The Poco F8 Ultra sits atop the Poco portfolio, offering solid all-around performance at a sub-flagship price. But ever wondered what's inside, especially with the built-in subwoofer? Well, the guys at PBKreviews have done a complete teardown showing off the internals, and there are some interesting findings. Let's start with repairability. Previous Poco F generations have been criticized for being hard to repair, but the F8 Ultra appears to have improved on that aspect. Still, it's not the easiest phone repair, especially with the stacked components and plenty of adhesive. Build...
Even though the iPhone Air surprised us with dependable battery life given the design limitations, endurance remains one of the main concerns users have about the phone. Another big issue for consumers is the single-camera setup. Luckily, Apple seems determined to address them in the next-generation iPhone Air, at least according to the latest news. In late December last year, a report came out suggesting that the iPhone Air will feature a second camera, likely an ultrawide unit. Now, a rumor coming from The Elec talks about the battery life improvements. People familiar with the...
With the update to Nothing OS 4.0 based on Android 16 in October, Nothing introduced Lock Glimpse, a feature which basically consists of showing ads on the lock screen, but with a fancy-sounding name. Lock Glimpse has been present on the Nothing Phone (3a), Nothing Phone (3a) Pro, and Nothing Phone (3a) Lite ever since, and it's been quite controversial - even though you could technically stop the ads from showing up, the feature would still eat a lot of battery, according to multiple user reports. Today Nothing is finally giving up on its lock screen ads experiment, but with a catch. Lock...
Earlier this week, Motorola unveiled the Signature – the first in a new line of premium phones that sits above the Edge series. That one is still on pre-order, but you can already see it in stores. The Motorola Signature with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 5, 16GB of RAM and 512GB storage costs €1,000. It’s a slender 7mm phone that is fairly light at 186g without compromising the battery – 5,200mAh is more than you get from Samsung, Apple and Google, though not as much as Chinese brands are offering. The phone has a large 50MP sensor in the main camera (1/1.28” LYT-828), a 50MP 3x/71mm telephoto, 50MP...
The RedMagic 11 Air is coming soon, and today on Weibo more of its specs have been revealed. The phone allegedly comes with a 6.85-inch screen, the Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset, up to 24GB of RAM, and a 7,000 mAh battery with support for 120W wired charging. It measures 163.82 x 76.54 x 7.85mm and weighs 207g. It has an active cooling fan built-in, and an under-display selfie camera too. The RedMagic 11 Air was recently spotted on Geekbench, and this revealed that it will launch running Android 16 from day one. Source (in Chinese)
The RedMagic 11 Air is coming soon, and today on Weibo more of its specs have been revealed. The phone allegedly comes with a 6.85-inch screen, the Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset, up to 24GB of RAM, and a 7,000 mAh battery with support for 120W wired charging. It measures 163.82 x 76.54 x 7.85mm and weighs 207g. It has an active cooling fan built-in, and an under-display selfie camera too. The RedMagic 11 Air was recently spotted on Geekbench, and this revealed that it will launch running Android 16 from day one. Source (in Chinese)
Just after the New Year arrived, Oppo launched three Reno15 models globally and in India. We got to spend some face time with all three, though note that there are some regional variations in naming. Globally, they are known as the Reno15, Reno15 Pro and Reno15 Pro Max. What we have here is the vanilla model, the Oppo Reno15, which is in the middle in terms of size – it has a 6.59” display, which is bigger than the 6.32” Pro/Pro Mini display, but smaller than the 6.78” Pro Max display. The battery, however, is the same size as the Max with 6,500mAh capacity. The Reno15 family: Reno15...
Tecno has officially announced that it's launching the Spark Go 3 smartphone in India on January 16 at 12 PM local time. It will be sold by both Flipkart and Amazon. Tecno has already revealed that the device has an IP64 rating for dust and water resistance, and it can withstand drops from 1.2m. Tecno promises four years of lag-free performance, and the Ella AI voice assistant is on board too. The Spark Go 3 is expected to be 4G-only, and run Android 15 disappointingly. It's most likely going to have a 5,000 mAh battery with support for 10W wired charging, 4GB of RAM, and 128GB...
Realme already announced that it's unveiling the Neo8 this month, showcased its rear design, and revealed that the phone is powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 SoC. Now the Neo8 may have been spotted in the Geekbench online database with the model number RMX8899. As you can see below, it managed a single-core score of 2,876 and a multi-core score of 9,245 in Geekbench 6.5, though as usual we'd caution you against taking benchmark results from unreleased devices too seriously. The benchmark listing has confirmed the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 chipset, and revealed that one version will come...
Built-in active cooling fans are all the rage in China currently, with a lot of manufacturers coming out with devices featuring one. And now it seems like Xiaomi is working on its very own device with a fan, according to Digital Chat Station on Weibo. This device will be powered by MediaTek's Dimensity 9500 SoC, and will have a screen with a "1.5K" resolution and "ultra-high" (though not further detailed) refresh rate. The fan will be part of the camera island, and the entire phone will be IP68 rated for dust and water resistance despite the presence of the fan. Redmi K80...