Leaks / Rumors

Apple is currently believed to bring back the iPhone SE in 2020. According to some leaks, this phone is thought to take on the iPhone 8's form factor, so as to offer a smaller screen than has become usual. Now, Xiaomi is reportedly thinking of doing something very similar with the popular Mi 6.

MIUI 11 has not been around for long, but Xiaomi may have already ceased development for the OS. Set to be replaced by MIUI 12 later this year, a quickly deleted roadmap claims that Xiaomi will start issuing betas in late Q3 2020.

Taiwan's NCC regulator has reportedly cleared a new set of TWS devices from Google. This suggests that the Pixel Buds debuted last year will see successors in 2020. However, it is difficult to guess from their new putative leak how the 2 generations might differ.

Samsung, Xiaomi and OPPO are among a growing number of businesses announcing a shut-down of their plants in India in order to comply with this country's COVID-19-related lockdown measures. Meanwhile, Vivo has reportedly asked their R&D personnel in the same country to work at home thus far.

Huawei is set to debut the next iteration in its photography-focused P-series of premium phones later this week, and a new leak has revealed even more on the Huawei P40 and P40 Pro ahead of launch.

Huawei's high-value brand Honor will launch the 30S soon. This phone is also touted to debut the Kirin 820, a mid-range SoC said to integrate 5G. A Weibo tech blogger has just allegedly compared its Geekbench 4 scores to those of some former flagship chipsets.

The excitement in regard to Xiaomi’s Redmi China launch event is starting to build, and now it appears that the variants and some prices of both the Xiaomi Redmi K30 Pro and Redmi K30 Pro Zoom Edition smartphones have been revealed. The top-end variant of the Xiaomi Redmi K30 Pro Zoom Edition will offer users a massive 12 GB of memory and 512 GB of storage.

It appears Xiaomi has a truly jam-packed event coming up on March 24. The Chinese manufacturer apparently won’t be content with just unveiling the Redmi K30 Pro and Redmi K30 Pro Zoom smartphones. According to a noted leaker, Xiaomi will also be announcing a refresh for the RedmiBook 14 Ryzen Edition laptop with updated specifications.

After initial information about the Canon EOS R6 appeared in January, there is now another leak through which outlines most of the specifications of the cheaper brother to the EOS R5. Canon is now expected to launch the EOS R6 in May.

The blog SvetApple has just published revised iPhone 12 renders that incorporate every leak and rumor concerning these upcoming new devices. They include the idea that they may come with the ground-breaking LiDAR functionality debuted in the 2020 iPad Pro. This makes their camera humps into more cohesive-looking squares.

OnePlus introduced a new facet of its OxygenOS called Instant Translation during its last product launch. It allows a phone to generate automatic captions during live video chats. This function has finally been added to new Open Betas for the 7, 7T, 7 Pro and 7T Pro.

The Surface Go 2 has been spotted again, confirming previous rumours about the upcoming tablet. Rumoured to be launching this season, Microsoft will equip the device with at least Intel Core m3-8100Y and Pentium Gold 4425Y processors. 3DMark has not confirmed this time whether LTE options are on their way, but it is doubtful that at least relatively new processors are, at any rate.

ZTE is already linked to a device called the Axon 10s Pro based on the Snapdragon 865 SoC and the 5G X55 modem. Now, it appears the Axon 11 is also on the way. This one is no flagship, however: it is more likely to offer the mid-range 765 (or possibly 765G) chipset, which still gives it next-gen connectivity.

The OPPO A11 is a budget phone with quad cameras from 2019. Now, it appears it has a successor destined for markets such as that of Thailand (and also possibly Indonesia). However, it seems this phone is, if anything, even more low-end than the existing model.

Fancy a quad-curved display this year? Well, the P40 Pro may be your best bet, with new promotional renders show the device's minimal bezels too. The P40 may suit those who are looking for a more practical design though, albeit one that still has a high screen-to-body ratio.

Some new information about Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 for the PlayStation 5 has been leaked on Reddit. A reveal of the title being developed by Insomniac Games is expected for summer, with the game possibly being released by September 2021. Animation-heavy web-swinging should allow gamers to fully enjoy the performance capabilities of the PS5’s GPU.

The securities firm Wedbush has reportedly written to investors advising them that Apple will find its iPhone-derived takings reduced compared to earlier estimates. They may be down by as much as 14% in 2020, and by 10% in 2021. This is related to current events that may put some customers off buying new devices.

