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The display-centric tech website DisplayMate has tested the display of the iPhone 13 Pro Max and concluded that Apple's biggest and most expensive flagship smartphone has a record setting OLED display that supposedly is one of the best in the entire industry.

Xiaomi is preparing to release another TV Stick. The new model is more powerful, comes with several accessories and can output in 4K at 60 FPS. The Xiaomi TV Stick supports Dolby Atmos, Dolby Vision and DTS HD, too.

The 60-second shorts are intended to educate watchers and associate the Razer brand with sustainability efforts involving deforestation, overfishing, ocean plastics, and more. The series even has its own theme song.

The popular single-board computer has supposedly received a silent upgrade for its main processor. While this is indeed a surprise, the new chip will only bring very minor improvements that should not have any noticeable effect on most use cases.

Xiaomi is now expanding the MIUI 12.5 Enhanced Edition rollout for the Poco F3. The company is currently rolling out an early build of the update to Mi Pilot testers of the European ROM version of the phone, with the OTA also delivering the September patch.

According to reports, the Galaxy Z Flip 3 has been selling so well that it may have brought about the Galaxy S21 FE's demise. A shortage of Snapdragon 888 chipsets has allegedly forced Samsung to reassess its flagship offerings going forward.

As it happens so often, Sony's free PS Plus Games for October 2021 have apparently been unveiled in a French forum prior to the official announcement. Among the three free games for next month are two action focused titles as well as a current sports game.

Intel plans to completely overhaul its consumer CPU architecture by 2024 in order to provide a competitive alternative for Apple's M processors. However, certain elements that will play a big role in this overhaul such as AI accelerators and VPUs are rumored to be integrated on desktop and laptop CPUs as soon as 2023.

Xiaomi's Redmi 9 series is a head-scratcher, particularly as its members can be completely different from market to market. Now, the OEM has added to this confusion with the new India-specific 9 Activ variant. It has been unveiled alongside Sport versions of the 9A and 9i, which also might make one wonder why they exist in the first place.

The popular health and fitness tech brand Amazfit has confirmed the existence of third generations for its GTR and GTS flagship smartwatch lines. These potentially powerful and advanced wearables are now also set for launch during a global product event, scheduled for October 2021.

Apple touts the cameras in both the vanilla and Pro variants of the latest iPhone 13 series as better than ever before, thanks to new features such as Cinematic Mode. The notorious mobile-device testing group DxOMark has now revealed its test results for both camera systems in question. Are they in agreement with the Cupertino giant?

After releasing the P50 series, Huawei is working on its next flagship, the Mate 50 Pro. New information now indicates that, just like the P50 series, the Mate 50 could be equipped with a 4G variant of Qualcomm's chipset—in this case, the Snapdragon 898.

Even though the Huawei MatePad 11 is priced as a mid-range tablet it has a lot of features of high-end slates. Currently, the MatePad 11 is one of the best tablets on the market, despite the fact that it comes with Harmony OS.

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has just announced a ban on cryptocurrency miners and related paraphernalia on its website. Sales will be allowed till October 8, following which the listings will be deleted on October 15.

The Amazon listing just went live today, but it is currently showing an incorrect native resolution and aspect ratio of 2880 x 1920 and 4:3 for the KUU LeBook. The price includes both the keyboard and tablet whereas the Microsoft Surface will often charge extra for such accessories.

The working replica of a Nintendo Game Boy Color may not be the most complex Raspberry Pi project of all times, but the creative effort that the YouTuber has put into the creation of his costume is certainly worth your attention.

Nokia has indicated it will hold a product launch event in October 2021. The HMD Global brand has also all but confirmed that it will serve to unveil a tablet. This device will, apparently, offer the same experience as one of the company's phones, just in a larger form-factor.

The Xiaomi Mi 11 still holds the title of first flagship to launch with the Snapdragon 888 processor. However, it was more underwhelming in how it looked, which also had practical fall-out in some areas, not the least of which were the strange effects of its display's design. A prodigious leaker now claims these issues are gone in its predecessor.

