Next iPhone SE might be called iPhone 16E, protective case leaks

Next year Apple is finally launching a new iPhone SE, multiple rumors have claimed so far. The last iPhone SE came in 2022 so this has definitely been overdue. While we have been expecting Apple to simply call the new device iPhone SE, as it has so far with all of its predecessors, a new rumor today from a tipster over on X claims things will be different this time. Apparently, it won't be the iPhone SE, but the iPhone 16E instead. That would be an interesting move for sure, bringing the SE into the main iPhone family, name-wise. So far the SE line has been completely separate and always...

OnePlus 13R now rumored to sport a dedicated telephoto camera

The OnePlus 13R is getting official on January 7 during the OnePlus 13's global launch, and so far most rumors assumed it would be a rebranded OnePlus Ace 5, which launched in China a few days ago. That's primarily because the OnePlus 12R was a rebranded OnePlus Ace 3. But the plot thickens, as OnePlus has already confirmed the 13R's battery capacity, and it's lower than the Ace 5's. And today a new rumor posits another difference between the two - the 13R will allegedly have a telephoto camera. OnePlus 13R camera infoRear:- 50MP LYT-700 (main)- 8MP Ultrawide- 50MP JN5 (2X...

Samsung Galaxy A56's specs and price leak

Samsung announced the Galaxy A55 in March, and its successor, the aptly named Galaxy A56, has been leaking quite a lot lately, signifying the fact that the finishing touches are currently being put on for its release. Now a purported spec list for the upcoming A56 has been outed by a tipster over on X. He claims the phone will be powered by the Exynos 1580 SoC, and will have a 120 Hz refresh rate AMOLED screen with FHD+ resolution, an aluminum frame, and a glass back. Samsung Galaxy A56 leaked image Speaking of which, on that back will be a 50 MP main camera, along with two others:...

Redmi 14C 5G's display and colors detailed

Last week, Redmi announced it would introduce the Redmi 14C 5G on January 6 and revealed its design. The brand also showed off the phone in three colors, and we now know their marketing names. The Redmi 14C 5G will be available in purple, blue, and black colors, which will be called Stardust Purple, Starlight Blue, and Stargaze Black, respectively. Introducing the Premium Starlight Design in: 💙 Starlight Blue 💜 Stardust Purple 🖤 Stargaze Black This New Year, make a Style Resolution to shine brighter than ever with the #2025G Smartphone! Launching on 6th January 2025. Get notified:...

Samsung Galaxy S25 family to give you free Gemini Advanced

Samsung is most likely announcing the Galaxy S25 models on January 22, and they may go on sale in early February. The S25 devices are now rumored to come with a very interesting perk: free access to Google's Gemini Advanced. This is the paid subscription version of Google's AI, and it's normally going to cost you $19.99 per month (but you do get 2TB of Google Drive storage as well). Samsung, however, will include Gemini Advanced with your S25 purchase, a new report claims. The information allegedly comes from code in the latest Google app for Android. According to this, Galaxy S25...

OnePlus 13R leaked renders show both colorways in detail

OnePlus will unveil the 13R on January 7 at the 13's international debut. The OnePlus 13R has been leaked today in a new set of renders depicting two colorways which are expected to be the only ones for this device. OnePlus 13R leaked renders The OnePlus 13R has long been rumored to be a rebranded OnePlus Ace 5, but OnePlus has already confirmed that the 13R will have a 6,000 mAh battery, which is 415 mAh smaller than the Ace 5's. So with that in mind, we wouldn't be surprised to see other minor differences between the two handsets. More OnePlus 13R leaked...

vivo will unveil a mixed reality headset next year

vivo is planning to compete head-on with Apple's Vision Pro headset, despite its lackluster sales performance. At an event today, vivo announced that it will be unveiling a mixed reality (MR) headset next year. This will be showcased as a prototype in September or October, and we're told to expect some features that will surpass what the Vision Pro can offer. That may well be, but by that point the Vision Pro will have been available for more than a year and a half, so it's not really that outstanding to one-up a product that's so old. vivo's dedicated team for the MR headset has...

