Samsung Galaxy A05 Google Play Console listing confirms the design and some specs

After having been certified by the FCC and showing up in a hands-on leak earlier today, the upcoming Samsung Galaxy A05 continues its leak journey now with a listing on the Google Play Console, which implies, even more than before, that the launch is definitely nearing. One might even say it's imminent at this point. The Google Play Console listing confirms the A05's design with the image you can see below, and also some of the entry-level device's specs. The Galaxy A05 will have 4GB of RAM, dual rear cameras, a waterdrop notch, an HD+ screen, a 5,000 mAh battery, and will run...

Sony increases PlayStation Plus pricing for the annual plan

Sony has announced that it is increasing the pricing for its PlayStation Plus subscription service globally for the yearly plans. The price hike goes live starting September 1. The PlayStation Plus service is available in three tiers. The basic PlayStation Plus Essential tier will now cost $80 instead of $60 for the yearly plan. With this tier, you continue getting access to two free monthly downloadable games as long as your membership is active, as well as access to online multiplayer gaming, cloud saves, and discounts on game purchases. The PlayStation Plus Extra tier now...

Samsung Galaxy A05 flashes new design in first leaked photos

Samsung Galaxy A05 has been doing the rounds in the rumor mill for the past month, and today the affordable smartphone appeared in its first photos. The device was certified by Anatel, the National Telecommunications Agency in Brazil, and the listing came with two photos revealing the front and back. The phone has a glossy panel with a stripe design in Black, while the front has an Infinity-U notch for the selfie camera. Samsung Galaxy A05 Samsung is expected to launch the Galaxy A05 with a Helio G85 chipset that is limited to LTE connectivity. The phone's battery capacity is...

Kuo: Apple iPhone 15 devices will be lighter, Pro Max running behind schedule

Apple is introducing the iPhone 15 phones on September 12, and now we learned from analyst Ming-Chi Kuo that most of the production issues are fixed. They also shared their expectations of colors – the two iPhone 15 Pro versions will be available in gray, white, black, and blue, while the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus will sell in black, pink, yellow, blue, and green. iPhone 14 Pro Max Issues with stacked CIS, panels, and batteries might have been fixed but the iPhone 15 Pro Max is still arriving last. Kuo revealed the project kicked in late, so mass production schedule lags behind the...

iQOO Z7 Pro launched in India with Dimensity 7200 and 66W charging

The iQOO Z7 Pro is now official as the latest Z7 series device in India. It brings updates across the board compared to the iQOO Z7 launched in March. The Z7 Pro gets a larger curved 6.78-inch AMOLED display with FHD+ resolution and a 120Hz refresh rate. It also retains the in-display fingerprint scanner and 16MP front-facing camera housed inside a punch-hole cutout. MediaTek’s Dimensity 7200 chipset sits at the helm aided by 8GB RAM and 128/256GB storage. The back houses a 64MP main camera with OIS and a 2MP depth sensor. We got the chance to test out the Z7 Pro’s cameras last week...

Samsung Galaxy A05 appears with a new design in first leaked photo

Samsung Galaxy A05 has been part of the rumor mill for the past month, and today the affordable smartphone appeared in its first photos. The device was certified by Anatel, the National Telecommunications Agency in Brazil, and the listing came with two photos revealing the front and back. The phone is pictured with a glossy panel with a stripe design in Black, while the front has an Infinity-U type of notch for the selfie camera. Samsung Galaxy A05 Samsung is expected to launch the Galaxy A05 with a Helio G85 chipset that is LTE-only, with no 5G yet for the A0x series. The...

Verizon's new myPlan Unlimited Ultimate launches on August 31 for $90 per month

Verizon unveiled its new myPlan lineup back in May, with myPlan Unlimited Welcome being the $65/one line/month entry-level option and the $80/one line/month myPlan Unlimited Plus being the step up. Now, there's a further step up, and quite an intriguing one at that. Starting on August 31, existing and prospective Verizon customers can also choose the new myPlan Unlimited Ultimate for $90/one line/month. The new plan comes with unlimited 5G Ultra Wideband, 60GB of mobile hotspot allowance (which Verizon boasts is "the most offered in the industry"), 10GB of international premium...