The new and limited edition of Apple's Beats Studio 3 headphones sports an unusual color design, but from a technical point of view this fashionable pair of noise cancelling Bluetooth headphones should be similar to previous versions.

Pokémon trading cards are not the only merchandise of Nintendo's cute pocket monsters that is causing an almost unreasonable hype. Now there are Pokémon Oreo cookies that are selling for thousands of U.S. dollars on the auction platform eBay.

Honor has just expanded its new Tab V7 series with a second, vanilla variant. It looks much like its flagship counterpart, although it has a smaller, lower-end display and a more mid-range processor. Then again, it retains support for the new Magic Pencil 2, has quad speakers and runs the same new OS as the Tab V7 Pro.

Honor has made good on some earlier teasers with a launch for the new MagicBook 16 series, with an up-to-date Ryzen 7 platform and 144Hz displays. They have been joined with a less expected variant: the V 14. It will now join the first wave of laptops to ship with Windows 11, and will do so with a 2K display and Tiger Lake-H35 processors.

Xiaomi has introduced a new product called the True Wireless Noise Cancelling Headphones 3 Pro today (September 27, 2021). This lengthy title covers a lot of what these new AirPod clones offer, although there is even more besides. They include IP55 ingress protection, up to 33 hours of use between charges and a new audio codec for "HiFi" sound.

Lenovo has revealed its plans to launch five new laptops for the Chinese market on September 28. The notebooks will operate on Windows 11 and there will be a choice between AMD Ryzen and Intel Core processors for buyers. Four of the laptops are from the Xiaoxin line and there is also one SKU from the Yoga range.

Renders of a Google Pixel tablet have been produced by the talented designer Snoreyn based on a recently revealed design patent. The Pixel tablet in the fan-made renders operates on Android 12 and borrows some of its looks, especially the color scheme, from the upcoming Google Pixel 6 smartphone.

Xiaomi has now announced the launch of its new smartwatch, the Xiaomi Watch Color 2, in China. The Watch Color 2 offers a 1.43-inch AMOLED, 117 sports mode, the usual smartwatch measuring hardware, and 12 days of battery life. Pricing begins at the equivalent of US$154.

Xiaomi has released MIUI 12.5 Enhanced Edition to the Redmi Note 9 Pro 5G and Redmi Note 10 5G on the update's second batch. While it is only reaching Chinese devices currently, the release of MIUI 12.5 Enhanced Edition to these pair should mean that the Mi 10T Lite, Mi 10i, Redmi Note 10T 5G and POCO M3 Pro 5G eventually receive the tweaked OS too, though.

Xiaomi has now launched its latest smartphone, the Xiaomi Civi, in China. The Civi launches with a focus on design, youth, and cameras, and features a premium display, 64 MP main camera, and Snapdragon 778G. Pricing begins at the equivalent of US$400.

Samsung's latest generation of foldables shows even more mature solutions for problems found in earlier models. However, we still noticed one minor issue in everyday testing.

According to reports, Samsung is developing two Galaxy S22 Ultra designs. Apparently, one has a uniform body frame and may even have a more straightforward camera design.

The Watch Free is OPPO's latest fitness tracker, and is equipped with an AMOLED display at a decent price. It supports up-to-date features such as over 100 sports modes and tracking for various health metrics. The new tracker-style wearable also offers something new the OEM calls its "eSports Mode".

OPPO has debuted 3 new products today (September 26, 2021). The OEM has already spilled many details for the K9 Pro, as well as its new TV, already. However, some juicy tidbits remain to be unveiled, the smartphone's unexpected new co-branding promotions included.

Owners will want to apply the update ASAP to get the most out of their new expensive purchases. The manual graphics switching was available on older Alienware laptops but it was curiously missing on the new x15 and x17 models at launch.

