So, you're in the market for a Samsung-made flip-style foldable and are naturally wondering whether you should save a few bucks and go for last year's Z Flip5 or pony up the premium for the shiny new Z Flip6. Straight off the bat, the two devices are very similar. Samsung went for refinement more than any major innovation this year; hence, either phone will deliver a similar overall experience. Still, as the saying goes, the devil is in the details, and we are more than happy to go over the most important ones with you in this article. Table of Contents: Design Display ...
Tecno is preparing to launch the Phantom V Fold 2, and we know there is a V Flip 2 as well. The company revealed the foldables are up for pre-order in the West African country of Ghana and showcased the devices as well. The Phantom V Fold 2 has a massive rectangle camera island on the back, similar to what Xiaomi implemented with the Mix Fold 3. We can see the triple setup will be 50 MP, meaning at least one of the cameras will get such a sensor. The V Flip 2 is also going for a more straightforward design with a bigger screen on the back, compared with the circular screen on...
The Poco Pad was unveiled back in May and it’s getting an India market launch as the Poco Pad 5G. The launch event is scheduled for August 23 and we now get another leak revealing the chipset and RAM as the device emerged on Geekbench. Poco Pad 5G on Geekbench Poco Pad 5G was certified with the 24074PCD2I model number – the same identifier seen on Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). The new listing reveals the tablet is equipped with the Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 chipset and 8GB RAM just like its global counterpart. Poco Pad 5G scored 1,035 points in a single-core test and 2,978...
The Poco Pad was unveiled back in May and it’s getting an India market launch as the Poco Pad 5G. The launch event is scheduled for August 23 and we now get another leak revealing the chipset and RAM as the device emerged on Geekbench. Poco Pad 5G on Geekbench Poco Pad 5G was certified with the 24074PCD2I model number – the same identifier seen on Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). The new listing reveals the tablet is equipped with the Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 chipset and 8GB RAM just like its global counterpart. Poco Pad 5G scored 1,035 points in a single-core test and 2,978...
iQOO's flagship 13 is expected to launch later this year, and a new rumor out of China now claims that it will bring back a feature that was last seen on the original iQOO phone which came out in 2019. We're talking about a centered vertical light strip that was embedded in the phone's rear. According to one Chinese tipster over on Weibo, the iQOO 13 will have something similar. Original vivo iQOO from 2019 There are no other details right now, so of course the iQOO 13's interpretation of a light strip may well look very different from that of its ancestor. This light strip will...
Qualcomm’s in-house Oryon CPU cores will soon make their debut on the smartphone market. A leaked page from a datasheet reveals that there are two models on the way – SM8750 and SM8750P. The “P” presumably stands for “Performance” and might be similar to the “AC” variants we’ve seen with previous Snapdragon chips. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 is built on a 3nm node (down from 4nm, should be a TSMC node again). The CPU will be in a 2+6 configuration as seen in this Geekbench test, but it’s not clear whether that’s eight Oryon cores or just two Oryon plus six Cortex cores. Unlike the Snapdragon...
The Raspberry Pi 5 is the latest in a series of tinker-friendly single-board computers (SBCs). It was introduced at the end of 2023 at a slightly higher price than the Pi 4, which understandably made some people unhappy. Now, not quite a year after the original launch, the Raspberry Pi Foundation has introduced a cheaper version. The Raspberry Pi 5 is now available with 2GB of RAM at a price of $50. Previously, the 4GB model was the cheapest at $60 and there is also the 8GB model at $80. Getting less RAM makes this variant cheaper, but that’s not all. Broadcom didn’t design the...
The Oppo A3 first became official in early July in China, and today it's seemingly made the jump to India. That's what would appear to have happened, but actually the Indian A3 is an entirely different device from the Chinese one. The A3 for India comes with a 6.67-inch 720x1,604 LCD touchscreen with 120 Hz refresh rate, 240 Hz touch sampling rate, and 1,000-nit peak brightness. It's powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 6300 SoC, paired with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of expandable storage. There's a 50 MP main camera on the rear and a 5 MP one for selfies on the front, and a 5,100 mAh...
Last week Google launched the Zoom Enhance feature, but only on the Pixel 8 Pro – sorry, Pixel 8 users. The new Pixel 9 series will have it out of the box, of course, even the vanilla model. However, these are still a couple of days away from shipping. Here’s an early preview of what this feature does, courtesy of Peyman Milanfar, who works at Google on computational imaging, machine learning and vision related tasks. First, what is Zoom Enhance? Unlike Super Res Zoom, this feature works even after you’ve taken the photo. If you have a Pixel 8 Pro (or are reading this after you received...
According to a new rumor out of China, the Xiaomi 15 Ultra will come with three different material options on its back, one more than its predecessor which launched earlier this year. The prolific Digital Chat Station on Weibo tells us to expect the 15 Ultra to come in variants with a fake leather back, a glass back, and a ceramic back. Those are currently all of the mainstream finishes for high-end devices, so it will be impossible not to find one that suits your taste. Xiaomi 14 Ultra The Xiaomi 15 Ultra will use Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 SoC, and it will have a "2K" (aka...