Oppo is working on faster launches for its new models in Europe – the Find X10 series launched in China a month ago and it arrived in Europe and in India earlier this week. Are you interested in one of the Find X10 phones? Did your answer remain the same after you saw the prices? If you haven’t already, here they are: Find X10 (12/256GB) Find X10 (12/512GB) Find X10 Pro Max (12/512GB) UK £1,110 £1,250 £1,500 EU €1,300 €1,500 €1,800 India ₹140,000 ₹170,000 ₹200,000 They...
Huawei officially confirmed the Pura 90 Plus earlier today and opened pre-orders for it in China ahead of its October 28 launch. The company hasn't revealed any specs yet, but units of the phone are already on display in its retail stores, and the live images that have started showing up online answer one important question. The About phone screen of one of the display units lists the new Kirin 9025 chipset, 12GB of RAM, a 2848x1276 screen resolution, HarmonyOS 7, and the LCI-AL00 model number. The Pura 90 Plus is the first phone to use the Kirin 9025, which a tipster claimed earlier today...
vivo unveiled the S60 series in China in May this year, but a new leak claims that the company is already preparing its successor, the vivo S70. The leak also suggests that the phone will support a teleconverter. Tipster Digital Chat Station revealed in a Weibo post that vivo’s latest S-series phone will feature a 64MP Sony LYT610 periscope telephoto camera with teleconverter support. vivo S60 According to the tipster, the latest engineering sample of the vivo S70 features a 6.59-inch AMOLED LTPS display with a 1.5K resolution. The phone is also said to be powered by a Snapdragon...
This week saw two major launches – the Oppo Find X10 series went global and the Apple iPhone Duo started shipping. Let’s have a look at the Oppo first. The Oppo Find X10 Pro Max is a beast of a phone – in our review, we call it “an Ultra in all but name”. The triple 200MP camera is impressive, the battery life is exceptional, the chipset is powerful and the display is beautiful. What more can you ask for? Well, a lower price would be nice. Right now, Amazon has it with a €100 discount and a choice of one freebie – you can pick between the Oppo Pad 5 with a Matte Display (8/128GB, Wi-Fi,...
RedMagic OS 12 is based on Android 17, and it debuted on the RedMagic 12 Pro+ last week. Today, RedMagic has announced which of its existing phones and tablets will get the update, and when. The RedMagic 11 Pro and 11S Pro series go first, in December. The RedMagic Gaming Tablet 5 Pro follows in January. March is when the RedMagic 10 Pro and 10S Pro series, the RedMagic 11 Air, and the RedMagic Gaming Tablet 3 Pro get it, while the RedMagic 10 Air brings up the rear in April. RedMagic OS 12 brings a redesigned interface with a giant clock, plus several AI features, including an AI...
Realme launched the Realme 16 Pro+ and the 16 Pro back in January, and now the first details about their successors are starting to show up. Today, a tipster on X has shared the key specs of an upcoming Realme handset that's said to be either the Realme 17 Pro or the 17 Pro+. The device allegedly has a flat 1.5K OLED screen with a 120Hz refresh rate that goes up to 165Hz in some games, the Dimensity 7500 chipset, a 200MP main camera, a 50MP telephoto with 3.5x optical zoom, an ultrawide of unspecified resolution, and a 10,000 mAh battery. It's also said to have a plastic frame, while its...
Back in late August, Nothing unveiled Nothing OS 5.0 based on Android 17 and opened its beta to the Phone (3). The program has since expanded to more devices, and the Phone (3) is already receiving the stable version. Today the open beta is becoming available for the Nothing Phone (2a) and Phone (2a) Plus. To join, download the latest Nothing Beta Hub app from Nothing's website and install it, then go to Settings > System > Nothing Beta Hub, tap Check version, and then Join Beta. The open beta build should then arrive as an over-the-air update within a few minutes. This is unfinished...
Samsung is getting ready to launch the W27, its latest China-exclusive luxury foldable, and the device has now appeared in a leaked photo. According to a well-known tipster, it will be unveiled on October 29, and its specs are identical to those of the Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra. As you can see below, the image shows the back of the W27. It's dark blue, with gold accents on the frame and the camera island, and the W series' gold seal logo near the bottom. The triple camera setup and the pill-shaped island are the same as on the Fold8 Ultra, which fits the claim that the two phones share their...
The iPhone Duo is now slowly making its way to users who placed their pre-orders last week and the first round of reviews are already out. The consensus is that it suffers from typical first-gen product shortcomings and most reviewers are not too fond of the Touch ID sensor. Depending on the orientation that you’re holding the device, it can be hard to reach and it also requires you to hold your finger on the sensor to fully unlock the phone. It’s safe to say that Face ID is a highly requested feature for the Duo’s successor and Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman has already confirmed that Apple...
Earlier this month, WhatsApp started testing scheduled messages with some beta testers on Android, after the feature had been in development since at least February. Now it's making its way to iOS too, rolling out to some users of the WhatsApp beta for iOS version 26.42.10.19 from TestFlight, with more people set to get it over the coming weeks. It works the same way as on Android. Once you've typed your message, tap and hold the send button to bring up a date and time picker, then confirm with the green button at the bottom, which shows the exact delivery time. The earliest you can...
