Here's how much Honor's Magic9 will cost

Honor is making the Magic9 series official on September 28, but ahead of that today the company's CEO, Li Jian, has revealed the pricing for the vanilla Magic9 - or rather, one version of it, the one with 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage. This will have a normal price of CNY 6,499 ($968), but there will be a special price of CNY 5,999 ($893) in celebration of the Magic series' tenth anniversary. There's also a Chinese national subsidy that can take it down to CNY 5,499 ($819). For comparison, note that the recently launched vivo X500 goes for CNY 5,999 ($893) with 12GB of RAM and 512GB...

HMD Vibe2 Pro is launching next week with a 6,000mAh battery

HMD launched the Vibe2 in India in May, and the company has now confirmed that the lineup is expanding with a new Pro variant. HMD has also revealed several key specifications and the launch date for the upcoming Vibe2 Pro. The HMD Vibe2 Pro will launch in India on September 29. It will be powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 6400 chipset, which will be paired with up to 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. It is confirmed to pack a 6,000mAh battery with support for 33W wired fast charging. The phone will also get a 3.5mm headphone jack. For photography, the Vibe2 Pro will offer a 64MP...

Mivi One goes official with a 6.75-inch display and 6,000mAh battery

Mivi, the Indian electronics brand known for its audio products, has officially entered the smartphone market with the launch of the Mivi One 5G. The Mivi One is a budget 5G phone that comes with a 6.75-inch LCD display with 90Hz refresh rate and HD+ resolution. It is powered by the Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 chipset and is available with up to 8GB of LPDDR4X RAM and 128GB of UFS 2.2 storage. The phone does also get a microSD card slot for storage expansion. The Mivi One packs a 6,000mAh battery and features a 50MP rear camera along with an LED flash and an auxiliary lens. It gets an 8MP...

Meta's Muse can now control your Spotify

Meta's Muse AI agent has received support for Spotify today, following a bunch of other connections with existing services that were recently announced (Box, GitHub, Granola, Notion, Expedia, Turo, Viator, 1Password, OpenTable, Peloton, Plaid, Ticketmaster, as well as a bunch of others including Shopify's Shop Pay, Stripe's Link, and PayPal for payments). Now, Muse can connect to Spotify too (just ask it to), and it can play music, audiobooks, and podcasts, save stuff to your library, build playlists, and also help you find new music, books, or podcasts, all from within your conversation...

Realme 16 Pro Harry Potter Edition unboxing and hands-on

After Realme partnered with Warner Bros on the Realme 15 Pro Game of Thrones Edition, it's time for the Realme 16 Pro Harry Potter Edition! As blockbusters go, these two are not easy to beat. The phone on which this special edition is based is great on its own merit, but it's still the Harry Potter stuff that's more interesting. And there's a lot of that here. For starters everything is packed inside the tiny little Hogwarts school trunk. The phone, an 80W charger, a USB cable, a case, an invitation letter to Hogwarts, bookmarks from each of the four houses - Slytherin, Ravenclaw,...

Amazfit's T-Rex Dual Solar smartwatch offers dual-sided solar charging

Amazfit has unveiled the T-Rex Dual Solar, a new solar powered smartwatch featuring solar panels on both the front and rear. The dual solar panels can extend battery life when the watch is exposed to sunlight. The Amazfit T-Rex Dual Solar is claimed to offer up to 21 days of typical usage from its built-in 660mAh battery. However, when worn on the wrist and exposed to three hours of direct sunlight each day, the typical battery life can increase to 34 days. Meanwhile, exposing the larger solar panel on the rear to three hours of direct sunlight daily can extend the typical usage...

