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JLab touts its latest wireless earbuds as an industry first in that they introduce Preferred Listening Response Curve tuning from Knowles to their market. The Epic Lab Edition buds also support the LC3 codec, Spatial Audio and "Smart" ANC. They are also Hi-Res Audio certified and are rated to get up to 56 hours of battery life thanks to their "dual-mode" charging case.

Reportedly, Honor is working to deliver a new Android budget tablet. While the device will be relatively affordable, it will still pack a large 2.5K display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 5G chipset and 35 W wired charging.

Supposedly, Google has tweaked the codenames under which it is developing the Pixel Fold 2. While not as drastic as the various Pixel Fold codename cancellations, the change coincides with new memory options being spotted.

Samsung has now revealed which Galaxy AI features it plans to bring to older flagships. Not only has the Galaxy S23 series made the cut, but so has the Galaxy Tab S9 series, plus the Galaxy Z Flip5 and Galaxy Z Fold5.

According to a new leak, Xiaomi has employed the services of a industry-leading camera expert to aid with tuning the Xiaomi 14 Ultra camera aesthetics and color science. On the flip side, though, it appears earlier reports of an ultrasonic fingerprint reader were inaccurate.

A week ago, HMD Global uploaded a new video on YouTube, which went over the brand's plans for the future. It only focused on new HMD-branded devices, making many believe there won't be Nokia-branded phones anymore. The Finnish manufacturer later clarified the matter, saying, "You will continue to see new Nokia phones!"

According to new reports, Google has decided against selling a second-generation Pixel Fold with the Tensor G3 chipset that powers the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro. Instead, the Pixel Fold 2 is now rumoured to join the Pixel 9 and Pixel 9 Pro on the Tensor G4, setting up a fall 2024 release with the Pixel Watch 3 in the process.

Industry insiders say that Elden Ring will soon be playable on smartphones. However, it is said to launch as a free-to-play title with microtransactions. There is no word about when it will launch, and sources say it'll be a while.

The Samsung Galaxy A55 may be closer to launch than ever, with a device bearing its rumored identifiers gaining approval for sale in the US from the Federal Communications Commission. It seems the FCC might have had an easy time of it, as the device seems all but unchanged compared to its A54 5G predecessor in some potentially important ways.

The Vivo X100 has now reached Europe, albeit as an import through a third-party retailer. Surprisingly, the MediaTek Dimensity 9300 touting handset is available for less than a Google Pixel 8 or a Samsung Galaxy S24.

The Google Pixel 7a saw a $50 price bump from its predecessor, making it barely sit at the “affordable” price range. But frequent deals do make it offer more value than at launch. A good example would be this deal, which has brought the mid-range smartphone back to its all-time low price of $374.

A reliable leaker has shared new images of the Zenfone 11 Ultra, Asus' next flagship smartphone. As expected, the Zenfone 11 Ultra is effectively a re-branded ROG Phone 8, albeit with Zenfone design elements.

Sugar Cubes has presented the Sugar Cubes X Jelly, a project that transforms a popular Android smartphone into a choice of two gaming handhelds. While one serves as more of a Unihertz Jelly Star controller, another overhauls the compact smartphone into a conventional-looking gaming handheld.

In an interview with Tom’s Guide, OnePlus president and COO Kinder Liu explained why the company chose four to five years of software support for the OnePlus 12 and 12R. Liu says the seven-year update policy of Google Pixel 8 and Samsung Galaxy S24 devices “misses the point” because the hardware may not keep up.

Ulefone has announced that its new Note 17 Pro Android smartphone has the most premium screen of its line to date. It is available for just under $280 with its introductory discounts right now - then again, the OEM could have chosen a less indifferent platform for its relatively high-end display.

Xiaomi has finally confirmed an official launch date for its camera-focused flagship series, the Xiaomi 14 series. The Galaxy S24 series rival will make its debut globally on February 25 and is expected to feature devices including the Xiaomi 14 and Xiaomi 14 Ultra.

MediaTek is reportedly offering Samsung exclusive prices for its SoCs according to a new rumor posted on X. The rumor claims the “special” pricing is meant for Samsung to increase its utilization of MediaTek chips in the company’s budget devices.

