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Apple's next budget-friendly iPhone may inherit Face ID and the iPhone 14's design (if the rumors are to be believed).

Huawei scheduled a new announcement event on December 12, which will take place in Dubai. The Innovative Product Launch, according to the social media teasers, will reveal a “Creation of beauty”, which can be either the MatePad Pro 13.2 or the MatePad Pro 11 2024, or both. The teaser also showcased some unusual accessories in the top right corner, which could be some earphones or another smart gadget with HarmonyOS. The MatePad Pro 13.2 debuted in September with a notched display, a Kirin 9000S chipset and a 10,100 mAh battery. Two months later, its 11-inch sibling was introduced...

The Realme GT5 Pro is all set to launch on December 7 and the phone manufacturer already shared a handful of teasers, most of which are focused on the camera setup. And more specifically, the 3x telephoto camera. Realme GT5 Pro telephoto samples The newest teaser comes in a form of camera samples, all taken with that same 3x telephoto camera. However, as you can see from the focal length that some of them involve digital zoom as well. The aperture is apparently f/2.6. Here are all the samples shared on Weibo. Realme GT5 Pro telephoto samples Some of the posts...

Spotify is the latest tech company that will lay off employees as a cost-cutting measure. According to a public memo from Daniel Ek, co-founder and CEO of the Swedish audio streaming platform, approximately 17% of the workforce will be reduced. A quick calculation based on the latest quarterly report reveals this is about 1,500 of the total 9,241 employees worldwide. This is the third time Spotify is laying off employees, on top of increasing prices of its Premium subscription service. January saw 600 people get released, with 200 more from the Podcasts division being shown the door...

Samsung introduced its ISOCELL GN5 50MP sensor with the Galaxy S22 and S22+ phones and used a similar 50MP GN3 sensor on this year’s Galaxy S23 and S23+ models. That same 50MP sensor is also expected to be re-used on the Galaxy S24 and S24+ devices but a new tip suggests that the Galaxy S25 and S25+ phones may ditch the Samsung sensors in favor of Sony ones. The new report comes from reliable tipster @Tech_Reve who holds a solid track record for Samsung rumors. There are no specific details on the actual camera sensor in question given that we are more than a year away from the S25...

Go for the previous-gen flagship Pixel phone, brand new and unlocked, and avoid the usability issues of the Pixel 8 Pro.

Samsung is gearing up to launch its next generation of Galaxy Book laptops and South Korean new outlet Yonhap News is reporting that the new devices will launch later this month, on December 15. This report claims the Galaxy Book 4 series will be equipped with Intel’s upcoming Core Ultra “Meteor Lake” laptop processors set to debut on December 14. We also get confirmation for on-device AI capabilities via Gauss – Samsung’s in-house AI model which is also expected on the Galaxy S24 series smartphones. Galaxy Book 4 series will feature Intel Meteor Lake processors and Samsung Gauss AI...

OnePlus 12 is getting announced tomorrow, and we know it will have a camera design similar to its predecessor, according to promo images and the latest leaked photos. We now learn the new flagship will feature a battery with 5,400 mAh capacity – the biggest in a OnePlus smartphone ever. The phone will support 100W wired charging and, more importantly, 50W wireless charging – the feature is making a comeback after it was missing in the OnePlus 11. OnePlus 12 will fully charge in 26 minutes on the wire, 55 minutes wirelessly. OnePlus 12 might not be the only smartphone by the...

Last week a vivo VP said to expect an announcement about the S18 series on December 4. Today is the day, and we learned the lineup will be officially introduced on December 14. There will be three phones – an affordable S18e, a vanilla S18 with two cameras, and a vivo S18 Pro with the most impressive specs in the lineup. vivo S18 Pro • S18 • S18e Jia Jingdong, VP and GM of Brand and Product Strategy at vivo, revealed the Pro variant will have a Dimensity 9200+ chipset and a 50 MP camera with a Sony IMX920 sensor, also seen in the recently introduced flagship X100...

A bunch of Redmi phones debuted this week, but none managed to dethrone the Samsung Galaxy A54, which remained the most popular phone in our database. The K70 Pro ranked just behind it with the Galaxy S23 Ultra coming third. The Redmi 13C ranked fourth, pushing the Redmi Note 12 to fifth. The Redmi Note 12 Pro gained a spot to place just behind its sibling. Apple's iPhone 15 Pro Max is seventh, followed by the Samsung Galaxy S23 FE and the Xiaomi 14, which lost 5 more spots this week. Samsung Galaxy A34 completes the top 10 this week, leaving the Redmi Note 13 Pro+ out this time...

