Oppo A6 series to bring some surprises

Oppo's A5 family launched in China in December and March with the A5 and A5 Pro, and the company is already rumored to be working on the upcoming A6 series, which will allegedly bring about some interesting changes. While it's unclear how many devices it will comprise, there will be two new, or at least differently named models: the A6 GT and A6 Max. These are both said to target the CNY 1,000 or thereabouts market - that's approximately $139 or €119 at the current exchange rates. Oppo A5 Pro for China Despite the low price, we should apparently expect to see them sporting large...

Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/oppo_a6_series_to_bring_some_surprises-news-68775.php

Samsung wants to expand its phones' AI chops beyond Google's Gemini

Samsung's big AI push came with the launch of the Galaxy S24 series last year, and its Galaxy AI suite has expanded in features ever since, powered by Google's Gemini - for now, at least. Today, Choi Won-Joon, president and chief operating officer of Samsung's mobile division, has told Reuters that the company is very open to alternatives. But, of course, only those that can provide its users with the best experiences. Samsung is already in talks with both OpenAI and Perplexity to integrate their respective AI services into upcoming smartphones, most likely starting with the Galaxy S26...

Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_wants_to_expand_its_phones_ai_chops_beyond_googles_gemini-news-68774.php

Oppo Reno14 FS leaks ahead of launch with specs, images, and pricing

Oppo initially launched the Reno14 and Reno14 Pro in May, then in June they became available outside of China and a new member joined the family: the Reno14 F. Now Oppo is apparently getting ready to expand the lineup even more, with the Reno14 FS which got leaked today. This model is slated to be an upgraded version of the Reno14 F, with more storage and memory. It's said to come with the Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 SoC at the helm, paired with 12GB of RAM and 512GB of storage. On the back there's a triple camera system, with a 50 MP main camera using Sony's IMX882 sensor, an 8 MP...

Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/oppo_reno14_fs_leaks_ahead_of_launch_with_specs_images_and_pricing-news-68773.php

More details about Huawei's next tri-fold smartphone leak, and it won't be called Mate XT 2

Huawei launched the Mate XT, the first tri-fold smartphone in the world, last September, and we're now only a few weeks away from its one-year anniversary. To mark that occasion, Huawei is rumored to launch a new and improved tri-fold smartphone, that we initially assumed would be called Mate XT 2. Today a new rumor from China claims it will be Mate XTs instead, and that is perhaps more fitting considering that it won't be an entirely reworked device. It's said to come with improved performance from a new chipset, improved cameras, and new colorways. And that's it, everything else...

Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/more_details_about_huaweis_next_trifold_smartphone_leak_and_it_wont_be_called_mate_xt_2-news-68770.php

Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra's battery to be bigger and charge faster

Samsung's Galaxy S26 Ultra is coming next year (most likely in January) and rumors are already swirling about it. Given how most of its Chinese competitors have recently upped the game significantly when it comes to battery capacity, you may have been wondering what to expect from the S26 Ultra. If a tipster on X is correct, then Samsung's next flagship device is going to have a bigger battery than its predecessor's. But not by much. The S26 Ultra is said to employ a 5,500 mAh cell, vs. the S25 Ultra's 5,000 mAh. Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra That's still a 10% increase, but battery...

Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s26_ultras_battery_to_be_bigger_and_charge_faster-news-68758.php

Upcoming Pixel Watch 4 to feature an updated charging dock

The upcoming Pixel Watch 4 will feature a new charger design for the series, according to the sources at Android Headlines. According to the latest report, the Pixel Watch 4 will need to be placed sideways into its charging dock. As we have seen from previous leaks, the new watch has a speaker and a docking mechanism on the side opposite to the crown. We can now assume that the new charger attaches into the two slots next to the speaker to charge the watch. The previous Pixel Watch models featured the charging connectors on the back of the watch. However, the leaked image for...

Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/upcoming_pixel_watch_4_to_feature_an_updated_charging_dock-news-68755.php

Huawei M-Pencil Pro gets official at the MatePad Pro 12.2 (2025)'s Chinese launch

Today, Huawei brought its MatePad Pro 12.2 (2025) to the Chinese market, and unveiled the new M-Pencil Pro stylus alongside it. This is the company's most advanced stylus to date. It comes with support for 16,384 pressure levels, a minimalistic design, and a smart key that you can use to access Huawei's Celia assistant, which can help you launch apps, manage your schedule, or give any other commands with just one click. If you double-tap the button near any input field, voice-to-text transcription will instantly be triggered for quick and easy text entry. The M-Pencil Pro's rotating...

Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/huawei_mpencil_pro_gets_official_at_the_matepad_pro_122_2025s_chinese_launch-news-68756.php

Honor Pad X7 quietly launches with 8.7-inch screen, low price

Honor has quietly launched a new tablet today, the Pad X7, which is not to be confused with the Tablet X7 that got official in May of 2021. The new Honor Pad X7 comes with an 8.7-inch 1340x800 LCD screen with 90 Hz refresh rate and 625-nit peak brightness, the Snapdragon 680 SoC at the helm, up to 6GB of RAM, up to 128GB of expandable storage, and a 7,020 mAh battery with support for 10W wired charging and reverse wired charging. Honor Pad X7 official images There's an 8 MP rear camera and a 5 MP front camera, and the device runs Android 15. It only seems to be available in...

Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/honor_pad_x7_quietly_launches_with_87inch_screen_low_price-news-68753.php

Galaxy S25 Edge teardown video compares it to the S25 Plus bit by bit

One could make an argument that the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge is a slimmed-down version of the Galaxy S25+, sans the telephoto camera. After all, the two devices share the same displays and roughly the same dimensions, with the S25 Edge being considerably thinner, of course. So it's easy to assume that the Galaxy S25 Edge is almost identical to the S25+ with some minor improvements to the chassis that bring down the overall weight. However, a recent side-by-side teardown video reveals much more. It turns out that Samsung was able to shave off a few grams from every component, not just...

Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/side_by_side_teardown_video_of_the_galaxy_s25_edge_and_s25_plus-news-68737.php

Qi2 25W is official, promises hundreds of devices will support it

The Qi v2.2.1 standard now has a fancy marketing name: Qi2 25W. And as that name implies, this is a wireless charging spec that goes up to 25W. It was officially unveiled today by the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC). The WPC promises that "major Android smartphones" (whatever that means) are about to "join the Qi2 ecosystem for the first time with this launch", obviously in addition to Apple's iPhones. Fourteen devices, receivers and transmitters, completed Qi2 25W certification testing last week, and full-scale certification testing is now open to "several hundred devices waiting in...

Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/qi2_25w_is_official_promises_hundreds_of_devices_will_support_it-news-68741.php

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip7 review

Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_z_flip7-review-2857.php

Samsung Galaxy S26 Edge to fix its predecessor's main issue while being even thinner

Samsung launched the Galaxy S25 Edge in May, and there have been many rumors since claiming that next year, the Galaxy S26 Edge will replace the Plus model in Samsung's lineup, arriving alongside the S26 and S26 Ultra in January. Today, a new rumor from prolific Chinese leaker Ice Universe tells us to expect some interesting changes from the next Edge. Namely, it's said to be even thinner than its 5.8mm predecessor, while also packing a larger battery. The bigger cell will be made possible by the use of "new battery material technology", which may instantly make you think Si/C, and...

Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s26_edge_to_fix_its_predecessors_main_issue_while_being_even_thinner-news-68740.php

Nothing is rumored to be working on a new type of smartphone

Nothing has recently launched the Phone (3), billed as its first proper flagship device, but the company is now rumored to be exploring new avenues. Namely, it's said to be adding 'Lite' or 'T' branded models to its lineup, as "Pro models are just not cutting it", according to an Indian leaker over on X. We're not sure which Pro models those are - the only recent Nothing handset with that branding is the Phone (3a) Pro, a mid-ranger that's better-specced than the non-Pro Phone (3a). Looks like Nothing could be adding 'Lite' or 'T' branded phones to their lineup..Pro models are just not...

Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/nothing_is_rumored_to_be_working_on_a_new_type_of_smartphone-news-68727.php

Samsung Galaxy A56, A36 and A26 are now available in the US

After skipping some Galaxy A phones last year, Samsung is now bringing the entire Galaxy A lineup to the US, not just the Galaxy A56 as initially promised. So in a way, Samsung overdelivered this time around. Now, US customers can choose between the Galaxy A26, Galaxy A36 and the Galaxy A56. All three handsets can now be found on Samsung's official web store in the country. The range-topper Galaxy A56 starts at $499 for the 128GB configuration, available in Awesome Lightgray and Awesome Graphite. As for the Galaxy A36, it's available in Awesome Black and Awesome Lavender, starting...

Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_a56_a36_and_a26_now_available_in_the_us-news-68725.php

Google Pixel 10 Pro and Pixel 10 Pro XL now shown in all colors too

Yesterday some leaked renders showed us the upcoming Google Pixel 10 in all of its upcoming colorways, and today the Pixel 10 Pro and Pixel 10 Pro XL have received the exact same treatment. Let's start with the smaller one. The Pixel 10 Pro will allegedly be offered in Obsidian, Porcelain, Moonstone, and Jade. As usual with Google color names, Obsidian stands for black/dark gray, and Porcelain is white. Moonstone is a slate blue-gray as you can see, while Jade is a soft pistachio green with gold accents. Google Pixel 10 Pro leaked renders The Pixel 10 Pro XL comes in...

Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/google_pixel_10_pro_and_pixel_10_pro_xl_now_shown_in_all_colors_too-news-68726.php

OnePlus 15 and OnePlus Ace 6 now rumored to launch together, here's when

According to a new rumor from China, the OnePlus 15 will launch in the country in October, but not alone. It will allegedly be unveiled alongside the Ace 6 (and possibly the Ace 6 Pro as well), which is an interesting change in strategy for the brand, which last year unveiled the OnePlus 13 in October and the Ace 5 in December. But wait, there's more. For quite some time now, the OnePlus 15 has been rumored to downgrade to a "1.5K" screen resolution, and lose the Hasselblad camera collaboration. It should compensate for that with the best battery life ever on a OnePlus flagship. And it...

Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/oneplus_15_and_oneplus_ace_6_now_rumored_to_launch_together_heres_when-news-68720.php

Apple iPad 11-inch A16 (2025) review

Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/ipad_11_inch_a16_2025-review-2848.php

Moto 360 (2025) smartwatch leaks in official-looking renders

Motorola is apparently working on a new smartwatch - meet the Moto 360 (2025). This has today been leaked in the renders you can see below, which show a stainless steel bracelet instead of the rubber strap we're used to seeing smartwatches in. That makes for a nice change of pace, but what's still a mystery here is whether this will run Wear OS or some proprietary OS. The source of this leak "expects" it to be the former, but that doesn't sound like a very convincing argument at this point. Moto 360 (2025) leaked renders The first Moto 360 came in 2014 and ran Android...

Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/moto_360_2025_smartwatch_leaks_in_officiallooking_renders-news-68710.php

Redmi Note 15 Pro+ details leak

Redmi launched the Note 14 Pro+ back in September in China, and so obviously the brand is hard at work on its successor. Today, the first few details about the upcoming Redmi Note 15 Pro+ have been leaked, so let's take a look. The phone is said to sport a screen with "1.5K" resolution and thin symmetrical bezels on all sides, a 50 MP main camera, a 50 MP telephoto camera, and a battery capacity between 7,000 mAh and 7,999 mAh. The Redmi Note 15 Pro+ will allegedly be powered by the yet-unannounced Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 chipset, which makes perfect sense considering the fact that the...

Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/redmi_note_15_pro_details_leak-news-68711.php

Huawei Watch GT 6 coming in two variants with plenty of color options

The renowned Chinese tipster, Digital Chat Station, revealed that Huawei is getting ready to announce its Watch GT 6 series this fall, probably alongside the Mate XT 2 in September or October. The GT 6 will arrive in two variants - 41mm and 46mm, each offering a wide selection of paint jobs. The 41mm is supposedly codenamed Kinsu, with gold, purple, brown, white, and black color options, while the 46mm Atum will come in gray, brown, silver, titanium, green, and black. Then again, the tipster may be referring to the strap colors, not the watches themselves, but it's still too early...

Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/huawei_watch_gt_6_coming_in_two_variants_with_plenty_of_color_options-news-68708.php

Leak: the Google Pixel Watch 4 will have a brighter display, may have a new chipset after all

Details on the Google Pixel Watch 4 have been trickling out in the build-up to the August 20 unveiling. The latest scuttlebutt reveals that the new model will have a brighter display and new silicon for improved efficiency. The Pixel Watch 4 will be available in 41mm and 45mm sizes, which should correspond to 1.2” and 1.4” displays (as it did on the Watch 3). Said displays will go up to 3,000 nits – 50% more than the 2024 watch. This brightness matches the newly arrived Samsung Galaxy Watch8 series as well as the Apple Watch Ultra 2 (the Apple Watch Series 10 displays only go up to 2,000...

Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/leak_the_google_pixel_watch_4_will_have_a_brighter_display_may_have_a_new_chipset_after_all-news-68702.php

The vanilla Huawei Pura 80 pre-sales are starting on Wednesday, chipset leaks too

The vanilla Huawei Pura 80 is late to the party – the rest of the Pura 80 family launched in China in early June and even managed an international launch since then. The vanilla model is only now ready to go and will be available in China this Wednesday (July 23). Or maybe not even then, Huawei’s posts on Weibo talk of a pre-sale, suggesting that actual availability will come later. The posts mention school, so Huawei seems to be positioning this as a phone for students (school in China starts in early September). The Huawei Pura 80 is coming on Wednesday (July 23) The official...

Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/the_vanilla_huawei_pura_80_presales_are_starting_on_wednesday_chipset_sortof_revealed-news-68701.php

First Xiaomi Redmi Turbo 5 insider rumors start coming in

Xiaomi’s Redmi Turbo series has a reputation for delivering great performance on a budget, and according to early insider rumors, the Redmi Turbo 5 is poised to carry on the tradition. According to the info, the phone will be based on an unannounced MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Ultra chipset. Currently, we don’t know anything about the chip, but we can assume that, like the Dimensity 8400, it will be a powerful upper-midrange offering, potentially also carrying forward the all-big core CPU approach. 🩵 REDMI Turbo 5 — first details!✔️ According to DCS, the new model will feature:• 6.6” 1.5K...

Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/first_xiaomi_redmi_turbo_5_insider_rumors_start_coming_in-news-68698.php

Pixel 10 release date, Galaxy S25 FE charging and renders arrive, Week 29 in review

Welcome to your week's recap. The Galaxy S26 FE will get 45W charging. We also saw the phone's first renders, albeit low-res ones. Its design is likely to remain nearly identical for yet another year. The camera hardware of the upcoming Galaxy S26 series was tipped. The Galaxy S26 Ultra is expected to feature a 200MP main camera, potentially paired with a larger 1/1.1-inch Sony sensor. Next is a 50MP 5x zoom. The Galaxy S26 Edge will feature a 50MP ultrawide camera (possibly also on the Ultra model). The Galaxy S26 may keep the same old camera...

Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/pixel_10_release_date_galaxy_s25_fe_charging_and_renders_arrive_week_29_in_review-news-68684.php

Deals: Apple iPhone 16 series vs. Google Pixel 9 series

Samsung’s new Galaxy Z foldables will be on pre-order for another week, so let’s look at Apple and Google offerings instead – both the iPhone 16 and Pixel 9 series have some solid price cuts at the moment. Starting with the big guns, the Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max and Google Pixel 9 Pro XL have 6.9” and 6.8” displays, respectively, 120Hz LTPO panels. Both have capable cameras, though the Pixel seemingly has the upper hand with a 48MP 113mm periscope compared to 12MP 120mm on the iPhone. Check out our iPhone 16 Pro Max vs. Pixel 9 Pro XL article for camera samples and a detailed comparison of...

Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/deals_apple_iphone_16_series_vs_google_pixel_9_series-news-68689.php

Lava Blaze Dragon leaks with specs, images and live photos

We already know that Lava is planning to launch two new devices this month – the Blaze AMOLED 2 and the Blaze Dragon. Lava has provided some additional details on the Blaze Dragon, primarily that it will launch on July 25. Industry sources are filling the gaps and claiming that the phone will be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 chipset, alongside 128GB of UFS 3.1 storage. The main camera is reportedly a 50MP unit. Sources also say that the phone will run a stock version of Android 15. Lava Blaze Dragon launching in India on 25 July Under 10K :- Snapdragon 4 Gen 2- UFS 3.1 - 50MP...

Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/lava_blaze_dragon_leaks_with_specs_images_and_live_photos-news-68696.php

WhatsApp working on a Quick Recap feature that will let you generate message summaries for multiple chats

Last month, WhatsApp announced the stable release of the "Message Summaries" feature that enables users to summarize unread messages in chats. However, that feature only works with one chat at a time, so WhatsApp is developing another feature called "Quick Recap" that will allow users to summarize messages from multiple conversations simultaneously. According to the folks at WABetaInfo, the Quick Recap feature will allow users to summarize messages in up to five conversations. All they have to do is select the chats in the Chats tab, tap on the three-dot menu icon in the top-right corner,...

Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/whatsapp_quick_recap_android_beta_users-news-68699.php

Deals: Galaxy Z foldables with storage upgrade and gift cards, OnePlus challenges Nothing

Week one of the Galaxy Z pre-orders is over and we’re now heading into week two with additional incentives to pick up a next-gen foldable. Last week, you could get a free storage upgrade – and you still can. On top of that, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7 comes with a $300 Amazon Gift Card. The phone may be the thinnest-ever horizontal foldable – it certainly is in the US market – and brings large displays (6.5” cover, 8.0” main), a 200MP main camera (plus 10MP 3x/67mm tele and 12MP ultra-wide) and DeX capabilities. It’s powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite in a 12/512GB configuration for the...

Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/deals_galaxy_z_foldables_with_storage_upgrade_and_gift_cards_oneplus_challenges_nothing-news-68679.php