Deals: Galaxy S23 Ultra, Phantom V Flip, iQOO Neo9 Pro and Realme Narzo 70x offers

The Galaxy S24 Ultra is one cool phone, but Samsung is asking ₹130,000 for it. The Galaxy S23 Ultra from last year is still quite competitive – check out our versus article for details – and is going for ₹90,000 on Amazon. That’s ₹20,000 less than on Samsung.com. The S24 Ultra is scheduled for three more OS updates (Android 15 is next) and will receive...

HMD View specs and images leak

HMD's roster of own-brand smartphones is set to grow very quickly over the next few months, and so far we've heard a lot about the Skyline, a handset with a design reminiscent of old Nokia Lumias. The same source of most HMD leaks so far says the Skyline will be similar in size to the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra, but that's not our main event. That...

OnePlus confirms: Pad 2, Watch 2R, and Nord Buds 3 Pro launch with the Nord 4 on July 16

OnePlus is announcing the Nord 4 smartphone on July 16 at an event in Milan, Italy. Today the brand has confirmed that it won't be the only product becoming official on that occasion. In fact, OnePlus will launch quite the roster of new products. The Nord 4 will be joined by the OnePlus Pad 2, the OnePlus Watch 2R, and the OnePlus Nord Buds 3 Pro....

Honor Magic V3 specs leak

Honor has continued its teaser campaign for the upcoming Magic V3 foldable smartphone today, showing us some more colors, and in the past few hours we've also seen it in leaked live images. Now it's time to dive into its specs, since these have been leaked too. The phone is said be just 9.7mm thin when folded, and that's 0.2mm slimmer than its predecessor,...

Google Pixel 9 to have an ultrasonic in-display fingerprint sensor

Google is unveiling the Pixel 9 family on August 13, which is about two months earlier than usual. We previously speculated that this could be a strategy to prevent leaks, but over the past few days we've already seen two hands-on videos, so that clearly isn't working. Anyway, a new report today claims that the Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, and Pixel 9 Pro...

Realme 13 Pro+ specs revealed

The Realme 13 Pro+ got certified for sale in China by TENAA, and yesterday only a couple of images of the device were available on its server. Today the specs have been added too, so now we have a pretty good idea of what to expect. Intriguingly, the CPU frequency listed by TENAA matches the Snapdragon 7s Gen 2, not the Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 that the...

Threads turns 1, grows to 175 million monthly active users

Threads, the Twitter rival that branched off from Meta’s Instagram, launched on July 5, 2023. In the year since, the budding social network has grown to 175 million monthly active users. This news was posted by Mark Zuckerberg himself (on Threads, of course). Initially, Threads grew at a head-spinning pace, reaching 100 million users just 5 days...

Redmi K70 Ultra stops by Geekbench with Dimensity 9300+ chipset

The eagerly anticipated Redmi K70 Ultra will complete the K70 family, as the K70 and K70 Pro are already official, and have been for months. The Ultra is almost here - it's started doing the certifications dance recently, and rumors about it have ben intensifying. Today a prototype has been spotted in the Geekbench database, and as usual that means...

Netflix removes the Basic ad-free plan in multiple markets

Netflix introduced an ad-supported plan in 2022, which costs USD 7 / CAD 6 / GBP 5 / EUR 6. And, as announced earlier this year, the streamer has removed its Basic plan, which was the cheapest ad-free option (at $10/€5 a month). Netflix is now implementing this change as multiple people on Reddit report that they have received notifications that...

Xiaomi prepares Redmi Buds 5C and two 10,000mAh power banks for July 9 launch

Xiaomi will launch a new pair of TWS buds and two power banks on July 9 (Tuesday next week). The Redmi Buds 5C will have Xiaomi’s “best-in-class Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) technology”. The buds also promise long battery life. They will be available in three colors: Bass White, Symphony Blue and Acoustic Black. Redmi Buds 5C It looks like in...

Red Magic Titan 16 Pro laptop launches with Intel Core i9 and RTX4060 or RTX4070 graphics

Aside from the new Red Magic 9S Pro and 9S Pro+ smartphones, the nubia sub-brand has today also introduced the Titan 16 Pro laptop. As the name implies, it's got a 16-inch screen, with 16:10 aspect ratio, 3ms response time, 240 Hz refresh rate, and 2560x1600 resolution. The top brightness is 500 nits, and it has support for G-Sync and DC dimming,...

Honor Magic V3 and Magic Vs3 images leak

Honor is announcing the Magic V3 and Magic Vs3 foldable smartphones at a special event in China on July 12, as revealed by the brand itself earlier today. The Magic V3 has been teased to be even slimmer than the Magic V2, which launched in 2023 and is still the thinnest foldable smartphone. The Magic Vs3 is expected to be a more affordable version...

Xiaomi Mix Fold 4 image leaks

The Xiaomi Mix Fold 4 will be the new thinnest foldable on the market when it arrives, according to a rumor from May, presumably taking the crown from the Honor Magic V3 which is launching next week. Today an official-looking image leaked showing the Mix Fold 4's back, in a version with fake leather (there may be others using glass, we're not sure)....