Xiaomi introduced its Redmi K70 lineup with three models – the K70, K70 Pro and K70E. Both the K70 and K70 Pro model get 50MP main cams, 120W wired charging and impressive OLED screens with up to 4,000 nits peak brightness. The Pro holds the advantage with its Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 a while the vanilla makes do with the SD 8 Gen 2. K70E s the first device with MediaTek’s Dimensity 8300 chipset. OnePlus 12 leaked in a series of hands-on images detailing its impressive BOE-made 6.82-inch LTPO OLED display. The panel features QHD+ resolution, a 1-120Hz variable refresh rate and industry-leading...

In time for the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD), Samsung wants to remind us that its Galaxy Watches are suitable for everyone, thanks to the so-called Universal Gestures. The feature enhances accessibility and allows you to navigate without having to touch the display or the rotating bezel (or the virtual bezel) at all. You can enable the Universal Gestures feature in the Settings menu under the Accessibility sub-menu. The two main gestures are "make a fist" and "pinch". The former selects an item while making a fist twice, opens up the Action menu,...

Last time we looked back at Nokia’s attempt to modernize Symbian with Anna, but that was only the first step. The next was called Belle, which brought the long-lived OS even closer to the modern design of its Android and iOS competitors. Belle brought important quality of life changes that made the interface much more pleasant and usable. However, there’s no escaping that Symbian was playing catch-up to its rivals. Let’s start with the basics and we do mean “basics”. First, the homescreen got a massive overhaul – you could now have up to 6 panes, up from 3 in Anna. And instead of the...

Bill Gates might not have actually said “640K ought to be enough for anybody”, but how much is enough? Android Go edition phones come with one or two gigs, mid-rangers often have 4-6GB, then flagships start at 8GB and go all the way up to 24GB. These number vary by brand, of course. You won’t get more than 12GB out of Samsung or Google, Apple won’t even go that far and the iPhone 15 Pro Max has 8GB of RAM. Other brands will happily put 16GB in a mid-ranger. The first smartphone with 24GB of RAM arrived a few months ago, it was the Red Magic 8S Pro+. A gaming phone, of course. Since...

Last week’s poll shows that the Honor 100 duo has potential as half of voters expressed interest in the two phones, though not without some question marks. However, when reading through the comments we saw that the phones also have a critical flaw – the Art Nouveau design. Oof, there were less than glowing comments about the looks of the two phones. We’re not sure whether there is a consensus on which of the two is better, but it sure sounds that the artistic shapes of either model are not liked by the majority. Looks aside, the Honor 100 Pro fared better – a decent chunk of people like...

Foldables are still quite pricey, but as always discounts help alleviate that. The Amazon has the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 with 1TB storage at £1,550 – this is after a £300 discount and with a £200 coupon applied. The coupon is available for the other two memory configurations, 256GB and 512GB, but they lack the first discount so the 1TB model ends up costing as much as the 256GB one. Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 12GB/1TB after £200 voucher£300 off Read our review ...

At the MediaTek Summit, the chipmaker announced new phone chips that use generative AI, new Redcap 5G modems and teased a new augmented reality chip.

Nothing is yet to branch out into multiple phone lines – right now the Nothing Phone (2) is its flagship, the older Phone (1) is sticking around as the mid-ranger. You can pick it up for €320 for an 8/128GB model, though for a small premium you can get the 12/256GB option, which is probably the better pick. The extra RAM will help keep the phone snappy going forward and there’s no way to expand the storage later on. Nothing Phone (1) €150/€170 off Read our review 8/128GB...

The Poco X6 line of devices is still shrouded in mystery, but we have seemingly started to piece some details together. Recently we learned through an NBTC certification in Thailand that the Poco X6 Pro will likely be the international variant of the Chinese Xiaomi Redmi K70E. Now, in a somewhat similar development, a GeekBench entry was spotted for a Xiaomi 23122PCD1G – a model number that has been linked to the Poco X6 5G model name through references found in the MIUI source code as well as on the GSMA IMEI Database. The GeekBench listing confirms that the tested device in...

The upcoming OnePlus 12 is expected to drop on December 5 in China, followed by an international debut on January 23. Naturally, interest in the handset has been mounting, and quite a few details have already leaked. The latest development has some nice and clear photos of the OnePlus 12 in white and green colors. We also know that the phone will come in a third black variant. All three versions will likely be available in China, while global users will get to choose between the black and green ones. OnePlus 12 If these photos look suspiciously good to you, it is simply...

