 9000. It has...

Top 10 trending phones of week 25

After making the top 10 last week, when they were still a rumor, the Poco pair of F4 and X4 GT were the favorites for topping our chart this time around. It was not to be, though, as the Nothing Phone (1)'s teaser campaign was so successful there was nothing stopping the company's first phone. The Poco F4 thus had to once again settle for the silver...

vivo 50W Wireless Flash Charger test

The smartphone “charging wars” are predominantly fought on the wired front where some companies already passed the 100W thresh hold giving you a full 0-100% charge in around or even under 20 minutes. But every now and then the battle is carried over on the wireless front where makers are also reaching speeds that were unthinkable a couple of years...

Week 25 in review: Poco F4 and X4 GT are official

Welcome to the end of week number 25. Let's take a look back. Samsung has apparently accumulated some 50 million unsold smartphones. The A-series is reportedly mostly to blame, failing to meet its sales targets for one reason or another. 50 million is around 18% of Samsung's planned shipment target this year, which isn't good at all. Samsung made...

Weekly poll: Are the Poco X4 GT or Poco F4 tempting you?

The Poco F1 is a smartphone legend – it brought a flagship chipset and capable hardware all around at a price of just €300 after a small discount. Does the new Poco F4 embody the same spirit? Or is the Poco X4 GT a better successor? Let’s have a closer look. We’ll start with the Poco X4 GT. It brings the new and exciting Dimensity 8100 chipset and...

Samsung Galaxy M53 in for review

The Samsung Galaxy M53 is the latest smartphone to land at our office for a full review. Our unit comes in blue color, but there are two more options - green and brown. The Galaxy M53 sports a 6.7" 120Hz FullHD+ Super AMOLED+ screen with a punch hole in the center for the 32MP selfie camera capable of recording 4K@30FPS videos. Generally, you'd expect...

Weekly poll results: most people are fine with 256GB storage on their phones

Last week we asked you how much storage you use on your phone. It turns out most can fit within 256GB total. “Total” because we also queried you about your thoughts on microSD slots on phones. Here’s the breakdown. Just over 40% of people can squeeze in 128GB or less. That said, 36% need at least 256GB. This means 128GB models are still viable, but...