According to the ever-reliable purveyor of Apple-related supply chain sourced information Ming-Chi Kuo, things are far from rosy for the Vision Pro headset at the moment. Kuo says Apple has cut its shipment estimates (and thus, production orders) for the full year to 400,000-450,000 units, versus the "market consensus" of 700,000-800,000 units or more. Apple has done this before launching the headset in markets outside of the US, which means that the demand in the US has fallen sharply way below the company's initial expectations. Thus, influenced by the demand in the US falling off a...

Last year EV maker Nio launched its own smartphone and this seems to have started a frenzy amongst its competitors. Today, right on schedule, Polestar has announced its very own first smartphone, the inventively named Polestar Phone, following a few weeks of leaks, rumors, and teasers - yesterday we even saw a pre-announcement unboxing video. The Polestar Phone is made by Meizu and based on the Chinese company's 21 Pro device, which was unveiled back in February. That's no coincidence since both Polestar and Meizu are owned by Chinese auto giant Geely. The Polestar Phone comes...

Lava announced its first smartwatches yesterday with the ProWatch ZN and VN and we also got a teaser for the upcoming ProWatch XN. This will be the highest-end smartwatch in the Lava ProWatch series, priced above the ProWatchZN which starts at INR 5,000 ($60). ProWatch XN will feature a round OLED display with Gorilla Glass 3 protection, two buttons for controls, and a silicon strap. Lava has not shared any additional information regarding the ProWatch XN for now but we’ll surely get more details in due time.

Infinix already has four devices in its Note 40 line - the Note 40, Note 40 Pro, Note 40 Pro 4G, and Note 40 Pro+. But four isn't enough, and so the company is working on a fifth member of the family - the Note 40 5G. This handset has been spotted in the Google Play Console and it's also been certified by the FCC, Wi-Fi Alliance and BIS, and it's even run Geekbench already. There's a lot to unpack, therefore, so let's get started. The Note 40 that was launched back in March is 4G-only, being powered by MediaTek's Helio G99 Ultimate SoC. The Note 40 5G, on the other hand, goes with the...

Samsung's upcoming Galaxy Z Flip6 is expected to debut in July at a special Unpacked event alongside the Galaxy Z Fold6 and the Galaxy Ring. Today a new leak from a usually reliable source - Ross Young of Display Supply Chain Consultants - brings us details about the Flip6's colorways. These will be Light Blue, Mint, Silver Shadow, Yellow, Crafted Black, Peach, and White. The first four seem to be volume drivers while the last three will be "lower volume" according to Young. Previously said Z Flip 6 colors were:Light Blue, Light Green, Silver and YellowThey are still there but now Light...

After yesterday's surprise announcement, Moondrop is back with additional details regarding its MIAD 01 smartphone along with more product images. According to the company's X posts, the MIAD 01 will have a 6.7-inch, 1080p resolution curved OLED display. It will have a 120Hz refresh rate and 1920MHz high frequency PWM dimming. With regards to the audio, the phone will have the 4.4mm fully balanced and 3.5mm single-ended audio outputs that were mentioned in the original announcement. The company now claims these will be powered by a flagship decoding chip, gold-sinking independent...

The Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 should be launching in October as Qualcomm's new top of the line mobile chipset, and you may be wondering which phones will be the first to rock it. According to a new leak by a usually reliable source, Xiaomi apparently has an exclusive deal with the chip maker to use the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 first. Thus, the first two devices to use the new SoC will be the Xiaomi 15 and Xiaomi 15 Pro. Xiaomi still has the exclusive first launch rights for Snapdragon 8 Gen 4Followed by both OnePlus & iQOOLineup includes Xiaomi 15 / 15 Pro, OnePlus 13, iQOO 13— Yogesh Brar...

During the Analyst Summit 2024, Huawei's current chairman Xu Zhijun shared the company's plans to expand globally after taking care of things on home soil. Huawei believes it can make HarmonyOS the world's third option for a mobile operating system, despite US sanctions. Huawei will work closely with app developers and provide all the needed support, tools and encouragement to build a robust app ecosystem for HarmonyOS. It will first focus on the Chinese market, where research shows that 99% of users spend their time on a little more than 5,000 apps. This means the tech giant needs to...