Leaks / Rumors

The first signs of the DIZO Watch R Talk have appeared online. Leaked by 91mobiles, the DIZO Watch R Talk is slated for release next month with an AMOLED display and a GPS module, among other features.

According to new reports, Samsung has settled on the camera design for the Galaxy S23 Ultra, next year's replacement for the Galaxy S22 Ultra. Reputedly due in January 2023, the Galaxy S23 Ultra is also expected to launch with a tweaked chassis that has less pronounced curves than its predecessor.

Sony has now announced an imminent product announcement event scheduled for September 1. While Sony does not specify, by most indications, the Japanese company will unveil its compact flagship for the year, the Xperia 5 IV, at that event.

Hardware leaker kopite7kimi is not done updating his RTX 40 hardware estimates. This time, the leaker reports on a few changes to the memory and power spec of the RTX 4080. The card, which is reportedly more powerful than the RTX 3090 Ti, is now slated to consume close to RTX 3090-levels of energy.

The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has been confirmed for a mid-November debut and will go up against Apple's A16 Bionic and MediaTek's potential Dimensity 9100. According to a new leak from China, however, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 could focus on efficiency, likely at the expense of raw performance.

Moon photos on iPhones could soon take an exponential leap in quality if potential clues left in the Apple Far Out event invitation point to reality. The Apple events website has been updated to promote the upcoming September 7 launch event, where it is expected the iPhone 14 range and Apple Watch Series 8 will be officially unveiled.

According to POCO's latest teaser, its next upcoming Android device might by powered by a new MediaTek Helio-series processor. Despite the affordable nature of the silicon, the brand also hints strongly at a finish often reserved for higher-end handsets. The resulting product might launch in India soon.

A leaked Cinebench R20 score of the AMD Ryzen 7 7700X Zen 4 processor has shown up online. It nets single and multi-threaded scores of 773 and 7,701, which are 25% faster than its Zen 3 counterpart, but slower than the Core i7-13700K, which scored 814 and 11,243.

The Asus ROG Phone 6D is supposedly on the way with a MediaTek Dimensity 9000+ in tow. Said phone has reported been put through the paces over at AnTuTu, yielding test results that edge out the vanilla ROG Phone 6 with a Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1.

Although the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 family is expected to arrive in October, a fresh leak revealed that the GeForce RTX 4090 with an impressive 24 GB of memory has been in production for more than a week already. This card is expected to feature four display connectors, namely a single HDMI and three DP.

AMD's Zen 4 X3D lineup could be launched sometime in H1, 2022. The Ryzen 7 7800X3D and Ryzen 9 7950X3D will use a second-generation V-cache and perform up to 30% faster than the corresponding Zen 4 processors.

Apple has confirmed that the next major iPadOS upgrade will indeed fail to arrive at the same time as that of iOS. The Cupertino giant has indicated that this is because it intends to skip v16.0 and progress directly to 16.1 instead for the stable update for the general public. Then again, the latest official statement on the matter might dash hopes for a truly macOS-like interface in an Apple tablet.

The Mate 50 series will make its grand debut on September 6 in China, and new leaks have now revealed more details about the phones, including camera information of the Mate 50 Pro, and Huawei's prime choice of SoC for the lineup.

Huawei has finally set a date for the debut of its Mate 50-series smartphones. Word of another new MatePad Pro that might do so alongside the premium handsets has arisen. The slate is said to have a high-end display and to run a version of HarmonyOS that may make it more 'PC-like' than ever before.

A supposed Sony Xperia 5 IV price tag has been unearthed that will delight those waiting to get their hands on the upcoming more-compact version of the Xperia 1 IV. In addition, there have been a couple of hints that the Xperia 5 IV could soon be launched, although one tipster claims there will be another Xperia model released beforehand.

Xiaomi may have the Xiaomi 12T and Xiaomi 12T Pro to release soon, but it is also preparing to release more flagship smartphones. Seemingly, the company has registered the Xiaomi 13 and Xiaomi 13 Pro with the EEC ahead of their global release. Meanwhile, the first members of the Redmi Note 12 series may have been spotted in a separate listing, also global models.

Xiaomi has taken another step in preparing to release the Xiaomi 12T series. Expected to feature the Xiaomi 12T and Xiaomi 12T Pro, the latter has now appeared on the Google Play Console with some familiar specifications. All in all, the Xiaomi 12T Pro should be a step up from the Xiaomi 11T Pro.

