Xiaomi TV Stick 4K review

The Xiaomi TV Stick 4K is the company's latest entry-level 4K media streaming device. It's the usual sort of compact, dongle-like design that has become very popular with consumers as media streaming usage skyrockets. This new model supports most of the popular new audio/video formats along with the new Google TV interface. Priced at INR 4,999, the...

Redmi Note 12 Turbo teaser images reveal even more specs

We already know that the Redmi Note 12 Turbo is on its way with an expected announcement time of 7 PM on March 28. We also already know quite a bit about the phone thanks to Weibo leaks and a visit to AnTuTu. A new set of teaser images has now surfaced online alongside some additional device specs. Teaser images Apparently, the Redmi Note 12 Turbo's...

nubia Pad 3D is now available for pre-order

The nubia Pad 3D introduced last month at MWC, Barcelona is now up for pre-orders through ZTE's official website in 40+ countries of Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific, and Africa, with open sales commencing on April 11. The Pad 3D comes in a single gray color and starts at $1,199/€1,299/£1,149. However, if you pre-book one, you'll get a discount...

Redmi 12C is launching in India on March 30

The Redmi 12C, announced in China last December, will debut in India on March 30. It's powered by the Helio G85 SoC, runs MIUI 13, and comes with up to 6GB RAM and 128GB storage onboard. It's time to upgrade to a BIGGG smartphone this #XiaomiFanFestival!Introducing #Redmi12C that's #BigOnSpeedBigOnStyle.Here's your chance to win a big #Giveaway too!-...

Samsung may launch a Tri-Fold device this year, the S23 FE isn't happening

Another week, another contradictory rumor regarding the death or resurrection of the mythical Samsung Fan Edition line. This time around, it's bad news - apparently the Galaxy S23 FE isn't happening after all. That may be sad and all that, but on the other hand, the same source brings us an incredibly intriguing flip side to this rumor. The Korean...

Redmi A2 and Redmi A2+ quietly debut at the low-end

Xiaomi's Redmi unveiled a whole bunch of new devices yesterday - the Redmi Note 12, Redmi Note 12 5G, Redmi Note 12 Pro, and Redmi Note 12 Pro+, that is. And yet, the sub-brand has also recently made another two handsets official, albeit in this case very quietly, by simply adding them to the Mi global website. We're talking about the Redmi A2 and...

Motorola Moto G13's India launch date revealed

The Motorola Moto G13, announced in January, will launch in India on March 29. This revelation comes from Indian online retailer Flipkart, which set up a promo page for the Moto G13 on its website. The Moto G13 is powered by the Helio G85 SoC and runs Android 13 out of the box. In India, it will come in a single 4GB/128GB configuration and two colors...

Asus ROG Phone 7 is officially coming on April 13

Asus ROG Phone 6 and ROG Phone 6 Pro were announced last July, but this time around the company isn't waiting all the way until the summer to make its newest gaming phones official. Instead, the ROG Phone 7 series will be unveiled at an event on April 13, as you can see from the news shared below through ROG's official Twitter account. Stay tuned...

OnePlus Nord CE 3 Lite and Nord Buds 2 to be introduced on April 4

OnePlus has taken time out to announce an announcement. The company has announced that it will be holding its 'Larger than life - A OnePlus Nord Launch Event' in India next month, where it will be launching the OnePlus Nord CE 3 Lite and the Nord Buds 2. The launch event is an online launch and will be taking place on Tuesday, April 4 at 19:00 IST....

Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro 5G in for review

The Redmi Note 12 series open the European chapter of their global journey today and we have the Redmi Note 12 Pro in the office, so let's do an unboxing. This is a well supplied phone. It has a case, a 67W charger, and a USB cable. With the supplied 67W charger, Xiaomi promises to go from 0% to 50% in just 15 minutes, and up to a 100% in 46 minutes....

