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As the first wave of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2-powered handsets is still in the making, a reference handset coming from Qualcomm is showing noticeable improvements over existing mobile processors. The benchmarks reveal that the upcoming chip is faster than its predecessor and Apple's A16 Bionic.

Fossil has included its latest Wear OS 3-capable smartwatches in its Black Friday 2022 event - albeit not for very long. The OEM claims that its deals on the Snapdragon Wear 4100 Plus-powered wearables are only around for the next 3 days. Many Gen 6 variants, its hybrid model included, are available at these new lower prices until then.

One-netbook has shared details about the ONEXPLAYER 2, a gaming handheld that takes the form factor of the original ONEXPLAYER and crosses it with a Nintendo Switch. To be available with the AMD Ryzen 7 6800U and an equivalent Intel Alder Lake processor, the ONEXPLAYER 2 will also contain a larger battery than many ultrabooks.

Motorola has started teasing the Moto X40 as its next-gen flagship Android smartphone, although it has yet to reveal a final design, launch date or even key specs for the device besides its possession of the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC. Nevertheless, a company spokesperson claims not being able to help but reveal that the X40's new platform beats that of a main rival in terms of AnTuTu scores.

LG has unveiled the 27GR95QE-B, another edition in the UltraGear series. Equipped with a 27-inch OLED panel, the UltraGear 27GR95QE-B combines a 2.5K resolution with a 240 Hz refresh rate, as well as AMD FreeSync Premium and NVIDIA G-SYNC compatibility, among other features.

Tesla has reportedly placed a large order with the Taiwanese chip foundry TSMC for next-gen 4nm/5nm processors that will help bring its Full Self-Driving Beta system to the next level of autonomy. Tesla is the first electric vehicle client of TSMC and immediately went into its top 10 customer list.

iQOO has indicated that its upcoming Android flagship smartphone with an upgrade to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC and exclusive BMW Motorsport branding is coming to Malaysia as well as China. Meanwhile, other leaks hint that the 11, its Pro counterpart or both will launch in the latter market with an additional chip rated to augment photography, AI features and more using its new top-end Qualcomm platform.

Lenovo has previewed the YOGA Paper again on social media. In a series of pictures posted to Weibo, Lenovo has confirmed the device's design, several features and a few accessories.

Huawei has introduced a new pair of smart glasses in China. Sold as the Vision Glass, the smart glasses can reproduce giant and colour-accurate virtual displays thanks to Micro OLED displays.

Released in early 2022, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888-powered Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G is now discounted on Amazon. The 256 GB variant is only available in Graphite with a 32% discount, while the 128 GB model comes with four color choices and a 36% discount that brings its price down to US$449.99.

According to a Xiaomi executive responsible for the company's smartphone software, MIUI 14 will launch as a considerably more streamlined and less bloated OS than its predecessor. Not only has the executive teased that MIUI 14 will run more smoothly than MIUI 13, but they have also finally revealed MIUI 14's logo too.

Casiris has discounted its A6 Ultra Short Throw Projector by up to US$900 for Black Friday. Various offers are running at its online store and Amazon in countries including the US, Australia, the UK and France. The gadget can throw images up to 150-in (~381 cm) wide with up to 2,200 ANSI lumens brightness.

Garmin has revealed the Tacx NEO Bike Plus, a smart exercise bike. The device can create a natural feeling ride, with dynamic inertia and vibrations to simulate various road surfaces. You can track your workout in an accompanying app and choose from multiple preset routes. Plus, you can customize the bike to suit your needs.

Amazon has slashed the price of the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4. The device, which carries an MSRP of US$999 for the 128 GB version and US$1,059 for the 256 GB SKU, can now be had for as low as US$759. The phone was released in August 2022 with a Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1, 8 GB of LPDDR5 memory, and a 3700 mAh battery.

Although not the flagship killer some expected, the OnePlus 10 Pro 5G is an interesting Android smartphone that Amazon's ongoing deals are making even more tempting. The discounts offered for this US unlocked handset co-developed with Hasselblad are 31% for the 8/128 GB variant and 36% for the 12/256 GB model.

The creator of Sony's Aibo robot dog and the PlayStation 3 console will aim to set the Honda-Sony EV joint venture apart by providing support for the PlayStation 5 content platform in its electric vehicles that should hit the US market in 2024. The move is largely targeting Tesla which 'is not providing any content services...'

GeForce RTX 4080 went on sale on November 16 with an MSRP of US$1,199. As it turns out, the high price tag may be putting consumers off as the newest report from hardware leaker Tom of the Moore’s Law Is Dead YouTube channel alleges that, unlike previous GPU launches, many retailers have the RTX 4080 sitting in stock.

