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OnePlus has already unleashed several Nord-series products on the Indian market. Now, the 2T smartphone is rumored to become the latest addition to this 2022 line-up. It could bring a 6.5-inch AMOLED display, up-to-date 80W charging and Android 12 out of the box with it.

New research suggests that Volkswagen will overtake Tesla as the world's largest producer of electric vehicles by 2024. The German company is already the top EV manufacturer in Europe, with new models such as the ID. Buzz launching this year. Tesla remains the number-one electric vehicle maker in the US, claiming 75% of sales in the first three months of this year.

DOOGEE has unveiled the S61 and S61 Pro, a pair of rugged smartphones powered by the MediaTek Helio G35 chipset. Launching next month, the S61 and S61 Pro will ship with Android 12, plus a 'Night Vision' camera supported by IR LEDs.

Motorola is now said to have a new Moto Tab G-series device in the works. Going by its alleged model number, the G62 may not have all of its G70 predecessor's better attributes. On the other hand, it is slated to have 4G/LTE-capable SKUs, which might be reasonable enough in terms of price.

Skarper has unveiled its e-bike conversion kit to transform a regular bike into a pedelec. The DiskDrive replaces the rear disc rotor and can assist you for up to 60 km (~37 miles) at speeds up to 32 kph (~20 mph). You can easily detach the motor, and a switch on the gadget lets you quickly turn the pedal assistance on or off.

Vivo is now rumored to launch a Lite variant for its X80 premium mid-range Android smartphone series. Its specs remain unknown at present, although it might prove as good a reason as any for the OEM to take the Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 SoC up. At the other end of the X80 spectrum, its top-end Pro Plus model is now projected to gain global availability in late 2022.

The Asus ROG Phone 6 is scheduled to launch on July 5. After confirming the presence of a 165 Hz AMOLED screen on the phone, Asus has now teased significantly improved cooling and thermals for the ROG Phone 5's successor.

The G400 is a phone expected to break out of the bargain-bucket rut into which Nokia has sunk as of late with a much higher display refresh rate than usual, not to mention Android 12 out of the box. It was announced alongside the G100 back in January 2022, yet has taken until now to pop up in a potential new pre-launch leak.

Lenovo has teased the MOZI through Red Dot, a unique take on the laptop. With a retractable keyboard, the Lenovo MOZI has no display or trackpad. Instead, Lenovo equips the MOZI with a projector with a separate screen onto which it will project images. The Lenovo MOZI could project content onto a nearby wall too, among other uses.

According to reports, Xiaomi is looking to offer multiple memory configurations for the Xiaomi 12S and Xiaomi 12S Pro. There will be some trade-offs for the Dimensity 9000-powered version of the Xiaomi 12S Pro, which will launch alongside Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 versions of the Xiaomi 12S series.

Toyota has announced that its Compact Cruiser concept all-electric vehicle has won the 2022 Car Design Award. Plus, new images of an actual car model have been released. The off-road EV has strong body sections and a built-in ladder and roof rack. Toyota says it has designed the lifestyle-focused car for young city dwellers.

More and more manufacturers follow Apple's example and switch to the DCI-P3 reference for their notebook panels. The large multimedia laptop Dell XPS 17 is one of the last devices with such an AdobeRGB panel, and it is also a very good one.

German consumer organisation Stiftung Warentest has pitted nine SUV e-bikes against each other in a recent test. Seven of the nine pedelecs were rated as ‘good’, and the overall winner was the KTM Macina Aera 671 LFC. The e-MTB is powered by a Bosch motor, assisting you at speeds up to 25 kph (~16 mph).

EarFun has launched the UBOOM L portable Bluetooth speaker. The device is waterproof with an IP67 rating and up to 16 hours of playback time. The gadget has many features, including Stereo Pairing and voice assistant compatibility. Various settings optimize the sound output for your environment, and JumboBass technology enhances lower frequencies.

The small and basic mouse was arguably expensive when it launched last year for $70 USD, but it is now down to a much more reasonable price point considering its limited auxiliary features.

The ARM-based Lenovo ThinkPad X13s is finally available for purchase, but the Windows laptop with a Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 processor has not managed to catch up with Apple in terms of Geekbench performance. The results for the Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 are not only well behind those of the Apple M2, but they also lag behind the M1 SoC from 2020.

The Mi Band 6 was incredibly popular last year and it appears its direct successor, the Xiaomi Band 7, toes a similar line. Currently only available in China, Xiaomi has now confirmed that it has sold over a million units of the smartband, less than a month after it made its debut.

