iPhone 16 Pro battery replacement will cost more than for any other iPhone

Apple has decided to hike the price of battery replacement for its latest premium smartphones, the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max. The company is charging 20% more for these than for the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus.

Not just that, but keep in mind that battery replacement for the entire iPhone 15 family costs the same. Now though we have a price gap between the 16 Pros and the 16 non-Pros as well as all other iPhones that came before them.

The replacement for the iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max will cost you $119, while for the vanilla iPhone 16 and the iPhone 16 Plus it's $99 -...


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Android 15 will finally catch up with iOS when it comes to notifications

Have you ever been annoyed by receiving a ton of expired notifications on your Android tablet? You are not alone. However, with Android 15, Google is finally introducing a solution to the problem by syncing your notifications across devices.

Buried deep in Android 15 QPR1 Beta 1, Mishaal Rahman of Android Authority found evidence that Google is working on the said feature. It will allow you to sync notifications, so once you dismiss them on one device, they will disappear from the notification shade on your other Android devices assigned to your Google account.

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Lava Blaze 3 5G unveiled with Dimensity 6300 chipset, Vibe Light

The Lava Blaze X arrived in July with a Dimensity 6300 chipset and a fancy curved 6.67” OLED display. This model was relatively pricey for a Blaze with a starting price of ₹15,000. Now Lava is bringing a more affordable option, also using the D6300 but with a lower starting price of ₹10,000 (note that this is a promo price and includes a bank offer).

Lava Blaze 3 5G

Besides the chipset, the Lava Blaze 3 5G really is closer to the Blaze 2 5G than it is to the X. This means that it comes with a 6.56” LCD with only HD+ resolution and a 90Hz refresh rate. For comparison, the X had a...


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Huawei Watch GT 5 hands-on video published ahead of launch

Earlier this month, Huawei announced that it will reveal the Huawei Watch GT 5 on September 19 (Thursday this week) and even offered a glimpse at the design. Not that there is much to see, as there are no radical changes from the Watch GT 4. This was confirmed when renders of the new model leaked out and now there is even a short unboxing video.

Huawei Watch GT 5 (stills from the hands-on video)

The watch follows the now established design with an octagonal body and a circular graduated bezel. According to the note, however, this generation will come in 46mm and 42mm sizes,...


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Samsung, Xiaomi and other makers found guilty of colluding with Amazon and Flipkart

Samsung, Xiaomi, and other major smartphone companies are guilty of breaching antitrust laws, according to regulatory reports. Reuters revealed that the Competition Commission of India (CCI) found that Amazon and Flipkart violated local competition laws by giving preference to select makers, hurting other companies.

Samsung Galaxy M35 is cheaper on Amazon India, compared with offline stores

The CCI posted a 1,027-page report on Amazon, colluding with Samsung, Xiaomi, Motorola, Realme, and OnePlus. All these companies had "exclusive phone launches," breaking competition law. Similar is...


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Top 10 trending phones of week 37

Apple's new lineup is here and expectedly it took our trending chart by storm. The iPhone 16 Pro Max was by far the most popular phone in our database in week 37, with the 16 Pro taking the silver medal.

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The vanilla iPhone 16 completes the all-Apple podium, while another exciting new product to come out this week ended up fourth.

Huawei's Mate XT with its tri-fold design will likely only sell in very limited numbers, but there's clearly no shortage of interest from the general public.

Samsung's Galaxy S24 Ultra came in fifth with the Galaxy A55...


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Deals: the iPhone 16 series goes on pre-order, but the iPhone 15 models are still around

This week all eyes were on Apple and the new iPhone 16 series. Pre-orders started this Friday and will last a week – shipments and open sales start next Friday.

You can pre-order from Apple.com and, if you do, make sure to check the trade-in deals. Are you getting an iPhone 16? If yes, here are the prices of the new models, which will be available from Friday next week.

Apple iPhone 16
coming on September 20

128GB - £800 at Amazon UK
256GB - £900 at Amazon UK
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Putting a a real camera lens on a cameraphone with 1-inch sensor is a fascinating mod

Remember that Xiaomi concept camera phone that had an exposed 1” sensor and a mount for removable lenses? It was based on the Xiaomi 12S Ultra that was modded to accept Leica M mount lenses. It was cool, but it was just a concept and it was never made available to regular consumers.

