Leaks / Rumors

According to a famous Weibo leaker, Lenovo will debut at least 1 new Android slate in China soon. One of them is said to be a 2022 Xiaoxin Pad Pro (or Tab P12 Pro elsewhere on earth) that will come with upgraded fast charging as well as a 2.5K OLED screen. However, it seems compromises have been made in order to bring those high-end specs to the market.

Serial leaker Paul from RedGamingTech is at it again with a plethora of information regarding the upcoming AMD RDNA 3 graphics cards. The information includes the complete SKU list including alleged hardware specifications. The leaker has also revealed the launch date of different RDNA 3 GPUs.

After debuting the Nothing Phone (1) earlier in the month, it appears Carl Pei's Nothing may be set to bring another device to the market this year. This phone is supposedly referred to as a "Lite" version of the Nothing Phone (1), although it retains most of the hardware of the Snapdragon 778G+ device.

According to recent leaks, the Mate 50 series of premium-tier phablets from Huawei is definitely on the way, despite the ever-increasing slack in the time-line relative to their predecessors. On that note, a knowledgeable Weibo tipster once again asserts that they will launch, albeit even later than earlier thought. Meanwhile, screen protectors allegedly made for the upcoming 50 and 50 Pro might corroborate earlier reports of potentially odd display-tech decisions on the part of their OEM.

Samsung's next-generation foldable smartphones remain a few weeks away. However, a reliable leaker has shared official pictures of the Galaxy Z Fold4 in its three launch colours, confirming the device's design and features. The same leaker has also provided more renders of the Galaxy Z Flip4, confirming the presence of a side-mounted fingerprint scanner for another year.

More pricing details have emerged for Samsung's next-generation earbuds. Launching as the Galaxy Buds2 Pro, the high-end earbuds will compete against the likes of the AirPods Pro and the new Pixel Buds Pro. Surprisingly, the Galaxy Buds Pro could cost a fair bit more than the outgoing Galaxy Buds Pro, which would make it almost as expensive as the AirPods Pro.

Xiaomi's very public dream of being a company that makes electric vehicles (EVs) as well as most popular consumer devices and gadgets has reportedly lost its initial momentum as of late. The current breakneck speed of the Chinese automotive industry has thrown a regulatory roadblock in the leading OEM's path to officially becoming an auto-maker in its own country.

Sony's second-gen virtual reality (VR) headset for the PlayStation (or PS VR2) is still on the road to launch at the moment. However, the Japanese hardware giant has taken pity on its fans with a new preview of what the accessory should be capable of on its debut. They include a See-Through View mode, the ability to record gameplay and play-area mapping.

Apple has already confirmed that iOS 16 will feature a revised lock screen with more customisation options. Now, a new beta build has highlighted what Apple's new lock screen will look like on the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max with their always-on display (AOD) functionality activated.

Extreme Player over at Bilibili put the Intel Core i7-13700K and Core i5-13600K through a host of benchmarks such as Cinebench R23, AIDA64, 3DMark Time Spy and Geekbench. The Raptor Lake processors outperformed their Alder Lake counterparts by a significant margin, but it came at the price of a higher power draw.

OnePlus has yet to launch its new, Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1-powered Android smartphone, the 10T. However, the brand has already announced that the device will be the first from its line with 16GB of RAM. It is also touted as an entertainment powerhouse thanks to its "silky-smooth" 120Hz display.

More information has now been revealed about Xiaomi's upcoming tablet lineup, the Xiaomi Pad 6 series. Apparently, the Chinese company is lining up the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 for one of the devices in the lineup, with that model likely to be the 14-inch tablet rumored to rival the Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra.

The Xiaomi 12T Pro has shown itself on an IMEI database as the 22081212UG. Intended to be released globally, the Xiaomi 12T Pro is rumoured to feature a Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 SoC, a 120 Hz AMOLED display, 120 W wired charging and a 200 MP camera, among other features.

An unknown AMD Ryzen 6000 series processor, likely the Ryzen 3 6400 or Ryzen 3 6300, has been benchmarked on Geekbench. In the CPU benchmark, it scored 1,321 and 4,261 in the single and multi-core tests. Its RDNA2 iGPU pushed its OpenCL benchmark score to 13,755.

Lenovo is geared to release its first Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 device shortly. The Lenovo Legion Y70 has been confirmed to debut on August 13 as a mid-year replacement for the Legion Y90. Marketing images and specs of the performance-focused phone have also leaked ahead of that date.

These latest prototype pictures of the Audi Q6 Sportback e-tron show that the German automaker’s upcoming electric SUV looks quite similar its smaller sister model. Although the exterior design is no big surprise, most differences to the Q4 e-tron will probably be found under the hood.

