OnePlus 10T's battery size confirmed, will charge faster than 10 Pro

The OnePlus 10T is launching next week, and OnePlus has already revealed its design and key specs, including the SoC, cameras, RAM, storage, and screen refresh rate. Now just a few days ahead of the unveiling, OnePlus has detailed the 10T's battery. OnePlus has announced that the 10T will pack a 4,800 mAh battery, which is 200 mAh smaller than the...

Tecno Camon 19 Pro review

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Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5G gets August 2022 Android security patch

Samsung once again became the first smartphone brand to roll out a new Android security patch as it released the August 2022 security patch for the Galaxy S20, S21, and S22 series recently. Now, it is the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5G that's getting updated with the August 2022 patch. The new firmware is rolling out with version F707BXXU6GVG5 for the...

New Infinix Smart 6 Plus announced with 6.82" display, different design

Infinix today introduced a new Smart 6 Plus in India with a different design and specs compared to the original Smart 6 Plus available in other markets. The Infinix Smart 6 Plus's Indian version (X6823C) is built around a notched display like the original model (X6511G), but with a diagonal of 6.82", it's bigger than the original Smart 6 Plus's 6.6"...

Omdia: Apple, Samsung and Honor win in Q2, overall market loses

Per Omdia's research, the global smartphone market in Q2 of this year was worse off than in Q2 of 2021, and worse still compared to Q1 of 2022. There were a total of 293.7 million smartphones shipped in the months April through June, compared to 307.7 million in Q1, and 303.3 million in Q2 2021. Samsung led the market in Q2 with a total of 62.2 million...

Samsung's new 'Repair Mode' will keep sensitive data safe while your phone being serviced

It’s standard practice to reset your phone when dropping it off at the service center for repairs – otherwise you risk sensitive data (photos, accounts, etc.) getting into the wrong hands. This creates an additional hassle of having to back up your data first and restoring it after. Samsung has introduced a solution to this problem – Repair Mode....

The beige Galaxy Z Fold4 actually looks nice as seen in leaked renders

Was anyone worried when they heard the word ‘beige’ as a color name for the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold4? Very few people would say that beige is their favorite color, but the actual hue will look quite nice, especially when paired with a gold hinge and trim. Here is a preview, courtesy of Evan Blass who published renders of three of the four colorways...

Huawei Mate 50 series coming in September with Kirin 9000S

Huawei will finally bring back the Mate series this September. The Mate 50 series will arrive alongside HarmonyOS 3.0, a new chipset, and possibly even the Aito M5 EV, or Aito M7. The series will feature the Mate 50, the Mate 50 Pro, and the Mate 50 RS. The phones will be powered by the new Kirin 9000S. The chip will allegedly remain 4G-only. Below...

Google Pixel 6a receives its first software update

The Google Pixel 6a that went on sale yesterday is receiving its first software update. However, it doesn't bring in any new features to the Pixel 6a and only bumps up the Android security patch level on the smartphone to June 2022. Considering how Samsung has already begun rolling out the August 2022 patch, we'd have liked to see Google release...

Moto Edge X30 Pro design revealed in official renders

Motorola is bringing the Edge X30 Pro smartphone on August 2. It will have a 200MP main camera and a Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1, and now we also know what the phone will look like. We have one big lens and two smaller ones below in a small rectangular setup on the back. Moto Edge X30 Pro promo materials The new flagship will support 100W charging rates....

Moto Razr 2022 teaser shows the big secondary screen

Motorola is having a launch party next month where we’ll see the Razr 2022 and the Edge 30 Pro. The classic flagship already leaked multiple times in live photos, teasers, and certifications, but finally, we have a clear official look at the foldable with its big screen. The image, posted on Weibo, reveals a big rectangular screen, taking up the...

OnePlus 10T confirmed to have 16GB RAM and 256GB storage

OnePlus will unveil the 10T on August 3, which is confirmed to have the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC under the hood. And today, the company announced that the 10T will come with 16GB of LPDDR5 RAM and 256GB of UFS 3.1 storage. We have seen OnePlus phones with 256GB of storage before, but not 16GB RAM. OnePlus says 16GB RAM will let 10T's users "juggle...

Motorola Moto G32's official-looking renders surface showing new color options

Motorola launched the Moto G31 last November, and it is expected to unveil the Moto G32 soon. The company hasn't divulged anything about the Moto G32 yet, but its leaked renders revealed the smartphone's design. The images showed us what the Moto G32 would look like in red and black colors, and thanks to leakster Evan Blass, we now get to see the...

Google Maps brings Street View to India relying on local partners

In a world first, Google is expanding the Street View functionality of Maps to India without having captured any data itself. Instead, it's relied on Genesys International and Tech Mahindra, which have covered over 150,000 km within 10 cities: Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Pune, Nashik, Vadodara, Ahmednagar, and Amritsar. Google says...

vivo Y02s and Y16 with Helio P35 hit Geekbench, vivo V25 coming in mid-August

The vivo Y30 5G and Y02s leaked together a couple of weeks ago, now the Y30 5G is official. The Y02s is still under wraps, however, but details for it and a couple of other vivo models leaked through the usual channels. As expected, the vivo Y02s (V2203) is powered by a Helio P35 – the same chipset as the Y01 from earlier this year. This can be seen...

