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A new leak has now provided exact pricing details of the Xiaomi 12X, Xiaomi 12, and Xiaomi 12 Pro ahead of their global debut on March 15. The prices, however, remain unfriendly and appear to show Xiaomi competing with Samsung's Galaxy S22 series in that segment of the market.

Apple’s Peek Performance event featured a number of new hardware announcements for midrange and professional users. Let’s break down some of the most impressive devices Apple revealed.

Vivo is projected to launch an inaugural foldable smartphone in 2022. It is thought to be an alternative to its also possibly upcoming X Note at the top end of its mobile device offerings for the year. Now, both have reportedly been certified by the 3C regulator in China with similar specs in some respects.

A tech YouTuber has pitted Samsung's new flagship, the Galaxy S22 Ultra, and Apple's iPhone 13 Pro Max against each other in a test of battery endurance. Some enthusiasts may have spotted that this has already been done; however, this one also included different recently-launched premium devices, including those from OnePlus, OPPO - and iQOO.

Xiaomi has now officially announced the global launch date of its flagship phones in the Xiaomi 12 series. The Xiaomi 12 and Xiaomi 12 Pro are certain to make their grand debuts, and could be joined by the Xiaomi 12X and Xiaomi 12 Lite.

OPPO has announced an interesting new feature upgrade for its phones, intended to allow users to scan their surroundings to detect concealed cameras. The OEM suggests that it might be increasingly relevant and vital, especially as consumers start travelling again. However, it might only be available on the company's latest and highest-end Android smartphones at first.

The Google Pixel 6a has made its Geekbench debut with a Google Tensor chipset under the hood. It manages to score 1,050 and 2,833 in the single and multi-core test, respectively. Other specs include 6 GB of RAM and Android 12.

The prospect of Xiaomi launching a 12 Ultra has become increasingly strongly endorsed on the leak circuit as of late. It is said to do so with a new rear-panel-dominating circular module. This feature may have been captured in case renders that have leaked out ahead of their release. They come with a few alleged camera specs for the super-flagship phone.

The Galaxy A33 is thought to be one of the next smartphones to launch from Samsung in 2022. New renders of this device have now appeared, based on the latest rumors on its specs and design. They include hints that the upcoming One UI 4.1-powered device might launch with the supposedly upcoming Exynos 1280 SoC, as well as the 1200 pointed to earlier.

Honor is an OEM that launched its latest flagship smartphones at MWC 2022. It has announced that it intends not to stop there, however, as it now wants to increase its share of the market worldwide by the end of 2022. It plans to become a "global brand" by releasing more products from new and existing lines.

The Realme GT Neo3 is set to launch as the first phone with 150 watt (W) charging, and may also introduce the new MediaTek Dimensity 8100 processor. A phone with its rumored model number has shown up on Geekbench 5 with what might be this new silicon.

Samsung is now set to launch a new Galaxy F-series phone in India soon. This Flipkart exclusive is one of the very few of its line with a 120Hz display, which may make up for the water-drop notch in the same screen. The F23 is also slated to debut with a 5G processor and a 50MP main camera.

Xiaomi India has now set a joint March 2022 launch date for the Redmi Watch 2 Lite and Note 11 Pro. Now, a new leak purports to spill approximate pricing info for the upcoming, reasonably spec-rich wearable. Should it prove accurate, the cost in question might help the Watch 2 Lite fly off the shelves in its new market.

Consumer premises equipment (CPE) is typically provided as router-like devices for consumers to get wireless data over mobile standards such as 5G in their homes. ZTE claims that its latest flagship MC888 CPE supports Wi-Fi 7 as well, and can thus achieve speeds of about 10 gigabits per second in conjunction with its new design and antennae.

Realme has previewed 2 upcoming phones on its Indian website ahead of their launch. The 9 and 9 SE will both be 5G, thanks to a 6nm processor apiece. Furthermore, the 9 SE is already being hyped as debuting with the fastest display for its market tier, and probably with good reason.

iQOO has launched flagship 9-series smartphones outside of China for the first time; however, their new Indian versions are not exactly the same as those announced in their OEM's native country. Nevertheless, they still manage to offer top-end 120W charging, as well as a cutting-edge 2K LTPO AMOLED display in the Pro variant.

A live image of a yet-to-be-launched OnePlus smartphone with a large camera sensor has been posted online. It is very likely the OnePlus 10R, as it is slated to be launched before the vanilla OnePlus 10. The smartphone is rumoured to feature a MediaTek Dimensity 9000 SoC and a 120 Hz AMOLED screen.

