The OnePlus Open will be unveiled on October 19

OnePlus is gearing up to launch its first foldable, dubbed the OnePlus Open, and it has officially set a date for the reveal – October 19. That’s Thursday next week, so the phone is almost here. In fact, you can sort of pre-order one.

Here’s the early bird offer. You can put down a €99/£99 deposit now and get €250/£250 off the final price of the phone, plus a free pair of OnePlus Buds Pro 2 (valued at €180/£180). For more details, head over to the promo page.

A similar deal is available in the US and Canada too – yes, North America is getting an interesting phone. If you’re not sure...


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Samsung's Q3 results beat expectations, chip slump easing off

Samsung released its preliminary Q3 results, highlighted by a smaller-than-expected profit drop of 78%. Samsung's operating profit for the months of July through September was 2.4 trillion won ($1.79b) - down sharply from the 10.85 trillion won of the same period in 2023. The reasons behind the yearly slump are a slowing global economy and greatly reduced chip demand.

However, Samsung's profit in Q3 was considerably more than the 640 billion won first quarter (the lowest since 2009), and the 670 billion won second quarter. Samsung's 2.4 trillion won operating profit beat the 2.1 trillion...


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Here are the best Apple iPad Prime Day deals

The latest installment of Amazon Prime Day is upon us and we’ve managed to queue up a few of the best deals on Apple iPads we could find. These are lined up in no particular order and cover the UK, German and Indian markets. Keep in mind that these discounts vary between countries and sometimes even between color options on the specific model you're looking at.

The baseline iPad (2022) comes in as the most affordable iPad on the list and offers a 10.9-inch Liquid Retina display, Apple A14 Bionic chipset and quad speakers while also supporting the very latest iPadOS 17.

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OneUI 6.1 and Galaxy S24 series to double down on AI

Samsung unveiled the Exynos 2400 chipset with a 14.7x boost in AI performance and we expect to see the platform debut with the Galaxy S24 series. According to the leakster Ice Universe, the SoC will be the biggest update in terms of artificial intelligence with “many new AI features” and a virtual assistant “more powerful than Bixby”.

The leakster claimed that the Samsung Galaxy S24 would bring an increased focus on AI. The series will introduce the OneUI 6.1 with vastly improved Bixby virtual assistant and "the largest AI update in history".

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Flashback: Samsung's Galaxy S minis were small but hardly deserving of the S-branding

Mini phones are on our mind again – when are they not? – but the most recent memory to surface is just another confirmation that the market doesn’t actually want such devices.

Specifically, we want to talk about the Samsung Galaxy S III mini and its ilk. The first one came out in October 2012, about half a year after the big S III. We find it a bit funny that this “mini” phone has the same display as the original Galaxy S, which was just over two years old at this point. Both had a 4.0” Super AMOLED panel with 480 x 800px resolution (15:9). This was 30% smaller (in terms of surface area)...


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Funtouch OS 14 launched, here's a list of vivo and iQOO smartphones eligible for the upgrade

vivo released the Android 14 beta for the vivo X90 Pro in May and announced the Android 14-based Funtouch OS 14 Preview Program for the smartphone in September. Today, vivo officially launched Funtouch OS 14 and shared a list of vivo smartphones eligible for the upgrade in India along with the timeline for the rollout of the beta version.

The list includes 30+ smartphones, with the vivo X90 and X90 Pro getting beta updates in mid-October. These will be followed by the X80 Pro in mid-November, with the X80, V29 Pro, V29, V27 Pro, and V27 receiving the updates in December. You can check...


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Samsung officially unveils One UI 6 with redesigned Quick panel and new font

Samsung kicked off its SDC23 (Samsung Developer Conference 2023) with a few key announcements. The biggest is One UI 6 - the next installment of Samsung's overarching software.

The beta version of the software has been around for a while, but Samsung now laid out some of what to expect from the final version. One UI 6 will focus on enhanced usability and intelligent photo and video editing.

It brings a revamped Quick panel and app interfaces, as well as a new typeface - One UI Sans.

