Last year, the Asus ROG Phone 8 took a big step towards becoming more practical for everyday use with an IP68 rating and a telephoto camera. But Asus hasn’t forgotten that this is a gaming phone, so the new model this year increases performance on all fronts. Asus ROG Phone 9 series The Asus ROG Phone 9 and 9 Pro are powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite, which is paired with up to 16GB of LPDDR5X RAM (9,600Mbps) and up to 512GB UFS 4.0 storage on the vanilla model and up to 24GB and 1TB on the Pro (there are other differences that we will get to). According to Asus, the 8 Elite has a...

Red Magic 10 Pro and Red Magic 10 Pro+ flagships are here and they have what the brand calls the Snapdragon 8 Elite "Extreme Edition". The pair mostly shares the same specs. The main difference is the battery and charging - the 10 Pro has a 6,500mAh battery with 80W charging, while the 10 Pro+ ups it to a 7,050mAh silicon-nitride pack with 120W charging. While the nubia Red Magic 10 Pro packages 256GB or 512GB with 12GB of LPDDR5X RAM as standard, the Pro+ comes with either 512GB or 1TB and either 16GB or 24GB of RAM. That's UFS 4.1 Pro, a faster standard than UFS 4.0. nubia...

Two flagship launches in one year – why not, given the pace of technological improvement. Honor unveiled the Magic6 series this January and today it brings the sequel with a new chipset, even bigger batteries, faster charging, tougher bodies and more. Both the Honor Magic7 and Magic7 Pro are powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite and they leverage its NPU compute power for a variety of AI tasks that range from a digital assistant to improvements to camera processing. Both Magic7 phones are powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite The big upgrade on the Honor Magic7 Pro is the 200MP telephoto...

Following an early listing last week, the Honor X7c is now official, complete with a detailed spec sheet and pricing details. The device boasts a 6.77-inch TFT LCD with HD+ resolution and a 120Hz refresh rate. The panel is rated at 850-nits peak brightness and it can dial down as low as 2-nits in dark environments. There’s an 8MP front-facing camera housed inside a punch-hole cutout. The area around the selfie shooter can display notifications and system status with Honor’s Magic Capsule. The device features an IP64 rating for water and dust resistance, stereo speakers, and a...

Honor launched its X60 and X60 Pro smartphones earlier today in China and the pair were also joined by a new tablet. Honor Tablet GT Pro brings a spacious 12.3-inch screen, Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 chipset and a massive 10,050 mAh battery that supports 66W charging. The 12.3-inch panel on the Tablet GT Pro is of the OLED variety and features a 1,920 x 3,000 px resolution and 144Hz refresh rate. The panel is rated at 1,600 nits peak brightness and features quad speakers with IMAX Enhanced support. The Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 is paired with up to 16GB RAM and 512GB storage. The tablet also...

Things cooled off in terms of announcements this week and that gave room for a boatload of rumors to fill in our news section. Samsung is expected to launch its Galaxy S25 Ultra with a larger 6.86-inch screen and slimmer bezels rumored to measure 2.3 mm compared to 3.35mm on the S24 Ultra. The upcoming Samsung flagship should offer slightly rounded corners which should help make it easier to handle. New leaks revealed the color options for the iPhone 16 Pro series. It seems Apple has settled for White, Black, Gray, and Gold all of which will carry the Titanium prefix. Leaked slides...

Things cooled off in terms of announcements this week and that gave room for a boatload of rumors to fill in our news section. Samsung is expected to launch its Galaxy S25 Ultra with a larger 6.86-inch screen and slimmer bezels rumored to measure 2.3 mm compared to 3.35mm on the S24 Ultra. The upcoming Samsung flagship should offer slightly rounded corners which should help make it easier to handle. New leaks revealed the color options for the iPhone 16 Pro series. It seems Apple has settled for White, Black, Gray, and Gold all of which will carry the Titanium prefix. Leaked slides...

Motorola’s Edge series just received its latest addition – the Edge 50 which was announced in India earlier today. It boasts a 120Hz OLED display, a Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 chip, and a 5,000 mAh battery with 68W wired and 15W wireless charging. This is also the slimmest IP68 and MIL 810H certified phone on the market at 7.79mm all while having passed over 30 tests for extreme temperature, moisture, dust, and drops. Edge 50 is the slimmest IP68 and MIL 810H certified phone on the market Edge 50 features a curved 6.7" pOLED with FHD+ resolution and a 120Hz refresh rate. The panel is...

Realme 13 Pro series' is here and its claim to fame is photography. The brand is also betting big on AI image processing with its new Realme 13 Pro and Realme 13 Pro+. The new devices launch with Realme’s Hyperimage+ AI photography architecture combining flagship optics, on-device AI imaging algorithms, and cloud-based AI image editing features like Smart Removal, Group Photo Enhancement, and Audio Zoom. On the hardware front, Realme 13 Pro+ is the first phone to launch with Sony’s LYT-701 sensor on its 50MP main cam (24mm). There’s another first with the 3x telephoto lens featuring a...

Foldables in China are developing rapidly - slimming down in size while offering more powerful chipsets, cameras and larger batteries. Xiaomi’s new Mix Fold 4 is impossibly thin and light and it’s going directly at the recently launched Samsung Galaxy Z Flip6 and Honor Magic V3 while offering a larger main display, four rear cameras including a 5x periscope lens. At just 226 grams, Mix Fold 4 weighs as much as Honor’s Magic V3 and it’s nearly as thin - 4.59mm unfolded and 9.47 mm in its folded state. Xiaomi went with a curved frame design with the sides tapering into the aluminum...