The latest Asus smartphone is the Zenfone 12 Ultra, which launched in February of last year. With that in mind, you may have been expecting a Zenfone 13 Ultra, or an ROG Phone 10 series to arrive soon, but according to a new report, you'll be disappointed. Apparently Asus will not be launching any new smartphones this year. This allegedly comes straight from the company itself, which also promises that maintenance, software updates, and warranty services for all existing devices will continue without issue. Asus Zenfone 12 Ultra It's unclear what the reason for deciding not to...

Some flagships launched in 2025 were considerably more expensive than their predecessors, and the story won't be different with the phones launching this year, either, due to rising component costs, among other factors. The upcoming Samsung Galaxy S26 series was also expected to get a price hike, but if the latest rumor coming out of South Korea is to be believed, that won't be the case. A South Korean publication reports that Samsung has decided to launch the Galaxy S26 series at the same price as the Galaxy S25 lineup to avoid losing market share to Apple and other Chinese smartphone...

Poco is making the M8 official on January 8 (how fitting!), and ahead of that it's now officially revealed more of the phone's specs. It has a 6.77-inch 3D curved OLED screen with 1080x2392 resolution, 120Hz refresh rate, and 3,200-nit peak brightness, and the brand even claims this is the segment's "most durable 3D curved display phone". The M8 is MIL-STD-810H certified to withstand extreme heat, dust, shocks, and "the random chaos your day throws at you", whatever that means. It's also got an IP66 rating for dust and water resistance, and Wet Touch 2.0 tech built-in. It was drop...

2025 was a good year for vivo as it continued to innovate and upgrade on its solid lineup of devices. But the maker also faced challenges, like delivering its many great phones to markets outside of China and India. A great showing overall, but not without some losses. Winner and loser: vivo X200 Ultra Just like last year's X100 Ultra, the vivo X200 Ultra is one of the best phones on the market, yet it didn't manage to spread its immeasurable talents beyond China. The X200 Ultra kept what made its predecessor excellent, but made it better in every way - the latest chip, a...

Last month an upcoming Motorola Razr smartphone with the FIFA World Cup 2026 logo on the back surfaced, and today the brand has started teasing this release. The co-branding is very visible in the quick video below, and thankfully Motorola has also revealed when we should expect the device to become official: on January 6. Inspired by the field and fueled by passion💚⚽ Stay tuned to see our icon get a game day makeover #razr #MakeItIconic pic.twitter.com/qQtoeoZmef— motorolaus (@MotorolaUS) January 2, 2026 If that date seems familiar, it's because Motorola is also teasing the global...

MediaTek has quietly unveiled the Dimensity 7100 chipset, presumably the successor to the 7050. The 7100 comes with an octa-core CPU with four Arm Cortex-A78 cores clocked at up to 2.4GHz and four Cortex-A55 cores clocked at up to 2GHz. The CPU is paired with the Mali-G610MC2 GPU. The SoC supports LPDDR5 memory at 5500Mbps and LPDDR4x at 4266Mbps, UFS 3.1 storage, and a maximum camera resolution of 200MP. There's also display resolution support up to 1200x2600 and up to 120Hz refresh rate. The Dimensity 7100 has a 5G modem with support for dual 5G SIM and a peak downlink speed of...

Ahead of CES, today Samsung has unveiled the Freestyle+ projector, which is portable. It comes with a peak brightness of 430 ISO lumens, which isn't much - basically fine for a dark room but won't let you see a lot if there's ambient lighting around. That said, it is almost twice as bright as Samsung's previous generation, so there's that. The Freestyle+ has a 180-degree rotating design which supports projection at virtually any angle, including onto walls, ceilings, and even floors, without any additional accessories being required. It boasts a built-in 360-degree speaker, "tuned...

Motorola is launching two high-end smartphones in the near future: the X70 Air Pro in China, and the Signature globally. They are both powered by the recently announced Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 SoC, so forgive us for assuming they might actually end up being the same device sold under two different names in different markets (just like the X70 Air is the Edge 70). Today the X70 Air Pro has been certified for sale in China by TENAA, and the listing has confirmed the use of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 SoC. The phone obviously supports 5G, and measures 162.1 x 76.4 x 7 mm, weighing 187g. Motorola...

After reviewing the latest and greatest in the industry for many years, it's somewhat difficult to get excited or be truly impressed by a smartphone. However, there are always those phones that just work for me for one reason or another. Xiaomi 15 Ultra Perhaps it's no surprise for my colleagues that I'm picking the current Xiaomi Ultra for yet another year. I chose this phone for my daily driver mainly due to its versatile camera hardware. It has all the focal lengths I need, and the 4.2x telephoto camera uses a large 200MP sensor that allows for further cropping without sacrificing...

The Oppo Reno15 series has now gone global with the launch of the Reno15 Pro Max, Reno15 Pro, and Reno15. While all of these are rebranded models, Oppo has also introduced an entirely new addition to the lineup, the Reno15 F 5G. Oppo’s new Reno15 F is equipped with a Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 chipset, which is coupled with up to 12GB of LPDDR4X RAM and up to 512GB of UFS 3.1 storage. The phone also supports expandable storage. The Reno15 F comes with a 6.57-inch AMOLED display with a maximum refresh rate of 120Hz and Full-HD+ resolution. It is protected by the AGC Dragontrail-Star D+...