Google officially announces October 4 launch event for the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro

Yesterday, Apple made the date of its next grand unveiling event official. It will announce the iPhone 15 series on September 12. Today, Google has revealed the date for its next big hardware event. It's done so way sooner than Apple, however, which makes us think it wanted to 'respond' to Apple's announcement in this way. Anyway, the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro are getting official on October 4. Pixel event invites also just went out. We are descending into the most fun time of the year pic.twitter.com/RZfpm4u6OZ— Marques Brownlee (@MKBHD) August 30, 2023 Unlike Apple's event, which is...

Teardown: take a look inside the Huawei Mate 60 Pro

Just a day after the Huawei Mate 60 Pro surprisingly went official, the first disassembly video is here. It's a walkthrough of the process as well as a good look inside the phone to see the components. The first thing to note is that the Mate 60 Pro has an estimated 7,000mm2 vapor chamber - much bigger than what's found on its predecessor and most other rivals. We also got a look at the chipset, which Huawei didn't confirm at the time of the announcement. It's indeed a Kirin SoC and most likely the Kirin 9000s in particular. Finally, the teardown shows the dedicated chip...

Realme teases the Narzo 60x 5G, suggesting imminent announcement

Realme announced the Narzo 60 series just over a month ago in India with both handsets based on the Realme 11 series. Now, the company is teasing the Narzo 60x 5G, which is rumored to be closely related to the Realme 11x and Realme 11. It will likely adopt a 6.72-inch IPS LCD, Dimensity 6100+ SoC and a 5,000 mAh battery. Judging by the teaser images, the Narzo 60x 5G will also adopt the same design and perhaps camera hardware as well. We are unsure whether it will use the 108MP main unit from the Realme 11 or the 64MP shooter inside the Realme 11x. The teaser appeared on a...

Xiaomi phone shipments fell 15.8% in Q2 '23 as market slump continues

Xiaomi posted its quarterly financial report, and the numbers did not look good for the Q2 period of 2023. The overall revenue declined by 4%, with the smartphone business playing a major part in the lower number. Between April and June 2023, Xiaomi sold 15.8% fewer devices, compared to last year's period. Smartphone performance Q2 2023 Q2 2022 Change Revenue CNY 36.5 billion/ USD 5 billion CNY 42.2 billion/USD 5.78 billion - 13.27% Profit CNY 4.8 billion/USD 658 million CNY 3.6 billion/USD 493 million 33% ...

The Galaxy Z Fold5 Thom Browne special edition is coming on September 7

Last week Samsung teased a special Thom Browne edition of the Galaxy Z Fold5, now it has confirmed the reveal date – September 7. This comes with a post on X that shows a Z Fold5, though it appears to be a regular version of Samsung’s foldable. Thom Browne devices usually come with the designer’s trademark three color stripe. Have a look back a the Z Flip3 and Z Fold3 special editions, for example. This probably isn’t what the Z Fold5 Thom Browne edition will look like-news The phone is only part of the package. Previously, the Galaxy Z Fold3 and Z Fold2 special editions came...

Fairphone 5 specs leak: up to 8 years of support, new AMOLED display, more modules

Detailed information of the upcoming Fairphone 5 leaked, including the announcement date – tomorrow. The new model will be more powerful, more repairable, more durable and with longer support and, unfortunately, more costly. The Dutch phone company made an interesting choice for the chipset, it went with a Qualcomm QCM6490. That’s a chipset intended for embedded and industrial applications. In terms of performance it should be similar to the Snapdragon 778G. What makes it interesting is that Qualcomm offers long term software support – eight years or until 2031. Fairphone does its...

Google Pixel 8 Pro leaks on Google Store

Google has not done its best to keep upcoming Pixel phones under wraps ahead of their announcements and the Pixel 8 Pro is no different. The Porcelain white version of the upcoming Google flagship was spotted on the Google Store for a brief time period which shows us yet another confirmation of its design. Google Pixel 8 Pro on Google Store While the image is not the best quality, we can see the updated unfied visor house the alleged 50MP main, 64MP ultrawide and 48MP telephoto modules. The cameras are housed next to the LED flash and the infrared temperature sensor which will...

iQOO Z8x to come with Snapdragon 6 Gen 1, 6,000 mAh battery

vivo sub-brand iQOO is launching two Z8 devices tomorrow, and today we learned some details about the more affordable Z8x variant. It will be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 chipset, while the battery capacity is going to be 6,000 mAh. vivo iQOO Z8x teasers The Z8x is expected to be more affordable than the Z8, similar to the previous mid-range iQOO Z series, but once again it will be the battery champion. The Z8 will have the more powerful Mediatek Dimensity 8200 chipset, though. We also expect some downgrades in the camera department and the charging speed, but the...

