The Exynos 1480 was a cool mid-range chip – literally, its sustained performance was great. But it was only ever used in one phone, Samsung’s own Galaxy A55, which is a bit of a shame. Here’s what comes next – the Exynos 1580, likely to be used in the upcoming Galaxy A56. This chip is a major upgrade over its predecessor – it’s built on a new node, with ARMv9 CPU cores and double the GPU hardware. Specifically, the chip is fabbed on Samsung’s third-generation 4nm EUV FinFET process. The CPU of the Exynos 1580 moves to a three-cluster design with one prime Cortex-A720 core (2.9GHz),...
Asus recently announced it will introduce the ROG Phone 9 series on November 19 with the Snapdragon 8 Elite under the hood. The brand hasn't divulged much about the lineup, but renders of the Asus ROG Phone 9 Pro have surfaced online, revealing its design. The Asus ROG Phone 9 Pro's display has a centered punch-hole, and around the back is a triple camera setup, with "Republic of Gamers" written below the camera island. Asus ROG Phone 9 Pro's leaked renders The smartphone has a metal build with flat frames, with the right-side frame sporting the volume rocker and power...
OnePlus 13 will arrive on October 31 with a design similar to its predecessor. The phone will stick to a triple-camera setup on the back, but today, it was revealed that all three shooters will be upgraded. OnePlus 13 specs Official posts on Weibo revealed a main wide camera with Sony LYT-808 sensor will join the 50MP telephoto and ultrawide cameras. The telephoto will ditch the traditional periscope design and opt for a dual-prism solution, which is more compact and easier to fit within a slimmer body. Obsidian Secret, White Dawn, and Blue Hour colorways The...
Ever since their inception, Google Tensor chipsets were based on Exynos chips and fabbed by Samsung. That’s expected to change with next year’s Tensor G5 as Google is expected to make the switch to TSMC’s process node. Android Authority shared an extensive report hailing directly from Google’s gChips division, which details what’s to come from the Tensor G5 and G6 SoCs. Tensor G5 (codenamed “laguna”) will power the upcoming Pixel 10 series and will be manufactured on TSMC’s 3nm-class N3E process. That’s the same node used for Apple’s A18 Pro chip inside the iPhone 16 Pro series and...
Honor unveiled the MagicOS 9.0 in China, a week ahead of the announcement of its Magic7 flagship series. It called it the world's first all-scenario personalized AI operating system and accented the deeper integration of the Yoyo voice assistant or AI Agent as they call it. On the Android 15-based MagicOS 9.0 it will work across a number of applications, utilizing MagicLM, Honor's proprietary language model. The company claims it will understand natural language and computer vision, while also learning from your habits and being aware of context. The in-app operation will let it...
Honor unveiled the MagicOS 9.0 in China, a week ahead of the announcement of its Magic7 flagship series. It called it the world's first all-scenario personalized AI operating system and accented the deeper integration of the Yoyo voice assistant or AI Agent as they call it. On the Android 15-based MagicOS 9.0 it will work across a number of applications, utilizing MagicLM, Honor's proprietary language model. The company claims it will understand natural language and computer vision, while also learning from your habits and being aware of context. The in-app operation will let it...
TCL unveiled many phones over the past 12 months, including new 50 series phones and Nxtpaper products. The company officially confirmed the full list of devices that will get Android 15 updates, and the good thing is most of the new devices are in line for the software update. Here is the full list: TCL 50 5G TCL 50 Nxtpaper 5G TCL 50 Pro Nxtpaper TCL 50 SE TCL 50 XL TCL 505 TCL Tab 8 Gen 2 and LTE TCL Tab 10 Nxtpaper TCL Tab 11 Gen 2 and LTE TCL Tab 11 FE The notable absentee from the list is TCL 50 XL Nxtpaper 5G. The company will hopefully complete its update at a...
The Infinix Zero Flip, introduced in India last week, will go on sale in India today at noon local time through Flipkart in Blossom Glow and Rock Black colors. It comes in a single 8GB/512GB configuration priced at INR54,999 ($655/€610) but will be available at a special launch price of INR49,999 ($595/€550). The Zero Flip is Infinix's first foldable smartphone. It features a 6.9" 120Hz FullHD+ LTPO AMOLED folding display and a 3.64" 120Hz AMOLED cover screen of 1,066x1,056-pixel resolution. The Infinix Zero Flip has the Dimensity 8020 at the helm and runs Android 14 with XOS 14.5...
Xiaomi is due to launch the 15 and 15 Pro later this month, but the Ultra is only set to follow in February. Even so, today we have the first set of leaked renders showing the Xiaomi 15 Ultra, and it's definitely got a distinctive camera arrangement - and one that might not please fans of symmetry. While the camera bump itself is circular like it's always been in the Ultra line, the placement of the cameras themselves within the island is, as you can see, asymmetrical. According to the source of these shots, the lone camera on the top is the 200 MP 4.3x zoom periscope telephoto,...
The OnePlus 13 will be unveiled in China on October 31. Before that, we've already seen it in leaked images, and now the company itself has posted a quick official unboxing video of the yet-unannounced device. That's definitely an unorthodox hype-building campaign, but we'll take it since it means we get to see the handset and its packaging early. Note that as the October 31 launch is for the Chinese market only, the video is in Chinese and the phone runs ColorOS. Internationally, it will of course go with OxygenOS instead. The red box is still present, as you can see. The screen...