As someone who’s been knee-deep in the Apple ecosystem for the better part of four years, I’m now making up for lost time by discovering all that I’ve missed in the world of Android. Since becoming a freelance writer, I’ve dived headfirst into the Android phone market to test the latest and greatest handsets. My

Oppo has already been rumored to be switching things up in the camera department on its upcoming Find X9 Pro, going from two telephotos on its predecessor to a single 200 MP snapper. Today a new rumor out of China details that camera, and reveals that it’s not going to be using the Samsung ISOCELL

The iPhone 17 generation – the Pro Max model, at least – is rumored to have a smaller Dynamic Island thanks to some metalens tech. However, the Dynamic Island will remain visible this year. Next year, however, with the iPhone 18 Pro series, things will start to change, reports the regular Weibo leakster account Digital

Ming-Chi Kuo, one of the most renowned Apple-related analysts, shared an interesting report regarding Apple’s future foldable phone. We’ve heard many rumors about the device in the past, but according to the latest supply chain analysis, the Cupertino-based company is close to releasing a bendy. The first evidence comes from the assembly supplier for Apple,

Late last year, Google introduced the “Dream Screen” feature for YouTube Shorts – this is a play on words on “green screen” and allows content creators to use AI generated images and videos as a background for their videos. The company is building on this capability and will soon integrate its latest Veo 3 model

Samsung foundries manufactured the first four Google Tensor chips – the G1 through G4 that were used in the Pixel 6 through Pixel 9 series. Now insiders are saying that Google has switched alliances and the next five generations, Tensor G5 through G9, will be fabbed by TSMC – these will be used in the

The Redmi K80 Ultra is launching soon in China, and we now have a detailed spec sheet to work with. The brand shared more details on its official Weibo page and tipster Experience More also chimed in with some additional info. Redmi K80 Ultra color options As per the new reports, Redmi K80

A couple of days ago, vivo said that it would soon launch the T4 Lite with a 6,000 mAh battery for under INR10,000 ($115/€100). Today, the brand announced that the T4 Lite will be unveiled in India on June 24 at noon local time. The vivo T4 Lite will come in Prism Blue and Titanium

Honor is gearing up to launch its next flagship foldable phone with the Magic V5 and the teaser campaign is now in full swing ahead of the big launch set to take place on July 2 in Shenzhen, China. Honor has now shared our first official look at the device in its folded state. It

First Trump, now Klarna – everyone seemingly wants a piece of the lucrative US carrier market. Klarna, the Buy Now Pay Later app, has just announced that it’s launching its own mobile phone plan in the US, which will be accessible directly in the Klarna app. The $40 per month plan includes “unlimited 5G data

According to legendary leaker Evan Blass, Samsung’s next Unpacked event is taking place on July 9 at 10 AM EDT (that’s 7 AM in LA, 3 PM in London, 4 PM in Paris and Berlin, 7:30 PM in India, and 11 PM in Korea). The use of that time zone in the leak seems to

Google Maps’ feature that uses AI to predict when walking or taking transit will get you to your destination in roughly the same amount of time as driving is headed to Copenhagen, Stockholm, and Warsaw. In cities like Hamburg, Madrid, Barcelona, Milan, Rome, Zurich, Budapest, Vienna, and Brussels, you will be able to see where

At the risk of sounding like someone who’s old before his time, I have a fairly substantial list of tech pet peeves. At the lower end of the scale, I don’t understand folks who hold their phone at a distance when having a conversation, nor am I a fan of using a phone without a

The Fairphone 6 is apparently launching on June 25, and ahead of that we’ve already seen it in a leaked render, and then its specs got leaked a couple of days ago. Today, a lot more official-looking images of the phone have been outed, showing it in all of its three colors – Forest Green,

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email Trump Mobile, the newly launched line of smartphones produced by the Trump Organization for “real Americans,” has become a target for Internet mockery yet again

Xiaomi’s self-developed chipset, the Xring O1, made its debut inside the Xiaomi 15S Pro smartphone, which launched last month along with the Xiaomi Pad 7 Ultra tablet. Now it looks like Xiaomi is developing another tablet, the Pad 7S Pro. This one will use the Xring O1 just like the Pad 7 Ultra, but given

Samsung’s first XR headset, currently codenamed Project Moohan, has already been showcased by the company a bunch of times, but it’s still not fully official. A new report out of Korea claims the company has now set a date for its unveiling: September 29. Then, it will become available for purchase on October 13, in

Honor is unveiling the Magic V5 foldable smartphone on July 2, and alongside it the MagicPad 3 tablet. The brand has now started teasing the new tablet and posted the official images you can see below. Honor MagicPad 3 official images Honor also confirmed the MagicPad 3’s most important specs. It

NFC Forum introduced version 15 of the NFC (Near Field Communication) standard. The most notable upgrade is the extended communication range. It’s now 2 cm, up from 0.5 cm. This makes tasks such as contactless payments faster and more stable. With the increased range, the NFC no longer requires precise device alignment and enables more

Earlier this week, Samsung announced the One UI 8 Watch, which will debut with the next Galaxy Watch coming in July. The One UI 8 Watch update brings new Samsung Health features, including Bedtime Guidance, Vascular Load, Running Coach, and Antioxidant Index. While Samsung Health features have been free to use until now, things could