Samsung Galaxy A36 in for review

We’ve already shared our hands-on with the Galaxy A36 right after its announcement at MWC Barcelona and now that it's on sale we finally managed to get hold of a unit to review. The retail box is anything but exciting. You get a USB-C cable, a SIM ejector tool and the usual paperwork. Our Galaxy A36 unit is the Awesome White version which has a nice iridescent hue to it when exposed to sunlight. Our very first impression is that the A36 feels noticeably slimmer than its predecessor (7.4mm vs 8.2mm). Samsung is going for a unified look on its 2025 Galaxy A-series phones with...

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Renders and specs for Motorola Razr 60 point to smaller inner display, higher IP rating

There have been plenty of leaks surrounding the Motorola Razr 60 Ultra, now here is a detailed report for the vanilla model. Renders show it in three colorways: Pantone Gibraltar Sea (with a “nylon-inspired” texture), Pantone Lightest Sky (with an acetate finish) and Spring Bud. The collaboration between Motorola and Pantone continues with the Pantone-validated P-OLED HDR10+ foldable display inside the Motorola Razr 60. Interestingly, it will be a smaller 6.7” panel, down from 6.9” on the Razr 50 and 40. As far as we know, the Ultra will stick with a 6.9” display, so the two...

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Samsung Galaxy A56 review

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Poco F7 Ultra in for review

Say hello to the Poco F7 Ultra, the first Ultra phone from the brand. While its official launch is still a few days away, our review unit made its way to the office, and these are our first impressions. Our F7 Ultra unit comes in the bold Poco yellow color. There’s a quad-curved glass back which helps with ergonomics so it doesn’t dig into your palm like some other sharper phones do. Our scales measured the F7 Ultra at just over 210 grams, which is in line with last year’s Poco F6 Pro. Poco also incorporated a double-texture finish on the back. The top half is glossy, while the...

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Huawei Freebuds 6 come with improved sound, AI noise cancelling

Huawei announced the Freebuds 6 alongside the new Pura X foldable smartphone and these TWS earphones bring a number of improvements over their predecessor. The buds keep the water-drop shape from the Freebuds 5, but Huawei managed to lower the size of the stem and the weight. These buds have a new four-magnet dynamic unit and dual drivers that should deliver crisp highs up to 48 kHz and deep bass down to 14 Hz. Huawei improved the connectivity in the Freebuds 6, and here they come with 2.3 Mbps bandwidth. The semi-open buds and audio optimization were designed after extensive...

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Huawei Freebuds 6 comes with improved sound, AI noise cancelling

Huawei announced the Freebuds 6 alongside the new Pura X foldable smartphone and these TWS earphones bring a number of improvements over their predecessor. The buds keep the water-drop shape from the Freebuds 5, but Huawei managed to lower the size of the stem and the weight. These buds have a new four-magnet dynamic unit and dual drivers that should deliver crisp highs up to 48 kHz and deep bass down to 14 Hz. Huawei improved the connectivity in the Freebuds 6, and these buds offer 2.3 Mbps bandwidth. The semi-open buds and audio optimization were designed after extensive...

Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/huawei_freebuds_6_comes_with_improved_sound_ai_noise_cancelling-news-67044.php

Motorola Razr 60 Ultra's wooden model surfaces

Motorola unveiled the Razr 50 Ultra last June, which was introduced as the Razr+ 2024 in the US. While the brand hasn't divulged anything about the launch of Razr 60 Ultra, leaked renders showed us what the smartphone would look like in green and red colors. Today, we are looking at a new version of the Razr 60 Ultra, whose GIF was shared by leakster Evan Blass on X. The GIF shared by Blass shows the Razr 60 Ultra "in wood" from different angles. It looks nice and reminds us of the Motorola Edge 50 Ultra's Nordic Wood model. However, it's unclear whether Motorola has used actual wood...

