vivo did something different for its flagship smartphone line this year, releasing the X200 Pro mini as a smaller option alongside the X200 and X200 Pro. And it seems to be selling quite well. The company now plans to launch a smaller-screen mid-range smartphone in 2025, according to a new rumor from Digital Chat Station. The post on Weibo has since been deleted which generally means he spilled the beans a bit too early. vivo X200 Pro mini In it he claims the device will be powered by a Dimensity 9 series chipset, but doesn't name it. This makes us think it will be the Dimensity...

Samsung's upcoming Galaxy S25 Ultra has already been rumored to come with very thin screen bezels, but today we get an additional detail. According to Ice Universe, the S25 Ultra will actually win the bezel game, having thinner bezels than any other phone, including the Xiaomi 15 and iPhone 16 Pro Max. Both of those can boast impressively small bezels, but the S25 Ultra will take things one step further in this regard. The render above was created for illustrative purposes, so we can see what to expect from the device in terms of bezels. Ice Universe also provides some details...

OnePlus' Ace 5 and Ace 5 Pro are due to launch in China this month, and we're now at the stage where we hear something new about them every day. Today a promo poster for offline stores has been leaked showing the two devices, with three colorways each, though it's pretty hard to make them out exactly. Interestingly, this promo poster seems to imply that both phones will have the same 6,400 mAh battery capacity, which runs contrary to all of the rumors we've heard so far - even if they couldn't quite agree on the exact capacities, they all said the Ace 5 and Ace 5 Pro would have different...

Samsung's One UI 7 based on Android 15 is currently in the beta testing phase, and today the company has given us more details about its AI chops. Samsung says the Now Bar is a "defining element" of One UI 7. This is basically the Korean company's own interpretation of the Dynamic Island concept. In Samsung's own words, the Now Bar "gives personalization a new meaning by seamlessly integrating your everyday actions and most-used apps into your lock screen". As you can see from the image above, the Now Bar resides at the bottom center of your lock screen, and lets you "control your...

Samsung's One UI 7 based on Android 15 is currently in the beta testing phase, and today the company has given us more details about its AI chops. Samsung says the Now Bar is a "defining element" of One UI 7. This is basically the Korean company's own interpretation of the Dynamic Island concept. In Samsung's own words, the Now Bar "gives personalization a new meaning by seamlessly integrating your everyday actions and most-used apps into your lock screen". As you can see from the image above, the Now Bar resides at the bottom center of your lock screen, and lets you "control your...

The renders of the Samsung Galaxy S25+ that are making the rounds on the Internet may have omitted an important change coming next year – a large, slightly recessed area that looks suspiciously like the Camera Control button (really a tiny touch pad) on the new iPhones. There’s a simpler explanation, however. This is almost certainly the mmWave antenna – the “SM-S936U” indicates that this is a US model (e.g. the SM-S926U is the US S24+), so it should have an antenna for the faster 5G variant. Those antennas look very much like this, a small area below the buttons on the...

The renders of the Samsung Galaxy S25+ that are making the rounds on the Internet may have omitted an important change coming next year – a large, slightly recessed area that looks suspiciously like the Camera Control button (really a tiny touch pad) on the new iPhones. There’s a simpler explanation, however. This is almost certainly the mmWave antenna – the “SM-S936U” indicates that this is a US model (e.g. the SM-S926U is the US S24+), so it should have an antenna for the faster 5G variant. Those antennas look very much like this, a small area below the buttons on the...

Motorola launched three Moto G phones today and a fourth one named Moto e15. The cheapest of the bunch, it runs Android 14 Go operating system. The Moto e15 comes with a 6.67” LCD panel with HD+ resolution and Gorilla Glass protection on top. The chipset is a Helio G81, coupled with 2 GB RAM. That is the maximum possible for the Go version of Android, as Google limits phones with more RAM to the proper Android releases. The Moto e15 has 64 GB storage, but it also takes microSD cards in a triple tray, alongside the two SIM slots. The camera on the back has a 32 MP sensor, and we...

Motorola unveiled three new additions to its Moto G lineup today. The Moto G15 and Moto G15 Power and Moto G05 are entry-level phones with big batteries as their key selling point. They are also the first Moto G devices to run Android 15 out of the box. Moto G15 and Moto G15 Power The two Moto G15 phones share most of their hardware, except for the battery. The Power variant features a 6,000 mAh pack, while the G15 has 5,200 mAh capacity. It makes the G15 Power slightly thicker (8.8 mm vs 8.2 mm) and heavier (203g vs 190g), but aside from these changes, everything else is the...

The Poco series brings two new 5G models to the Indian market – a mid-ranger from the M-series and an entry-level phone from the C-series. Both are already up on Flipkart for pre-order. The Poco M7 Pro 5G is based on the Dimensity 7025 Ultra, a 6nm chip with two Cortex-A78 (2.5GHz) and six A55 (2.0GHz) cores. It can be configured with 6GB or 8GB of RAM and 128GB or 256GB storage. The phone launches with HyperOS (based on Android 14) and will receive 2 OS updates and 4 years of security patches. Poco M7 Pro 5G The display is quite different from what was on the M6 Pro 5G. The...