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Although Samsung's official update policy suggests that the Galaxy S20 series is only eligible to receive quarterly security patches three years after launch, the former flagship smartphones are still being updated on a monthly basis, which is a pleasant surprise for Android users who are still holding onto their beloved device.

Samsung has released its anticipated camera update for the Galaxy S23, Galaxy S23 Plus and Galaxy S23 Ultra. Available as AWF1, the 2.2 GB download contains various camera improvements and system stability improvements.

A renowned leaker has published a batch of official Galaxy Watch6 series images, the first released so far. The leak seemingly confirms that there will be no Galaxy Watch6 Pro. However, there will be 43 mm and 47 mm versions of the Galaxy Watch6 Classic, along with 40 mm and 44 mm versions of the regular Galaxy Watch6.

Google has been found to be silently adjusting delivery dates of Pixel Fold pre-orders. While the company originally stated that it would begin shipping its first foldable in June, some orders have been pushed back to July, with others now left languishing in August.

Realme has virtually been synonymous with having Madhav Sheth as a top executive for the length of its successful five-year tenure as a personal electronics brand. Now, however, the former CEO has announced that it is time to move on to another role. Sheth has led the company through its development from an increasingly popular smartphone OEM to one that now makes an entire ecosystem of tech products, laptops included.

Samsung is still a few weeks out from unveiling its next-generation Galaxy Z foldables. In the meantime, the first official image of the Galaxy Z Flip5 has surfaced online, confirming design changes from the Galaxy Z Flip4, including a new larger cover display.

Xiaomi has launched the Redmi 12, an inexpensive smartphone with a 90 Hz and 1080p display. Also packed with a 5,000 mAh battery and a 50 MP primary camera, the Redmi 12 will be available in multiple configurations with three launch colour options.

Retroid has confirmed the launch date of the Pocket 3 Plus Metal Edition, a revised gaming handheld with a new metal shell. Retroid has also added hall effect joysticks, which were missing from the original Pocket 3 Plus.

Google has added At a Glance functionality to the Pixel Watch. Arriving courtesy of a server-side change, At a Glance on the Pixel Watch functions as it does on Pixel smartphones, albeit with fewer features for now.

HMD Global is now selling the Nokia T21 in the US, over six months after it started offering the tablet in Europe. The Nokia T21 has a 10.4-inch IPS display, 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB of storage, plus an 8,200 mAh battery to keep it ticking over.

A Vivo executive has confirmed that iQOO plans to release a new version of the iQOO 11, six months after the flagship's launch. The iQOO 11S is expected to arrive later this year with 200 W fast charging and a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 or Dimensity 9300 chipset.

Vivo has begun teasing the X90s, soon to be the fourth member of the X90 series. The Vivo X90s will combine the new MediaTek Dimensity 9200+ with LPDDR5x RAM and UFS 4.0 flash storage, among other features.

Motorola have designed their new foldable, the Razr+, extremely well - not just in terms of looks, but also in terms of functionality. Even so, you are expected to cough up almost $1,200 for the phone. This article summing up the results of our review will tell you whether it's worth it.

Nothing has confirmed that it will launch its second-gen flagship smartphone with its second-gen skin for Android. Now, the OEM's CEO Carl Pei has confirmed that its inaugural mobile device will not be left behind, although its upgrade to stable Nothing OS 2.0 will come slightly later. The company has indicated that the update may make the Phone (1) look and behave very differently in the near future.

The Teclast T50 Pro is a new 11-inch tablet powered by a MediaTek Helio G99 chipset. Also equipped with 8 GB of RAM and 256 GB of storage, the T50 Pro utilises Android 13 and costs less than US$180.

New evidence about the Pixel Watch 2 has emerged, this time from the latest version of the Google app. Reputedly, Google has prepared two model variants, which it will launch alongside the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro this autumn.

Google is now rolling out the June 2023 Feature Drop to eligible Pixel smartphones. The new update introduces plenty of useful features from the Pixel 4a 5G onwards, including new safety functionality and software that can turn regular photos into 3D wallpapers.

