Leaks / Rumors

The Taiwanese manufacturer is preparing to announce its 2017 roadmap following CES 2017 and well before MWC 2017. New smartphones and possible VR products could all make appearances.

The well-known brand is now no longer under Microsoft's wing, being owned by HMD. Leaving its ill-fated Windows past behind, the company is now ready to launch new Android handsets, and a few images already surfaced online.

Samsung may decide to postpone the launch of the Galaxy S8 to April of next year according to sources from within the company. Due to higher production costs, the upcoming flagship might also increase in price by 15 to 20 percent.

Sony announced that its press conference at CES will be held on January 4 and will also broadcast the event online. The only image leaked so far shows a 5-inch handset with USB-C that is believed to come as a follower of the Xperia XA.

One of the several new handsets that LG is expected to unveil during next month's event in Las Vegas is said to be X Caliber, the company's first IP68 certified smartphone to join the X family.

Not long after its appearance on Geekbench, this 5.7-inch handset surfaces at FCC. The filing reveals a 3,300 mAh battery, but Samsung still has to make the official announcement, so everything should be taken with a grain of salt for now.

Coolpad could release their first notebook, a rumor out of Chinese Weibo suggests. This would make Coolpad the third Chinese smartphone manufacturer after to Xiaomi and Huawei to enter the notebook biz this year.

Although there is no foldable screen device on the mainstream market right now, it looks like big names like Apple, Microsoft, and Google are getting ready to use this technology in products for the masses. However, it also seems that LG will be the brand behind the foldable screens employed by these upcoming gadgets.

Images of an updated Nvidia Shield console have leaked ahead of CES. The Shield may come in two sizes and features an improved controller. Specs are unknown.

The Mi Notebook Air model that is scheduled to come out on the 23rd of this month is expected to feature 4G connectivity, but most other details are still shady for the time being.

Gionee has plans to introduce their M2017 flagship phone next week on December 26th. New images taken during a partner conference popped up online in advance, showing an all black version of the unusual smartphone.

These two mid-range handsets are expected to hit Western Europe in early 2017, starting at roughly $360 USD. Both will be available in the same colors - black, blue, gold, and pink.

The latest rumor out of South Korea regarding the iPhone 8 says that Apple has ordered all plastic OLED displays from their supplier, Samsung.

The Korean Investigator reported, that Samsung has completed internal investigations to find the reasons for the battery-disaster of the Galaxy Note 7 and is now in the process of informing external labs. We are expecting an official announcement until years end.

Samsung may have to cut two planned features from the final version of the Galaxy S8. The innovative optical fingerprint sensor may be replaced by a traditional one at the back of the unit and the Viv Assistant could be dropped due to legal reasons.

According to rumors, the Galaxy S8 might be the first phone to feature Bluetooth 5.0, after the Bluetooth SIG officially announced the 5th major reversion of Bluetooth to be available in phones soon.

Lenovo's VP recently posted a teaser on Weibo revealing that the release date for the ZUK Edge will be December 20th. The handset might become one of the cheapest smartphones with Snapdragon 821.

Samsung apparently decided to push back the release of their Galaxy C5 Pro and Galaxy C7 Pro midrange phones to early 2017. A new leak courtesy of TENAA reveals pictures of the Galaxy C7 Pro.

Chinese smartphone maker Gionee has decided on a December launch for their high-end phone M2017. An official poster reveals that the 10 mm thick smartphone with 7,000 mAh battery will be announced on Boxing Day.

Business laptops (like ThinkPads) are still based on the older Skylake CPUs. Now, the top model of Lenovo´s upcoming Kaby Lake lineup has been leaked, the new X1 Carbon.

The upcoming V5 Android smartphone is expected to target the mid-range area of the market. The images that surfaced show what appears to be a plastic body with a removable back panel, as well as a fingerprint reader.

Like many other sites, Bloomberg recently reported about the future of the Galaxy S8 and predicted an all-screen design with a much higher display area. However, due to extensive testing, sales are expected to be delayed until April 2017.

Huawei has unveiled the Mate 9 in Germany back in November but so far did not officially release the phone in the US. According to leaker Evan Blass, Huawei will start selling it in the US on January 6th.

After leaking pictures and a video for the Samsung Galaxy A3 (2017) last week, the rest of the A-series for next year received a similar treatment and reveal Samsung's midrange lineup with a surprisingly waterproof Galaxy A7-phone.