Apple supplier facing camera lens quality issues for iPhone 14

Last week, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said some of Apple's suppliers for iPhone 14's panel and RAM experienced quality issues, but that should have a limited impact on the mass production since the Cupertino-based tech giant has diversified its iPhone 14 series suppliers to avoid launch delays due to component shortages. However, Kuo now reports that one...

Sony reveals more details about the PlayStation VR2 headset

Sony revealed some details about the upcoming PlayStation VR2 headset, starting with the basics – how users will set up their play area – as well as some options for streaming and playing non-VR content. See-Through View on the PlayStation VR2 First off, there will be a See-Through View, which allows you to see your surroundings without taking the...

Leaked Redmi K50S Pro specs detail Xiaomi's first 200MP phone

A clear picture of the Xiaomi Redmi K50S Pro is slowly starting to take shape. This phone is rumored to be Xiaomi’s first with a 200MP camera, possibly the first, depending on how the launch timing works out against Motorola (the 200MP Moto phone was supposed to come out in July, but it seems it got delayed). Either way, that 200MP camera sounds...

Oppo K10 Energy arrives with Snapdragon 778G and 12 GB RAM

Oppo K10 Energy went official today after the phone was spotted earlier this month. The name can also be translated as Lite or Youth or Vitality, but Oppo put "Energy" on the back so we're sticking with that. The phone is meant to be a more affordable version of the Oppo K10 5G with a Snapdragon 778G chipset and is already up for sale in China. This...

OnePlus Ace Pro confirmed to come with 16GB RAM

The OnePlus 10T will launch on August 3, and on the same day, OnePlus will also introduce the OnePlus Ace Pro in its home country China. OnePlus previously confirmed the Ace Pro will be powered by the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC, and now the company has revealed the smartphone will come with 16GB of LPDDR5 RAM, making it the first OnePlus smartphone...

Google Pixel 7, 7 Pro, Pixel Tablet and Pixel foldable camera sensors uncovered

If you were wondering which specific camera sensors Google's upcoming Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro will be using, you're in luck as one enterprising developer has gone exploring just that in the depths of Google's code. It wasn't easy, though - the company has obfuscated all the sensors' names in the code in order to stop leaks like this, but sensor IDs...

The Google Pixel 6a is reportedly unlocking even with unregistered fingerprints

Google's latest Pixel is having some issues, which is a statement you may have heard us say often but this time it may be a bit serious. Reviewers have noticed that the fingerprint sensor on the newly launched Pixel 6a seems to be unlocking even with unregistered prints. The issue was first brought to light by Beebom on YouTube. In their testing,...

New official looking Samsung Galaxy Z Flip4 renders surface showing all colors

Samsung's next Unpacked event is fast approaching, taking place on August 10. That's when the company will unveil the Galaxy Z Fold4 and Z Flip4, and the latter of those has just leaked again today, this time in new official-looking renders portraying all four colors. Speaking of which, the names of the hues are rumored to be Graphite, Pink Gold,...

Best Buy announces new small-format stores

Best Buy is announcing it is opening new stores, though a whole new retail format. The retailer unveiled its first “digital-first, small-format” store that caters to customers in a way that better caters to changing consumer habits. The new store is contained in 5,000 square feet of retail space, much smaller than the average 38,500 sq feet of its...

Intel Foundry Services to start making chips for MediaTek

Intel today announced that it is partnering with MediaTek to manufacture their chips using Intel Foundry Services. The goal here is to help MediaTek build a more balanced and resilient supply chain through the addition of a new foundry partner with significant capacity in the US and Europe. Last year, the company announced a similar deal with Qualcomm....

Motorola Edge X30 Pro will unsurprisingly be more expensive than the Edge X30

Motorola is announcing the Edge X30 Pro alongside the Razr 2022 next week, on August 2. As we get closer to that moment, we learn more about the devices - this time it's all about the X30 Pro. According to Chen Jin, Lenovo's GM of its mobile phone business in China, the X30 Pro will be more expensive than the X30, which launched last December. That...

OnePlus explains why the 10T is missing the alert slider while its full specs leak

The OnePlus 10T is going to get official on August 3, which is next Wednesday, but in true OnePlus fashion we are getting a lot of official details even before that. Earlier today we saw a shot of the two color versions side by side, and the Chinese company has also talked to The Verge about the missing alert slider, while outing a new set of official...

vivo Y30 5G quietly launches with Dimensity 700, 6.5" HD+ display

vivo quietly launched a basic 5G phone in Thailand today. Dubbed the vivo Y30 5G, it is already available through several stores and carriers in the country. vivo Y30 5G in Rainbow Fantasy and Starlight Black The phone is powered by the Dimensity 700 chipset, which is paired with 6GB of RAM and 128GB storage. Both are expandable with virtual RAM...

