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[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] Samsung's Galaxy S25 Ultra is only expected to become official in January, but it's already been in the news a lot, with multiple rumors talking about how it will be more rounded than the palm-piercing Galaxy S24 Ultra.Today one of the main sources of all these rumors, who goes by Ice Universe on X, has shared another interesting detail. The Galaxy S25 Ultra will apparently have a better screen-to-body ratio than its predecessor, and its display's aspect ratio will be narrower.What is the biggest problem with the S24 Ultra design?The number one flaw is that the horizontal...


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[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] Samsung has today made the Galaxy A06 official in Vietnam. Undoubtedly, the phone will arrive in more markets in the coming days and weeks.The Galaxy A06 is powered by the MediaTek Helio G85 SoC, paired with either 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage or 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. In both cases you get a microSD card slot too.The phone has a 50 MP main rear camera and a 6.7-inch HD+ touchscreen with a 90 Hz refresh rate. The battery capacity is 5,000 mAh, and it supports 25W fast wired charging.Samsung has emphasized the phone's flat back with vertical stripes. This combo...


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[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] Tecno is preparing to launch the Phantom V Fold 2, and we know there is a V Flip 2 as well. The company revealed the foldables are up for pre-order in the West African country of Ghana and showcased the devices as well.The Phantom V Fold 2 has a massive rectangle camera island on the back, similar to what Xiaomi implemented with the Mix Fold 3. We can see the triple setup will be 50 MP, meaning at least one of the cameras will get such a sensor.The V Flip 2 is also going for a more straightforward design with a bigger screen on the back, compared with the circular screen on...


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[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] The Poco Pad was unveiled back in May and it’s getting an India market launch as the Poco Pad 5G. The launch event is scheduled for August 23 and we now get another leak revealing the chipset and RAM as the device emerged on Geekbench.Poco Pad 5G on GeekbenchPoco Pad 5G was certified with the 24074PCD2I model number – the same identifier seen on Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). The new listing reveals the tablet is equipped with the Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 chipset and 8GB RAM just like its global counterpart.Poco Pad 5G scored 1,035 points in a single-core test and 2,978...


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[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] iQOO's flagship 13 is expected to launch later this year, and a new rumor out of China now claims that it will bring back a feature that was last seen on the original iQOO phone which came out in 2019.We're talking about a centered vertical light strip that was embedded in the phone's rear. According to one Chinese tipster over on Weibo, the iQOO 13 will have something similar.Original vivo iQOO from 2019There are no other details right now, so of course the iQOO 13's interpretation of a light strip may well look very different from that of its ancestor. This light strip will...


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[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] Qualcomm’s in-house Oryon CPU cores will soon make their debut on the smartphone market. A leaked page from a datasheet reveals that there are two models on the way – SM8750 and SM8750P. The “P” presumably stands for “Performance” and might be similar to the “AC” variants we’ve seen with previous Snapdragon chips.The Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 is built on a 3nm node (down from 4nm, should be a TSMC node again). The CPU will be in a 2+6 configuration as seen in this Geekbench test, but it’s not clear whether that’s eight Oryon cores or just two Oryon plus six Cortex cores.Unlike the Snapdragon...


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[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] The Raspberry Pi 5 is the latest in a series of tinker-friendly single-board computers (SBCs). It was introduced at the end of 2023 at a slightly higher price than the Pi 4, which understandably made some people unhappy. Now, not quite a year after the original launch, the Raspberry Pi Foundation has introduced a cheaper version.The Raspberry Pi 5 is now available with 2GB of RAM at a price of $50. Previously, the 4GB model was the cheapest at $60 and there is also the 8GB model at $80. Getting less RAM makes this variant cheaper, but that’s not all.Broadcom didn’t design the...


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[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] The Oppo A3 first became official in early July in China, and today it's seemingly made the jump to India. That's what would appear to have happened, but actually the Indian A3 is an entirely different device from the Chinese one.The A3 for India comes with a 6.67-inch 720x1,604 LCD touchscreen with 120 Hz refresh rate, 240 Hz touch sampling rate, and 1,000-nit peak brightness. It's powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 6300 SoC, paired with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of expandable storage.There's a 50 MP main camera on the rear and a 5 MP one for selfies on the front, and a 5,100 mAh...


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[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] Last week Google launched the Zoom Enhance feature, but only on the Pixel 8 Pro – sorry, Pixel 8 users. The new Pixel 9 series will have it out of the box, of course, even the vanilla model. However, these are still a couple of days away from shipping. Here’s an early preview of what this feature does, courtesy of Peyman Milanfar, who works at Google on computational imaging, machine learning and vision related tasks.First, what is Zoom Enhance? Unlike Super Res Zoom, this feature works even after you’ve taken the photo. If you have a Pixel 8 Pro (or are reading this after you received...


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[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] According to a new rumor out of China, the Xiaomi 15 Ultra will come with three different material options on its back, one more than its predecessor which launched earlier this year.The prolific Digital Chat Station on Weibo tells us to expect the 15 Ultra to come in variants with a fake leather back, a glass back, and a ceramic back. Those are currently all of the mainstream finishes for high-end devices, so it will be impossible not to find one that suits your taste.Xiaomi 14 UltraThe Xiaomi 15 Ultra will use Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 SoC, and it will have a "2K" (aka...


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[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] This June Intel revealed its new series of laptop processors dubbed Lunar Lake. It made the radical choice of disabling HyperThreading, but Intel claimed that the new design is faster (14% higher IPC) and more efficient (60% better battery life), not to mention having better graphics (50% higher performance). The desktop variant of these chips is expected to be unveiled on October 10, though Intel has not officially set a date.The desktop processors will be known as Arrow Lake and will do away with HyperThreading as well. There should be 14 models in total and thanks to leakers, we get to...


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[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] The worldwide smart audio market had a record quarter in terms of total shipments with a 10.6% year-on-year growth as per the latest Canalys report. A total of 106 million units were shipped during the April-June period - the highest for a Q2 period so far.Smart audio includes wireless headphones and earphones with a physical wire connecting the two earpieces and true wireless earbuds that don’t have connecting wires between the two speakers and each side can function independently.Open-ear wireless and TWS earphones were the key contributors to the smart audio segment’s rise in...


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[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] Today Apple has announced a new set of changes it's going to implement into its mobile operating systems to better comply with the EU's Digital Markets Act. As a consequence of its "ongoing and continuing dialogue with the European Commission", the company will allow iPhones and iPads in the EU to set non-Apple defaults for more apps - in addition to browser, mail, app marketplace, and contactless apps, you'll also be able to switch to a different default for phone calls, messaging, managing passwords, keyboards, and call spam filters.All of this will be presented under a new Default Apps...


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[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] Apple is expected to unveil the iPhone 16 series next month, perhaps on September 10. Ahead of the event, today the camera details for all four models have been outed.The iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus will have two cameras like their predecessors, only this time they will be vertically aligned on the back. The primary camera will be the same 48 MP one as in the iPhone 15 and 15 Plus.The ultrawide will get a faster f/2.2 aperture (compared to f/2.4 in last year's models) which should improve low-light shots, and the non-Pro iPhones will allegedly support macro photography for the...


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[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] Google's Satellite SOS feature is now rolling out to the Pixel 9 series. This was announced when the phones were unveiled. It's only available in the US at the moment, and will be free for the first two years. It's unclear how much the service will cost after that.To use Satellite SOS, Google Messages needs to be the default messaging app on your Pixel 9. Once you've received the notification informing you that the service is live, head on over to Settings > Safety & emergency > Satellite SOS to get more information about it and see a demo showing you how it works.As promised, Google...


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