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The Oppo A5 5G was made official last month for some markets, along with the A5 4G and A5x 4G. The A5 5G is now rumored to be heading to India, where it should land "very soon". The shot you can see below is purportedly showing the Indian model's About screen.When it does arrive, it will be offered in two RAM/storage combos. The base model will come with 6/128GB and will allegedly cost INR 15,499 (approximately $179). There will also be an 8/256GB model, but its pricing hasn't been leaked.The Oppo A5 5G has a 6.67-inch 720x1604 LCD screen with 120 Hz refresh rate and 1,000-nit...


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Samsung launched the Galaxy A56 in March globally, but so far the company hasn't started selling it officially in the US (you can find some units over there - use our widget below - but these are not models built for the US, instead they're imported and meant for other regions).[#InlinePriceWidget,13603,1#]That, however, will change at some point in the future. According to a new report, Samsung has started firmware development for the US-bound device, which will bear the model number SM-A566U1. Obviously, the company wouldn't waste resources on that if it didn't plan to eventually...


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Back in 2024, US Congress passed a law to ban TikTok unless parent company ByteDance divested most of its US-based operations with 80% going to companies headquartered in the US. The US Supreme Court upheld that law, but it really only resulted in a blip – a 13-hour blackout.Soon after returning to office, President Trump gave TikTok a 75-day grace period and then another and when that ran out, Trump pushed the ban back by 90 days. Perhaps it wouldn’t surprise you to learn that has been another delay – a new executive order has given TikTok 90 more days to reach a deal.To be fair,...


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The iQOO Z10 Lite is the latest addition to the series, and it slots in as the most affordable entry with its INR 9,999 ($115) launch price. The device is also expected to launch soon as the vivo T4 Lite.iQOO Z10 LiteZ10 Lite is built around a 6.74-inch IPS LCD with HD+ resolution and a 90Hz refresh rate. The panel is rated at 1,000 nits peak local brightness and features a 5MP front-facing camera.There’s a 50MP main cam around the back, which is paired alongside a 2MP depth helper. MediaTek’s Dimensity 6300 sits at the helm, paired with up to 8GB RAM and 256GB storage, with...


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Yesterday, Nothing confirmed the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 as the SoC of choice for the upcoming Nothing Phone (3).Company co-founder Akis Evangelidis praised the chip's performance, citing an 88% improvement in GPU speed, a 33% faster CPU, and a whopping 125% improvement in NPU speed compared to the Phone (2).Today, he also confirmed the software support details. When asked why the company didn't choose another SoC, Evangelidis said the new chip will clear the path to better software support - "5 & 7" instead of "4 & 4".Read that as five years of major OS updates and seven years of...


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Honor revealed the launch date for its upcoming Magic V5. The device is set to go official on July 2 at a dedicated launch event in Shenzhen, China. The event is set to begin at 7PM local time (2PM UTC) and will also include other new Honor devices.Magic V5 is expected to offer some sizeable advantages over the Magic V3, including a larger 6,100mAh battery with 66W charging, a 200MP periscope telephoto camera and the Snapdragon 8 Elite Leading Version chip.The upcoming foldable is also expected to bring a shockingly thin design, measuring under 9mm thick. If this pans out, Magic...


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The Pixel 9 smartphones launched last year came with upgraded biometrics as Google switched some models from an optical fingerprint scanner to an ultrasonic type. The upcoming Pixel 10 series will continue to feature ultrasonic fingerprint readers, but they will be better than the ones we have on the Pixel 9 series.According to a report by Android Headlines, the ultrasonic fingerprint scanner on the Google Pixel 10 series will be "faster than before." The publication doesn't tell us the supplier of this upgraded ultrasonic fingerprint scanner, but regardless, it should improve the...