Xiaomi may be focusing on the release of the Redmi K30 Pro right now, but do not forget that a Zoom Edition of the Redmi K30 Pro is on its way too. The device has now made its way to Geekbench, suggesting that the Zoom Edition will come with a Snapdragon 865 and at least 8 GB of RAM, too.

Geekbench 5's database has just turned up a new entry for a "Samsung SM-T307U". This model number may be for a tablet, in which case it would be a slate running on the Exynos 7885 processor and 3GB of RAM. As if to underpin this putative upcoming device's bargain nature, it is described as running Android 9.0 (Pie) rather than the newer 10 version.

The Watch GT 2e has leaked online in all its 46 mm glory. Due to be unveiled alongside the Huawei P40 series, the GT 2e will feature a 1.39-inch AMOLED panel and a Kirin A1 SoC. The smartwatch comes with 16 MB of RAM, 4 GB of storage and a battery that Huawei promises will last up to 14 days between charges.

The Fitbit Charge 4 fitness tracker has made a couple of online appearances recently. One of them was for an FCC certification and the other was on a retailer site. Unfortunately, no images of the Fitbit Charge 4 were leaked, but the prices and colors of the fitness tracker were revealed, as well as the fact it features NFC technology and is water resistant.

While GTC 2020 may be dead and buried for the time being, that does not mean NVIDIA will be holding off on unveiling its Ampere architecture for long. While rumours are floating around that it will be Q4 2020 before we RTX 3000 series GPUs, NVIDIA may showcase Ampere GPUs as early as next month.

Redmi has just announced a launch date for a phone called the Note 9S in Malaysia. Now, a new entry on the Geekbench 5 website for this device returns the same specs as the Note 9 Pro. This suggests the 2 products are one and the same.

Recently, the Honor 30S has allegedly appeared in promos sponsored by Sprite in China. Now, their flagship siblings have reportedly leaked in a new render that shows they will join the round-camera brigade on their launch. These phones are thought to be powered by the Kirin 990 SoC and to have 5G variants.

Motorola is currently believed to have a Snapdragon 865-powered phone called the Edge+ in the works. Some renders worked up for this device may show how the OEM will combine its rumored triple cameras with a waterfall display. Now, Evan Blass has posted very similar images for the same that also shows a new color option for the possible flagship.

Apple is rumoured to be on the verge of release new iPads, specifically the fourth-generation iPad Pro series. Now, iOS 14 code has confirmed that at least four models are on their way.

While Apple is said to have delayed the release of the iPhone SE 2, it has now emerged that the company is planning to release a Plus model alongside the regular 4.7-inch handset. Tipped to have a 5.5-inch, the iPhone SE 2 Plus or iPhone 9 Plus as it may be called, has been confirmed by leaked iOS 14 code. The iPhone SE 2 Max or iPhone 9 Max are likely candidates, too.

It’s possible the recent revelation of the full specs for the Xbox Series X may have actually confirmed some key details about the specs for the PlayStation 5. Important GPU information about both the XSX and PS5 were shared by a poster on a forum in December, and surprisingly the figures given for the Microsoft console have turned out to be accurate.

In November 2019, a Chinese user alleged that his Redmi Note 7 Pro exhibited spontaneous combustion following normal function. Now, an Indian owner has claimed that his phone did much the same, in an abrupt and alarming fashion. Xiaomi asserts that this incident is attributed to pre-existing battery damage to the device.

A new iPad has passed through the EEC, likely meaning that Apple is just weeks away from launching a new tablet. The device, codenamed A2229, may be one of the two rumoured iPad Pro models due later this month.

LG recently unveiled the V60 ThinQ 5G. Typically, though, the LG flagship that's launched this time of the year is the G-series phone, but there's been little to no word on the G9 ThinQ.

The Samsung Galaxy Book Ion raised some interest at SDC19 and CES 2020 as it purported to offer a QLED display in a more mid-range laptop. However, nothing had been heard about it in the US since then. Now, a listing with a USD price for this notebook has appeared on a retail website.

The Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro may be stealing the headlines currently, but Xiaomi is launching the Redmi K30 Pro before the end of the month too. Said to possibly be the cheapest Snapdragon 865-powered smartphone released this year, a new leak shows Xiaomi returning to a pop-up selfie camera. An in-screen fingerprint scanner and an AMOLED panel may be in order, too.

Spotted online over the weekend, the P40 Pro 5G has been caught on Geekbench with a Kirin 990 5G chipset and 8 GB of RAM. The variant, ELS-NX9, is expected to retail for between €999 and €1,099 and is likely to feature up to 512 GB of storage. A swathe of colour options for the P40 series has appeared online too, as have more reliable prices for the series.

