Apple Vision Pro 2 isn't coming in the next 18 months, new report says

Apple releases a new iPhone family every year like clockwork, but the same won't be happening with the Vision Pro line of headsets, according to a new report from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, who is generally very accurate with Apple-related rumors.

Gurman says the Apple Vision Pro 2 headset is at least 18 months away from launch at this point, so Apple is clearly using a different strategy for these compared to its smartphones.

The Vision Pro 2 is to arrive in August 2025 at the earliest, but it wouldn't be surprising for its launch to be pushed to September so it can coincide with the...


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Galaxy F15 5G teaser images leak, reveal a 6,000mAh battery and promise 4 OS updates

Last week we saw a Geekbench result from the Samsung Galaxy F15 5G with a Dimensity 6100+ chipset, the same chip that is inside the Galaxy A15 5G. The two phones have a lot in common, though as leaked teaser images show there will be some differences too.

The biggest is that the F15 will have a 6,000mAh battery (1,000mAh more than the A15). This is the same capacity as last year’s Galaxy F14 5G that this phone will replace. We also saw the battery in question get certified recently. Anyway, the phone should support 25W charging over USB-C.

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Meizu moves away from smartphone business, will invest all in AI

Meizu Technology is quitting the smartphone business. The company, owned by car maker Geely, said AI is the future and will invest "All in AI".

According to a post on Weibo, the FlymeOS team will be restructured into working on new AI terminal devices that will use globally available LLM (large language model) such as Open AI.

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Meizu already laid the cornerstones of its multi-terminal experience when it announced Flyme Auto – an infotainment system for Geely-made vehicles, including Polestar and Lotus, which connects seamlessly with FlymeOS 10 devices, such as the...


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Xiaomi 14 Ultra’s China launch scheduled for February 22

Xiaomi is holding a global launch event at MWC on Sunday, February 25 where we’ll see the Xiaomi 14 and Xiaomi 14 Ultra but the brand is also preparing a separate event in China three days earlier where we’ll witness the launch of the 14 Ultra. Xiaomi’s official Weibo channel confirmed the 14 Ultra will be introduced at a dedicated event which starts at 7PM local time on February 22.

Xiaomi 14 Ultra launch event posters

Xiaomi also shared official images of the 14 Ultra in black and white alongside some camera samples and specs for the upcoming flagship phone.

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Huawei Pocket 2 is officially launching on February 22

Huawei is launching the Pocket 2 this Thursday, the company announced on its Weibo profile. The date is not a coincidence – the number two version with two circles is arriving on the 22nd day of the 2nd month. Sadly, it does not fall on Tuesday; otherwise the tongue-twister would've been complete.

The official teaser pretty much confirmed the leaked renders of the flip foldable were true – one circle for the cameras, and the other for external display. The arrival is a bit earlier than expected, as some rumors suggested the Pocket 2 will arrive alongside the P70...


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Top 10 trending phones of week 7

Seven is a lucky number for the Galaxy S24 Ultra, the Samsung flagship making a strong claim for the longest winnning streak of 2024 in our chart even though we have barely past the mid-way point of February.

It's worth nothing, though, that the Redmi Note 13 Pro in second is the closest a runner-up has been to the S24 Ultra. Are we finally going to see a change of guard?

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Samsung Galaxy A54 rounds up the top three, while the Redmi Note 13 rose up to fourth.

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Death Stranding Director's Cut for iPhone review

Death Stranding Director's Cut is the newest of the AAA blockbuster titles from console and PC to arrive on Apple's platforms. Rebuilt for the Apple Silicon hardware, the game is available on Mac, iPad, and even the iPhone as a universal app.

Death Stranding initially launched on the PlayStation 4 back in 2019. A Director's Cut version was released for the PlayStation 5 in 2021, which brought with it additional content. That's the version being released on Apple's platforms so you are getting the most up-to-date version with all the extra content, including the PC-exclusive Half-Life...


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Huawei MateBook D16 2024 review

Introduction and unboxing

If you live outside of China, then Huawei smartphones have become somewhat of an afterthought for you in these last few years. We won't go over the reasons for this here but we'll add that it's a shame for most of us at GSMArena, because Huawei makes some of the finest hardware (and particularly cameras) in the world and we rightfully feel like we're missing out due to the software's limitations.

