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Motorola's US online store has added new deals to its latest Winter Wonder promo event. They include the offer of a free Lenovo Tab P11 with the purchase of the Edge Plus (or Edge+) 2023 smartphone. There is also a discount on the ThinkPhone, and the offer of free TWS earbuds with the latest Razr-series foldable smartphones.

The OnePlus 12 has been launched globally, albeit with some nerfs. Unlike its Chinese variant, memory and storage max out at 16 GB and 512 GB, respectively.

Weibo insider Digital Chat Station has revealed some more information about the Remi K70 Ultra. Its screen will be one of the brightest ones on a smartphone so far.

A new report sheds light on what Samsung could have in store for us next year with the Exynos 2500. Overall, there is only a marginal clock boost for the prime Cortex-X5 core and a speed reduction for at least one cluster.

Realme is slated to launch new premium mid-range devices soon: the 12 Pro Plus, 12 Pro - and 12 Plus. The latter has no 2023 counterpart, yet is still apparently officially approved to join the rest of the 11-series successors soon as a 5G Android smartphone with the same "Luxury Watch Design" and up-to-date UI as its Pro siblings, although whether it will have the same premium rear cameras remains to be seen.

A YouTuber compared the Galaxy S24+ (Exynos 2400) and Galaxy S24 Ultra's (Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 for Galaxy) gaming performance. Both phones performed identically, with the Snapdragon faring better at Call of Duty: Mobile and the Exynos at War Thunder.

The Samsung Galaxy F54 launched as India's "No-Shake Cam" smartphone in 2024 - and also as an alternative-market version of the M54. Now, their successors are projected to spin off again in 2024 with a new C-series variant. All 3 rumored smartphones are thought to have roughly the same specs, Wi-Fi 6 support included.

A YouTuber ran AnTuTu on the Exynos 2400-powered Galaxy S24 and the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 for Galaxy-powered Galaxy S24. The Qualcomm chip wins, but not by a lot.

Samsung has revealed some key Exynos 2400 specs. It will launch with a 10-core CPU in a 1+2+3+4 arrangement. Other features include hardware-level raytracing, the ability to output 4K 120 FPS video and support for 320 MP camera sensors.

Qualcomm is now said to have an upcoming chipset in the works that might mimic the new top-end Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC linked to top-end Android smartphones such as the new Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra in one or a number of ways. However, the impending silicon is reportedly destined for the mid-range handsets of the future instead. Accordingly, features such as up-to-date performance (and perhaps even on-device AI) could trickle down the market faster than anticipated.

Xiaomi made a Professional Photography Kit (or "camera handle") for its 13 Ultra flagship intended to made the super-premium Android smartphone feel even more like an actual 1-inch sensor camera. Now, the OEM is rumored to have done the same with its upcoming 14 Ultra, except that this version of the accessory will pack an extra, possibly hotly-awaited, feature.

The Galaxy S24, S24 Plus and S24 Ultra have only just been made official, yet can apparently be outfitted with the lightest and slimmest aramid-fiber cases possible already. Pitaka also crams MagSafe compatibility, a "grippy" texture, signature style and even some bonus eco-consciousness into these new, everyday-yet-durable accessories for Samsung's latest mobile flagships.

Samsung has finally launched the Galaxy S24 Ultra alongside the Galaxy S24 and Galaxy S24+. Most of its improvements are marginal, except for a more powerful telephoto camera and minor QoL upgrades.

Infinix has officially been named the Most Innovative Mobile Phone Brand of CES 2024, having shown its most "cutting-edge" prototypes off at the Las Vegas event. Some exhibited the brand's E-Color Shift customizable rear panel technology, whereas others were outfitted with apparently market-ready AirCharge near-field wireless charging. The brand has also developed an extreme cold-weather battery for smartphones.

The Magic6 Pro is now believed to become supplanted as Honor's latest flagship smartphone by its upcoming RSR sibling later in 2024. It is believed to be the world's first device to launch with a new ultra-premium rear camera sensor slated to beat that of rivals such as the Xiaomi 14 Ultra or OPPO Find X7 Ultra in some specific, potentially significant, ways.

The Redmi Note 13 series may have a problem coming for it on a number of levels, not the least of which is its very product name. Furthermore, it is coming from a slightly unexpected quarter: Realme. The brand has announced that it is finally getting in on the Note trend for the first time in 2024 - albeit possibly not in exactly the same way as other OEMs before it.