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Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 FE series detailed in mega leak

The Galaxy Tab S10 series is about to get its more affordable entries soon with the Tab S10 FE and Tab S10 FE+ tablets. WinFuture has now shared a new batch of official-looking renders for both tablets alongside their key specs and European pricing details. We also get confirmation that the pair will launch in the coming one to two weeks. Galaxy Tab S10 FE color options Galaxy Tab S10 FE will feature a 10.9-inch IPS LCD with 2304 x 1440 px resolution while the larger FE+ model will get a 13.1-inch diagonal with 2880 x 1800 px resolution. Both tablets will support Samsung's S-Pen...

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Infinix Note 50x's price segment, battery capacity, and charging speed confirmed

Infinix will unveil the Note 50x on March 27, and it has already confirmed the smartphone will be powered by the Dimensity 7300 Ultimate SoC. Now we learn from a reliable source that the Note 50x will be launched in India under the INR12,000 ($140/€130) segment and will be touted as a phone with the "best gaming experience in the segment." On its official website, Infinix revealed that the Note 50x will come with a 5,500 mAh "SolidCore" battery and 45W charging. However, we've got some additional details from our source, who told us the Note 50x's battery will have 2,300 charge cycles and...

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Verizon launches non-emergency satellite texting service

Today Verizon has announced the launch of its non-emergency satellite texting service. This will let you text anyone by connecting to satellites with your Google Pixel 9 series device or your Samsung Galaxy S25 series smartphone. It comes as an expansion of the carrier's previously launched emergency-only satellite connectivity, which also works for the aforementioned phones only. Verizon boasts that the new satellite texting capabilities enable its customers to be "the first in the US to send text messages to any other customer device via satellite when outside the reach of terrestrial...

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vivo X200 Ultra prototype possibly outed in live image

vivo's upcoming X200 Ultra may have just been outed through the images you can see below. The first two could be showing an X200 Ultra prototype, based on the sketch (third image) shared by Digital Chat Station on Weibo today. According to him, this design should inspire you to take pictures, as it's so close to a digital camera. As you can see in the images that might be of the X200 Ultra, the circular camera island is not only big in its diameter, but it's also very thick. In order to deliver the best photography and videography on the market,a huge deco is required , suspected Vivo...

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iPhone 18 Pro series rumored to get second-generation Apple modem

The iPhone 16e is the first Apple device to feature an in-house cellular modem, and Apple is reportedly hard at work developing a new and improved version of its C1 modem for future devices. The C1 is something of a test for Cupertino; it utilizes a mix of 4-7nm baseband components, a 55nm Power Management Integrated Circuit (PMIC) and lacks mmWave support. Apple is unlikely to implement it for its iPhone 17 Pro series, which will rely on Qualcomm modems instead. But that may change with next year's iPhone 18 series which could see the Apple C2 modem. According to Pu, Apple will...

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Samsung Galaxy Tab Active5 Pro runs Geekbench, reveals its chipset

Back in January a rumor told us that Samsung was working on the Galaxy Tab Active5 Pro tablet, which would be powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 chipset. Now, the device has been spotted in the Geekbench online database, since a prototype ran the benchmark. The listing confirms that it is indeed the Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 at the helm. In the specific prototype that ran the benchmark, this was paired with 6GB of RAM. More options could be offered, as always. The tablet is expected to join the non-Pro Tab Active5, which was announced in January, in Samsung's portfolio soon. The...

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Apple expands Tap to Pay to nine more European countries

Apple has just announced that today it's expanded Tap to Pay to nine additional European countries: Bulgaria, Finland, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Switzerland. Despite what its name might imply, Tap to Pay doesn't refer to your ability to make purchases with your iPhone. Instead, Tap to Pay is the service that allows businesses to accept contactless payments on an iPhone, with no additional hardware or payment terminal required. It's still a very useful service for merchants everywhere, but we wish it had a less confusing name. Anyway, if you...

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Two new PebbleOS smartwatches are now up for pre-order

Back in January, Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky unveiled his plan to launch new smartwatches powered by the open-sourced PebbleOS, and today they are already up for pre-order. The Core 2 Duo is $149 and ships in July, while the Core Time 2 is $225 and ships in December. Both are only going to be available on pre-order from store.repebble.com (they will not be sold anywhere else), and both have worldwide shipping. They will be available in limited quantities, and pre-orders are fully refundable at any time until your watch ships. Core 2 Duo This one has a 1.26-inch...

