Piled up inventory had suppressed smartphone production to an extent, but now TrendForce reports that they are over the hump – smartphone production increased to 300 million units for the second quarter of 2025. This is up 4% from Q1 and up 4.8% from Q2 last year. China ran a subsidy program for mid-range and entry-level devices, which helped clear out inventories. This program is also credited with boosting the production numbers for local smartphone brands. The top two spots on the global market are still occupied by companies outside of China, though. Samsung remains #1 with 58...

Following the Moto Pad 60 Pro and the Motorola Edge 60 Neo, today the Moto Pad 60 Neo was unveiled in India. The tablet comes with an 11-inch 2560x1600 LCD screen with 90Hz refresh rate and 500-nit peak brightness, the Dimensity 6300 SoC at the helm, 8GB of RAM, 128GB of expandable UFS 2.2 storage, an 8 MP rear camera with autofocus, a 5 MP fixed focus front camera, and a 7,040 mAh battery with support for 20W wired charging. Interestingly, there's a 68W charger in the box. There's no fingerprint sensor and no vibration motor, but you do get a bundled stylus, a 3.5mm headphone jack,...

vivo has revealed more details about its upcoming X300 and X300 Pro flagships, with the latest update confirming several specifications of the standard X300 model. Yesterday, vivo revealed that the X300 will essentially replace the X200 Pro mini as there won’t be a separate mini model this year. The X300 will sport a compact 6.31-inch LTPO display with 120Hz refresh rate and slimmer bezels than the X200 Pro mini. The vivo X300 will get a Zeiss 200 MP primary rear camera, an upgraded Zeiss APO telephoto camera with macro, and a Zeiss 50 MP selfie camera with autofocus. It will...

The iPhone 17 series and iPhone Air, unveiled earlier this week, are now up for pre-orders in the first wave of 63 countries. These include the US, the UK, Australia, Canada, China, Colombia, France, Germany, India, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Türkiye, the UAE, Vietnam, and others. Apple iPhone 17 • Apple iPhone Air • Apple iPhone 17 Pro • Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max The iPhone 17, iPhone Air, iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max are available from Apple’s official website and deliveries in the first wave of countries are scheduled for September 19....

Oppo is expected to unveil its latest tablet, the Pad 5, soon as new details about the device have surfaced online. Well-known Chinese tipster Digital Chat Station has shared key specifications of the Oppo Pad 5. As per the leak, the tablet could be announced alongside the Find X9 series, which is expected to launch in China this October. The Oppo Pad 4 Pro was unveiled in April this year with a Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC The Oppo Pad 5 will get a 12.1-inch LCD display with a 3K resolution and a refresh rate of 144Hz. It is said to be equipped with the MediaTek Dimensity 9400+ SoC,...

The Samsung Galaxy S23 series, which received its first Android 16-based One UI 8 beta update last week, is now receiving the second One UI 8 beta. The One UI 8 Beta 2 update is rolling out in India and South Korea, but the rollout should expand to other countries soon. Samsung Galaxy S23 series receiving One UI 8 Beta 2 in India and South Korea The update requires a download of about 500MB and comes with the September 2025 Android security patch and a few bug fixes. Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra If you are enrolled in the One UI 8 Beta program, live in India or South Korea,...

Today Google has announced two updates to Gmail, both related to shopping. First, there's a new Purchases view that will bring "all of your purchase and delivery updates together in one place", the company says. So you'll have "a bird's eye view of all your upcoming package deliveries" in one simple list. Packages that are set to arrive within 24 hours will still be shown at the top of your primary inbox, and the summary card will continue to also exist within your purchase emails. Purchases is an entirely new view that simply lets you see all purchase-related and shipping-related emails...

Later this month, Qualcomm is holding its Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii, where it's expected to unveil its next flagship chipset, which has recently been rumored to be called Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. Previously known as the Snapdragon 8 Elite 2, back in June the SoC was tipped to arrive with a solid 20-30% improvement in single-core Geekbench scores, and 10-15% improvement in multi-core compared to its predecessor, the Snapdragon 8 Elite. Today a new rumor from China says the difference will be much more pronounced in AnTuTu. Earlier today, MediaTek's Dimensity 9500 was said to score 4...