The newly launched Anker 535 USB-C Hub for iMac is currently on offer at Amazon; Prime customers in the US can purchase the device for US$53.99. The gadget has multiple ports, including USB-A and USB-C, with up to 10 Mbps file transfer speeds. Also included on the device are SD and microSD card slots.

Third-party camera app Camera+ 2 has made it possible to produce 48 MP images on iOS even without the upcoming iPhone 14 Pro or iPhone 14 Pro Max. LateNiteSoft has increased the cost of the app going forwards, as well as introducing a subscription-based model.

New certifications have confirmed that Samsung will release versions of the Galaxy Watch5 and Galaxy Watch5 Pro with mobile connectivity. Unfortunately, the Galaxy Watch5 series will miss out on 5G connectivity, while also providing the same battery capacity for Bluetooth and LTE models.

Realme's TechLife smart-ecosystem spin-off has released smartwatches before; however, the new R100 will be its first wearable with a round face. It is also the first one with support for phonecalls as a selling point. It will launch via Realme and Flipkart in India soon.

Nothing is not scheduled to launch its inaugural Android smartphone until July 2022. Despite this, however, the emerging OEM has now showcased the phone (1)'s rear panel in its latest official images. The company has referred to it as "transparent", although how much this is the case might be up to the individual viewer.

OnePlus is now linked to the possibly imminent launch of a premium smartphone called the 10T in 2022; now, according to the latest rumors, there is still scope for a vanilla 10 to emerge alongside it. This device is expected to look much like the existing 10 Pro, albeit without some of the flagship's most defining features.

CharIN's new Megawatt Charging System for heavier electric vehicles like long-haul trucks, buses, planes, or ferries, that has been years in the making, is now standardized. The Tesla Semi might be taking advantage of the new MCS standard, while Teslas and other electric cars will be able to charge at the initial 1MW stations, too.

Sony and Samsung look set to bring a number of new, powerful smartphone camera sensors to the market. For Sony, one of those will be the company's first foray into the 100 MP range and will be designed for the mid-range segment. Samsung, however, looks to outdo the massive ISOCELL GN2 on the Mi 11 Ultra.

The 1,040-gram Galaxy Book2 Pro 360 scores points with an Alder Lake CPU, Thunderbolt 4, and very good battery life. Positive: The laptop can run completely silently when needed. The OLED touchscreen can be used both with the fingers, as well as with the included S-Pen.

Power limits for Nvidia's upcoming Lovelace generation of GPUs have leaked indicating large differences between corresponding desktop and laptop variants. The flagship AD102 is rated at 800 W, and it will be a desktop-only GPU. GPUs from AD103 to AD106 will be available for desktops and laptops. Though the power limits seem high, the actual TGP figures are likely to be much lesser.

Amazon and Best Buy are slashing the latest Surface Pro 7+ to just $700 USD. The price cut may suggest that a replacement could be launching soon with Intel 12th gen CPU options.

An upset Dogecoin investor claims that Musk and his companies artificially inflated the price of the well-known cryptocurrency Dogecoin, which consequently caused massive losses when the meme coin shed 93% of its value after skyrocketing to an all-time high in the first half of 2021.

New AMD Ryzen 7000 leaks have detailed the potential launch line-up for the upcoming Zen 4 desktop parts, a possible release date, and even a supposed price tag for the top-end Ryzen 9 7950X. It seems there won’t be an AMD Ryzen 7 7700X at launch time, with the series arguably emulating the Zen 3 Ryzen 5000 staggered release schedule.

The Hummer EV is the stalwart GMC extra-wide, 9,000lb truck made electric. It currently starts for just over US$80,000 in the US - however, according to the latest report, it is set to get even more expensive than that imminently. Its alleged new mark-up seems to have no effect on its availability, however.

The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3 and Galaxy Z Flip3 have become eSIM-capable devices in the US for the first time, thanks to their new build of One UI 4.1. The new update, available for either unlocked or T-Mobile units of the 2 foldables, also confers a new security patch level and S22-series camera features.

The latest version of Huawei's in-house operating system, HarmonyOS 3.0, has emerged in the form of its first-ever Developer Preview. The new beta is already compatible with smartphones, phablets, tablets and foldables. However, the list of devices capable of downloading and using it is not long, being confined to some of the OEM's latest high-end devices at present.

