vivo V80's battery capacity leaks along with some camera features and its release timeline

vivo launched the V80 Lite a few weeks ago, and now a new rumor tells us the company is, rather unsurprisingly, also working on the V80, the proper successor to the popular V70. This will allegedly launch in India in the first week of October. It will come with a 7,200 mAh battery, which would be a notable improvement over the V70's 6,500 mAh cell. The device will also apparently feature an AI Creative Camera mode with over 30 AI effects. vivo V70 This may be similar to the 25 styles that the X300 FE shipped with. There's also a Live Sticker Collage feature, which will let you...

Oppo F35 and F35 Pro renders leak, here's when they're coming

Last week Oppo started teasing the upcoming F35 series in India, confirming that it's going to be launching soon. Today, a new leak purports to show us both devices in some leaked renders. We are assuming that the F35 Pro is on top here, as that would neatly fit with previous rumors claiming it would be a rebranded A7 Pro Max, which has the exact same design. Speaking of design, the F35 looks a lot like the A7 Pro. If these upcoming devices are indeed rebranded A7-series phones, then expect the F35 to have a 6.57-inch 1080x2372 AMOLED display with 120Hz refresh rate and 1,400-nit...

Honor Play11 gets official with an 8,300 mAh battery and the Snapdragon 4 Gen 4 SoC

Honor's increasingly vast Play11 family has added a new member today, namely the 'vanilla' Honor Play11. This device comes with a 6.872-inch LCD screen with 720x1592 resolution, a 120Hz refresh rate, and 1,020-nit peak brightness. On the rear there's a 50MP camera with f/1.8 aperture, while on the front there’s a 5MP selfie shooter. The handset is powered by the Snapdragon 4 Gen 4 SoC, paired with 6/8GB of RAM and 128/256GB of storage. Honor Play11 official images Keeping the lights on is an 8,300 mAh battery with support for 45W fast wired charging and 7.5W reverse wired...

Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 may be made in part by Samsung

According to a new report from Korea today, Qualcomm is still in talks with Samsung about the latter joining TSMC in making the former's upcoming flagship Snapdragon chips. Qualcomm is expected to announce the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro later this month, and a lot of prior rumors have suggested that TSMC will be the only foundry making them. However, today's new report claims Qualcomm is still open to a dual-source setup with TSMC and Samsung. This is made possible by the fact that Samsung's 2nm yields have improved lately, although they're still trailing...

Honor reveals Magic9 series designs and colors, Super Edition to get 11,000mAh battery

Last week, Honor teased the design of the Magic9 Pro Max. The company has now confirmed that the lineup will also include a Magic9 Super Edition and has revealed the design, color options, and RAM/storage configurations of all three phones. The Honor Magic9 Pro Max will be available in Black, Silver, and Olive Green colorways. It will be offered with up to 16GB of RAM and 1TB of internal storage. Meanwhile, the standard Honor Magic9 will be available in Black, Silver, Olive Green, and Popcorn Yellow. Like the Pro Max, it will be offered with up to 16GB of RAM and 1TB of...

Oppo Find X10 series launch date, colors and storage options revealed

After teasing the lineup and their key features last week, Oppo has now confirmed when the Find X10 series will launch in China. The company has also revealed the phones’ designs, color options, and storage configurations. The Oppo Find X10, Find X10 Pro Max, and Find X10 E will launch in China on September 22, just one day after vivo is set to unveil its X500 series in the country. Oppo has also revealed the design, color options, and the RAM/storage configurations of all three devices on their official online store in China. The Oppo Find X10 Pro Max will feature a square-shaped...

Sony LinkBuds Clip review

The LinkBuds Clip are Sony’s first clip-style earbuds. This style of earbuds claims to offer open-ear comfort and spatial awareness while being more secure than standard earbud designs. Sony promises all-day wearing comfort, balanced sound, and AI-enhanced voice pickup. The LinkBuds Clip come in four different colors and are priced at $230. Let’s see how they perform. Design and comfort With the LinkBuds Clip, Sony is offering a fresh take on the design of clip-style earbuds. Instead of the typical wiry bridge connecting the speaker unit and main unit, the LinkBuds Clip use a...

Here's another look at Tecno's Camon Slim bezel-less concept phone

You may remember Tecno's bezel-less concept phone, which we handled at the IFA trade show a week ago. Well, we have it at the office for a closer look. Now, we're not going to cover the same ground all over again; go and check out our original piece on the concept. Think of this as more of a high-quality gallery. The bezel-less concept phone is based on Tecno's 5G Camon Slim. It even calls itself by that name in About phone. And it reports the same base specs - a Dimensity 7300e chip and a 6,000mAh battery. The concept phone next to its namesake, the Camon Slim 5G But there are...

Weekly poll: will you buy the iPhone Duo? What about the iPhone 18 Pro or iPhone 18 Pro Max?