The goal that Xiaomi is pursuing with its Redmi Note series can be summed up as follows: to offer every user the right mid-range smartphone. Accordingly, there are a number Redmi Notes to choose from, making it rather difficult to tell the models apart. Our little overview should help you to find the right Redmi Note.

Updated: Rumoured pricing added. Numerous official images of the Nord 3 have emerged online, thanks to a renowned leaker. The leak shows the upcoming mid-range smartphone from all sides and hints at a major change from the Ace 2V on which the Nord 3 is based.

Released in the final quarter of 2021, the Google Pixel 6 Android smartphone will get version and feature updates at least until the end of 2024, while security patches will be provided until late 2026. Now, the 34% discount available for the 128 GB black version makes it a very tempting deal at just US$397.53.

OPPO has reportedly divulged its Android 14 upgrade plans - and the list of eligible devices in question is markedly short. It also implies that smartphones released two years ago or less are being cut loose in terms of support. Then again, the leak pertain to one region only.

The Unihertz Jelly Star is an Android 13 smartphone that is only 95.1 mm tall and 49.6 mm wide. Based on the MediaTek Helio G99 chipset and 8 GB of RAM, the Jelly Star also has a 3-inch display, a 2,000 mAh battery and a 48 MP camera, all for approximately US$170.

The Honor 90 Lite is a new mid-range smartphone and the third model in the Honor 90 series. Available later this month for £249.99, the Honor 90 Lite comes with a 90 Hz display, a MediaTek Dimensity 6020 chipset and a 100 MP primary camera, among other features.

Nothing has finally confirmed when it will officially launch the Phone (2). Arriving in time for a summer 2023 release, the Phone (2) will combine a 6.7-inch display with a Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 chipset and a 4,700 mAh battery, among other features.

The top-tier Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra is currently on sale at Amazon. The 42% discount drops the price to US$699, which is the same price as the new Galaxy S23. The S22 Ultra offers similar performance to the S23 but adds a more robust camera system.

Kamila Wojciechowska has revealed full camera details for the Pixel 8, as well as its Pixel 8 Pro sibling. The same leaker has hinted at some of the features headed to this autumn's Tensor G3-based smartphones too.

Google has begun enabling full blood oxygen saturation monitoring on the Pixel Watch. Not available globally yet, the change arrives a few months before Google is expected to announce the Pixel Watch 2.

A new side-by-side comparison of three allegedly upcoming premium foldable Android smartphones shows that the OPPO Find N3 will upgrade to its OEM's latest top-end camera hump, whereas putative peers the Honor Magic V2 and Xiaomi Mix Fold 3 will not. Therefore, the former (thought to go global in 2023 under the OnePlus brand) may have more of an on-trend look than the other two hypothetical flagships.

TCL is an OEM with a smart TV line-up boasting variants with up-to-date technologies such as QLED and mini-LED. Now, the company has indicated that the next wave of these screens will come with access to "thousands" of movies and TV shows for free out of the box - albeit with ads. They will be part of a new UI provided by Cineverse, a global name in ad-supporting streaming services.

The FCC has published initial documentation for two of Samsung's next-generation flagship tablets. While the Galaxy Tab S9 has not appeared yet, the FCC has listed two versions of the Galaxy Tab S9 Plus and a sole Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra variant for now. All Galaxy Tab S9 models are expected to launch next month alongside new smartwatches.

Samsung's tradition of launching ultra-premium versions of its latest foldable smartphones as Chinese-market exclusives is now thought to continue in 2023 with the new "W24" series. They are slated to debut as even higher-end versions of the rumored Galaxy Z Fold5 and Flip5 - however, should that be the case, it seems they will fail to upgrade in one potentially significant respect.

Google has boasted of many refinements and improvements as Wear OS proceeds to its next major upgrade. Then again, the smartwatch UI has been observed to retain various little niggles and annoyances from its bad old days, the obligation to put a watch through a full factory reset in order to switch it between multiple smartphones included. However, according to a new leak, that bug has finally been squashed.

