Leaks / Rumors

The Realme GT2 Pro will be one of the world’s first Snapdragon 8 Gen 1-based Android phones in the world on it early 2022 launch. Now, a reliable leaker asserts that the OEM has made no less than 3 different versions of this device, with their own individual looks and themes.

The alleged free games coming to PlayStation Plus (PS+) subscribers in January 2022 have been leaked. The shortlist of three titles is headed by Persona 5 Strikers, which was first released in Japan by publisher Sega in 2020. A racing game and a first-person shooter join Persona 5 Strikers as free games coming to PS4 and PS5 owners.

Lenovo's contenders in the Android gaming flagships have been known as the Legion Phones or Legion Phone Duel devices, depending on their market. Now, however, the company has hinted that it is arranging a new name for the next installment in this series. It may continue to uphold its series' reputation for innovative cooling solutions and speed-focused display tech.

Lenovo has announced that it has a new Legion Y9000P in the works for 2022. It is now touted to have a QHD display with a 165Hz refresh rate and HDR400. The OEM has yet to mention further specs for this upcoing gaming machine, although it is possible that a 16-inch form factor and Ryzen 5000 silicon is in the offing here.

Apple will reportedly target an 18-month product refresh cycle with its M2 processor. Allegedly, Apple's M2 silicon will be built using TSMC's 4 nm process. Furthermore, there will only be an M2 next year with more powerful Pro and Max chips falling to 2023.

Honor has just announced that its long-awaited first-gen foldable smartphone will be here soon. This "flagship" has been rumored to be called either the Magic Fold or Magic X - however, the company has now confirmed that its name is...neither of these.

OnePlus' CEO, Pete Lau, has just confirmed that the brand's upcoming 10 Pro flagship will be unveiled in early 2022. Now, the exec has taken to Weibo again to tease the smartphone's display in terms of what may be one of its most advanced features direct from its supplier Samsung, dubbed "LTPO 2.0".

Foxconn's plant located in Chennai, India is reportedly preparing to manufacture the vanilla iPhone 13 from early 2022. This new production run for the flagship device is projected to fuel exports as well as national sales, thus potentially helping to ease its prevailing supply issues worldwide.

Realme has finally set a date for a formal GT2 flagship smartphone series launch. Meanwhile, its latest official teaser comes in the form of an entire piece commissioned in Vogue Italy, for the devices' "world-first" finish, now revealed as part of a 'green' industrial design that looks nothing like earlier renders.

Asus has issued its invitations to its upcoming CES showcase, to start from January 4, 2022. It starts with the "Rise of Gamers" livestream direct from Las Vegas to introduce the new ROG line-up, and goes on with the productivity-focused presentation the following day.

According to the latest rumors, Xiaomi will launch its second-gen foldable phablet in 2022. A new leak purports to make them more of a reality with new and practical details on the possible high-end device. Meanwhile, the same product has again been linked to a main screen of quality similar to that of the Galaxy Z Fold3 or OPPO Find N.

The next top-end smartphone from OnePlus is thought to be called the 10 Pro. Now, the OEM's CEO, Pete Lau, has confirmed this product name, in a Weibo post strongly hinting at a launch for the device in very early 2022. Then again, there are no guarantees that this event would be global rather than for the Chinese market alone.

3DMark Time Spy scores for the newly announced GeForce RTX 2050 and MX550 have leaked. The scores showcase mediocre performance. The numbers aren't unexpected since the GeForce RTX 2050 is a cut-down version of the RTX 3050. The same goes for the MX550 which is a castrated GTX 1650.

A first-party Samsung webstore has reportedly listed the long-awaited Galaxy S21 FE early by accident. The listing in question has now been pulled, but not before allegedly yielding a real-world price in euros for one of the smartphone's SKUs. Suffice it to say, should this leak be genuine, it is to be hoped it was for the new FE's top-end configuration.

OPPO has just announced the MariSilicon X, the OEM's first-gen neural processing unit (NPU). It is slated to make its debut in the upcoming wave of Find X-series flagship smartphones. Then again, a leaker now claims that premium specs are not required to unleash its full potential.

Qualcomm has just released the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor as its latest flagship processor with a re-worked name to boot. Now, a Weibo-based chip industry leaker asserts that the OEM is working on its successor already. This possibly accelerated timeline might be related to MediaTek's rising status in the same field.