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Honor is working on the X70 according to a new leak out of China. This mid-range device will be the successor to the X60 launched last year, and is tentatively scheduled to be unveiled next month.It will have a 6.79-inch OLED screen with "1.5K" resolution, and support for 80W wired charging. It will allegedly be offered in three colorways: white, black, and "bamboo".Honor X60It will be thin and light with a big battery, and those are all the details that have been outed so far. Compared to its predecessor, it's switched to an OLED panel instead of LCD, and will support much...


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Nothing is getting into the over-ear headphone business. It will unveil the Headphone (1) on July 1 at its launch event where it will also make the Phone (3) official. Both the phone and the headphones will be offered in the US officially, and a past rumor told us to expect the Nothing Headphone (1) to be priced at $299.But what about Europe? Specifically, the Eurozone. If you live there you are surely used to a price like $299 magically transforming into €399 or even €449, so you may have been expecting something similar here. But according to a new rumor, you'd be wrong.The...


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Xiaomi's Mix Flip 2 has been rumored to become official by the end of this month, and it turns out that rumor was correct. Today, Xiaomi has started teasing the device, publishing the image you can see below on its website.Our small glimpse of the box is accompanied by the text "See you this month", so it's settled - the Mix Flip 2 will be announced for the Chinese market in June.A global launch should follow, as it did for its predecessor, but it will probably come a bit later. Unfortunately, Xiaomi itself hasn't confirmed any of the Mix Flip 2's specs, but according to previous...


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After Apple's unveiling of iOS 26, Samsung was quick to poke fun at some of the features that are coming to iPhones this fall after having been available on Samsung devices already, and today Google has joined the fun - better late than never?Google's exceptionally cringy "#BestPhonesForever" campaign has released a new video, and like all the other ones it's set up as a conversation between a Pixel and an iPhone. Only this time, it's all about how iOS 26 has been 'inspired' by Pixel features. Take a look:Auto-translation of messages is mentioned, with the Pixel saying it had that...


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Redmi K Pad is set to launch in China soon as the brand’s first compact tablet and we now have some additional leaked specs for the device. The info comes from leakster Bald Panda who holds a solid track record, and it details the K Pad’s screen, battery, dimensions and color options.Redmi K PadBased on the new info, Redmi K Pad will feature an 8.8-inch IPS LCD screen with “3K” resolution (2,880 x 1,800px), a 165Hz refresh rate and a 16:10 aspect ratio. The device will reportedly measure 6.4mm thick and will tip the scales at 326 grams.Elsewhere, Redmi K Pad is said to...


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According to Mark Gurman's internal sources, Apple's executives are discussing the possibility of acquiring Perplexity AI, an AI-powered web search engine that has gained traction in the last year or so.However, the discussions are at an early stage, and Apple's mergers and acquisitions chief is overseeing them, along with executives at Apple's AI department. So, it's too early to tell whether the two companies will reach a deal.In fact, when asked for a comment, a Perplexity spokesperson said they have no knowledge of any current or future discussions on the matter.Even if...


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vivo will launch the X200 FE in Taiwan on June 23; however, there is no word from the brand about its launch in India. Previous rumors had claimed that the vivo X200 FE would be introduced in India on July 10, but we can confirm that this is not happening.A reliable source told us that the vivo X200 FE will debut in India during the week of July 13, meaning anytime between July 14 and July 19. There were also rumors about the vivo X Fold5 and X200 FE launching in India on July 10, with a recent report claiming the X Fold5 would go official in the Asian country between July 10 and July...


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It seems Spotify HiFi might be dropping sometime in the near future, if the latest leaks are to be believed.Spicetify, which is a command-line interface tool for the desktop Spotify client, has posted multiple images on its social media account that have mentions of this upcoming feature within the latest v1.2.66 update.Spotify 1.2.66 mentions lossless in more parts of UI ????#NewSpotify #SpotifyLossless #SpotifyLossless (pigeon) is mentioned in "Connect to the device" sidebar & under the artist in NPB (Now Playing Bar)Lossless will be available up to 24-bit/44.1KHz (FLAC +...


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