MediaTek has announced its newest flagship chipset, the Dimensity 9500. The company claims it sets a new standard in on-device AI, gaming, and power efficiency. The Dimensity 9500 uses the new generation Arm CPU cores with an 'All Big Core' design. It uses a single Arm C1-Ultra core clocked at 4.21GHz, three C1-Premium cores, and four C1-Pro cores for an octa-core design. MediaTek claims this chip has 32% higher single-core and 17% higher multi-core performance than the Dimensity 9400, and the ultra core achieves up to 55% lower power consumption at peak performance. The 9500 is also said...

The Oppo Find X9 series launch date for China has been officially confirmed. Oppo’s latest Find X9 and Find X9 Pro flagship phones will run ColorOS 16, which will be announced on October 15 at the 2025 Oppo Developers Conference. Oppo Find X9 series will launch in China on October 16. The company also confirmed that the phones will be equipped with the MediaTek Dimensity 9500 SoC and feature Oppo’s proprietary Trinity Engine tech. According to Oppo, the Find X9 series will offer large batteries. The base Find X9 will get a 7,025 mAh cell, whereas the Pro variant will pack a 7,500...

iQOO is expected to unveil the iQOO 15 in the coming weeks, and we recently saw a hands-on video showing the iQOO 15's color-changing model. While iQOO hasn't revealed the iQOO 15's launch date yet, earlier today, it gave us our first official look at the iQOO 15's color-changing version. [#InlinePriceWidget,13462,1#] The iQOO 15's design is similar to last year's iQOO 13 - it has a metal build with the volume rocker and power key placed on the right-side frame, while the back cover sports a squircle-shaped camera island housing three cameras and an LED flash. It also has text that...

Realme has confirmed that its next flagship GT 8 series smartphones will be unveiled next month. The upcoming lineup will include the Realme GT 8 and GT 8 Pro. The Realme GT 8 series will be unveiled in China this October, the company confirmed via Weibo. While there’s no exact launch date available yet, the lineup is available for pre-order on the official Realme China online store and via other online resellers. Customers who pre-book the Realme GT 8 or GT 8 Pro right now will be eligible to claim extended warranty on the phones. The company also noted that customers could also...

Samsung rolled out the Android 16-based One UI 8 stable update for the Galaxy S25 series last week in multiple countries. Now, the Korean brand has released the stable One UI 8 for two more smartphones - the Galaxy Z Fold6 and the Galaxy Z Flip6. The stable One UI 8 for the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold6 and Galaxy Z Flip6 is seeding in South Korea for those who were enrolled in the beta program; however, the rollout should expand to non-beta users (and those living in other countries) soon. Samsung Galaxy Z Fold6 The One UI 8 stable update for the Galaxy Z Fold6 comes with firmware...

It's quite obvious that the new iPhone Air's key selling point isn't the camera, but that doesn't mean it can get away with mediocre image quality. The only camera on the back uses a familiar 48MP, 1/1.56" sensor coupled with an f/1.6 aperture. Apple promises lossless, optical-like zoom quality at 2x to compensate for the absence of a dedicated zoom camera. We'll reserve the judgment on how well that works until the review is complete and we've done a detailed analysis across all our test scenes, but for now here are some 1x and 2x shots. iPhone Air: 1x • 2x The...

Much like last week, our trending chart is dominate by Apple's iPhone 17 series, but there were some changes in the top four. Once again the Pro Max flagship ended up victorious, but the vanilla model replaced the Air in the second position. [#InlinePriceWidget, 13964, 1#] That probably doesn't bode too well for what Apple hopes to be its next iconic model, but it's not too far behind in third. The 17 Pro was once again the least popular member of the new lineup, but still managed to retain its fourth position. Samsung's Galaxy S25 Ultra gained a couple of spots to place fifth,...

Samsung announced its lastest flagship tablet, the Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra, earlier this month during the annual IFA in Berlin, and now we have it in the office and about to start working on its review. The Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra is an impressive device with its massive 14.6-inch display. The panel remains unchanged from last year, but that's not an issue given that the screen was excellent in the first place. It offers supports 120Hz refresh rate and HDR10+. The chipset gets an upgrade, though, from last year's Dimensity 9300+ to 9400+ now. Memory configurations still span from...

Xiaomi kickstarted its HyperOS 3 beta program based on Android 16 in late August and started recruiting beta testers for the global HyperOS 3 shortly after. And now, the company is almost ready to move in with the stable update, at least for the Chinese market. Xiaomi will kick off the stable HyperOS 3 update for its Chinese users in the first half of October and will start with the Xiaomi 15 and Redmi K80 series. The rollout will gradually reach all phones, tablets and TVs eligible for the upgrade until the beginning of 2026. Here's the full list of devices. Starting from or before...

In line with its traditions, Apple announced the new iPhone series with a new in-house chip, which is now called Apple A19 Pro. The chip powers the new iPhone 17 Pro, 17 Pro Max and the iPhone Air, which replaces the 16 Plus from a year before. Only the vanilla iPhone 17 runs on the non-Pro version of the new chipset. While we are working on the full iPhone 17 series reviews, we compiled some early benchmarks to give us an idea of the iPhone Air's performance with the A19 Pro on board. The A19 Pro inside the Air isn't the full-fledged SoC that's inside the 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max. It...