If you have the DIY skills, you can make your own as this video from channel Mod and Shoot demonstrates. It starts with the Sharp Aquos R6, a Japan-only Android from 2021 which has a 1” 20MP sensor.

The Sharp Aquos R6 as it comes out of the box

The phone's 19mm Leica Summicron lens had to go, of course,...


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Weekly poll: are you getting an iPhone 16? Which one?

This week was the annual iPhone launch. The announcement was on Monday, pre-orders started on Friday, shipments and open sales will kick off next Friday. Will you be among the people who upgrade to an iPhone 16?

Let’s start with an overview. The 16-series brings more powerful Apple A18 and A18 Pro chipsets that can run AI, Apple Intelligence specifically. However, that won’t be out for at least a month and, if you are in the EU or China, it might take much longer.

Apple iPhone 16 highlights

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Weekly poll results: the Honor Magic V3 proves hugely popular

Only 1 in 10 people think that there are better foldables than the Honor Magic V3, judging by the results from last week’s poll. This comes with an asterisk as some potential competitors just aren’t available in all the markets where the V3 is present. That’s their loss, however (and, perhaps, a loss for consumers).

Anyway, there is the persistent vote from people who just don’t like foldables. That’s okay, Honor has plenty of traditional phones. But those voters aside, most people like the Magic V3 – the only major issue with it is its price.

Even so, a whopping 41% of voters are...


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These Google Pixel 9 series features could come to older Pixels

The Google Pixel 9 series smartphones unveiled last month came with new features exclusive to the lineup. These include Auto Frame and Reimagine, which could trickle down to older Pixel smartphones.

Android Authority and X user AssembleDebug have found evidence in the Google Photos app, which suggests Google could bring Auto Frame and Reimagine to older Pixels. The publication says there are three variants of the Google Photos app with different configurations: one for all non-Pixel Android devices, one for the Pixels launched between 2021 and 2023, and one for the Pixels launched in...


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vivo X200 Pro's SoC and charging confirmed via Geekbench and 3C certification

The vivo X200 series is about to debut on October 14 at an event in Beijing, China. So far, we've seen quite a few rumors surrounding the series, but today, we have undeniable evidence of some of the X200 Pro's features.

vivo X200 Pro Geekbench 6 listing

A Geekbench score sheet surfaced online confirming the Dimensity 9400 chipset inside the vivo X200 Pro. So, the rumors were right all along. The chipset itself hasn't been announced yet and is said to be 30% faster at single-core scenarios than its Dimensity 9300 predecessor. Remember, though, that the scores might not reflect the...


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Xiaomi Redmi 14R unveiled with Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 SoC and 120Hz screen

The Redmi 14C introduced last month is now joined by the 'R' model. The Redmi 14R is built around a 6.88" 120Hz HD+ LCD with 600 nits peak brightness and support for wet touch.

The Redmi 14C has the Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 SoC at the helm with up to 8GB of LPDDR4X RAM and 256GB of UFS 2.2 storage, expandable by up to 1TB via a microSD card. The smartphone runs Android 14-based HyperOS out of the box.

Redmi 14R

For photography, you get a 13MP primary camera on the rear, joined by an unknown unit, and on the front is a 5MP camera for selfies and video calls. Keeping the lights on is a...


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The tri-fold Huawei Mate XT next to the Galaxy Z Fold6 really puts things into perspective

Huawei just launched the world's first tri-fold smartphone, the Mate XT Ultimate. It folds in three. And yet, even with all of that folding and three panels to account for, it manages to almost match Samsung's latest Galaxy Z Fold6 in thickness when folded.

The following picture shared on Reddit today speaks louder than a thousand words.

On paper, the situation is like this: the Mate XT is 12.8 mm thick, while the Fold6 is 12.1 mm thick, so - on paper - Samsung wins this war.

But - just look at the image above. 0.7 mm is almost imperceptible of a difference to the human eye. And...


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Meizu teases the Lucky 08, a new $280 "flagship AI phone"

For a company that supposedly "moved on" from the smartphone business, Meizu sure is launching a lot of smartphones these days. Earlier today we told you about the new Note 21 series, which is even going international, and the company has also teased another new device, seemingly part of a new series.

The Meizu Lucky 08 smartphone is advertised to arrive on September 25 as a "flagship AI phone" by the company. It will cost CNY 2,000, which right now translates into about $280 or €255 - so it can't possibly be a true flagship at that price.

It does, however, look...


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