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Google Pixel 9a appears in German retailer listing and on open sale in the UAE

The Pixel 9a has had an infamous leak run ahead of its launch which includes several video reviews, hands-ons and multiple marketing materials and specs leaks. The latest additions to the collection are listings from a German online retailer and a UAE classifieds website. The listing from Germany reveals the phone will launch with a starting price of €549 for the 128GB trim just like the leaks predicted. The listing has four official color options - Gray, Rose, Black, and Violet. As per the availability details, the Pixel 9a will be ready to ship in 10-14 days time, meaning we may see it...

Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/google_pixel_9a_appears_in_german_retailer_listing_and_on_open_sale_in_the_uae_-news-66984.php

vivo V50 Lite 4G is now official with 6,500 mAh battery and 90W charging

It didn’t take too long for the vivo V50 Lite 4G to go official following the major leak from last week. The device is now listed by vivo Türkiye and is available from the brand's online store. Like the rumors predicted, the V50 Lite 4G gets a 6.77-inch AMOLED (FHD+ 120Hz) with a 32MP front-facing camera housed inside the punch-hole cutout. The device is IP65-rated against water and dust and has a military-grade MIL-STD-810H drop resistance rating. V50 Lite 4G is equipped with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 685 paired with 8GB RAM and 256GB storage. The back of the device houses a 50MP...

Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/vivo_v50_lite_4g_is_now_official_with_6500_mah_battery_and_90w_charging-news-66990.php

Poco F7 Pro and F7 Ultra specs and images leak

Xiaomi is preparing to launch the first Ultra in the Poco F series. It will be joined by a Pro model, but not a vanilla model – at least not according to what we’ve heard so far. There have been leaks about the upcoming F7 series, but this one claims to have all the specs. The Poco F7 Pro and Poco F7 Ultra appear to be based on the Redmi K80 and K80 Pro, respectively. There are a few differences between the K-models and the rumored F7 specs, but for the most part they surround the battery capacity, which is to be expected for a global release. Poco F7 Ultra (leaked...

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Latest One UI 7 beta for Galaxy S24 and S24+ adds Samsung Log function

Samsung introduced a new Log video mode with the Galaxy S25 series – this is a flatter color profile that allows more detail to be preserved and is more flexible when color grading the footage. This feature was added to the Galaxy S24 Ultra with the One UI 7 beta update. Samsung Log comes to the Galaxy S24 and S24+ with the latest One UI 7 beta update You may have wondered whether this would be exclusive to the Ultra model, but it isn’t – the latest One UI 7 beta release adds it to the Galaxy S24 and S24+ too. This is only fair, seeing how the Galaxy S25 and S25+ have this feature...

Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/latest_one_ui_7_beta_for_galaxy_s24_and_s24_adds_samsung_log_function-news-66977.php

Huawei FreeBuds 6 teased ahead of launch

Huawei posted a teaser video for its latest wireless earbuds which are set to debut at its Pura event on March 20. The FreeBuds 6 will slot in as the direct successor to the FreeBuds 5 from 2023 offering an identical open-ear design to their predecessor. The charging case also boasts a similar pebble-shaped design, but we can spot Huawei Sound branding, which wasn’t there on the FreeBuds 5. Huawei FreeBuds 6 Huawei Sound is the brand’s in-house sound division, which offers special tuning to its audio products. We should expect improvements in audio quality from the...

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Huawei CEO not-so-accidentally reveals the new tablet-like foldable

Huawei scheduled an event for March 20, when we expect to see the new Pura series (formerly known as P series). There will also be a foldable, which should have a 3:2 or 16:10 aspect ratio screen. The phone was revealed by Richard Yu, Huawei CEO, in a video posted on social media. The executive was filmed using this device, which is hyped up to be a game-changer in the world of foldables. The new phone might be a part of the Pura line-up, since the Pocket moniker has never been mentioned by Yu, it was only reported because the foldable is an evolution of the Pocket 2. We...

