Year: 2023

Earlier today we found out that the Redmi Note 12 Turbo will become official at an event in China on March 28. This will be the world’s first smartphone to use the Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 chipset, which was announced last week. This is by far the highest-performing 7-series Snapdragon ever made, so … Read more

Last week iQOO announced an India-exclusive Z7, then followed yesterday by the Z7 for China, which is a completely different device. However, it looks like the vivo sub-brand is now working on bringing the Chinese Z7 to India and other countries outside of China, only under the Z7 Pro moniker, rather confusingly. This device … Read more

Last November, an Oppo smartphone bearing model code PHQ110 and believed to be the Oppo A98 5G got certified by China’s TENAA. Now a new version of the A98, having model designation CPH2529, has been certified by Thailand’s NBTC, taking it a step closer to launch outside China. The Thai certifying authority doesn’t reveal … Read more

Samsung finally made its new mid-ranger pair official and the Galaxy A54 wasted no time in topping our trending chart. It opened quite a gap to the second placed Galaxy S23 Ultra too, suggesting its win might not be a one-off. The Galaxy A34 did well too, capturing the third spot and giving week … Read more

Some see them as unnecessary, while others think they are the only innovative phones on the market right now – foldables are not ready to take over the market yet, but they are quickly growing in popularity as can be seen in last week’s poll. Price and durability are still the main concerns and … Read more

Meta’s Twitter-inspired paid verification service initially went live in Australia and New Zealand, and starting today it’s also available to Facebook and Instagram users in the US. The service costs $11.99 per month if you sign up on the web, or $14.99 through a mobile app store. The former option only allows you to … Read more

The flip phone wars are intensifying this year, what with Oppo joining the international fight. Alongside Samsung, Motorola’s been in the game the most, and it’s readying a new entrant in the space for later this year. We have so far assumed this would end up being called Razr 2023, in keeping with Motorola’s … Read more

Yesterday we saw some CAD-based renders of the Pixel 8 Pro getting leaked, and they gave us our first look at the upcoming flagship Google device that’s expected to launch around October. Today, the same source is back with a bunch of raw CAD shots, comparing the Pixel 8 Pro’s screen to that of … Read more

The Google Pixel 8 Pro has leaked today in CAD-based renders, and it’s keeping the same design language as its predecessor, by the looks of it. It’s quite early for these renders as the phone should only be released in October, but Google might tease it on May 10 during its I/O developer conference, … Read more

How many times can you launch the same series of smartphones? Well, if you’re Xiaomi sub-brand Redmi, the answer to that question nowadays seems to be “at least three”. The Redmi Note 12 series got its first launch in China back in November. Then, in January, they made the jump to India, where the … Read more