Samsung has reportedly confirmed that it will push the annual Galaxy Unpacked event for premium devices such as the Galaxy Z Fold5 and Flip5 forward to July in 2023, as opposed to its traditional early-August window. Now, according to some new leaks, this may be due to the launch specifically for the US and Canadian markets that will be occupying that time-slot this year.

iQOO India has announced that its Neo line of Android smartphones is going Pro for the first time later in 2023. The brand has yet to tease the new 7-series flagship in terms of specs, although it is thought to launch with an ex-flagship Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 SoC. It also stands a good chance of rocking fast 120W charging and a 120Hz display.

OnePlus' Nord 3 launch event is now thought to be on the horizon, thanks to the arrival of a device with its specs as rumored on the Geekbench database. The leak purports to confirm the smartphone's premium mid-range Android nature, with specs such as 16GB of RAM and Android 13 out of the box.

iQOO has inadvertently helped start the 2023 Android flagship refresh fire with talk of an "11S" that will supplant the current 11 and 11 Pro soon. These rumors have raised yet more steam with hints that the device will in fact combine the best advantages of both its predecessors soon, with, for example, a flat, high-quality AMOLED display driven by an even faster version of their processor.

Evidence of a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 engineering device has surfaced online. Benchmarked in AnTuTu v10, the 'qti Pineapple for arm64' development device appears to offer a healthy performance uplift from the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, even as an engineering device.

Motorola touts the new vanilla variant of its Razr Android smartphone series as the one most likely to finally democratize foldable technology, thanks to its mid-range specs. Then again, its predecessor the Razr 22 may have something to say about that, with the same 144Hz main display powered by the same processor as the higher-end Razr Plus/40 Ultra. It is still last-gen, though, with potentially attractive discounts in its future starting with one from its very own brand.

Qualcomm will debut the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 in October. That may still be five months away but more details of the next-gen flagship SoC have now surfaced in the wild, revealing core configuration details and both CPU and GPU performance indicators.

According to leakers, Samsung has improved the ruggedness of its foldables with its fifth-generation models. While Motorola has certified its new flagship foldable as IP52 certified, Samsung is expected to go even further with this summer's Galaxy Z Flip4 and Galaxy Z Fold5.

Xiaomi is preparing to release the Xiaomi 13 Ultra globally, having now confirmed its €1,499 launch price. Despite partnering with Leica, DxOMark has revealed that the Xiaomi 13 Ultra's camera system has a few weaknesses, particularly when compared against other current flagships.

Xiaomi has refreshed the CIVI 3, its latest mid-range smartphone that it offers with a 120 Hz AMOLED display and a modern MediaTek Dimensity SoC. While the new model retains the standard edition's hardware, Xiaomi has given the Disney 100th Anniversary Edition a Mickey Mouse makeover with accompanying accessories.

The Galaxy F54 5G is Samsung's latest mid-range smartphone, which it bases on an in-house chipset. Samsung equips the handset with a 120 Hz Super AMOLED display, a 108 MP camera and a 6,000 mAh battery, among other hardware.

Android 14 has now reached platform stability, courtesy of its third beta, ahead of its full release later this year. Beta 3 brings several new features to Android 14, as well as support for the Pixel 7a.

Asus has now confirmed a launch date for its next-gen premium smartphone, the Zenfone 10. The Asus Zenfone 10 is set to debut globally on June 29, although it remains unknown if it'll be a compact device like its predecessors or not.

Someone has got their hands on the Redmi 12 before its official release. Sporting a different design to most Xiaomi smartphones, the Redmi 12 is expected to be available later this month for under €200.

The MediaTek Dimensity 9300 is slated to right the wrong of its predecessor with big performance upgrades. More details on the chipset's CPU have now surfaced in the wild, along with early GPU benchmark numbers that indicate Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 parity.

The Xiaomi 14 series will debut later in the year. In addition to design and SoC upgrades, the next-gen flagship phones are expected to bring two new features that were sadly missing from the Xiaomi 13 and Xiaomi 13 Pro—if a new leak is anything to go by.