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3 and Z Flip3 get One UI 5.1.1 update

Around the middle of this month, Samsung officially announced the rollout of One UI 5.1.1 to its older foldables, starting with the Galaxy Z Fold4, which got it the day after. One UI 5.1.1 is the build that shipped on the new Galaxy Z Fold5 and Z Flip5, and it brings some additional features that could prove quite useful. Samsung promised that the Z Fold3 and Z Flip3 would receive an update to One UI 5.1.1 in due course, and the rollout has started today in Europe and Asia. The new build is F926BXXU5FWH5 for the Fold3 and F711BXXU6FWH3 for the Flip3. With the update, you get the...

Kuo: iPhone 15 Pro Max will be most popular due to exclusive periscope camera

According to analyst Ming-Chu Kuo, the iPhone 15 Pro Max will account for 35-40% of orders for the 15 series. He expects the 15 Pro Max to sell 10-20% better than the 14 Pro Max. Per his report, the biggest selling feature of the iPhone 15 Pro Max will be its exclusive access to a periscope zoom camera. He expects the iPhone 16 Pro to also have a periscope, greatly benefitting sales. Largan is reportedly the exclusive periscope module supplier for the iPhone 15 Pro Max. This is the same Largan that apparently supplies more than 60% of the periscope lenses for Huawei - the...

Oppo Find N3 Flip becomes first triple-camera clamshell foldable

Oppo unveiled its latest clamshell foldable today with the Find N3 Flip. It comes as a refinement over last year’s Find N2 Flip with the big update this year being the Hasselblad camera system. There's an updated 48MP ultrawide module with a 114˚ field of view and a 47mm equivalent 32MP portrait lens with 2x optical zoom. The main camera is a 24mm equivalent 50MP unit with f/1.8 aperture and 1.0µm pixels and OIS. Oppo Find N3 Flip The 3.26-inch AMOLED cover screen remains the same in size but it gains more functionality allowing users to run all kinds of apps and widgets without...

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip5 survives a brutal torture test

Foldables get a bad rep for being too fragile, which is understandable given the new form factor, soft inner screens and the moving parts in the hinge. However, they've come a long way and the new Samsung Galaxy Z Flip5 can withstand a serious beating. In the latest JerryRigEverything video, the vertical foldable undergoes a brutal torture test. Aside from the usual scratching and burning, the Z Flip5 had to go through sand and backward bending. Not only did the hinge survive all the dust that was sprinkled on it, but the inner screen was still fully functional even after spreading some...

The Amazfit Bip 5 with 1.91" display, 10-day battery life goes on sale in India this Thursday

A couple of weeks ago Amazfit unveiled the Bip 5 – an affordable smartwatch with a large 1.91” rectangular display and 10-day battery life. This watch is now up on Amazon India and will be available starting on August 31 (Thursday). The price is ₹7,500 and the watch comes with a selection of silicone wrist straps: Soft Black, Cream White and Pastel Pink (the front of the watch body is always black, the sides match the band). Amazon is the exclusive seller of the Bip 5. Let’s have a quick look at the specs. The 1.91” LCD has 320 x 380px resolution and is covered with tempered glass...

Samsung Galaxy S23 FE product page is live in Kazakhstan

Samsung has put up the support page for the Samsung Galaxy S23 FE in Kazakhstan, confirming its imminent arrival as well as yet another market for the upcoming phone. The device has the SM-S711B/DS model number. The Samsung Galaxy S23 FE is coming in September with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 or Exynos 2200 chipset, depending on the market, a 6.4-inch 120Hz AMOLED, and a 4,500mAh battery with 25W charging. The phone will have a 50MP main camera, an 8MP telephoto (likely 3x), and a 12MP ultrawide. There's a 10MP selfie camera on the opposite end. Naturally, expect Android 13 with OneUI...

