Week 46 in review: Galaxy S24 dummies, vivo X100 series is brings Dimensity 9300

Another week is over, so let's recap. If you've seen the Galaxy S22 series, you've seen the Galaxy S24 series, if the dummies that leaked are to be believed. The three S24 phones all look pretty much unchanged, for the most part. There will likely be under-the-hood changes but on the outside, the phones look quite similar to the S23 series.

A new report doubled down on the fact that Huawei's HarmonyOS Next will drop Android support. The OS is nearly ready for release and there has been some serious developer recruitment to bring talent over into Huawei's new OS.

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Check out the best small and large Androids in the UK with these early Black Friday deals

Amazon has never been too patient with its holiday discounts, which is why Black Friday deals are already underway. We picked out some of the best phones from this year (and some from the year before).

The Asus Zenfone 10 is a rare beast – a small, premium Android. It’s not tiny by any means, but it has a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset and plenty of RAM (you can have 16GB if you want) plus a 5.92” 144Hz AMOLED display with HDR10+. Small though it may be, it has a 3.5mm headphone jack, which is another thing you don’t see often these days.

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Weekly poll results: most people prefer older flagship chipsets

What chipset powers a phone is a significant factor when choosing your next phone. Of course, this is a result from last week’s poll and our readers are more tech-minded than the general population, but still – very few people picked the “don’t care” option.

The results clearly show that having the latest and greatest silicon isn’t particularly important. For over 40% of voters, an older but still capable chipset is a perfectly fine option. Recently, it is the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 and the Dimensity 9200 that have been filling this role.

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Here are the best early Black Friday deals on headphones in the US

Black Friday is still a week away, but the early offers include a wide variety of headphones with solid discounts. We mostly focused on TWS buds, but there are a few over-ear models as well.

Starting with Samsung, the company is pushing its Shop Samsung app and offers exclusive discounts. The Galaxy Buds FE were already the cheapest in the Samsung TWS lineup, now even more so. These sub-$100 buds have ANC and multi-point connectivity and promise up to 6 hours of listening time (with ANC on).

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Samsung Galaxy Fit3's leaked images reveal color options

The Samsung Galaxy Fit3 was expected to go official early this year, but that didn't happen. Samsung hasn't announced when it will unveil the Fit3 but renders that leaked last week revealed what the smartband would look like. Now, more images have surfaced, showing the Fit3 in two new colors: grey and black.

These pictures also corroborate the previous design leak of the Samsung Galaxy Fit3. It has a rectangular screen - rumored to be larger than the three-year-old Fit2's display - with a physical button and a microphone on the right side.

Samsung Galaxy Fit3

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Samsung introduces Bixby Cricket in India

Samsung has introduced a new feature in India for its digital assistant Bixby. It's called Bixby Cricket and is aimed at cricket fans in India, where the sport enjoys a huge fan following.

Bixby Cricket will enable users to check the score of cricket matches and get other updates through their Bixby-enabled smartphones or TVs. Users can ask Bixby "What's the score?", "Show the world cup points table" or "Show me upcoming matches" to get an instant response with relevant information.

Bixby Cricket on smartphone

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Here are the best early Black Friday deals for Motorola, Poco, Sony and others in Germany

Whether you celebrate Thanksgiving or not, Black Friday has turned into a global event. Here’s an early look at what this year has in store for us.

Motorola launched the Edge 40 Neo a few months after the regular Edge 40. Strangely, the price of the newer model is falling quicker – not that we’re complaining. This sub-€300 phone has a curved 6.55” 144Hz 10-bit display (FHD+ resolution) and a Dimensity 7030 chipset. It is rated IP68 and comes in a selection of Pantone colors. It has a 50MP main camera (1/1.5, OIS) and a 13MP ultra wide, plus a 5,000mAh battery with 68W charging.

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Samsung Galaxy XCover 7 appears on Gekbench with Dimensity 6100+ chipset

The Galaxy XCover 7 is Samsung's next entry in the rugged smartphones series and after seeing its leaked renders earlier this week, we now have a Geekbench run which detail its key specs. The phone is listed as the Samsung SM-G556B and is equipped with a MediaTek Dimensity 6100+ chipset and 6GB RAM.