If the rumors are true, the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra will come equipped with a new 200 MP main camera. While information regarding the auxiliary shooters has been scarce, Galaxy Club has now shed some light on the telephoto unit on the Galaxy S23 Ultra and it may be disappointing to some fans.

The successors of the Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 and MediaTek Dimensity 8100 are in the works. While the Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 has failed to challenge the Dimensity 8100, the next-gen chipsets look set to be on par, thanks in part to TSMC's 4nm process.

Expected to hit the market in Take-Two's 2024 fiscal year (April 2023 to March 2024), the next installment in the Grand Theft Auto franchise promises to bring the first playable female protagonist of the series in an open world environment that promises to move beyond what GTA 5 has to offer. However, nothing is official yet.

The Pixel 6a is Google's latest smartphone, and is thus only just now getting into the hands of YouTube reviewers. Two of these channels have found that their experience with the device has been marred by a strange and possibly severe bug. Their units' in-display fingerprint scanners allegedly unlock their screens in response to the detection of fingers that were never registered in their UIs.

While most Xiaomi users are still waiting for the MIUI 13.5 update, the first bits of information on MIUI 14 show up. The latest early beta version comes with anti-fraud protection, the ability to recognize text on images in the Gallery app, as well as multiple visual changes that suggest the use of a new approach to interface design.

OnePlus is said to have an inaugural smartwatch to add to its sub-flagship Nord series of devices soon. Now, a famous leaker purports to have dug up more evidence to that effect, which consist of screens pertaining to the wearable's dedicated app. It also seems the new SpO2-tracking accessory is headed to the Indian market.

Motorola now has less than a week from today (July 27, 2022) before the launch of its latest foldable smartphone. However, it seems the OEM could not wait until then to reveal that the upcoming Razr will indeed step up to a top-end Qualcomm processor. An executive insists that its battery capacity, while still falling below typical smartphone levels, will be enough to keep the new clamshell's main display on all day.

Dealabs, a reputable leaker for Sony leaks, has listed the games PlayStation Plus Essential subscribers get to play in August, namely Yakuza: Like A Dragon, Little Nightmares and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2.

More details about Project Cambria have emerged, expected to launch as the Meta Quest Pro. With a high starting price, the Quest Pro will be considerably more expensive than the Quest 2. The Quest Pro's controllers should be available separately too and may even be compatible with the existing Quest 2.

Twitter leaker Yogesh Brar has shed light on the entire Redmi K50s Pro spec sheet. It will feature a 6.67-inch 120 Hz OLED screen, a Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC, 200 MP triple rear cameras and a 5,000 mAh battery with 120 W fast charging.

A new leak has shed light on the entire OnePlus 10T spec sheet and high-quality renders. Its key specifications include a 6.7-inch FHD+ 120 Hz LTPO2 AMOLED panel, a Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC, 50 MP triple rear cameras and a 4,800 mAh battery that supports 150 W fast charging.

High-quality renders of the Moto G32 have leaked ahead of the device's official introduction. Sporting three rear-facing cameras and a single front-facing lens, the Moto G32 will also ship in two colours with up to 6 GB of RAM and 128 GB of storage. The Moto G32 will join the numerous Moto G series refreshes that Motorola has already released this year.

The Redmi K50 Ultra has made another appearance in the wild ahead of its launch. It's joined this time out by the Mix Fold 2, which is listed with up to 1 TB of storage, showing off its place as one of Xiaomi's most premium offerings for the year.

Nvidia's upcoming Lovelace generation may finally see the revival of the Titan. Leaked specs indicate that the full AD102-450 die will feature 18,176 CUDA cores, 24 Gbps 48 GB GDDR6X VRAM, and a whopping 800 W TBP. This SKU will also be based on a new PG139 board design unlike the PG137 design that the rest of the RTX 40 Lovelace lineup is expected to use.

According to reports, Xiaomi is already working on the Redmi K60 series, despite ploughing on with Redmi K50 series releases. Redmi K60-branded smartphones are not due for a while though, with the Redmi K50S series due first, including the Redmi K50S Pro. Still, Digital Chat Station has provided several details about the Redmi K60 series.

The wait for the DJI Avata goes on, the successor to the DJI FPV. While the compact drone was expected to launch earlier this year, there are now rumours that the Avata may not even make it to market by the end of summer 2022. Meanwhile, a new hands-on photo of the Avata has leaked of the drone in flight.

Realme's inaugural monitor is set to launch formally during the OEM's main IoT ecosystem product launch of tomorrow (July 26, 2022). However, the full gamut of details on the inaugural external display - price included - are now out there due to its appearance on Flipkart in advance. The official leak reveals some specs that might prove gratifyingly up to date, whereas others may be less so.

