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...
If you've been patiently waiting for a new Xbox, AMD may have just hinted at how much longer you still need to wait for it to show up. During AMD's earnings call, CEO Lisa Su said work is ongoing on the semi-custom SoC that will be used in the console. With AMD's current scheduling, a 2027 launch should be supported. However, Microsoft will obviously have the final say. What this most likely means is that there's almost no chance to see the next Xbox before 2027, but Microsoft could push it even further. Xbox Series X Microsoft and AMD have embarked on a strategic multi-year...
OnePlus’s upcoming Nord series smartphone, the Nord 6, was recently spotted on Geekbench, offering a glimpse at its chipset. The device is widely expected to be a rebranded version of the OnePlus Turbo 6, and a tipster has now tipped its launch timeline. According to tipster Yogesh Brar, the Nord 6’s launch has been pushed to April, after initially being tipped for an early March debut. Notably, its predecessor, the Nord 5, was unveiled in July 2025. OnePlus Turbo 6 packs a 9,000mAh battery. The Geekbench listing for the Nord 6 revealed that the phone will be equipped with the...
According to a new report from China, the upcoming Honor Magic V6 and Oppo Find N6 will feature next-gen stylus support. Leakster Smart Pikachu suggests the upcoming foldables will feature “multispectral” stylus support, but he did not go into detail about what this entails. Based on speculation, it could mean additional sensors inside the stylus for improved accuracy, the ability to sense additional levels of pressure, more angles, as well as hover detection. These next-gen styli could also feature improved precision, better palm rejection, lower latency and new AI tricks compared to...
The iQOO 15 Ultra is scheduled to be unveiled later today. The company has been teasing the new model for a couple of weeks now, but it found time for one last teaser video before the big announcement. The video hits all the key points in 2 minutes. It starts with the actively-cooled Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 – yes, iQOO is getting into the cooling fan game. There’s also a Q3 gaming chip that will deal with upscaling and frame gen. And if the RGB LED strip on the back wasn’t enough to convince you that this is a gaming phone, then the 600Hz shoulder triggers might. The phone runs on...
The Samsung Galaxy S26 series is rumored to launch on February 25, though Samsung has yet to officially confirm the date. That said, the company has begun teasing the upcoming lineup, releasing three videos that highlight camera improvements. Samsung is teasing enhanced zoom and low-light video capabilities on the Galaxy S26 series. In the first teaser video, a user is shown zooming in on a dog sitting inside a car, with the footage suggesting zoom levels well beyond 10x. However, the teaser notes that the images include AI-generated backgrounds. The Galaxy S26 Ultra is rumored...
Apple used a square sensor for the selfie camera on the iPhone 17 series, and a new rumor suggests other brands may now follow suit. Huawei and Oppo may be the first Chinese brands to adopt the new square sensor in their upcoming phones. Tipster Digital Chat Station claims that Huawei and Oppo are testing 1:1 sensors for front-facing cameras. According to the leak, Huawei could introduce the square selfie sensor on its camera-focused mid-range smartphones, possibly the Nova 16 series. Oppo, meanwhile, is reportedly planning to use the square front camera sensor on its flagship...
While Samsung's latest flagships receive seven years of security updates (and seven major Android OS updates), that hasn't always been the case. And so, five years after their release, the Galaxy S21, S21+, and S21 Ultra are no longer going to receive any updates from this point forward. The trio launched in January of 2021, and they were each promised to receive four major Android updates and five years of security patches. Those five years are up now. So, if you own one of these three phones, perhaps now is the best time to start looking for a replacement, seeing as how you won't be...
vivo may soon expand its X300 series with a new addition, and no, it’s not the much rumored vivo X300 Ultra. According to a new report, an X300e variant has now been spotted online. The report claims that a vivo X300e has been spotted in the GSMA IMEI database. While the listing doesn’t disclose any specs, it does confirm the device’s moniker. If the listing is accurate, this would mark the first time the X series has introduced an ‘e’ variant. Previously, vivo has launched ‘FE’ models and, more recently, the ‘T’ variant with the vivo X200T. The vivo X Fold6 was also spotted in...