Tata to become first Indian company to make iPhones with the $125 million Wistron deal

Apple's been assembling iPhones in India for over half a decade now, with the first "Made in India" iPhone being the iPhone SE produced by Foxconn in 2017. Apple has two more partners in India for making iPhones - Pegatron and Wistron. However, with Wistron set to exit the iPhone business in India, its 100% stake will be purchased by Tata Electronics...

Last chance to get a deal from Samsung Week in the US

Samsung Week is nearly over - the sales event ends on Sunday, but there is still time to pick up a new phone, tablet, watch or another Samsung device, including laptops, SSDs and monitors. Obviously, we’ll look at the phone deals first. These cover Samsung’s high end with two S23 modes and two Z foldables, but there’s a deal on Samsung’s popular...

iQOO 12 Pro official teaser images show the BMW M Motorsport edition

A couple of days ago we brought you news that the iQOO 12 family is launching in China on November 7, and today it seems like the company was in a teasing mood. That's because an iQOO product manager just outed a few images depicting the upcoming BMW M Motorsport edition of the iQOO 12 Pro over on Weibo. Take a look for yourself below. The previously...

X launches Premium+ and Basic subscription tiers

X - the artist formerly known as Twitter - has today announced two new subscription tiers for its service. These join the already available $8/month Premium subscription, which now becomes the middle option. The cheapest X subscription is now Basic, at $3/month. This gives you the ability to edit posts, create longer posts (and longer videos), undo...

There may not be an Apple Watch Ultra 3 next year

Last month the Apple Watch Ultra 2 became official, one year after its predecessor, the original Ultra. With that in mind, you might be expecting the Apple Watch Ultra 3 to be announced alongside the iPhone 16 generation in September of 2024. That would be a logical assumption, but it turns out it might actually be wrong. Famous Apple supply chain...

Samsung Galaxy S23 FE is now available in the US with a sneaky price hike

At the beginning of October, following many months of rumors and leaks, Samsung finally made the Galaxy S23 FE official. And today it's available in the US. The price Samsung announced during the unveiling was $599, and yet - if you go to Samsung.com now and try to buy one, you'll notice a sneaky price hike. The phone is listed as $629.99. Sure,...

Google Pixel 8 Pro review

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The Elec: Samsung Galaxy A15 will bring OLED screen

It seems Samsung will finally offer an OLED screen on its entry-level Galaxy A1 series phones starting next year. A new report from South Korean publication The Elec suggests that Samsung will finally replace the LCD panels used on previous Galaxy A1 series phones like the Galaxy A14 due to the lowered price of rigid OLED panels. Samsung Galaxy A15...

New vivo T2 debuts, further deepening naming confusion

The Chinese smartphone company vivo launched a third smartphone with the name vivo T2. This has LTE-only and a Helio G99 chipset and is already available in Russia. The smartphone is actually identical to the vivo V27e, which is also sold in Russia, meaning the whole thing makes even less sense. The phone is also different from the vivo T2 sold in...

Infinix Smart 8 visits the Google Play Console too, has its specs outed

A few hours ago we spotted the upcoming Tecno Spark 20 in the Google Play Console, and now it's time for Tecno's sister brand Infinix to get the spotlight, since its Smart 8 has also visited the Google Play Console. The listing has revealed some of its specs, along with a very low quality image showing its front. Infinix Smart 8 in the Google Play...

iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1 with AirDrop over the internet, watchOS 10.1 with Double Tap now out

Today Apple has released iOS 17.1, iPadOS 17.1, and watchOS 10.1 to all supported devices. The downloads should already be available to all who manually search for them, in usual Apple fashion (see that, Google?). iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1 come one day later than previously rumored, and bring with them support for continuing a large AirDrop file transfer...

Honor Magic6 will be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, have its own assistant

Honor used the ongoing Snapdragon Summit 2023 to announce that the upcoming Magic6 series will be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. The Magic6 will leverage the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3's built-in generative AI language models to power a new personal assistant called YOYO. The large language model will be able to use up to 7 billion parameters and being...

Qualcomm's Snapdragon S7 Pro Gen 1 brings micro-power Wi-Fi to your next pair of earbuds

Aside from the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 mobile SoC and the Snapdragon X Elite chipset for laptops, at its Snapdragon Summit today in Hawaii Qualcomm also took the wraps off its latest audio chips that will power future TWS earbuds, headphones, and speakers. Meet the Qualcomm Snapdragon S7 and S7 Pro Gen 1 Sound platforms with Bluetooth 5.4. The S7 Pro...

