Qualcomm unveiled the Snapdragon 8 Elite, its next flagship chipset, and brought its partners up on stage to showcase upcoming phones with the new chip. Xiaomi apparently has dibs, Realme is also working on a device, as is Asus (for the ROG series) and Honor. Honor Magic7 Pro on stage at the Snapdragon Summit The company has been teasing the Honor Magic7 Pro, showing off its design in a short video and talking about NPU game rendering and a new AI assistant that will be part of MagicOS 9.0. And, of course, the company took the opportunity to show off the phone on stage in...

Samsung announced its Z Fold Special Edition yesterday as a souped-up version of the Z Fold6 with larger displays, a sleeker profile and a 200MP main cam. It’s set to launch with a KRW 2,789,600 ($2,000/€1,860) price tag which is a bit more than what the regular Z Fold6 goes for. Samsung Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition We’ve been seeing rumors for a more affordable book-style foldable from Samsung for months but it seems that Samsung has no plans to launch such a device. A new report from Sammobile coming from an unnamed Samsung official suggests that the brand has no intention...

The Xiaomi 15 series will premiere the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite on the market. The announcement came in the aftermath of Qualcomm's unveiling of the new flagship chipset at the Snapdragon Summit 2024 in Hawaii. Senior VP Adam Zeng (Zeng Xuezhong) announced it during his few minutes on stage. Xiaomi is expected to unveil the 15 series tomorrow, October 23. It's likely that it will launch just the Xiaomi 15 and 15 Pro at first, with the Xiaomi 15 Ultra coming later, possibly in early 2025. The Xiaomi 15 series will initially be a China-only affair, but we expect the vanilla 15...

Samsung could launch a tri-fold smartphone in 2025, revealed industry insiders from Korea. The company is ready with the technology, and the supply chain is prepared for the new product. Still, the final call should come from the MX (Mobile eXperience) Division responsible for the foldable phones. According to the same report, orders for foldable OLED panels were decreased over 10% as demand for Galaxy Z Fold6 and Galaxy Z Flip6 did not meet expectations. Huawei Mate XT Ultimate (tri-fold) vs Pixel 9 Pro Fold vs Samsung Galaxy Z Fold6 Samsung Display shipments for foldable OLED...

The Infinix Hot 50 Pro+ 4G unveiled last week was today joined by the non-Plus model. Like the Plus model, the Infinix Hot 50 Pro is also powered by the Helio G100 chip. It runs Android 14 with XOS 14.5 on top and has two memory configurations - 8GB/128GB and 8GB/256GB. The storage on both versions is expandable by up to 2TB via microSD card. The 4G smartphone has a 6.78" 120Hz FullHD+ AMOLED display on the front with 1,800 nits peak brightness and a punch-hole for the 8MP selfie camera. The screen also has a fingerprint reader underneath for password-less smartphone...

With the Snapdragon 8 Elite now official, brands from all over are starting to announce launch dates for their upcoming flagship phones. Asus has now jumped aboard the Snapdragon 8 Elite express and announced a launch date for its ROG Phone 9 series. The ROG Phone 9 and 9 Pro will debut on November 19 at a dedicated event set to start at 12PM CET time (6AM ET/7PM Taipei time). Asus ROG Phone 9 Asus shared official renders of the ROG Phone 9 which looks identical to the ROG Phone 8 series with an offset pentagon-shaped camera island housing three sensors and a gamer...

With the Snapdragon 8 Elite now official, brands from all over are starting to announce launch dates for their upcoming flagship phones. Asus has now jumped aboard the Snapdragon 8 Elite express and announced a launch date for its ROG Phone 9 series. The ROG Phone 9 and 9 Pro will debut on November 19 at a dedicated event set to start at 12PM CET time (6AM ET/7PM Taipei time). Asus ROG Phone 9 Asus shared official renders of the ROG Phone 9 which looks identical to the ROG Phone 8 series with an offset pentagon-shaped camera island housing three sensors and a gamer...

AMD today revealed that it will be announcing the next generation Ryzen 9000X3D chips next month on November 7. The Ryzen 9000X3D chips are the successor to the previous Ryzen 7000X3D chips, which included highly popular models such as the 8-core Ryzen 7 7800X3D along with the 12 and 16 core 7900X3D and the 7950X3D. The new 9000X3D models will be based on the new AM5 architecture like other Ryzen 9000 series chips but will feature the company's 3D V-cache technology, which includes an additional layer of L3 cache that massively improves gaming performance. The timing for this...

The iQOO 13 will arrive on October 30, vivo revealed on its social media channels in China. The sub-brand will bring its new flagship in four colors, but at least from the back, its design is very similar to the predecessor with the three cameras on a squircle island. The paint jobs are Black, Green, Silver, and White with BMW M Motorsport branding, and the phone will have a tiny strip of halo light on the island, which should act as a notification light. There is a regular LED flash next to the cameras, unlike the previous generation when it was outside the island. We can also...