Redmi Turbo 4 launch date confirmed

Redmi just confirmed the launch date for its Turbo 4 in China. The device is confirmed to debut on Thursday, January 2, meaning it will be the first smartphone from the Xiaomi brand to launch in 2025. We also got confirmation that the Turbo 4 is already available for early reservation from Xiaomi’s channels, and it will go on open sale on the same day as the launch. As per the latest rumors, Redmi Turbo 4 will be rebranded as the Poco X7 Pro for markets outside of China. The official Redmi Weibo profile shared images of the Turbo 4 in its Lucky Cloud White color. We can see...

USB-C charging is now mandatory in EU, here's what you need to know

The USB-C directive, which requires mobile devices to have a universal charging port, is now in place in the EU. The directive's end goal is to reduce e-waste and solve market fragmentation. However, the universal USB-C port is only one part of the directive—the European Union also wants to improve labeling, fast charging, and e-waste reduction. The European Commission, the European Union's governing body, decided in 2022 that starting from 2025, mobile phones must ship with a universal charging port, and it should be USB-C. All 27 EU country members had until December 28, to merge the...

2024 Winners and losers: Motorola

The Motorola portfolio of smartphones for 2024 includes no less than 30 models. There has been a fresh set of Edge 50 phones, two new foldables, a handful of Moto G affordable devices and even a ThinkPhone as a nod to Lenovo – Motorola's parent company. There have been some impressive devices, while others disappointed. Here's our take on what went well and what flopped. Winner: Motorola Razr 50 Ultra/razr+ 2024 The world of foldables had a slower year than usual, but Motorola is one of the companies that made a huge gain despite the stagnation. The Razr 50 Ultra is one of the major...

Top 10 trending phones of week 52

It's the final chapter of our trending chart in 2024 and it comes with a fitting plot twist. A new phone rose to the top - one that isn't even official yet, but will most certainly be one of the most popular in 2025. The Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra managed to overtake the Galaxy A55 and its predecessor S24 Ultra, forming an all-Samsung podium. [#InlinePriceWidget, 12824, 1#] The Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max is in fifth, sandwiched between a pair of Redmi Note 13 phones - the Pro is fourth and the vanilla is sixth. Samsung Galaxy A16 gained a spot to seventh in another sign of things to...

My top 5 phones of 2024 - Ivan

Hey, Ivan here - I'm one of the editors here at GSMArena, but mostly, I'm the guy behind the camera. This means that in choosing my fave phones of the year, I usually put more weight on their camera performance. But I also care about the feel in the hand and the way they look - I do take all their photos for the reviews after all. I usually end the year with a Galaxy S Ultra in my pocket but 2024 saw the first time this isn't true. What a streak it was! From the Galaxy S20 Ultra that started it all, all the way to the Galaxy S24 Ultra, which I bought, used for half of the year, and...

The Pulse Pro is the first HMD phone to receive Android 15

HMD has arguably been doing a pretty good job with its device lineup. Unfortunately, the update schedule and frequency have been a bit spotty, but eventually, the company does deliver on its promises. In the case of the HMD Pulse Pro, the phone is in line for two major software updates and three years of security patches. Android 15 OTA HMD has now started its Android 15 rollout with the Pulse Pro. We have been getting reports of units already receiving the OTA. It weighs around 3.12GB and also includes December 2024 security patches. The update promises big performance...

Huawei Watch D2 review

The Huawei Watch D2 is the company's second watch to come with blood pressure monitoring. Imagine a smartwatch that not only tracks your steps and heart rate but also brings advanced blood pressure monitoring right to your wrist with the ease of a built-in inflatable cuff. Like all other Huawei smartwatches, the Watch D2 works with Android phones and iPhones. It has all the modern features you may expect - heart rate and SpO₂ tracking, sleep tracking, skin temperature, ECG, sleep breathing and arterial stiffness assessment, as well as tracking various types of exercise on demand. It will...

New report corroborates rumors of seamless updates support for Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra

The Samsung Galaxy S25 series was rumored to have support for seamless updates, and Android Authority has corroborated that rumor in its new report. The publication claims to have spotted some leaked files from the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra and confirms that the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra indeed has seamless update support, which should be the case for the Galaxy S25 and Galaxy S25+ as well. Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra's leaked renders (Source: OnLeaks and Android Headlines) The seamless updates feature was introduced by Google in 2016, but Samsung only adopted it in March this year,...