Snapdragon X Elite is Qualcomm's latest ARM-based chipset for laptops

The brand new Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 mobile chip is set to power the latest flagship Android smartphones and tablets but Qualcomm also announced its next-gen high-end chip for Windows on ARM laptops – the Snapdragon X Elite. Qualcomm hopes it can capture a larger claim a larger chunk of the PC chipset market with its latest SoC and it’s betting big on...

Google Pixel 8 review

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Xiaomi 14 design revealed ahead of launch

Xiaomi is all set to launch its 14 series smartphones on Thursday, October 26 and we got several official images highlighting the vanilla model’s design as well as some camera samples ahead of the big launch. Xiaomi 14 design Xiaomi 14 is shown in its white colorway featuring a flat shiny frame which may indicate stainless steel. There’s a flat 6.36-inch...

International vivo V29e debuts with significant changes

vivo launched the V29e in August in India with the Snapdragon 695 SoC and 64MP camera. Now, the brand has launched a new version for the international markets with some changes in design and specs. For starters, the international vivo V29e packs a smaller AMOLED screen (6.67" vs. 6.78") with lower peak brightness (1,150 nits vs. 1,300 nits). It also...

OnePlus 12 to rectify the OnePlus 11's shortcomings, new leak claims

The OnePlus 12 is coming soon - depending on which rumor you go by, it will be announced either in December or January (though it's unclear if there will be one global announcement only, or a separate one for China initially, like last year). If you have looked at the OnePlus 11 but felt it was just missing some features you deem of the utmost necessity...

Samsung Galaxy S24, S24+, and S24 Ultra to be "the smartest AI phones ever"

Google played up AI features a lot during its launch event for the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro earlier this month, but if a new rumor is to be believed, those devices' AI smarts will soon be one-upped by none other than Samsung. According to this yet-unconfirmed rumor, the Korean company's upcoming Galaxy S24, Galaxy S24+, and Galaxy S24 Ultra will be...

Mediatek Dimensity 9300 sets new AnTuTu with record

Mediatek is expected to launch the Dimensity 9300 with a unique octa-core CPU, and today the platform appeared on AnTuTu's database. The SoC posted a result of over 2 million, which is a new high, and the scores for every single component is also noteworthy. The CPU will have 4 Cortex-X4 units and 4 Cortex-A720, likely in a 1+3+4 cluster combination....

Xiaomi 14 is officially arriving on October 26

Earlier Xiaomi revealed it is launching its new flagships lineup this month, and now we have a date – the Xiaomi 14 series will be announced on October 26. The event will take place in China, where the company will introduce the phones with HyperOS and a variable aperture camera, co-developed with Leica. The event is likely going to see two phones...

Top 10 trending phones of week 42

Much like last week we have a Samsung phone topping our trending chart only it's the Galaxy S23 Ultra, which despite being almost 9 months old now ended up as the most popular phone in our database. Behind it is an even older phone - the Galaxy S21 FE was prominently featured in several sales events and people were clearly looking for a refresher...

Week 42 in review: Xiaomi's HyperOS official, OnePlus Open and Oppo Find N3 are here

Xiaomi unveiled HyperOS this week - its overhaul of Mi OS and it got a lot of attention. The new OS will premiere on the Xiaomi 14 series, which is coming soon. We also saw leaked screenshots from HyperOS and they reveal a slight design refresh but not an overhaul. The Galaxy S24 series display specs were revealed. It looks like the non-Ultra models...

Some Google Pixel 8 phones reportedly have an unlocked bootloader out of the box

In what is a rather odd situation, Google Pixel 8 and 8 Pro buyers have been spotted on Reddit complaining that their shiny new devices arrived with an unlocked bootloader. We aren’t sure how widespread the issue is, but from the looks of things, it is fairly limited since these things tend to blow up online fairly quickly nowadays, and Pixel 8 devices...

Google Photos for Android now backs up all RAW images automatically

The Google Photos app has started automatically backing up all RAW images, reports 9to5Google. On a Pixel 8 that previously captured RAW pictures with the Pixel Camera app, the publication spotted Google Photos displaying a banner saying, "New RAW photos will appear in the Photos view and will now be backed up." The existing RAW images on the device...

Google Pixel 8 unboxing

The Google Pixel 8 is now on sale and shipping and we have a hands-on of the compact phone and its bigger counterpart. But while we're working on the full review, we thought we'd do a quick unboxing as well. The Pixel 8 ships with a USB-C to USB-A adapter and a USB-C cable. Google doesn't include a charger in the box and if you want to get the official...