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OnePlus launched the Turbo 6 in China back in January, and now a tipster on Weibo has shared the first details about its successor. According to the source, the Turbo 7 will be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 6, which is still being refined, and OnePlus is allegedly vying to be among the first to launch a phone with it. The Turbo 7 is also said to continue OnePlus' push to bring a 200MP main camera and a 185Hz refresh rate (165Hz system-wide) to more of its phones. It will reportedly have a gla

While we wait for Motorola to fully take the wraps off the Signature 27, its next flagship smartphone, the company has partnered up with Danny Winget for an exclusive hands-on promo video showcasing the device in all its glory. You can see it below. The Signature 27 is confirmed to come in two colors, Pantone Coal Smoke and Pantone Capulet Olive, and to have Audio by Bang & Olufsen, as the company previously announced. The phone sports a 6.8-inch "Extreme AMOLED Duo" branded screen, which has a

Apple launched the iPad mini (2026) last week, with an OLED screen and the A20 Pro chip. If you were wondering about the rest of the lineup, Apple is allegedly planning a wave of iPad updates for the first half of 2027, according to a new report from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. Three models will reportedly be part of it: a new entry-level iPad, an iPad Air with an OLED display, and a faster iPad Pro with a vapor chamber for cooling. Gurman also says you shouldn't expect any new iPads to launch in

The upcoming Samsung Galaxy S27+ showed up in China's 3C database with 45W charging support back in September, and now another certification is backing that up. A couple of safety certifications list the phone with a 15V/3A rating, which works out to 45W. Between them, the two certifications cover pretty much every version of the handset, from the global SM-S956B and the Korean SM-S956N to the US SM-S956U, the Chinese SM-S9560, and the SC-52H headed to Docomo in Japan. In other words, it looks

Google is experimenting with a small but important change to Wear OS – adding a status bar, similar to Android phones. A test version of this feature was included in the Wear OS 7.1 canary emulator and the company is asking developers to try it out and send feedback. The feature will add a status bar that displays the current time and the most important status indicator at the top of the screen – if there are multiple status indicators, only the top priority one is displayed. Google is experi

Back in May, Spotify announced a licensing deal with Universal Music Group for a new AI tool that lets fans create covers and remixes of songs from participating artists, and said it would launch this as a paid add-on for Premium subscribers. It didn't share a price or a launch date at the time, but now we have a better idea of both. According to a new report, Spotify is aiming to launch the service in the first quarter of 2027, possibly unveiling it around the Grammy Awards in February. The co

Redmi unveiled the M100 in China in August, featuring a Snapdragon 4 Gen 5 chipset and a 7,900mAh battery. Now, the company has quietly launched the Redmi M100 Pro in the country. The Redmi M100 Pro is powered by the Dimensity 7300-Ultra chipset, paired with up to 12GB of LPDDR4X RAM and 256GB UFS 2.2 storage. It features a curved 6.67-inch AMOLED display that supports a 120Hz refresh rate and gets Gorilla Glass Victus 2 protection. The phone also comes with an under-display fingerprint scan

Indian smartphone brand Karbonn has officially made a comeback in the country's smartphone market with the launch of its new Rebel series, which comprises the Rebel and Rebel Pro. The 4G phones will be available to purchase online in India starting November 4. The Karbonn Rebel is powered by the MediaTek Helio G81 chipset and features a 6.75-inch LCD with a 90Hz refresh rate. The rear panel features a large horizontal camera island with three cutouts. However, Karbonn has only confirmed a 5

OnePlus has expanded its Turbo 6 series in China with the addition of a new variant, the Turbo 6Vs. The new phone is listed on the company’s official online store and offers similar specifications as the Turbo 6V. The only apparent difference between the OnePlus Turbo 6V and the new Turbo 6Vs is the color options. The latter is available in a new orange shade alongside a white option. The Turbo 6Vs is powered by the Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 chipset and features a 6.78-inch AMOLED display with a r

The Xiaomi 18 Pro and Xiaomi 18 Pro Max debuted in China in September, with Xiaomi subsequently confirming plans for a global launch. The company has now begun teasing their international debut, offering a tentative launch timeline. In a social media post, the company confirmed that the Xiaomi 18 Pro series will make its global debut later this month. Notably, the phones were recently spotted on Italian retailer Epto’s online store, revealing their specifications, colour options, and Europea

The Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 5 are the company’s latest flagship true wireless earbuds. They are a major overhaul of the previous generation Momentum True Wireless 4 in nearly every way, with the company claiming improved design, comfort, audio quality, noise cancellation, and microphone performance. And they also happen to be Sennheiser’s first wireless earbuds with user-replaceable batteries. The Momentum True Wireless 5 are priced at $300 and go up against fierce competition in

Now that the foldable fever is dying down following the iPhone Duo launch, let’s focus on slab phones this week. Surprisingly, Pixels are on sale – Google phones rarely get discounts worth mentioning, but this week is an exception. The Google Pixel 11 Pro starts at $800 with a solid 27% price cut. The upgrade from 12GB of RAM and 256GB storage to 16/512GB costs $120 – note that this year, the 256GB Pro and Pro XL models have less RAM than the higher storage tiers. This wasn’t the case with prev

Another week in the books, so let’s do a recap. Apple had a packed few days, announcing new MacBook Pro models with OLED touchscreens, an OLED iPad mini, and a major Creator Studio update. The iPhone Duo also drew attention for reports of inner display damage, while Poco unveiled the X8s. The new MacBook Pro models add tandem OLED displays and touchscreen support to the Mac lineup for the first time. Apple calls the panels PROLED XDR; they support refresh rates from 10Hz to 120Hz and peak brigh

Honor's 700 series is expected to launch in China next month, and two well-known tipsters on Weibo have shared a few more details about it. According to Digital Chat Station, both the Honor 700 and the Honor 700 Pro will support a 200mm teleconverter. The tipster also says the series has a mid-size screen with ultra-narrow bezels, a large battery, a built-in rear screen, a Snapdragon chipset, and a periscope telephoto camera, plus an A-list celebrity as its brand ambassador. Smart Pikachu, on t

The Oppo Find X10 and Find X10 Pro Max went on pre-order last week, and are now available for purchase. Samsung’s Galaxy S26 series and the latest Galaxy foldables are also on sale alongside Apple’s iPhone 17 lineup. Both Find X10 and Find X10 Pro Max are available with a £100 discount on Amazon UK. The former comes with a triple-rear camera setup that houses two 200MP sensors. It also gets a 6.59-inch display, a 7,150mAh battery, and the Dimensity 9600M chipset.

With the arrival of iOS 27, Apple was hoping to make up a lot of ground in the AI space, but the new and improved Apple Intelligence comes with a huge caveat. Users who have already updated their iPhones to iOS 27 report that Apple Intelligence took around 15GB of internal storage. The exact amount of storage allocation varies from phone to phone - some see 16GB of their storage inaccessible after the update, others report as low as 9GB. Perhaps the more frustrating part is that Apple Intelli

Indian handset maker Lava has announced that its smartphones will get expensive in India from November 15, 2026, by up to INR3,000. Lava says the price hike is due to ongoing memory shortages and advises consumers planning to buy a smartphone to do so before the increase. In an official statement, Lava said, "In the current industry environment, ongoing memory shortages have necessitated a price revision of up to INR3,000 across our smartphone portfolio, effective 15th November, 2026. Consum

“We’ve done tons of user testing on this and it turns out it doesn’t work. Touch surfaces don’t want to be vertical. It gives a great demo, but after a short period of time you start to fatigue and after an extended period of time, your arm wants to fall off. It doesn’t work. It’s ergonomically terrible.” This is what Steve Jobs said about laptops with touchscreens back in 2010 – it’s hardly a new idea, but sixteen years later Apple announced its first such laptops, the MacBook Pros with PROLED

Oppo flagships were never cheap, but the latest generation may be too expensive to achieve the popularity that it deserves, given the excellent hardware of the phones themselves. The Oppo Find X models aren’t alone in this – memory prices rising hundreds of percent in a matter of months made this outcome inevitable. The Oppo Find X10 Pro Max is the clear winner of the two – this is how it goes usually when comparing very expensive flagships. People who think they are too expensive already voted

Nothing started rolling out the stable version of Nothing OS 5.0 based on Android 17 to the Nothing Phone (3) earlier this month, and now four more devices are joining in. The Nothing Phone (4a), Phone (4a) Pro, Phone (3a), and Phone (3a) Pro are now receiving the update. As usual, the rollout is staggered, so not everyone will get the update at the same time. To manually check for it, go to Settings > System > System update. Make sure you back up your data first, and don't be alarmed if your p