Details of a new budget Samsung tablet have leaked online. Likely a new version of the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite, the unreleased tablet is set to launch running Android 14, a Samsung Exynos chipset and a choice between Wi-Fi or LTE connectivity.

Ayaneo has revealed more device specifications for the Pocket S, which it will deliver later this year with a modern Snapdragon SoC running Android. The Ayaneo Pocket S will also feature a 1440p display, plus up to 16 GB of RAM and 1 TB of storage.

Xiaomi's upcoming entry-level device, the Redmi A3 4G, is on its way. Leaks have revealed the expectedly budget hardware of the smartphone, but Xiaomi looks set to also equip it with a rear design that appears to be straight out of last year's Xiaomi 13 Ultra.

Almost all Amazon Fire devices run on Fire OS. But that might change soon, as the company has recently listed a job for a role that's for the transition from the Android-based operating system to the new Vega OS that's reportedly based on Linux.

Several days after the launch of the Galaxy S24 series, new details are still emerging, especially about the top model Galaxy S24 Ultra. For example, it turns out that a different model of the 3D Sonic fingerprint sensor has been installed compared to the S23, which unlocks faster in many cases. Samsung has also confirmed new priorities in image tuning for the camera.

OPPO has announced that over 1 million consumers have signed up to buy a device from its latest series of flagship Android smartphones ahead of their release. The Find X7 and X7 Ultra may never see an official global launch; however, its success might boost the chances of future devices with their class-leading technology - or that of its successors - becoming more widely available in the future.

Nokia has announced the signing of its sixth patent cross-license agreement in the last thirteen months, this time with Vivo. The mobile device OEM will make royalty payments in return to access to 5G intellectual property (IP). It may stand to gain greater access to global markets for smartphones such as the premium X100 series as a result.

Updated: @OnLeaks disavows alleged render design. Nothing is preparing to deliver a cheaper alternative to the Phone (2), which will also serve as a Phone (1) successor. While the launch date of the Nothing Phone (2a) has already been confirmed, a renowned leaker has offered a first supposedly official look at its brand-new design.

Unlike more recent Samsung Android-driven handsets and tablets, the Galaxy Z Flip 3 in Europe is already receiving the February 2024 security update. There is no official statement regarding the changes that come with this software refresh yet, but no new features are in the cards this time.

A new leak has revealed the design and various specifications of the Zenfone 11 Ultra. While ASUS' next smartphone features high-end hardware like a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset, LPDDR5X RAM and UFS 4.0 flash storage, the Zenfone 11 Ultra could also mark the end of compact flagships within the Zenfone series.

Fresh photos of the next Nothing smartphone have surfaced online. Arriving later this month during MWC 2024 in Barcelona, the Nothing Phone (2a) is rumoured to be taking on the likes of the Google Pixel 8a and Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus with a set of decent cameras, a modern MediaTek Dimensity chipset and a large OLED display, among other features.

vivo has unrolled the curtains on the vivo V30 smartphone. It’s the first global device with the Snapdragon 7 Gen 3, a 4 nm SoC with eight cores running at 2.63 GHz. Other specs of the new phone are similar to the vivo S18, but it has an improved camera configuration on the back.

Xiaomi’s new Poco X6 Processor represents its latest attempt at delivering an affordable device with competent performance. How much more powerful is the Poco X6 Pro compared to the Poco X5 Pro, though? Well, a lot more, it seems.

Samsung is now believed to unleash the Galaxy A55 on the Indian market as one of its new mid-range 5G smartphones soon. Then again, the even cheaper A35 might also become an alternative option at around the same time. More new leaks purport to reveal that the latter will also become available elsewhere on Earth in the near future.

The iPhone 15 Pro Max and Galaxy S24 Ultra are both top-end mobile devices with titanium edges. However, Apple and Samsung have gone about the integration of the premium material into their flagships in very different ways, according to a famous vlogger. One method also apparently results in a thinner titanium frame than another.

The Magic6 Pro has one of the most unique and advanced rear camera systems of any Android flagship smartphone thus far in 2024. Now, its maker Honor also asserts that it is one of the most robust premium handsets of the year, staying on even after a trip to the edge of space thanks to its new custom battery technology.