Samsung Galaxy XCover 7 Geekbench score card

The device managed a 663 single-core score and 1,867 points in the multi-core department. The listing also revealed Android 14 which is likely paired with One UI 6. There's no official word when we can expect to see the XCover 7’s...


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Oppo Pad Air2 leaks in new images, looks like a rebranded OnePlus Pad Go

The Oppo Reno11 series is expected to launch on November 23 and we’re also getting a new tablet entry with the Oppo Pad Air2. Oppo shared some teasers for the upcoming Android while Evan Blass went ahead and posted official-looking renders revealing the slate’s design.

Oppo Pad Air2 teasers

The device looks identical to the OnePlus Pad Go and based on Oppo’s post on Weibo will offer an LCD panel with 1720 x 2408 px resolution just like the OP Pad Go. Oppo also boasts about the Pad Air 2’s blue light filter which is rated to filter out 60% more of the harmful blue light compared...


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Redmi K70 runs Geekbench with upcoming Dimensity 8300 chip

MediaTek is set to announce its Dimensity 8300 midrange chipset next week but we now have a Geekbench run for the Redmi 70 which is expected to be amongst the first phones on the market with the new SoC.

Redmi K70 Geekbench scorecard

Redmi K70 (Xiaomi 2311DRK48C) scored 1,512 single-core points and 4,886 multi-core points which is slightly higher than the outgoing Dimensity 8200 and 8200 Ultra. The chip features 1+3+4 architecture with ARMv8-based cores. There’s 1x Cortex-A715 performance core clocked at 3.35GHz alongside 3x Cortex-A715 cores @ 3.32GHz and 4x Cortex-A510 efficiency...


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Oppo, OnePlus, and Realme phones gain Phone Link support

The Oppo Developers Conference took place in the past few days, and one of the final announcements was the support of Phone Link and Link to Windows.

The feature was previously available only to select Samsung and Honor devices, as well as the Surface Duo. Microsoft confirmed some devices from the OnePlus, Oppo Find, Oppo Reno, and Realme series will join them.

Phone Link is an app that can be downloaded from Google Play store. It allows smartphone users to link their devices, view and reply to messages, receive notifications, navigate some apps, drag and drop files between PC and...


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Apple brings Connected Cards to the UK

Apple announced Connected Cards with the arrival of iOS 17, and now the United Kingdom is the first country where the feature is officially available after several weeks of beta testing.

The service essentially brings regular bank accounts into the Apple Wallet through the country’s Open Banking API. The initial trial included Barclays, Lloyds, and HSBC, and it shows transactions, current balance and other basic info.

Connected Cards allows users to nominate one or more cards that are associated with specific accounts in British banks. A similar system is expected to come to the...


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OnePlus 11 gets stable Android 14 update

Today OnePlus has announced the release of the stable Android 14 update for the OnePlus 11. This is rolling out already, but only in India for now. It will be pushed first to those users who participated in the closed beta and open beta programs, and after that will be gradually making it to more units out there.

The new version is labeled as build CPH2447_14.0.0.201(EX01). Before you update, your phone needs to be on either CPH2447_13.1.0596(EX01) or CPH2447_13.1.0595(EX01), and apparently the download requires 5GB of free storage space. The company also advises you not to start the...


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Oppo Reno11 5G will have Dimensity 8200, AnTuTu listing reveals

Oppo will release the Reno11 series on November 23. The vanilla phone appeared on AnTuTu today with a Mediatek Dimensity 8200 chipset.

The Oppo PJH110, already confirmed by Bluetooth SIG to be named “Reno 11 5G”, scored over 1 million points, and confirmed it's running Android 14 on a 120 Hz screen.

Mediatek released the Dimensity 8200 chipset about a year ago, and Oppo used it in the Chinese version of Reno10 Pro. Now, a generation later, it is placing the chip in the vanilla version, inevitably suggesting a more powerful platform for the Reno11 Pro.