Moto Edge X30 Pro appears on Geekbench with Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset

Motorola is launching the Edge X30 Pro smartphone with a 200MP camera, and the latest and greatest Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 platform. The confirmation comes from Geekbench, where the flagship was benchmarked and unsurprisingly revealed mighty results in raw performance. The Moto Edge X30 Pro’s result of 1,252 for a single core and 3,972 for multiple cores...

OnePlus 10T to come in Moonstone Black and Jade Green

OnePlus today announced that its upcoming OnePlus 10T smartphone will be available in two colors. The colors in question are Moonstone Black and Jade Green. The Moonstone Black color has a rough textured back glass, somewhat reminiscent of the sandstone finish of the original OnePlus One but with striations instead as seen on certain types of rocks....

Analyst: the rugged Apple Watch Pro will have a titanium body, shatter-proof display

According to Bloomberg analyst Mark Gurman, Apple will release three new watches this year – the Apple Watch 8, of course, a revamped SE and a rugged Pro watch. The Apple Watch Pro is described as having the first new design since 2018. It won’t be that new, however, as it will stick with a rectangular shape (instead of going circular) and it won’t...

Xiaomi Mix Fold 2 and Redmi K50S Pro memory configurations revealed by TENAA

Two rumored Xiaomi phones have been described in more detail in TENAA certifications. The two phones are Xiaomi’s second foldable phone and what could be its first phone with a 200MP camera. The Xiaomi Mix Fold 2 (22061218C) will have 12GB of RAM and either 512GB or 1TB storage, according to the TENAA listing. This phone will almost certainly be...

OnePlus Ace Pro is also coming on August 3

OnePlus is unveiling the 10T smartphone and OxygenOS 13 on August 3 at 2 PM GMT. However, the company just scheduled another launch three hours earlier or 11 AM GMT (7 PM Beijing Time) in China. The event will see the arrival of the OnePlus Ace Pro - a phone we are pretty confident is the 10T with a different name for the local crowd. OnePlus calls...

Top 10 trending phones of week 28

There was no shortage of movement in our trending chart this week, but the top remained firmly withing the grasp of Nothing's phone (1). The start of the pre-order campaign gave the Pixel 6a's a huge boost in popularity and it snatched second place as the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra is now third for the fourth time in a row. After spending a few weeks...

Google Pixel 6a in for review

The Google Pixel 6a recently went on pre-orders in over a dozen countries and we've got one for a review. Our unit comes in Sage color, but there are two more options - Chalk and Charcoal. Regardless of which color model you buy, the Pixel 6a's retail package comes with a USB-C to USB-C cable, USB-C to 3.5mm audio dongle, some paperwork, and a SIM...

Week 29 in review: Galaxy Z Fold4 and Z Flip4 renders surface, a bunch of new phones announced

For yet another week, the Nothing phone (1) is dominating our news section but this time around everyone was eager to see what our reviewers had to say about it since the phone went official last week. We finally got the first official-looking press renders of the upcoming Samsung foldables - the Galaxy Z Flip4 and Z Fold4. In other not-so-great...

Flashback: a decade of Microsoft's failed attempts to conquer the phone market

Microsoft and Verizon somehow managed to kill the Kin phones twice. The first generation came out in 2010 and was designed by Danger - the company behind the Hiptop (aka T-Mobile Sidekick). Danger was home to the likes of Andy Rubin and Matias Duarte, which people familiar with Android history should know quite well. We've covered the Kin story before,...

Flashback: a decade of Microsoft's failed attempts to reconquer the phone market

Microsoft and Verizon somehow managed to kill the Kin phones twice. The first generation came out in 2010 and was designed by Danger - the company behind the Hiptop (aka T-Mobile Sidekick). Danger was home to the likes of Andy Rubin and Matias Duarte, which people familiar with Android history should know quite well. We've covered the Kin story before,...

Weekly poll: can the iQOO 10 and 10 Pro power their ways into your heart?

Two hundred Watts – 200W! The announcement of the new iQOO 10 series brought the first phone to push that much power over a USB-C cable and into its battery, which can be fully charged in 10 minutes. This is with a 4,700mAh battery on the Pro model and is an impressive technological feat. Compared to the iQOO 9 Pro (which had the same capacity),...

Weekly poll results: Nothing phone (1) stirs heated debate, but the company needs to prove itself

Last week’s poll shows that Newton’s third law applies to hype as well – for every hype there is equal and opposite hate. And few phone launches this year were as hyped up as the Nothing phone (1). That’s not to say that things are looking bad, necessarily. 1 in 10 people in the poll have already pre-ordered a unit, which means that they had jumped...

Realme GT2 Explorer Master in for review

Last week Realme announced the GT2 Explorer Master flagship armed with the latest Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset and a bespoke design developed in collaboration with fashion designer Jae-Jung. We’ve received a review device now and these are our first impressions before the review team gets going with its tests. Design is the one aspect where the GT2...