But none of that affects the company's PC business and Huawei has kept on making excellent laptops for just about every budget. Today, we're looking at probably the...


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Weekly poll: do you use AI and what do you do with it?

Decades can be defined by buzzwords. If you are of a certain age, you will have grown up hearing the “information superhighway” more times than you can count. But the 90s are over and the Internet is old news – it’s all about AI now.

Things are moving fast as multiple companies are competing on multiple fronts. Yesterday, Google announced Gemini 1.5, claiming that it has finally beaten OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Meanwhile, OpenAI announced Sora, a text to video generation system that is scary good. Also, Nvidia passed Alphabet (Google’s parent company) and Amazon in market valuation.

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Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 4G battery life test

The battery test results for the Redmi Note 13 4G are in and it got a decent 11:52 hours Active Use score. The 5,000 mAh battery powering the device coupled with the Snapdragon 685 delivered good endurance even though we were expecting slightly higher scores in areas like call time.

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Breaking down the score by category - call time was just short of a full day at 23:52 hours, web browsing lasted 11:07 hours, video streaming stopped after 13:55 hours while the gaming portion of the test reported 7:18 hours. These scores are in line with the Redmi Note 13 Pro...


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Best Buy President's Day deals put Galaxy S23 FE, Apple devices on sale

Best Buy’s President’s Day sale ends on Monday, so you have the weekend to look over offers. The retailer sells everything from fridges to electric scooters, but as usual we focused on mobile offers.

The Samsung Galaxy S23 FE is $50 off. Only 128GB units are available in new condition, though there are also 256GB open-box ones for $565. The FE is no match for the shiny new Galaxy S24 in terms of performance and lacks the new LTPO display, but the S24 is $800 for a matching 8/128GB unit.

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iQOO Z9 pops up on Geekbench with key specs

The iQOO Z9, which is expected to launch soon in India, has popped up on Geekbench. It has model designation I2302 and runs Android 14, likely with Funtouch OS 14 on top.

iQOO Z7 Pro

The Z9 has 8GB of RAM onboard with the Dimensity 7200 SoC at the helm. Previous rumors claimed the iQOO Z9 would be powered by the Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 or the Dimensity 8300 chip, so we'll have to wait for multiple sources to corroborate the details about the Z9's processor.

Other rumored specs of the iQOO Z9 include a 1.5K OLED screen and a 6,000 mAh battery.

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vivo Y200e 5G's launch date, design, and colors officially revealed

The vivo Y200 launched last October will be joined by the Y200e 5G next week. This revelation comes from vivo's Indian branch, which took to X to announce the launch of the Y200e 5G on February 22 in India.

The teaser shared by vivo shows the Y200e 5G in two colors with triple rear cameras. The orange model is called Saffron Delight and features a rear panel with an "Eco-Fibre Leather" finish.

vivo is touting it as "India's 1st Durable Eco-Fiber Leather" and claims it survived 500 cycles of Denim Roller with Quartz Sand Test, 48 hours of Salt Spray Test, and 24 hours of Stain...


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iPhone 16's camera module leaks confirming new vertical arrangement

The iPhone 16 will have a redesigned camera arrangement on its rear, with the two sensors being stacked vertically this time around, in a weird but obvious nod to the way Samsung likes to do these things.

Such an arrangement has been rumored multiple times so far, and today we get an image of what is purported to be the iPhone 16's camera chassis. And indeed this shows two cameras vertically arranged, not diagonally as they are the iPhone 15.

This would appear to be the new camera module of the iPhone 16, as you can see the vertical positioning is confirmed pic.twitter.com/JWF5olGwQ4—...


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Infinix Hot 40i lands in India with 50 MP camera, 256GB of storage

Infinix originally unveiled the Hot 40 series, including the Hot 40i, back in early December. And today the Hot 40i has finally made it to India as the successor to the - you guessed it - Hot 30i.

The Hot 40i comes with a 6.6-inch 720x1612 90 Hz LCD screen, the Unisoc T606 SoC at the helm, 8GB of RAM with support for 8GB of virtual RAM, 256GB of expandable UFS 2.2 storage, dual SIM support (with a triple slot that can fit two SIMs as well as a microSD), a side-mounted fingerprint sensor embedded in the power button, IP53 rating for dust and splash resistance, and a 5,000 mAh battery with...


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