Samsung fixes bugs on Galaxy Z Flip5's cover display, improves memory usage

The new cover display on the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip5 (dubbed the "Flex Window") is arguably the biggest upgrade this generation. However, the extensive new functionality needed some polish – Samsung just updated the Always On Display app to fix a couple of annoyances. First, if you’re using an informative/graphics style clock, the new app won’t change its look even if you’re roaming. Previously, the phone would sometimes reset your customizations and you had to apply them again. Change logs for the Always On Display and Good Lock apps for the Galaxy Z Flip5 Second, there was a...

Realme GT5 unveiled with 150W and 240W versions, up to 24GB RAM

Realme’s super-powered phone has arrived on schedule – to summarize the Realme GT5, we only need to tell you that its top version has 24GB of RAM and 240W fast charging. And that top shelf version isn’t that much more expensive than the base model, which is more restrained but still powerful. Realme GT5 There are two versions of the phone – 150W and 240W. The former comes with either 12/256GB or 16/512GB memory configuration, costing CNY 3,000 or CNY 3,300, respectively (a currency conversion for reference: $410/€380/₹34,500 and $450/€420/₹38,000). Realme GT5's 150W...

vivo V29e announced with curved AMOLED display, 50MP selfie cam and SD 695

As expected, vivo announced its vivo V29e today in India as the latest addition to the midrange V-series lineup. The device brings a 6.78-inch curved AMOLED screen with FHD+ resolution, a 120Hz refresh rate and a 50MP front-facing camera with eye autofocus. vivo V29e The back features a dual-tone design with color-changing glass which vivo calls Artistic Design. The Artistic Red variant brings a UV-sensitive back which changes from red to black when exposed to UV light. There's a 64MP main camera alongside an 8MP ultrawide module housed inside the camera rings. vivo V29e...

New Huawei Mate 60 leak confirms dual-color design

The Huawei Mate 60 is in production, and we've already seen one leaked image suggesting a dual-color design of the back panel. More photos surfaced today from what appears to be an assembling plant, where we saw more color options, confirming the new design and the circular camera island. Huawei Mate 60 units One Huawei Mate 60 smartphone appears in Purple, with the top part of the glass being frosted, while the bottom is clear, making it appear like there are two hues of the same color, depending on the angle the light hits the surface. The ivory-white option has an entirely...

Top 10 trending phones of week 34

Samsung Galaxy A54 extended its streak on top of our trending chart for yet another week, while the Galaxy S23 Ultra made it one two in week 34. Xiaomi's Redmi Note 12 Pro completes the rostrum this time around. The vanilla Redmi Note 12 stays fourth, ahead of the Infinix GT 10 Pro and the entry-level Redmi 12. Apple's iPhone 14 Pro Max is up to seventh, while the Galaxy A34 makes it three Samsung phones in the top 10. The Korean maker is far from done, though, the upcoming Galaxy S23 FE already making its presence felt in ninth place and the Galaxy A14 rounding up this installment...

Week 34 in review: Galaxy S24 Ultra display and chipset detailed

The chipset that may power part of the Galaxy S24 lineup next year surfaced. It's the Exynos 2400 and it has a 10-core processor with a Cortex-X4 core running at 3.1GHz, two Cortex-A720 at up to 2.9GHz, another three Cortex-A720 running up to 2.6GHz, and four Cortex-A520 at up to 1.8GHz. It will also feature an upgraded Xclipse 940 GPU boasting twice as many graphics compute units with AMD's RDNA 2 tech. In other Galaxy S24 Ultra news, it will be able to reach a peak brightness of over 2,200 nits - up from the 1,750 nits of the current Ultra. Finally, rumor has it the Galaxy S24 Ultra...

Week 34 in review: Galaxy S23 Ultra display and chipset detailed

The chipset that may power part of the Galaxy S24 lineup next year surfaced. It's the Exynos 2400 and it has a 10-core processor with a Cortex-X4 core running at 3.1GHz, two Cortex-A720 at up to 2.9GHz, another three Cortex-A720 running up to 2.6GHz, and four Cortex-A520 at up to 1.8GHz. It will also feature an upgraded Xclipse 940 GPU boasting twice as many graphics compute units with AMD's RDNA 2 tech. In other Galaxy S24 Ultra news, it will be able to reach a peak brightness of over 2,200 nits - up from the 1,750 nits of the current Ultra. Finally, rumor has it the Galaxy S24 Ultra...

