Huawei is working on the Mate 70 devices, and a new leak just revealed what the phones will look loke from the back. According to a photo that claims to have the camera covers of all the phones, all Huawei Mate 70 versions will have four cameras in a square formation mounted on a circular or octagonal island. The lineup will include Mate 70, Mate 70 Pro, and Mate 70 Pro+ with a circle, while the Mate 70 RS will be the fanciest device in the lineup. This reminds us of the Mate 50 series, which had the same look. However, we can see more small cutouts for lasers and sensors, such...
Samsung unveiled One UI 6 last year at the Samsung Developer Conference 2023 (SDC23). However, One UI 7 has been hit with a series of delays and won’t be out until next year, likely launching alongside the Galaxy S25 series. So, this year’s SDC focused on other things. But we still may get a peek at what Samsung is cooking – the company just announced that another SDC will be held later this year. Samsung Developer Conference Korea 2024 will be an online event on November 21. You can already sign up on the official site, if you are interested. There will be two keynote speeches and a total...
At its grand event in China today, Xiaomi unveiled the 15 and 15 Pro flagship smartphones, and it also presented the newest version of its Android skin: HyperOS 2. This introduces three "core technological innovations" to devices sold in China - HyperCore, HyperConnect, and HyperAI. Together, these should work to offer a "fresh, advanced experience in fundamental functionality, cross-device smart connectivity, and AI interactions", whatever any of that means. HyperOS 2 comes with a new scheduler, as well as improved memory and I/O resource management, a redone rendering pipeline,...
The Xiaomi Smart Band 9 went official a few months back, and today it's received a sibling: the Smart Band 9 Pro. Like previous Pro versions in Xiaomi's best-selling line of wearables, this one has a larger, squarer screen compared to the non-Pro Smart Bands. The Smart Band 9 Pro's display is 1.74" in diameter, AMOLED of course, with 336x480 resolution and 1,200-nit peak brightness. The entire wearable measures 43.27 x 32.49 x 10.8 mm and weighs 24.5g thanks to its aluminum alloy body. It's 5ATM water resistant, and has a 350 mAh battery that's rated for up to 21 days of use. It has...
Apple's iPhone exports from India have reportedly jumped by a third in the six months through September. The iPhone maker has reportedly exported $6 billion worth of its smartphones - estimated factory gate value, not even market value. The numbers come from people in the know that have revealed them to Bloomberg. This puts annual exports on track to reach the $10 billion in the fiscal 2024. In a move to reduce its dependence on China amidst escalating tensions, Apple has rapidly expanded its manufacturing infrastructure in India since it began manufacturing iPhones in the country...
Aside from the much-anticipated Xiaomi 15 and Xiaomi 15 Pro, at its event in China today Xiaomi also unveiled the Pad 7 and Pad 7 Pro. These are almost flagship tablets, but not quite, since they're using upper-midrange chipsets: the Pad 7 goes with the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3, and the Pad 7 Pro is powered by the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3. They both have an 11.2" 3200x2136 LCD touchscreen with 3:2 aspect ratio, 144 Hz refresh rate, and 800-nit peak brightness, and an 8,850 mAh battery, but whereas the 'vanilla' model charges at up to 45W, the Pro goes up to 67W. The Pad 7 has a 13 MP rear...
The "week of Mac" announcements kicked off yesterday with the M4 iMac and we're now welcoming the new M4 Mac mini. It comes as a direct successor to last year's M2 Mac mini and is configurable with the brand-new Apple M4 Pro chip with up to 64GB unified memory. The new Mac mini has a revamped "ultracompact design" that follows in the footsteps of the Mac Studio but with a much smaller footprint at just 12.7cm (5 inches) per side. It is a bit taller than the outgoing M2 Mac mini at 5cm, but it weighs just 670 grams for the M4 model and 730 grams for the M4 Pro version. I/O...
Sharp just announced a pro version of the Aquos R9, which was unveiled in May. And just like it, the new model will launch only in Japan at first (in December) before getting a wider release with availability for Taiwan, Indonesia and Singapore. Sharp Aquos R9 pro The Sharp Aquos R9 pro has three 50.3MP cameras on its back and is dubbed the Vario-Summicron camera system, which was developed under the supervision of Leica. The camera setup now includes a 65mm telephoto lens (f/2.6), something that was missing from the vanilla R9. This camera offers 2.8x optical magnification...
Xiaomi 15 Pro is the larger sibling of the Xiaomi 15 and one of the first phones to launch with Qualcomm’s recently announced Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset. Apart from carrying Qualcomm’s best mobile SoC, the 15 Pro offers some meaningful improvements over its predecessor, including a brighter display, overhauled cameras and a massive 6,100 mAh battery. Xiaomi 15 Pro colors While its screen still measures 6.73 inches, the 15 Pro's LTPO OLED panel has slimmer borders around the display and a micro-curved design featuring subtle curves on all four corners. Thanks to the...
Today is the day for Xiaomi to unveil its new flagships – and to our surprise, it unveiled three new models. It turned out that the third module is just a special edition of the small Xiaomi 15, which brings no less than 20 color options to choose from. The regular 15 is available in a good number of colors too, but that’s not what you’re interested in, is it? Xiaomi 15 You probably want to hear about how the Xiaomi 15 is equipped with the Snapdragon 8 Elite and it is. The chipset is paired with 12GB or 16GB of LPDDR5X RAM and 256GB, 512GB or 1TB of fast UFS 4.0 storage. Unlike...