More details about the vivo T4R 5G leak

A couple of days ago, vivo started teasing the T4R 5G, a new smartphone in the T4 family, which is coming to India soon. Today, a leak purportedly gives us some more details about it. The phone is allegedly powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 7400 SoC, and it's going to be both IP68 and IP69 certified for dust and water resistance. It will reportedly be offered in two colorways: Twilight Blue and Arctic White. It will support 4K video recording on both its selfie camera as well as at least one of the cameras on the back (presumably the main one). vivo T4R official teaser image It's...

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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7 review

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Leak: the Motorola Edge 60 Fusion will soon be available in Pantone Mocha Mousse

Pantone declared Mocha Mousse the Color of the Year 2025. It is described as a “warming, brown hue imbued with richness”. This color was already featured on the Razr 50 Ultra/Razr+ 2024 and the Edge 50 Neo, but Motorola liked it so much that it will use it on another phone. Motorola Edge 60 Fusion in Mocha Mousse (leaked image) The Motorola Edge 60 Fusion will soon add Mocha Mousse to its color palette, according to YTECHB. The 60 Fusion is currently available in four Pantone colors: Slipstream, Amazonite, Mykonos Blue and Zephyr. Note that availability varies by...

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Samsung Galaxy Z Flip7 official unboxing highlights the advantages of the new FlexWindow

Samsung has posted an official unboxing of the Galaxy Z Flip7, which goes over the main upgrades for the 2025 generation. A lot of it is centered around the larger 4.1” cover display, plus the new AI features introduced with One UI 8 (based on Android 16). First things first, the phone comes in a small box that also contains a USB C-to-C cable and a short user manual. The Z Flip7 is the thinnest Z Flip to date, measuring 13.7mm when folded and 6.5mm when unfolded. And Samsung has the photos to prove it. The Armor Aluminum frame and Armor FlexHinge work together to lend rigidity to...

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Realme Note 70T's EU Energy Label confirms some of its specs

Realme is readying the release of the Note 70 and Note 70T, which weirdly could share the same model number even though they have different specs. Today, the Note 70T's EU Energy Label has been spotted, and this reveals an A class for energy consumption, and a 65h 25min longevity on one charge. The phone is rated A for drop protection and B for repairability, and its battery can go 1,000 charge cycles before it goes below 80% of its initial capacity, which the label lists as 5,830 mAh rated capacity, which will translate into an advertised typical capacity of 6,000 mAh. The phone is also...

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iPhone 17 Pro gets new colors

According to a new rumor, the upcoming iPhone 17 Pro will be offered in four colors: black, dark blue, silver, and orange. These are showcased in the image below, although this isn't a leak, just representative of what we should expect. The source says the dark blue is incredibly dark, so much so that it can look black in some ambient light conditions. It's apparently inspired by the Blue Titanium colorway of the iPhone 16 Pro. The black option is reminiscent of Black Titanium but with a matte finish. Silver is apparently closest to White Titanium, being "bright with warmer...

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Honor Magic V5 to hit its first European market on August 12

The Honor Magic V5, unveiled earlier this month, was initially only available in China. However, the Magic V5 was recently launched in Malaysia, and on August 12, it will make its debut in the first European country - Romania. It's unclear how many memory configurations and color options of the Honor Magic V5 will be available to Romanian customers, so we'll have to wait until August 12 for that and the foldable's Romanian pricing. What we do know is that the Magic V5 will also be launched in the UK and Germany, as Honor has set up pre-registration pages on its local websites for...

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Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra's screen grows, bezels shrink

Samsung's Galaxy S25 Ultra has a 6.86-inch screen, but the Galaxy S26 Ultra is now rumored to boast an ever so slightly larger 6.89-inch panel. Assuming the dimensions of the phone remain the same as its predecessor's, it means the screen's bezels will shrink to just 1.15-1.2mm all-round - very, very thin indeed. Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra Right now this is just speculation based on a recent rumor claiming that 6.89-inch screen size, and the overall size of the phone remaining the same is merely an assumption on the part of the source of this bezel size calculation, the Chinese...