Oppo's Find N3 was announced in October and we got to review the large foldable late last month. Sometime in the middle of all this we also spent a few days with the phone while travelling around Europe - and the Find's camera proved to be a mighty fine companion, whether it was the sunny streets of Seville, or the hustle and bustle of cloudy Paris. The Find N3's camera system is headlined by a new Sony imager - the LYT-808, part of Sony's new LYTIA lineup, which benefits from the latest stacked architecture for improved light-gathering capabilities. It wasn't particularly tested...

CAD-based renders of the Samsung Galaxy A55 we've been hearing about for some time have surfaced, revealing the smartphone's design. The Samsung Galaxy A55 looks similar to the Galaxy A54. It has a centered punch-hole display and a vertically aligned triple camera setup on the rear. However, the most notable difference between the Galaxy A54 and Galaxy A55's designs is that the latter has flat frames - something we expect to see on almost all smartphones Samsung will launch next year. Samsung Galaxy A55 The Samsung Galaxy A55's right-side frame has a power button and volume...

The OnePlus Open is receiving a new software update. It doesn't upgrade the foldable from Android 13 to Android 14 but brings some system and communications improvements. More importantly, it now lets users set a specific exposure value for the camera, but only in the Photo mode. The update also bumps up the Android security patch level on the OnePlus Open to November 2023. It has firmware CPH2551_13.2.0.201(EX01) and requires a download of about 510MB. You can check the screenshots below for the update's changelog. OnePlus Open OxygenOS 13.2.0.201 update's changelog It's...

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The Journal app, coming to iOS 17.2, is Apple's new mental health tool for reflection. CNET's Bridget Carey has been using it for the past month and shares her impressions on what was helpful – and what was unexpected.

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We round up the best inexpensive phones we've reviewed from Apple, Samsung and Google Pixel. Our list of affordable phones should help you save money, with the cheapest starting at $160.

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Apple's next budget-friendly iPhone may inherit Face ID and the iPhone 14's design (if the rumors are to be believed).

Huawei scheduled a new announcement event on December 12, which will take place in Dubai. The Innovative Product Launch, according to the social media teasers, will reveal a “Creation of beauty”, which can be either the MatePad Pro 13.2 or the MatePad Pro 11 2024, or both. The teaser also showcased some unusual accessories in

The Realme GT5 Pro is all set to launch on December 7 and the phone manufacturer already shared a handful of teasers, most of which are focused on the camera setup. And more specifically, the 3x telephoto camera. Realme GT5 Pro telephoto samples The newest teaser comes in a form of camera samples, all taken

Spotify is the latest tech company that will lay off employees as a cost-cutting measure. According to a public memo from Daniel Ek, co-founder and CEO of the Swedish audio streaming platform, approximately 17% of the workforce will be reduced. A quick calculation based on the latest quarterly report reveals this is about 1,500 of

Samsung introduced its ISOCELL GN5 50MP sensor with the Galaxy S22 and S22+ phones and used a similar 50MP GN3 sensor on this year’s Galaxy S23 and S23+ models. That same 50MP sensor is also expected to be re-used on the Galaxy S24 and S24+ devices but a new tip suggests that the Galaxy

Go for the previous-gen flagship Pixel phone, brand new and unlocked, and avoid the usability issues of the Pixel 8 Pro.

Samsung is gearing up to launch its next generation of Galaxy Book laptops and South Korean new outlet Yonhap News is reporting that the new devices will launch later this month, on December 15. This report claims the Galaxy Book 4 series will be equipped with Intel’s upcoming Core Ultra “Meteor Lake” laptop processors

OnePlus 12 is getting announced tomorrow, and we know it will have a camera design similar to its predecessor, according to promo images and the latest leaked photos. We now learn the new flagship will feature a battery with 5,400 mAh capacity – the biggest in a OnePlus smartphone ever. The phone will support 100W wired

Last week a vivo VP said to expect an announcement about the S18 series on December 4. Today is the day, and we learned the lineup will be officially introduced on December 14. There will be three phones – an affordable S18e, a vanilla S18 with two cameras, and a vivo S18 Pro with

Xiaomi introduced its Redmi K70 lineup with three models – the K70, K70 Pro and K70E. Both the K70 and K70 Pro model get 50MP main cams, 120W wired charging and impressive OLED screens with up to 4,000 nits peak brightness. The Pro holds the advantage with its Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 a while