Leaks / Rumors

A prolific leaker has revealed how much Starfield could cost at launch. The base game will retail at US$69.99 and the maxed-out Constellation Edition at US$299. Microsoft and Bethesda will reveal more about the latter's contents at Starfield Direct on June 11.

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.

AMD has announced that the Ryzen 8000 desktop CPU roster will contain Strix Point APUs. The Strix Point APUs are expected to combine Zen 5 cores and RDNA 3+/3.5 iGPU for discreet board-level graphics performance. According to the latest Moore’s Law Is Dead video, the desktop Strix Point chips may only pack Zen 5 cores skipping on small Zen 5c cores.

A supposed line drawing of what is expected to be the Sony Xperia PRO-I II smartphone has been shared on social media. While there is little to be gleaned from the drawing itself in terms of specs, there is a huge and obvious visual difference between the Sony Xperia PRO-I and its potentially upcoming successor, presuming this is not a case of a snake eating its own tail.

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.

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.

Sony is rumoured to be lining up a WF-1000XM5 release soon, possibly as early as later this week. In the meantime, a renowned leaker has shared high-resolution official images of the forthcoming earbuds in its two launch colours.

Leica is now selling the Cine 1, almost a year after it started teasing the ultra-short throw projector series. The Leica Cine 1 series comes in three variants, all with Summicron lenses. The new projectors should receive a global release later this year but are now orderable in Europe.

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.

Leaker All_The_Watts has revealed specifications of five upcoming RDNA 3 mobile GPUs. The RX 7800M XT occupies the top of the leaked lineup with bring 60 Compute Units, 16 GB of RAM, and a 165 W TDP, while the bottom is served by the RX 7800S with 48 CU, 12 GB of memory, and a 120 W TDP.

Amazfit is preparing to release two new smartwatches. Purportedly to be sold under the Cheetah series, the Cheetah and Cheetah Pro have sporty designs and could be the A2292 and A2294 that were previously thought of as the Amazfit GTR 5 series.

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.

Bluetooth and LTE versions of two forthcoming Galaxy Watch6 models have surfaced at the FCC, underlining their imminent release. Thought to be the 40 mm and 44 mm versions of the Galaxy Watch6, the pair should also be joined by more high-end options under Samsung's 'Classic' or 'Pro' branding.

After revealing the preliminary specifications of the Zen 5 architecture, Paul from RedGamingTech has given some more details regarding the new architecture. The leaker now alleges that AMD Zen 5 processors could have a larger L1 cache and a boost frequency of up to 6 GHz.

Reputedly, Sony is days away from revealing the WF-1000XM5. In the meantime, a retailer has shared numerous Sony WF-1000XM5 specifications, along with a sneak peek at the earbuds' design.

The release of the Nothing Phone (2) is still at least a month away. Nonetheless, a renowned leaker has revealed what the upcoming smartphone looks like and how it differs from the current Phone (1).

The Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro are not due to arrive until the autumn with the Tensor G3. However, a leaker has shared numerous details about the next-generation chipset, including AV1 encoder support, an Immortalis GPU and ARM v9 CPU cores, among other features.

The Pixel 8 series will debut later in the year powered by Google's third-gen Tensor chipset. The Tensor G3 appears to have made an early trip over to Geekbench, putting up numbers that indicate worse CPU performance than even last year's Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1.

Apple is now backed by more industry leaders than ever before to re-imagine itself as the next big extended-reality (XR) brand during its imminent WWDC23 event. The Cupertino giant is now tipped to offer the conference's attendees the chance to test the hardware in question in person, which, according to the latest leaks, will strive to stay ahead of its competition with high-tech internals and a compelling UX.

Apple Savings has reportedly attracted about US$100 million in deposits since launching in the US in April 2023. Now, however, some of its customers have gone public with claims that trying to get their money out of the accounts in question took weeks in some cases, while others claim that their balances never updated following such a transaction. Is the Cupertino giant's consumer 'financial wellness' drive all that healthy?

