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Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 (SM8850-AC) flagship mobile platform at the Snapdragon Summit in Maui, Hawaii, alongside the Snapdragon X2 Elite and X2 Elite Extreme chips. And towards the end of the product keynote, the chipmaker introduced the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 SoC.While Qualcomm didn't detail the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 SoC, Alex Katouzian, General Manager for Mobile, Compute, and XR at Qualcomm, said, "We developed this chipset to give you more choices and flexibility, while still delivering flagship features."That suggests the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 will sit a tier...


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The Honor Magic8 series is launching next month and Honor has now officially confirmed that its Magic8 series will feature the brand-new Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset. Honor is also set to launch the first Android tablet with Qualcomm's new flagship chip with the Magic Pad 3 Pro 13.3.We also got a more detailed look at the Magic8 Pro in its green color. It features a flat back and frame with a large circular camera island. We already knew it would feature a dedicated AI button, and we can see it on the right-hand side alongside the power and volume buttons.Honor Magic8...


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For another year, Google's hardware department is outing not one but two compact-sized flagship phones. You've got the Google Pixel 10 as the "entry-level" flagship for the Pixel 10 series, while the Google Pixel 10 Pro builds upon the vanilla model with better cameras and comes with larger memory configurations.Of course, there are other, less obvious differences, as you will see, and we will try to answer whether the €200/$200 price premium for the Pro version is worth it.Table of Contents: Design Display Battery Life Charging Speaker Test Performance ...


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Xiaomi unveiled the 15T and 15T Pro recently and the phones are now available for purchase in the UK via online stores. Both phones have also received a small discount.The Xiaomi 15T is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 8400 Ultra chipset and sports a 6.83-inch Full HD+ AMOLED display that has a refresh rate of 120Hz and 3,200 nits of peak brightness. Xiaomi 15T £35 off 12/256GB - £513 at Amazon UK It features a triple rear camera setup with a 50MP wide, 50MP telephoto,...


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The Xiaomi Watch S4 is a big hit. It has good battery life, solid looks, and a capable hardware package. But with a 47mm case, it isn't for people with smaller wrists. Cue in the Xiaomi Watch S4 41mm, a more slender and more refined variant of the S4.It's lightweight at just 32 grams and features a more discreet 41.2mm case. It doesn't feel cheap however, on the contrary, the stainless steel case is solid and has the air of premiumity people want in a timepiece.There are two case finishes to choose from - this Sunset Gold, which exclusively comes with a Milanese strap, and Silver,...


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We had quite the busy week in tech! Summer is truly over, bring on the tech announcements! MediaTek and Qualcomm both unveiled their next-gen mobile chipsets this week - the Dimensity 9500 and the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. The Snapdragon brings a 20% improvement in CPU performance with a 35% improvement in efficiency. On the GPU side, expect 23% improved performance, 20% better power efficiency, and 25% improved Ray Tracing. The chipset has a 37% faster Hexagon NPU and upgraded Qualcomm Sensing Hub, which together unlock agentic AI assistants for personalized experiences.We're already...


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Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days are less than two weeks away, but while we wait, we found some great deals on iPads (up to 25% off) and we also checked in on the state of Android phones.The US market is served by only a few makers and some aren’t carrying their weight. The vanilla Google Pixel 10 is on sale right now, but the $100 discount seems pretty light. Google Pixel 10 $100 off Read our review 12/128GB - $700 at Amazon US For comparison, the Samsung...


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Xiaomi unleashed the new 17-series of flagships this week (and the 15T duo, but we’ll save that for another week). This year there are three models – a vanilla Xiaomi 17 that takes over from the Xiaomi 15, a Xiaomi 17 Pro that has the same 6.3” size but offers more premium features (better tele camera, secondary screen) and the large model that is now called the Xiaomi 17 Pro Max.The Xiaomi 17 starts at the same price that the Xiaomi 15 cost last year. This is no longer the best 6.3” Xiaomi flagship, though – that would be the Pro, which is around 10% more expensive. Finally, the Xiaomi...


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Xiaomi hosted a big event this week where we saw the debut of several new devices, including the Redmi Pad 2 Pro. We got to test out the Pad 2 Pro with the Matte Glass screen, and these are our first impressions.For a €380 tablet, the Redmi Pad 2 Pro Matte Glass Version looks and feels like a more expensive device. It brings an aluminum unibody, which is cool to the touch, and at 610 grams, it has some heft to it, but not in a bad way. It actually feels lighter than what you’d expect from a tablet of this size, and it's fairly slim too at 7.5mm.The 12.1-inch IPS LCD features a...


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Sony makes phones like no other company on the market, but Sony fans are one of a kind too – they came out in force in last week’s poll and showed strong support for the Sony Xperia 10 VII.The new mid-ranger changes things up while staying true to the Xperia spirit. The perfectly rectangular display, the 3.5mm headphone jack and the microSD slot are must-haves for some and they also happen to be things you can’t get anywhere else. Not in this segment, anyway.There were some concerns about the price. Still, the vote went 5:1 in favor of “I want one” vs. “no, not at this price”. The...


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Google has released a new software update for the Pixel Buds Pro 2 TWS earphones, which comes with firmware version 4.467.The update brings Adaptive Audio and Loud Noise Protection to the Google Pixel Buds Pro 2, along with head gesture support for calls and texts, as well as an enhanced Gemini Live experience.You can read the changelog of the update below for more details. Adaptive Audio Adaptive Audio keeps you aware of your surroundings while dynamically reducing the volume of unwanted noises and sounds. Whether you’re out walking, cycling, on the metro, or at...


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Honor will launch the Magic8 series soon, and the devices will be powered by Qualcomm's recently unveiled Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 SoC. If you were wondering how well it would perform, no need to wonder anymore, as Honor's Li Kun has shared the Magic8's AnTuTu results on Weibo earlier today.As you can see from the screenshot below, the phone managed a total score of 4,166,339 in AnTuTu v11. The CPU score is 1,213,845, the GPU score 1,468,351, the memory score is 570,553, and the UX score is 913,590.Honor's exec has compared this very favorably to what the just-unveiled Xiaomi 17...


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The very first Samsung Galaxy S phone was announced a long 15 years ago – a lot has changed in smartphone photography since then. That original S-phone had a 5MP camera that could record 720p video. The latest Galaxy S25 Ultra has a 200MP camera and can record 8K video – that’s 4320p! To put it another way, the resolution for still images has increased 40x, while video recording has 36x the number of pixels. That’s just the main camera – one of the biggest changes since 2010 is the growing number of cameras. The S25 Ultra has four on its back, including a new 50MP ultra-wide, a 50MP...


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Samsung has released a new report stating that the Galaxy Z Fold7 and Galaxy Z Flip7 continue to enjoy strong demand in the US, maintaining momentum months after release. Samsung’s newest Galaxy Z foldables are said to be outperforming all earlier generations in sales. The Galaxy Z Flip7 is reportedly converting more users from competing smartphone brands than any of its predecessors. Meanwhile, the Galaxy Z Fold7 is generating strong interest among existing Galaxy users, especially those from the Galaxy S Ultra series. Samsung reports that nearly 30% of Z Fold7 buyers are upgrading...


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