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...

A new report from IDC is out detailing the worldwide tablet shipments for the third quarter of this year (that's July to September), and the market overall grew by 20.4% reaching 39.6 million units. As you'd probably expect, Apple still dominates, with 12.6 million units shipped and a 31.7% market share. While shipments have grown by 1.4% compared to Q3 2023, Apple's market share has actually dropped from 37.7%. Samsung is in second with 7.1 million shipments and a 17.9% market share, having had 18.3% growth in shipments but a market share dip from 18.2% a year ago. Amazon is in...

Samsung was long rumored to launch a more affordable entry in its Z-series lineup, and it’s almost certain that it won’t be a Z Fold book-style foldable. A new rumor suggests that Samsung will instead opt for a Z Flip FE clamshell which could debut alongside the upcoming Galaxy S25 Slim sometime in April. The new report does not detail the specs or pricing of the upcoming Flip FE but it does mention a coinciding Galaxy Z Fold7 launch which should also mean the Z Flip7 too as Samsung usually launches both of its Fold and Flips together. Samsung is rumored to launch two Folds next...

Realme introduced its new flagship today - say hello to the GT7 Pro! The Snapdragon 8 Elite-powered phone brings the world's first underwater photography mode. The phone also comes with a massive battery and one of the brightest displays on the market. Realme GT7 Pro comes with a 6.78" Eco2 OLED Plus display, developed by Samsung. It is said to be the industry's lowest power consumption display. Peak brightness is said to reach 6,000 nits, which is another milestone. A 16 MP camera sits inside the display's punch hole. Around the back the Realme GT7 Pro has a 50 MP main camera...

Oppo is expected to bring the Reno13 series just six months after introducing the Reno12 phones in China. According to Digital Chat Station, the midranger lineup will be introduced on November 25, and we already said it should bring devices with increased battery capacity. Oppo launches new Reno phones every six months, so the arrival of the new lineup is not unexpected. We are likely to see a Reno13 and Reno13 Pro, and while we don't know virtually anything about the former, some specs about the latter did appear online. The new phone is said to feature a quad-curved 6.78” LTPO...

There was a series of high-profile announcements this week and even though it's going to be months before some of the phones go global everyone was paying attention. The Xiaomi 15 Pro ended up as the most popular phone in our database in week 44, just edging another Snapdragon 8 Elite newcomer - the Oneplus 13. Last week's champion, the Samsung Galaxy A55, had to settle for third, while the Galaxy S24 Ultra dropped to fourth position. [#InlinePriceWidget, 12771, 1#] The vanilla Xiaomi 15 sits in fifth ahead of the Redmi Note 13 Pro that somehow retained its sixth spot amidst...

If you are eyeing the Galaxy S24 FE, you may be wondering what makes it different from the Galaxy S24 proper and which one is the better phone to get. While these two are very different devices size-wise, we can see how somebody might look into both for the cheapest entry into the Galaxy S24 family. Of course, there are other considerations besides price to go over since, if that is the only concern, the decision is obvious – the S24 FE is still the cheaper device of the two. That said, we'll do our best to quickly and concisely go over the main comparison points between the S24 FE...