AMD is allegedly preparing non-X variants of its Zen 4 Ryzen 9 7900X, Ryzen 7 7700X, and Ryzen 5 7600X CPUs. The SKUs which include the Ryzen 9 7900, the Ryzen 7 7700, and the Ryzen 5 7600 are rumored to debut next year, at considerably cheaper prices than their X-series counterparts.

The large, 17-inch Predator Helios 300 doesn't sneak up quietly but aims to conquer the gaming community with brute force performance. We tested the high-performance gaming laptop.

The well-made Xperia 5 IV has only been on the market for a few months, but the price of Sony's compact 6.1-inch flagship Android smartphone has already dropped by a noteworthy US$200 at multiple US retailers as part of the ongoing price war for the holiday shopping season.

Ryzen 7000 processors have seemingly had their prices cut to make the Zen 4-based chips a more attractive purchase ahead of the financially crucial holiday season. The AMD Ryzen 9 7950X has led the price-cut charge, with it currently being offered for under US$600 in the United States, at around €650 in some European retailers, and for close to £600 for UK buyers.

Oukitel has announced that the WP21 rugged smartphone will have 2 displays on its launch. Its extra rear-facing screen is a centerpiece for its camera hump, which also houses a 64MP main sensor. The WP21 is powered by one of MediaTek's latest 4G/LTE-only processors and will launch just before Black Friday 2022.

The powerful all-AMD configuration of the fancy 14-inch gaming laptop usually costs a whopping US$1,899, but thanks to a steep US$500 rebate at Best Buy, the top-notch Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 can now be ordered for its lowest sale price to date.

The Galaxy A14 5G is thought to become one of Samsung's more affordable new smartphones of 2023. According to a new leak, it may have an M-series counterpart with the same new Exynos processor. Should that be the case, either device might launch with Android 13 and Bluetooth 5.3.

VAVA's flagship Chroma laser projector had a substantial discount during its "Sneaky Black Friday" event earlier in November 2022. Now, however, this deal may seem less sweet in light of the brand's freshly-unveiled main event for the holiday sales season. It includes further reductions for the Chroma as well as its newer 4K sibling the Luma.

We are now getting to see Time Spy scores for Nvidia's upcoming Ada RTX 4000 mobile GPUs, and the purported RTX 4080 Ti mobile leads the pack with scores that are 30% higher than the RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU. It is not clear whether the RTX 4080 Ti mobile or the RTX 4090 mobile would be flagship mobile Ada GPU. Interestingly, we see the RTX 4070 mobile scoring a good 15% lead over the RTX 3080 Ti.

Motorola has started to tease the Moto X40 as an upcoming Android flagship smartphone that will upgrade to the latest top-end Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 platform from Qualcomm. The device - likely to launch as the Edge 40 Pro for the international market - is now backed as an all-round performer thanks to its new silicon with signature profound curves as a primary design cue.

The Tesla charging port and cable connector solution, collectively called the North American Charging Standard, has been dissected for visual comparison with the Common Charging Standard plug that other EVs use. The NACS system proved lighter, more compact, and, overall, the more elegant solution without skimping on specifications.

Available in three storage versions (32, 64, 128 GB) and color choices (Dark Gray, Silver, Pink Gold), the Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 tablet is now discounted on Amazon. The discounts range between 12 percent for the 64 GB Silver variant to a generous 40 percent (128 GB in Pink Gold and Silver).

Bundled with the Wraith Stealth cooler, the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X unlocked desktop processor was released in early November 2020 with a US$299 price tag. Now, Amazon has this piece of hardware available for US$190, which represents a 39 percent discount on the current list price of US$309.

Another noteworthy gaming laptop deal offers a significant discount for the usually pretty expensive Alienware m15 R7, whose RTX 3060 configuration may be a good choice for mid-range gamers who have roughly US$1,200 to spare on a new 15-inch machine.

OPPO is now said to have a "Pad 2", or a tablet that will prove an upgrade on its first-gen predecessor with the high-end Dimensity 9000 SoC by MediaTek, in the works. The device is said to launch alongside its OEM's upcoming flagship Find X6 series of Android smartphones.

The Honor Pad 8 belongs to the rare species of large Android tablets, but has another special feature to offer: the 12-inch device only costs around U$300, making it one of the cheapest tablets in this form factor.

Gaming laptops often have a flashy design that separates them from laptops meant for other purposes (which are usually quite understated). However, Lenovo has decided to give the Legion Slim 7i 16IAH7 a very muted design. As a result, non-gamers may also find this Legion laptop interesting.