Realme 16 Pro 5G Harry Potter Edition and Buds T500 Pro Harry Potter Edition sold out

A couple of days ago, Realme unveiled the 16 Pro 5G Harry Potter Edition and the Realme Buds T500 Pro Harry Potter Edition. People seem to have really liked them, as both products have sold out in the company's online store in India within 24 hours of the launch. If you want either one now, you'll have to go and check offline brick-and-mortar stores hoping you'll be lucky enough to find one which still has stock. The Realme 16 Pro 5G Harry Potter Edition comes with the world's first "quadra light sensing" color changing back cover, with a distinctive design featuring a textured...

This US carrier doesn't want to let you use one phone number on two iPhones

iPhone Handoff is a new feature in the recently released iOS 27 which lets you use one phone number on two separate iPhones (not at the same time, but still). Over in the US, T-Mobile jumped at the opportunity to be the first carrier to support the feature, and it's priced it at $5 per month. In the meantime, Verizon has confirmed that it will be bringing iPhone Handoff to its customers by the end of the year. That leaves AT&T as the only holdout, and this is intentional. This carrier doesn't seem at all interested in providing the feature to its customers. Here's what an AT&T...

Beats 360 announced with interchangeable headband and cushions, and IPX4 rating

Beats today announced a new full-sized pair of wireless headphones, the Beats 360. These new headphones are targeted specifically at people who prefer using full-sized headphones in the gym and feature customizability and durability features, along with things borrowed from other Beats/Apple audio products. The Beats 360 are made from more hard-wearing materials and target long-term wearability. They feature an IPX4 water-resistance rating, a first for a pair of Beats headphones. The ear cushions ship by default in a Performance knit mesh material with foam padding but can...

Realme Buds T500 Pro Harry Potter Edition hands-on

Realme teamed up with Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products last year for the Realme 15 Pro Game of Thrones Limited Edition smartphone. Earlier this week, the company unveiled two more limited-edition products in partnership with Warner Bros., inspired by the Harry Potter universe. The products that got the Harry Potter treatment are the Realme 16 Pro and the Realme Buds T500 Pro TWS earphones. We received the Realme Buds T500 Pro Harry Potter Edition, so let's check what's on offer. Let's start by unboxing the Realme Buds T500 Pro Harry Potter Edition's retail package, which is...

Samsung Galaxy A18 in for review

The Samsung Galaxy A18 is a simple phone that does the basics. It's limited to 4G networks, has a 5,000mAh battery with 25W charging, a 6.7-inch 90Hz AMOLED display, and runs Android 17 with Samsung's One UI 9 flavouring. In the hand, it feels okay. It's an almost 200-gram phone with a plastic frame and back panel, and comes in Black, Gray, and this Light Blue. Light is a very accurate term indeed - it's a very subtle color. There's a fingerprint scanner in the right-hand-placed power button, and it's accurate and works fine! The main camera is a 50MP unit with a reasonable...

Motorola expands the reach of its Qira AI with the Android 17 update

Motorola (and parent company Lenovo) announced Qira, their shared personal AI assistant, at CES. While Qira has been available on some Lenovo devices for a while, it's only now finally starting to make its way to more Motorola smartphones, following its initial introduction on the Edge 70 Max. It will be arriving on more handsets with the Android 17 update, the company has confirmed today. Qira will only be rolling out to phones in the Signature, Razr, and Edge series. Motorola bills Qira as a "single AI experience that spans across Motorola and Lenovo products". It...

Xiaomi 18 Pro series camera specs and samples revealed ahead of launch

The Xiaomi 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max are set to launch tomorrow in China, and the company has now revealed more details about their rear camera systems. Xiaomi has also shared camera samples captured with the upcoming phones ahead of the launch. In separate posts on Weibo, Xiaomi shared key hardware specifications of the dual 200MP rear cameras on the upcoming 18 Pro lineup. The Xiaomi 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max will feature a Leica 200MP primary rear camera with a 1/1.28 inch sensor, paired with a 200MP periscope telephoto camera that uses a 1/1.56 inch sensor. The periscope telephoto...

