The new Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 arrives as a major upgrade over its predecessor and a departure from previous designs in the series. It has improvements in all the key areas of performance, efficiency, gaming, AI, camera and audio. The Gen 4 chip will be the first in the series fabbed on TSMC’s 4nm node. Previous generations have used a 4nm node from Samsung and a 6nm one from TSMC. This generation is the first in the 6-series to use ARMv9-based CPU cores – Cortex-A720 (2.3GHz) as the prime core, three more A720 (2.2GHz) as big cores and four Cortex-A520 (1.8GHz) as small cores. Previous...
The new Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 arrives as a major upgrade over its predecessor and a departure from previous designs in the series. It has improvements in all the key areas of performance, efficiency, gaming, AI, camera and audio. The Gen 4 chip will be the first in the series fabbed on TSMC’s 4nm node. Previous generations have used a 4nm node from Samsung and a 6nm one from TSMC. This generation is the first in the 6-series to use ARMv9-based CPU cores – Cortex-A720 (2.3GHz) as the prime core, three more A720 (2.2GHz) as big cores and four Cortex-A520 (1.8GHz) as small cores. Previous...
A big part of the Oppo Find N5 marketing push has been how thin the device is – each half measures only 4.2mm. But there’s another side to it, Oppo wants you to know that this slender phone is anything but fragile. We witnessed that up close in our hands-on when Oppo strapped a 20kg (44lbs) weight to the Find N5. Another aspect of being tough is water resistance – to that end, the Oppo Find N5 will be the first foldable in the world to be rated IPX9, in addition to IPX6 and IPX8. The first two are about surviving water jets (hot water jets in the case of IPX9), the third one is for...
Google will hold its annual developer conference on May 20-21. As usual, the big event will be held at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California, and kickoff is scheduled for 10AM PT time (5PM UTC). Google CEO Sundar Pichai will hold the opening keynote, followed by developer-related and technical sessions. Google confirmed it will livestream the main keynotes and sessions from I/O 2025, and we also got a cool Prism Shift puzzle game which revealed the I/O 2025 date. Google I/O is more than just a developer conference and has historically seen the formal announcement...
We have been hearing about the Samsung Galaxy A56 for the past few months, and we already know what it looks like, courtesy of OnLeaks, who shared the phone's CAD renders last year. However, thanks to Evan Blass (aka evleaks), we now get to see the Samsung Galaxy A56 in multiple colors. You can see the GIFs below, which were shared by Blass in his Leakmail on Substack. Samsung Galaxy A56 There's no word from Samsung about the Galaxy A56 yet, but previous rumors claimed the smartphone would come with an Exynos 1580 SoC, a 5,000/5,100 mAh battery, 45W charging, and a 12MP selfie...
Samsung’s Galaxy S25 Edge is expected to launch at some point later this year. As per the latest rumors, the device will measure 5.84 mm thin and weigh less than 160 grams, making it the thinnest and lightest Samsung phone in a long while. We now get a new Geekbench listing which suggests the S25 Edge will pack the full-fledged eight CPU core Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy chip. Galaxy S25 Edge (SM-937B) on Geekbench The device appeared with the SM-S937B model number, which is likely the global variant of the phone. It managed a 2,806 single-core score and an 8,416 multi-core outing....
The Oppo Find X8 series launched last year includes two phones - Find X8 and Find X8 Pro. We have been hearing about the Find X8 Mini for the past few months, which is rumored to arrive in March with a 6.31" display. However, popular tipster Digital Chat Station claims the Find X8 Mini will be launched with a different name, which is yet to be confirmed. Additionally, DCS said the Find X9 series will comprise four models. According to DCS, the Find X9 lineup will include the Find X9, Find X9 Pro, Find X9 Plus, and Find X9 Ultra. They will all have flat screens (or maybe quad-curved...
WhatsApp is working on a new feature for group chats. It's been spotted in the latest WhatsApp beta build for Android, which became available today to those in the beta testing group. This lets you assign a label for yourself in every group you're a part of, as showcased by the screenshot below. The label you assign yourself will be seen by all current and future members of a group, but nowhere else - each such label is specific to one group. Once you have set a label for yourself in a group, it will remain there until you change it, even if you reset or reinstall WhatsApp. As you...
The iQOO Z10 Turbo will be powered by MediaTek's Dimensity 8400 SoC, while the Z10 Turbo Pro will go with the Snapdragon 8s Elite chipset from Qualcomm, according to the latest rumor out of China. Both devices are going to have "1.5K" resolution high refresh rate flat screens (possibly 144 Hz), a "flagship level" independent display chip (whatever that means), and a battery capacity between 7,000 mAh and 7,500 mAh. iQOO Z9 Turbo+ The iQOO Z10 Turbo and iQOO Z10 Turbo Pro will allegedly arrive in April. According to previous rumors, the Z10 Turbo will have a 50 MP main camera and...
Apple has been in talks with a bunch of Chinese companies to partner up on offering AI services in China, and according to a new report today, Alibaba is the chosen one. Apple has thus passed over DeepSeek, the AI hype darling of the past few weeks. Back in December Apple was said to also be talking to Tencent and TikTok owner ByteDance to secure an AI partnership, and in the past it's also been rumored to be talking to Baidu. But in the end, if today's report is accurate, Alibaba rose above the rest. Apple needs a local partner in China for AI features because the Chinese...