Honor Play11 Plus and Play10 5G go official with 7,000mAh batteries

Honor has expanded its Play series in China with the silent launch of the Play11 Plus and Play10. Both smartphones come with 7,000mAh batteries and 50MP main rear cameras. Honor Play11 Plus Let’s start with the Play11 Plus, which is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 6500 Elite chipset. The handset sports a 6.6-inch AMOLED display that offers a 1.5K resolution, up to 6,500 nits of peak brightness, and a refresh rate of 120Hz. It packs a 7,000mAh battery with support for 45W fast charging. The phone also features a single-click AI button and runs Android 16-based MagicOS 10. As...

Here's when the Infinix Smart 20 is landing in India

Infinix initially launched the Smart 20 in some markets in March, and now the brand is finally ready to bring this device to India. It's launching over there on June 8, which is this coming Monday, at 12PM local time. It will be sold on Flipkart. The Smart 20 has a 6.78-inch 720x1576 LCD screen with 120Hz refresh rate and 700-nit peak brightness, the MediaTek Helio G81 Ultimate SoC at the helm, 4GB of RAM, 64/128GB of expandable storage, an 8MP main camera, an 8MP front camera, and a 5,200 mAh battery with support for 15W wired and 5W reverse wired charging. The phone runs Android...

Samsung Galaxy A27 and Redmi 17 4G get certified ahead of release

The upcoming Samsung Galaxy A27 has already starred in two sets of leaked renders, and was also spotted in the Geekbench database. Now, it's been certified for sale in Singapore by IMDA, and this mandatory regulatory step signifies that its launch is finally getting very near. The device will unsurprisingly have dual-SIM support, as well as 5G, NFC, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth. These are all the details that the certification has revealed about it. According to the aforementioned Geekbench listing, the A27 is powered by the Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 SoC, paired with 6GB of RAM. IMDA has also...

OpenAI will voluntarily comply with Trump's new AI reviews order

OpenAI's head of countries, George Osborne, said that it will voluntarily comply with President Trump's new AI executive order. The order, signed by Trump on Tuesday, requests (not orders) access to the latest AI models 30 days before their release. The order was originally drafted to require companies to submit their AI models 90 days before public release. But public pushback and Trump's own publicly-admitted doubts made the change. OpenAI will submit its next-gen AI models to participate in a benchmarking process to assess “advanced cyber capabilities of AI models and determine...

This is when the OnePlus 16 and iQOO 16 are rumored to be launching

Yesterday we heard that Xiaomi, Oppo, and vivo would all launch their upcoming flagship smartphone families in September. But what about sub-brands? Now the prolific Digital Chat Station on Weibo tells us what to expect from OnePlus and iQOO, specifically when the OnePlus 16 and iQOO 16 are going to launch. If you guessed September, you win. For reference, note that the OnePlus 15 and iQOO 15 both launched in October last year in China. OnePlus 15 This September is going to be a very full month for smartphone launches in China, it seems. Of course, many of these devices will also...

Xiaomi 18 Pro is getting a bigger rear screen

Back in September of last year, Xiaomi launched the 17 Pro and the 17 Pro Max which both feature a rear screen. The Xiaomi 17 Pro's rear display is a 2.7-inch panel. This, however, is now rumored to grow in its successor, the Xiaomi 18 Pro. According to a leaker on Weibo, this device's rear screen will measure a whopping 4 inches diagonally. Xiaomi 17 Pro Not just that, but it will be a higher-brightness panel than the Xiaomi 17 Pro's, and will be higher-resolution too, leading to a higher pixels-per-inch number. The rear screen will have large rounded corners, and there's also...

RedMagic Astra 2 gets certified ahead of release this month, here are the main specs

The next RedMagic tablet is launching in China as the RedMagic Tablet 5 Pro this month, that much has already been confirmed by the brand. We expect this to be branded Astra 2 internationally, since the original Astra was a rebranded Tablet 3 Pro for global markets, and the number 4 was skipped due to tetraphobia). Today the RedMagic Astra 2 has been certified for sale in China by the relevant authorities, and this process has revealed that it has support for 80W wired charging. The prolific Chinese leaker who goes by Digital Chat Station on Weibo says the Astra 2 will have a 9-inch...