Samsung Galaxy A54 and Galaxy A34 are now shipping in India

Samsung is now shipping the Galaxy A34 and Galaxy A54 in India after it opened pre-orders earlier this month. The Galaxy A54 is available in Awesome Lime, Awesome Violet and Awesome Graphite and in two memory configurations - 8/128GB, priced INR 38,999, and a 8/256GB, worth INR 40,999. The Galaxy A34 comes in four colors - Light Green, Black, Light...

Realme GT Neo5 SE will launch on April 3

Realme introduced the GT Neo5 last month, and the company today confirmed it will follow up with an SE model in China next month - on April 3. The Realme GT Neo5 SE will be launched at an event beginning at 2PM local time, and a video clip shared by Realme reveals the Neo5 SE will sport three cameras on its back, but will miss on the RGB LED rectangle...

Redmi Note 12 4G's India launch set for March 30, design and key specs revealed

Xiaomi sub-brand Redmi launched the Redmi Note 12 series in India in January, consisting of three smartphones - Redmi Note 12 (5G), Redmi Note 12 Pro, and Redmi Note 12 Pro+. Now the company is set to bring the Redmi Note 12 4G to India next, which will debut in the Asian country on March 30. The event page set up by the Chinese brand on its official...

Redmi Note 12 Turbo passes through Geekbench with Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 on board

Earlier today we found out that the Redmi Note 12 Turbo will become official at an event in China on March 28. This will be the world's first smartphone to use the Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 chipset, which was announced last week. This is by far the highest-performing 7-series Snapdragon ever made, so the Redmi Note 12 Turbo will be a definite...

Samsung Galaxy M54 silently goes official as an amped up version of the A54

Following the announcement of the Galaxy A54 last week, today Samsung quietly made the Galaxy M54 official in the Middle East. It looks like a slightly amped up iteration of the A54. Let's dive into its specs then. The Galaxy M54 comes with a 6.7-inch 1080x2400 120 Hz Super AMOLED touchscreen, the Exynos 1380 chipset at the helm paired with 8GB of...

OnePlus 11 Special Edition teased

A new special edition OnePlus 11 emerged on Weibo as OnePlus China President Li Jie shared the first image for the device. The phone is said to feature “unprecedented materials and craftsmanship, making each mobile phone unique". OnePlus 11 Special Edition teaser The upcoming special edition OnePlus 11 is seen next to an image of Jupiter which could...

Watch the Nothing Ear (2) launch

It’s a big day for Nothing Tech with the launch of its latest wireless earphones – the Nothing Ear (2). The livestream for the event is set to start at 3PM GMT time and you can tune in via the embedded video below. The event will be hosted by Carl Pei and it also will feature Marques Brownlee aka MKBHD. Nothing already confirmed some of the Ear (2)...

All iPhone 15 units will have a Dynamic Island, Pros will have titanium frame

The latest iPhone 15 leak gives us insight into their displays. A trio of leaked glass panels reveal that the entire iPhone 15 lineup will have a Dynamic Island. The three pieces below are reportedly from the iPhone 15 on the left, the iPhone 15 Pro in the middle, and the iPhone 15 Pro Max on the right. Rumor has it the entire lineup will have thinner...

Global or Indian iQOO Z7 Pro runs Geekbench with Snapdragon 782G on board

Last week iQOO announced an India-exclusive Z7, then followed yesterday by the Z7 for China, which is a completely different device. However, it looks like the vivo sub-brand is now working on bringing the Chinese Z7 to India and other countries outside of China, only under the Z7 Pro moniker, rather confusingly. This device has been spotted in Geekbench's...

Samsung unveils Exynos Connect U100, its very own ultra-wideband chipset

Today Samsung announced a new brand, Exynos Connect, which consolidates all of its short-range wireless communication solutions such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and ultra-wideband (UWB) under one 'roof'. At the same time, the company has unveiled its first ever UWB chipset, the Exynos Connect U100. Its naming is very close to Apple's U1 chip which is powering...

