Yesterday, Motorola told us it was launching a new smartphone on April 3 but didn't reveal its name. This upcoming smartphone was believed to be the Motorola Edge 50 Pro that surfaced last week, but now we learn about the Edge 50 Fusion, which could be unveiled on April 3. This information comes from reliable leakster Evan Blass, who shared some specs of the Motorola Edge 50 Fusion. According to Blass, the Motorola Edge 50 Fusion - codenamed Cusco - will be powered by the Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 SoC and have 256GB of storage onboard. Motorola Edge 30 Fusion The Motorola Edge 50 Fusion...
OnePlus is set to arrive next week, and the company posted more teasers about the midranger. Today, we learned that it will have a version with 16 GB LPDDR5X RAM and 512 GB UFS 4.0 storage. In addition, the phone should have “extremely excellent” battery life, according to Louis Jie, President of OnePlus China. He posted a screenshot on his Weibo page, claiming the Ace 3V will perform better in the long run even compared to the OnePlus 12. OnePlus Ace 3V teasers for AI, display, and memory OnePlus confirmed the Ace 3V will have a Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 chipset which is yet to...
This Monday Samsung made the Galaxy A55 and Galaxy A35 mid-rangers official, and then shortly after that it was revealed that the company wasn't planning on selling the A55 in the US, while the A35 would be offered over there. This was and is an interesting reversal of the past, when the A3x model generally wasn't available in the US, but the A5x device always was. At the time we got no reason from Samsung for not wanting to sell the A55 in the US, but today that changes, since the company issued another statement, this time to Android Authority, and this one explains things pretty...
vivo sub-brand iQOO made the Z9 official a couple of days or so ago, but now according to a new rumor it seems like it's already working on an improved version. The iQOO Z9 Turbo is coming, according to prolific (and often accurate) Weibo leakster Digital Chat Station. The Turbo model will be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 SoC which is due to be announced next week, compared to the MediaTek Dimensity 7200 that's inside the 'vanilla' Z9. iQOO Z9 The new phone will have a "1.5K" resolution screen too, up from the 1080p panel of the Z9, as well as a 6,000 mAh battery -...
Google's annual developer conference, I/O, has always been more than just a developer-focused event. The company often announces a lot of new services on that occasion, sometimes even hardware products. And then there are usually also teasers for upcoming Pixel devices. So it's a pretty important staple on Google's calendar every year, and it's always taken place in May. Things are no different this year, with I/O happening on May 14. Of course Google will live stream the keynote(s) and sessions, and if you tune in on the day we'll give you all the information. Everyone is invited!...
Back in October, vivo published a list of its devices that were eligible to receive the update to Funtouch OS 14 based on Android 14. The V23 was right there, slated to get its tasty treat from mid-March 2024. Well, guess what? It's mid-March 2024, and the update is now rolling out, right on schedule. Please do note it arrives over-the-air as a whopping 5.5GB download, so make sure you have enough room for it before you start the process. Once you've installed the update, your V23 will be on build PD2167DF_EX_A_14.2.10.3.W30. You're also getting the March 1, 2024 security patch...
Two small yet powerful smartphones. Two of the most popular handsets on the market. Two specimens from the world’s most famous mobile rivals. This is the Galaxy S24 versus the iPhone 15 Pro. Table of Contents: Design Display Battery Life Charging Speaker Test Performance Cameras Verdict The Galaxy S24 is easily recognizable as it has undergone minor changes over the last few years. It offers a clean no-nonsense design with two flat Gorilla Glass Victus 2 panels and a metal frame. It is IP68-rated for your usual dust and water resistance. What we like about...
For a few weeks now, the upcoming OnePlus Ace 3V has been leaking left and right, and one thing all of the rumors about it had it common was an insistence that it would be powered by Qualcomm's yet-unannounced Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 SoC. Up until today, that was still just a rumored spec for the device, however. But now, OnePlus itself confirmed it through its official Weibo account. The Ace 3V does indeed have the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 at the helm, and that could mean the next Nord device - Nord 4 or Nord 5, depending on whether OnePlus wants to skip the unlucky 4 - will also have this chipset...
For a while now we've seen many rumors and leaks regarding vivo's upcoming foldables, including the fact that the official unveiling should be taking place towards the end of this month. Today a new promotional poster has been leaked in China, and this not only confirms the rough timeframe, but gives us a date and a time as well. So, vivo's X Fold3 series will be announced on March 26 at 7PM local time. We're expecting two foldables this time around, a 'vanilla' X Fold3 as well as the X Fold3 Pro. According to past rumors, the former model will have the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 on board...
Samsung and SK Hynix are working together to get a certification on LPDDR6 RAM as soon as possible. According to industry insiders, the Korean companies are ready to begin manufacturing the memory chips once a standard is approved by the JEDEC (Joint Electron Device Engineering Council). Expectations are regulations and documents to be published in the second half of the year, and Samsung wants to ready the new memory chips for phones with Snapdragon 8 Gen 4, as generative AI models could surpass the 10 billion parameter threshold. Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has an NPU that...