There has been mention of an iPhone 14 mini in a leaked list of seven Apple devices that are expected to be released within the next few weeks. The source of the list is a reliable and well-known leaker, meaning an Apple iPhone 14 mini could actually be on the cards while another iPhone 14 model gets cut.
Update: The source has now stated that the presence of the iPhone 14 mini on this list should be "viewed skeptically".

Two years after the debut of its last Mate flagship, the Mate 40 series, Huawei is set to return with a new generation of premium, business-oriented smartphones. The Huawei Mate 50 series is coming, and has now been confirmed for a September 6 launch event in China.

Garmin may have not officially presented the Venu Sq 2 yet, but the company briefly listed the smartwatch on its website. Confirmed to be arriving with a corresponding Music variant, the Venu Sq 2 has a squircle AMOLED display and a refined design, among other changes.

Bose is on the verge of replacing the QuietComfort Earbuds, introduced two years ago next month. Based on a substantial leak, the QuietComfort Earbuds II will take its place, which has a more compact design, up to 6 hours of battery life and active noise cancellation (ANC), among other features.

Industry analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has debunked earlier rumours about the Apple M2 Pro being manufactured on TSMC's latest N3 process. It will instead use the same TSMC N5P node used by the base M2 SoC announced earlier this year.

iQOO fans in India may be particularly surprised to learn that the brand has announced the launch of the Z6, as there already is a smartphone of that name on sale in their country. The device's refresh is on the way nonetheless, decked out with a confirmed charging upgrade and a rumored internal specs bump. It will debut alongside a probably budget Z6x variant in August 2022.

The Fitbit Inspire 3 has leaked again before its official launch. Specifically, Amazon Canada listed the fitness tracker early, seemingly confirming specifications, its price tag and its release date.

Asus launched its 2022 Android gaming flagships with the latest top-end processor from Qualcomm. However, according to a famous leaker, the OEM will switch to the MediaTek equivalent in an upcoming ROG Phone 6 variant. This 'D' edition is tipped to have the same cutting-edge specs, a 165Hz display and 6,000mAh battery included.

According to new rumours, Huawei is about the officially present the Watch GT 4, the successor to the near-year-old Watch GT 3 series. Allegedly billed for a September or October introduction, the Watch GT 4 could arrive alongside the Mate 50 series.

From the 200 MP camera to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, reports about the upcoming Galaxy S23 Ultra are plenty. This time we have a leak regarding the design of the next Ultra device. The information, if true, will disappoint fans who were hoping for a radical redesign.

Sony is expected to release the latest iteration of its compact smartphone this fall, and a recent certification from the Federal Communications Commission in the US has now apparently confirmed some welcome technical upgrades for Sony Xperia 5 IV, which will probably support wireless charging and also come with a 3.5mm headphone jack.

The OnePlus 10 Pro launched much earlier in the year but was met with a rather lukewarm reception. That may change next year with the OnePlus 11 Pro, however, with a new leak now raising hype for the OnePlus's next-gen flagship phone.

OPPO has revealed that it has second-gen Enco Buds ready to launch. The OEM asserts that the upcoming likely mid-range TWS earbuds will have "strong" bass despite their relatively small driver size. Therefore, they are rated to unleash quality audio, starting with the Malaysian market.

New iPad tablets and M2-powered Mac computers are apparently on the menu for an Apple October special event according to a well-known analyst. The latest iPad and iPad Pro models are in for an overhaul in comparison to their predecessors, while fans could be treated to a brand-new MacBook Pro laptop before the year is out.

Motorola's global Twitter channel has just invited consumers to come and find their "Edge" within a new launch event set for early September 2022. The OEM is keeping the actual products in question a mystery for now; however, its tag-line and new teaser gif hint strongly at new mobile devices - Android smartphones that recently debuted in China with top-end specs, maybe.

The Huawei Mate 50 series might be severely delayed at this stage; however, a new leak asserts that they will be novel and interesting enough to be worth the wait. It consists of a spec dump pointing to FHD+ AMOLED displays for each variant, even the probably more budget E variant. The new tip also purports to reveal exactly what makes their rear cameras XMAGE for the first time.

It has been reported that Samsung has confirmed with its manufacturing partners that the Galaxy S23 Ultra phone will sport a 200 MP main camera sensor. In addition, it is also believed the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra will also utilize Qualcomm’s 3D Sonic Max fingerprint sensor and feature faster storage.