Years of rumors can finally be put to rest – Apple unveiled the iPhone Duo, its first foldable, earlier this week. It’s not a cheap phone – here’s the pricing breakdown. That said, its starting price of $2,000 / £2,000 / €2,300 / ₹300,000 is quite close to the Z Fold8’s price of $1,900 / £1,700 / €2,000 / ₹180,000 in most regions (with the obvious exception of India). Apple iPhone Duo • Apple iPhone 18 Pro • Apple iPhone 18 Pro Max Indeed, the Z Fold8 will be the Duo’s strongest rival. We have a detailed specs comparison between the two if you are interested in a closer look. We...

Oppo Watch X3 review

The Oppo Watch X3 continues the brand's strategy of offering a great Wear OS experience with a focus on battery longevity. With a price point around €300, it positions itself against established competitors by promising up to five days of battery life in its full smart mode. [#InlinePriceWidget,14547,1#] Oppo Watch X3 specs at a glance: Body: 47.4x47.4x11.0mm, 43g; sapphire crystal front, titanium alloy frame, glass-fiber-reinforced plastic back; IP68/IP69 dust-tight and water-resistant (high-pressure water jets; immersible up to 1.5m for 30 min), Waterproof (5ATM),...

Weekly poll results: Poco F9 Ultra sizzles, Poco F9 Pro not as hot, both need a price cut

From the comments under last week’s poll we know that some of you have already bought a Poco F9 Ultra. This is clearly the more popular model of the two – its F9 Pro sibling did okay, but it’s clearly in the shadow of the Ultra. Poco F9 Ultra at a glance • Poco F9 Pro at a glance It’s not all roses, though. From the poll results it’s clear that people think that F9 Ultra’s starting price ($730/€830 early bird) is too high. But as our weekly deals posts have shown us, the Poco F series gets frequent discounts and promotions. The F9 generation will not be any different in that...

iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone Duo hot-take

Now that we've had a few days to mull over Apple's newest iPhones, it's time to share our initial thoughts. Some things are as clear as day - Apple will still sell every new iPhone that it manufactures, and it's almost a 100% certainty that it will struggle to keep the iPhone Duo in stock. With that out of the way, here's our hot take. Apple took its sweet time with its first foldable, and it shows Apple is said to have been actively working on its first foldable since at least 2019. Reportedly, Tim Cook came back from a trip to China, apparently very energized about...

vivo shows all colors of the X500 Pro Max

vivo is unveiling the X500 series in China on September 21, and ahead of that, a few days ago the company revealed the design of the X500 Pro Max. Today it's back with more official images, this time showing all four colors in which the phone will be available. Here they are for your viewing pleasure. vivo X500 Pro Max in all colors The X500 Pro Max is expected to be powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro SoC. It will have a main camera with a custom sensor co-developed with Sony which will offer 17EV of dynamic range. Its 200MP periscope telephoto camera will be the same...

OnePlus 16 may not launch in India

According to a new rumor from a tipster on X, OnePlus may not be launching the upcoming OnePlus 16 in India. Instead, the OnePlus 16R will be the brand's next flagship in the country. It will be followed by new Nord series and N series devices. In recent years, OnePlus has launched a new flagship number-series device as well as an R-series model, which uses a lesser chipset and comes with lesser cameras and a big battery. Now, if this rumor pans out, it means India will miss out on a OnePlus device powered by the upcoming Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 chipset, and will have to make do with the...

Fairphone's Fairbuds 2 earbuds leak in two colors

Fairphone launched its first pair of true wireless earbuds, aptly called the Fairbuds, in April of 2024. Now the company is almost ready to introduce the second generation - in fact, the Fairbuds 2 are coming in the fourth quarter of this year (between October and December). Today a new leak brings us a look at the new earbuds in green and black. Fairbuds 2 leaked images As you can see, the Fairbuds 2 have stems, while the originals didn't. Their case is also thicker than the original one, which makes us wonder whether Fairphone has managed to fit a larger battery inside than...

Samsung Galaxy A08 retailer listing gives us specs and official images

The Samsung Galaxy A08 was spotted in the Google Play Console in August, and then got certified by Anatel in Brazil a few days later. Things have been quiet since then, but now the phone has shown up at an online retailer in the UAE, where it's seemingly already available for purchase for AED 625 ($170), down from the recommended price of AED 659 ($179). The phone sports a 6.7-inch PLS LCD screen with a 90Hz refresh rate, a 50MP main camera, a 2MP depth sensor, an 8MP front camera, and a 6,000 mAh battery with support for 25W fast charging. Samsung Galaxy A08 images It's...

Qualcomm outlines the improvements in the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro's new NPU

Qualcomm is introducing its Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 SoC as well as the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro at its annual Snapdragon Summit on September 22. Ahead of that event, today the company is teasing the improvements it's made to one of the chips' Hexagon NPU (presumably we're talking about the Hexagon NPU of the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro). This is built for agentic AI, with a transformer-focused Element Accelerator and a 50% larger shared memory that "keeps frequently accessed model data close to the NPU" so that agents "can stay responsive as they juggle longer context, more...