Xiaomi 18 Pro Max camera details leak, two 200MP sensors are in

A new rumor from China today claims the upcoming Xiaomi 18 Pro Max will have a 200MP main camera using a 1/1.28" type "new generation" LOFIC sensor. The phone also allegedly has a 200MP periscope telephoto camera with 3x optical zoom and f/2.4 aperture. This camera uses a 1/1.56" type sensor. The telephoto camera will support macro shooting from approximately 15cm. This is a wildly different setup compared to the Xiaomi 17 Pro Max's 50MP main camera and 50MP periscope telephoto camera with 5x optical zoom. The telemacro focusing will be closer in the Xiaomi 18 Pro Max too, 15cm vs....

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra moniker confirmed by Bluetooth SIG

Samsung is rumored to launch two book-style folding smartphones this year - the Galaxy Z Fold8 and the Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra. The Fold8 was previously called Fold8 Wide, while the Fold8 Ultra was called the Fold8. The renaming happened last month, causing confusion. While there's no word from Samsung on this development, we now know that the Fold8 Ultra moniker is real. This confirmation comes from the Bluetooth SIG, which has listed the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra in its database after certifying the foldable. While the database doesn't divulge any specs of the Fold8 Ultra, it has...

vivo X500 Pro Max display details leak

Back in April we first heard that vivo's upcoming X500 family would also include the X500 Pro Max, with the brand seemingly following in Xiaomi's footsteps, which of course was itself inspired by Apple's long-running smartphone naming scheme. Today Digital Chat Station on Weibo has shared some details about the vivo X500 Pro Max's screen. According to him, it will be a 6.85-inch flat LIPO OLED panel with "2.5D" glass on top, "2K" resolution, and a 144Hz refresh rate. vivo X300 Pro The panel will also support high-frequency PWM dimming across the entire brightness range. The screen...

Oppo and vivo are both making DJI Osmo Pocket 4 competitors, camera info leaks

Back in February we first heard that vivo was working on its very own vlogging camera to rival DJI's Osmo Pocket line, and now a new rumor from China claims Oppo is doing the same too. According to Digital Chat Station on Weibo, both the Oppo and the vivo devices will feature a 200MP camera using a 1/1.12" type sensor. That size is very specific and points towards Sony's Lytia 901, unveiled last November. DJI Osmo Pocket 4 Oppo may co-brand its vlogging camera with Hasselblad, and vivo with Zeiss. Both of these will have "flagship-level" chips that aren't mentioned, and they will...

Xiaomi 18 display and battery details leak

The Xiaomi 18 is coming in September, rumor has it, and according to a new leak from China, it will boast a 6.4-inch flat screen. That's marginally bigger than its predecessor's 6.3" panel, and it will keep the same 19.5:9 aspect ratio. The Xiaomi 18's panel will allegedly have "2K" resolution, which is an improvement over the Xiaomi 17, as well as ultra-narrow bezels, and large rounded corners. The phone's battery capacity will start with the number 7, and one commenter on Weibo seems to think it will be 7,800 mAh. Xiaomi 17 Anyway, even if it's "just" 7,000 mAh, that's still...

Oppo is rumored to be working on an A-series smartphone with a 10,000 mAh battery

According to a new rumor from China's Digital Chat Station, Oppo is currently working on a mid-range A-series device with a whopping 10,000 mAh battery. The yet-unnamed phone will also allegedly have a large flat LTPS OLED screen with "1.5K" resolution. Unfortunately, the leaker hasn't mentioned the exact chipset it will be using, just that the chip is built on a 4nm process. Given the mid-range nature of the A-series, it's clearly not going to be a high end SoC. People on Weibo are speculating it might be the Snapdragon 7s Gen 4, or a Snapdragon 6 series SoC, or perhaps the MediaTek...

