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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.

CheckMag The combination of the Snapdragon X processor and Windows 11 24H2 has given the Windows on ARM platform a significant performance boost. But do older ARM laptops also benefit from the improved version of Windows 11?

The next generation of Samsung Galaxy A-series smartphones are projected to bring unprecedented charging speeds to their line, albeit in their higher-end variants. The presumably cheaper A26 5G is also backed to be able do its own thing too, however, which involves being available in multiple countries looking like a non-foldable, waterdrop-notched Galaxy Z Fold6.

Realme is said to have a vanilla version of its current Android flagship in the works - and the smartphone in question is apparently matching that description more and more by the leak. Its latest tip makes reference to the same class-leading wired charging speed found in the pre-existing GT 7 Pro.

The Magic7 Pro is Honor's flagship smartphone for 2025 and during our test, it impressed us with its extensive features, long battery runtimes and good camera setup. However, it isn't entirely without its weaknesses. We have summarized our test for you here.

A new leak has shed light on how much the Galaxy S25, Galaxy S25 Plus and Galaxy S25 Ultra could cost in India. The first two will get a minor price bump, while the third will cost the same as its last-gen counterpart.

A new leak gives us our first look at the Galaxy S25 Slim. Design-wise, it doesn't deviate from its non-Slim counterparts, but that's fine because its key selling point will be its razor-thin form factor.

The Oppo A5 Pro recently debuted as a new Android smartphone with an unusually high amount of ingress protection for its mid-tier specs. Now, it is said to have a vanilla sibling in the wings with the same design and display. However, the plain "A5" might have an even bigger battery, as well as a processor from Qualcomm rather than MediaTek.

Apple is thought to launch an ultra-slim version of the latest iPhone in 2025. Its edge in terms of design might come with a major trade-off, however, according to a typically accurate leaker. The same might apply to the 17 Air's Samsung counterpart, the Galaxy S25 Slim.

The X200 Pro Mini is touted to pack all the main advantages of Vivo's latest flagship Android smartphones in a smaller package than normal. However, it still has one or two potentially crucial limitations, one of which concerns its in-display biometrics. Its successor is now projected to address this discrepancy, although it will not become available until much later in the year.

Realme has certified a new Android smartphone that reportedly looks exactly like the new 14x. However, this version is compromised in virtually every aspect of that device's specs by comparison. Then again, that means the upcoming handset should not cost much more than $100 on its launch.

Honor touts its 300 series as the best 50MP photography machines on the mid-range Android smartphone market. However, the devices' battery capacities are indifferent at best, especially compared to some other new handsets out there. That issue is now believed to have been comprehensively addressed in the next generation.

The RedMagic 10 Pro is the only Android smartphone with an advanced camera-under-display screen, active cooling and the latest top-end Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC on the global market right now. It has just become available in a new colorway that might appeal more to fans of the Stormtrooper look. The updated take on the 10 Pro's sophisticated hardware goes for just under $700 in countries such as the US.

The Galaxy A36 5G is now backed to be one of a range of smartphones that will boot Android 15 out of the box that Samsung will bring to the US market, thanks to its latest leaks. They also purport to confirm some more of the device's specs, which include the same charging upgrade reportedly headed to the higher-end A56 5G.

The Xiaomi 15 Ultra's latest leak seems to confirm that it is the first of its top-end line to come with the ability to make calls via satellite as a standard feature. There will be a second, truly top-end variant of the upcoming flagship Android smartphone with an even more advanced communications feature, however.

Vivo is expected to unleash the X200 Ultra as its highest-end Android smartphone to date soon. However, a new leak purports to throw some wrenches into plans to buy it for some consumers with rumors of an iterative upgrade on the same device that might debut later in 2025. Meanwhile, Vivo is now tipped to launch just one smartphone with MediaTek's allegedly forthcoming Dimensity 9400 Plus platform.

The Poco X7 Pro is the first Android smartphone on the global market with a custom version of the new Dimensity 8400 silicon from MediaTek. It might not have that feature to itself for too long, as the Neo 7 SE will supposedly rise to challenge it with an even bigger battery. Then again, the supposed Realme mid-ranger is also said to inherit a potential drawback from its series' flagship.

Xiaomi has introduced the Poco X7 series globally. The Poco X7 series consists of two models: the vanilla Poco X7 and the Poco X7 Pro model. The Poco X7 Pro 5G has a 120 Hz AMOLED display, a 50 MP primary camera, a MediaTek Dimensity 8400 Ultra chipset, and a huge 6,000 mAh battery, among other features. It is now available via Xiaomi’s official website.

Xiaomi has announced its latest Redmi 14C 5G smartphone in India. Xiaomi’s affordable 5G smartphone comes with a large 6.88-inch display, a Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 chipset, a 50 MP primary camera, and a 5,160 mAh battery, among other features.