Google will finally release the Android equivalent of iOS' Battery Health screen for the first time. The facility is thought to land with the software's next major upgrade, although it might be accessed in its latest betas for the Mountain View's Pixel 7-series flagships. It is thought to yield useful information such as charging cycles and total capacity right from the system UI for the first time.

Intel is expected to unveil the "Arrow Lake" CPUs next year which will be followed by "Lunar Lake" chips focused on laptops and ultrathin notebooks. Leaker Moore’s Law Is Dead has alleged that Panther Lake processors could debut in late 2025. Beyond Panther Lake, Team Blue is also reportedly working on the “Beast Lake” CPU architecture.

According to the latest leak by Moore’s Law Is Dead, Intel Meteor Lake is expected to beat AMD’s latest Zen4 Phoenix processors while the 2024 Arrow Lake CPUs reportedly perform up to 40% better in multi-threading vs Raptor Lake CPUs. Furthermore, the leaker claims that Intel will use TSMC’s 3 nm process for the ARL-S desktop Core i9/Core i7 and laptop Core i5/i7 processors.

Qualcomm typically introduces its latest top-of-the-line chipset for mobile devices during its yearly Snapdragon Summit conference. The OEM has confirmed that it will hold such an event in 2023 - just about a month earlier than usual. Meanwhile, a famous leaker asserts that it will be followed by the first smartphone to be based on the potentially cutting-edge 8 Gen 3 SoC not long after that.

Motorola India has alerted its fans that it will "Flip the Script" for its next major product event. That is because it is now slated to unleash the OEM's latest foldable clamshell Android smartphone on another new market. It is backed to bring its enlarged cover display and all its new software tweaks with it to its new home.

There has been some considerable conjecture over what the recently discovered mysterious Samsung SM-S919O device could actually be. A couple of well-known leakers have been offering their opinions, with one stating it could be a Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra Exynos 2300 smartphone and the other opining that the Galaxy Note series could be in for a surprise revival.

Xiaomi appears to be laying the groundwork for a Xiaomi 13 Ultra global release later this month. While the company has not shared anything official yet, it has now scheduled two release dates outside China.

A leaker has revealed extensive details about the Redmi 12, a mid-range smartphone that Xiaomi is said to be releasing next month. Allegedly, the Redmi 12 will launch with a 90 Hz and 1080p display, a 5,000 mAh battery and a 50 MP primary camera, among other hardware.

Wccftech managed to sneakily run a quick Cinebench R23 multi-core test on the Intel Meteor Lake-P processor in MSI's upcoming Prestige 16 laptop, which is currently on display at Computex 2023. The results showed scores that are only comparable to Comet Lake-U processors indicating that this Meteor Lake CPU isn't working at full capacity just yet.

The Find N3 foldable Android smartphone may be the next high-end mobile device to launch from OPPO. Now, it is thought to be joined on stage by a new smartwatch with the premium specs to match. It is tipped to have its Watch 3 Pro predecessor's cutting-edge curved build, yet outdo it in terms of battery size and dual-processor integration.

Nearly four years after the release of its predecessor, rumours have surfaced that an updated Sony Alpha a6700 high-end APS-C camera will be unveiled on July 12 with an updated sensor and processor, as well as a slightly redesigned body. The new a6700 is set to feature the same AI-enabled BIONZ XR image processor as found in the ZV-E1 full-frame vlogging camera, resulting in some serious video chops.

Samsung took a disproportionate amount of orders for the OLED displays found in the iPhone 14 range during their production compared to other main display suppliers LG and BOE. The former is now said to have gained some ground back in this respect in 2023, having secured a contract to make an increased volume of "15 Pro" and "15 Pro Max" panels. Then again, Samsung may still be content with their additional vanilla "15" and "15 Plus" orders.

Fiat has announced that it is reviving one of its most legendary pieces of branding in a new all-electric vehicle (EV). Then again, the new Topolino is not so much a car as it is a quadricycle. It is, as such, pitched at the extreme budget end of the EV market, and is now hyped as so metropolitan, sustainable and stripped-back that even its doors are optional.

Powkiddy is preparing to release a new compact gaming handheld. Thought to be the Max 3 Pro or the RGB10 Max 3 Pro, the device is expected to arrive with a 5-inch display and has a design reminiscent of the RGB10 Max.

