Day three of Apple’s “week of Mac” brought the most anticipated new additions – the M4 MacBook Pros. They come in the same 14-inch and 16-inch sizes and arrive with three chipset options – the M4, M4 Pro, which made its debut with the new Mac mini, and an all-new M4 Max for the users that push their workflow to the absolute brink. Apple’s new MacBook Pros feature the same Liquid Retina XDR display with 3,024 x 1,964 px resolution on the 14-inch model and 3,456 x 2,234 px on the 16-incher. Both are 120Hz ProMotion panels with True Tone and cover the P3 color gamut. Apple is adding...
Nothing has a special relationship with its community, wanting to get fans involved at a much deeper level than the typical corporations that make modern smartphones. Six months ago, it went as far as inviting the community to design a special edition of the Nothing Phone (2a) (the final design ended up being based on the Plus version instead). The process went through four stages and the winners of each stage got to work with the Nothing team to bring their concepts and ideas to life. Here is what they created – a glow-in-the-dark Nothing Phone (2a) Plus. Stage 1, hardware design,...
The first crop of Snapdragon 8 Elite smartphones are here and the iQOO 13 looks to take things up a notch with a class-leading display, upgraded cameras and a massive 6,150 mAh battery. iQOO 13 is one of the first phones to launch with the Snapdragon 8 Elite The display on the iQOO 13 is slightly larger than its predecessor at 6.82-inches and it uses the latest Q10 light emitting material which helps it achieve 1,800 nits peak brightness. The BOE-made LTPO 2.0 AMOLED panel features a 1,440 x 3,200px resolution and a 1-144Hz variable refresh rate. It also gets the...
Two flagship launches in one year – why not, given the pace of technological improvement. Honor unveiled the Magic6 series this January and today it brings the sequel with a new chipset, even bigger batteries, faster charging, tougher bodies and more. Both the Honor Magic7 and Magic7 Pro are powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite and they leverage its NPU compute power for a variety of AI tasks that range from a digital assistant to improvements to camera processing. Both Magic7 phones are powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite The big upgrade on the Honor Magic7 Pro is the 200MP telephoto...
The Red Magic 10 series is expected to launch soon in China with no less than three devices, including a Pro, Pro+ and a top-tier Ultra model. Tipster Digital Chat Station has shared our first look at the 10 Ultra, which shows a complete redesign compared to last year’s Red Magic 9 generation. Red Magic 10 Ultra features a cleaner back and a slightly protruding camera bump housing two cameras, a Red Magic logo embedded at the bottom and the number ten on the opposite side of the cameras. Based on rumors, Red Magic 10 Ultra will offer a 7+ inch screen - the largest in the series so far...
Samsung introduced the Galaxy Z Fold6 with One UI 6.1.1, and the interface allowed Gemini to operate in a split-screen mode. At the time, it was the only phone and UI that offered this feature of the AI assistant, but Google finally decided to expand the service to other large-screen Android devices. Google Gemini on an Android tablet | Image by 9to5Google Multiple sources revealed the feature is available on Galaxy Tab tablets, older Galaxy Z Fold foldables, Google Pixel Tablets and Fold devices. It is essentially an option allowing the app to operate in a floating window, provided...
Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo called it – Apple is doing early manufacturing work on the iPhone 17 in a factory in India, not China, as has been the case in the past. The article by The Information highlights the importance of this milestone. What Apple is doing right now is called “New Production Introduction” – figuring out how to turn a prototype design into a real product suitable for mass manufacture. Previously, this work was done in China. Note that this applies only to the vanilla iPhone 17, not the Pro or Pro Max and not the new iPhone 17 Slim that will replace the Plus. Cupertino...
Leakster Ice Universe is known for many things – his accuracy, his insights and his obsession with smoothly animated UIs. Okay, we’re joking, but Ice does compare One UI’s animations with those of iOS quite often and Samsung’s current skins have been found lacking. The upcoming One UI 7 has the potential to change all that – Ice posted this video that tests jumping between apps and the phone didn’t miss a beat. For some reason, the leakster deleted the original post, but fellow X user @TechKhaled_ saved and reposted it. New One UI 7 Animations both Widget and App Animations are Non...
HMD is on a roll with its Nokia feature phone releases and the newest additions are the Nokia 108 4G (2024) and the Nokia 125 4G (2024). Nokia 125 4G (2024) is a rebrand of the recently announced Nokia 110 4G (2024) with identical specs while the 108 4G (2024) shares most of its key specs with the HMD 105 4G but with a smaller 2-inch display. Nokia 108 4G (2024) Both phones come with 128MB RAM and 64MB internal storage, which is expandable via the microSD card slot. They also get FM radio, an MP3 player, and the fan favorite Snake game pre-installed. Nokia 125 4G...
OnePlus 13 will be unveiled on Thursday, and we know most of the specs from the company's numerous teasers. The phone is now listed by TENAA, uncovering the remaining details like screen size, memory options, and body dimensions. The listing also confirmed the Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset with a 4.1 GHz CPU and the 6,000 mAh battery, which is the mightiest in the history of OnePlus flagships. OnePlus 13 The phone has a BOE-made 6.82" screen with 1440p resolution and 120 Hz refresh rate. The 32 MP selfie camera has a single punch hole, while the trio on the back is once again...