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OnePlus Ace 6 Ultra might steal the Oppo K13 Turbo's most interesting feature

Oppo is unveiling the K13 Turbo and K13 Turbo Pro on July 21, and both devices will feature a built-in active cooling fan, but also IPX6, IPX8, and IPX9 water resistance despite the presence of the fan. Now a new rumor out of China says OnePlus is looking very closely at what its sister brand has done and might in fact decide to steal the K13 Turbo range's unique pairing. Oppo K13 Turbo's fan Apparently, the OnePlus Ace 6 Ultra could feature both a cooling fan and impressive water resistance, just like Oppo's K13 Turbo devices. At the moment, OnePlus hasn't decided on the...

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Here's the Oppo K13 Turbo and Turbo Pro's active cooling fan in action

The Oppo K13 Turbo and K13 Turbo Pro are being fully unveiled on July 21, and ahead of that the company's teaser campaign for the duo is in full swing. With this comes the video you can see below, which shows the devices' built-in active cooling fan doing its thing, and it seems to be doing pretty well, even putting out some candles with no issue. Take a look: Oppo says the fan's design boosts cooling efficiency by 300% over traditional fans, while reducing space usage by 70% and increasing the fan's power by 120%. Obviously the whole point of adding the fan is providing smooth high...

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vivo X300 Pro camera specs leak

Yesterday the camera specs for vivo's upcoming X300 or X300 Pro mini got leaked, and today the same prolific source who goes by Digital Chat Station on Weibo is back with details regarding the X300 Pro. This device will allegedly get a 50 MP main camera using Sony's Lytia LYT-828 1/1.3" type sensor. It will be paired with a 50 MP ultrawide and a 200 MP periscope telephoto using a 1/1.4" type sensor. The telephoto camera will reportedly get a new coating technology that will alleviate lens flare. vivo X200 Pro The X300 Pro will be powered by MediaTek's Dimensity 9500, which is...

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Apple's tax woes in Ireland are officially over

Apple's €14.3 billion Irish tax break fine is officially one for the history books now, as the Irish government has announced that it's withdrawn all the money from the escrow account Apple set up back in 2018. That's when it deposited the aforementioned sum after being fined by the European Commission (EC) for receiving unfair tax breaks from Ireland. The amount is judged to be what Apple would have paid in taxes in Ireland had it not received a "sweetheart deal" in the form of "illegal state aid" from the Irish government in exchange for setting up its European HQ in the...

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The Google Pixel Watch 4 will reportedly use the same old chipset, but will have a bigger battery

Google has abandoned Samsung and is switching to TSMC for future Tensor chipsets – the first, the Tensor G5, will power the Pixel 10 series and is already doing the rounds on Geekbench. The upcoming Pixel Watch 4, however, is not changing chipsets. The latest report is that Google will reuse the same chipset as on the Watch 3 and the Watch 2, the Snapdragon W5 Gen 1. This 2022 chip is fabbed on a 4nm node and has four Cortex-A53 cores. We recently heard that Qualcomm is working on a Snapdragon W6, with one big Cortex- A78 core and four A55 cores, but it seems that Google has no...

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iPhone 17 now rumored to feature Apple A19 chip

A while back, we saw a rumor that claimed the upcoming iPhone 17 would be equipped with the same Apple A18 chip as its predecessor. Well, it turns out that GF Securities analyst Jeff Pu is now backtracking from his previous claim and expects the iPhone 17 to feature the all-new Apple A19 chip, which will also power the iPhone 17 Air. iPhone 17 renders in Green and Purple If you were also hoping for more RAM on the baseline iPhone 17, that's apparently not going to happen. The latest report from Pu suggests the device will once again feature 8GB LPDDR5 RAM. The other two models in...

