MediaTek is set to announce its Dimensity 8300 midrange chipset next week but we now have a Geekbench run for the Redmi 70 which is expected to be amongst the first phones on the market with the new SoC. Redmi K70 Geekbench scorecard Redmi K70 (Xiaomi 2311DRK48C) scored 1,512 single-core points and 4,886 multi-core points which is slightly higher than the outgoing Dimensity 8200 and 8200 Ultra. The chip features 1+3+4 architecture with ARMv8-based cores. There’s 1x Cortex-A715 performance core clocked at 3.35GHz alongside 3x Cortex-A715 cores @ 3.32GHz and 4x Cortex-A510 efficiency...
The Oppo Developers Conference took place in the past few days, and one of the final announcements was the support of Phone Link and Link to Windows. The feature was previously available only to select Samsung and Honor devices, as well as the Surface Duo. Microsoft confirmed some devices from the OnePlus, Oppo Find, Oppo Reno, and Realme series will join them. Phone Link is an app that can be downloaded from Google Play store. It allows smartphone users to link their devices, view and reply to messages, receive notifications, navigate some apps, drag and drop files between PC and...
Qualcomm announced its latest midrange 7 series chipset for mobile devices with the Snapdragon 7 Gen 3. While the naming may imply this is a successor to the SD 7+ Gen 2 or SD 7s Gen 2, the new chip slots between the two aforementioned SoCs. SD 7 Gen 3 is fabbed on TSMC’s 4nm process technology and features a 1+3+4 CPU package. The Kryo CPU brings a prime core clocked at 2.63GHz, alongside 3 x performance cores @2.4 Ghz and 4 x efficiency cores @1.8GHz. Qualcomm claims a 15% improvement in CPU performance and 50% faster Adreno GPU compared to last year’s Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 chip. The 7...
Apple announced Connected Cards with the arrival of iOS 17, and now the United Kingdom is the first country where the feature is officially available after several weeks of beta testing. The service essentially brings regular bank accounts into the Apple Wallet through the country’s Open Banking API. The initial trial included Barclays, Lloyds, and HSBC, and it shows transactions, current balance and other basic info. Connected Cards allows users to nominate one or more cards that are associated with specific accounts in British banks. A similar system is expected to come to the...
The OnePlus Open unveiled last month has eSIM support, but it wasn't enabled in India. That changes now since the Chinese brand has rolled out a software update expanding the eSIM functionality to India. The update has firmware version 13.2.0.116 and requires a download of about 300MB. It's still based on Android 13 but brings system and camera improvements to the OnePlus Open. You can check the screenshots below for the update's changelog. OnePlus Open OxygenOS 13.2.0.116 update's changelog The OnePlus Open is OnePlus' first foldable smartphone. It features a 7.82" 120Hz...
Today OnePlus has announced the release of the stable Android 14 update for the OnePlus 11. This is rolling out already, but only in India for now. It will be pushed first to those users who participated in the closed beta and open beta programs, and after that will be gradually making it to more units out there. The new version is labeled as build CPH2447_14.0.0.201(EX01). Before you update, your phone needs to be on either CPH2447_13.1.0596(EX01) or CPH2447_13.1.0595(EX01), and apparently the download requires 5GB of free storage space. The company also advises you not to start the...
The color of chat bubbles is extremely important to people in the US for some reason. Blue is good, green is poor - or something like that, right? We don't know, we're from Europe, and over here people have WhatsApp and Telegram and Facebook Messenger. But in the US, bubbles matter. And they will continue to, unfortunately, even with today's groundbreaking announcement from Apple. The company finally caved and revealed that it plans to adopt RCS in iOS from next year. RCS, as you may know, is the iMessage-like standard that works on top of SMS. But, importantly, it's not iMessage....
In the buildup to Black Friday, Samsung US is offering some exclusive perks if you buy new gadgets through its Shop Samsung app (available for Android and iOS) instead of the web store. On top of the usual enhanced trade-in discounts, the Shop App will apply an additional discount – sometimes a percentage, other times a fixed cash value. Note: the trade-in value is subtracted first, the percentage discount is applied second. And to give you an extra nudge to try out its shop app, Samsung will give you $25 off your first purchase with it (available only for purchases of $250 or more)....
In the buildup to Black Friday, Samsung US is offering some exclusive perks if you buy new gadgets through its Shop Samsung app (available for Android and iOS) instead of the web store. On top of the usual enhanced trade-in discounts, the Shop App will apply an additional discount – sometimes a percentage, other times a fixed cash value. Note: the trade-in value is subtracted first, the percentage discount is applied second. And to give you an extra nudge to try out its shop app, Samsung will give you $25 off your first purchase with it (available only for purchases of $250 or more)....
Qi2 (pronounced ‘chee two’) is the latest wireless charging standard from the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) and it was announced back in the early days of 2023. We haven’t heard much since then, but the WPC has now issued an official press release that confirms that the first batch of Qi2 chargers are now completing their certification testing and will make their way to consumers in time for the holiday period. Qi2 comes in two profiles with the Magnetic Power Profile (MPP) based on Apple’s MagSafe technology which Cupertino contributed to the WPC and offering up to 15W charging...