Huawei is already working on its next-gen flagship SoC. The chipset, expected to be the Kirin 1020, will power Huawei's next generation of premium phones, starting with the Mate 40 and Mate 40 Pro. It's apparently scheduled to enter mass production in August.

Some extraordinary Geekbench results for a supposed Apple A14 SoC have been posted on the Weibo social network. The apparent mixture of Geekbench 4 and 5 information reveals that the chip was clocked at 3,090 MHz and features 6 cores. The hexa-core processor amassed huge test scores: 1,658 points for the single-core benchmark and 4,612 points for the multi-core test.

The Redmi K30 Pro is a hotly-anticipated device, yet remains conspicuous by its absence. An eminent leaker has just claimed that it will be one of the cheapest flagship-grade phones of 2020 - if not the cheapest. However, this possibility come with less than 100% positive implications for fans of its series.

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has confirmed the existence of an impending Lite variant of the Samsung Galaxy S6 Tab. Now, the FCC has added a tablet with its model number to its database of verified devices. This suggests that the new product has a US launch coming up.

The upcoming Google Pixel 5 and Pixel 5 XL may not be flagship phones, if a recent teardown of a pre-release version of the Google Camera app for the Pixel 4a is any indication. The Pixel 5 and Pixel 5 XL are likely to be powered by the Snapdragon 765G and could be the beginning of Google's new strategy to focus on bringing more premium features to the upper-midrange segment rather than deploying the fastest SoC available.

Motorola is currently thought to have a smartphone called the Edge planned for release this year. It has been rumored to rock a waterfall-type display. XDA contributors claim to have live images that show this is in fact the case.

A new leak alleges that OnePlus will reveal its early-2020 flagship phones in about a month from today (March 14, 2020). An avid follower of this OEM's rumors might have noticed that 1 putative variant has been left out of this headline. Another tipster now believes it will get its own launch date for later on in the year.

Alleged core specifications for the upcoming PlayStation 5 have recently been shared online, although considering the source those anxious for news about the next-gen PS5 console should be prepared to dip into their salt reserves. The supposed leak states a powerful RDNA 2 7nm AMD GPU with 56 compute units @2.1 GHz, which apparently can reach a peak performance of 15.05 TFLOPS.

A device called the Samsung SM-M11F/DSN has reportedly been approved by Thailand's national regulator, the NCC. This phone is most likely to be called the Galaxy M11 on its launch. According to its new leak, it will have a display with an in-display selfie camera, a USB type C port and a headphone jack.

While the iPhone SE 2 may have been put on hold, the MacBook Air 2020 could be arriving as early as next week. The device, which received a minor update last year, is said to be using scissor switching keyboards this year. The MacBook Air 2020 is likely to receive a processor upgrade too, although it may still remain within the Amber Lake-Y family.

Move away, Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra; the top dog is here. Huawei is touted to launch three new flagships this month: the P40, P40 Pro, and P40 Pro Premium. Details of the Huawei P40 Pro Premium have now surfaced, painting the image of a phone with some of the most impressive hardware the world has ever seen.

Slated for release this month, the iPhone SE 2 has apparently been postponed. June or Fall 2020 are now rumoured as likely release windows, but supply chain sources are reporting an indefinite delay for Apple's next budget smartphone. While the iPhone 12 series is supposedly delayed too because of production issues, Apple's recent performance in China may be the cause of the company postponing the release of the iPhone SE 2.

Released in June 2017, the OnePlus 5 and 5T have already received two OS upgrades. However, the company committed to upgrading both devices to Android 10, which would be their third OS upgrade. Now, it seems that the final update for the OnePlus 5 and 5T will be arriving towards the end of Q2 2020.

The launch of the P40 series is under two weeks away and now rumours of some outrageous pricing are doing the rounds. Ranging between ~US$941 and a colossal ~US$13,858, yes that is not a typo, the P40 series is shaping up to be even pricier than the Galaxy S20 Ultra. If that was not enough, Huawei has teased that the P40 series may have up to three front-facing cameras.

Samsung has come in for plenty of criticism about its software update policies. With the Galaxy S8 and Note 8 unlikely to ever receive Android 10, it has now emerged that the company may be bringing One UI 2.1 to devices as far back as the Galaxy S9 and Note 9. While not strictly a third OS upgrade, it would be a volte-face for Samsung.

Both Samsung and the rumor mill seem to be working hard these days on populating the 2019 Galaxy A series with new generations. The latest of these is reportedly the A21. According to new Geekbench listings, it will be powered by a MediaTek SoC and 3GB of RAM.