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The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has confirmed the receipt of a complaint from Samsung about competing display OEM BOE. The former asserts that the latter has employed "unfair methods of competition" that include OLED tech intellectual property (IP) infringement. These alleged shady practices are thought to have helped BOE cut into lucrative business related to Apple's iPhones with which Samsung is normally strongly associated.

iQOO is adamant that its new 12-series smartphones will be the fastest Android flagships around, and not just due to their new Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 platforms. They are touted to upgrade to a new kind of battery, touted for high capacity at a reduced size and support for "high-speed" charging. Meanwhile, the vanilla 12 may have been spotted on Geekbench in a tip that confirms other top-end specs.

Vivo continues to tease its X100 series smartphones online. Not only has the company finally confirmed the pair's launch date, but it has also shared a few camera samples from the more expensive X100 Pro. Meanwhile, a renowned leaker has detailed various Vivo X100 camera details, which will differ from the X100 Pro in most areas.

iQOO asserts that its upcoming flagship Android smartphone will have an "industry-first" display on its launch. The 12 Pro will rock the latest Samsung OLED mobile display technology, set to a class-leading refresh rate by its OEM. That bit of pre-launch hype might help explain another new leak pointing to AnTuTu benchmarking scores that are blazing fast, even for a device with the latest top-end Qualcomm silicon.

Targeting the young audience, the Oscal Tiger 10 is a 6.56-inch Android 13 smartphone with a 50 MP main camera, Unisoc T606 processor, 8/256 GB memory/internal storage, and microSD support up to 1 TB. The color choices are blue, green, and grey. Between November 11 and 17, it will be available for US$83.99 (US$199.98 retail).

According to a renowned leaker, Samsung has managed to achieve symmetrical bezels on the upcoming Galaxy S24 Ultra. To be joined by a new slimmer front-facing camera design, the Galaxy S24 Ultra is also rumoured to launch in a special gold colour option with a matching mid-frame. The same leaker has reiterated an earlier rumour about colour options for the smaller Galaxy S24 and Galaxy S24 Plus, too.

A new report says that Samsung, Qualcomm and AMD have teamed up to bring FSR to mobile devices. The tech will be shown off alongside the Galaxy S24 series next year.

With the launch of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, the AnTuTu benchmark charts are finally showing movement once again - the Xiaomi 14 and Xiaomi 14 Pro lead the rankings by a considerable margin. In the mid-range, MediaTek is still no match for the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2.

The V30 Pro is another of Doogee's rugged smartphones. Based around a MediaTek Dimensity 7050 chipset, the Doogee V30 Pro also has a 120 Hz display and a 200 MP primary camera, among other features.

A renowned leaker has revealed initial render images of the next Motorola Moto G Power 5G. Not only is the Moto G Power 5G (2024) said to be slightly larger than its predecessor, but it will also have a bigger display, thinner bezels and a refined design.

According to reports, Xiaomi is working to deliver a new 1-inch camera sensor in next year's Xiaomi 14 Ultra. Purportedly, the Xiaomi 14 Ultra could utilise the Omnivision OV50K or Sony LYT-900, which both resolve at 50 MP.

The Moto G84 is Motorola's current top-of-the-range mid-range series, which achieved good marks in our test thanks to its bright OLED screen, flexible camera system and large amount of storage. We have summarized our findings for you.

Qualcomm has now confirmed rumours about the Samsung Galaxy S24 series. As expected, not all Galaxy S24 models will launch with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. Instead, Samsung will use next year's Galaxy S smartphones to showcase the return of its own flagship Exynos chipset.

POCO has confirmed that its next smartphone will be the POCO C65, a MediaTek Helio G85-backed entry-level handset. The POCO C65 will launch later this week with a 50 MP triple camera and in three colours.

We have recently tested the Apple iPhone 15 and find it to be yet another fantastic smartphone. Can, however, all of the advances be convincing? We summarize our findings.

