Redmi Note 14 Pro+ breaks a sales record

The Redmi Note 14 Pro+ got official on September 26, and promptly entered AnTuTu's monthly chart for upper-midrange devices in the tenth spot. The phone went on sale immediately, and today the Xiaomi sub-brand is boasting a very impressive feat it's achieved. Apparently the Redmi Note 14 Pro+ broke a record for first-week sales. Machine translation...

MediaTek Dimensity 9400 CPU details leak

MediaTek is officially unveiling its next flagship chipset, the Dimensity 9400, on October 9. Ahead of that, the chip has already overtaken Apple's A18 chip in a GPU benchmark, and topped the AnTuTu scales. Today courtesy of prolific Chinese leakster Digital Chat Station we get purported details about its CPU cores. According to DCS, the Dimensity...

Google is bringing verified checkmarks to its search engine

Verified checkmarks used to be a status symbol before Elon Musk ruined everything by allowing the plebs to purchase said status. Google, however, might be bringing back the status symbol nature of verified checkmarks, as it seems intent on introducing them to its search results. This is only a test at the moment, which only a limited subset of Google...

Samsung Galaxy S24 FE unboxing

We had a brief encounter the other day, but now that it hit the shelves we managed to grab a Samsung Galaxy S24 FE unit to review. But before handing it over to the review team let's do a quick unboxing. There's not much in the retail package, to be honest. The phones ships with a USB-C cable and a SIM tool, packaged in a typical black box. If it's...

Samsung phones will unlock your door with a tap, or even hands-free

Samsung smartphones will, from next year, be able to unlock smart locks with just a tap - or not even that, by going hands-free using UWB. The tap to unlock functionality will use NFC instead, as you may have expected. Samsung users will thus become on par with iPhone owners, who have had the ability to unlock smart locks in a fiddle-free way already....

Google Pixel 9a to get an early launch

The Pixel 9 family was launched back in August, around two months earlier than Google's previous events took place in past years. But the family still isn't complete - the Pixel 9a is left to join it. And it will do so sooner than you may have expected, according to a new rumor. The Pixel 9a will be available for pre-order in mid-March, multiple...

The Samsung Galaxy S24 FE, Galaxy Tab S10+ and Tab S10 Ultra are now available around the world

Samsung’s September 26 event introduced a new Galaxy S FE phone and two new premium tablets in the Tab S10 line, all of which went on pre-order immediately after the event. Here we are a week later and that’s over with – the new phone and tablets are now widely available around the world. The Samsung Galaxy S24 FE is equipped with the largest display...

Teardowns of new AirPods show no major repairability gains

Apple announced its AirPods 4 and AirPods Max with USB-C last month and the team over at iFixt has now shared their teardowns. Long story short, neither of the new AirPods offers improvements in terms of repairability. The small AirPods 4 require a specialized jig holder that keeps them in place while a heat gun helps loosen the adhesive to open...

You can now share images to Gemini, while Gemini Nano opens up to app developers

Google keeps updating Gemini with new features, and today we have a couple of Gemini-related news. First, a feature addition that will save you some time whenever you need Gemini to tell you something about an image. That's because with the newest version of the Gemini app for Android, you can now share an image directly to Gemini, by using the Android...

Samsung Galaxy A56 benchmark results reveal Exynos 1580's faster CPU and new RDNA GPU

A while back we saw the first results from what should be the Exynos 1580, Samsung's next mid-range chipset. Now we have a new batch of results coming from one of the key devices where the new chip will be used – the Samsung Galaxy A56. Predictably, the phone has a model number SM-A566B, while the chipset goes under S5E8855. Samsung Galaxy A56 (SM-A566B)...

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3 and Flip3 One UI 6.1.1 update has no new AI features

AI is the buzzword of the year for sure, and it's also something a lot of smartphone makers (hi, Apple) are trying to gatekeep, only making it available on their latest devices. Samsung is kind of playing the same game too, it seems, but far less egregiously. Still, it's worth noting that the update to One UI 6.1.1 which brought new AI features to...

Oppo K12 Plus spotted in regulatory listing with huge battery

Oppo is looking to launch a fourth member in its K12 series soon with the upcoming Oppo K12 Plus. The device (PKS110) was spotted on a regulatory listing in China, revealing its key specs include a monster 6,400 mAh battery. K12 Plus will also offer a 6.7-inch AMOLED display with FHD+ resolution and will be equipped with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 7 Gen...

Samsung Galaxy S24 FE teardown offers a glimpse at the supposedly larger vapor chamber

Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S24 FE last week. The 2024 model features a larger display (6.7” vs. 6.4”), a new chipset (Exynos 2400e) with a vapor chamber that is “1.1x larger” and a higher capacity battery (4,700mAh vs. 4,500mAh). We can have a closer look at some of these hidden components in this teardown video. With the glass back removed, the...

Bye-bye Nokia? HMD delists Nokia smartphones across European markets

Earlier this year, HMD entered a new phase of its development and dropped its Nokia branding for smartphones in favor of its own HMD-branded devices. HMD continued to offer Nokia-branded smartphones, feature phones, and tablets for the past months, but it seems supplies for those have come to an end, at least in Europe. No Nokia smaretphones in sight...

Top 10 trending phones of week 39

The iPhone 16 Pro Max's reign came to an end in week 39, the newly announced Redmi Note 14 Pro+ shooting straight to the top of our trending chart. Apple's new flagship still came in second, ready to return, should the hype around the announcement fade. The top 3 is then completed by another of the newly announced Redmi phones - the Note 14. [#InlinePriceWidget,...

Xiaomi Buds 5 in for review

This is the Xiaomi Buds 5 - a premium pair of buds with a lot of tech and a classy yet sturdy design. The buds ship in a small box with a USB-A to USB-C cable. The case has an eye-catching semi-gloss-semi-matte finish. It's small and has a nicely rounded shape, making it comfortable to pocket. The Xiaomi Buds 5 in the case The Xiaomi Buds 5 feature...

Weekly poll results: the Tecno Phantom V Fold2 and V Flip2 show promise

The results from last week’s poll are in and Tecno’s new foldables are doing pretty well. However, there is a lot riding on reviews as getting the thumbs up can double the popularity of the new V-foldables. The Tecno Phantom V Fold2 drew criticism for reusing the Dimensity 9000+ chipset from its predecessor. On the plus side, Tecno managed to keep...

Deals: Samsung Galaxy S24 FE pre-orders start, but there are better offers to consider

Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S24 FE this week, alongside two premium tablets. But is any one of them actually worth it? Let’s look at the phone first. The Samsung Galaxy S24 FE starts at $650 and you can get up to $400 worth of trade-in credit. Additionally, you can pick up other FE gadgets, the Galaxy Watch FE and Galaxy Buds FE, at half price. We...

Apple iPhone 16 review

Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/apple_iphone_16-review-2749.p...