Abidur Chowdhury, a key designer who worked on the iPhone Air, has left the company and joined an unnamed AI startup, according to insiders quoted by Bloomberg. Chowdhury can be seen in the iPhone Air introductory video embedded below. While he wasn’t the only driving force behind the design, his departure has had an impact on the design team, claim the insiders. Chowdhury joined Apple around six years ago – around the same time that famed designer Jony Ive left to form his own creative agency called LoveFrom. Another project that Ive was involved in, called io, was bought by OpenAI...
Abidur Chowdhury, a key designer who worked on the iPhone Air, has left the company and joined an unnamed AI startup, according to insiders quoted by Bloomberg. Chowdhury can be seen in the iPhone Air introductory video embedded below. While he wasn’t the only driving force behind the design, his departure has had an impact on the design team, claim the insiders. Chowdhury joined Apple around six years ago – around the same time that famed designer Jony Ive left to form his own creative agency called LoveFrom. Another project that Ive was involved in, called io, was bought by OpenAI...
The Redmi K90 and K90 Pro Max are already official, having been launched last month, but apparently there's a third member of the family coming next year. This will likely be called Redmi K90 Ultra, and a new rumor claims it will be powered by a Dimensity 9 series chipset, which could be the upcoming Dimensity 9500+. Redmi K90 Pro Max The phone will allegedly have a 6.8-inch LTPS OLED screen with "1.5K" resolution and 165Hz refresh rate, very rounded corners, a metal frame, an ultrasonic in-display fingerprint scanner, a very good water resistance rating, and a battery capacity...
HMD is expanding its reach to the enterprise and government/defense sectors via its HMD Secure division. Its latest device is the Terra M, which HMD classifies as an ultra-rugged “smart feature phone” with an enterprise-ready OS, and its target group includes critical infrastructure operators, military personnel, law enforcement agents, first responders, government and enterprise employees. HMD Terra M Terra M brings military-grade durability, conforming to the MIL-STD-810H standard while also featuring IP68 and IP69K ingress protection. HMD Secure brings Mobile Device...
Samsung is expected to launch its Galaxy S26 series in February and rumors suggest we will see the return of the Exynos chipset in most regions. The S26 and S26+ will be equipped with Exynos 2600 in markets like Korea and Europe, while North America will get the Snapdragon 8 Gen Elite 5 chip instead. The S26 Ultra will reportedly get the Snapdragon chip in all regions. According to a new report from South Korea’s ChosunBiz based on industry sources, Samsung Electronics’ System LSI and Samsung Electronics' MX divisions are currently negotiating on lowering the price of Exynos 2600 by $20 to...
Xiaomi has published its Q3 2025 financial report and the numbers are glowing – this is the fourth consecutive quarter with more than CNY 100 billion in revenue. Xiaomi’s smartphone business is well established at this point and it continues to perform – the company shipped 43.3 million units globally, which marks the 9th consecutive quarter of growth. Globally, Xiaomi is in the Top 3 and it is #2 in China. Revenue from the smartphone division was CNY 46 billion. Xiaomi saw higher demand for its phones in the CNY 4,000-6,000 segment (that is $560-$845), which accounted for 18.9% of its...
It’s not just you – Cloudflare is down, which has brought down a great number of sites. Cloudflare is a CDN (content delivery network) and offers cybersecurity and other services. It is widely used to reduce the load on a website’s servers and to protect them from attacks. This level of centralization has its downsides, though, as we are experiencing now. GSMArena experienced issues briefly, but we have made some temporary changes and everything should be working as expected – tell us in the comments if you spot any remaining issues! Cloudflare is down, which is causing issues on a...
Poco has officially revealed the chipset details for its upcoming Poco F8 Ultra and F8 Pro, which are scheduled to launch globally on November 26. In a social media post, Poco confirmed that the F8 Ultra will be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 SoC. Meanwhile, the F8 Pro will use the Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset. The Poco F8 Ultra will also come with a dedicated VisionBoost D8 chipset that is said to offer improved details and AI Super Resolution. Poco recently shared the designs of the upcoming phones, which are reminiscent of the Redmi K90 and K90 Pro Max. The F8 Ultra...
Poco has officially revealed the chipset details for its upcoming Poco F8 Ultra and F8 Pro, which are scheduled to launch globally on November 26. In a social media post, Poco confirmed that the F8 Ultra will be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 SoC. Meanwhile, the F8 Pro will use the Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset. The Poco F8 Ultra will also come with a dedicated VisionBoost D8 chipset that is said to offer improved details and AI Super Resolution. Poco recently shared the designs of the upcoming phones, which are reminiscent of the Redmi K90 and K90 Pro Max. The F8 Ultra...
Samsung has unveiled a tenkeyless keyboard that can be used with your Galaxy phone, tablet or laptop – actually, the keyboard can work with all three devices at once. It uses Bluetooth 5.4 to connect to up to three devices and you can switch between them using a dedicated key (with LEDs above it to indicate the currently active connection). There’s no 2.4GHz dongle, however. This can be a great pick if you have a desk setup at home with a monitor - it’s the kind of setup that DeX was built for. This keyboard – called simply the Samsung Smart Keyboard – also has a dedicated DeX...