Garmin plans to start its 2022 with a bang, according to a new leak. The OEM allegedly has no less than 7 new smartwatches to show off at the upcoming CES event in Las Vegas, to become the latest additions to 4 product lines. They range from potentially entry-level new Instincts to a possible next-gen Venu flagship with a high-end display.

MediaTek has teased the Dimensity 8000 as what might be the more affordable alternative to the new top-end 9000 flagship chipset. So far, 2 prominent smartphone brands have allegedly signed up to use it in one of their 2022 devices. They are slated to be of the Realme GT Neo and Redmi K50 series.

Names of upcoming Intel Arc Alchemist GPUs seem to have been confirmed in system files from a test Intel driver. The driver lists names such as Arc A380, Arc A350, Arc A370M, Arc A350M, and Xe A200M, which are likely to be low-end parts. We are also getting to hear that the upcoming DG3 Elasti Battlemage lineup will transition to a multi-GPU architecture in 2023 similar to AMD's RDNA 3.

Tipster @letsgodigitalNL outed what appear to be official CAD renders for the upcoming OPPO Find X4 Pro. The leaked renders illustrate the "quad-curved" display, the under-screen front camera, and the rear display, next to the phone's quad primary camera.

An unknown Tesla Model S unit with a larger charging port and slightly different taillights and trim elements can be seen in two admittedly grainy leaked pictures, which have triggered speculations about possible upgrades coming to the electric flagship sedan.

Honor has already assured its fans that it will release a mobile device based on the brand-new MediaTek Dimensity 9000 SoC. However, according to a famous tipster, it won't be its first-gen foldable. This phablet is now tipped to be the first of its kind to launch with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1.

Realme has confirmed that the second-gen GT-series flagship smartphones will launch shortly in December 2021. Then again, only the GT2 Pro has been officially named thus far. A new leak, based on some website source-code, now purports to identify the plain GT2 as well.

The Realme GT2 Pro is set for launch with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 top-end processor later in December 2021. It has been teased as doing so with a photography-related feature completely new to the market, which the OEM has now teased via official channels. Then again, a famous tipster claims to add more detail on the phone's cameras.

Huawei has just released some details on another new product for its increasingly large-scale event later in December 2021. It is the OEM's latest generation of smart glasses. They are speaker-enabled wearables like their predecessors, although they will ship with Huawei's own software.

MediaTek's putative Dimensity 7000 SoC is actually called the Dimensity 8000, according to a new leak. It is expected to perform on par with the Snapdragon 870 and will be unveiled in the coming weeks.

Twitter stalwart @kopite7kimi has just revealed that the GeForce RTX 3050 Ti will feature a GA106-150 GPU with 2560 CUDA cores and 8GB of VRAM, while the RTX 3050 will use a GA106-140 GPU with 2304 CUDA cores and 4GB of VRAM. Nvidia is expected to unveil both graphics cards at CES 2022.

The Xiaomi 12 series is projected to launch soon, so as to grab that Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 hype while it's hot. A potentially last-minute leak asserts that the new line of smartphones will come with the OEM's under-display camera, heretofore only seen in the ultra-premium Mi Mix 4. Accordingly, it might only be seen in the new line's top-end variant.

Samsung has announced that it will kick its next Consumer Experience Show (CES) experience off with a keynote on the event's opening day in early January 2022. The OEM has yet to divulge the content of this speech, although speculation that it will unveil or at least preview some hotly-anticipated new phones at the event is rife.

Lenovo is now believed to release an Android tablet under the Legion gaming brand for the first time soon. Now, this device is said to have emerged again in a hands-on photo. The leak may give an idea of its build, as well as some audio-related co-branding that it will bear.

Honor has now announced that it will launch the X30 later in December 2021. Prior to that, it is now listed on JD.com ahead of its first retail event. This page reveals that it has a similar design to that of the OEM's current flagship phone, although it will may have a new mid-range 5G chipset instead.

Samsung's rumored Galaxy S22 series has reportedly surfaced in a number of still-image leaks to date. Now, there is a video online that seems to show dummies of all 3 of its putative variants in the wild. The new clip may reveal various interesting details about each model, including that the highest-end of them has extra hardware features, even besides its integrated S Pen.

Leaked documents received and verified by Videocardz confirm that the Alder Lake Core i5-12400F and Core i3-12100F will be the first 12th-gen Intel CPUs to ship without any Gracemont efficiency cores.

