Samsung Galaxy S25 Slim once again rumored to arrive later than the rest of the family

At its upcoming Unpacked unveiling event in January, Samsung is expected to announce not three, but four Galaxy S25 devices, with the Galaxy S25 Slim being the fourth member of the family seen in a recently leaked teaser. The Galaxy S25 Slim has been rumored a few times to arrive later in the year than the other three S25 devices, and today a new report corroborates this information thanks to Samsung's latest One UI 7 beta. This contains a list of US carrier-specific Samsung phone models, but the Galaxy S25 Slim's model number is not on the list. That indicates that the Slim isn't...

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2024 Winners and losers: Xiaomi

Xiaomi had a relatively uneventful 2024, but not in the negative sense. Most of what Xiaomi released this year was expected evolution of its previous-gen devices, but not necessarily boring. Maybe the only thing that shook up the scene was the release of its first-ever EV - the Xiaomi SU7. So, let's begin with this one. Winner: Xiaomi SU7 If we just look at the stats, the Xiaomi SU7 is a hit. The company's brand-new factory is working overtime to meet the demand and was able to surpass its initial goal for 2024 by a large margin. Subjectively speaking, Xiaomi did very well with...

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Xiaomi Mix Flip 2 to arrive early with big improvements

Xiaomi launched the Mix Flip, its first flip-style foldable smartphone, back in July, and according to a new report from China it was very successful over there. So much so, in fact, that its successor is planned to arrive earlier than initially expected. It will allegedly land before the end of June, and it will be a major iteration, not just a small incremental upgrade. Original Xiaomi Mix Flip The Mix Flip 2 will use Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC, and it will be thinner than its predecessor while also packing IPX8 water resistance rating and support for wireless...

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Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra to exclusively use next-gen Gorilla Glass Armor

Samsung's Galaxy S24 Ultra uses Corning's Gorilla Glass Armor, and so far it's been the only device to go with it. This has an anti-reflective coating that essentially makes the S24 Ultra have the least reflective screen in smartphone history, which is a huge boon for usability. Today a new rumor from Ice Universe over on X claims the Galaxy S25 Ultra, probably due to be unveiled on January 22, will exclusively use the "powerful" second-generation Gorilla Glass Armor from Corning, and this too will have anti-reflective properties. The difference the anti-reflective coating makes is...

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Huawei Pura 80 Ultra's cameras detailed

Huawei launched the Pura 70 Ultra back in April, and the company is now obviously working on its successor. The Pura 80 Ultra's camera specs have been leaked in China today. It's said to come with a 50 MP main camera with a 1-inch type sensor and variable aperture, a 50 MP ultrawide, and a "super large" periscope zoom camera with a 1/1.3" type sensor. Huawei Pura 70 Ultra As we're still quite far off from the Pura 80 Ultra's unveiling (rumored for Q2 2025, presumably April being the most likely month given its predecessor's launch time), do keep in mind that these rumored specs are...

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vivo Y39 runs Geekbench, could be branded Jovi in some places

vivo's upcoming Y39 has allegedly been spotted on Geekbench. It managed a 912 single-core score and a 2,214 multi-core score in Geekbench 6.3.0, so clearly this won't be a high-end device. And indeed it seems to be powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 chipset, which is a lower-tier SoC. The phone does support 5G, and the tested prototype had 8GB of RAM. There may be other RAM options available upon launch. The Y39 will run Android 15 from day one, and it could be branded Jovi in Brazil thanks to a trademark dispute with Telefonica Brazil which owns the name Vivo over...

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