Earlier this month, vivo introduced the X300 and X300 Pro in China, featuring upgraded cameras, a refreshed design, and improved hardware. The flagship phones have now made their debut in Europe. The vivo X300 and X300 Pro are powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 9500 SoC. vivo has also included larger batteries on both devices this year, but only in China. In Europe, the X300 gets a 5,360mAh (instead of the 6,040mAh) and the vivo X300 Pro gets a 5,440mAh one (instead of 6,510mAh). vivo X300 Both phones support 90W wired and 40W wireless charging. The vivo X300 sports a...
Google Maps for Android is soon going to get a rather weird new power saving mode. This will work independently of your phone's power saving options. It was discovered through a dive into the code of the latest beta release of Google Maps for Android. It looks like you will activate the power saving mode by pressing your phone's power button. That sounds strange at first, but perhaps the idea here is that this would replace you turning the screen off entirely in order to save power? Anyway, once it's on, the interface becomes monochrome, and extremely minimalistic, as you can see in...
Samsung just published its financial report for the third quarter and used the opportunity to reveal some details about the upcoming Galaxy S26 series and Samsung’s strategy for Galaxy devices overall. The Samsung Galaxy S26 series will “revolutionize the user experience with user-centric, next-gen AI, a second-generation custom AP, and stronger performance, including new camera sensors,” said Daniel Araujo, VP of Samsung’s Mobile Experience Division (MX). AP stands for “Application Processor” and is the industry term for chipset. Why second generation, though? While it wasn’t...
Samsung just published its financial report for the third quarter and used the opportunity to reveal some details about the upcoming Galaxy S26 series and Samsung’s strategy for Galaxy devices overall. The Samsung Galaxy S26 series will “revolutionize the user experience with user-centric, next-gen AI, a second-generation custom AP, and stronger performance, including new camera sensors,” said Daniel Araujo, VP of Samsung’s Mobile Experience Division (MX). AP stands for “Application Processor” and is the industry term for chipset. Why second generation, though? While it wasn’t...
As promised, iQOO has unveiled the Neo11 in China. The phone is aimed at gamers and is powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC and features iQOO’s self-developed Q2 gaming chip. The iQOO Neo11 sports a 6.82-inch 8T LTPO AMOLED display that offers a refresh rate of 144Hz and a resolution of 3168×1440 pixels. You also get an in-display fingerprint scanner and a 16MP selfie camera. iQOO has packed a massive 7,500mAh battery inside the Neo11. It supports 100W wired charging as well. The Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC is paired with the Adreno 830 GPU. The phone comes with up to 16GB of LPDDR5X...
Back in July the first details about the upcoming Huawei Mate X7 got leaked, and today a new rumor out of China tells us when we should expect it to become official: next month. The device is allegedly codenamed Delphi and is currently being prototyped in Obsidian Black, Phantom Purple, Cosmic Red, Cloud Blue, and Cloud White. Huawei Mate X6 It features a 7.95" foldable LTPO OLED screen with "2K" resolution, a larger battery than its predecessor's (which has a 5,110 mAh capacity), improved imaging capabilities, and the Kirin 9030 SoC at the helm. The Mate X7 is also said to be...
Samsung posted its Q3 2025 earnings today. The company's consolidated revenue was KRW 86.1 trillion (€51.66b) with an operating profit of KRW 12.2 trillion (€7.32b). Revenue growth was 15.4% up on the second quarter. More than half of the total operating profit, KRW 7.0 trillion (€4.2b) came from Samsung's Device Solutions division and specifically its semiconductor, chip, and memory business. The memory business made record-high sales, fuelled by demand for HBM3E (high-bandwidth memory) and server SSDs. In 2026, Samsung will focus on mass-producing next-gen HBM4 memory. Samsung...
There’s more news about vivo’s upcoming S50 series, which is expected to include the S50 Pro and S50 Pro mini. The phones will succeed the S30 lineup that was announced in May this year. According to a new rumor, the vivo S50 Pro mini variant will not use a MediaTek Dimensity 9400+ chipset, but will instead be powered by the upcoming Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 SoC. Like its predecessor, the S50 Pro mini will also be a compact flagship. It is rumored to get a 6.31-inch flat display with 1.5K resolution and a battery larger than the vivo X300, which packs a 6,040mAh cell. Recent rumors...
There’s more news about vivo’s upcoming S50 series, which is expected to include the S50 Pro and S50 Pro mini. The phones will succeed the S30 lineup that was announced in May this year. According to a new rumor, the vivo S50 Pro mini variant will not use a MediaTek Dimensity 9400+ chipset, but will instead be powered by the upcoming Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 SoC. Like its predecessor, the S50 Pro mini will also be a compact flagship. It is rumored to get a 6.31-inch flat display with 1.5K resolution and a battery larger than the vivo X300, which packs a 6,040mAh cell. Recent rumors...
Earlier this month, Lava announced it would launch the Agni 4 in India in November, succeeding last year's Agni 3. The brand still hasn't divulged the Agni 4's launch date, but it has started the promo campaign of the smartphone on X and said the Agni 4 is "coming soon." [#InlinePriceWidget,13396,1#] One of the pictures Lava posted on X shows the Agni 4's right-side frame, which houses volume keys and a power button. You can also see an antenna line, and that's because Agni 4 will have a metal build, which wasn't the case with Agni 3. Forged from metal—because plastic dreams shatter...