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Android 14-based Realme UI 5.0's early access roadmap revealed

Realme announced the Android 14-based Realme UI 5.0 early access program for the Realme GT2 Pro last month, and now the company has shared a list of smartphones eligible for Realme UI 5.0 early access.

The list includes over two dozen devices, and the next smartphones in line to get Realme UI 5.0 early access are the GT Neo 3 and GT Neo 3 150W. Realme hasn't shared any specific date, but the update will be available sometime this month for both phones.

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Next month, five more smartphones will get Realme UI 5.0 early access, including Realme 11 Pro and Realme 11 Pro+....


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Samsung's Exynos 2400's GPU performance and key specs revealed

A tipster on X (formerly Twitter), who's been giving out some solid leaks regarding Samsung's future devices has shed some light onto the company's upcoming Exynos 2400 SoC, which is supposed to power up the future Galaxy S24 series in some regions.

The leakster posted two screenshots comparing the Exynos 2400 chip to Qualcomm's current top-shelf Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 in Powerboard 4.0. And in a direct GPU battle, the Xclipse 940 GPU (co-developed with AMD) scored slightly lower than the Adreno 740 inside the SD8 Gen 2.

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Android 14 is now rolling out to Pixel devices

Android 14 was in its preview program from February with Google issuing several previews and betas along the way and Pixel users are now finally getting the final public release version. You’ll need a Pixel 4a 5G or a later to download the latest Android version. Android OEMs including Samsung, iQOO, Nothing, OnePlus, Oppo, Realme, Sharp, Sony, Tecno, vivo and Xiaomi are expected to bring Android 14 updates to their devices in the coming months.

The customization options which Google detailed earlier this year are now here with Generative AI wallpapers on coming first on Pixel 8 and...


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Here are the prices of the new Samsung Galaxy FE devices around the world

Samsung launched a new FE series for 2023 that consists of one phone, two tablets and new TWS buds. The phone is, of course, the Samsung Galaxy S23 FE, which offers a larger display and battery than the S23 while costing less than the S23+.

Then there is the 10.9” Galaxy Tab S9 FE and the larger 12.4” Galaxy Tab S9 FE+. Like the previous model, these use LCDs instead of AMOLED panels, but the Tab S7 FE came in only one size (12.4”) and its LCD was locked at 60Hz, while these do 90Hz.

As for the headphones, the Galaxy Buds FE are the cheapest of the bunch, at least by MSRP (but these...


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Nokia XR21 Limited Edition debuts to celebrate start of EU manufacturing

Just as promised earlier this year, HMD Global is now manufacturing 5G smartphones in Europe – more specifically in Hungary and the first phone from the assembly line is a Limited Edition Nokia XR21. HMD commissioned an initial batch of only 50 devices with a mere 30 going on open sale. Each phone will be engraved with its own unique number in the series and comes in the Frosted Platinum color with its own limited edition box.

Nokia XR21 was announced back in May and brings a rugged design with MIL-STD-810H military-grade and IP69K certification - the highest IP protection against...


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Apple acknowledges iPhone 15 Pro series overheating issues, promises fix

It wouldn’t be a proper iPhone launch without a bit of controversy and this year there have been numerous reports of overheating iPhone 15 Pro series models. Apple has now acknowledged the issue and is actively working on a fix with an upcoming software update.

We have identified a few conditions which can cause iPhone to run warmer than expected. The device may feel warmer during the first few days after setting up or restoring the device because of increased background activity.

We have also found a bug in iOS 17 that is impacting some users and will be addressed in a software...


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Weekly deals: the best smartphone deals from the US, the UK, Germany, the Netherlands and India

It has been a week after the iPhone 15 series hit store shelves and it has been a fairly quiet week because of it. With only a few major launches, we focused mostly on older phones and their slide down the price ladder – and how they compare to the new offerings as well. Use the links below the jump to your country.

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The UK
The Netherlands
Germany
India

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Foldables are still quite expensive, but if you’re patient enough, you can grab a discount. The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 with 512GB storage has fallen by $255 several months after launch.

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Apple iPhone 15 review

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