Oppo's Find series will get two big launch events each year

Oppo recently unveiled the Find X8 and Find X8 Pro, and is expected to announce the Find X8 Ultra and Find X8 Mini at some point early next year. Now an Oppo exec has clarified the company's upcoming launch strategy for the flagship Find line over on Weibo. According to Oppo's Zhou Yibao, there will be two launch events for the Find series each year, one in the spring, the other in the autumn (or fall if you're American). Oppo Find X8 (left) and Find X8 Pro (right) The Find X8 and Find X8 Pro launched in the autumn/fall, and so we assume this means the Find X8 Ultra and Find X8...

Qualcomm's next Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset could come early

Qualcomm launched the Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC back in October. The company is allegedly already working on its successor, and the development is quite advanced. So much so, in fact, that the next top of the line Qualcomm chipset may actually launch earlier in the year than its predecessor - around the middle of the year, in fact. This wild rumor comes from Digital Chat Station over on Weibo, and as always with Weibo posts, there's a chance something got lost in (machine) translation, so do keep that in mind. The next Elite chipset will allegedly have significantly improved GPU...

Samsung Galaxy S25 Slim once again rumored to arrive later than the rest of the family

At its upcoming Unpacked unveiling event in January, Samsung is expected to announce not three, but four Galaxy S25 devices, with the Galaxy S25 Slim being the fourth member of the family seen in a recently leaked teaser. The Galaxy S25 Slim has been rumored a few times to arrive later in the year than the other three S25 devices, and today a new report corroborates this information thanks to Samsung's latest One UI 7 beta. This contains a list of US carrier-specific Samsung phone models, but the Galaxy S25 Slim's model number is not on the list. That indicates that the Slim isn't...

2024 Winners and losers: Xiaomi

Xiaomi had a relatively uneventful 2024, but not in the negative sense. Most of what Xiaomi released this year was expected evolution of its previous-gen devices, but not necessarily boring. Maybe the only thing that shook up the scene was the release of its first-ever EV - the Xiaomi SU7. So, let's begin with this one. Winner: Xiaomi SU7 If we just look at the stats, the Xiaomi SU7 is a hit. The company's brand-new factory is working overtime to meet the demand and was able to surpass its initial goal for 2024 by a large margin. Subjectively speaking, Xiaomi did very well with...

Redmi Turbo 4 / Poco X7 Pro benchmarked with new Dimensity 8400 chipset

The Redmi Turbo 4 is launching early in January as the first phone using MediaTek's newly unveiled Dimensity 8400 SoC. This brings an all big core CPU design to the upper-midrange for the first time, which is quite an exciting development if you ask us. With that in mind, you may have been wondering just what to expect from this chip in terms of performance. While benchmarks aren't necessarily indicators of good day-to-day performance, they can still help us compare different SoCs, and today the Dimensity 8400 has been outed on Geekbench, inside a Redmi Turbo 4 no less. As you can...

Huawei Pura 80 Ultra's cameras detailed

Huawei launched the Pura 70 Ultra back in April, and the company is now obviously working on its successor. The Pura 80 Ultra's camera specs have been leaked in China today. It's said to come with a 50 MP main camera with a 1-inch type sensor and variable aperture, a 50 MP ultrawide, and a "super large" periscope zoom camera with a 1/1.3" type sensor. Huawei Pura 70 Ultra As we're still quite far off from the Pura 80 Ultra's unveiling (rumored for Q2 2025, presumably April being the most likely month given its predecessor's launch time), do keep in mind that these rumored specs are...

vivo Y39 runs Geekbench, could be branded Jovi in some places

vivo's upcoming Y39 has allegedly been spotted on Geekbench. It managed a 912 single-core score and a 2,214 multi-core score in Geekbench 6.3.0, so clearly this won't be a high-end device. And indeed it seems to be powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 chipset, which is a lower-tier SoC. The phone does support 5G, and the tested prototype had 8GB of RAM. There may be other RAM options available upon launch. The Y39 will run Android 15 from day one, and it could be branded Jovi in Brazil thanks to a trademark dispute with Telefonica Brazil which owns the name Vivo over...