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Honor Magic6 to debut 1-inch type OV50K camera sensor

The Honor Magic6 series is coming sometime next year (though it could be earlier) and we know the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 will be front and center.

Today we can add a very important detail to the puzzle - the main camera sensor. According to Digital Chat Station on Weibo, the imager in question will be the OV50K and the Honor Magic6 will be the first phone with it.

We don't yet know the size of the sensor, but given that the OV50H has a 1/1.3" optical design, the rumors that the OV50K is a 1-inch design make sense.

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MediaTek Dimensity 8300 will debut next week

Following the launch of its flagship Dimensity 9300 chipset, MediaTek is now gearing up to announce a more affordable SoC with the Dimensity 8300. The upcoming chip is confirmed to launch on Tuesday, November 21 at 3PM Beijing time (7AM UTC) and its introduction will be livestreamed on Weibo.

Reports from China suggest that the 8300 may adopt a 1+3+4 architecture with ARMv9 cores similar to the Dimensity 9300 but with slightly toned-down cores and clock speeds. Rumors claim a Cortex-X3 prime core clocked at 2.8GHz working alongside 3x Cortex-A715 performance cores @ 2.4Ghz and 4x...


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IDC: Wearable market in India grew nearly 30% in Q3 2023

IDC posted its quarterly analysis of the wearable market in India, revealing a massive 29.2% growth YoY. The top company was boAt, dominating the market with a 29.7% share, nearly three times more than the second-placed Noise.

During the July-September period, the country saw 48.1 million shipments, bringing the total for the first nine months up to 105.9 million units – a 5.8% increase compared with the first three quarters of 2022.

Overall average selling price (ASP) declined from $27.2 to $21.7, fueled by the arrival of a new type of product – smart rings. Smartwatches as a...


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Oppo unveils ColorOS 14: here's what's new and when you can get it

Say “hello” to Oppo’s latest ColorOS. The global beta version of ColorOS 14 has already started rolling out in certain regions, the Oppo Find N2 Flip will be the first to get the stable version in mid-November. Here’s what’s new in version 14.

We’ll start with the upgraded Trinity Engine. ROM Vitalization compresses app and file data and can save up to 20GB of storage on a typical phone. RAM Vitalization swaps out Android’s RAM mechanism with one that’s more adept, especially at keeping background apps in RAM. The third and final component, CPU Vitalization, balances the chipset’s...


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Samsung Galaxy S24 to gain Instagram camera shortcut on lock screen

Samsung Galaxy S24 phones might come with an added shortcut for Instagram Camera on the lock screen. The feature was revealed by Alessandro Paluzzi, a user on the social media X, where they revealed a screenshot.

Currently, only system apps (with minor exceptions) are allowed on the lock screen – music, weather, alarms, routines. The social media widget might be part of One UI 6.1, once it arrives alongside the Galaxy S24 series.

A pop-up is expected to appear once you open Instagram for the first time. You'll then need to give access to the Instagram camera, and there is a middle...


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Samsung SSD T5 EVO arrives with up to 8 TB capacity

Samsung announced today its new portable SSD T5 EVO. It is the first portable drive with 8 TB capacity and comes with protection from external shocks.

The T5 EVO is based on USB 3.2 Gen 1 and offers up to 460 MB/s reading and writing speeds. The whole drive is 95 mm wide, 40 mm long and 17 mm thick and weighs 102 grams.

The T5 EVO comes in black, with a titan gray ring that acts as a handle or eyelet for a strap. The body can provide extra protection from drops of up to two meters. Samsung also has Dynamic Thermal Guard technology against overheating, and the portable SSD supports...


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Apple gives iPhone 14 users an extra year of free emergency SOS via satellite

Apple promised two years of free Emergency SOS via satellite when it announced the iPhone 14 series last September but it is now extending the service for another additional year free of charge. The feature allows users to contact emergency help in areas without cellular connectivity.

Emergency SOS via satellite

Apple specifies that the free trial will be extended “for iPhone 14 users who have activated their device in a country that supports Emergency SOS via satellite prior to 12 a.m. PT on November 15, 2023”. Emergency SOS is currently supported in Australia, Austria, Belgium,...