Ice Universe has confirmed that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 for Galaxy will get an overclocked GPU. It will operate at roughly 100 MHz higher than the Adreno 750 found on the regular Snapdragon 8 Gen 3.

Specifications for the global version of the Redmi Note 13 Pro have surfaced online. Benchmarked as 'Xiaomi 2312DRA50G', the global Redmi Note 13 Pro features a Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 chipset, 8 GB of RAM and runs Android 13.

Early signs of Xiaomi preparing the POCO F6 have surfaced online months before the device's anticipated launch. Seemingly, Xiaomi is basing the POCO F6 around a flagship Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset and will give the device a release outside China.

Even though the price of the Motorola Moto G54 starts from only 200 Euros (~$211), it delivers an overall performance that is above average for its price class. We summarize all the strengths of the 6.5-inch smartphone for you here.

The new M3 chips are here and there’s a lot to digest. As Apple doesn’t make a point of revealing the design origins of its chips, it can be an interesting exercise to put the pieces of the puzzle together.

The Cubot KingKong 8 is a new rugged smartphone with a large battery and two additional LEDs, which means that the smartphone can also be used as a powerful flashlight. The other features are also quite decent.

Sales record: The sales gates for the Xiaomi 14 and Xiaomi 14 Pro have been open for a few hours now and the first Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 flagships have already won over a large number of buyers, at least in China. Interested buyers elsewhere may be able to purchase them via an import retailer, depending on location.

The Xiaomi 14 Pro has received its first teardown. Not only has Xiaomi packed a true variable aperture camera in its latest smartphone this time around, but it appears to have included a larger cooling solution than the Xiaomi 13 Ultra and a display that peaks at 3,000 nits.

The iQOO 11 Pro zoomed onto the Chinese premium Android smartphone market with the hallmark of ultra-fast 200W charging. Its successor, however, is now believed to have dropped that upgrade in favor of a last-gen spec that, while slower, remains on par with that of the new Xiaomi 14 Pro. Nevertheless, the upcoming flagship is also now tipped to outpace its competition in other ways.

Sharge touts its latest product as its most pocket-friendly MagSafe-style power bank yet. The new accessory is also backed to relieve the user of battery anxiety as both a wired and wireless back-up power source on the go. The Space Elevator also owes its unique style to an official tie-in with the Wandering Earth movie franchise.

It seems that ASUS is preparing to replace the ROG Phone 7 series after less than a year. While there is no word on an ASUS ROG Phone 8 release date yet, a teaser for the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3-powered device has already turned up online.

OnePlus's next flagship smartphone has now started to surface on Geekbench, with a model number most likely belonging to a global unit of the upcoming, Snapdragon 8 Gen 3-powered 12. This new detail is corroborated in other leaks, while Geekbench may have also confirmed details such as the device's high-end RAM quotient and out-of-the-box software.

Light Phone is preparing to release a new product for the first time in five years. Billed as the 'pgLang for Light', the device will be limited to 250 units in collaboration with Kendrick Lamar's company.

Various specifications for the Galaxy A15 5G have turned up online. Purportedly, Samsung will equip the Galaxy A15 5G with a mid-range MediaTek chipset, among other hardware. Pricing for the Galaxy A15 5G has leaked too.

One of Motorola's next mid-range smartphones has been spotted online. Appearing first on the Geekbench database, it appears that the Motorola Moto G24 will arrive with Android 14 and 8 GB of RAM but an underwhelming chipset.

The Nova 11 SE is now official in Huawei's home market. While the new handset has a refreshed design, it also has surprisingly few hardware upgrades from last year's Nova 10 SE.

Samsung has detailed which devices will soon receive One UI 6, its Android 14-based updates. Surprisingly, it appears that Samsung has extended the rollout to the Galaxy S20 and Galaxy Note 20 series for their fourth major OS update.

With the Vivo X100, X100 Pro, and X100 Pro+, three new camera flagships will soon be launched that are supposed to convince with high-quality Zeiss cameras, including a 100 mm periscope telephoto camera that is expected to be equipped with a 200 MP sensor in the top model. Vivo now shows the design of the X100 Pro for the first time.