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Top 10 trending phones of week 11

It's starting to look a lot like a lengthy streak, the Samsung Galaxy A56 topping our trending chart for the second week in a row and with a comfortable margin too. The upcoming Poco X7 Ultra emerged an unlikely silver medalist, which suggests it might be able to mount a proper challenge once it goes official. [#InlinePriceWidget, 13603, 1#] Third goes to the Xiaomi 15 Ultra, the new flagship by the Chinese maker keeps making waves after its debut at the MWC last week. Newly announced Redmi Note 14S grabbed fourth ahead of the second Samsung phone of the chart, the Galaxy S25...

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Deals: the Nothing Phone (3a) is here, (3a) Pro coming soon, Galaxy S24 FE gets cheaper

After the MWC rush, this week has been fairly quiet in terms of new launches, but the arrival of the Nothing Phone (3a) could make a big splash in the market – more so than the Galaxy A56, which is yet to come and might have its lunch eaten by the Galaxy S24 FE once it does arrive. The Nothing Phone (3a) is a mid-ranger and is available in two configurations, both under £400. Nothing doesn’t do small phones, so this one is equipped with a 6.77” 1080p+ display (120Hz, 10-bit, HDR10+, 3,000 nits). Instead of a Dimensity chip, the company picked a Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 this time around. The...

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Apple to replace the iPhone 17 Pro Max with a 17 Ultra, report claims

Reportedly, Apple is preparing to launch an iPhone 17 Ultra this year. But we've heard that one before, at least a couple of times. There were rumors right before the iPhone 15 and the iPhone 16 series releases claiming that the Ultra would either replace the Pro Max or sit above it. Now, the very same rumor is back. According to a report on the Naver blog, the upcoming iPhone 17 Ultra will replace the Pro Max. The claim stems from supply chain market analysis, suggesting that Apple is preparing to launch a phone with new hardware features. For instance, the Ultra will likely adopt a...

Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/apple_to_replace_the_iphone_17_pro_max_with_a_17_ultra_report_claims-news-66967.php

Exclusive: This is the sub-$500 Infinix Note 50 Pro+ coming on March 20

Yesterday, we exclusively reported that Infinix would unveil its first smart ring and a pair of TWS earphones at the Infinix AI∞ Beta event on March 20. Alongside these, Infinix would also introduce a new Note 50 series smartphone, which, a reliable source tells us, is the Infinix Note 50 Pro+ with 5G connectivity. Our source also provided some exclusive images of the Infinix Note 50 Pro+, which reveal the smartphone will have flat frames and a full-metal build and pack a display with a centered punch-hole for the selfie camera. Infinix Note 50 Pro+ The Infinix Note 50 Pro+'s...

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Deals: Nothing Phone (3a) launches in the US, Apple releases new iPad, iPad Air and Macs

Nothing is one of the promising new brands to emerge recently and, unlike most others, it has an official presence in the US. This week its first phone with a telephoto camera became available. The Nothing Phone (3a) is a mid-ranger and is available in two configurations, both under $500. Nothing doesn’t do small phones, so this one is equipped with a 6.77” 1080p+ display (120Hz, 10-bit, HDR10+, 3,000 nits). Instead of a Dimensity chip, the company picked a Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 this time around. The battery is a 5,000mAh cell with 50W wired-only charging. The camera setup includes a 50MP...

Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/deals_nothing_phone_3a_launches_in_the_us_apple_releases_new_ipad_ipad_air_and_macs-news-66948.php

Samsung Galaxy Ring's availability expanding to one more market soon

The Samsung Galaxy Ring, unveiled last year, will go on sale in one more country next month - New Zealand. It will retail for NZD699 ($400/€370/INR34,770) starting April 2 through Samsung New Zealand's website and select retailers. The Samsung Galaxy Ring will be offered in Titanium Silver, Titanium Black, and Titanium Gold colors in New Zealand with 11 size options: 5 to 15. The Galaxy Ring's weight ranges from 2.3g to 3g, and it is compatible with Android smartphones running Android 11 or above. You'll also require a Samsung account, the Galaxy Wearable app, and the Samsung Health app to...

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