Huawei Freebuds Pro 4 in for review

Huawei launched the Mate X6 foldable on the global stage last week and also introduced the Freebuds Pro 4 TWS earphones to the international audience, half a month after the domestic launch. We are looking forward to our lengthy tests, but before that, let's see what is new in the new flagship audio wearables by Huawei. Our Freebuds Pro 4 come in Black, and there are golden accents on the case, hinge, and buds themselves. We can also see the Huawei Sound logo on the side (previously called Histen), which wasn't present on the predecessor. Speaking about the previous generation, the...

Xiaomi Smart Band 9 Active review

Xiaomi’s Smart Band lineup (formerly Mi Band) is now in its ninth generation, and the Smart Band 9 Active is the most affordable out of the bunch. With its €25/£20 suggested retail price, this plastic nugget is one of the most affordable smartbands on the market. Xiaomi Smart Band 9 Active specifications Display: 1.47” TFT LCD touchscreen, 172 x 320 px resolution, 60Hz refresh rate, 450 nits peak brightness Straps: Detachable proprietary straps, 135-215mm adjustable length Features: 5ATM rating, Real-time heart rate monitor, 24/7 Blood Oxygen level monitor, Sleep tracking,...

Poco C75 5G in for review

Today we have with us the new Poco C75, the newest entry-level offering in the company’s lineup. Starting at INR 8,499, the C75 is the replacement for the previous generation Poco C65. The C75 features an interesting design, which features this unique marbled pattern on the back of the phone. The pattern is consistent across all three color variants, including the Silver Stardust, Enchanted Green, and the Aqua Bliss version we have here. [#InlinePriceWidget,13571,1#] Being an entry-level product, you can only expect a modest feature set. On the front is a 6.88-inch, 1640x720...

2024 Winners and losers: Apple

The past year was a weird one for Apple, as it primarily focused on maintaining its smartphone market dominance while dipping its toes in XR and AI. Regulators from around the world came knocking on the doors of Cupertino’s walled garden and we saw the first cracks with iOS 18’s release. The iPhone 16 series brought more refinements that garnered enough interest from consumers but fell short of initial expectations. The M4 series chips continued to offer blazing-fast performance for Macs and iPads, while the new AirPods 4 delivered great audio and active noise cancellation without silicone...

Samsung Galaxy M16's leaked renders reveal its design and colors

About a month ago, we saw the Samsung Galaxy M16 on Geekbench, and now we are looking at its leaked renders, which revealed its design and colors. The Samsung Galaxy M16 will come in three colors, and its front design is similar to the Samsung Galaxy M15 since it packs an AMOLED display with an Infinity-U notch. Around the back, the M16 has three cameras aligned vertically in the left corner, like the M15, but this time they are placed inside a camera island. Samsung Galaxy M16's leaked renders The Samsung Galaxy M16's rear panel is also flat and doesn't have textured...

Realme Neo7 SE to use the new MediaTek Dimensity 8400 SoC

Yesterday MediaTek unveiled the Dimensity 8400, the first upper-midrange Android smartphone chipset with an all big core CPU, and immediately after that Redmi revealed that the Redmi Turbo 4 would launch very early in January as the first device to use the new SoC. But it won't be alone for long, as it turns out. Realme is also teasing a phone using the Dimensity 8400, and according to the prolific Chinese leaker who goes by Digital Chat Station on Weibo, this will be the Realme Neo7 SE. It will join the already announced Neo7 in Realme's stable, and this year the GT prefix has been...

Merry Christmas!

As the holiday season wraps its cozy arms around us, we want to take a moment to send our warmest wishes to you - our incredible readers and supporters. This past year has been an unforgettable journey, and you've been at the heart of it every step of the way. Your enthusiasm for tech, thoughtful comments, and shared excitement make what we do so much more than just a job - it's a privilege. Whether you're here for the latest reviews, breaking news, or just to explore the ever-evolving world of gadgets, you've made our community vibrant and inspiring. For that, we're truly...