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Red Magic 9 Pro design revealed, will have even more RGB lights

The Red Magic 9 Pro smartphone is coming on November 23, and we already know the phone will be flat at the front and back. Today, the full design of nubia's gaming smartphone was revealed – it will have an 8.9 mm thin profile, a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset, and RGB lights.

There will be a 50 MP triple camera setup on the back, a mode trigger below the circular power key on the right side, and an overall design that is in the usual aesthetics of the Red Magic brand.

ZTE nubia Red Magic 9 Pro

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Oppo Reno11 series is getting official on November 23

Oppo's oft-leaked Reno11 series is almost ready to become fully official. The company just revealed the fact that the unveiling event will take place in China on November 23 at 2 pm local time. We're not sure if the expected duo will also be launched outside of China at some later point, but don't get your hopes up.

The Reno11 and Reno11 Pro will allegedly capture SLR-grade portraits, and will be offered in four colorways: Fluorite blue, Moonstone, Turquoise, and Obsidian black.

According to a recent leak, the Reno11 Pro comes with a curved OLED screen with 120 Hz refresh rate...


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xMEMS announce world’s first ultrasound solid-state speaker for TWS earbuds

As fast as the world of audio is developing, all of our headphones still use physical amplifiers to generate sound which is then pushed against a diaphragm and into our ears. This approach traces its beginnings to over 100 years ago but today xMEMS Labs is offering an alternative with their Cypress ultrasonic solid-state speaker for TWS earbuds. These speakers ditch the physical amplifiers and instead rely on ultrasonic sound pulses which are normally imperceptible to human hearing.

The key development made by xMEMS is the company’s ultrasonic amplitude modulation transduction. The...


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Honor 100 and 100 Pro to arrive on November 23

Honor 100 series will arrive on November 23, the company announced today. The two phones pictured, likely Honor 100 and Honor 100 Pro, will have 50 MP main cameras with OIS and a unique-looking camera island.

Honor 100 series

The phones are already listed by all major retailers in China, but specs and pricing are yet to be unveiled. The Honor 100 series will once again have the popular actor Yang Yang as the brand ambassador, just like in previous series.

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Samsung Galaxy A25 5G appears in TUV listing with 25W charging

The Samsung Galaxy A25 5G is expected to debut in 2024 and we now have another latest certification from TUV Rheinland which yet again confirms the device will offer 25W charging support. The new listing for the A25 suggests that its launch is imminent as Samsung is expected to kick off 2024 by launching its revamped Galaxy A-series devices.

Samsung Galaxy A25 certification on TUV Rheinland

Galaxy A25 is expected to launch with a 6.44-inch AMOLED display with FHD+ resolution and a 90Hz refresh rate. The handset should be equipped with an Exynos 1280 chipset as per Geekbench...


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Red Magic 9 Pro will have a flat display, no camera bumps

The Red Magic 9 Pro will arrive on November 23, and the gaming branch of nubia started with the teasers. The first one is the side view of the smartphone, revealing it will be flat on both sides – no curved display and no camera bump whatsoever.

The image also showed a cooling vent on the side, the fan has been a staple in Red Magic flagships for the past few generations.

The cameras are not detailed, but we do not expect anything groundbreaking for a phone that is aimed at gaming enthusiasts. According to Digital Chat Station, the main cam will have a 50 MP Samsung GN5 sensor with...


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Here are Google's Black Friday deals, going live this Thursday

Today Google has published its Black Friday deals that will become available through its online store in the US this Thursday - because starting Black Friday deals on a Thursday makes perfect sense (and it's not even that Thursday, it's the one the week before).

Anyway, scheduling shenanigans aside, we're all for deals, and Google has some nice ones lined up. You will be able to save $400 on the Pixel Fold and get it for $1,399. Or save $200 on the Pixel 8 Pro, which will be $799. Or save $150 on the Pixel 8, which will go for $549. The Pixel 7a will be yours for only $374, down from the...