Wear OS has a history of lacking features a user might need or want in their smartwatch, one of which is the level of difficulty involved in pairing one to a new mobile device without a complete wipe of user data and settings. Now, however, a new code leak hints that a wearable running a future version of Google's UI will become able to back its profile up to a first-party cloud soon.

Xiaomi has announced that new electronics from 2 categories will hit the Indian market soon. The intriguingly-named Notebook Pro 120G will join a "series" of 4K smart TVs that, while new to this country, might be re-brands of products already on the Chinese market. Nevertheless, with the bezels and specs as advertised or hinted at thus far, prospective customers are unlikely to care all that much.

A well-known Youtuber has obtained prototypes of the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro, other examples of which emerged earlier this year. While the pair resemble Google's current flagship smartphones, the company has refined its design language with the Pixel 7 series. As a result, the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro are smaller than their predecessors, among other changes.

DJI has confirmed the launch date for its next drone, which it will unveil during a 'Born to Fly' hardware event. Scheduled for later this month, the announcement arrives alongside more DJI Avata leaks. This time, the upcoming drone's full specifications have surfaced, confirming its flight time, its camera and its special features, among other things.

Huawei's Mate 50 series persists in being the stuff of speculation rather than launching as real-life belated flagship-grade phablets. Most recently, a famous leaker insists that the line will include a successor for the Mate 40 RS. An image of some cases purports to corroborate that allegation, although it may prove less than genuine.

The FiiO M11S should arrive later this month, ahead of which two videos have revealed its design and various specifications. Unsurprisingly, the FiiO M11S resembles the FiiO M11 Pro, albeit with a few changes.

Famed Bilibili leaker Extreme Player has posted the entire Intel Raptor Lake CPU list online. It details key specifications of processors, complete with their K, non-K and F variants. Entry-level models such as the Core i5-13500, Core i5-13400 and Core i3-13100 are also included.

A major retailer has revealed the Suunto 9 Peak Pro ahead of schedule. Listed for its rumoured €449 price tag, the Suunto 9 Peak Pro will provide significantly better battery life than the Suunto 9 Peak, among other changes.

Lenovo's major Legion mobile tech product launch's reality has also just gone virtual with the announcement of the new VR700. The new headset is powered by the up-to-date Snapdragon XR2 chipset to power immersive gameplay or simulate a home theater-like streamed content experience. It will debut alongside its brand's new flagship smartphone later in August 2022.

Samsung has posted a promo teaser clip for an upcoming SSD that the company has labelled as “The Ultimate SSD”. It is believed this may be the Samsung 990 Pro NVMe M.2 SSD that has already made an appearance on the PCI-SIG website. Hopes that the 990 Pro could be a 13 GB/s-capable PCIe 5.0 SSD may have been dashed, though.

The Intel Core i5-13600HX has shown up on the BAPCo Crossmark database. It has six performance cores and eight efficiency cores, for a total of 14 cores and 20 threads. Key specs such as its base/boost clocks are unknown, but the HX name tag suggests that its TDP could be around 55 Watts.

Polestar has noted that its recently-unveiled concept of an open-top electric roadster met with immense "positive reception" - so much so, in fact, that the brand is going to turn it as a commercial car. It will launch as the Polestar 6 LA Concept edition and is projected to achieve 150+ mph speeds - however, it will also be available in limited numbers and at a potentially shocking price.

It seems the launch date for the Apple iPhone 14 is closer to being set in stone thanks to the recent contribution of one of the industry’s most well-informed analysts. The actual iPhone 14 release date will likely be nine days later, with the whole launch, pre-orders, and release (sales) process arguably being hastened because of recession “risks”.

Multiple reports from Taiwanese news outlets suggest that the M2's successor, the Apple M2 Pro, will be mass produced later this year. It will use TSMC's cutting-edge N3 node and power MacBooks/Mac Minis sometime in 2023/2024.

Apparently, Google plans to follow in the footsteps of Apple with the Pixel Tablet, the expected name for the former's inaugural Pixel-branded tablet. Mirroring recent iPads, it seems that the Pixel Tablet will not support any 32-bit applications. Discovered in Android 13 code, the software limitation should improve efficiency for the 2023-bound tablet, among other advantages.

AMD’s upcoming Zen 4-based Ryzen 7000 chips are almost upon us. All SKUs including the Ryzen 5 7600X, the Ryzen 7 7700X, and the Ryzen 9 7900X are rumored to offer respectable performance improvements over their predecessors. Now, thanks to a user on AnandTech forums, we have our first real image of the Ryzen 7 7700X.