Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max again rumored to exclusively sport periscope lens

The Apple iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max arriving later this year were rumored to sport periscope units, but reliable analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said that only the Pro Max model will feature a periscope lens. Now Twitter user @URedditor, with a somewhat solid track record, has also claimed that only the iPhone 15 Pro Max will feature a periscope camera. The source didn't reveal anything else about the periscope module. And when asked if the camera layout on the iPhone 15 Pro Max has changed, they said, "Not really." Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max According to previous rumors, the iPhone 15...

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Watch the Poco F5 series launch event here

While Xiaomi’s UAE branch jumped the gun and listed the Poco F5 and F5 Pro yesterday, we do have an official launch event today where we’ll get pricing and availability information. The event starts at 12PM UTC and you can tune in via the livestream below. The newest Poco members are rebadged Redmi series phones with the Poco F5 being identical to the Redmi Note 12 Turbo while the F5 Pro is largely similar to the Redmi K60, albeit with a different battery.

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MediaTek Dimensity 8050 official with 3GHz prime CPU core

MediaTek just announced the Dimensity 8050 - a new chip in name only, as it's basically identical to the Dimensity 1300 and 1200. The Dimensity 8050 is built on TSMC's N6 (6nm) process and comes with a 5G modem. The octa-core processor has four fast Cortex-A78 cores and four efficient Cortex-A55 cores. The Cortex-A78 units are actually divided between 1 Super Core running at up to 3GHz, and three Performance Cores ticking at up to 2.6Ghz. The chipsets supports up to 16GB of LPDDR4x RAM and UFS 3.1 storage. Arm Mali-G77 with 9 cores is in charge of graphics. The Dimensity 8050...

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Tecno Camon 20 Premier official with Dimensity 8050, 108MP ultrawide camera

Tecno just unveiled the Camon 20 Premier 5G with a premium design featuring leather and ceramic on the back. Tecno says the build is premium and "free from the flimsiness of plastic" and each phone takes 56 hours of polishing and 576 total hours to build. The rear panel is clad in lychee pattern leather, while the camera module is made of nanocrystalline ceramic. The phone comes in either Serenity Blue or Dark Welkin (black). Tecno Camon 20 Premier 5G The Camon 20 Premier 5G packs an interesting camera configuration. It starts with a 50MP RGBW main camera with 23mm f/1.8 lens...

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You can already buy a Google Pixel 7a albeit unofficially

Google is hosting its big annual I/O conference tomorrow and one of the stars of the show is expected to be the long-rumored and often leaked Pixel 7a. The yet-to-be official midranger has made another appearance on the US marketplace site Swappa. The online marketplace has eight offers for Pixel 7a phones ranging from $469 to $499 in Gray, White and Blue colors. PIxel 7a listing on Swappa All listed phones are in the 8/128GB trim and are carrier unlocked. We can see the in-hand photos confirm the phone’s design and we also get a look at the in-box contents – a USB-C cable, a...

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Apple Watch Series 9 to be powered by a new A15-based chip

The Apple Watch Series 8 launched last year was powered by the S8 chip, which, like the S7 powering the Watch Series 7, was similar to the S6 chip that powered the Series 6. However, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, the Watch Series 9, expected to arrive in a few months, will have a new processor at the helm instead of something that's a rebadged version of the previous chip. Gurman also believes this new chip would be based on Apple's A15 SoC, which powered the iPhone 13 series. And while it's unclear how different the Series 9's chip would be from the A15, you can expect it to...

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