Tecno claims to have solved one of smartphone photography's most pressing and potentially alienating issues with the latest results of its AI research. Universal Tone is rated to combine three different imaging 'engines' in order to recreate, tune and expose skin tones accurately, even in shots with multiple people of different ethnic origins.

A renowned leaker has shared what appear to be the first case designs relating to the Galaxy S24 Ultra. Likely arriving in three months alongside the Galaxy S24 and Galaxy S24 Plus, Samsung's next 'Ultra' flagship will be difficult to tell apart from the current Galaxy S23 Ultra.

Realme asserts that its GT5 Pro will be the next premium Android smartphone to launch with the new top-end Snapdragon 8 Gen 3; now, a new leak asserts that it will also be the most powerful device with the same platform. Its alleged model number has turned up in conjunction with the biggest number linked to the SoC on the AnTuTu benchmark yet.

Samsung has finally started updating its product stack to Android 14. So far, the company has begun in Europe with the Galaxy S23, Galaxy S23 Plus and Galaxy S23 Ultra, which should all now be eligible to receive an upgrade from One UI 5 to One UI 6.

AnTuTu has shared an insight into the capabilities of the forthcoming MediaTek Dimensity 9300 and Vivo X100. Surprisingly, the Dimensity 9300 lacks any conventional efficiency cores, with the Cortex-X4 and Cortex-A720 used instead.

A lot of news about Samsung's Galaxy S24 series has been released in the last few hours and days, some of it in the Chinese network Weibo. There, a leaker recently announced that mass production has started, strengthening suspicions about plans for a much earlier launch at the beginning of 2024. But there are also other exciting tidbits of information.

Released to mark two decades of innovation, the Galaxy Z Flip5 Retro is now official as a limited edition handset inspired by the SGH-E700, Samsung's first phone with a built-in antenna, which was released in 2003. Next month, this special Flip5 will hit Korea, France, Germany, Spain, Australia, and the UK in limited quantities.

X (formerly known as Twitter) has outlined plans for new alternatives to its paid Premium version. The new Basic subscription tier is intended to become the only way to access features such as post editing or removal from the social media app, whereas Premium Plus (or Premium+) would be the only way to view certain sections of its UI without ads.

The A79 5G is OPPO's latest Android smartphone for the Indian market. A unique Glowing Feather Design finish is applied to a flat-edged, flat-screened device in two attractive new colors, which also boasts a 50MP main camera, dual-SIM 5G connectivity and expandable storage. The A79's 5,000mAh battery has faster-than-standard 33W SuperVOOC charging.

While we're all now looking forward to what the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 will offer in the upcoming smartphone flagships like the Xiaomi 14, the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra, or the Honor Magic6, users who can wait another year and who are especially looking for the ultimate performance might want to reconsider upgrading this year.

Samsung has released a new video demonstrating its new 200 MP 'Zoom Anyplace' camera sensor, which it will showcase alongside a new ISP. The same video hints at the Galaxy S24 series featuring Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset in some degree, too.

Xiaomi has now provided a deeper dive into one of its new flagship smartphone's least predictable upgrades: a new form of protection for its premium 2K display. Dragon Crystal Glass has been made in-house by the OEM, rated for up to 10 times the drop-resistance of rivals such as Huawei's Kunlun Glass or Corning's top-end Gorilla Glass Victus.

Samsung may not launch its new flagship smartphone until 2024 - however, that has not stopped a famous designer releasing their idea of how its teaser video would look in advance. The new clip takes the latest Galaxy S24 Ultra design rumors into account, a switch to a titanium frame included. The device's S Pen also stars in the new leak.

The latest Android smartphone from Realme to be approved by Chinese regulator TENAA is most likely the brand's next flagship, based on the new and very prominent camera hump alone. The certification also reveals that the "GT5 Pro" runs on the latest and greatest silicon from Qualcomm, and will be paired with internals of equally premium status - with one puzzling omission.