Nothing Phone (3a) and Nothing Phone (3a) Plus to have some intriguing hardware changes

The Nothing Phone (2a) and Nothing Phone (2a) Plus are both powered by MediaTek chipsets, but their successors have already once been rumored to switch to Qualcomm's Snapdragon 7s Gen 3. Now a new report seemingly confirms this move, based on clues found inside the latest Nothing OS 3.0 builds running on top of Android 15. The Nothing Phone (3a)'s codename is "asteroids", while the Nothing Phone (3a) Plus' codename is, fittingly, "asteroids_plus". The CMF Phone 2 is also coming in 2025, and it has the codename "galaga". This will apparently keep using a MediaTek...

2024 Winners and losers: Samsung

It's the time of the year to look back at our favorite brands and give our report cards. Samsung was the biggest smartphone maker in the world in 2024, which was a huge win. Its midrange and S series phones were very popular, but the foldables didn't have the best of times. Let's dig in. Winner: Samsung Galaxy A16 and A16 5G Samsung's entry-level Galaxy A16 and A16 5G are both tremendously popular and for good reason. Both phones have good displays, solid battery life, and 50MP main cameras. They also have IP54 dust and splash resistance. Starting at just under €200 they are already...

Samsung announces highly durable microSD cards with Sonic characters

Samsung announced a new series of microSD cards with SEGA's Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. The new series of microSD cards is called Sonic the Hedgehog PRO Plus, and they are highly durable memory cards that come in four variants. The 128GB variant comes with a red icon of Knuckles, the 256GB one has yellow Tails, the 512GB flavor features a blue Sonic icon, and the 1TB variant has a black Shadow icon. The pricing is $23.99, $36.99, $68.99, and $125.99, respectively. Sonic the Hedgehog PRO Plus microSD cards All four cards are A2 microSD with sequential read and write...

vivo Y29 unveiled: 120Hz screen, IP64 rating, and 5,500 mAh battery

vivo launched the Y28 in January with the Dimensity 6020 SoC, and today, the brand unveiled its successor, powered by the Dimensity 6300 chip. The vivo Y29 runs Android 14-based Funtouch OS 14 out of the box and comes with up to 8GB RAM and 256GB storage onboard, expandable by up to 1TB. The vivo Y29 is built around a 6.68" 120Hz HD+ LCD with a 1,000 nits peak brightness and 264 ppi pixel density. The screen also has a centered punch-hole for the 8MP selfie camera. Around the back, you get a 50MP primary camera, joined by a 0.08MP unit and flash. There's also a ring light that...

Kuo: Apple M5 Pro, Max and Ultra chips will offer server-grade performance

With the Apple M4 series chips already out on the latest Macs, noted Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is now offering a fresh first set of rumors for the M5 generation which are expected to enter mass production in the first half of 2025. The M5 chips will be fabbed on TSMC’s N3P node (3nm), which promises 5 to 10% less power draw than the M4 generation’s N3E process while delivering a 5% performance gain from the production process. The vanilla Apple M5 chip is expected to enter mass production in H1 2025, followed by the M5 Pro/Max in H2 and the M5 Ultra in 2026. According to Kuo, Apple...

Poco X7 and Poco X7 Pro specs leak along with official images

If you've been wondering what to expect from the Poco X7 and X7 Pro, wonder no more, as a new leak brings us spec details for both, along with new official-looking leaked images. So, let's start with the 'vanilla' model. The Poco X7 is said to have a 6.67-inch "1.5K" AMOLED screen with 120 Hz refresh rate and Gorilla Glass Victus 2 on top, the MediaTek Dimensity 7300-Ultra SoC at the helm, up to 12GB of RAM and up to 512GB of storage, IP68 certification for dust and water resistance, and a 5,110 mAh battery with support for 45W fast wired charging. Poco X7 leaked image The X7 gets...

Honor Magic7 RSR Porsche Design debuts

Honor introduced today the luxurious Magic7 RSR Porsche Design, a premium smartphone that builds upon the Magic7 Pro and offers small improvements over the already impressive general flagship. There are many features that remained unchanged, like the battery capacity with powerful charging capabilities, a trio of mighty cameras and a Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset. The Magic7 RSR Porsche Design has a 6.8” LTPO OLED with 1 billion colors and a Full HD+ resolution (it is actually higher, but Honor avoids the 1.5K marketing slogan). The panel has a peak brightness of 5,000 nits and...