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Analysts: the Galaxy Z Fold7 and Z Flip7 are headed for record-breaking pre-orders in Korea

Analysts are keeping a close eye on pre-orders for the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7 and Galaxy Z Flip7 in South Korea and they are forecasting record-breaking numbers. Looking back at the last couple of generations, the Z Fold5 and Z Flip5 set the record with over 1 million pre-orders (1.02 million, specifically) back in 2023. The Z Fold6 and Z Flip6 from last year failed to reach that benchmark. Pre-order reservations on Samsung.com reached 160,000 in the 14 days since reservations opened on June 24. This was before the official reveal on July 9, but is used by analysts as a starting point to...

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iPhone Fold's crease-free folding screen to be made by Samsung Display

Once again, a new rumor claims Apple's first foldable iPhone will use a crease-free folding screen made by Samsung Display. In fact, Apple had no input into the panel's design, it's all Samsung on this one - and this is notable because of how rarely it happens, as Apple generally likes to customize every single part it uses in its devices. Not this time, though, and the reason is allegedly to "ensure stable mass production" of the foldable iPhone, planned to arrive in the second half of next year. A custom display solution may not have achieved the same yields as what Samsung Display can...

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vivo X300 (or X300 Pro mini) camera specs leak

vivo's X300 family is coming in the fourth quarter of this year (October to December), according to rumors from China, and today the prolific leaker who goes by Digital Chat Station on Weibo has published the camera details for one of these upcoming devices. It's a bit hard to figure out if it's the X300 he's talking about or the X300 Pro mini, so keep in mind this could apply to either model. It's said to boast a 200 MP main camera with a 1/1.4" type sensor, a 50 MP ultrawide, as well as a 50 MP telephoto camera with 3x optical zoom, this one using Sony's IMX882 sensor. vivo X200 Pro...

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Samsung Galaxy S26, S26 Edge, and S26 Ultra camera details leak

Samsung's Galaxy S26 family launching in January will have three members but not the ones you'd expect - according to a leak from earlier today, these will be the S26, S26 Edge, and S26 Ultra, with the Plus model being retired. Now another rumor indirectly confirms this by revealing the codenames for the upcoming devices, and there are only three of them: NPA1, NPA2, and NPA3. These stand for "next paradigm" or "new paradigm", as the S25 family's codenames were all "paradigm". Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge The S26 Ultra will allegedly have a 200 MP main camera (which could be using a...

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Honor X70 vs. excavator and fire hose

Honor is unveiling the X70 on July 15, and the brand has ramped up its teaser campaign for the phone now that it's mere hours away from becoming official. Have you ever wondered who'd win a confrontation between a yet-unannounced smartphone and a Sany SY205C-S excavator? Well, the video below will give you the answer. Spoiler alert: the phone is affixed to one of the excavator's bucket's teeth, and then the excavator does some good 'ol excavating, with the phone over there. At the end, after being exposed to a whole lot of dirt, it survives unscathed, as you'd expect. In the...

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There won't be a Samsung Galaxy S26+, new report claims

This year Samsung launched the Galaxy S25, S25+, and S25 Ultra in January and then the S25 Edge in May. Next year, the family (if we disregard the FE model) will only be made up of three members, according to a new report from Samsung's home of South Korea. So, expect to see the 6.27-inch Galaxy S26, the 6.66-inch Galaxy S26 Edge, and the 6.89-inch Galaxy S26 Ultra. That's right, there won't be a Galaxy S26+, that is, of course, if this report proves to be accurate. We can't say we're very surprised. After all, the Galaxy S25 Edge has the same screen size as the S25+, but it's...

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Latest iPhone 17 series leak also hints at updated color palette

We’ve already seen several leaks for the iPhone 17 and 17 Air’s color options and Sonny Dickson has now shared a collective look at them alongside the iPhone 17 Pro series. The new images showcase the different colored lens protection covers for the upcoming phones, which will match the phone’s color. It seems Apple will finally bring more color to its iPhones with bold new colors across the vanilla, Air and Pro models. iPhone 17 will feature the largest pool of color options, including black, gray, silver, light blue, green and purple. iPhone 17 camera lens protectors This is...

