After seemingly dozens of leaks and rumors, today Google has finally acknowledged the Pixel 10a. The company has released a very short teaser video, which you can see embedded below. The video portrays the phone from a lot of angles, and reveals that the full announcement will be taking place on February 18. That is also when Google will start taking pre-orders for the Pixel 10a. In the meantime, you can head to Google's teaser site for the Pixel 10a and register your email. If you do so, you will get an exclusive offer on the Pixel 10a from the Google Store - provided you haven't...

After seemingly dozens of leaks and rumors, today Google has finally acknowledged the Pixel 10a. The company has released a very short teaser video, which you can see embedded below. The video portrays the phone from a lot of angles, and reveals that the full announcement will be taking place on February 18. That is also when Google will start taking pre-orders for the Pixel 10a. In the meantime, you can head to Google's teaser site for the Pixel 10a and register your email. If you do so, you will get an exclusive offer on the Pixel 10a from the Google Store - provided you haven't...

Google is preparing a shakeup of its operating system landscape and ChromeOS is getting the short end of the stick. According to recently surfaced court documents from the US vs. Google antitrust case obtained by The Verge, Google is planning to phase out ChromeOS completely by 2034. Why that year specifically? Well, Google’s last major ChromeOS hardware platform release was in 2023 and that means it will have to honor its ten-year support obligation through 2033-2034. The new development comes from a transcript from the case where Google lawyers confirmed that their client was looking...

The Pixel 10a is nearing its launch, and we've got yet another look at the phone. The few press renders come courtesy of Evan Blass and seemingly show the Pixel 10a in Lavender, one of the new colors. As a reminder, solid leaks suggest that the Pixel 10a will come in Lavender, Obsidian, Berry, and Fog. Those are different from the Iris, Obsidian, Peony, and Porcelain of the Pixel 9a. Colors aside, the Pixel 10a will be nearly indistinguishable from the 9a. It's said to pack the same Tensor G4 as the 9a, and not the G5 in the Pixel 10. The Tensor G4 is packaged with 8GB of RAM,...

Last year at the MWC, we got some hands-on time with a curious prototype – the Xiaomi Modular Optical System. Xiaomi described it as a research project, so its future was uncertain. However, Digital Chat Station now reports that this device is going into mass production and will be available commercially early this year (exact date is to be determined). In case you missed it, this is a detachable camera module with a 100MP micro four-thirds sensor with a 35mm f/1.4-f/11 lens and a manual focus ring. The sensor offers native 2x zoom with pixel binning. What sets this apart from previous...

The vivo V70 Elite has purportedly been spotted in the Geekbench online database today with the model number V2548. The prototype in question had 12GB of RAM, and ran Android 16. The V70 Elite is powered by the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 SoC, which is rather significant since this will be the first vivo V-series handset to be powered by a Snapdragon 8-series chipset. The V70 Elite is expected to be unveiled later this month alongside the 'vanilla' V70, followed by the V70 FE at some point in the future. The V70 Elite will come in Passion Red, Sand Beige, and Authentic Black. It will...

Huawei is hosting its first product launch event of the year on February 26. The event is set to take place in Madrid, Spain and while Huawei did not specify the exact product(s) that will be unveiled at the event, all signs point to a new smartwatch. The accompanying event tagline “The race starts here” and #NowIsYourRun suggest we’ll see a new sports-focused smartwatch with an emphasis on running. This could very well be a new addition in its Watch GT Runner series which hasn’t seen a new entry since 2021’s Watch GT Runner. Huawei Watch GT Runner from 2021 Huawei...

Another day, another Galaxy S26 family pricing leak. This one comes from France, so if accurate, do note that these prices may only apply to that one specific market - there are usually slight variations even across the Eurozone countries due to differing levels of VAT in each one. According to this leak, the base 256GB S26 will be €40 more expensive than its predecessor, with the 512GB model going for a whopping €120 more. The 256GB S26+ will apparently cost €100 more than the S25+, and the 512GB version €90 more. The Galaxy S26 Ultra will start at the same price as the S25 Ultra,...

The iQOO 15 Ultra is now official – it is the first iQOO phone with an active cooling fan and it is the first to deserve the “Ultra” moniker (previously, “Pro” models have been the top end). The Ultra draws its power from a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset, the same as the vanilla iQOO 15. However, here there is the “Ice Dome” system – a fairly large 17x17mm fan that moves 0.315 cfm (cubic feet per minute). The chipset is paired with 10,667Mbps LPDDR5X RAM and UFS 4.1. The Qualcomm chip is paired with the Q3 gaming chip that handles resolution upscaling and frame...

AnTuTu has just published its rankings for the month of January. These take into account benchmark runs performed in January in China, and the numbers you see below are averages of all the runs. The RedMagic 11 Pro+ continues to reign supreme in the flagship smartphone category, with an average AnTuTu v11 score of 4,104,271. That said, the iQOO 15 Ultra is launching this month, and based on what the brand has said, it will very likely take the throne when February's charts are out. In second place is the Satellite Communication Edition of vivo's X300 Pro, followed by the Realme GT 8...