Huawei Mate X3 detailed specs leak ahead of March 23 unveil

The Huawei Mate X3 is coming alongside the P60 series on March 23, but we get the specs details a couple of days early. According to Digital Chat Station, the Mate X3 will have a 7.8-inch inner display with 1080p resolution and 120Hz refresh rate. The outer display is a 6.45-inch AMOLED. There's going to be a 50MP IMX766 main camera, as well as a...

Oppo Find X6 Pro in for review

We've got the brand new Oppo Find X6 Pro in for review. The phone comes in a packed box with a nice case, which mimics the vegan leather back of the phone itself, a 100W charger, a SIM tool, and a USB cable. Oppo Find X6 Pro unboxing We're lucky enough to have the flagship Brown model with the Hasselblad-themed vegan leather rear. The leather layer...

Samsung US starts a week of discounts: Galaxy S23, Z foldables, Tab S8 slates and more

Samsung US is running a week-long sales event dubbed “Discover Samsung”. It’s a big company and it makes a lot of things, so if you visit Samsung.com you will find discounts on TVs, washing machines, portable SSDs and gaming monitors. We are more concerned with the smartphones, smartwatches and tablets, of course. Here are the best offers this week....

Oppo Pad 2 and Enco Free3 TWS announced

Alongside the new Find X6 and Find X6 Pro flagship smartphones, Oppo announced its third Android tablet – the Oppo Pad 2 which comes as a sequel to last year's Oppo Pad. Oppo also introduced its latest TWS earbuds in its Enco series – the Enco Free3. Oppo Pad 2 Oppo Pad 2 brings an 11.6-inch LTPS LCD with a 2000 x 2800 px resolution and a 144Hz refresh...

Oppo A98 5G gets NBTC certified

Last November, an Oppo smartphone bearing model code PHQ110 and believed to be the Oppo A98 5G got certified by China's TENAA. Now a new version of the A98, having model designation CPH2529, has been certified by Thailand's NBTC, taking it a step closer to launch outside China. The Thai certifying authority doesn't reveal anything about the CPH2529...

Google Pixel Watch's big March update is finally rolling out now

Google usually sends out monthly updates to its devices on the first Monday of each month, but, for whatever reason, that wasn't the case this time around. The company waited until the third Monday of the month, but the big update for the Pixel Watch is finally going out today. This is the one that has support for fall detection, and that was the...

Confirmed: the Oppo Pad 2 will actually use the Dimensity 9000, will have up to 512GB storage

Oppo will unveil the new Find X6 flagship series and its second gen tablet tomorrow and we thought we knew what to expect – after all, that Oppo Pad 2 score on Geekbench seemed legit and it showed a Snapdragon 888 chipset, not a Dimensity 9000 as some earlier rumors suggested. Well, Oppo just flipped the script on us – the new tablet will actually...

iQOO Z7 arrives with 120W charging, Z7x packs a 6,000mAh battery

The iQOO Z7 and Z7x were just unveiled in China. Note that these are separate models from the Z7 5G, which launched in India last week. Also, there’s no Pro model (yet), but the vanilla Z7 has taken on some qualities of the Z6 Pro (it even beats it in some respects). iQOO Z7 The iQOO Z7 shares some similarities with the Z6 Pro (despite the naming),...

Oppo Find X6 series images and video leak

The Oppo Find X6 series is expected to launch tomorrow in China and ahead of the big announcement, Evan Blass shared a look at the upcoming Oppo flagships in some official looking images and a product video. The images show out the Find X6 and Find X6 Pro back designs as well as the three official colors for each model. Oppo Find X6 Pro The Find...

Samsung Galaxy F14 5G gets reviewed a few days before its announcement

The Samsung Galaxy F14 5G is already fully unveiled, thanks to a trigger-happy YouTube video review, a few days before the phone's official announcement. The video by TechBar is the real deal, going through a full unboxing, specs, performance rundown, and a camera overview. The Galaxy F14 is an India-bound midranger with a 6,000mAh battery with 25W...

