Ahead of its official unveiling of the Magic8 and Magic8 Pro on October 15, today Honor has appointed Nicholas Tse as its Future Technology Experience Officer. To celebrate the occasion, the brand has released the promo image you can see below, in which Tse is holding the Magic8 Pro. Tse is an actor, singer, songwriter, martial artist, entrepreneur, and TV chef from Hong Kong, and Honor says his journey of "identity evolution" reflects his continuous reinvention, taking on more and more roles to become a multifaceted and ever-evolving icon. This aligns with the Magic8 series' AI...
Nothing launched the Phone (3a) and Phone (3a) Pro mid-rangers back in March, and in July we heard that the company may have been working on a Lite device to add to its roster. Today a new rumor claims this will be the Nothing Phone (3a) Lite. This will allegedly come in a single RAM/storage configuration: 8/128GB. It will be offered in black and white. While these seem to be the only options, there's always a chance that the handset will get more RAM/storage combos and/or colorways in specific markets or regions. The Phone (3a) Lite is said to be launching globally, including in...
Apple is widely expected to release its first foldable smartphone next year. The iPhone Fold's hinge is now rumored to be much cheaper than previously anticipated, according to Ming-Chi Kuo, an analyst who's always been very well connected with Apple's supply chain. He says the hinge is now expected to be about $70 to $80 cheaper than "the market's expectation". 65% of the hinges Apple needs will be manufactured by a joint venture between Foxconn and Shin Zu Shing, the other 35% by Amphenol. Sometime "after 2027", Luxshare-ICT could join Apple's hinge supply chain. The reduction in...
The OnePlus 15's launch in China is imminent, and it's been rumored to get its global unveiling in mid-November. Ahead of all that, today the brand has extensively teased the phone's display. This is made by BOE, and the screen itself will be fully presented by BOE on October 14. It comes with a 165Hz refresh rate as hinted at by a OnePlus exec a while back, and OnePlus is also advertising 13% higher brightness and 11.8% improved color accuracy and consistency, both presumably compared to the OnePlus 13's panel. OnePlus 15 display features The new display has 1.15mm bezels...
Samsung Galaxy Watch7 users are finally receiving the much-awaited stable One UI 8 Watch update in select regions. The rollout comes over a month after the last One UI 8 Watch beta release for the smartwatch. Galaxy Watch7 users in South Korea who participated in the One UI 8 Watch beta program have confirmed receiving the stable update. Regular users are expected to get the update in the coming days. The WearOS 6-based One UI 8 Watch update for the Galaxy Watch7 comes with build number L310XXU1BYI4. It weighs around 160MB and includes the September security patch. One UI 8 Watch...
Realme is set to unveil its GT 8 series later this month, and the GT 8 Pro will be the first smartphone to feature a custom Ricoh Imaging tuning as part of the newly formed Realme x Ricoh Imaging partnership effort. The two brands will host a dedicated event tomorrow, where they will provide more details on their collaborative efforts, but we have some new info ahead of the keynote. Intuitive Algorithm Engine, which aims to eliminate common smartphone photography faults like over-sharpening, over-saturation, and over-smearing. Realme also shared that you can expect RAW-level pixel...
Alongside the debut of its flagship vivo X300 and X300 Pro smartphones, vivo announced a trio of new devices, including the 12.1-inch Pad 5e tablet, the Watch GT 2 smartwatch and its latest pair of flagship earbuds – the TWS 5. vivo Pad 5e vivo Pad 5e is a midrange tablet offering featuring a 12.1-inch screen, Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 chipset and a 10,000 mAh battery. It shares its key specs with the vivo Pad3, which launched back in August of 2024. A 12.1-inch IPS LCD dominates the front with 1,968 x 2,800px resolution, a 144Hz refresh rate and a 7.1:5 aspect ratio. The screen...
REDMAGIC continues to advance its smartphone cooling technology and it showcased its latest innovations at the REDMAGIC Gaming and Liquid Cooling Technology Conference in Shenzhen. The star of the show was the industry’s first mass-produced liquid cooling system combined with advanced air-cooling innovations. You can learn more about it on the company's official site. This is liquid cooling similar to what you see in powerful gaming PCs and AI servers – a pump circulates liquid over hotspots in the machine and then towards a fan and radiator that expel the heat. Just to be clear –...
The vivo X300 series is now official. It includes the base X300 with a compact design, and the X300 Pro. Both smartphones are powered by the recently announced MediaTek Dimensity 9500 SoC and offer several upgrades over their predecessors. vivo X300 Pro Starting with the flagship, the vivo X300 Pro gets an upgraded Zeiss triple rear camera setup. It offers a 50MP Sony LYT-828 main 1/1.28-inch sensor with f/1.57 aperture and gimbal OIS. The phone also gets a 50MP Samsung JN1 ultrawide unit, and a new 200MP 1/1.4-inch Samsung HPB sensor for its telephoto needs. At the front, vivo has...