The Xiaomi 12 Ultra is all but confirmed to make its debut next month. Apparently, though, the flagship will not arrive alone but will be joined by at least two other premium phones: the Xiaomi 12S and Xiaomi 12S Pro.

Nobody likes to carry a bunch of adapters with them while traveling. If we could pick just one adapter, however, then this 3-port USB-C hub from EZQuest might be the best $30 USD you could spend on one.

Hisense today launched a new music player, the Touch Lite. Armed with an octa-core Qualcomm processor and 4 GB of RAM, and a 5.84-inch E Ink display, the Touch Lite runs on Android. Essentially, it operates as a standard Android handheld with a monochrome E Ink screen.

It's been over four years since we last saw the XPS 15 2-in-1. While a proper successor has yet to made official, we can at least look towards the recently launched Inspiron 16 7620 2-in-1 as an alternative option.

Apple has found itself at the other end of a £750 million lawsuit over the company throttling older iPhones in 2017. The lawsuit filed by Justin Gutmann, a consumer rights activist, alleges that Cupertino intended to hide the subpar performance of older iPhone batteries by not warning users about the throttling beforehand.

The new Apple M2 SoC has made its first appearance on both GFXBench and Cinebench, and its GPU part seemingly performed way above expectations on the former benchmark. The Apple M2 managed a +45.47% performance leap over the M1 in GFXBench’s Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen test, soundly overtaking Apple’s own +35% GPU performance claim.

The "Little Phoenix" is rumored to launch in late 2023 with Steam's second gen Deck handheld console. Apparently, it is a cut-down version of the "Phoenix" laptop processor that is scheduled to launch in early 2023, and the four Zen 4 cores with 8 threads plus the RDNA3 GPU it integrates should bring at least 50% improvements over the Van Gogh Zen 2 + RDNA2 version from Deck 1.

The iQOO 9 Pro is a 2022 Android flagship smartphone rated to charge fully in as little as 15 minutes thanks to its 120 watt (W) power brick. However, its successor is now projected to exceed it in this regard, thanks to a new, 200W charging brick. It is also now predicted to launch in mid-2022 with a vanilla 10 sibling in tow.

The G-ONE PLUS AIO gaming PC integrates laptop-grade Alder Lake-H processors and RTX 3060 140 W GPUs, but it also features a 31.5-inch IPS display with 165 Hz G-SYNC and HDR400 specs, so the prices are in line with the more expensive gaming laptops out there.

ViewSonic has launched the X1 and X2 as its latest home cinema-ready projectors. They are both FHD; however, the OEM asserts that they will be as bright and clear as possible while sparing the environment thanks to newer, cleaner LEDs. They also both have in-built Harmon Kardon-branded speakers, although the X2 stands out with a shorter throw.

Apple now offers its own M1 Max processors both in laptops as well as desktops, so some users might be interested in the differences. After we reviewed the new Mac Studio, we can say there are not that many and the MacBook Pro 16 is probably the better choice for most users.

The LG DualUp Monitor has just been announced in terms of pricing and availability for the US market. Its unusual name can be explained via its form-factor, which leads to an extremely rare 16:18 aspect-ratio and what the OEM calls a Square Double QHD (SDQHD) resolution, which allows the user to get 2 stacked 21.5-inch windows out of the same device. The DualUp also benefits from a USB type-C port and a flexible Ergo Stand.

Lenovo offers an interesting and solid subnotebook overall with the Yoga Slim 7i Pro in the 14IAP G7 configuration, which only revealed a few weaknesses in our test.

According to reports, Google hopes to bring multiple types of watch straps to market for the Pixel Watch. Unfortunately, all of them will feature Google's proprietary locking mechanism that it debuted in May at I/O 2022.

@OnLeaks has provided specifications and pricing information for four upcoming Motorola smartphones. All due to be released later this year, the Moto E12 will be the cheapest of the bunch with a €139 MSRP. There will also be the Edge 30 Fusion, a €679 handset with a MediaTek Dimensity 900 chipset.

Google has released a third revision of Android 13 Beta 3, having started distribution of the first revision last week. Android 13 Beta 3.2 is available to download now and will bridge the gap between Beta 3 and Beta 4.

Amazon has announced that its next Prime Day event will take place on July 12 and 13, reaching new countries, including Sweden and Poland. Many smart home devices will be part of the sale from brands such as iRobot, Ring and eero. Plus, Amazon Prime gaming is offering customers over 30 titles for free.