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In a new X post, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced a February 19 event for a 'new member of the family'. If earlier reports are accurate, the device in question is very likely the iPhone SE 4.

At first, text-only messaging will be supported and available to users across various carriers. T-Mobile and SpaceX are collaborating to enable picture messaging, data services, and voice calling.

The Honor 400 might debut as the world's first Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 Android smartphone in 2025, according to a new leak. Its series is also thought to get camera upgrades across the board, and to make up for the disappointing 300 line-up in an important respect.

Samsung is thought to launch the Galaxy F16 5G soon, as it has now appeared on a widely-used database of smartphones in advance of this event. The device has also popped up on Geekbench with the same SoC as the theoretically cheaper new F06 5G, although it might be higher-end in other ways.

Qualcomm has officially unveiled the Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 for mid-range smartphones. It comes with new Arm v9 CPU cores and a tri-cluster CPU. It is slated to launch soon alongside devices from Realme, Oppo or Honor.

iQoo's Z9 Turbo series has some of the best batteries on the Android smartphone market thus far - which will be blown away by their successors, according to the latest leak. The Z10 Turbo might also boast high-refresh-rate displays driven by a choice of new processors from MediaTek and Qualcomm.

Oppo is believed to release a version of its current vanilla flagship Android smartphone that retains all or most of its best features despite its smaller screen. Now, the Find X8 Mini is also tipped to become one of the first smartphones to launch with its OEM's latest extra physical button. It is thought to have the same function as the X8's Alert Slider, but with updated hardware.

The Nord 4 is one of the most distinctive devices in its ~$500 tier of the Android smartphone market thanks to its metal unibody design. Now, it is more up-to-date with a new version of OxygenOS 15. It is rated to confer improved AI tools as well as OnePlus' Share to iOS feature on the Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3-powered handset.

The 10R is officially slated to debut as a new addition to its iQoo Neo series of performance-focused Android smartphones soon. It is backed to disrupt its mid-range segment of the Indian market with high frame-rate gaming and a distinctive two-tone paint-job. The Neo 10R might also boast effective battery life thanks to its Qualcomm chipset.

The Galaxy A36 5G is thought to launch as the cheapest Android smartphone to support Samsung's 45W Super Fast Charging in 2025. Now, it might not be too long until we find out for sure, as it has joined its A56 5G sibling on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) database.

Motorola's current flagship foldable Android smartphone is known as the Razr Plus 2024 in North America and the Razr 50 Ultra elsewhere. Its successor might not sound like either anywhere, however, with possible evidence of a re-brand for its series emerging along with hints as to its potential for performance. On that note, the device seems primed to compete effectively with rivals such as the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip7 and Xiaomi Mix Flip 2.

Realme touts its current flagship Android smartphone to have the best display of its class, mostly because it is made of OLED sourced from Samsung. It could be outdone by the next-gen GT 8 Pro, however, with an improved resolution and possibly even slimmer bezels. The device could be in line for an internal storage upgrade.

The iQoo 12 became a last-gen smartphone in October 2024; however, it remains a powerful device with its 144Hz OLED display driven by the nearly top-end Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor. Now, it will stay more usable for longer with the announcement of an extension to its software support.

A South Korean media outlet reports Samsung Foundry has achieved promising results with its upcoming SF2 (3 nm class) node. A test batch of the Exynos 2600 resulted in 30% yields, meaning there's a good chance it could debut alongside the Galaxy S26 next year.

The Moto G Power (2025) has been unleashed on the US market as a new Android 15 smartphone. It is the bigger sibling of its Dolby Atmos-enhanced Moto G contemporary in a number of ways, albeit for $100 more. Can it live up to the last part of its name, though?

The Galaxy A36 5G is thought to launch with a significant charging upgrade compared to its predecessor in 2025. Now, its alleged model number has popped up in more documentation prior to its launch. The device also now seems to have its own warranty page on a Samsung website.

