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[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] The Nothing Phone (3a) series consists of two smartphones - Nothing Phone (3a) and Nothing Phone (3a) Pro. Last week, we heard that these smartphones would be joined by the Nothing Phone (3a) Lite by the end of 2025, and now a French website claims the Lite model will go on sale in Europe on November 4. [#InlinePriceWidget,13649,1#] The source also claims that the Nothing Phone (3a) Lite will be priced at €249.99 in France, but some other European countries could have different prices, with the lowest being €239.99. These would be the prices of the Phone (3a) Lite's 8GB/128GB version,...


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[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] Oppo recently announced its Find X9 series in China and while we wait for their global launch, Oppo has announced a new partnership with Google which will debut some new AI features on the Find X9 and Find X9 Pro. These include Oppo’s Mind Space app, which will be able to connect with Google Gemini. Users will be able to save on-screen content via a three-finger swipe gesture and then have Gemini AI act on the saved info. Oppo flagships running ColorOS 16 will also get enhanced Gemini integration with first-party Oppo apps and Nano Banana AI image editing. Find X9 users are...


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[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] HMD unveiled the HMD Fusion last September with Fusion outfits, and while the brand hasn't revealed when it will introduce the Fusion 2, an X account has shared some of the Fusion 2's specs, giving us an idea of what to expect from the smartphone. [#InlinePriceWidget,13304,1#] According to the source, the HMD Fusion 2 will be powered by the newly announced Snapdragon 6s Gen 4 SoC and come with a 6.58" 120Hz FullHD+ OLED, a 108MP primary camera with OIS, and an 8MP ultrawide camera. You'll also get NFC, Bluetooth 5.3, dual speakers, a 3.5mm headphone jack, an IP65 rating, and POGO Pin...


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[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] Back in our day, phones used to come with chargers – now you’re lucky if you get a cable. The good news is that USB-C and USB charging standards have done away with the compatibility issue of the past (well, mostly), so a few good chargers are all you need. That means that you have to pick the chargers yourself, though. Here are the ones we use. And yes, you do need multiple – for your home, maybe for work and your car, maybe for travel. We have separated them into groups based on use-case. Table of Contents: Wall chargers Laptop chargers Car chargers Wall...


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[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] QCY unveiled its new flagship over-ear headphones, dubbed the H3S. Featuring a design heavily influenced by the Sony WH1000 series, these promise flagship-grade ANC, excellent audio quality and impressive battery life at a fraction of the price of the established names. The QCY H3S feature adaptive –56 dB active noise cancellation, powered by a 7-microphone array. In the company's own test they managed to reduce subway noise by up to 92% and background chatter by 85%. For calls, three anti-wind microphones improve clarity by up to 80%. The H3S offer dual drivers with a...


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[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] The small phone market may be down to its final embers, but a select few makers are still making compact flagships. It might be just a matter of time before all we have are huge phones, but for now let's enjoy compact phones while there are still some around. This is the vivo X300, and it may just be a member of an even more exclusive group - the compact flagships that are actually available outside China. While vivo has not yet confirmed its exact plans the existence of a global ROM and the promises that the X300 series will be the most widely available in the company's history speak...


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[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] Apple’s iPad Air and mini lineup could receive big display upgrades soon, according to a report by Bloomberg. The company is also working on upgrading the display on the MacBook Air.The report states that the Cupertino giant is testing new iPad Air, mini, and MacBook Air models with OLED displays. As per the report, Apple plans to introduce the iPad mini with an OLED panel in 2026.While an OLED display would be a welcome upgrade for the iPad mini, it’s expected to come at a higher price. The report suggests that the OLED version could cost up to $100 more than the current...


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[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] Samsung has released the Android 16-based One UI 8 stable update for two more smartphones - the Galaxy M55 and the Galaxy M55s.The stable One UI 8 update for the Samsung Galaxy M55 comes with firmware version M556BXXU4CYJ4 and requires a download of over 2.6GB, whereas the update for the Galaxy M55s comes with firmware version M558BXXU2CYJ4 and weighs more than 2.5GB.Samsung Galaxy M55 • Samsung Galaxy M55sThe update for both smartphones comes with the October 2025 Android security patch in addition to One UI 8 goodies.[#InlinePriceWidget,12896,1#]Samsung is...


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[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] iQOO launched the 15 last week, and now it's getting ready to unveil the Neo11, which will become official in China on October 30. The brand has already teased the device and revealed that it has a 7,500 mAh battery and a "2K" resolution screen with 144Hz refresh rate, and it will come in four colorways.Today iQOO has also confirmed the Neo11's chipset. It will be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite, which came out last year and was the top dog in the Android world until its successor, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, showed up a few weeks ago.iQOO Neo11 teasersiQOO says the...