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OnePlus Ace 5 and Ace 5 Pro are on TENAA

OnePlus is bringing the Ace 5 and Ace 5 Pro on Thursday, December 26, and today, the devices were listed on TENAA with their full specs sheet. The listings confirmed the chipsets and batteries of the duo, revealing these will be the major difference between the vanilla and the Pro. Dimensions, screen size, and cameras will be shared between the two, just like previous Ace lineup phones. OnePlus Ace 5 Pro The Ace 5 Pro will have a 4.32 GHz CPU, which confirms the Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset. The regular Ace 5 will have a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, evident from the 3.3 GHz CPU clock. It...

Huawei Mate X6 in for review

This is the Huawei Mate X6 and unlike its predecessor, it will sell outside China. But is it any good? Its hardware package is certainly impressive. The Mate X6 has bigger displays than the Galaxy Z Fold6 but weighs the same 239g. The Mate X6 is also impressively thin when folded at just under 10mm (compared to 12.1mm for the Galaxy). There's a solid feel about the Mate X6. It folds with a neat clasp and unfolds with a mechanical assurance from the hinge. It's also lovely to look at in this Nebula Gray. Both displays are superb. The inner one is particularly large (a tad...

Realme 14 Pro series is launching next month

Realme has announced that the Realme 14 Pro series will be launched next month without revealing the launch date. The Realme 14 Pro series includes two smartphones - Realme 14 Pro and Realme 14 Pro+. Both smartphones will feature color-changing back panels, which isn't a first for Realme since the Realme 9 Pro+ also came with a color-changing rear panel, but that changed color under UV light, while the 14 Pro series' covers will change color only when the temperature drops to 16°C or lower. The #realme14ProSeries5G with its stunning Unique Pearl Design isn’t just a phone, it’s a work of...

Weekly poll results: the Redmi Note 14 Pro+ is easily the most popular of the three

Last week’s poll turned the spotlight on the three new Redmi Note 14 series phones and only one of them came out as the winner. The other two may have cut too much out of the spec sheet to be competitive in the mid-range segment. Redmi Note 14 series at a glance The polls give the Redmi Note 14 Pro+ a huge lead over its siblings. The lead can only grow if the phone handles itself well in reviews (we’re working on ours). While it’s quite similar to the regular Pro, the addition of a telephoto camera (50MP 60mm), a faster chipset (Snapdragon 7s Gen 3) and the option for faster...

Honor MagicBook Art 14 Snapdragon in for review

We love the Honor MagicBook Art 14 - it's slim and feather-light, and it has a lovely OLED display with a Goldilocks 14.6-inch diagonal and 3:2 aspect ratio. And now we finally get it with an ARM-based Snapdragon X Elite processor. When we reviewed its Intel Core 7 Ultra 155H-powered sibling, we concluded that it's a great laptop, but it could be better in Snapdragon guise, mainly for its improved battery life. Well, it's been a few months, but the wait is over and we finally get to test that hypothesis. We got the Starry Gray model this time (not the Green one) but it ships with the...

Ulefone Armor X31 Pro unveiled: 120Hz screen, Night Vision Camera, and 6,050 mAh battery

Ulefone has unveiled the Armor X31 Pro as the first 5G rugged smartphone in its Armor X series. It's powered by the Dimensity 6300 SoC, runs Android 14, and comes with 8GB RAM and 256GB storage onboard, expandable by up to 2TB via a microSD card. The Ulefone Armor X31 Pro has a 6.56" HD+ 120Hz LCD on the front with 800 nits peak brightness and Gorilla Glass 5 protection. There's also a 16MP camera for selfies and video calls. Around the back, we have a circular camera island housing three cameras - 64MP primary (Sony IMX682), 25MP Night Vision (Sony IMX550), and 2MP macro. These are...

