Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra vs OnePlus 13

The Galaxy S25 Ultra is perhaps the most complete version of a smartphone you can get right now running Android, offering competent cameras, plenty of performance, solid battery life and display experience, all of the AI, and, of course, an S Pen. Not everyone needs all that, however, and if you're willing to sacrifice a feature here and there, a...

Weekly poll results: the Apple iPhone 16e is way overpriced

Apple, as the only maker of iOS phones out there, is responsible for providing entry-level models. Apple, a company that sees itself as a maker of premium products, has a hard time doing that. And the Apple iPhone 16e is a really bad entry-level model. Before we get to its qualities as a phone, however, we have to address the elephant in the room...

Our Oppo Reno13 Pro battery life and charging test results are out

Oppo unveiled the Reno13 Pro last November in China and began its international rollout in January. We shared our first impressions of the Oppo Reno13 Pro and are already working on its review. Now that the battery life and charging tests are complete, we thought to share those with you so you don't have to wait for our full review to see how the...

AMD announces pricing and availability for RX 9070 and 9070 XT

AMD today finally announced the pricing and availability information for the Radeon RX 9000 series of graphics cards. The RX 9070 is priced at $549 and the RX 9070 XT is priced at $599. They will be available starting March 6. The company also released full specifications for these cards. The RX 9070 has 56 compute units, 2.1GHz game clock, up to...

Apple explains why the iPhone 16e doesn't have MagSafe

The recently unveiled iPhone 16e doesn't have MagSafe, and Apple has already explained that this has nothing to do with the use of its first in-house developed modem. So why did it happen? Well, Apple says it decided not to equip the iPhone 16e with MagSafe because "most people in the 16e's target audience exclusively charge their phones by plugging...

Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge announcement date possibly outed

At its Unpacked event in January, where it unveiled the rest of the Galaxy S25 family, Samsung teased the Galaxy S25 Edge, and even let us go eyes-on with it. But nothing more than that. In case you've been wondering when to expect it to be fully unveiled, a new report from Korea today gives us an actual date: April 16. Since time zones exist, do...

iPhone 17e is coming next year, research firm says

Apple recently overhauled its more affordable iPhone line, getting rid of the SE designation entirely and launching the iPhone 16e. According to a new report from research firm Consumer Intelligence Research Partners, Apple is also changing the release schedule for its new "e" line of cheaper iPhones. Unlike the SEs, which launched every two years...

Honor Magic7 RSR vs. Magic7 Pro camera comparison

The Honor Magic7 RSR Porsche Design is a special edition phone born out of the cooperation between Honor and Porsche Design. However, beyond the tweaks to hardware and software design, there are a couple of intriguing differences in the camera hardware that can potentially elevate the image quality even further than the great level that the regular...

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip7 leaks in CAD-based renders

Yesterday we saw the first set of leaked renders depicting the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7, and today the Galaxy Z Flip7 has received the exact same treatment. Like the Fold7's, these are also CAD-based, so minor details could still be different with the final product, but they do give us a very good idea of what to expect, design-wise, from...

Oppo officially reveals when the Find X8 Ultra is coming

Earlier this week, a rumor told us to expect the Oppo Find X8 Ultra to launch in China in March, but apparently it was a bit too optimistic. Today Oppo Find series product manager Zhou Yibao officially revealed that the Find X8 Ultra is actually going to be unveiled in April, and it will also go on sale that same month. Zhou says this could very...

iQOO Neo 10R camera specs officially revealed

The iQOO Neo 10R will be made official on March 11. Ahead of that date, today the brand has revealed the phone's set of cameras. The Neo 10R will have a 50 MP main rear camera with a 1/1.953" type Sony sensor, an 8 MP ultrawide, and a 32 MP selfie snapper with support for 4K 60fps video recording. The device is officially confirmed to feature the...

New Oppo Find N5 promo videos focus on the folding screen, drop and water resistance

We've already shared the first round of official promo videos for Oppo's recently announced Find N5 a few days ago, and today we're back with three more that have been posted by Oppo since then. The first one is all about how immersive the Find N5's main screen (the one that folds) is. See for yourself: It measures 8.12" diagonally, so the size is...

OnePlus Watch 3 delayed until April to fix Meda in China typo

Bad news if you wanted a OnePlus Watch 3 and wanted it fast. While the company has unveiled the new smartwatch last week, and promptly started taking pre-orders for it, the release date, which was supposed to be today in some markets, has now been pushed back all the way to April. And it all has to do with that hilarious Meda in China typo on the...

Realme Neo7x and Realme Buds Air7 are official too

Realme just unveiled the Neo7 SE, and it's joined by the Neo7x. This device comes with a 6.67-inch 1080x2400 AMOLED screen with 120 Hz refresh rate, an up to 1,500 Hz touch sampling rate, and 2,000-nit peak brightness. The phone is powered by the Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 SoC, paired with 8/12GB of RAM and 256/512GB of storage. It has a 50 MP rear camera...

