Honor X9d is now official and it’s centered around a massive 8,300mAh silicon carbon (Si-C) battery and its IP69K rating, which can withstand high-temperature pressurized water jets. The X9d is actually a rebrand of the China-exclusive Honor X70, which launched earlier this year with the only change being slightly slower 66W wired charging speeds. Honor X9d brings an 8,300 mAh Si-C battery and IP69K ingress protection X9d features a 6.79-inch AMOLED (FHD+ 120Hz), which is rated at up to 6,000 nits peak brightness. It’s equipped with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 chipset and...

In August 2024, Huawei launched its affordable flip foldable, the Huawei nova Flip. It’s now more than a year later and its successor still hasn’t arrived – it is coming, though, as China Telecom uploaded it to its database (but that doesn’t mean it’s official yet). Huawei nova Flip S (PSD-AL80) on China Telecom's online database The Huawei nova Flip S has a model number PSD-AL80 and has three memory configurations: 12GB/256GB, 12GB/512GB and 12GB/1TB. There’s no word on pricing yet, but the original Flip recently got a price cut to CNY 2,900 ($410/€345/₹36,000). The upcoming S...

Someone wasn’t paying attention – the Xiaomi 15T phones were scheduled for today, the Xiaomi 17-series will be unveiled tomorrow. Instead, this online shop posted the Xiaomi 17 Pro Max today. Oh well, mix-ups happen. Unfortunately, it seems that the specs haven’t been updated – the text reads like it comes from the Xiaomi 15 Pro instead. To clear up the naming, the Pro Max is the new name that Xiaomi will use for its large flagship, which was previously called just “Pro” (also it is skipping the number 16). Xiaomi 17 Pro Max colors There is a Xiaomi 17 Pro on the way too, but...

Someone wasn’t paying attention – the Xiaomi 15T phones were scheduled for today, the Xiaomi 17-series will be unveiled tomorrow. Instead, this online shop posted the Xiaomi 17 Pro Max today. Oh well, mix-ups happen. Unfortunately, it seems that the specs haven’t been updated – the text reads like it comes from the Xiaomi 15 Pro instead. To clear up the naming, the Pro Max is the new name that Xiaomi will use for its large flagship, which was previously called just “Pro” (also it is skipping the number 16). Xiaomi 17 Pro Max colors There is a Xiaomi 17 Pro on the way too, but...

Someone wasn’t paying attention – the Xiaomi 15T phones were scheduled for today, the Xiaomi 17-series will be unveiled tomorrow. Instead, this online shop posted the Xiaomi 17 Pro Max today. Oh well, mix-ups happen. Unfortunately, it seems that the specs haven’t been updated – the text reads like it comes from the Xiaomi 15 Pro instead. To clear up the naming, the Pro Max is the new name that Xiaomi will use for its large flagship, which was previously called just “Pro” (also it is skipping the number 16). Xiaomi 17 Pro Max colors There is a Xiaomi 17 Pro on the way too, but...

Someone wasn’t paying attention – the Xiaomi 15T phones were scheduled for today, the Xiaomi 17-series will be unveiled tomorrow. Instead, this online shop posted the Xiaomi 17 Pro Max today. Oh well, mix-ups happen. Unfortunately, it seems that the specs haven’t been updated – the text reads like it comes from the Xiaomi 15 Pro instead. To clear up the naming, the Pro Max is the new name that Xiaomi will use for its large flagship, which was previously called just “Pro” (also it is skipping the number 16). Xiaomi 17 Pro Max colors There is a Xiaomi 17 Pro on the way too, but...

Oppo will release ColorOS 16, its custom version of Android 16, on October 15 – the upcoming Find X9 series will run it out of the box, older models will get it as an update down the line. Today, the company detailed some of the key changes in the new OS. One new element is the Star Compiler – Android apps typically come compiled to portable bytecode, which then gets compiled again to something that your phone’s or tablet’s CPU can actually run. By adding hardware-aware optimizations, Oppo managed to achieve an overall system load reduction of around 14%, with performance improvements...

Oppo will release ColorOS 16, its custom version of Android 16, on October 15 – the upcoming Find X9 series will run it out of the box, older models will get it as an update down the line. Today, the company detailed some of the key changes in the new OS. One new element is the Star Compiler – Android apps typically come compiled to portable bytecode, which then gets compiled again to something that your phone’s or tablet’s CPU can actually run. By adding hardware-aware optimizations, Oppo managed to achieve an overall system load reduction of around 14%, with performance improvements...

Oppo will release ColorOS 16, its custom version of Android 16, on October 15 – the upcoming Find X9 series will run it out of the box, older models will get it as an update down the line. Today, the company detailed some of the key changes in the new OS. One new element is the Star Compiler – Android apps typically come compiled to portable bytecode, which then gets compiled again to something that your phone’s or tablet’s CPU can actually run. By adding hardware-aware optimizations, Oppo managed to achieve an overall system load reduction of around 14%, with performance improvements...

Oppo will release ColorOS 16, its custom version of Android 16, on October 15 – the upcoming Find X9 series will run it out of the box, older models will get it as an update down the line. Today, the company detailed some of the key changes in the new OS. One new element is the Star Compiler – Android apps typically come compiled to portable bytecode, which then gets compiled again to something that your phone’s or tablet’s CPU can actually run. By adding hardware-aware optimizations, Oppo managed to achieve an overall system load reduction of around 14%, with performance improvements...