Here are the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max Geekbench scores

Yesterday, Apple unveiled the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max, which are both powered by the new A20 Pro chip. As usual, the company has praised its latest and greatest SoC for being better than all of its predecessors, but how does it actually perform in a benchmark? Thankfully, we have a preliminary answer for that today, since two new iPhones identifying themselves as the iPhone 19,2 and iPhone 19,3 have just run Geekbench 6.7. Their single-core scores are 4,719 and 4,612, respectively, while their multi-core scores are 12,677 and 11,819, respectively. If we average the single-core...

Insta360 Luna Pro gimbal camera goes official with a 1-inch sensor

Insta360 is expanding its Luna series of gimbal cameras with the new Luna Pro. The handheld gimbal camera features a 1-inch sensor paired with a Leica Summicron lens, along with support for 8K Dolby Vision video recording and 10-bit I-Log. The Insta360 Luna Pro is powered by a 4nm chipset and also features a dedicated image processor, enabling its 1-inch sensor to capture video at up to 8K resolution and up to 1080p 240fps slow-motion footage. The gimbal camera features 3-axis stabilization, along with 2x lossless zoom and up to 4x HighRes zoom. The Luna Pro also features a...

Apple iPhone Duo vs. iPhone 18 Pro (Max): Which one to get?

Apple’s relatively stable smartphone line-up made it easy for people to figure out their upgrade path. The company would occasionally throw in a curveball like the iPhone Air or the iPhone 17e, but for the most part, people didn’t spend much time wondering which model to pick. Vanilla users got the new vanilla iPhone, Pro users got the new Pro. But now the iPhone Duo has arrived, Apple’s first foldable. Obviously, Android foldables have been around for a while now, so this isn’t a completely unprecedented experience. Still, for Apple die-hards this could be their first...

Sony Xperia 1 IX may get an exciting camera upgrade

Sony launched the Xperia 1 VIII, its latest flagship smartphone, back in May, and released it in June. Now we already have a rumor about its successor, which we assume will be called the Xperia 1 IX. [#InlinePriceWidget,14660,1#] This device will allegedly sport a main camera with a larger sensor than the Xperia 1 VIII's 1/1.35" type. Use of a larger sensor will necessitate more space, so the Xperia 1 IX will apparently have a redesigned camera island, with a larger square area than the Xperia 1 VIII's. Sony Xperia 1 VIII If this pans out, it would be the first time Sony changed...

The Galaxy Z Fold8 and Z Fold8 Ultra are beating Galaxy Z Fold7's sales numbers in Europe

Back in August, Samsung revealed that pre-orders in Europe for the Galaxy Z Fold8, Z Fold8 Ultra and Z Flip8 were 20% higher than the pre-orders for the Z Fold7 and Z Flip7 last year. The new foldables have continued to gain momentum since then. Now, Samsung says that the combined Z Fold8 and Z Fold8 Ultra sales are 50% higher than the Z Fold7 last year (note that this stat doesn't include Z Flip sales, unlike the pre-order number). Okay, it’s two phones against one, but this shows that there was a wide foldable-shaped hole in Samsung’s Galaxy Z line-up. This conclusion is also...

iPhone Duo gets two official first-party cases, here they are

The iPhone Duo is Apple's first foldable smartphone, and alongside it, the company today also unveiled two official first-party cases for the device. The iPhone Duo Folio is going to be available in navy blue and taupe, and it has an integrated kickstand which supports a wide range of viewing angles. It folds away neatly when not in use. iPhone Duo Folio The iPhone Duo case is thin and light, according to Apple, and will be available in sand and navy blue. It features a protective two-part design, wrapping around both sides of the phone. iPhone Duo case Both cases...

This is when Apple is releasing iOS 27

Today Apple unveiled the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max. These devices will go on pre-order on September 12 and will be released on September 18. They will both be running iOS 27, which Apple announced back in June and has been working on ever since. Today Apple has also revealed when the stable version of iOS 27 will become available for eligible iPhones, following the usual months-long beta testing period. That date is Monday, September 14. That's when iOS 27 will be released, and it's safe to assume that iPadOS 27, watchOS 27, tvOS 27, and macOS 27 will also be released on the same...

MediaTek's Dimensity 9600 Pro SoC now has an official launch date

Today on X, MediaTek has revealed when it plans to unveil its next flagship Dimensity SoC: on September 15 at 2:30 PM in China. That's 2:30 AM in New York, 7:30 AM in London, 8:30 AM in Central Europe, 9:30 AM in Eastern Europe, and 12 PM in India. According to the post on X, the new product is a "pro chip", enabling a "pro experience", but it also comes with "pro efficiency" and "pro imaging", supporting 4k240fps slow-motion. "Pro gaming" hasn't been forgotten either, with the company promising "AI-enhanced graphics", an upgraded HyperEngine, and "immersive ray tracing". So it...