Earlier, the smartphone brand Vivo had indicated that 2022 was the year in which it would start making top-end devices under the NEX brand again. Now, it has confirmed that this is the case, although it has now decided against using this name again. However, the new X line is tipped to contain the former premium series' innovation-focused DNA on its launch.

The Dimensity 1300 is MediaTek's new processor that confers "everyday 5G" on the devices to run on it. It is an eight-core chipset that is compatible with cutting-edge 200MP camera sensors. It supports Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.2 and a potentially high display refresh rate.

Samsung's latest flagship phablet, the Galaxy S22 Ultra, has proven itself inconsistent, to say the least, on durability-related YouTube to date. Now, it has made its way through the classic JerryRigEverything series of tests. Can the Note replacement's cutting-edge Gorilla Glass Victus+ sandwich acquit itself in this new video?

The Poco F3 is now receiving its first-ever MIUI 13 build. This update brings Android 12-based MIUI 13 to the popular phone and weighs in at a whopping 3.2 GB. The Xiaomi 11T Pro also receives a similar Android 12-based OTA that looks to be in stable form.

TCL has announced three new tablets at MWC 2022, all of which have ~10-inch displays. One is a 5G variant, whereas another is the latest in the OEM's NXTPAPER range. However, it may have detracted from these new devices by mentioning an additional slate that is yet to launch and might be a flagship among TCL big-screen mobile devices.

TCL's existing 30-series smartphones are new devices pitched at the US market. Now, it has announced new variants for the European market at the latest Mobile World Congress (MWC). They include the 30 5G, accompanied by Plus, SE, and E variants, starting from under US$160.

MediaTek has finally lifted the covers of the Dimensity 8000 and Dimensity 8100. Both SoCs feature four ARM Cortex-A78 cores, four Cortex-A55 cores, a Mali G610 GPU, 200 MP camera support, and more. They will debut alongside Chinese-origin smartphones in Q1, 2022.

Yet again, it appears owners of the Exynos model of Samsung's newest flagship phone, the Galaxy S22 Ultra, get the short end of the stick. Going by side-by-side comparisons, the Exynos 2200-powered phones display both worse battery life and video recording.

The GT2 Pro is Realme's early-2022 flagship smartphone, powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor and up to 12GB of RAM. It is slated to launch in Europe soon; however, a blog now purports to spill the prices to be unveiled during that event in advance. They potentially point to marked affordability for these specs, only beaten in this respect by the phone's vanilla GT2 sibling.

Lenovo has now made its first-gen Legion Y-series Android smartphone official. It brings a relatively novel form-factor to its market, having rear-firing fans that blast through its rear panel and surround its RGB logo. Its Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor and generous battery drive a 144Hz AMOLED display with a 720Hz multi-finger touch-sampling rate.

At its launch event today, Realme announced the debuts of the Realme GT 2 and GT 2 Pro for the global market, as well as updating its software update policy to match Google's on the major OS upgrade front.

Honor has officially launched the Magic 4 and Magic 4 Pro in Europe, with prices starting at €899 former and €1,099 for the latter. Both phones feature a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC, 120 Hz LTPO HDR10+ AMOLED screens with a MEMC chip, and more.

At MWC 2022, Qualcomm has introduced the Snapdragon X70 5G modem-RF system featuring a dedicated AI processor to enhance key network parameters and power efficiency. The Snapdragon X70 supports all commercial 5G bands from 600 MHz to 41 GHz and allows FDD-TDD and mmWave-sub-6 aggregation along with standalone mmWave. The modem offers up to 10 Gbps peak downlink and up to 3.5 Gbps peak uplink speeds.

New tests have now revealed performance and efficiency metrics of both the Cortex-X2 and Cortex-A710 cores on the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Exynos 2200, along with similar cores on chipsets like Google's Tensor, the Snapdragon 888, and the Snapdragon 870.

The flagship of the T series was renovated last year, and another redesign is happening this year, due to the change toe 16:10 screens. Another focus: The new Intel Alder Lake CPUs and AMD Ryzen 6000, as well as a new screen option.

Apart from a regular update to the established T series ThinkPads, Lenovo also dares to explore new territory with the ThinkPad brand at MWC. In the case of the Lenovo ThinkPad X13s, this means going with Qualcomm instead of AMD and Intel, or rather Snapdragon than Core i or Ryzen. The result is the first ThinkPad laptop with an ARM CPU.

