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Last week, we were graciously invited by Xiaomi India to the wonderful Vietnamese island of Phú Quốc. The purpose of the visit was to check out the cameras on the new Xiaomi 17 series phones and put them through their paces in this bustling, vibrant environment. Our weapon of choice for this trip was the flagship Xiaomi 17 Ultra. This phone has a broad array of cameras on the back, including a 50MP main camera, a 50MP ultra-wide camera, and a 200MP telephoto camera with a variable 3.2x to 4.3x optical zoom. We recently did a full review of this phone, which you can check out...

Have you received an email advertising some cyber security subscription or a smart ring that seems to come from GSMArena.com? We didn't send that email – it comes from a spam service that is pretending to be us. A number of T-online.de users have reached out to us to report the spam emails, which prompted us to track down the issue. To be clear, we have nothing to do with the emails or the cyber security thing that they advertise. Here is what some of the spam emails look like: This is what some of the spam emails look like If you have received a spam email like the ones seen...

Google has announced Game Trials in Google Play Games. As the name implies, this feature lets you try out the full version of a paid title for free, and if you like it, you can easily purchase it and pick up where you left off, since your progress is carried over. Game Trials will be rolling out soon to select paid games on mobile, and will eventually also make it to Google Play Games for PC. What's more, on select paid games, you can buy the title once and have access to both the mobile and PC versions of the game. "Buy once, play anywhere", Google says. This is already rolling out to the...

The Galaxy S26 Ultra may seem like an iterative update to its predecessor, but Samsung did include a whole new type of periscope camera sensor design, which deserves some proper attention. Luckily, Zack Nelson aka JerryRigEverything's latest teardown video gives us a first-hand look at the S26 Ultra’s fancy new ALoP 5x periscope. The All Lenses on Prism (ALoP) design was announced by Samsung’s imaging division back in 2024, and it essentially allows for more compact periscope sensors. As the name suggests, the lens array is placed directly on top of the prism instead of between the...

In 2025, the tablet market in India contracted by 21.7% compared to 2024, managing 4.4 million shipments, and the only brands growing were Lenovo and Xiaomi, according to a new report by IDC. Samsung took the crown with 37.2% of the pie in 2025 and 1.6 million shipments, followed by Lenovo with 666,000 shipments. Lenovo grew the most year-on-year at 28.9%. Third-place Xiaomi grew by 12.1% to reach a 12.8% market share with 576,000 shipments, and it was followed by Apple with 540,000 shipments and a 12% market share. Apple's sales were down 14% year-on-year, though. Acer is fifth with...

Dreame entering the smartphone market (and smart rings and action cameras and even electric vehicles) was a bit of a surprise. But our initial surprise is now replaced with a wide-eyed stare – the company has built a series of luxury smartphones that would make Vertu blush. And then there’s the other series with a detachable camera with a 1” sensor. Starting with the phones that you can (probably) afford, these will have a detachable camera module that houses a 1” sensor and a Wi-Fi connection so that it can operate remotely. This is similar to Sony’s lens-style cameras and differs from...

iQOO has officially announced its new Z-series smartphone in India. The iQOO Z11x 5G succeeds last year’s Z10x 5G and brings an upgraded chipset along with a larger battery and other improvements. The handset offers a 6.76-inch LCD panel that offers a Full-HD+ resolution, up to 1,200 nits in high brightness mode, and a refresh rate of 120Hz. It is powered by the octa-core MediaTek Dimensity 7400 Turbo chipset, which can be configured with up to 8GB of LPDDR4X RAM and up to 256GB of UFS 3.1 storage. As for the cameras, the iQOO Z11x features a dual-rear camera setup that consists...

The latest addition to the Motorola Edge 70 lineup dons the Fusion+ moniker, and it brings some familiar specs but with a twist. For the most part, Edge 70 Fusion+ carries the core specs of the regular Edge 70 Fusion, but it features an updated camera setup including a 50MP main module (Lytia 710), a 50MP ultrawide, a 10MP 3x telephoto and a 50MP front-facing shooter. Edge 70 Fusion+ in Pantone Orient Blue and Pantone Blue Surf Edge 70 Fusion+ is equipped with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 chip, just like the Indian version of the Edge 70 Fusion, which launched last week. The...

Apple’s foldable iPhone is rumored to launch later this year with a wide inner display with a 4:3 aspect ratio. Now, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman has shared new details about the software experience on Apple’s upcoming foldable. According to Gurman, the upcoming iPhone Fold will bring several iOS improvements, including multitasking features inspired by iPadOS. The foldable’s inner display is expected to support ‘iPad-like layouts’ and side-by-side apps. The report adds that the inner screen will be roughly the same size as an iPad mini, prompting Apple to develop new iOS app layouts and...

After revealing the camera details of the upcoming vivo X300 Ultra, the company has now shared several camera samples from the device. The images showcase shots taken using the main and telephoto cameras, as well as the 200mm and 400mm teleconverter lenses. In separate posts on Weibo, vivo’s Han Bo Xiao shared several images shot using the X300 Ultra. The images showcase the primary 200MP Sony LYT-901 camera’s capabilities in daylight conditions at 35mm focal length. As per Xiao, the sensor is able to capture up to 30% more light than the previous generation. Alongside...