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Sony WH-1000XM6 review

Introduction This year, Sony released a new addition to the high-end active noise-canceling (ANC) WH-1000X series, following a three-year hiatus. The new WH-1000XM6 model comes with a promise of "the best noise cancellation" (according to Sony's official website), but also a $50 price hike. I've been an avid user of the series since the WH-1000XM2, so it was a joy to test out the new XM6 and see how well they're performing in comparison to Sony's older models. Design and comfort The Sony WH-1000XM6 are a full-sized pair of over-ear headphones. They come in three colors: Black,...

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Top 10 trending phones of week 28

Week 28 brought a lot of new announcements and our trending chart is barely recognizable. While the title for Samsung's new foldable top dog - the Galaxy Z Fold7 - is hardly surprising, the second place of the Infinix Hot 60 Pro+ is really unexpected. [#InlinePriceWidget, 13826, 1#] The third place goes to another new arrival, the the OnePlus Nord 5, while the Galaxy A56 claimed fourth. Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra rose to fifth, ahead of last week's champion - the Poco F7. The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip7 claimed seventh on the week of its official debut as the vivo X200 climbed a couple...

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Samsung Galaxy Watch8 in for review

A Galaxy of new Samsung devices made their way to the office, and we keep unpacking them. The Galaxy Watch8 is the new entry-point in Samsung’s smartwatch portfolio and we have the 40mm Silver version with us. But first – a quick unboxing. Watch8 comes in a simple white cardboard box, which contains the watch and the same proprietary 10W wireless charging puck that ends with a USB-C cable. The inside compartment also holds the new proprietary TPU strap. You’ll immediately notice the new cushion design, which takes inspiration from the Galaxy Watch Ultra. In short, the casing...

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Weekly poll: Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7, Z Flip7 or Z Flip7 FE?

They are here – Samsung launched its next-gen foldables this week. This includes a new Fold and a new Flip model and, for the first time, a cheaper Flip FE. Do you have your eyes set on a particular model – and if yes, which one? The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7 is significantly thinner than its predecessor – it went from 12.1mm/5.6mm to 8.9mm/4.2mm when folded/unfolded. It’s lighter too, 215g vs. 239g. That’s 3g less than the S25 Ultra! However, Samsung had to make some sacrifices: the battery capacity stayed the same (4,400mAh) as did charging (25W/15W) and S Pen support has been...

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Weekly poll results: the Nothing Phone (3) is a major misstep for the company

Some people hate the looks, others hate the price – there was very little love shown for the Nothing Phone (3) in last week’s poll. The design is certainly divisive and is a major misstep from a company that is so laser-focused on innovative design. Nothing also got overly ambitious with the pricing – the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 and non-LTPO display on an $800/£800/€800/₹80,000 phone attracted a lot of criticism in the comments. And those aren’t the only non-flagship features either. Plus, the small 5,150mAh battery feels like a waste of Si/C tech. It’s not so bad in the US market where...

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Samsung Galaxy Watch8 Classic in for review

The Samsung Galaxy Watch8 Classic is the new middle ground in the Galaxy smartwatch series. It sits above the baseline Watch8 and borrows some features from the Galaxy Watch Ultra while still keeping its signature rotating bezel. There’s nothing surprising inside the box, Samsung is giving you a magnetic wireless charging pad attached to a USB-C cable. Our review unit comes in Black, which has some contrasting stainless-steel elements, giving off a sharp and elegant look. It comes with the faux leather watch band, which is sadly proprietary, so you can’t just swap out any old 20mm band...

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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7, Z Flip7 and Z Flip7 FE go on pre-order in the US

In case you were out of town this week, here’s the recap of the Galaxy Unpacked event. Samsung opened a new chapter with slimmer Z foldables, but also the first FE foldable that targets a lower price. It also launched new smartwatches with a “cushion” design. All new devices went on pre-order after the event and that will continue for a couple of weeks – open sales begin on July 25 (Friday two weeks from now). During the pre-order period, the phones get a free storage upgrade. Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7 and Z Flip7 The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7 is super slim (8.9mm folded, 4.2mm...

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