Xiaomi's next flagship clamshell Android smartphone is thought to come with various considerable improvements over its first-gen forebear. One of those has been thought to be a significantly larger battery - but not that much bigger after all, according to a new leak. Then again, the Mix Flip 2 might make up for that with the addition of some series-first features.

Samsung's latest flagship Android smartphone has attracted some criticism since its launch, mostly due to apparent hardware and feature downgrades compared to its predecessor. Now, popular channels such as JerryRigEverything have verified that the most obvious work-around for these problems do not work. On the other hand, the S25 Ultra might also be the most reparable member of its series thus far.

Realme's vice president has confirmed that the OEM's top-end GT series of Android smartphones will get a new member soon. It is hyped to get all the most performance-focused specs of the current GT 7 Pro, although it may not be for fans of mobile photography. Coincidentally, a handset matching that description has been floating around on the leaks circuit for a while.

The GT 7 is thought to launch soon as a newer, cheaper version of Realme's current flagship Android smartphone. It will have the same internal specs as its Pro sibling nonetheless, according to a new leak. It suggests that both devices have the same top-end chipset and amount of RAM.

The Mini version of Vivo's current flagship Android smartphone is finally ready to hit the international market, according to a new leak. The X200 Pro Mini challenges the Xiaomi 15 and iPhone 16 Pro with a similarly-sized OLED display, and is powered by the most powerful chipset MediaTek has to offer right now. It will become available in India to start with, according to a new leak.

The Samsung Galaxy A56 5G is expected to launch soon as an Android smartphones with one of the most important upgrades to be conferred on its series to date in 2025. It will have nothing to do with its reparability, according to a new leak. Then again, the handset is also now tipped to introduce a new version of Galaxy AI specifically for the Galaxy A line to the international market.

The 15 Ultra may have cleared the final hurdle to debut worldwide as Xiaomi's latest top-end Android smartphone. It has been spotted under the international version of its alleged model number as a new addition to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) database. Meanwhile, its optional Photography Kit grip has also reportedly been certified in China.

Tecno seems poised to bait Nothing with its own new smartphone teaser. The mystery handset also seems to have rear panel LEDs, albeit in a very different pattern to that of the Nothing 3(a) series as seen thus far, not to mention the device's own Pova-series forebear. It is slated to hit the Indian market "soon".

The Motorola Moto G (2025) has been released to the US market to do battle with the Samsung Galaxy A16 5G at the same ~$200 price-point with Android 15 and a 120Hz punch-hole display. The vegan leather-covered handset might be the one for those with distinctive esthetics, faster charging and audio features as priorities.

A new Vivo device called the V50 has been spotted on its way to a launch on the global market. It is projected to do so as a successor to India's latest Zeiss Cinematic Portrait smartphone, with a generational battery and charging upgrade. It may not come in the exact same color choices as its Chinese-market counterpart, however.

Xiaomi's Poco F7 is currently projected to become the Android smartphone that introduces the Snapdragon 8s Elite SoC to the global market. It is also thought to have Pro and Ultra siblings with an even more powerful Qualcomm chipset instead. However, only one of those devices is to be made available in one of the brand's biggest markets, according to a new leak.

The selection of affordable Android smartphones with 5G from Samsung in India seems poised to expand substantially with the launch of the Galaxy M16 and the Galaxy F16. Both devices are thought to be powered by the same mid-range MediaTek silicon and to have triple rear camera humps quite like that of the Galaxy Z Fold6.

The Galaxy A06 5G is thought to challenge the 2025 budget smartphone market with Android 15 soon. There are intriguing signs that it might do so with a new version of the same SoC as the higher-end A16 5G. Samsung India has just confirmed that a device with its supposed model number exists, thereby hinting that it will become official very soon.

iQoo has just confirmed that a new variant of the performance-focused Neo series of Android smartphones will become exclusive to the Indian market "soon". The 10R is rumored to launch with a Snapdragon 8-series platform optimized to deliver 90 frames per second (fps) when its 144Hz display is used for gaming. It is also projected to go for ~$350 or less on its release.