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Samsung's early access Black Friday deals let you save big on Galaxy S23 Ultra, Z Fold5 in the US

Black Friday is next week, but Samsung US is starting its holiday offers early. We have some exclusive deals for you that you won’t be able to find yourself – free memory upgrades for some devices and additional discounts for others.

Starting with the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5, you can score a free upgrade to 512GB storage with the link below. You can trade in old devices to get up to $1,000 off. If you’re a student, you get a 25% discount.

There are some bundle options available. You can pick up a case or battery pack to go with the Z Fold5 with a 35% discount or you can pair it with the...


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Honor X50i+ arrives with 108 MP camera, lightweight body

Honor launched a new smartphone today with the name X50i+. It comes with a 108 MP main camera, a light body and a relatively low price.

The Honor X50i+ is built around a 6.7” AMOLED screen with Full HD+ resolution and up to 90 Hz refresh rate. There is an 8 MP selfie shooter inside an oval cutout – that's correct, there is one camera, but Honor made a larger gap, so the setup looks a bit more complicated.

Mediatek provided the chipset – it is a Dimensity 6080, coupled with 12 GB RAM and 256/512 GB storage. The phone comes with MagicOS 7.2 out of the box, which is on top of Android...


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Gurman: iPhone 16 series to gain exclusive generative AI features

Apple is taking its time with iOS 18 development and a new report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman suggest next year’s iPhone 16 series will come with exclusive generative AI features which will be the key selling points for the new devices.

The new report does not reveal any specifics on what these AI features will do but we can assume they will be similar to what Google and Samsung are doing with text-to-image generation, the ability to summarize documents and translate content among others. Apple is also rumored to be using its own LLM model to overhaul Siri.

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Top 10 trending phones of week 45

Xiaomi 14 Pro made it a golden hat-trick this week, extending its reign in our trending chart. The Samsung Galaxy A54 overtook the Galaxy S23 for second place, but it's still the same three phones on the podium.

We then have the Redmi Note 12 in fourth, edging the Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max, which had to settle for fifth this time around.

In sixth sits the newly announced iQOO 12 Pro, ahead of the Xiaomi pair of Redmi Note 12 Pro and Redmi 12.

Samsung Galaxy S23 FE took ninth, while the Galaxy A34 rounded up the top 10. Xiaomi 14 lost out this week, suggesting that the newly announced...


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Huawei Freebuds Pro 3 review

Huawei had a big event in mid-September, where the star of the show was the Watch GT4, but we also saw the new Freebuds Pro 3 TWS earphones. We reviewed the smartwatch, and now we are also ready with the review of the new earphones.

We tried the Green earphones, which is the hero color in the current lineup. The paint job is new, but otherwise the Pro 3 look identical to their the predecessors, the Pro 2. If you look closer tiny differences start to appear, but even Huawei itself says the real changes are inside the buds. And having spent a few weeks with the earphones we are now ready to...


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Week 43 in review: iQOO 12 and DImensity 9300 are official

This week, Xiaomi said that it won't issue HyperOS updates to devices with unlocked bootloaders. And, phones with HyperOS will be harder to unlock. Right now, to unlock a Xiaomi phone, the company requires you to submit an application via their Windows app and wait one week until you can finally unlock the bootloader. Chinese HyperOS users will be required not only to wait out the one week, but also gain level 5 on their community forums. Users outside of China will have to wait for an official Xiaomi announcement on how the new unlocking process will work. Of course, if you lock back your...


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Flashback: how Symbian Anna tried to bring an old OS into the modern touchscreen world

The king was on his last legs – Symbian once ruled the smartphone world, but the introduction of the iPhone followed by the arrival of Android spelled the end for the platform. However, it would not go gentle into that good night.

Symbian is the core of the OS and there were several user interfaces built on top of it. Series 60 is perhaps the best-known among them – it made its debut with the Nokia 7650, which was not only Nokia’s first camera phone, but also the first mass-market Symbian phone (there were some niche phones before it).