The OnePlus 12 series (consisting of a fully-fledged new flagship Android smartphone and its potentially more affordable R variant) is tipped to be available on a much more worldwide basis in 2024. Now, the OEM has reportedly submitted documentation to the Bluetooth SIG and other bodies that might confirm the possibility of multiple regional variants for both devices this year.

The OPPO Find X7 series of Android smartphones is live in China; now, its schedule of ex-warranty repair charges has been released alongside it. It reveals that the new top-end Ultra variant's cutting-edge display is one of the most expensive replacement part on the list, as is often the case with these new super-premium handsets - and that its new main Hasselblad camera costs nearly as much.

The Xiaomi Poco F5 Pro is a strong mid-range smartphone that starts at roughly ~$500. Its sister model, the Poco F5, is almost as fast and has nearly identical capabilities, but it costs around $399.

The RedMagic 9 Pro is currently the #1 Android smartphone on the AnTuTu Benchmark's rankings, and its maker has lost no time in pointing that fact out. The OEM touts its new gaming flagship as having "The Chill that Never Quits" thanks to its active cooling system. The 9 Pro has now also been released through more channels online.

iQOO India has announced that the Neo9 Pro will power its 2024 soon. The Android smartphone will be available in its most distinctive two-toned colorway when unleashed on its new market. It will also bring a high-refresh-rate screen driven by the MediaTek Dimensity series' most powerful chipset of 2023 and fast charging with it on that date - hopefully.

Realme's next-gen premium mid-range Android smartphones are on the way, according to a new leak - and they're bringing the brand's current flagship camera hump with them. One of them even seems to contain the GT5 Pro's headlining periscope zoom lens, although both might have the same display and battery.

OnePlus claims that it will bring a flagship experience to the masses with the upcoming Ace 3, a new Android smartphone freshly confirmed to have a 16GB/1TB SKU certified to retain its top-end performance over four years of use. The device will also boast the OEM's latest Tiangong Cooling System Pro technology, touted to further push the limits of smartphone vapor chamber size and heat dissipation.

The iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max launched as markedly light Apple mobile flagships thanks to their new titanium-infused construction. However, their 16-series successors are now tipped to backslide in these terms in 2024, thanks to a switch to larger displays in both the Pro and Pro Max models.

OnePlus already hypes its upcoming premium mid-range Ace 3 smartphone in terms of its class-leading screen. Now, the OEM has gone on to boast of the same display's "extremely narrow" borders ahead of its official January 2024 unveiling. They are slated to come in at under 2 millimeters (mm) at the bottom of the panel, and even less at its sides.

It's New Year's Day 2024, which means it's now time to look back on the mobile devices that withstood to the classic "scratches at a level 6, with deeper grooves at a level 7" durability gauntlet in 2023. JerryRigEverything host Zach Nelson also nominated the most fragile and most unique handsets encountered in the past year, as well as the easiest to take apart and put back together again.

The Honor Magic6 Pro is set to become the world's latest 'satellite smartphone' on its imminent launch. Now, a leaker purports to spoil its new spec in action, and to pit it against an existing device with similar capabilities. It seems the Honor version might be superior in some respects compared to Huawei's take on the technology.

OnePlus touts the Ace 3 as the next best thing to its flagship 12 smartphone and is, thus, worth holding out for until its early 2024 debut. In the meantime, the brand claims that its new premium camera algorithm turn the upcoming premium mid-ranger's rear cameras into shooters capable of realistic light and shadow.

The GT5 Pro is the most up-to-date premium Android smartphone released by Realme - however, it has yet to be made available outside of China. That might be about to change, however, as hinted by a new official teaser post. It seems to combine the Pro's most prominent design cue with one of its most cutting-edge features.

Motorola is getting ready to say goodbye to 2023 and look ahead to a 2024 replete with updated, upgraded mobile devices already. The brand asserts that the new range will be the first to be augmented with its OEM Lenovo's custom AI in earnest, its flagships, Moto G-series mid-ranges and the Razr Plus' successor included.

Vivo is now believed to have a third-gen foldable smartphone in the works. The X Fold3 is painted as capable of taking on rivals such as the OnePlus Open with on-trend camera specs such as a periscope zoom lens. However, it is also slated to upgrade to the current top-end Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor, while retaining a feature missing from its potential OnePlus counterpart.