According to reports from a renowned Apple analyst, Apple has developed two new Mac desktops based on M2 Pro and M2 Ultra chipsets. Codenamed Mac 14.13 and Mac 14.14, the pair are rumoured to arrive later this year as new Mac Studio machines.

Motorola will soon unveil the Razr 40 series, consisting of the Razr 40 and Razr 40 Ultra. A leaker has shared the latter's full specification sheet ahead of tomorrow's launch, confirming a rather limited IP rating. Motorola is already advertising the Razr 40 Ultra in Europe, too.

Early signs of the Xiaomi 14 series have been spotted, at least 6 months before the expected arrival of the Xiaomi 14 or Xiaomi 14 Pro. Chinese and global models have been seen so far, although a renowned leaker claims to have been privy to a mysterious 'N7' model too.

According to a new report, the Google Pixel Watch 2 will feature two major changes from last year's model. Supposedly, Google has turned to Qualcomm for its second-generation smartwatch, with a Snapdragon W5 Gen 1 chipset set to deliver significant battery life improvements. Google will also install cEDA and skin temperature sensors in the Pixel Watch 2, equivalents of which Fitbit already offers in the Sense 2.

The successor to last year's GoPro Hero 11 Black has surfaced online. Debuting on the TDRA database, the Hero 12 Black is alleged to feature a new rear display, which GoPro will market as an 'Edge-to-Edge' touchscreen.

Analyst Ross Young has provided more details about the colour options Samsung has created for the Galaxy Z Flip5 and Galaxy Z Fold5. While the pair are expected to share a few options, there will be more colours available for the Galaxy Z Flip5 than the Galaxy Z Fold5.

It appears AMD’s bet of reducing the price of the RX 7600 mere days before the press reviews went live seems to have worked as the newest report from Moore’s Law Is Dead claims that the RDNA 3 GPU outsold Team Green’s mid-ranger at launch. Per the leaker’s sources, the RTX 4060 Ti appears "to have sold 1/10th as well as the RTX 4070 did on its launch week".

A new leak says the MediaTek Dimensity 9300 will feature four Cortex-X4 and four Cortex-A720 cores, ditching the Cortex-A5xx cluster entirely. Its performance supposedly surpasses that of the Apple A17 Bionic and likely the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3.

Volvo has announced that it will introduce its "smallest ever SUV" in mid-2023. The EX30 is tipped to launch as an all-electric vehicle with a range of up to 298 miles, albeit with a smaller battery than that of the XC40. Nevertheless, it is also touted to deliver perks such as advanced safety in a "more enjoyable" package.

OnePlus is now thought to launch a second-gen Ace Pro in China - which, if so, is an increasingly sure sign that it might debut as a new variant of the flagship 11 in the rest of the world. However, it might not have that Android smartphone's design this time around - in fact, it could look much more like the latest mid-ranger from OPPO instead.

A leaker has revealed what this year's Redmi K60 Ultra and Xiaomi 13T Pro will look like. Both due towards the tail end of 2023, the pair are expected to launch with 144 Hz displays and MediaTek Dimensity 9200 Plus chipsets, among other features.

The "iPhone 15 Pro Max" is currently thought to be the world's first top-end Apple handset with a USB type-C port. However, according to a new tip, that is one of its very few substantial hardware upgrades. The leak purports to debunk claims of a new main camera for the upcoming flagship smartphone - then again, it might get more RAM than the 14 Pro Max.

The well-known Bloomberg correspondent Mark Gurman claims to have been able to test the upcoming third-gen Quest headset from Meta ahead of its launch. Its apparently mixed reality (MR) -focused build is described as updated in some areas compared to its predecessor, although it may fall short of its rumored impending Apple rival in some respects.

The memory specifications for the Sony Xperia 1 V RAM and storage have been shared by a well-known leaker. At the same time, a new rumor has sprung up about the storied Xperia line claiming that Sony could return to something like the Ambient Flow design that was sported by devices such as the Xperia XZ2 for a future smartphone.