Xiaomi Mix Fold 4's launch date announced, Redmi K70 Ultra will tag along

Last week, Lei Jun, founder and CEO of Xiaomi, confirmed that the Mix Fold 4 and Mix Flip will be launched this month. Today, the brand announced that the Xiaomi Mix Fold 4 will be unveiled on July 19 in China at 7 PM local time. Xiaomi didn't detail the Mix Fold 4's specs sheet but confirmed the foldable will be 9.47mm thin and weigh 226g. The smartphone will also feature a quad-camera setup with Leica optics. It will consist of two telephoto cameras, one of which will be a 5X periscope unit. Additionally, Xiaomi said the Mix Fold 4 will be IPX8-rated, have 50W...

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See inside the Xperia 1 VI in first teardown video

The Sony Xperia 1 VI is now on sale and some eager tech-heads made a teardown video of the phone, showing its components in detail. One of the components that's of interest is the UFS 4.0 storage chip by Micron - Sony made the jump to faster storage with the sixth-gen Xperia 1. Another interesting bit is the size difference between the Xperia 1 VI's telephoto module and its predecessor's. The new module goes from 85mm to 170mm - 45mm longer than the Xperia 1 V and its module is notably bigger to accomodate this. Another noteworthy fact concerns the battery's energy...

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Oppo and Ericsson sign a 5G patent cross-licensing deal

Oppo and Ericsson signed a global cooperation agreement on 5G patent cross-licensing, the companies announced today. Per the multi-year deal Oppo will pay royalties to use 5G tech in its future devices, while the partners will also cooperate on device testing and marketing activities. Feng Ying, Chief IP Officer at Oppo, said the partnership is yet another step for Oppo to establish a long-term healthy IP (intellectual property) portfolio, and the Shenzhen-based manufacturer is looking forward to resolving IP disputes through "friendly negotiation with mutual respect for the value of...

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Xiaomi Mix Flip passes by Geekbench with SD 8 Gen 3

Xiaomi is gearing up to launch its first flip foldable smartphone later this year and the Mix Flip just appeared in a Geekbench listing. The upcoming flip was previously spotted in an NCC listing and Xiaomi confirmed it plans to launch the Mix Flip alongside a larger Mix Fold 4 later this month in China. Xiaomi Mix Flip appeared with the 2405CPX3DC model number and the Geekbench listing confirmed it is equipped with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset. The phone managed 2,087 single-core and 6,282 multi-core points. The listing also confirmed 12GB RAM and Android 14 Xiaomi Mix Flip on...

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Samsung Galaxy XCover7 hands-on review

Samsung unveiled the Galaxy XCover7 rugged smartphone earlier this year and launched it in a number of markets since, including India, where it marked the XCover lineup's debut. We used the Samsung Galaxy XCover7 for a few weeks, and here are our findings. Design The Samsung Galaxy XCover7 packs a 6.6" FullHD+ PLS LCD having 600 nits peak brightness, 60Hz refresh rate, and a V-shaped notch for the 5MP selfie camera. The display is surrounded by bezels thicker than what we see on regular smartphones, but we won't hold that against Samsung since we are talking about a rugged smartphone...

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Top 10 trending phones of week 28

The Samsung Galaxy A55 streak is at an end, but perhaps not the way everyone expected. While Samsung unveiled its latest foldables this week it was Nothing's affordable CMF Phone 1 that ended as the most popular phone in our databaseis in week 28. [#InlinePriceWidget, 13122, 1#] The silver medalist was arguably even more surprising - the OnePlus Nord 4 is only making its official debut next week, but you guys clearly can't wait. We then have the familiar trio of Galaxy A55, Galaxy S24 and Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro, only this time they occupy positions three through five. Samsung...

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