In an article, that was released today, the Wall Street Journal revealed information explaining why Apple's wireless ear buds missed the holiday shopping season.

The UMI Z will be the first flagship phone to be released with the new MediaTek Helio X27 processor. The phone will be announced early next week on December 12th and feature a dual-cam.

Despite being another rough year for HTC, they have clarified that they are still working on flagship phones and Vive devices.

This unannounced variant of the 6-inch phablet already present in China has just received its WiFi certification. Aiming the international market, it has the same specs as its China-only counterpart - Qualcomm Snapdragon 653, 6 GB RAM, 16 MP main camera, and more.

The announced Pro 6 Plus could come with another surprise in the form of a Pro 6 Plus Edge according to the latest leaked images.

A weird rumor was brought to our attention today suggesting that next year's iPhones may only receive a minor update and may be called iPhone 7s after all. Does that mean, Apple will introduce both iPhone 7s and iPhone 8 next year?

The handset that surfaced via both TENAA and Bluetooth SIG is also known as Asus Z01HD. Its specs include a Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 processor and dual cameras on the back, hopefully with 3X optical zoom like the original ZenFone 3 Zoom had.

Intel's existing license for Nvidia's graphics technology will run out in 2017. It seems that ahead of this deadline Intel has decided to go with licensing AMD's tech instead.

Not long after showing up on Geekbench and in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth certification documents, the upcoming Samsung Galaxy A3 (2017) low-end Android smartphone finally arrives in a set of leaked renders.

Yesterday's teaser was just for teasing us, apparently. Huawei revealed a new teaser today, announcing the Honor Magic concept phone for the 16th of December.

Rumors suggest that the next Samsung flagship will come without a headphone jack and home button. Instead the Galaxy S8 will feature stereo speakers, optical fingerprint technology, an SamsUSB-C port and a better RGB-AMOLED-display. Autofocus on the selfie cam just got more likely as well.

Lenovo has decided to start selling the ZUK Edge without officially announcing it in advance. Instead it will be available to buy on Chinese online merchant Jingdong starting tomorrow.

Huawei might announce their version of a bezel-less concept phone tomorrow. Interestingly, a new teaser posted by Honor suggests, that this phone might be released as a Honor phone, possibly to not compete with the Mate 9.

The upcoming Moto X is expected to arrive next to a new Moto C in early 2017, these unofficial images showing a full-metal body handset with a fingerprint reader on the Home button.

The latest round of G6-related rumors does not look great, as we hear once again that the upcoming flagship will no longer offer the chance to use modules. However, it seems like the LG G6 will hit the market with water resistance and a removable battery.

A 3rd party QC engineering firm, Instrumental, believes that putting a larger battery into the Note 7 at the cost of safety resulted in the Note 7's battery fires.

Chinese smartphone manufacturer Elephone has started teasing the Elephone Max, a six inch phablet with a dual-cam on the back. It is expected to be released with Android 7 upon release.

The ZUK Edge by Lenovo could turn out to be one of the cheapest smartphones with a Snapdragon 821 processor, according to a new leak revealing that Lenovo is planning to price the new phone at just $392.

Chinese tech company Hisense is preparing to release a midrange smartphone integrating a second e-ink display on the back. The concept is not new, the Russian Yotaphone 2 did not succeed due to high costs.

Chinese smartphone vendors Huawei, Oppo, Vivo, and BBK are working together with Royole, specialist in thin, flexible panels, to secure a new OLED supply chain.

Contrary to previous rumors, the next Galaxy S generation might not feature a dual-cam after all, a rumor from China suggests. Instead, we might see an autofocus lens at the front for better selfies.

We already received confirmation, that BlackBerry will release another phone with QWERTY keyboard soon but now we might have gotten our hands on real life pictures of that device. Take a look!

The 2-in-1 device looks similar to the Microsoft Surface Pro, right down to the built in kickstand, and is powered by a Kaby Lake Core m3 processor.

Chinese smartphone manufacturer Elephone posted a picture of their innovative elePhone S8-design on their Twitter page, revealing a triple bezel-less design with curved edges on the sides.

Insiders familiar with the matter claim that Fitbit is close to signing a deal to acquire the troubled wearable maker and, unfortunately, it looks like the Pebble brand will disappear.

While the GPUs of the Pascal generation are already available in many high-end gaming notebooks, the middle-class of the new GPU generation is still missing. According to DigiTimes, this will change in January with the release of the GeForce GTX 1050.