Apple announced its Q1,2026 fiscal quarter results, and it was headlined by the strongest iPhone quarter ever. While Apple calls it Q1, 2026, this fiscal quarter ended on December 27, 2025, aka the holiday period, which is traditionally Apple’s strongest quarter. Total revenue reached $143.8 billion – up 16% from the same time last year, while net profits came in at just over $42 billion. The strong results were fueled by “unprecedented” demand for the iPhone. Apple reported its iPhone revenue reached $85.3 billion, which is an all-time high. The favorable result was largely driven by the...
Alongside the Turbo 5 Max, which went official in China yesterday, Redmi also unveiled the base Turbo 5 with a smaller battery and the Dimensity 8500-Ultra SoC. It’s the first phone in the world to feature the MediaTek Dimensity 8500-Ultra chipset. The Turbo 5 comes with LPDDR5 Ultra RAM, UFS 4.1 storage, and the same vapor chamber cooling setup as the larger Max model. The Redmi Turbo 5 features a slightly smaller 6.59-inch AMOLED display compared to the Max variant. The display offers a 120Hz refresh rate, 3,500 nits peak brightness, and a Full-HD+ resolution. It’s also a 12-bit...
Xiaomi launched the 15T and 15T Pro last September, and now it seems like the company is already hard at work on their successors. The same source that gave us details about the Poco X8 Pro and Poco X8 Pro Max's battery capacities is back with some details about Xiaomi's upcoming 17T. This information also allegedly comes from code in HyperOS 3. The Xiaomi 17T is said to have the exact same camera setup as its predecessor, with a 50MP main shooter with OIS, a 50MP telephoto with 2x optical zoom, and a 12MP ultrawide. The 17T has a 6,500 mAh battery with support for 67W wired charging. The...
Xiaomi launched the 15T and 15T Pro last September, and now it seems like the company is already hard at work on their successors. The same source that gave us details about the Poco X8 Pro and Poco X8 Pro Max's battery capacities is back with some details about Xiaomi's upcoming 17T. This information also allegedly comes from code in HyperOS 3. The Xiaomi 17T is said to have the exact same camera setup as its predecessor, with a 50MP main shooter with OIS, a 50MP telephoto with 2x optical zoom, and a 12MP ultrawide. The 17T has a 6,500 mAh battery with support for 67W wired charging. The...
Apple has bought the secretive Israeli audio AI startup Q.ai, in a transaction that's valued at around $2 billion. That would make it Apple's second most expensive purchase in history, outdone only by its acquisition of Beats. Q.ai is working on AI technology for audio, specifically applications of machine learning to help devices understand whispered speech and to enhance audio quality in challenging environments. Last year, Q.ai filed a patent application for using "facial skin micromovements" to detect mouthed or spoken words, identify a person, and assess their emotions and...
The Xiaomi 17 launched in China back in September, and its global launch is expected to happen soon. As we keep waiting for that, purported pricing for the device in Europe has surfaced courtesy of a retailer listing in Germany. The Xiaomi 17 will apparently cost €1,099 with 512GB of storage. This probably means the phone will start at €999 with 256GB of storage. The retailer in question has also revealed the Xiaomi 17's battery capacity in Europe - 6,330 mAh. That's smaller than the 7,000 mAh cell it has in China, but situations like this are par for the course these...
Smart rings are the next frontier for wearables, and Rogbid Fusion is a bridge between the ring and watch form factor. This is a tiny smartwatch which measures just 20.6 x 21 x 8.2mm and weighs a little over 14 grams. Rogbid Fusion is a hybrid smart ring and smartwatch You can wear it as a ring with its bundled Milanese-style strap, but it also comes with a bundled nylon strap so you can wear it as a watch around your wrist. It features a metal midframe and is 5ATM water resistant. Rogbid Fusion There's a tiny 0.49-inch OLED screen, which shows time, step count,...
The iQOO 15 Ultra is getting official on February 4, and the brand has already revealed a few details about it. Today, a device that is rumored to be the iQOO 15 Ultra has been spotted in the Geekbench database with the model number V2546A. As you can see from the screenshot below, it managed a single-core score of 3,601 and a multi-core score of 11,434 in Geekbench 6.5 for Android. The Geekbench listing confirms that it's powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 SoC, and the prototype that ran the benchmark had 16GB of RAM. The iQOO 15 Ultra will run Android 16 from day one, with...
While the Galaxy S26 lineup that's about to launch next month is rumored to be feature Exynos and Qualcomm chips earlier reports suggested Samsung might be ready to move to its own silicon for the following generation. Now however prominent Weibo tipster Digital Chat Station claims the Galaxy S27 Ultra will maintain the current tradition of running only a Snapdragon chipset. The San Diego maker will deliver a custom chip likely to be called Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro to secure the order. It is going to be based on Samsung's 2nm manufacturing process. Seeing how TSMC is struggling...
While the Galaxy S26 lineup that's about to launch next month is rumored to be feature Exynos and Qualcomm chips earlier reports suggested Samsung might be ready to move to its own silicon for the following generation. Now however prominent Weibo tipster Digital Chat Station claims the Galaxy S27 Ultra will maintain the current tradition of running only a Snapdragon chipset. The San Diego maker will deliver a custom chip likely to be called Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro to secure the order. It is going to be based on Samsung's 2nm manufacturing process. Seeing how TSMC is struggling...