As we move closer to the launch of Intel’s 13th gen “Raptor Lake” and AMD Zen 4 “Raphael” CPUs, new leaks keep on surfacing. This time leaker Tom of Moore’s Law is Dead has divulged some important details about the release date of Intel Raptor Lake and AMD Zen 4.

Motorola will debut its late-2022 Android flagship as the Moto X30 Pro in China (and, possibly, as the Edge 30 Ultra on a global scale thereafter) in August 2022. It is slated to launch alongside the new Razr foldable clamshell phone - which is said to be closer to it in terms of flagship specs than ever before in 2022. A new Geekbench leak might help confirm that rumor.

SG Micro is a company that has reportedly just secured an order from Apple for the upcoming iPhone 14 series, possibly even its top-end Pro and Pro Max variants. It is a major coup for the components OEM, particularly as it can now say it is a "tier-1" supplier to a top global hardware corporation. Accordingly, its parts will be a part of devices from the new flagship line that are made in the second half of 2022.

Samsung, last week, filed a new trademark in Korea that provides hints as to the company's plans for an upcoming camera sensor. This sensor could be a 450 MP one, with a post-binning pixel size matching that of the 1-inch Sony IMX989 on the Xiaomi 12S Ultra.

Fitbit is preparing to release new smartwatches, with the company set on replacing the Sense and Versa 3. While the Sense 2 and Versa 4 resemble their predecessors, Fitbit has changed how people will interact with the pair. The Fitbit Sense 2 and Versa 4 should launch later this year.

Arc Alchemist is Intel’s first foray into dedicated gaming hardware meant to compete directly with Nvidia and AMD. Rumor has it that Intel might be planning a refresh of the Arc Alchemist GPU lineup for notebooks. The refresh, if true, will be surprising since notebooks with Arc Alchemist dGPUs haven't been on the market for too long.

A new image has now surfaced on Chinese social media pages claiming to depict the upcoming Redmi Pad in the flesh. The tablet shows off a clean design, perhaps with some design inspirations from the Realme Pad X—a tablet it's expected to go up against.

It seems the Motorola Edge 20 Fusion is due a successor. A device, sometimes referenced overtly as a next-gen member of its line, has now registered on the databases of the FCC and 3C regulators, among others. These leaks hint at a considerable charging upgrade in the upcoming 2022 Android smartphone.

OnePlus has recently established the Nord CE sub-series for smartphones - now, the OEM has announced that it is for TWS earbuds too. The first accessories of these types seem to be exclusive to the Indian market, and are to debuted there with relatively large drivers for "Dynamic Bass" thus far.

A Samsung Galaxy S23 FE model is apparently going to join the three other smartphones of the S23 range according to a report out of Korea. In addition, it seems Samsung has set an impressive initial production target of 31 million units across the series, with the Galaxy S23 Ultra tipped to replicate the success of the Galaxy S22 Ultra.

Samsung has shot to the top of the market for foldable mobile devices since its initial Galaxy Fold launch in 2019. Now, its president Dr. TM Roh has announced that shipments in this space have grown at least 3x in 2021 compared to 2020. The executive may have also alluded to plans for a slight foldable rebrand to be formally unveiled during the imminent Unpacked 2022 showcase.

Razer has bought all shares of the French company responsible for Interhaptics, described as a "leading development platform" for feedback in gaming, PC and extended-reality (XR) hardware. The move is slated to underpin the former's interest in the overall haptics market, although it could also allow the OEM to improve and leverage its in-house HyperSense technology to compete with similar products such as Sony DualSense going forward.

Enthusiast Citizen, a well-renowned Bilibili leaker, has stated that Intel will announce its 13th-generation of Raptor Lake processors on September 28. The CPUs will be purchasable on October 17, along with the next-generation Z790 motherboards.

A new Titan graphics card from Nvidia could be incoming, according to a GPU codename shared by a well-known leaker. The GeForce RTX 40 series, or “Lovelace” family, is already expected to feature a powerful RTX 4090 Ti SKU in its lineup, but now it seems Nvidia has something even more special planned for its AD102 chip.

The Intel Core i7-13700K has made its Geekbench debut. It scored 2,090 and 16,542 on the single and multi-core tests, respectively. The processor features eight Raptor Cove cores and eight Gracemont cores.

Pricing for the Galaxy Buds2 Pro has leaked, a few weeks before Samsung unveils its next premium set of earbuds. While Samsung is expected to bring several new features to its Pro earbuds, the price should remain unchanged from the Galaxy Buds Pro.

According to a renowned leaker, the Galaxy Watch5 Pro could offer significantly longer battery life than the Galaxy Watch5 or Galaxy Watch4 series. Meanwhile, European prices for the Galaxy Watch5 and Galaxy Watch5 Pro have leaked, underlining just how expensive the Galaxy Watch5 Pro will be.