Oppo A7 Pro Max makes its global debut, here's how much it costs in Europe

Oppo launched the A7 Pro Max in China in August, and now the phone has finally made its way to other markets, including Austria in Europe. Over there, it is now up for pre-order in Surfing Blue and Lunar Black for €599. Shipping is set to commence on October 1. The phone comes with a 6.78-inch AMOLED display with 1272x2772 resolution, a 120Hz refresh rate, and 1,800-nit peak brightness, the Snapdragon 4 Gen 5 chipset, 6GB of LPDDR4X RAM, 256GB of UFS 3.1 storage, a 50MP main camera with OIS, a 2MP monochrome camera, a 50MP selfie snapper with autofocus, and - the star of the show - a...

vivo V80 runs Geekbench just as a new teaser video gets released

Last week, the upcoming vivo V80 had its battery capacity leaked, and then vivo started officially teasing it. So it's definitely coming soon. Now it's allegedly been spotted in the Geekbench online database with the model number V2648. The benchmark run reveals the fact that the V80 is powered by the same Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 chipset as its predecessor. In the prototype that ran the benchmark, this was paired with 8GB of RAM, but perhaps there will be other memory options as well. The V80 will run Android 17 out of the box, with the newly announced OriginOS 7 on top. As you can see...

Here are the display sizes and resolutions for next year’s Pro iPhones

Apple just released the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max on Friday, and today we already have a new rumor about their successors. These are tentatively being called iPhone 20 Pro and iPhone 20 Pro Max, since next year is the 20th anniversary of the original iPhone - which is why Apple is expected to skip the number 19. [#InlinePriceWidget,14934,1#] [#InlinePriceWidget,14716,1#] So, according to Digital Chat Station on Weibo, the iPhone 20 Pro will have a 6.41-inch screen with 1236x2686 resolution, while the iPhone 20 Pro Max will have a 6.96-inch display with 1340x2912 resolution....

Apple Pay reportedly set to launch in India next month

According to a new report, Apple could launch its Apple Pay payment service in India as soon as next month. The service is currently available in more than 90 countries worldwide. In his latest Power On newsletter, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman claims that Apple will launch Apple Pay in India by the end of October. While Gurman did not provide any further details about the service, a recent Reuters report claimed that Apple will initially roll out Apple Pay in partnership with Axis Bank credit cards. The report also noted that Apple has been in discussions with HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank...

Here’s an up-close look at the iPhone 18 Pro series variable aperture

The iPhone 18 Pro series brings the first variable aperture camera on an Apple device, and that’s been one of the main talking points for the new devices. The team over at iFixit have now posted their signature teardown of the 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max, which goes over all of the new components and devotes plenty of detail on the new variable aperture system. You can skip to the 7:25 mark in the video where the host begins poking away at the camera. The system is driven by its own magnets, and the six “leaf-shaped” blades that make up the aperture are extremely small. camera...

Xiaomi 18 Pro series to launch on September 23 with hardware-level privacy screen

Xiaomi recently began teasing its flagship 18 Pro series and has now revealed more details about the phones, including their launch date, color options, and key specs. The company has also confirmed that the Xiaomi 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max will sport a hardware-level privacy display. The Xiaomi 18 Pro series will debut in China on September 23 with an upgraded rear display, HyperOS 4, and several other hardware improvements. The phones will feature a hardware-level privacy display, similar to the screen on the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra. Xiaomi has also revealed that the phones will use...

OnePlus 16 design and color options officially revealed

While we still don’t have a launch date for the OnePlus 16, the company has now fully revealed the upcoming flagship’s design, color options, and RAM and storage configurations. The phone is also available for pre-reservation in China. The OnePlus 16 will look largely identical to its predecessor, the OnePlus 15, although it will be available in new color options. OnePlus has confirmed that the flagship will be offered in Dark Forest, which features a black finish, Mars Masterpiece, which comes in light orange, and Tomorrow Starlight (grey). The orange and Starlight variants will...