The Galaxy S24 FE is now out, and it looks a lot like the Galaxy S24+ this year. And if it is as great as the Plus model, then is it worth paying extra for the flagship model, or better get the cheaper FE one? Let's find out! At around €580, the Samsung Galaxy S24 FE seems like a tempting offer right now, more so than the €780 Samsung Galaxy S24+. Then again the flagship Plus model has some nice tricks that are not available to the FE – faster charging, better zoom and selfie cameras, UWB support, among others. Let's put the two phones against each other. Table of Contents: ...
It's a great day for owners of the international version of vivo's X Fold3 Pro smartphone. The company has started rolling out the update to Android 15, with its FuntouchOS 15 skin on top. It arrives over-the-air as a 2.47GB download, so make sure you grab it over a fast enough network. After installing the update, you'll be on software version PD2337F_EX_A_15.1.8.21.W30. The changelog is vast (see screenshots below), but we'll mention that there's a new scheduling algorithm that differentiates the priority level and computing power requirements of various apps and tasks to accurately...
Last month, Apple released iOS 18.1 with the first Apple Intelligence features, but there are still many more to come - iOS 18.1 only includes a small subset of everything Apple announced back in June. The next batch of AI features will arrive with iOS 18.2 in early December, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. With that release you will get ChatGPT integration, the Image Playground app, as well as Genmoji. Genmoji The update is currently scheduled to drop the week of December 2, so very early indeed. iOS 18.2 will offer AI features in varieties of English beyond the American...
Global Xiaomi 14 users are reporting that the company has started seeding the stable version of Android 15. Although it's still unlear about which phones from the series are getting the treatment, we assume it's just the Xiaomi 14 for now, with the 14 Ultra likely to follow suit in the coming days or weeks. The update is designated for global units. And it's important to note that it's based on the company's HyperOS 1.1 overlay and not HyperOS 2.0. The OS1.1.4.0.VNCEUXM build is for the European owners, while the OS1.1.3.0.VNCMIXM number is for other global markets. Meanwhile,...
Samsung's Galaxy S25 family is due to be unveiled in January, and we're starting to get more and more leaks about these devices as we get closer. Today, third-party silicone cases for the Galaxy S25, S25+, and S25 Ultra have been leaked. These show off the phones' general shapes, and there's still an obvious difference between the S25 and S25+ on one hand, and the S25 Ultra on the other. That said, as has been rumored countless times before, the Ultra does have rounded corners, giving up on the palm-denting corners of its predecessor. Leaked cases: Samsung Galaxy S25 (left),...
The Huawei Mate 70 series is coming this month - that much has been officially confirmed by the company itself. We just don't have the exact unveiling date yet, but fret not, for prolific Chinese leakster Digital Chat Station seems to have the answer. According to him, right now the tentative event date for the unveiling of the Mate70 series is November 19 or thereabouts. He also revealed that vivo might launch the S20 series on November 28. Leaked Mate 70 series camera covers Earlier today Red Magic announced its event for the 10 series taking place on November 13, the Oppo Reno13...
Tecno launched the #ToneProud campaign to end skin tone bias in imaging technology. The company sent out a press release explaining the campaign's goal of raising awareness about skin tone diversity while introducing its 268 skin tone database to consumers. The campaign lays on the backbones of the Universal Skin Tone technology, introduced by Tecno last year. Tecno said in today's world, technology and AI shape perceptions and raised the question of whether smartphones truly capture “the full spectrum and beauty of human diversity, especially in often-overlooked emerging...
With its $3,500 price tag and limited market availability, Apple Vision Pro did not turn out to be a huge commercial success. Apple is expected to launch a successor sometime next year with the upcoming Apple M5 chip, but that device is not expected to come with a lower price tag. Noted Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo suggests a more affordable Vision Pro device is still in development, but its production and launch have been postponed beyond 2027. Kuo also reiterated that Apple will update its Vision Pro with the M5 chip next year. He also mentions that the M5 Vision Pro will hardly...
The Realme GT7 Pro was introduced today in China, and in three weeks the new flagship will start its international rollout. The flagship will launch on November 26 in India, and it will be the first phone in the country with Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset. The phone was announced today with the latest Snapdragon chipset, a massive 6,500 mAh battery and one of the most impressive screens on the market, with a peak brightness of 6,000 nits. It was announced in China with Realme UI 6.0 on top of Android 15, and we expect the same variant to appear worldwide, marking the...
The Red Magic 10 series finally has an official announcement date: the event is set for November 13 at 15:00 Beijing time (that's 11 PM on November 12 in LA, 2 AM in New York, 7 AM in London, 8 AM in Berlin and Paris, and 12:30 PM in India). The Red Magic 10 series is now up for reservation in China, and if you do take this free step then you can receive your device as soon as within half an hour after placing the full order on the day of the event in some regions. You'll also receive exclusive perks worth CNY 599 ($85) and a limited number of custom gifts. The Red Magic 10 series...