Weekly deals: the best smartphone deals from the UK, Germany, India and the US

The first day of school is almost here, so now may be a good time to pick up a new phone – or perhaps a new tablet will be more useful. We’ll also look at some accessories too. USA UK Germany India USA Google is charging $444 for the Pixel 7a. At this price you may as well get the Pixel 7 at $450. This offer also comes with a small discount on Pixel Buds too ($60 off for the Pro and $40 off the Buds A-Series). Google Pixel 7 8/128GB $150 off Read our review ...

Tozo Open Buds review

Introduction One of the key pillars of a good pair of wireless earphones is how they fit your ears. With varying ear shapes and sizes, getting the right fit for your specific ear shape can be a challenge and that’s where open-ear earphones come in place. These types of earphones don’t just go into your ears but rather rest right around them in an effort to overcome the fit issue. We’ll be taking a look at the Tozo Open Buds - one of the newest releases from the audio-focused brand which currently retail for $56 on Amazon. ...

Weekly poll results: Xiaomi Mix Fold3 sparks excitement at a distance

Is the Xiaomi Mix Fold 3 the best horizontal foldable yet? According to the results from last week’s poll, the answer seems to be a firm “yes”, but with a big catch – so far, Xiaomi has made no plans to bring the Fold 3 to the global market, leaving it as a China exclusive. And that’s a problem for all those would-be buyers that live elsewhere. Some like the foldable well enough that they will try to import a unit, accepting the risks that come with buying a pricey device that has no official support (software and hardware) nearby. The phone’s camera setup – 50MP main, 5x and 3.2x tele...

Sony WF-1000XM5 in for review

Sony's headphones have somewhat of a cult following. There's no other way to explain why so many people know their model numbers by heart and why they can tell the difference between the WH line (the big, over-the-ear ones) and the WF line. We now have the latest Sony TWS earbuds with active noise cancellation - the flagship WF-1000XM5's and they have some big shoes to fill. The buds come in Black or Silver (which is much more of a beige) and they cost €319/£259/$299. They ship in an environmentally-friendly box with a USB cable and three extra pairs of ear tips, totaling XS, S, M, and...

Samsung Galaxy A05's battery capacity revealed by FCC

The Samsung Galaxy A05s got FCC certified last week, and now the Galaxy A05 has also bagged FCC certification. The US certifying authority's website lists the smartphone with model codes SM-A055F and SM-A055F/DS. It doesn't detail the Samsung Galaxy A05's specs sheet, but it did reveal the phone's battery size. The Samsung Galaxy A05 is listed on FCC with a battery having model designation WT-S-N28 and 5,000 mAh capacity. That's the same size as its predecessor, Galaxy A04, unveiled last August. Samsung Galaxy A05 on FCC We are yet to hear anything about the Galaxy A05 from...

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5's teardown shows its shock dispersion layer

The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 unveiled last month is a minor update over last year's Fold4. However, it now uses a new hinge mechanism for a gapless design and also comes with a shock dispersion layer under the flexible folding screen, which we see in the YouTube channel JerryRigEverything's Fold5 teardown video that you can watch below. Once you are done watching the Galaxy Fold5's teardown, you can also watch its durability test by the same YouTuber. We've attached the video below for those who missed it. And if you are planning to buy one, you can read our Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5's...

Apple iPhone 14 Pro vs. Samsung Galaxy S23

Introduction If you are looking to buy a compact flagship smartphone in 2023, then this dilemma would have probably come up at least once – "iPhone 14 Pro or Galaxy S23". While those two smartphones are not in the same price range, they are so frequently compared that we decided to pit them head to head and give you the complete breakdown, which is the best one of the two. You can compare the complete specs sheets or check our editor's assessment further below. Size comparison Apple iPhone 14 Pro 206 g ...

Sony Xperia 5 V's key specs revealed through Geekbench

Sony yesterday announced it will unveil the Xperia 5 V on September 1. The company hasn't divulged any smartphone features yet, but a Sony device bearing model code XQ-DE54, and believed to be the Xperia 5 V, has appeared on Geekbench with its key specs. The XQ-DE54 is powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC, runs Android 13, and has 8GB of RAM onboard. However, there could be more RAM options that are yet to be confirmed. The XQ-DE54 scored 2,004 and 5,059 points in Geekbench's single and multi-core tests, respectively, which aligns with what some other phones scored in our Geekbench...

