Customers could end up paying higher prices for Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S26 series. According to a report, the flagship phones will cost more as component prices are rising. The report states that pricing for crucial smartphone components such as the SoC and RAM is seeing a hike due to increased demand. However, the price hike isn’t limited to Samsung. Other smartphone makers, including Apple, Xiaomi, Oppo, and vivo, have also raised the pricing of their flagship models. vivo’s latest X300 lineup, for instance, costs more than its predecessors. That said, Samsung’s price...
According to a new patent application, Huawei might be working on its own pair of AR/VR glasses. These come with a pretty innovative removable strap that turns into a ring, which you can use to control the user interface of the glasses while it's on your finger. We're talking gesture recognition, pointing, and navigation. Huawei AR/VR headset patent with removable and re-attachable ring When it's tucked into the headset, you can use it for simple things like taps and swipes. It automatically recharges when it's 'docked' into the headset. This obviously eliminates the need for a...
Today Motorola made the Moto G (2026) and Moto G Play (2026) official in North America. The new Moto G is powered by MediaTek's Dimensity 6300 SoC, paired with 4GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. A 5,200 mAh battery keeps it going, and recharges at up to 30W. Moto G (2026) official images in Pantone Slipstream The main camera is 50MP, while the selfie snapper is 32MP. There's a macro camera too. The screen is 6.7", has 120Hz refresh rate, goes up to 1,000 nits in High Brightness Mode, and has Gorilla Glass 3 on top. The phone is IP52 rated for dust and splash resistance. The...
When it announced the AirPods Pro 3 back in September, Apple also introduced Live Translation for them as well as the AirPods 4 with ANC and AirPods Pro 2. The feature works when the AirPods in question are paired with an Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone running iOS 26 and later. The feature supported English (UK and US), French, German, Portuguese (Brazil), and Spanish at launch, but wasn't available in the EU. That, however, will change very soon. Today Apple has announced that Live Translation is coming to the EU "next month", so in December. The feature was delayed for EU users...
Although the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 SoC has only been official for a little over a month now, last week we already heard some rumors about its successor, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6. Today even more details have been outed in China. Intriguingly, it now looks like we'll have both the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro on the market next year. Only the Pro version will support LPDDR6, and the two SoCs will also differ in their GPUs. Both will be made using TSMC's 2nm process, and will be using third-generation self-developed CPU cores, in a 2+3+3...
The RedMagic 11 Pro went official in China as the RedMagic 11 Pro+ in October, and it made its global debut yesterday. We are currently working on our full, in-depth review of the device, so stay tuned for that. [#InlinePriceWidget,14277,1#] In the meantime, you may be interested to see how it fares in the now-traditional 'durability test' by Zack from the JerryRigEverything YouTube channel. Luckily, he had one on hand to test, and seemed quite impressed by the phone's world first - liquid cooling. And if you're curious about how that works, the video also contains the phone's full...
The RedMagic 11 Pro went official in China as the RedMagic 11 Pro+ in October, and it made its global debut yesterday. We are currently working on our full, in-depth review of the device, so stay tuned for that. [#InlinePriceWidget,14277,1#] In the meantime, you may be interested to see how it fares in the now-traditional 'durability test' by Zack from the JerryRigEverything YouTube channel. Luckily, he had one on hand to test, and seemed quite impressed by the phone's world first - liquid cooling. And if you're curious about how that works, the video also contains the phone's full...
Oppo launched the Find X9 and Find X9 Pro in China in mid-October, and then globally towards the end of the month. Now, the company is announcing that those who buy a Find X9 series handset will receive dedicated one-on-one support and exclusive priority service at Oppo service centers in international markets. [#InlinePriceWidget,14235,1#] [#InlinePriceWidget,14094,1#] Both of these are available in select countries and regions, including Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Mexico. One-on-one support will take place through online platforms like...
The Honor 500 and 500 Pro are rumored to launch in China at the end of this year. Ahead of the anticipated launch, a tipster has shared the design sketch of the base Honor 500. As per leakster Digital Chat Station (DCS), the Honor 500 series will offer a new horizontal rear camera module and a flat display with rounded corners. The design sketch shared by the leakster shows a rear camera module that appears similar to that of the Pixel camera bar. The upcoming smartphones will offer improved cameras, performance, and battery. The devices are also said to see a price...
OnePlus unveiled the Ace 6 alongside the flagship 15 last month, but apparently the Ace 6 family still isn't complete. You may have expected an Ace 6 Pro to arrive at some later point, and that could still happen, but in the meantime OnePlus is preparing the Ace 6 Pro Max. It's definitely a bit strange how Chinese smartphone makers seem to have all collectively decided to use the Pro Max suffix this year - hi Xiaomi and Oppo. Sure, this is obviously 'inspired' by Apple, but why it took so long is a mystery - Apple's been doing the Pro Max thing for a while, after all. Anyway, the OnePlus...