Honor's MWC 2022 showcase and, thus, the launch of the Magic4 smartphone series, is now nearly upon us. Despite this, the OEM has decided to reveal a potentially significant detail in advance: a side-on new-flagship view that reveals a pronounced curve toward an extremely skinny frame on the part of both the display and rear panel.

The smartphone chipset market has ended 2021 with MediaTek still in the top spot, according to the latest Counterpoint Research report. However, Qualcomm experienced a resurgence to a narrow second place, followed by Apple - and Unisoc, who overtook Samsung into fourth place compared to the last quarter of 2020.

Asus has had to rebrand the ZenFone 8 to the 8z for the Indian market. This compact flagship smartphone's debut has not been heard of since its initial teaser in July 2021; however, the OEM has now finally scheduled its launch. It will be available through Flipkart, hopefully not long after that.

A famous Weibo-based leaker reports that Vivo has certified its upcoming Snapdragon 8 Gen 1-powered 2022 flagship. This device has been said to launch as the NEX 5 - however, according to the prolific leaker, the OEM has decided on a new premium smartphone name instead. It is also now tipped to support 2 fast charging rates and to have a class-leading AMOLED display that might be larger than most.

Realme has registered new devices with the regulator TENAA, which has led to speculation that both are variants of the GT Neo3, as they only differ in terms of battery size. They are also now said to be powered by a new Dimensity processor, and to be the first phones from Realme to launch with its new charging speed, currently slated to go up to 150W.

OPPO has been said to use flagship-grade processors from both Qualcomm and MediaTek in its upcoming top-end smartphone series since rumors of the devices in question, the Find X5 and X5 Pro, started to emerge. Now, the OEM has confirmed that this is in fact the case, and that the Pro will be, or at least will have, a Dimensity 9000 Edition.

OPPO has launched its top-end Find X5 and X5 Pro today (February 24, 2022). However, for those looking to spend less than flagship prices on their newest phone, the Lite variant of this series is also now an option. It boasts a 90Hz AMOLED display, a slim profile and a 64MP main camera.

The Oppo Find X5 Pro has officially been announced for international markets. Some of its key specs include 50 MP quad rear cameras, a 120 Hz screen, 50 MP quad rear cameras and a 5,000 mAh battery that supports 80 W fast charging. It will hit shelves on March 21, 2022 and cost €1,299.

The Oppo Find X5 has been launched alongside its Pro and Lite siblings. It features a Snapdragon 888 SoC, 6.5-inch 120 Hz screen, 8 GB RAM and a 4,800 mAh battery. It will cost €999 and can be bought starting March 21.

iPhones have yet again been rumored to look elsewhere for their 5G connectivity solutions from 2022 onward. Now, according to a new report from a typically knowledgeable industry blog, these components will be supplied exclusively by TSMC. Apple has allegedly chosen a new-ish production process that might deliver "significant" improvements over the Qualcomm equivalents found in the 13 series.

Xiaomi's Black Shark 4 Pro has finally joined its vanilla 4 sibling on its brand's international webstore today (February 23, 2022). It offers the slightly outdated, yet still quite powerful, Snapdragon 888 flagship-grade processor, complete with a "sandwich" liquid cooling system to help preserve its gaming performance. Then again, it also offers a 144Hz AMOLED display refresh rate and 120W charging for under $600.

The luxury smartphone-augmenting company Caviar has just decided that Samsung's new top-end Galaxy S22 Ultra phablet is just not expensive enough; luckily, it has all the gold, titanium and crocodile skin it needs to address this issue. The results are heavily ornamented, limited-edition units of the new flagship that start at over US$6,000 a pop.

According to a new report, Qualcomm could be looking at TSMC to manufacture its upcoming 3 nm smartphone SoCs. The yields at Samsung Foundries have been around 35%, prompting Qualcomm to make the switch.

RedMagic has unveiled the global variant of its 2022 flagship gaming smartphone today (February 22, 2022). The 7 has a top-end 165Hz refresh rate for its AMOLED display, and boasts a comprehensive cooling system for its Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC. However, it has launched with some compromises on the specs of its original, Chinese-market version.

A new report has now revealed details of what will be a brand new device in the Xiaomi 12 series, the mid-range Xiaomi 12 Lite. The Xiaomi 12 Lite appears to take heavy cues from the Xiaomi Civi that debuted in China months ago, and is set to launch soon.

The flagship-grade Vivo X80 Pro has just shown up on Geekbench, where it managed to net a single-core score of 1,248 and a multi-core score of 4,191. Similarly, its overall AnTuTu score was 1,072,221. Essentially, it managed to outperform the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Exynos 2200 in both tests.