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Farewell to our old battery test: a look back at 12 years of testing

After 12 years it was finally time to retire our original battery test – the smartphone world had evolved so much over that time that we felt it no longer produced relevant results. This is why we introduced the new Active Use Score. But as we welcome the new protocol, we also want to throw a retirement party for the old-timer.

In the span of over a decade we had tested 1,058 phones. The first was the Nokia N9, the last was the Realme GT5 240W. 240 watts! That really puts things in perspective, the Nokia N9 charger only output 5W – 5 volts, 1 amp was just fine back then. But we’re not here...


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Get the Samsung Galaxy S23 FE, Galaxy Buds FE and other deals in the US

Prices of flagship phones blew past the $1,000 mark a few years ago and unlike, say, the Asian market, the US doesn’t have a wide selection of “flagship killers”. But the right model at the right discount could be a great deal.

The new Samsung Galaxy S23 FE is down to $600 and you get a $100 Amazon Gift Card with that. When we say “new”, we should mention that it uses last year’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset. On the plus side, you get Samsung’s long term software support (4 OS updates so it will get Android 17 and will get security patches until late 2028). There’s also DeX, the desktop...


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Weekly poll results: the smaller, cheaper Xiaomi 14 stands above the Xiaomi 14 Pro

The power structure inside Xiaomi’s flagship line has shifted – in a poll last year the Xiaomi 13 Pro was the more popular model when compared to its vanilla sibling. Fast forward to last week’s poll and you’ll find that more people are looking at the vanilla Xiaomi 14 than the Pro.

In both cases, reviews will be a major deciding factor – people are especially curious about the new HyperOS that arrives to replace the stalwart MIUI, which has been around since before Xiaomi started making phones. This is an important change since MIUI has plenty of critics and HyperOS is a chance to win...


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Poco F5 / Redmi Note 12 Turbo long-term review

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Get the Samsung Galaxy A54 or A34, plus other deals from Australia

The Samsung Galaxy S23 FE arrived on Australian shores recently and it offers a near-flagship experience at a lower cost. But there are other ways to get that as well.

The local version of the S23 FE is the one with the Exynos 2200. Last year’s model, the S21 FE, got the previous Samsung chip, the Exynos 2100, but we’ll get to that phone in a moment.

Besides the faster chipset, the 2023 FE model has a better main camera – a 50MP sensor instead of 12MP. However, everything else is fairly similar, including the 6.4” FHD+ 120Hz AMOLED display, the 8MP 3x tele and 12MP 123° ultra wide...


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US smartphone shipments grow sequentially in Q3 fueled by Apple's iPhone 15 series

In the third quarter of this year (July to September), smartphone shipments in the US grew sequentially (compared to Q2) by 21% to 31 million units, according to the latest report by Canalys.

This growth was driven by Apple's release of the iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro, and iPhone 15 Pro Max, which accounted for 34% of all iPhone sales in the US in Q3 despite only being on sale for a few days. However, the market was down 5% year-on-year.

Carrier promotions targeting premium device upgrades helped that downward trend not be any worse, but Apple's very late in the quarter...


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Oppo Find X7 to have satellite communication

The upcoming Oppo Find X7 series will feature satellite communication. Oppo announced the feature on Weibo with the image teaser below.

The Oppo Find X7 will have satellite communication, source: Weibo

The feature will likely leverage the BeiDou satellite messaging service, which the Huawei Mate 60 uses. If that is indeed the case the functionality might be limited to China even if the phone eventually goes global.

The vivo X100 series is also expected to have satellite communication, as does the Galaxy S24 series.

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Samsung's midrange foldable is coming in 2024 with surprising price

Samsung is looking to expand its foldable lineup to the midrange. According to a TrendForce report, Samsung plans to announce a midrange foldable next year. This ties together with previous rumors but it's still not clear whether this will be a book-style foldable or a clamshell.

It's likely the latter, and we could be looking at a Galaxy Z Flip6 FE with watered-down specs. The report also says that Huawei will look to introduce a more competitively-priced foldable soon.

According to Revegnus on Twitter, Samsung has set a price target for its midrange foldable of $400 to $500 - even...


