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The iPhone 16 Plus is Apple's new cheaper large iPhone and this year it's standing a bit closer to the Pro Max in some ways, but further away in others. It shares the same box content, though - you only get a braided USB-C cable. So what do you get in your new iPhone 16 Plus over the 15 Plus? It has a new design with the two cameras on the back sitting aligned instead of opposite each other. This allows the iPhone 16 to shoot spatial content for the Vision Pro and it looks better too. The 16 Plus also gets a bigger battery, which Apple says is good for one hour of video more than...


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The Red Magic nova gaming tablet debutted earlier this month in China and is now going global. Red Magic claims this is the best tablet for triple-A games thanks to a combination of a potent chipset, capable display, big battery, and sophisticated passive and active cooling. Inside the Red Magic Nova is the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Leading Edition — a higher-clocked version of the SoC with a 3.4GHz Cortex-X4 prime core and a GPU running at 1GHz. This matches the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 for the Galaxy, making it the current best chipset in terms of performance in the Android realm. But while...


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Last year Honor launched its Honor X9b midranger which offers several drop protection features. One of them was the “Ultra-Bounce Anti-Drop Display” which featured shock-absorbing material which Honor claimed could provide a drop resistance of up to 1.5m. Honor Malaysia is now teasing a new tougher device which should be the upcoming Honor X9c. While we don’t get an actual look at the phone, the teasers clearly hint at the device’s name and its structural integrity. X9c should be priced in the midrange segment like its predecessor. We'll make sure to update you with more details when...


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Xiaomi's announcements keep piling up and the latest additions are the Redmi Note 14 5G and Redmi Buds 6. Note 14 joins the Note 14 Pro and Note 14 Pro+ as the entry-level device in the series while the Buds 6 are the latest in-ear TWS from the Xiaomi sub-brand. Redmi Note 14 5G Redmi Note 14 is built around a 6.67-inch OLED display with FHD+ resolution and a 120hz refresh rate. It gets up to 2,100 nits peak brightness and features Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection. Redmi Note 14 5G Redmi Note 14 gets MediaTek’s Dimensity 7025 Ultra chipset which is paired with up to 12GB RAM...


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Oppo launched the Reno12 Pro in India in July in Sunset Gold and Space Brown colors. These are now joined by a new version called the Oppo Reno12 Pro Manish Malhotra Limited Edition. Oppo partnered with Indian fashion designer Manish Malhotra for this limited edition Reno12 Pro, with its design inspired by Indian culture. Oppo's Indian branch also said that its collaboration with Malhotra for this smartphone is "not just a fusion of fashion and technology; it is a celebration of our rich cultural heritage." The difference between the Oppo Reno12 Pro Manish Malhotra...


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This is Xiaomi's Smart Band 9 and it's now on sale in Europe for €40/£35. It ships in a small box with a proprietary magnetic pin charger ending on a USB-A port. The smart band's easily detachable body lends itself nicely to accessories - we received the dual-tone leather strap (normally £18) and the running clip (£8), which lets you attach the band to your sneakers. Running clip and leather strap Because of a differences in dimensions, the running clip 9 is only compatible with the Smart Band 9. So what's new on the Xiaomi Smart Band 9 compared to the 8? It's ever...


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A new AnTuTu listing just came out, featuring Oppo's upcoming Find X8 Pro flagship phone running on what appears to be the unannounced Dimensity 9400 SoC. This leak comes right after a Geekbench scoresheet showing the chipset's CPU prowess. Interestingly, the combined AnTuTu 10 score beats every chipset we currently have in our database. The 2,880,558 points it got is way above what we've seen from the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 or even Apple's M4 (although AnTuTu doesn't recommend cross-platform comparisons). AnTuTu 10 listing However, an earlier entry for the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4...


