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Poco F6 Pro spotted on Geekbench with its key specs

3 May 2024 @ 12:15 pm

The Poco F6 Pro was certified by the FCC about a couple of weeks ago with a 5,000 mAh battery. Now, the smartphone has popped up on Geekbench with more specs. Geekbench revealed that the Poco F6 Pro, sporting model designation 23113RKC6G, is powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC, runs Android 14, and has 16GB of RAM onboard. But there will likely be more RAM options that are yet to be confirmed. The Poco F6 Pro scored 1,421 and 5,166 points in Geekbench's single and multi-core tests, respectively. The single-core score is lower, while the multi-core score is higher than what some...

Apple iPhone sales decline 10% in first three months of 2024

3 May 2024 @ 10:48 am

Apple posted its financial results for its second fiscal quarter, which is the period between January 1 and March 30, 2024. Sales of iPhones dropped 10% on a yearly basis, while Services reached its highest result ever, with a 14% increase over the same period last year. Cupertino's total revenue was $90.75 billion, 4% down from last year. Net income was $23.63 billion, also down compared YoY. Apple Store in Hong Kong According to the report, the sales decline came from all across Asia. Net sales were down in Greater China (PRC, Taiwan & Hong Kong), Japan, and the Rest of Asia...

OnePlus Ace 3 Pro could come with 16 GB RAM, 1 TB storage

3 May 2024 @ 9:23 am

The OnePlus Ace 3 Pro smartphone should have a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, according to one reliable leakster on Weibo. The user Smart Pikachu reiterated previous rumors we heard that the phone will also have 1 TB storage – an option OnePlus is still offering only in China. The user also suggested a new overall design, which is in line with previous reports – that is if their new information is genuine and not just parroting what another leakster already revealed two weeks ago. If the user is correct, this means the Ace 3 Pro will have a 50 MP main camera with a Sony IMX890 sensor behind...

Apple agrees to open iPadOS to third-party app stores in EU

3 May 2024 @ 7:55 am

The European Commission designated iPadOS as a gatekeeper at the beginning of the week under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). According to sources, Apple will not fight the decision and is planning to open the operating system to third-party app stores. Cupertino did not announce a specific date when that would happen, but the company has a six-month period to comply, which ends on October 28. Apple already opened iOS to third-party app stores in all 27 European Union member states. Interestingly enough, the company won't fight the Commission's decision and will have to transfer the...

vivo Y100 4G is official with Snapdragon 685, 80W fast charging

3 May 2024 @ 6:40 am

A new vivo phone was launched in several Asian countries under the name Y100 4G. The smartphone comes with a Snapdragon 685 and is actually the vivo V30 Lite 4G, renamed for different markets. The Y100 4G shares a footprint with a handful of other vivo devices, but most of them have a 5G-enabled Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 chipset and an 8 MP ultrawide camera that acts as a secondary to the 50 MP main cam. Here you still get a 50 MP camera, but the second one is a 2 MP unit. vivo equipped this phone with a 6.67” AMOLED screen, and a 5,000 mAh battery with 80W fast charging. Other...

vivo X100s live images surface ahead of launch

3 May 2024 @ 5:21 am

The vivo X100s launching this month recently appeared in an official teaser, and now we are looking at its live images that surfaced on Weibo, giving us a better look at the smartphone. The vivo X100s' rear looks similar to the vivo X100, sporting a circular camera island. However, while the X100's camera module has a Moon Halo design, the X100s' design looks similar to the X100 Pro's Sun Halo design, with some camera specs written on the ring around the cameras. vivo X100s live images There's also a ZEISS logo on the camera module, so you can expect the vivo X100s' cameras to...

Google Pixel 8a marketing materials leak

3 May 2024 @ 4:17 am

The Google Pixel 8a's official announcement is still more than ten days away. And yet, we're now at the stage where we're seeing at least one leak regarding it each and every day, if not two. Today's leak seems to basically be the Google website listing for the Pixel 8a, obviously prepared in advance for the launch. It's unclear if this was made live for a short while by mistake, or if it was leaked from inside the website's development team. Google Pixel 8a marketing materials Either way, here it is. Note the weird outline around the text, which probably means this has...

New Sony Xperia 1 VI leak details the cameras, chipset, and battery

3 May 2024 @ 1:39 am

Sony is expected to unveil the Xperia 1 VI flagship smartphone at its event on May 17. While we've heard a few things about it over the last few weeks, today a new rumor brings us more details, including the leaked renders you can see below. So let's dive in. Unsurprisingly, the Xperia 1 VI will be powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC. It will come with a 16mm ultrawide camera, a 24mm main camera (48mm with 2x optical zoom), and an 85-170mm telephoto zoom camera. The zoom camera goes further than the Xperia 1 V's which maxed out at 125mm, but the other specs seem identical....

High-end MediaTek-powered smartphone to land in the US for the first time this year

2 May 2024 @ 10:43 pm

The Android smartphone market in the US is quite different from Europe or Asia, in that there are fewer options, especially at the mid-range and low-end. But even when we're talking high-end, one thing is obvious - all of the top shelf devices in that market use a Qualcomm chipset. No MediaTek anywhere (and no Exynos either, for what it's worth). And that's despite the fact that MediaTek's 9000 series chips have, for a few years now, been very close in performance to Qualcomm's latest and greatest. The situation will thankfully change later this year, when, for the first time, a "premium"...

vivo Y38 5G quietly goes official with Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 SoC, 6,000 mAh battery

2 May 2024 @ 7:59 pm

vivo has introduced a new lower-midrange smartphone in Taiwan today - meet the Y38. There was no announcement or anything like that, the phone was just listed on vivo's official website for Taiwan. We doubt it will only be sold over there, so expect it to make its way to other markets soon. The vivo Y38 comes with a 6.68-inch 720x1612 120 Hz LCD touchscreen, and it's powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 chipset. This is paired with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of UFS 2.2 storage, which is expandable via microSDs up to 1TB. The phone has a 50 MP main rear camera with a 2 MP depth sensor...