Honor unveiled the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3-powered MagicPad 3 13.3 in July, and next week, on October 15, it will introduce the Pro model. The Honor MagicPad 3 Pro 13.3 will be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 SoC, making it the first tablet to have Qualcomm's flagship silicon at the helm. With that chip under the hood, the Honor MagicPad 3 Pro 13.3 achieved a score of over 4.2 million points in multiple AnTuTu v11 benchmark tests. The highest score was 4,302,345. Last month, the upcoming Honor Magic8 also achieved a score of over 4 million points in AnTuTu v11. Honor MagicPad...
iQOO will unveil the iQOO 15 on October 20 at an event in Shenzhen, China. The brand recently shared some pictures of the iQOO 15, revealing its color options and giving us a fair idea of the smartphone's design. Now, the iQOO 15 has appeared in an unboxing video posted by AnTuTu on Weibo, which gives us a closer look at the flagship. We are looking at the Chinese iQOO 15's Legend Edition, and the video is in Chinese, which we don't understand, but non-Chinese speakers can still gather some information. The iQOO 15 comes in a black-colored retail box, and its rear panel, covered with an...
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During the annual India Mobile Congress this year, Oppo and MediaTek announced that the Find X9 series will be the first smartphone lineup to feature MediaTek's latest and greatest Dimensity 9500 SoC, which was announced in late September. That bit isn't particularly new information, though. The interesting bit about the announcement is that the Find X9 series will be announced globally next month. Oppo has already set an announcement date for October 16, but the global launch will be held in India sometime in November. The chipset promises a significant leap in performance and...
Honor has released some new teasers about its upcoming Magic8 Pro, and specifically about its 200 MP telephoto camera. This will have a 1/1.4" type sensor, the AIMAGE Honor Nox Engine, a large f/2.6 aperture, and, according to the brand, the industry's first CIPA 5.5-stop image stabilization. This should handle hand shaking without issue as it can make the shutter speed 5.5 times slower than without stabilization without any adverse effects, hence the name. The Magic8 and Magic8 Pro will be getting official on October 15 along with Honor's MagicOS 10, the latest iteration of its...
Honor has released some new teasers about its upcoming Magic8 Pro, and specifically about its 200 MP telephoto camera. This will have a 1/1.4" type sensor, the AIMAGE Honor Nox Engine, a large f/2.6 aperture, and, according to the brand, the industry's first CIPA 5.5-stop image stabilization. This should handle hand shaking without issue as it can make the shutter speed 5.5 times slower than without stabilization without any adverse effects, hence the name. The Magic8 and Magic8 Pro will be getting official on October 15 along with Honor's MagicOS 10, the latest iteration of its...
Google's Pixel Watch 4 was announced back in August alongside the Pixel 10 family but only became available yesterday together with the Pixel 10 Pro Fold. Today, the folks over at iFixit have released their teardown video of the Pixel Watch 4, and have rather surprisingly dubbed it the most repairable smartwatch ever. You go into it unscrewing some exterior screws, which also operate a hinge mechanism inside the watch. Unlike the latest Apple Watch, the Pixel Watch 4 actually allows for "a real rear-entry design". To achieve all of this, Google has basically rethought the entire...
OriginOS 6 is now official. The OS unveil was a major part of the 2025 vivo Developer Conference, which also saw the unveiling of BlueOS 3.0 and CarLink 3.0. OriginOS 6 brings a new design that has what vivo says is a more spatial and layered feel. Elements have a 3D effect and appear physically over and under other visual elements thanks to shadows and a translucent effect, similar to Apple's Liquid Glass look on iOS 26. Animations have been comprehensively upgraded with a new motion effect curve, and details have been polished and aim to give the most natural and intuitive interactive...
The Samsung Galaxy S26 series, expected to go official next year in January, is rumored to comprise the Galaxy S26 Pro, Galaxy S26 Edge, Galaxy S26+, and Galaxy S26 Ultra. A recent report said that the Pro model will have the Exynos 2600 SoC under the hood, which is now corroborated by SamMobile. The publication claims to have found evidence that confirms the Galaxy S26 Pro will be powered by the Exynos 2600 chip in most countries. But in the US and China, the S26 Pro might come with the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 SoC. Samsung Galaxy S26 Pro's leaked render (Source: OnLeaks and Android...
Xiaomi unveiled the Xiaomi 17 series last month, which consists of three smartphones - Xiaomi 17, Xiaomi 17 Pro, and Xiaomi 17 Pro Max. It is expected to introduce the Xiaomi 17 Ultra in the next few months, and while we await more information from Xiaomi about it, reliable tipster Digital Chat Station has revealed some camera details of the Ultra model. According to DCS, the Xiaomi 17 Ultra will feature a quad-camera setup on its rear, which will be a combination of one 200MP and three 50MP cameras. The primary camera will have a very high dynamic range, while the periscope telephoto unit...