The Tecno Spark 10 series will launch in India on March 23, will include a Dimensity 6020 model

Tecno is teasing the launch of the Spark 10 Universe in India – no, that’s not a new model in the series, it is the series itself. This includes the Spark 10 Pro, a phone from earlier this month, as well as the trio that arrived a few days earlier. However, the Tecno Spark 10 Pro features a 6.8” 90Hz FHD+ display, a Helio G88 chipset with 8+8GB of...

Ice Universe: Samsung Galaxy Flip5 to have much larger external screen, Fold5 to drop the gap

With the Samsung Galaxy S23 series launch already in the rear-view mirror, we can move on to the other big Samsung flagship launch of the year – the next gen Galaxy Z Fold and Z Flip. Reliable tipster IceUniverse shared some preliminary specs details for the upcoming foldables. The big news for the Z Flip5 is the larger external display which is...

Honor 70 Lite announced with Snapdragon 480+ and 50MP camera

The latest smartphone entry from Honor is here with the Honor 70 Lite. As the name suggests this is the Honor 70’s more affordable sibling and it brings a few differences to keep the price down. Honor 70 Lite Honor 70 Lite packs a 6.5-inch TFT LCD with HD+ resolution (1600x720px) and a 90Hz refresh rate. There’s an 8MP selfie camera housed in the...

Top 10 trending phones of week 11

Samsung finally made its new mid-ranger pair official and the Galaxy A54 wasted no time in topping our trending chart. It opened quite a gap to the second placed Galaxy S23 Ultra too, suggesting its win might not be a one-off. The Galaxy A34 did well too, capturing the third spot and giving week 11 an all-Samsung podium. We then have the Xiaomi 13...

Week 11 in review: Galaxy A34 and A54 debut, Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 official

Another week down, so let's look back at the top stories. Samsung's Galaxy A34 and A54 were finally unveiled. The duo, which is bound to be among the most popular phones of the year, has 1080p 120Hz Super AMOLED displays, 5,000mAh batteries with 25W charging, and IP67 water resistance. The Galaxy A54 has a smaller 6.4-inch display, a 50MP main camera,...

Weekly deals: the best smartphone deals from the US, Canada, the UK, and India

We check back on old deals we’ve listed and sometimes we find that the price has gone up – in some cases, it’s just a temporary discount that has expired, in others the price fluctuates with demand (and available supply). However, some phones – like flagships – have nowhere to go but down. This is especially true for older flagships. Use the links...

Yaber Ace K1 projector review

Introduction The Yaber Ace K1 is an ambitious home projector with a single-LCD design, with fully sealed dust-protected optical package, automatic focus and keystone correction, above average 650 ANSI lumens of brightness and a robust 15-watt speaker. Yaber thinks that it is the best home projector for under $800. Better yet, it costs a lot less...

Weekly poll results: the popularity of foldables is rapidly increasing, horizontal ones in the lead

Some see them as unnecessary, while others think they are the only innovative phones on the market right now – foldables are not ready to take over the market yet, but they are quickly growing in popularity as can be seen in last week’s poll. Price and durability are still the main concerns and most people prefer to stick with old school rigid phones...

Flashback: A look back at Meizu's dual screen and no-button phones

Meizu has had an interesting history and after several turbulent years it pulled out of the smartphone market. Now that it is under the wing of car-maker Geely, the company is poised to make its return with the launch of the Meizu 20 series on March 30. As that’s still a couple of weeks out, let’s have a look back at Meizu’s most interesting phones...

Weekly poll: Samsung Galaxy A54 and Galaxy A34, fan favorites or a missed opportunity?

Samsung’s Galaxy A series is a crowd-pleaser – it looks and feels a lot like the pricier Galaxy S models without costing nearly as much. Sure, the cameras aren’t as nice, performance is lower and so on, but the A series thrives on being “good enough” That is why the arrival of the Galaxy A54 and A34 is such a big deal. Some of the previous entries...