Samsung's Galaxy S26 Ultra is now rumored to have a very intriguing change compared to its predecessor: a much bigger hole punch for the selfie camera. In fact, it allegedly reaches 4mm in diameter. As you can see from the comparison render below, it's significantly bigger than in the S25 Ultra. But, don't get your hopes up. This is apparently not due to an upgrade in camera sensor size, it's just that the S26 Ultra's camera will have a wider field of view than its predecessor's. The S26 Ultra's selfie camera reportedly has an 85-degree field of view, which is allegedly the same as...
About a week ago we heard that iOS 27, due to be unveiled in June 2026 and released in September, would come with major new AI features. Unfortunately, the features in question weren't detailed at that time. But today we have more information, from the same source - Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, always in the know when it comes to all things Apple. He says Apple Intelligence will get an AI-powered web search tool in iOS 27. Aside from that, there will be a visual redesign for Siri. The assistant is now rumored to be AI-enhanced starting in iOS 26.4, coming out next spring, but apparently...
The 'vanilla' Galaxy S26 was for a while rumored to be called Galaxy S26 Pro, but if that was ever the plan, Samsung is now rumored to have given up on it. Interestingly, however, the Korean company has allegedly tweaked the device's dimensions at the last minute. According to a new report, the S26's final measurements are 149.5 x 71.6 x 7.24 mm, and the thickness goes up to 10.44 mm at the camera bump. Samsung Galaxy S25 The previous dimensions shared with accessory makers were 149.3 x 71.4 x 6.96 mm, so the phone has grown ever so slightly in all directions. Hopefully this means...
Samsung's Galaxy S26+ is back on track, after allegedly having been initially scrapped in favor of the Galaxy S26 Edge. Now that device's release is in question, though if it does arrive, it will probably be later than the rest of the family. Today, CAD-based renders of the Galaxy S26+ have been outed, along with the phone's dimensions. Let's start there. It measures 158.4 x 75.7 x 7.35 mm. That makes it the same height, and marginally narrower and thicker than its predecessor, but we are talking fractions of a millimeter here, so for all intents and purposes it will feel identical in...
The Lava Agni 4 will become official on November 20. Ahead of that, the brand has been engaging in a full-on teaser campaign, already revealing that the phone has a metal frame, a glass back, and two rear cameras. We also know that the Agni 3's rear screen is gone, and that there's an LED light strip around the camera module. Now, Lava has also revealed that the Agni 4 has a 6.67-inch AMOLED screen with 1.15mm narrow bezels on all sides. The panel has "1.5K" resolution, a 120Hz refresh rate, and a peak brightness of 2,400 nits. There will also be an embedded fingerprint sensor. The...
According to Digital Chat Station, LOFIC image sensors are about to gain wider adoption as smartphone makers and image sensor makers are gearing up for competition. A partnership between OmniVision and vivo will produce results soon, according to DCS, but he didn’t name model names. Other sensor makers are working on LOFIC designs too. LOFIC stands for Lateral Overflow Integration Capacitor – it’s a capacitor that takes in the charge that goes over the photodiode’s full well capacity. This enables things like single-exposure HDR and longer exposures. We’ve already seen a LOFIC sensor...
Apple did something different with this year’s iPhone 17 series, and it’s not just the bold redesign or Cosmic Orange colorway. The eSIM-only variants of the 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max got larger batteries compared to the models with the physical Nano SIM tray. This marks the first time Apple is selling the same device with different battery capacities depending on the region. Nano SIM vs eSIM iPhone 17 Pro battery size The iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max sold in Bahrain, Canada, Guam, Japan, Kuwait, Mexico, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, the U.S., and the U.S. Virgin Islands get the...
Apple did something different with this year’s iPhone 17 series, and it’s not just the bold redesign or Cosmic Orange colorway. The eSIM-only variants of the 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max got larger batteries compared to the models with the physical Nano SIM tray. This marks the first time Apple is selling the same device with different battery capacities depending on the region. Nano SIM vs eSIM iPhone 17 Pro battery size The iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max sold in Bahrain, Canada, Guam, Japan, Kuwait, Mexico, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, the U.S., and the U.S. Virgin Islands get the...
The Samsung Galaxy XR uses two micro-OLED displays built by Sony using “OLED on Silicon” (OLEDoS) technology. Samsung Display has reportedly started mass producing OLEDoS panels, according to ETNews, and will become a second supplier for the XR headset. This generation of OLEDoS creates white OLEDs on a silicon wafer and uses color filters for RGB colors. The ones in the Galaxy XR are 1.3” in size and have 3,552 x 3,840px resolution – there’s one panel for each eye. Sony also supplies OLEDoS panels for the Apple Vision Pro. Apple had expressed interest in using Samsung OLEDoS panels...
Samsung is looking to launch a credit card in the US, reports The Wall Street Journal. The card will be a partnership between Samsung and British bank Barclays and it will use Visa as the payment network. This is clearly intended to compete with the Apple Card that rival Apple offers. That one is backed by Goldman Sachs and Mastercard (though we hear that Goldman Sachs wants out). Samsung and Barclays are reportedly in “advanced talks” and should make a formal announcement by the end of the year. Apparently, talks are taking longer than expected. Both companies have something to gain...