AMD announces Radeon RX 7800 XT and 7700 XT graphics cards

AMD has announced its much anticipated mid-range offerings in the Radeon RX 7000 series of graphics cards. The RX 7800 XT and RX 7700 XT were unveiled today at Gamescom 2023 and will be available starting September 6. The 7800 XT and 7700 XT are based on the same RDNA3 architecture as other RX 7000 series graphics card. Both cards are based on a new Navi 32 GPU, which uses a chiplet design similar to the Navi 31 on the RX 7900 XT and 7900 XTX but different to the monolithic design of the Navi 33 on the RX 7600. Radeon RX 7800 XT The 7800 XT features 60 compute units and ray...

WhatsApp HD video support is now rolling out

Great news! WhatsApp is finally adding support for HD videos! No need to double check the date on this article, you haven't accidentally been time-machined back to 2005. It's still 2023, and one of the world's leading messaging services is only now getting round to adding a feature like this. Last week WhatsApp added the also incredibly long overdue support for high resolution pictures, and at that time it promised it would do the same for videos at some later point. Well, that's today. The rollout has started, but of course it's a staged one, so it might take a while before you see...

Google releases yet another Android 14 Beta with even more bug fixes

Android 14 was supposed to have 4 betas. Then Google decided 5 was the appropriate number. Then it issued a last minute bug fix to that fifth beta release. And today we get an even more last-minute bug fix, if we could call it that. Ladies and gentlemen, meet Android 14 Beta 5.2. It's going out today to all device enrolled into the Android Beta Program. Like Beta 5.1, which was released exactly one week ago, it's all about fixing bugs left and right. Here's the changelog straight from Google itself: Fixed various issues that sometimes caused devices to stall when rebooting. ...

Huawei and Ericsson sign a cross-licensing agreement on 5G patents

Huawei announced a long-term global patent cross-licensing agreement with Swedish company Ericsson. The partnership covers standards such as 3GPP, ITU, IEEE, and IETF for 3G, 4G, and 5G cellular technologies. The agreement covers sales of both network infrastructure and consumer devices, and the companies will be able to use each other's patented standardized technologies. Alan Fan, Head of the Intellectual Property Department at Huawei, commented both companies value each other's IP and such an agreement creates a “stronger patent environment”. The partnership is also a testament...

Sony Xperia 5 V is launching on September 1

Exactly one year after the Xperia 5 IV made its debut, Sony is ready to announce a successor with the Xperia 5 V. The upcoming device is set to debut on Friday, September 1 at 4PM Japan time (7AM UTC) and as usual, there will be a livestream on YouTube. The short teaser trailer for the event boasts about the phone’s camera quality in both day and night shots. Based on the leaked promo video from last month, Xperia 5 V will boast a dual camera setup. Xperia 5 V design We also know it will feature a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset and up to 16GB of RAM as per a listing on...

Honor Magic Vs 2 certified with 35W charging

Honor is gearing up to bring its Magic V2 to the global market at IFA Berlin alongside another more affordable foldable device but we now get evidence of a third foldable which could launch alongside the other two variants. The Magic Vs 2 aka Magic V Slim appeared in a 3C listing which confirms 35W charging capabilities. Honor Magic Vs 2 (VCA-AN00) certification on 3C database The device which is codenamed Victoria was seen bearing the VCA-AN00 model number is rumored to feature an outward folding screen like the Huawei Mate Xs and Mate Xs 2 which would be a first for Honor. The...

This is the iPhone 15 Pro in Titan Gray, the colorway that will replace gold

Apple's upcoming iPhone 15 Pro will be unveiled at a special event next month, that's rumored to be happening on September 12. The date itself should become official next week. Unlike its predecessor, which used stainless steel for the frame, the iPhone 15 Pro (and the Pro Max alongside it) are rumored to swap that for a titanium frame. This apparently influences the colorways that the company can offer, and thus gold and purple will be out, to be replaced by Titan Gray and a dark blue, respectively. The image below is a render of what the new Titan Gray hue is expected to look...