Last week we told you that the iQOO Z12 Turbo's chipset leaked along with its screen size, and that it will very likely be sold outside of China as the iQOO 16R, just like the Z11 Turbo became the iQOO 15R. Today, the iQOO 16R has received its first certification, showing up in Indonesia's TKDN database with the model number I2606. The listing confirms the iQOO branding and 5G support. The same model number was spotted in the GSM Association’s IMEI database back in early September, which is where the iQOO 16R name first surfaced. Going by the Z12 Turbo leaks, the 16R should come...
The nubia A75 came out in early 2024 – it was an affordable 4G phone. Since then, the company has introduced the nubia A76 4G and the nubia A77 4G. Now it’s time to say hello to the nubia A76! Wait, what? Okay, this is another case of overlapping names because this A76 and the old A76 are not the same. The new ZTE nubia A76 4G features a 6.75” display – it only has 720p+ resolution and runs at only 90Hz, but it’s better than what the other A76 has (6.5” 720p+ 60Hz). This display promises a modest 500 nits of brightness. nubia mentions the “flagship-inspired design” for the new...
OnePlus launched the Turbo 6 in China back in January, and that phone later served as the basis for the Nord 6, which launched in April. Now, Digital Chat Station on Weibo says a Turbo Pro is on the way too, and it should arrive around the end of the year. The tipster's post has since been edited to just say "good morning", which tends to happen when a brand isn't happy with what he reveals. The Turbo Pro will allegedly come with a 6.78-inch flat 1.5K screen with a 185Hz refresh rate, the 3nm Qualcomm SM8845 Pro chipset, a 200MP main camera with a large sensor, and a battery of at least...
The iPhone Duo goes on sale this Friday, October 23, but if you were hoping to just walk into an Apple Store and pick one up, you may want to rethink that plan. In a statement, Apple says there will be "limited" availability for walk-in customers, and given the "extraordinary" demand since pre-orders began last week, it expects that supply to sell out quickly. [#InlinePriceWidget,13804,1#] Limited walk-in stock will be available in the US, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Mexico, Germany, the Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, and the UK. Certain Apple...
Chinese smartphone maker Coolpad isn’t a brand we cover often, but the company has just launched the Cool X Wide, a widescreen smartphone similar to the Huawei Pura X View. Naturally, we had to take a closer look. The Coolpad Cool X Wide features a 6.38-inch LCD display with an HD resolution, a 90Hz refresh rate, and a wide 16:10 aspect ratio. It is powered by the MediaTek Helio G99 chipset, which is paired with up to 12GB of LPDDR4X RAM and 256GB of UFS 2.2 storage. The phone has a 50MP main rear camera and a macro sensor, however, Coolpad hasn’t revealed details about the...
Oppo's Reno17 series is rumored to launch in China next month, and today prolific tipster Digital Chat Station has revealed the key specs of the Reno17 Pro. If you've been following the brand's releases closely, they will sound very familiar. According to the leak, the Reno17 Pro will have a 6.32-inch flat display with 1.5K resolution and a 120Hz refresh rate, and it will be powered by MediaTek's Dimensity 8550 Super chipset. That's exactly the screen size and chipset of the global Oppo Reno16 Pro, which isn't to be confused with the Reno16 Pro for China, a bigger 6.78-inch phone with the...
After expanding its partnerships with American suppliers for the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone Duo, Apple has also started selling repair parts and tools for the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max through its Self Service Repair Store, along with parts for the M5 Max and M5 Ultra Mac Studio and the M6 and M5 Pro Mac mini models. [#InlinePriceWidget,14934,1#] [#InlinePriceWidget,14716,1#] For the two new iPhones, you can now buy replacement back glass, batteries, bottom and top speakers, cameras, displays, enclosures, front cameras, logic boards, main microphones, SIM trays, and Taptic...
Today Apple has announced new and expanded partnerships under its American Manufacturing Program (AMP), for critical materials and components used in the iPhone Duo and the iPhone 18 Pro, since nearly 100 components in those phones, from wireless chips to the silicon that powers key functions, are produced by American companies, with suppliers spread across more than a dozen states. [#InlinePriceWidget,13804,1#] [#InlinePriceWidget,14934,1#] Perryman Company supplies the grade 5 titanium enclosure of the iPhone Duo. Apple is committing up to $100 million over the next three years for...
Apple has announced its second special event for October, where it is expected to unveil the rumored touchscreen MacBook Pro. The company recently unveiled the HomeView, HomePod mini 2, a new Apple TV 4K, and several smart home products. The event is scheduled for October 28, with a special Apple Experience session set to take place in Los Angeles. Invite sent to YouTuber Marques Brownlee (@MKBHD) Invites for the event, which carries the tagline “Pro and tell”, were sent out to the press and media. Apple’s Greg Joswiak also confirmed the upcoming event on X. The use of “Pro” in...
Who remembers Karbonn? The Indian brand is preparing a comeback in the smartphone space, having spent the last five years or so in a state of hibernation. But that will end soon. There's a teaser microsite up on Amazon India for the upcoming Karbonn Rebel 5G. Unfortunately, the page doesn’t reveal any specs right now, but it does say things like "status isn't a specification", "style that stands out", "all of the phone, none of the price shock", and "don't follow, just rebel". The company says the Rebel 5G is "built for people who choose for themselves", "see past the hype", and...