Google Pixel 8a vs. Pixel 7a

In case you are eyeing the new Google Pixel 8a, you are probably wondering why the extra few bucks for a seemingly similar to last year's Pixel 7a phone. After all, they are both touted as perhaps the best cameraphones in their respective price ranges. And we agree for the most part. By examining the specs sheets alone, it's quite evident that the...

All four iPhone 16 models will have A18 chips

Last year Apple launched the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus with the A16 Bionic chip, and the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max with the A17 Pro, introducing even more differentiation between the Pro and non-Pro models. This wasn't very well received, and it turns out to be an especially egregious move in hindsight now, when you consider that only...

Samsung Galaxy Watches will get family health tracking

According to a teardown of the code inside the latest version of Samsung's Health app, the company is planning to add a useful new feature to its smartwatches soon. You will be able to monitor health data collected by a smartwatch for a child or other family member on your smartphone. To get things started, there will of course be an approval process...

Samsung starts hyping up July 10 Unpacked event with billboards across the globe

Samsung is holding its next grand Unpacked unveiling event in Paris on July 10, and today the company has started ramping up its hype campaign. Unlike some of its smaller competitors, Samsung isn't using the online medium for this - instead, it's plastered huge billboards across many cities globally. You can find these in Bangkok, Brasília, Dubai,...

Samsung Galaxy Watch7 and Galaxy Watch Ultra European prices leak

Samsung is unveiling the Galaxy Watch7 family along with the new Galaxy Watch Ultra at its next Unpacked event, taking place in Paris on July 10. Today a new leak brings us purported pricing information for all the different variants in France. Since VAT differs across the EU, note that prices in other EU countries may vary ever so slightly. Samsung...

Kuo: iPhone 16 Pro Max' battery with 5-10% better cell density due to stainless steel case

A few days ago, we reported that Apple will seek to make iPhone batteries easier to replace to comply with EU regulations. Apple will replace the adhesive pull tabs that hold the battery in place with a metal cradle that opens upon being hit with an electric jolt - something called electrically induced adhesive debonding. Now, analyst and insider...

The Galaxy Ring will have skin temperature tracking, snore detection

We're nearing the Galaxy Ring announcement on July 10 and some of the new fitness tracker's features have been unearthed. Android Authority were able to find some of the Galaxy Ring's features through an APK teardown of Samsung Health. The Galaxy Ring will be able to monitor heart rate and stress, as well as measure skin temperature and help track...

Honor 200 Pro is the official smartphone of the Esports World Cup

The Esports World Cup begins next week in Saudi Arabia, and ahead of that the governing body EWCF signed a major partnership with Honor. The Honor 200 Pro will be the official smartphone of the tournament and will be used by players in popular games such as Free Fire, Honor of Kings, and Women's ML:BB tournament. Ralf Reichert, CEO of the Esports...

Realme Note 60 appears on Geekbench

Realme launched Note 50 early in 2024, aiming to plug its sub-$100 hole in the portfolio. The series is practically available globally, and the company promised two more devices by the end of the year. The next phone would be the Realme Note 60, which is just around the corner. According to a source, the device with model number RMX3933 was benchmarked...

Top 10 trending phones of week 26

It's the same podium for the third week in a row in our trending chart. The Samsung Galaxy A55 keeps reigning supreme, ahead of the Galaxy S24 Ultra and the Redmi Note 13 Pro. [#InlinePriceWidget, 12824, 1#] The Galaxy A15 rises back to the fourth spot, while newly announced OnePlus Ace 3 Pro captured the fifth spot. Redmi Note 13 and Apple's iPhone...

WhatsApp's Community-exclusive Events feature is now available for group chats

Last month, WhatsApp announced a feature called Events for the Communities and said that it would be rolled out for groups that are not a part of any community "over the coming months." While WhatsApp hasn't revealed when exactly this feature will be available worldwide for all group chats, it's already available for some users on WhatsApp for Android's...

AAA games for iPhones and iPads aren't very popular

According to data gathered by Appfigures, AAA titles for iPhones and iPads aren't as big of a success as Apple may have hoped for. Currently, Resident Evil Village and Assassin's Creed Mirage are available for iOS and iPadOS as these games were used to promote the iPhone 15 Pro series' hardware prowess. But the data doesn't show promising results....

Deals: here are the best Android and Apple tablet deals this weekend

Amazon set the date for the next Prime Day – it starts on July 16 – but in the meantime, the retailer is running 4th of July deals. Best Buy has its own shopping holiday dubbed Member Deals Day, which offers additional savings for members of My Best Buy Plus or Total. The most interesting deals that we found from both retailers happen to be about...

Oppo A3x gets NBTC certified, key specs revealed by Geekbench

Oppo unveiled the A3 Pro in April and is set to introduce the A3 on July 2. However, Oppo won't be done launching A3 series smartphones with that since it's working on the A3x, which has been certified by Thailand's NBTC. The Oppo A3x that bagged NBTC certification has model code CPH2641, and this particular version doesn't support 5G connectivity....