The new Dimensity 8350 processor for Android smartphones is headed for India in the form of the Reno 13 series. The country's next Oppo AI smartphones are touted as stylish mobile photography machines that may also support flagship-level wireless charging. The vanilla 13 also seems to have acquired a new color option for its new market.

Realme has a new version of its latest flagship Android smartphone in the works, according to a new leak. It seems to have all the highest-end specs of the existing GT 7 Pro - the only device with Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC and a Samsung display - except for one. Accordingly, this allegedly upcoming vanilla option might be more affordable as a result.

The Xiaomi 15 Pro is one of the best smartphones of 2024, as it comes with the Snapdragon 8 Elite and powerful Leica cameras at a fair price. Read our detailed review to find out whether the smartphone is worth purchasing.

Huawei has launched the Enjoy 70X smartphone in China. Huawei’s new mid-range smartphone comes with a Beidou satellite connectivity feature. Other features include a 120 Hz AMOLED panel, a 50 MP primary sensor, 8 GB of RAM, and a large 6,100 mAh battery that supports 40 W wired charging. The device is now available for pre-order in China via Huawei’s online store.

Apple is once again tipped to have iPhones with series-first variable aperture cameras and advanced periscope zoom lenses in the pipeline. However, they might still lag behind the rumored Slim version of the Samsung Galaxy S25 on their launch in terms of cutting-edge zoom.

Motorola India has confirmed that it will unleash the Moto G05 on the market in January 2025. The smartphone is already being hyped as the one to bring Android 15 to its price-bracket, not to mention its brightest display and most advanced 50MP rear camera. The G05 is finished in vegan leather in a choice of 2 Pantone-curated colors.

Honor has introduced its latest mid-range smartphone, the Magic7 Lite. It has an AMOLED display, a Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 chipset, a 108 MP primary camera, and a large 6,600 mAh silicon-carbon battery. The device also comes loaded with features like Magic Capsule, Magic Portal, and Parallel Space.

The recent One UI 6.1 update put some Galaxy S22 phones in a boot loop. Some users have got around it by using an old trick to revive dying electronics.

The Android smartphone brand Vivo is thought to establish a new spin-off called Jovi soon. The sub-brand might specialize in affordable handsets with mid-tier specs, if leaks supposedly linked to its inaugural product are anything to go by. The device is thought to succeed an existing smartphone with an on-trend large battery and 120Hz display.

Xiaomi has officially confirmed the launch date of the Redmi 14C 5G for India. The affordable 5G smartphone will launch on 6 January 2025 in India and other markets. Ahead of the launch, Xiaomi has confirmed the display and color options of the Redmi 14C smartphone.

Redmi has confirmed that it will start its 2025 with the launch of the world's first Dimensity 8400 Ultra smartphone. Now, the Turbo 4 is also thought to come in a choice of three colors quite like those of OnePlus' latest flagship killer. Then again, the Redmi device might make more compromises in order to be more affordable.

Vivo has reportedly confirmed that it will release just one foldable Android smartphone in 2025. The "X Fold5" (or "5 Pro") is slated to debut alongside the OEM's first ever extended reality (XR) headset, like that of Apple. In addition, a Zeiss-enhanced mobile photography flagship with a new dedicated imaging co-processor is on the way.

Specifications of the MediaTek Dimensity 9500 have leaked online. The SoC reportedly features a new "Travis + Gelas" CPU architecture with eight cores. The leak also alleges a big clock speed boost for the SoC with the Dimensity 9500's two big cores alleged to reach up to 4 GHz.

Huawei is now projected to bring satellite messaging to an affordable tier of the Chinese smartphone market with the Enjoy 70X. The device might also have a new version of the Kirin 8000 processor, a 50MP rear camera and a design ported from a higher-end device.

The Galaxy S25 Slim is tipped to launch as a new kind of flagship Android smartphone from Samsung in the new year. It is believed to have the OEM's most cutting-edge rear cameras as well as a new, thinner form-factor in order to compete with the rumored iPhone 17 Air. However, it has been left out of the latest leak that lists the devices set to launch during the imminent major January 2025 Unpacked event.

Google touts its Pixel 9 Pro Fold as its best foldable Android smartphone yet thanks to its upgraded Tensor chipset and thinner, more "elegant" build. It is also the first Gemini AI-powered device of its series. The Super Actua Flex display flagship is now available for $300 off its normal list price for 1 day only.

The Galaxy A56 will debut as a new mid-range Android smartphone in multiple regions worldwide, according to a new leak. It is believed to bring a number of in-demand Samsung features to its affordable tier of the market, the OEM's fastest charging for mobile devices included.

Redmi is now thought to build on the success of the K70 Extreme Edition (or Xiaomi 14T Pro for the global market) with an even more powerful smartphone called the K80 Ultra. However, other brands are currently working on challengers with the same updated top-end MediaTek Dimensity-series silicon - except for Honor, which has other ideas for its upcoming "GT Pro".