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OnePlus has announced the newest member of its mid-range Ace series in China, called the OnePlus Ace 6T. This is also the phone that will eventually be launched as the OnePlus 15R in other markets.The OnePlus Ace 6T will be the first phone to launch with Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 chip. We currently don't know much about this chip, and while it's easy to assume it would be slower than the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, it's not clear where it sits with regard to the previous flagship, the Snapdragon 8 Elite.Other features include a 6.7-inch 1.5K resolution 165Hz OLED display...


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Oppo launched the Find X9 and Find X9 Pro last month, but there's a third member of the family still coming - the Find X9 Ultra. This will of course be positioned as Oppo's imaging flagship, and as such you may have been wondering what to expect from its cameras.Today a new rumor out of China tells us that it will come with a 200MP main camera using the Sony IMX09E sensor, as well as a periscope telephoto with 3x optical zoom using the Sony IMX09A sensor. Aside from these two, there will also be an ultrawide and another periscope telephoto, for zooming even closer, and the latter, while...


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It’s a great time to upgrade your smartphone, as Amazon’s Black Friday sale brings solid discounts on Samsung devices. The Galaxy S25 Ultra and Galaxy S25 are both available at reduced prices, while the already affordable Galaxy S25 FE is now an even better deal.The Galaxy S25 Ultra is £250 off during the sale. It is powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy SoC and offers a large 6.9-inch AMOLED LTPO display with QHD+ resolution. Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra £250 off Read our...


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The Honor 500 series is now officially unveiled in China and it brings a design overhaul that’s got some clear Apple inspiration alongside some key specs upgrades over the Honor 400 models.Honor 500 (left) and Honor 500 Pro (right)The design of the Honor 500 and 500 Pro is clearly inspired by the iPhone Air with a distinct camera visor/plateau on the back.While neither of the new Honor phones is as thin or light as the Air, they do come with some impressive cameras and huge batteries. But speaking of design, both versions of the 500 series feature aluminum frames and glass...


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The Google Pixel 10 and Pixel 10 Pro are available at a discounted price during the ongoing Black Friday sale on Amazon UK. If you were looking to buy one of the new Pixel 10 phones, this is a good time.The Pixel 10 is available with a £200 discount, whereas the Pro variant is £100 off. This year, Google upgraded the base Pixel 10 by adding a third periscope telephoto camera at the back. Google Pixel 10 £200 off Read our review 128GB - £599 at Amazon UK 256GB...


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Huawei has already announced that it's making the Mate 80 series official on November 25, and ahead of that, today the company has continued teasing the devices with two videos.The first one, embedded below, is all about the Mate 80 Pro Max. The already revealed design is in full view. The phone will have great dust and water resistance, including resistance to water jets, as is made obvious by the video.The next teaser video is all about the cameras - specifically, their output, enabled by the processing pipeline which Huawei calls the second generation Red Maple imaging. The...


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The vivo S50 series is expected to launch in China next month. Last week, the company confirmed that the S50 Pro mini will feature the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 SoC. Now, vivo has unveiled the phone’s design along with several key specifications.vivo’s Han Boxiao shared the design of the S50 Pro mini on Weibo. The phone gets a pill-shaped horizontal rear camera module, which is reminiscent of the recently launched Honor 500 series and the iPhone Air.The vivo S50 Pro mini will get a triple rear camera setup that includes a Sony IMX882 periscope telephoto unit. For selfies, the phone...


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OnePlus has shared more details about the upcoming Ace 6T, ahead of its China launch on December 3. It is confirmed to be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 SoC.As for backup, the OnePlus Ace 6T will pack a massive 8,300mAh battery and offer 100W fast charging support, the company confirmed on Weibo.Meanwhile, the phone has also been listed on China Telecom’s database, which reveals some more specs. As per the listing, the Ace 6T will sport a 6.83-inch AMOLED display with a 2800 x 1272-pixel resolution. OnePlus has already revealed that the phone will offer 165Hz.The phone will...


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Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 flagship SoC in September and followed it up with a non-Elite version two days ago. The OnePlus 15R, launching on December 17, will be the first smartphone in international markets to have the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 under the hood. Qualcomm confirmed that Motorola will announce a smartphone with this chip soon, but there's no word from the Lenovo-owned brand about it yet. However, reliable leakster Evan Blass has revealed that an upcoming Motorola smartphone codenamed "Urus" will be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5.Blass revealed that Urus is a...


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Oppo is already rumored to be working on the Find N6, its next foldable smartphone and the successor to the Find N5, which was released in February. We've recently heard that it would actually be the first foldable to launch with the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 SoC at the helm, which means it's definitely coming very soon.Today a tipster over on X has revealed that Oppo is now testing the Find N6 in India. While a launch of the device in India hasn't been confirmed yet, testing phones in India almost always leads to them being released over there. So this is pretty good news - at least...


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The iPhone Air is not selling particularly well and that may have discouraged at least three rival brands from attempting their own takes on the slim and light form factor. A new report from DigiTimes suggests that several Chinese brands, including Xiaomi, Oppo, and vivo have reportedly cancelled their plans to launch ultra slim phones meant to compete with the iPhone Air.According to the new report, Apple’s key suppliers, Foxconn, have reduced their iPhone production lines, and Luxshare has completely halted its iPhone production. We recently saw the Air's designer leave the...


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OmniVision also has a new high-end 200MP camera sensor for upcoming camera flagships, to rival the freshly announced Sony LYTIA 901.According to a report in Korean media, the OmniVision OVB0D is a 200MP 1/1.1-inch imager, so slightly larger, than the 1/1.12-inch LYTIA 901. The sensor features a Bayer filter, but with a different dual on-chip re-mosaic structure to the LYTIA's more complex QQBC.Technically, and we're hypothesizing a bit, due to the lack of proper information, Sony's sensor could have a slight edge in detail, because of its more advanced Quad-Quad Bayer Coding...


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After 14 years, Apple is once again poised to overtake Samsung as the global leader in terms of smartphone shipments. According to Counterpoint Research, Apple is projected to ship over 243 million iPhones in 2025, which would give it an estimated 19.4% share of the global smartphone market. Samsung, which is the current global leader, is expected to ship 235 million units, which would leave it with an 18.7% market share.The iPhone 17 series has proven to be a huge success for Apple as shipments in Q3 saw 9% growth compared to last year’s 16 series. Furthermore, Apple saw 12% higher...


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During the recent Poco F8 series launch event in Bali, Indonesia, the company also unveiled the rollout timeline for its HyperOS 3 update. The Poco F8 Pro and F8 Ultra, notably, ship with the new software out of the box.The Poco F7 series and the Poco X7 lineup will be the first to receive the HyperOS 3 update by the end of this month. In fact, Poco has already seeded the update for the F7 Ultra.Next, the update will be released for the Poco F6 series, Poco X6 Pro, Poco M7, Poco M6 lineup, and the Poco C75 in December.Lastly, the Poco F5 series, Poco X6, Poco M7 Pro 5G, Poco...


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