Samsung's Galaxy S25 Ultra is only expected to launch in January, but it's been in the rumors a lot recently. Today, from Chinese leakster Ice Universe comes word that the device will ship with an upgraded ultrawide camera. According to him, the S25 Ultra will have a 50 MP ultrawide using the Samsung ISOCELL JN3 sensor, with 0.7um pixel size. That's the good news. The bad news is that Ice Universe says this will be the only camera that's getting an upgrade. All the others remain unchanged from the Galaxy S24 Ultra. This contradicts a rumor from May which claimed the 3x telephoto would be...
This year Apple introduced not one, but two entirely new chipsets - the A18 and A18 Pro. This is also the first time the vanilla iPhone models, the iPhone 16 and 16 Plus in particular, get a recent chipset, not a year-old one. Perhaps the main reason is to enable the high-demanding AI-related tasks and features under the Apple Intelligence umbrella. They weren't available on the A16 Bionic. As the names suggest, the A18 Pro powers up the iPhone 16 Pro and 16 Pro Max, while the non-Pro A18 is at the heart of the iPhone 16 and 16 Plus. Let's start with the A18 Pro. Apple A18...
Apple kicked off its big event with watches – a Series 10 that is almost a complete redesign and a new look for the Ultra 2. We’ll start with the brand new model. Apple Watch Series 10 This new generation has the biggest display of any Apple Watch – yes, this includes the Apple Watch Ultra 2 – and is also the thinnest watch from the company. Additionally, charging has been sped up significantly. Long story short, this is like a more slender Ultra and it even has a new titanium version. Let’s start with the display, since it's a major upgrade. It’s a bit bigger than the Ultra (both...
Apple kicked off its big event with watches – a Series 10 that is almost a complete redesign and a new look for the Ultra 2. We’ll start with the brand new model. Apple Watch Series 10 This new generation has the biggest display of any Apple Watch – yes, this includes the Apple Watch Ultra 2 – and is also the thinnest watch from the company. Additionally, charging has been sped up significantly. Long story short, this is like a more slender Ultra and it even has a new titanium version. Let’s start with the display, since it's a major upgrade. It’s a bit bigger than the Ultra (both...
Apple kicked off its big event with watches – a Series 10 that is almost a complete redesign and a new look for the Ultra 2. We’ll start with the brand new model. Apple Watch Series 10 This new generation has the biggest display of any Apple Watch – yes, this includes the Apple Watch Ultra 2 – and is also the thinnest watch from the company. Additionally, charging has been sped up significantly. Long story short, this is like a more slender Ultra and it even has a new titanium version. Let’s start with the display, since it's a major upgrade. It’s a bit bigger than the Ultra (both...
This year the regular AirPods get a lot of love from Apple. In fact, the AirPods 4 is the only pair that gets a meaningful hardware upgrade this year. They now come in two variants - standard AirPods 4 and AirPods 4 Active Noise Cancellation. As with every generation of new Apple products, the AirPods 4 are touted as the best-sounding non-Pro AirPods so far as well as the most comfortable ones. Apple has used special mapping technology to examine a large pool of users' ears and make the earpods more comfortable. The company also implemented a new acoustic design that drastically...
Today at its big event Apple has unveiled three new colors for the AirPods Max over-the-ear headphones. It's also finally given them a USB-C port. There are no further updates. The new AirPods Max are still $549, and will go on pre-order today. They will be released on September 20. The AirPods Pro 2 are getting a big update - but not in hardware. Instead, they are receiving a lot of hearing-related features. You will get hearing protection via machine learning, and this is on by default to protect you from loud noises. There's also a personalized hearing test (which you can...
Samsung started rolling out the update to One UI 6.1.1 last week, when it went out to the Galaxy S24 series, the Galaxy Z Fold5 and Flip5 in Korea. Today, the rollout has expanded significantly. Reports are coming in left and right saying that the Galaxy S24, S24+, and S24 Ultra are receiving the update in the US, UK, continental Europe, as well as India. One UI 6.1.1 update in Europe The update brings with it more Galaxy AI features. Sketch to image lets you turn a simple drawing into "a captivating work of art", and you can also generate a whole new look for your portraits....
vivo released the X100 and X100 Pro in late November last year, but their successors will come earlier, as rumored before and 'confirmed' today by a new report from China (as much as any rumor can truly confirm another rumor). Apparently, the X200 and X200 Pro will arrive in early October instead, a very short amount of time after Apple's iPhone 16 family is released later this month. Alleged vivo X200 render Thus, the X200 and X200 Pro will compete head-on with Apple's new offerings in China, where vivo sold the most smartphones in July and August. In the premium segment, vivo is...
A few weeks ago Tecno’s division in Ghana messed up and published some pre-order details for the company’s upcoming foldables ahead of schedule. That post was quickly deleted and there are still no official details on when the two phones will be unveiled. But unofficially, you can have a peek at their revamped designs thanks to this leak. The Tecno Phantom V Fold 2 (model number AE10) will be powered by the Dimensity 9000+ paired with 12GB of RAM, as revealed by a Geekbench run. The inner display will have a resolution of 2,000 x 2,296px, the same as the original V Fold. The battery will...