Samsung's tri-fold phone won't come as soon as we hoped

It's the hope that kills you. Just yesterday, we heard a rumor suggesting Samsung is will announce its tri-fold smartphone during the summer Unpacked event alongside the Galaxy Z Fold7 and Z Flip7. But a new report from today comes out to refute those claims. According to @MaxJmb on X, Samsung is indeed working on a tri-fold smartphone, but it won't...

Google Pixel 9a leaks in hands-on video

Google's Pixel 9a just can't stop leaking ahead of its rumored unveiling next month. Today we have a short hands-on video showing off its lack of camera bump. We can see the phone in its Obsidian colorway here, which to us mere non-Google mortals is just black. The Pixel 9a's very tiny camera bump (tiny in thickness, we mean) is also clearly visible,...

Oppo Reno13 in for review

This is the Oppo Reno13, the sidekick to the Pro with a very similar skill set. Both share the 4nm Dimensity 8350 SoC, and both feature a wide and autofocusing 21mm f/2.0 selfie shooter with a 50MP sensor. We'll talk about the differences in just a minute, but first let's do an unboxing. The Reno13 ships without a charger in the box, but you get...

Apple to integrate its in-house modem into its main chipsets, but it won't be soon

The launch of the new budget iPhone 16e marked the debut of the long-awaited in-house, custom C1 modem. According to Apple, this is the most power-efficient modem on the market, and a report claims that the company plans to develop its modem further and integrate it into its future chipsets. The current C1 modem has a few limitations. First, it's...

Samsung Galaxy M06 and Galaxy M16 official teaser reveals new design

Samsung is preparing to launch the Galaxy M06 5G and Galaxy M16, and it has already set up a landing page on Amazon India. There is a single teaser image of the phones, revealing the M06 will have two cameras, while the M16 might have three, and they will sit on a dedicated island. Samsung ditched the camera island design from its Galaxy phones in...

Top 10 trending phones of week 8

Week 8 brought two things to our trending chart - the end of the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra's reign that started at the beginning of the year and one of the most diverse trending charts in recent memory. It was the newly announced Apple iPhone 16e that immediately jumped to the top, while second place went to a phone that's not even going official...

Oppo Reno13 Pro hands-on

Oppo unveiled the Reno13 and Reno13 Pro last November in China, which were introduced for international markets - including India and Vietnam - earlier last month. We recently got our hands on the Oppo Reno13 Pro, and here are our first impressions of the smartphone. The Oppo Reno13 Pro has a 6.83" quad-curved display of 2,800x1,272-pixel resolution...

iPhone 16e and vivo V50 are official, Nothing Phone (3a) is coming, Week 8 in review

Apple has a new iPhone member - gone is the SE, say hello to the iPhone 16e. "e" for "economical"? Not if you're in Europe, where the phone starts from €700 - $599 if you're in the US. The iPhone 16e has an A18 chip, 8GB of RAM, a 6.1-inch display, and a single 48MP camera on the back - Apple says it does lossless 2x zoom. The phone has Apple's long-rumored...

Weekly poll results: the OnePlus 13R is off to a strong start

The OnePlus 13R can add last week’s poll to its resume – these results are something to brag about. The perception of this phone is that OnePlus fixed some of the major complaints about the 12R (mainly the camera). This led to a positive score on the poll and one major complaint – the price. The 13R matches the price of the 256GB 12R, but the 12R...

Deals: here is what you can get instead of an iPhone 16e

The iPhone SE is dead, long live the iPhone e! Okay, this may be an unfortunate development for some of you as the SE was the smallest iPhone and it was by far the cheapest. What now? The Apple iPhone 16e is the same size as the 16 and it is almost as expensive – it starts at $600/€700/£600/₹60,000 for a 128GB model. There are 256GB and 512GB options...

Qualcomm partners with Croma to launch its first Snapdragon Experience Zone in India

Qualcomm has launched its first Snapdragon Experience Zone in India. The chipmaker partnered with India's leading retail chain Croma to open its Snapdragon Experience Zone in the country. It's located at Croma's store in Juhu, Mumbai, and Qualcomm plans to open more Snapdragon Experience Zones at Croma stores across India. With the Snapdragon Experience...

Nothing Phone (3a) and (3a) Pro star in leaked promo videos, new features revealed

Two official-looking promo videos of the upcoming Nothing Phone (3a) and (3a) Pro just surfaced online, revealing some tidbits that were previously unknown, but more importantly, they confirm the design and specs that were previously shared online. 3a pro pic.twitter.com/wDpwqhZDoi— Arsène Lupin (@MysteryLupin) February 21, 2025 According to the...