VIOFO asserts that its latest A139 Pro records "real" 4K HDR video, unlike many dash-cams marketed with that spec. It is also equipped with Night Vision 2.0 powered by up-to-date tech from Sony and "upgraded" Wi-Fi, as well as the front, rear and in-cabin view support that ride-sharing customers and drivers in particular may find welcome.

OnePlus' top-end 10 Pro smartphone model was the subject of a high-profile durability crisis in 2022. Now, according to a prominent tipster, the brand is taking no chances of a recurrence next year by selecting more premium materials to make its 11 follow-up. Then again, its rear cameras are still tipped not to live up to this upgrade.

Meizu has made a surprise return to the realm of flagship smartphone announcements in 2022, strongly hinting that it will join others such as Xiaomi and OnePlus in releasing at least one device based on the brand new Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor. The new teaser has been joined by leaks purporting to divulge product names and model numbers for the pair of handsets involved.

Sporting an integrated Radeon Vega 7 graphics adapter and shipping with the AMD Wraith cooler, the AMD Ryzen 5 5600G processor arrived on the market more than a year ago with a launch price of US$259. Now, Amazon is slashing that price in half so those interested can grab this part for just US$128.

The ongoing Amazon deals on the Samsung Galaxy S22+ cover two models, namely the 128 GB Phantom Black and the 256 GB Phantom White. The first one gets a 33 percent discount, while its sibling is available for 24 percent off. After these discounts, their prices are US$667.99 and US$799.99, respectively.

The entirety of Vivo's upcoming Vivo X90 series of smartphones has been leaked online. All three devices will use the same 6.7-inch 2K screen. Only the high-end Vivo X90 Pro+ gets the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, while the Vivo X90 and X90 Pro have to make do with the equally powerful MediaTek Dimensity 9200.

Two popular sizes of the most affordable television with a native 120Hz refresh rate and HDMI 2.1 ports in Sony's 2022 lineup have now received their largest discount to date, which brings the price of the budget-friendly 65-inch Bravia X85K down to just US$798.

The Samsung Galaxy S23 series will get an improved Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC with its Cortex-X3 core clocked at 3.36 GHz and its Adreno 740 GPU at 719 MHz. It could be codenamed SM8550-AC instead of SM8550-AB.

OPPO has confirmed that the Reno9 series of smartphones are on the way, with a late November 2022 launch date. They have been painted as differing little from their predecessors in recent leaks - however, their first official teasers hint at unusually premium RAM specs and new charging technology

Alleged Sony Xperia 10 V specifications have been shared online, with the 2023 mid-range Android smartphone seemingly offering few upgrades over its predecessor. However, at least the Xperia 10 V should get a satisfactory processor bump from the Mark 4’s Snapdragon 695 to the Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 mobile platform.

Mobvoi's latest smart treadmill is its first with an incline function. It is rated to reproduce a gradual slope for "more challenging" walking- or running-based work-outs at home. The new piece of gym tech also has a full-color screen that can sync with a user's smartwatch to show metrics such as heart rate. The Home Treadmill incline has a fold-away design and is available to order from now.

An image of the protective glass for the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra flagship smartphone has purportedly been leaked, and it reveals a potential disappointment for fans. There were some expectations that the Galaxy S23 Ultra would sport Qualcomm’s large 3D Sonic Max in-display fingerprint sensor – but cost-cutting measures may have put paid to that.

Acer is among the first OEMs to ready budget laptops powered by the Mendocino processor lineup from AMD. The new Aspire 3 models are fairly affordable and feature Ryzen 3 7320U or Ryzen 5 7520U APUs with integrated RDNA 2 Radeon 610M graphics, a 15.6-inch screen, 8 GB LPDDR5 and 128 GB NVMe SSD storage.

The engineering samples are mentioned in the Einstein@Home database, which also includes OPN codes that suggest base frequencies of 2 GHz and 2.1 GHz. Judging by the number of cores and threads, the upcoming top-of-the-line Threadripper 7000 could have similar specs to AMD's EPYC 9654 server processors.

Apple is tipped to raise its challenge to Meta's bid for AR/VR dominance from early 2023 with the launch of its first ever headset. Now, the inaugural potential Quest-series competitor is said to go into production around that time at the facilities of an established manufacturing partner. Meanwhile, for those who can help make the software for the alleged new hardware, the Cupertino giant may be hiring.

After updating the flagships it released in 2020, 2021, and 2022, Samsung is now bringing the Android 13-based One UI 5.0 update to its mid-range and budget devices. The last one to get the update, which includes the November 2022 security patch, is the Samsung Galaxy A52. Sadly, the update seems limited to Russia for now.