The Snapdragon 778G appears to be the new chipset of choice in the mid-range segment. Xiaomi, in typical fashion, however, could be set to bring the powerful 5G chipset to even more affordable phones in the near future. The Redmi Note 11 Pro could be a benefactor as well.

TechLife is Realme's new brand that covers smart home lifestyle gadgets and appliances. It has announced a new product launch for its Indian audience, to be held in late September 2021. This event will bring TechLife's vacuum cleaners to the market, not to mention its Air Purifier.

Samsung's latest foldable flagship the Galaxy Z Fold3 has already visited the JerryRigEverything YouTube studio for a gruelling test of its integrity. Now, its clamshell counterpart has joined it in this famous series of durability vlogs. Can it uphold the OEM's claims of enhanced robustness in this generation?

Amazon has announced that it will hold an event that may unveil some new products. This launch, scheduled for later in September 2021, might see a debut for a new, wall-mounted variant of the OEM's Echo smart-speaker line. Amazon is now also rumored to unveil a Home Robot, which may or may not elaborate on the Echo Show 10's abilities with added independent movement.

Apple asserts that its new iPhone 13 series is an upgrade on the previous line-up in a number of ways. However, charging speeds and accessory compatibility were not among them. A Twitter user claims to have tested all 4 new iPhones out with 20W and 30W USB-Power Delivery 2.0 (USB-PD 2.0) bricks, and asserts that some variants can use both.

According to a report, Google may be planning to release the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro later than people had been expecting. Both devices should arrive simultaneously, but it is seemingly over a week after a launch date posed by Jon Prosser.

Not only is DJI planning to release new drones soon, but it is also planning to release a new action camera. Called the Osmo Action 2, the camera looks more like a GoPro Hero Session than the original Osmo Action.

A benchmark preview of the Intel Core i9-12900K has been accidentally posted online, and it shows the 12th Gen Alder Lake hybrid chip offering a seesaw-like performance against the Rocket Lake i9-11900K. While the engineering sample does show promise even without the AVX-512 instruction set, it could not shine against the AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Zen 3 part.

For $664 USD after coupon and rebates, the Prestige 14 is more powerful and more versatile than the typical budget or mid-range Ultrabook. Users may want to jump in on the Newegg sale while they can.

According to reports, Apple is preparing to release taller MacBook Pros this year with the MacBook Pro 14 and MacBook Pro 16. While the laptops will not adopt the 3:2 aspect ratio, they will be noticeably taller than the current MacBook Pro 13, MacBook Pro 16 and MacBook Air.

The tablets with the cylindrical bulge are back. The Yoga Tab 13 turns out a good entertainment tablet, but Lenovo seems to have missed a development in high-priced tablets.

The Moto E40 has yet to be confirmed, and yet is currently thought to be ranked among the highest-end devices of its series on its launch. It is rumored to be the first of the line to have a 90Hz display. Its newest leak suggests it could stand out in other ways as well.

A Canadian developer criticizes a current limitation that does not allow him to run the animations in his app at the full 120Hz of Apple's ProMotion display, which is one of the most advertised new features of the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max.

Although a security researcher apparently notified the iPhone maker of several security issues, Apple has recently released its iOS 15 update without fixing these vulnerabilities, which is why the anonymous tipster is now publicly criticizing the company.

The Galaxy S22 and Galaxy S22 Plus will look nothing like the Galaxy S22 Ultra, renders of which have already leaked. The pair will be smaller than their Galaxy S21 series counterparts too, albeit with some subtle changes.

Now that Realme has launched its latest high-end phone, the GT Neo2, the OEM has indicated that it will turn its thoughts to a new addition of its more affordable Q series of Android devices. A reliable leaker alleges that its display will have a higher refresh rate compared to the new flagship-grade handset.

We're not sure if a different processor and color are enough to justify a completely different model name between the two visually identical models. For shoppers, this can be more confusing than it needs to be when researching laptops before purchasing.