OnePlus Watch 3 to come with a rotating crown and ECG functionality

OnePlus is rumored to launch the OnePlus Watch 3 on January 7, which is when it will introduce the OnePlus 13 to the global markets and unveil the OnePlus 13R. There's no word from OnePlus about the Watch 3 yet, but a new rumor claims the smartwatch will feature a rotating crown. The source also shared the OnePlus Watch 3's render based on a prototype, showing the rotating crown. Additionally, the source claimed that the OnePlus Watch 3 will have two color options and come with a heart rate sensor and ECG, with the latter being available in select markets. OnePlus Watch 3...

OnePlus Open 2 may arrive later than previously rumored

A few days ago a rumor out of China claimed the Oppo Find N5 would launch over there before the end of March. This device is very likely going to be sold internationally under the name OnePlus Open 2 since the original OnePlus Open from last year was a rebranded Oppo Find N3 (Oppo is skipping the "4" because of tetraphobia). At the time we did note that it was unclear how soon after the N5's launch the Open 2 would follow, and today a tipster over on X sheds some light on just this fact - and it's not great news. The OnePlus OPEN 2 is 🔥 ....H2 2025..— Sanju Choudhary (@saaaanjjjuuu)...

Samsung Galaxy S25 Slim specs leak shows the iPhone 17 Air has a thing or two to learn

Earlier today a renowned leaker from China told us what to expect from the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S25 Slim in terms of thinness, and now another tipster over on X has shared a purported list of the device's specs. If these are real, then the also-rumored iPhone 17 Air, with its single rear camera, definitely can learn a thing or two from Samsung's approach to a thinner smartphone. Galaxy S25 Slim (SM-S937x/DS) :• 6.66" display (like S25+)• 200MP HP5 main camera• 50MP JN5 UW• 50MP JN5 3.5X telephoto• SD 8 Elite• ~4700mAh - 5000mAh🔋Launching in Q2, 2025 - similar to A & FE series launch...

Honor Magic 7 RSR Porsche Design to feature improved 200MP periscope module

Honor is launching its Magic7 RSR Porsche Design flagship on Monday, December 23, and it’s expected to go all out on the camera front with a remarkable periscope camera. The brand shared a few teasers on its Weibo profile detailing that the Magic7 RSR will feature a dual electromagnetic focus motor for class-leading focusing and industry-leading aperture size that will capture more light and details in shots. Honor Magic7 RSR Porsche Design periscope sensor specs (machine translated from Chinese) Reliable tipster Digital Chat Station chimed in, revealing the key specs of the...

Honor Magic7 Pro bags multiple certifications

Honor will launch the Magic7 Pro soon, as evident from multiple regulatory listings. The smartphone was certified with the GCF in the United Kingdom, NBTC in Thailand, EEC for Russia and some European markets, and it was also spotted on the TUV certification website with a class III protection. Honor Magic7 Pro on stage at the Snapdragon Summit The phone, which will have model number PTP-N49, will measure 162.2 x 77.1 x 8.8 mm and weigh 223 grams. According to a Geekbench listing, it will arrive with a Qualcomm SM8750 platform, which is the current flagship chipset, Snapdragon...

Sony reaches 20 billion image sensors sold, doubles shipments in five years

Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing, the company that makes image sensors for smartphone cameras, announced it reached 20 billion shipped image sensors since it started making transistors in the 1980s. President Yoshihiro Yamaguchi told Nikkei Asia that mobile devices were the main reason for the huge number, which doubled from 10 to 20 billion in just five years between 2019 and 2024. The accelerated rate of shipments was also due to the increased number of cameras in smartphones. We started seeing dual-camera smartphones in 2016 and 2017, and today, four-camera devices are common...

OnePlus 13R's processor revealed by Amazon

The OnePlus 13, launched in China in October, will debut internationally on January 7. It will be joined by the OnePlus 13R, which is confirmed to pack a 6,000 mAh battery. While OnePlus hasn't detailed the 13R's specs sheet, Amazon.in has revealed what processor the smartphone will have at the helm. OnePlus 13R in Nebula Noir (left) and Astral Trail (right) colors The OnePlus 13R will be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC, unlike the 13 that comes with the Snapdragon 8 Elite chip. The promo page set up by Amazon.in on its website also reveals that the OnePlus 13R will come with...