As of June this year, smartphones sold in the EU must undergo standardized testing, which will offer durability and battery scores to help users make better purchasing decisions. The testing procedures have their critics and one stands out as the most vocal and by far the most important one, Apple. Results for the Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max show it trailing the competition with a Class B rating in the fall tests – it’s rated to survive 180 falls, compared to Class A (270 falls) for the Galaxy S25 Ultra and Pixel 10 Pro XL. We have these stats in our database to help you compare...
Just yesterday Apple unveiled important improvements to the telephoto and selfie cameras for the new iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max. How will rival Samsung respond in January when it will unveil the Galaxy S26 series and its crown jewel, the S26 Ultra? Well... for all the talk of which cameras will be upgraded and which will not, we didn’t expect to hear about downgrades. Ice Universe, who has often been critical of Samsung’s product design in the past, reports that Galaxy S26 Ultra’s mid-range telephoto camera will feature a 3x f/2.4 lens with a 10MP 1/3.94” sensor with 1.0µm pixels. For...
The iPhone 17 series and iPhone Air made their debut at Apple’s “Awe dropping” keynote yesterday. The new iPhones bring updates across the board and, more importantly, a new visual identity for Cupertino. The four new iPhones were joined by three new Apple Watches, including the Series 11, Watch SE 3 and Watch Ultra 3. We also got the long-awaited AirPods Pro 3. iPhone 17 series key specs We already covered pricing details for the new iPhones. The new phones are going on pre-order in the first wave of 63 countries this Friday (September 12), while deliveries start a week later...
The iPhone 17 series and iPhone Air made their debut at Apple’s “Awe dropping” keynote yesterday. The new iPhones bring updates across the board and, more importantly, a new visual identity for Cupertino. The four new iPhones were joined by three new Apple Watches, including the Series 11, Watch SE 3 and Watch Ultra 3. We also got the long-awaited AirPods Pro 3. iPhone 17 series key specs We already covered pricing details for the new iPhones. The new phones are going on pre-order in the first wave of 63 countries this Friday (September 12), while deliveries start a week later...
Last week Samsung announced the Galaxy S25 FE, a refined version of the S24 FE from last year. Among the upgrades are the full Exynos 2400 chipset paired with a 10% larger vapor chamber and a larger 4,900mAh battery with 45W charging (up from 4,700mAh and 25W on the 2024 phone). In a teardown video, channel PBKreviews offers a look inside the Samsung Galaxy S25 FE and how these components have changed compared to the previous model. Here are some stills taken from this video and from the S24 FE teardown: Samsung Galaxy S25 FE: vapor chamber • 4,900mAh (19.02Wh)...
Apple has announced a new version of the Final Cut Camera app for iOS, bringing features designed specifically for the newly launched iPhone 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max. With Final Cut Camera 2.0, users on the iPhone 17 Pro series gain support for ProRes RAW and genlock, while the entire iPhone 17 lineup benefits from new manual controls for the front camera. Apple has included open gate recording support in the new update, which lets users record footage using the entire camera sensor at resolutions higher than DCI 4K. This means you can record in horizontal or vertical orientation...
Realme's P3 series includes four smartphones, which will be joined by the Realme P3 Lite as the fifth member of the lineup on September 13 at 7 PM IST. The Realme P3 Lite will be powered by the Dimensity 6300 SoC, boot Realme UI 6, and have 6GB RAM and 128GB storage onboard. The smartphone will pack a 6.67" display with a 120Hz refresh rate and 625 nits of peak brightness. The screen will also have wet touch support. Around the back will be a dual camera setup, headlined by a 32MP camera. Fueling the Realme P3 Lite will be a 6,000 mAh battery with 45W charging support. Other...
The iPhone 17 series and iPhone Air are now official, and a few Geekbench runs have emerged, giving us our first glimpse at how the Apple A19 and A19 Pro chips fare in synthetic benchmarks. Apple A19 and A19 Pro chips iPhone 17 (iPhone 18,3) managed a single-core CPU score of 3,608 and a multi-core score of 8,810. A quick comparison reveals a 10% jump in single-core score and 11% improvement for the multi-core department compared to the outgoing iPhone 16. The new listing also confirms the iPhone 17 is equipped with 8GB LPDDR5x RAM. iPhone 17 (18,3) Geekbench CPU and GPU...
The iPhone 17 series and iPhone Air are now official, and a few Geekbench runs have emerged, giving us our first glimpse at how the Apple A19 and A19 Pro chips fare in synthetic benchmarks. Apple A19 and A19 Pro chips iPhone 17 (iPhone 18,3) managed a single-core CPU score of 3,608 and a multi-core score of 8,810. A quick comparison reveals a 10% jump in single-core score and 11% improvement for the multi-core department compared to the outgoing iPhone 16. The new listing also confirms the iPhone 17 is equipped with 8GB LPDDR5x RAM. iPhone 17 (18,3) Geekbench CPU and GPU...
After yesterday’s big iPhone 17 reveal, smartphone makers rushed to the Internet to compare their upcoming phones with Apple’s latest and greatest. Zhou Yibao from Oppo shared some details on the Find X9 series and some photos, one of which features an iPhone. The Oppo Find X9 Pro will feature a large 7,500mAh battery, while the smaller Find X9 will have a 7,025mAh power cell. The Pro’s battery spec was previously confirmed by Zhou, along with the thickness – 8.25mm. Weight wasn’t mentioned, but according to Digital Chat Station, the X9 Pro will be 224g, while the vanilla X9 will be...