Asus unveils the VivoWatch 6 Plus with ECG and blood pressure monitoring

Today at Computex Asus unveiled a new smartwatch. It's called VivoWatch 6 Plus, and unfortunately the company didn't publish a whole lot of information about it so far. The device has a 1.43-inch AMOLED screen, sapphire crystal glass on top, and its case is made from titanium. The watch supports blood pressure measurement and ECG, as well as sleep breathing movement and gait analysis, "offering deeper insights into the risk of chronic disease and long-term health trends", the sparse official press release says. These features "combined with real-time health feedback transform the...

Oppo's upcoming ColorOS said to be borrowing some Liquid Glass UI elements from Apple

The next big release for Oppo's Android skin is ColorOS 17, which will presumably be based on Android 17. This is coming within the next few months, and today a rumor from China claims it will draw more than a little bit of inspiration from Apple's Liquid Glass design, introduced with iOS 26 last year. Unfortunately there aren't many details, but the source claims Oppo's version is more "liquid acrylic" than "liquid glass", since it has "relatively weak refraction" on the UI elements. The advantage of choosing this option is allegedly lower power consumption and better...

iPhone Ultra to sport a liquid metal hinge

Apple's first foldable smartphone, widely rumored to be coming this fall under the name iPhone Ultra, is now said to sport a liquid metal hinge. This information comes from one of the most prolific leakers over on Weibo. According to this source, the development of the iPhone Ultra is progressing rapidly, and prototypes have already been shipped to carriers worldwide for testing ahead of the launch. Despite the name, "liquid metal" is an alloy that isn't actually liquid, but unlike traditional metals, which have a rigid, crystalline atomic structure, it has a disordered,...

Samsung Galaxy A54 is now receiving the update to One UI 8.5

Samsung is continuing its rollout of One UI 8.5, the version of its Android skin that made its debut on the Galaxy S26 family early this year. The company beta tested it until early May for older devices, and over the past few weeks it's been busy releasing it to more and more handsets. [#InlinePriceWidget,12070,1#] Today the Galaxy A54 from 2023 is the one graced with its very own taste of One UI 8.5, but with a caveat. The update is currently only available in Korea, where the Galaxy A54 is sold as the Galaxy Quantum 4. It has the same model number though, and is for all intents and...

Google is opening its first physical store outside the US this summer

Google is finally going to open its first physical store outside of the US "this summer". The company has announced that the store will be opening in Omotesando, Tokyo, Japan, specifically on the first floor of Omokado in Tokyu Plaza. The store will sell Pixel devices, Nest products, Fitbit devices, as well as accessories, and will also be offering "the latest AI experiences", whatever that means. Additionally, the store will serve as a pick-up point for orders made from Google's online store in Japan. Dedicated staff will be available to help with troubleshooting Google products....

Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold8 wide foldable spotted in the wild

Samsung is expected to launch its next foldables in July. Recent leaks suggest that the rumored wide-screen foldable could be called the Galaxy Z Fold8, while the Galaxy Z Fold7 successor may be known as the Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra. Ahead of anything official, the wide-screen foldable has been spotted in real-world images. Images of the alleged wide-screen Galaxy Z Fold8 have surfaced online courtesy of a user on South Korea’s DC Inside community forum. The device appears to be wrapped in a protective anti-leak case that conceals most of its design details. However, the phone’s...

Huawei nova 16 Ultra arrives with 200MP main cam and 7,000 mAh battery

Just as expected, Huawei unveiled its nova 16 series in China today with four members. The top dog in the rotation is the nova 16 Ultra, and it brings an impressive set of cameras and a substantial battery capacity. Nova 16 Ultra is armed with a 7,000 mAh battery, which supports 100W wired, 50W wireless and up to 7.5W reverse wireless charging. The phone also holds IP68 and IP69 ingress protection ratings. Up front, nova 16 Ultra features a 6.84-inch LTPO OLED with FHD+ resolution and a 1-120Hz adaptive refresh rate. The panel features Kunlun Glass protection and is rated at up...