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Polestar Phone design teased in short video

Back in September, Polestar announced its plans to launch a Meizu-made smartphone to complement its expanding fleet of electric vehicles and we now have our first glimpse of the device. The company teased Polestar Phone’s design during its inaugural Polestar Day event.

The phone has the signature Meizu design language seen on the Meizu 20 series with flat metal frame and three camera modules housed in individual camera rings. A closeup from the video revealed we’re looking at a 23mm equivalent main camera with an f/1.9 aperture alongside a 70mm telephoto (f/2.0) and a 15mm ultrawide...


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Samsung releases One UI 6 update for the Galaxy S23 series in the US

Samsung is finally ready with the US One UI 6 update for the Galaxy S23 series, nearly two weeks after the firmware was issued to European users.

It seems Samsung needed more time to iron out some early bugs and bring the firmware up to the November security patch - you'll remember EU units got bumped to the October patch.

T-Mobile users in the US are reporting on Reddit that they're receiving the One UI 6 update. It's around 3.3GBs. It seems the update hasn't reached Verizon or AT&T units just yet.

The firmware update, source: Reddit

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Steam Deck OLED is here with HDR and better battery life

Valve launched the Steam Deck handheld gaming PC back in 2021, and now it's finally time for a refresh. The new Steam Deck OLED is here, and the name gives away its main upgrade. No more LCD screens, you get an OLED this time around, with HDR support no less, and the capability to go up to 1,000 nits in brightness while of course showing the deep blacks OLEDs are known for.

The Steam Deck OLED will become available on November 16 at 10 AM Pacific. You can get one with 512GB of storage for $549/€569, or with 1TB for $649/€679. The 256GB LCD model has also received a price cut to...


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Sony sees slumping revenues despite strong PS5 demand

Sony Group published its financial report for the period ending on September 30 and its operating profit was down 29% compared to the same time last year. Sony reported JPY 263 billion ($1.74 billion) in profits as the company saw disappointing performance across its image sensor and chip divisions.

Quarterly revenues stood at JPY 2.8 trillion ($18.5 billion) which represents an 8% increase compared to the values for 2022. Chip profits are down by 37% due to higher expenses and slumping imaging sensor sales while the Entertainment, Technology and Services segment is also down by 9%...


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Xiaomi Redmi 13C officially announced

It appears that Xiaomi will introduce the Redmi 13 series starting from the bottom and moving up. The Redmi 13C is now officially the first member as the entry-level phone went on sale in Nigeria.

We know that it will also arrive in other countries, as evidenced by this Amazon US listing from a few days ago.

The Redmi 13C looks similar to the Poco C65 but has some differences. The Redmi 13C packs a 9nm Helio G99 with 4GB, 6GB, or 8GB of RAM. There's either 128GB or 256GB of storage. The display is a 6.74-inch LCD with 90Hz refresh rate.

The 13C packs a 5MP front-facing camera;...


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CR: Components for $1,199 iPhone 15 Pro Max cost $502

Counterpoint Research published its BoM (bill of materials) for the Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max, priced at $1,199. According to the report, components for the base 256 GB model are $502, with the A17 processor and the new telephoto camera bringing an increase over the predecessor.

The analysts revealed the BoM cost is $37.7 higher than last year's iPhone 14 Pro Max with 256 GB, also launched with a $1,199 price tag.

New Max vs. old Max

The analysts said the A17 Pro chip is $30 more expensive than the A16 Bionic, mostly because it is made on the 3nm process technology.

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Realme GT Neo 6 to have Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, cost $275

Realme GT5 Pro is going to be a mighty flagship, but the GT series is getting one more addition, according to the latest leak. The Realme GT Neo 6 is reportedly in the works, and the phone will have a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset and an aluminum frame. The price of this phone would be below CNY2,000, which is just $275. Obviously phones are cheaper in China than in the West, but this still the lowest price point for that Qualcomm chip.

Realme GT5

We believe we already saw the GT Neo 6, and it looked a lot like the GT5, which also has a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. Interestingly enough, the...


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