The Find N is OPPO's first-gen foldable smartphone, and is said to have a main display with many high-end specs in common with that of the Galaxy Z Fold3. This, according to TheElec, is because both panels came from the same company: Samsung. Then again, the OPPO version is projected to vary drastically in its dimensions.

Realme has teased its upcoming GT2 Pro Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 flagship smartphone in some of interesting respects ahead of its December 20, 2021 launch. The premium device is now slated to debut 3 industry-first features. In addition, it may debut alongside a heretofore-unheard-of vanilla model.

Leaked benchmarks for the upcoming Alder Lake Core i5-12400F, uploaded on BiliBili, show Intel's budget Alder Lake part dominating the Ryzen 5 5600X across the board, while also besting the flagship Rocket Lake Core i7-11700K in gaming workloads.

Leaker @momomo_us recently outed a picture of Intel's purported Laminar RM1 stock cooler. While Alder Lake K-series parts like the i9-12900K don't ship with a cooler, upcoming 65W Alder Lake CPUs may be boxed with the RM1 included.

Tesla is apparently working on many improvements to its more affordable Model 3 and Model Y all-electric vehicles, which will not only be equipped with a higher-performing AMD Ryzen chip, but also get the Superhorn, a new battery and a better drive unit in the Model 3 Performance.

Foldable devices represent the most cutting-edge mobile device technology around thanks to their flexible main displays in 2021. However, this potential advantage typically comes at a particularly premium price. A famous leaker claims that they will get cheaper in the coming year, if only in the sense they become more competitive with 'normal' flagship phones.

Based on rumors and the leaked case designs from a few days ago, a gorgeous new concept render video imagines the upcoming Xiaomi 12 Ultra flagship smartphone with a gargantuan circular quad camera setup featuring the reputable Leica branding.

Intel Arc Alchemist's segmentation, lineup, and launch timelines have leaked. It is now becoming clear that Intel is targeting Nvidia RTX 3070 / RTX 3070 Ti on the desktop with the 512 EU SKU while aiming up to the RTX 3080 on the laptop side depending on TDP configuration. Intel aims to price the cards about 10% lesser than equivalent Nvidia offerings while looking to extract 10% more performance as drivers mature.

We get yet another peek at the OnePlus Nord N20 5G, thanks to an aluminium dummy of the smartphone. Except for the radically different camera layout, its design is quite similar to the Nord N10 5G.

OnePlus is expected to launch the OnePlus Nord 2 CE in early 2022 for around INR 28,000 (US$370). Some of its key specifications include a 90Hz AMOLED screen, a 4,500mAh battery that supports 65W fast charging, 64MP triple rear cameras and a MediaTek Dimensity 900 SoC.

The 12 Pro is projected as one of the higher-end new phones Xiaomi should release soon. A recent leak purported to reveal how its cases might look and, thus, how its rear cameras would be arranged. However, a new tip along the same lines calls the alleged design into question on a specific point.

iOS 15.2 is the next upcoming version of Apple's proprietary software for iPhones. According to a prominent industry correspondent, it is the one that will start adding features intended to prevent abusive content reaching a child's device. It might contain measures to help allay well-publicized concerns about its impact on privacy.

AMD's next generation of EPYC processors, currently referred to as "Genoa", are tipped to support 12-channel memory. Now, it is also slated to support 1TB of DDR5 RAM via each of these channels, for a grand total of 12TB. Then again, it may be capable of doing so under certain server-grade conditions only.

The Watch D is projected to be Huawei's first smartwatch marketed as one capable of clinical-grade blood pressure-monitoring. Now, a box presented as the wearable's original packaging may confirm that this is the case. This leak has emerged alongside claims that the Watch Fit Mini will launch alongside it later in December 2021.

The Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra - or, as the latest rumors have it, S22 Note - is believed to launch with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor in some markets. A new Geekbench 5 listing is thought to correspond with this device, although some of its details contradict earlier spec-related leaks.

Redmi is currently tipped to launch one of the most hotly-anticipated line of smartphones as the K50 series, not the least because one of them is tipped to launch with the new MediaTek Dimensity 9000 SoC. This variant - the rumored Gaming edition - is the one said to have passed through testing by an official Chinese body.

Samsung's next top-end phone is projected to be called the Galaxy S22 Ultra, despite its rumored acquisition of an integrated S Pen. However, the latest word from a prolific leaker is that the South Korean giant intends to drop the flagship branding of this year for one that more accurately reflects the apparent merging of its premium smartphone and phablet lines.