A device backed to launch as one of the most sought-after Android smartphones of 2025 has just been approved for sale in China, according to a typically reliable leaker. It has been certified to use the same relatively fast charging as the flagship Xiaomi 15, which might give it even more of an edge over its Samsung counterpart than its previous generation.

Realme is tipped to release yet another version of its new 14x smartphone, albeit one without the best camera currently present on the device. It also features a battery reduced in capacity compared to the handset sold in India with the same looks. Then again, the smartphone is now tipped to debut with near-flagship-level amounts of RAM and storage.

The Galaxy A56 5G seems to be on track to launch soon, having secured approval for sale from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The new leak apparently confirms a number of details about the upcoming Android smartphone, its series-first charging upgrade included.

The Realme 14x has been unleashed on the Indian market with the same advanced durability ratings and battery size as a new Android flagship for a fraction of the price. Not so in Malaysia, however, where the same smartphone is now available with significant compromises on both of its class-leading selling points.

Oppo's impending Find X8 Ultra has been thought to challenge the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra with the same top-end display as the pre-existing OnePlus 13. That is not exactly the case, according to the latest leak. It backs the X8 Ultra to blaze a trail for other super-premium Android handsets of the near future.

A reliable tipster has revealed what Samsung's upcoming Exynos 2500 has in store. It will feature a 10-core CPU, a 16 CU AMD RDNA 3 iGPU and LPDDR5x-9600 RAM. Rumours say it will debut alongside the Galaxy Z Flip 7 in August.

The Camon 40 Premier 5G will become Tecno's latest flagship mid-range Android smartphone in the near future, according to the latest leaks. They also suggest that its design mimics that of a higher-end device, although the two seem to have an advanced kind of telephoto lens in common. The 40 Premier is also now tipped to have relatively fast charging and NFC.

The Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra is finally official with some new camera sensors, a Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy, a larger vapour chamber and an S Pen bereft of Bluetooth connectivity.

The Realme Neo 7 currently purports to overpower even some current flagship Android smartphones with the size of its battery (and also the speed of its charging in some cases). The similar-sounding iQoo Neo series might be poised to overshadow it with its next flagships, however - even though they might be beaten in turn by more premium devices from the same brand.

An affordable smartphone that is supplied with updates for a long time—these two things don't usually go together. However, the Samsung Galaxy A16 5G proves that this is possible. The budget phone costs less than $200 and comes with 6 years of updates. During our test, the Galaxy A16 5G also showed that it offers solid features despite its low price.

A new leak has revealed a minor detail about Google's 2026 smartphone lineup. It will consist of four devices, all of which have a bear-themed codename.

Signs of what might be the one of the cheapest Samsung Galaxy M-series Android smartphone of 2025 have started to emerge online. It seems the device will have a lot in common with the rumored Galaxy F06 5G on its launch.

MediaTek is projected to refresh its current flagship SoC with a Plus version in the near future. Now, a famous leaker purports to estimate when this will happen in 2025. The processor might be faster than the Dimensity 9400 to some degree, and be found in a diverse range of Android smartphones.

Honor is now backed to release an expanded, range of flagship Android smartphones in 2025, a new small-screen option included. Pretty much all of them are tipped to run on the new top-end Snapdragon 8 Elite processor, the larger Magic V4 foldable device included. Honor is also now projected to upgrade other handsets with potentially significantly enlarged batteries soon.

The WP100 Titan is a 'projector smartphone' that might be more useful than most thanks to its unprecedentedly large battery. Oukitel has just announced its price and also a Super Early Bird discount that can be applied to that price on the 200MP main camera device's release. However, securing the deal comes with something of a caveat.

A new leak says Samsung could restrict some higher-end Galaxy S25 Ultra variants to a handful of markets. Only India, China, South Korea and Vietnam will get to buy the variant with 16 GB RAM.

A new Oppo Find N5 (aka OnePlus Open 2) Geekbench listing shows us how the 7-core Snapdragon 8 Elite variant fares against its 8-core counterpart. As expected, both chips fare similarly in single-core performance, and the difference is not anything to write home about in multi-core.

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