The Xiaomi Mix Flip is on the way. The Galaxy Z Flip6 rival is rumored to be billed to debut shortly, and a new leak now provides some insight into the foldable phone's hardware and design.

With the P26T, Teclast introduces a 10.1-inch IPS tablet to the market that offers a relatively good amount of storage and is run by an octa-core SoC. In our test, the P26T shows that it is an acceptable tablet for surfing and multimedia despite its 100-Euro (~$108) price. It even allows you to play games such as PUBG Mobile at up to 30 frames per second.

OnePlus 12 has made its global debut at the end of last month. While it runs on the same Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 as some of the devices in the Samsung Galaxy S24 series, it didn’t introduce any fancy AI features at launch. But OnePlus is changing that, at least in China, by releasing a new update of ColorOS.

OPPO's sub-flagship Reno 12 series is thought to launch as an all-MediaTek line of Android smartphones in 2024, with an ex-flagship Dimensity processor in the higher-end Pro and a mystery chipset for the vanilla model. Both handsets are also thought to buck their line's trended toward incredibly iterative upgrades with a significant, albeit specific, camera upgrade.

Six months after it launched in China alongside the Mix Fold 3, Xiaomi finally looks set to bring the Smart Band 8 Pro to the global market, with a new leak now revealing its pricing ahead of what could be an MWC debut later this month.

Samsung is projected to release the Galaxy M15 as one of its next budget Android smartphones in 2024. However, the OEM is also now tipped to launch a 4G/LTE version of an existing 2023 device beforehand. The non-5G Galaxy M14 is believed to join its similar-looking sibling on the Indian market soon.

Samsung has officially confirmed that Google Assistant will no longer be available on its smart TVs, including existing models. The voice assistant was added to Samsung’s Tizen TV platform in 2020, but the 2023 lineup of TVs came without it. Now, citing Google’s policy changes, Samsung has announced that it will be unavailable on all older models as well.

According to reports, Xiaomi is working towards to delivering yet another POCO X6 series model, having offered up the POCO X6 5G and POCO X6 Pro 5G globally last month. Not only has the device's name surfaced online, but so have various hardware specifications.

Just a few weeks after it launched globally, there now appear to be two reported cases of Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra units in the US randomly developing the dreaded green line issue on their displays.

The alleged performance of the MediaTek Dimensity 9400 has leaked thanks to Digital Chat Station on Weibo. Based on the leaked Geekbench score of the Dimensity 9400 and the previously revealed performance of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4, both chips are close to each other in multi-core performance.

CheckMag The OnePlus 12R and the Google Pixel 7a are great options for those who want flagship features on a budget. However, one offers more value than the other.

HMD has indicated that it will sell the personal electronics it makes under its own name rather than that of its best-known Nokia brand going forward. That includes its audio peripherals and tablets and well as its phones - smart or otherwise - all to be marketed under a new "Human Mobile Devices" tag-line in the near future. On that note, the OEM has hinted that its upcoming Nokia 3310 successor will have as much 5G as its next Android handsets.

Another Realme smartphone with the brand's current mid-range Android smartphone camera hump has shown up on an official Chinese database, thereby implying that it may launch very soon. It has a model number very similar to, but not the same as, the 12+ detected in earlier leaks. Oddly, it seems to have been re-designed to make it look like a hybrid between the new Realme 12 Pro and a new iPhone.

The Xiaomi Mix Fold 4 is expected to launch much later in the year and has been rumored to go on sale globally when it does. A new leak has now also revealed some more details of what could well be the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold6's biggest rival's camera upgrades, as well as a few tidbits on the upcoming Xiaomi 14 Ultra.

New leaks have now revealed more information on the chipset expected to power Xiaomi's next "flagship killer", the Poco F6. Performance will, of course, be the Poco F6's unique selling point, with current information indicating Snapdragon 8 Gen 2-esque performance.

Rumours about Samsung reissuing a few older devices have surfaced online. Not only could the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite be due another trip out as the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite (2024), but so could the Galaxy Watch4 as the Galaxy Watch4 (2024).