Intel 14th Gen leak suggests modest generational improvements

A leaked training video from MSI has revealed information regarding Intel's upcoming 14th Gen Core processors. The video has since been hidden but not before the relevant information had already been spotted and shared. The relevant slide in the video compares Intel's current Core i3-13600K, Core i7-13700K, and Core i9-13900K being compared to the next generation Core i3-14600K, Core i7-14700K, and Core i9-14900K. While the i3 and i9 models maintain their core configuration, the i7 model gets four additional E-cores. According to MSI, this results in 17% improvement in average...

Samsung to launch Galaxy Z Fold5 special edition, has 7 other devices in the works

Samsung launched the Galaxy Z Fold5 about a month ago in multiple colors, and we now hear the Korean conglomerate will launch a special edition Fold5 next, which will be called Galaxy Z Fold5 Thom Browne Edition. The source says there are seven more devices Samsung is planning to launch, including the Galaxy S23 FE, Galaxy Tab S9 FE and FE+, Galaxy Tab A9 and A9+, Galaxy SmartTag 2, and Galaxy Buds3. Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 It remains to be seen if Samsung will unveil these devices separately or introduce them at yet another Galaxy Unpacked event. We doubt the latter will happen....

USB C-to-C cables for iPhone 15 and 15 Plus handled: no MFi, USB 2.0 speeds

There were some concerns over how Apple will implement USB-C on the upcoming iPhone 15 series. Researcher Majin Bu reports some good news: the new cables will not use Apple’s MFi chips for verification, so third-party cables and accessories will not be restricted (with Lightning, full compatibility is available only on accessories that have been licensed by Apple). It’s not all roses, though, Bu confirms that the regular iPhone 15 and 15 Plus will only have USB 2.0 capable ports. This means that they will be limited to 480Mbps data transfer speeds, same as the current Lightning...

Qualcomm announces Snapdragon G-series platform for handheld gaming consoles

Qualcomm formally introduced its three-tier G-series chipsets designed for portable gaming consoles. The Snapdragon G1 Gen 1 is built for fanless game streaming handhelds with claims of over 10 hours of battery life. It features an eight-core Kryo CPU and Adreno A11 GPU alongside Wi-Fi 5 connectivity and Bluetooth 5.0. The chipset supports up to 720p display resolutions at 60 fps. Snapdragon G2 Gen1 will power handhelds meant for mobile and cloud gaming with the same eight-core Kryo CPU and a more powerful Adreno A21 GPU. The G2 series also gains Wi-Fi 6/6E and 5G connectivity thanks...

iQOO Z8's launch date announced, design and charging speed revealed

The iQOO Z8 was expected to arrive in September, but the company has announced the smartphone will actually be unveiled on August 31. iQOO has also confirmed that the Z8 will be powered by the Dimensity 8200 SoC with 12GB RAM and 512GB storage onboard. However, there will likely be more memory options that are yet to be confirmed. iQOO Z8's design, colors, and specs The photo and video teasers shared by iQOO revealed the Z8's design and color options. The smartphone will sport a dual camera setup on the rear, with the primary camera having OIS. iQOO also revealed that the...

Samsung announces Odyssey Neo G9 with 57-inch 240Hz Dual UHD screen

Samsung has announced its flagship Odyssey Neo G9 57" monitor at Gamescom 2023. This new curved gaming monitor features a massive 57-inch ultra-wide panel equivalent to having two 4K displays. The Odyssey Neo G9 57" or G95NC has a VA-type LCD panel with a resolution of 7680 x 2160 and a 1000R curvature. This 32:9 aspect ratio display is equivalent to having two 16:9 3840 x 2160 panels side by side. The 57-inch size is a factor of the ultra-wide aspect ratio and obviously not comparable with displays with other aspect ratios. What's most interesting is that the monitor supports...

Samsung Galaxy S23 FE now rumored to land in September, specs leak again

Samsung's upcoming Galaxy S23 FE has been in the rumor mill for many months now, and the company is still taking its sweet time with the development process. However, we may be getting very close to its release finally. According to a new rumor from a usually reliable source, the Galaxy S23 FE will be released in September. This matches a previously rumored release timeframe of "Q3", which is July to September, so while cutting it real close, Samsung is still well within that window. The handset's specs have also been leaked once again. It will be powered by the Exynos 2200 SoC in...