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[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] Motorola recently got into the slim smartphone game with the X70 Air in China (and this is going to be launched internationally as the Edge 70), and next up is Huawei. The Mate 70 Air is expected to become official next month, and ahead of that it was spotted in an online listing last week.Today an offline poster advertising its design got leaked, and was seemingly photographed in a warped fashion - rest assured, the phone isn't curved like that.The Mate 70 Air is just over 6mm thick and allegedly comes with a 6.9-inch "1.5K" screen, up to 16GB of RAM, and a main camera with a...


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[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] Honor launched the Magic8 and Magic8 Pro in China earlier this month, but it's also rumored to be working on the Magic8 Ultra that will arrive at some later point, probably early next year.This is now said to be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 SoC, unsurprisingly. It allegedly boasts a quad-curved 6.71" LTPO OLED screen with "1.5K" resolution, with an ultrasonic embedded fingerprint sensor and support for 3D face recognition.Honor Magic8 ProThe main camera will have 50MP resolution and will be using OmniVision's OV50R sensor with ultra high dynamic range. The phone is...


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[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] Samsung is rumored to be launching the Galaxy Buds4 and Galaxy Buds4 Pro alongside the Galaxy S26 series, which is now expected to only arrive in March.According to a new report, both the Buds4 and the Buds4 Pro will come with a new case, which will have an ever so slightly bigger battery than the one in the Buds3 and Buds3 Pro.Samsung Galaxy Buds3 ProThe new case will allegedly have a rated battery capacity of 515 mAh. This will probably end up advertised as a typical capacity of 530 mAh. The Buds3 and Buds3 Pro case has a rated capacity of 500 mAh and a typical capacity of 515...


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[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] We've completed our battery life and charging tests on the Xiaomi 17 Pro Max and the result are pretty great. Let's see the numbers.The Xiaomi 17 Pro Max puts its massive 7,500mAh battery to good use, scoring more than 4 hours of active use over the Xiaomi 15T Pro (which, granted, has 2,000mAh less battery). You need to look at the likes of the Oppo Find X9 Pro to find a better Active Use Score. Still, the Xiaomi is better in some individual tests - it has 12 hours more in the call test, and a few minutes more in the video playback test.The 29 hours dead the Xiaomi 17 Pro Max was...


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[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] Google launched most of the Pixel 10 family back in August, but one member is still missing: the Pixel 10a, the mid-ranger that will be the cheapest of the bunch.This is now portrayed in the CAD-based renders you can see below, ahead of its possible unveiling in early 2026. At one time it was even rumored to arrive before the end of this year, but the source of these shots now says it will be early next year instead.That still means it will land earlier in the year than its predecessor did, back in March. In the leaked CAD-based renders, the Pixel 10a looks pretty much identical...


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[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] There have been quite a few rumors over the past few days regarding the iPhone 20 family, expected to come out in 2027 and celebrate the first iPhone launch's 20th anniversary.The latest one concerns something we've heard about before, namely Apple getting rid of all physical buttons and replacing them with capacitive ones. This has been rumored multiple times for previous iPhone generations but never happened. And now a new rumor from China tells us it finally will - with the iPhone 20 handsets.These will allegedly be devoid of any physical buttons, and they'll also come with...


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[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] The first phones using Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 SoC have started to come out last month, following the chipset's official announcement, and yet if you have, for some reason, been wondering what to expect from its successor, today a few details have been outed.The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 is probably going to be unveiled in September 2026. It will allegedly be made on a 2nm process by TSMC, and this will enable some great gains in terms of power consumption and performance compared to its predecessor.The 8 Elite Gen 6 is said to support LPDDR6 memory and UFS 5.0 storage,...


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[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] Ayaneo is branching out from handheld consoles and mini PCs into the very crowded realm of smartphones. And, of course, it's aiming its smartphone adventure at gamers.The company has started teasing its first handset, which it bills as "a mobile phone truly made for gamers". In the quick video teaser below, we can see the outline of its rear, which appears to house two camera sensors that are flush with the back cover, without any protrusions, RedMagic-style.Aside from that, there's not really much to go on here. "Real gamers know gamers", Ayaneo says, and that's surely true but...


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[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] The Oppo Find N5 launched back in February, and now Oppo is hard at work on its successor, which we assume will be called Find N6. Today in China some fresh details about the upcoming device have been outed.The Find N6 is said to have an 8.1" folding screen and a 6.6" cover display, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 SoC at the helm, and a battery capacity that should be around 6,000 mAh.Oppo Find N5On the rear will be a 50MP main camera using Sony's Lytia LYT-808 1/1.4" type sensor, as well as a 50MP periscope telephoto camera with 3x optical zoom.The fingerprint sensor is still...


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[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] The iPhone 17 Pro launched last month in Silver, Cosmic Orange, and Deep Blue. If you don't like these colors and want something else, all you need to do is wait a year, apparently.Today in China the purported colorways in which the iPhone 18 Pro will be offered in September 2026 have been leaked. They are Coffee, Purple, and Burgundy. They are portrayed in the speculative image below.If this pans out, it means Apple isn't going to switch course. It will still not offer a black or white option. That's a bold strategy for sure, but clearly the company thinks it's the right...


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