A new leak has revealed the Galaxy S24, Galaxy S24+, and Galaxy S24 Ultra prices. All three flagships are supposedly €50 cheaper than their predecessors in Europe.

The Neo9 series has emerged today as iQOO's latest 144Hz display Android smartphones. They also boast the largest batteries of their mid-range line thus far, with flagship-grade charging across the board to boot. The newly-launched devices offer up to 1TB of internal storage, new or nearly-new top-end silicon and 50MP main cameras for ~$560 at the most.

The OnePlus 12R is projected to debut as a secondary variant for the OEM's upcoming flagship smartphone on the global market in 2024 - but not before it does so as the Ace 3 in China. It is now officially slated to debut with one of the brand's most innovative, distinctive finish options to date.

Honor has officially set the date on which its new flagship smartphones will be unveiled. The "sufficiently advanced" Magic6 series will also upgrade to the latest version of the OEM's Android skin on that day, and are also expected to introduce their inaugural top-end limited edition variant - which might help explain why their launch is to be stretched out into a two-day event in early 2024.

iQOO has decided that it cannot wait until its new mid-range Android smartphones debut to share their new finish options, each complete with new name and back-story, with the world. They are slated to launch as the Neo9 and Neo9 Pro, the latter of which is now tipped to debut with a premium amount of RAM to go with its high-end Dimensity 9300 platform.

Samsung's next Galaxy XCover-series smartphone is coming to Europe, according to a new leak. It is tipped to hit the market with "nice" specs for its typically rugged category of Android devices. Nevertheless, it may also have an attractive price on its supposedly upcoming launch.

The Redmi Note 13 series of potentially affordable yet attractively-spec'd Android smartphones is definitely coming to India soon - now, the brand has confirmed outright that its Pro variants will be an option. The devices are currently being teased as bringing their headlining features with them thus far, although some eagle-eyed Xiaomi fans might have already noticed that there is something else missing here.

Xiaomi has shared relatively detailed information about the new Poco M6 5G. The model is said to be the cheapest 5G smartphone to date and is also well positioned in terms of storage.

The RedMagic 9 Pro can easily be mistaken for a "smartphone from 2030" thanks to its cutting-edge camera hump-free design - according to Zach Nelson, that is. Nevertheless, the new Android gaming powerhouse was very much in the present for the popular vlogger's classic battery of bend, burn and scratch tests - augmented in this case by putting the device's hidden selfie camera under the microscope.

Redmi has announced a "new record" for its current flagship K70 line of Android smartphones: 1 million units sold in just 14 days. The devices are also now backed to build on their reputation for "championship speed" with the imminent launch of the new Lamborghini Edition of the top-end K70 Pro.

OPPO's Find X7 series has yet to launch, yet is the subject of rumors hinting that things will be very different in this generation compared to its predecessors. The latest twist in this tale is that its Pro variant has been discontinued, and that only its Ultra and vanilla counterparts remain. The former will allegedly still encompass all of the OEM's top-of-the-line upgrades, however - OPPO's latest premium display included.

A new leak says Samsung has a Galaxy S24 version with 12 GB of RAM, instead of the previously rumoured 8 GB. However, it will only be available in some unspecified regions.

The Xperia Pro-II is tipped to launch as even more of a camera phone than Sony's current Android flagship in 2024. The handset is also now believed to launch with a new camera hump containing something heretofore unseen in the mobile device world: actual manual zoom for a main shooter. Then again, the leak behind it is very much open to interpretation on the subject.

The Find X7 series is tipped to launch with the most powerful cameras OPPO has developed for its smartphones to date. Now, famed leaker Digital Chat Station has weighed in on this topic with the shooters' most detailed specs dump yet. It asserts that the highest-end Pro and Ultra variants will have 4 sensors of the most on-trend resolution, whereas the vanilla X7 is depicted as essentially a OnePlus 12 but slightly better.

The OPPO Find X7 Pro has yet to launch as a new premium Android smartphone, yet has allegedly appeared in another new render in advance. This one contradicts the first such tip attributed to the high-end device, in that it has a considerably different camera hump in this new image. Typical OPPO attributes such as an extra Hasselblad logo are still included, however.