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...
Honor unveiled MagicOS 9.0 last week and will launch the next generation of flagships this week – tomorrow, in fact. We’ve already seen the Pro model, which was featured on stage during the Snapdragon Summit. The new phones will be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite. Anyway, the company has also shown the upcoming Honor Magic7 series in two teaser videos, so by now we have a pretty good idea of what the back will look like. But if you want to have another look, especially a look up close, then these spy shots posted by Digital Chat Station offer a peek before the big reveal. Spy...
Apple has expanded the reach of Tap to Pay on iPhone today, with five new countries added across Europe where this feature now works. In case you're confused, Tap to Pay is the feature that lets businesses use an iPhone as a contactless terminal to accept card payments. The customer can simply tap their contactless card, iPhone, Apple Watch, Android device, or Wear OS watch near the merchant's iPhone to complete the transaction using NFC on the merchant's iPhone. Tap to Pay is supported on all iPhones starting with the iPhone XS. Transactions using Tap to Pay are processed using the Secure...
OnePlus has already officially confirmed the upcoming OnePlus 13's huge battery, its support for magnetic wireless charging, and its display specs, ahead of the October 31 unveiling event. Today, the brand is pushing its teaser campaign forward with newly confirmed details about the device. The OnePlus 13 will have an ultrasonic fingerprint sensor, with a "super intuitive" position. As any other ultrasonic fingerprint scanner, this one will work with wet fingers, while unlocking at night won't require a ton of light so it will be more comfortable. The sensor should also be faster than the...
Samsung introduced the Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition last week. The foldable arrived for sale during the weekend, before promptly being sold out in just 10 minutes. The phone is a serious upgrade over the Fold6 with larger displays of more comfortable aspect, thinner profile and a 200 MP main camera. According to insiders, the sale began with a 7-hour delay as the company needed time to "assess production quantities and decide on the amount to release." The demand was so high that retailers and carriers did not even get the phone because of "stock shortages." Samsung did not...
With iOS 18.1 now officially out, users in some parts of the world can try out the Apple Intelligence suite while others like those in the EU will have to wait until April. The new Apple Intelligence features are currently exclusive to US English, with support for local variants of English in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United Kingdom coming in December. Apple also revealed it will expand Apple Intelligence support to Chinese, English (India), English (Singapore), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, and Vietnamese come...
Oppo has launched the Find X8 and Find X8 Pro last week, but the top dog in the line is yet to make an appearance. When it does eventually show up, the Find X8 Ultra will unsurprisingly be a monster cameraphone. Today a source in China is sharing the details of the upcoming device's camera setup, and all we can say is it's fit for the cameraphone purpose for sure. Oppo Find X7 Ultra The Find X8 Ultra is said to sport a quad camera arrangement on its rear, with 50 MP sensors all-round, and two periscope zoom cameras: one for 3x optical zoom, the other for 6x optical zoom. The...