Last month we found out that Samsung is working on the Galaxy M55s, since it then got certified by the Wi-Fi Alliance. And now, the device has received yet another certification on its path to availability. It's passed through the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), which means it will (rather unsurprisingly) be sold in India as well, among other places. Through a Geekbench run of an M55s prototype we found out that the handset will be powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 SoC, and there will be a version with 8GB of RAM (more could also be offered, of course). The phone will...

Sony has finally launched the PlayStation Portal in India, about nine months after its launch in the US. If you think that's late, it's pretty much par for the course for Sony India as it always launches all PlayStation products late in the region. The PlayStation Portal is a handheld remote player for the PlayStation 5 console. It lets you wirelessly stream your installed PS5 and PS4 games from your console over your home Wi-Fi network onto the device. You can, for example, be in your bedroom and playing on your PS5 that's in the living room through the Portal, while someone else is...

Honor’s Magic6Pro is now officially available in India. The flagship comes in Epic Green and Black colors. Honor India is offering a single 12GB RAM and 512GB storage trim which retails for INR 89,000 ($1,062). Open sales from Explore Honor, Amazon India, and partnering offline retailers are scheduled to begin at 12AM IST on August 15. Honor Magic6 Pro features a 6.8-inch LTPO OLED display (1280p+120Hz), a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset, and a 5,600 mAh battery with 80W wired and 66W wireless charging. It also excels on the camera front with a 50MP primary shooter, 180MP periscope...

The OnePlus Nord 4, unveiled over two weeks ago, will be available in India today starting at noon local time through Amazon.in and OnePlus' Indian website. It comes in Mercurial Silver, Obsidian Midnight, and Oasis Green colors with three memory options - 8GB/128GB, 8GB/256GB, and 12GB/256GB, priced at INR29,999 ($360/€330), INR32,999 ($395/€365), and INR35,999 ($430/€400), respectively. The OnePlus Nord 4 has a metal unibody design and is built around a 6.74" 1,240p 120Hz Fluid AMOLED display. The smartphone's powered by the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 SoC and boots Android 14 with OxygenOS...

The iQOO Z9s series is launching on August 21 in India. The news was confirmed by iQOO India CEO Nipun Marya via X.com. The teaser showcases the Z9s Pro which will feature a curved screen. iQOO Z9s series teasers iQOO Z9s Pro recently passed by Geekbench with a Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 chipset and 12GB RAM. It is also expected to launch with a 6.78-inch 120Hz AMOLED, a 50MP main cam with a Sony LYT-600 sensor and a 5,500 mAh battery. The Z9s Pro is expected to launch in India with an INR 25,000 ($300) price tag. The more affordable entry in the series – iQOO Z9s is expected to...

Google will unveil the next generation of Pixel phones on August 13 with a keynote at 10am PDT. However, that is quite late in the evening in India, so the local launch will be on the following day, August 14. Google Pixel 9 series coming to India on August 14 in partnership with Flipkart As with the previous generation, Google has tapped Flipkart as the exclusive retail partner for the launch of the Pixel 9 series. You can check out the landing page for the Pixel 9 series, which shows off the Pixel 9 Pro and the Pixel 9 Pro Fold. There’s also a landing page on the Google store...

Oppo K12x 5G was just launched in India and it has little to do with the phone of the same name in China. The new arrival borrows the design of the Oppo K12 but has a slightly different footprint. The new phone has a Mediatek chipset and a new set of cameras and is also more durable, as it passed MIL-STD-810H shock-resistance test. The Oppo K12x has a 6.67" LCD with HD+ resolution and up to 120 Hz refresh rate. Oppo said this is the first phone in its segment with Splash Touch technology, which allows you to operate the screen with wet hands while the panel is also wet. The...

Samsung's Galaxy A06 is coming soon, and it might actually arrive very soon. The device has now been listed on Samsung India's support pages, with the model number SM-A065F/DS. This obviously means India will be one of the markets where it will be available. The "DS" suffix in its model number also tells us it will have dual-SIM functionality. The Galaxy A06 has previously been certified by the Bluetooth SIG, BIS, NBTC, and the FCC. It was also spotted in the Geekbench online database a while back, and that run revealed the fact that it will be powered by the MediaTek Helio G85 SoC, just...

vivo has officially confirmed that the V40 series is coming to India “soon”. Even better, the company shared details about the four 50MP cameras on the vivo V40 Pro, which is “an upgraded collaboration with Zeiss”. The main camera on the back features the 50MP Sony IMX921 sensor and has an OIS enabled Zeiss lens. The IMX921 is a 1/1.56” sensor with 1.0µm pixels and is used on the vivo S19 Pro. That phone looks quite similar, by the way, but it is not the V40 Pro (different ultra wide camera). vivo V40 Pro camera details Next up is the 50MP telephoto camera with a Sony IMX816...