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Last year, Motorola announced its first ThinkPhone with business consumers in mind and it is now following it up with the ThinkPhone 25. The new phone retains a similar aesthetic and corporate focus but comes with an updated spec sheet that closely resembles the Motorola Edge 50 Neo.ThinkPhone 25 brings deep integration with Lenovo PCs and Motorola tablets including automatic sync, shared keyboard and mouse, centralized notifications, and the ability to use the phone’s main camera as a webcam. Motorola is offering B2B customers its Moto Device Manager which gives IT departments remote...


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Lava will unveil the Agni 3 on October 4 in India as a successor to the Agni 2 launched last year in May. Lava hasn't detailed the Agni 3's specs sheet yet, but it has confirmed that the smartphone will be powered by the Dimensity 7300X and feature a customizable Action Key.AGNI 3: Launching on Oct 4th at 12 PM. ???? Get ready to #BurnTheRules#AGNI3ComingSoon #ProudlyIndian pic.twitter.com/nXEFpYY0cK— Lava Mobiles (@LavaMobile) September 29, 2024 A video teaser by Lava gave us a glimpse of the Agni 3, which is reminiscent of the Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra. Its rear panel sports a triple camera...


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Mere hours ago a leak brought us a look at all the colors of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy A16 in both 4G and 5G iterations, and now a new leak sheds light on one of the most important aspects of these phones: their prices.According to a European retailer's internal database, the Galaxy A16 4G will cost €209.90 while the Galaxy A16 5G will be priced at €239.90. Both of these prices are with 128GB of storage, but it's unclear what amount of RAM they get as this database apparently doesn't store that information.If these are the base models - and the pricing makes us assume they are -...


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Samsung's slimmer book-style foldable has been rumored to go by Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition, and it was supposedly going to launch on September 25. That obviously hasn't happened, but we do have some launch-related news. Maybe.A Korean retailer has apparently outed the pre-order and release time frame for the Samsung Galaxy Fold6 Special Edition - not the Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition, mind you.This may be a typo, it may be the actual commercial name of the device, or it could just be all made up. Do keep that in mind while you read the rest, as the page in question also isn't...


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Over a month after Fortnite made its triumphant return to Android (worldwide) and iOS (in Europe) via the Epic Games Store, Epic is filing a new lawsuit against Google and Samsung in the Northern District of California. The new antitrust lawsuit alleges a coordinated effort between Google and Samsung to undermine third-party app stores like the Epic Games Store via Samsung’s “Auto Blocker” setting.That feature was the main reason why Epic removed its entire game library from the Galaxy Store back in July. Auto Blocker restricts devices running One UI 6.1.1 and up from sideloading...


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Oppo's upcoming Find X8 series will support magnetic accessories, and in fact the company is preparing an entire ecosystem of them to launch alongside the phones next month.An Oppo exec has shared some of the accessories the company is preparing through a short video on Weibo, which we've added below. As you can see, the magnetic accessories work with Oppo devices but also work flawlessly with iPhones, and this will probably make them a very interesting proposition for a lot of people buying a Find X8, but who have iPhones in their families - or even use an iPhone as...


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Google's Pixel 9 series may be quite crowded already, with the Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro XL, and Pixel 9 Pro Fold, but it's not complete. Not yet, anyway. There's one more member that needs to join, and that's the Pixel 9a.This will be the successor to the Pixel 8a which launched back in May, and today a bunch of CAD-based renders of the 9a have been outed for your viewing pleasure.The Pixel 9a is expected to launch in the spring, so there's still plenty of time to wait until its debut. While the overall design of the phone does scream "Pixel!", there is, as you have...


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MediaTek is unveiling its next flagship chipset, the Dimensity 9400, on October 9. Then, only a few days later, Qualcomm will take the wraps off its Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 (which may be called Snapdragon 8 Elite instead). For the next year, these will be the premier chipsets for Android devices, and a lot of smartphone makers have recently had to make the very tough choice of figuring out which to go with for their upcoming devices.That decision may or may not have been in part influenced by pricing. According to prolific Chinese leakster Digital Chat Station, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 is...


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