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The new Motorola Edge 70 Pro+ is now official in India, and it brings a familiar set of specs and looks. The 70 Pro+ is actually a rebadge of the global Edge 70 Pro featuring a 50MP telephoto camera with 3.5x optical zoom. It arrives in the three color options - Pantone Chicory Coffee (brown), Pantone Zinfandel (red) and Pantone Stormy Sea (blue). Edge 70 Pro+ features a 6.8-inch AMOLED with FHD+ resolution and a 144Hz refresh rate. The panel is protected by Gorilla Glass 7i and features up to 5,200 nits peak local brightness. There’s a MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme under...

The Xiaomi 17T, unveiled last week, has launched in India. The smartphone comes in violet, blue, and black colors in India with two memory options - 12GB/256GB and 12GB/512GB, priced at INR59,999 ($625/€540) and INR64,999 ($680/€585), respectively. [#InlinePriceWidget,14652,1#] The Xiaomi 17T will go on sale in India starting June 10 via Xiaomi's Indian website, Amazon.in, and Xiaomi retail stores. Xiaomi also unveiled the 17T Pro last week, but it's unclear if and when it will launch in India. Xiaomi 17T's color options The Xiaomi 17T is powered by the Dimensity 8500...

More details about the rumored vivo X500 Pro Max have surfaced online. Just a day after a tipster revealed the display details of the device, the same source has now shared information regarding its rear camera system. According to the new leak, the Pro Max variant will feature a triple rear camera setup consisting of two 50MP sensors and a 200MP camera. vivo X300 Pro The primary camera is said to use Sony's 50MP 1/1.28-inch LOFIC sensor, while the periscope telephoto camera could be equipped with a 200MP 1/1.4-inch sensor. Meanwhile, vivo is also said to be testing an upgraded...

Today Helium Mobile has announced that it's being acquired by Noble Mobile. Helium Mobile launched back in 2023 with a hybrid network. It relied on T-Mobile just like any other MVNO, but it also had its own decentralized "people-powered" network comprising over 100,000 user-operated mini cell towers deployed across the US. It also made waves with its free Zero Plan, launched last year and discontinued a few weeks ago. There was a lot of talk of crypto rewards too because crypto was still the thing in 2023 apparently (before it gave way to AI as the new buzzword). Now, though, Helium Mobile...

Samsung is rumored to launch two book-style folding smartphones this year - the Galaxy Z Fold8 and the Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra. The Fold8 was previously called Fold8 Wide, while the Fold8 Ultra was called the Fold8. The renaming happened last month, causing confusion. While there's no word from Samsung on this development, we now know that the Fold8 Ultra moniker is real. This confirmation comes from the Bluetooth SIG, which has listed the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra in its database after certifying the foldable. While the database doesn't divulge any specs of the Fold8 Ultra, it has...

Back in April we first heard that vivo's upcoming X500 family would also include the X500 Pro Max, with the brand seemingly following in Xiaomi's footsteps, which of course was itself inspired by Apple's long-running smartphone naming scheme. Today Digital Chat Station on Weibo has shared some details about the vivo X500 Pro Max's screen. According to him, it will be a 6.85-inch flat LIPO OLED panel with "2.5D" glass on top, "2K" resolution, and a 144Hz refresh rate. vivo X300 Pro The panel will also support high-frequency PWM dimming across the entire brightness range. The screen...

Back in February we first heard that vivo was working on its very own vlogging camera to rival DJI's Osmo Pocket line, and now a new rumor from China claims Oppo is doing the same too. According to Digital Chat Station on Weibo, both the Oppo and the vivo devices will feature a 200MP camera using a 1/1.12" type sensor. That size is very specific and points towards Sony's Lytia 901, unveiled last November. DJI Osmo Pocket 4 Oppo may co-brand its vlogging camera with Hasselblad, and vivo with Zeiss. Both of these will have "flagship-level" chips that aren't mentioned, and they will...

The Xiaomi 18 is coming in September, rumor has it, and according to a new leak from China, it will boast a 6.4-inch flat screen. That's marginally bigger than its predecessor's 6.3" panel, and it will keep the same 19.5:9 aspect ratio. The Xiaomi 18's panel will allegedly have "2K" resolution, which is an improvement over the Xiaomi 17, as well as ultra-narrow bezels, and large rounded corners. The phone's battery capacity will start with the number 7, and one commenter on Weibo seems to think it will be 7,800 mAh. Xiaomi 17 Anyway, even if it's "just" 7,000 mAh, that's still...

Apple is looking to improve its relationship with and help out app developers in Europe as it announces plans to open its first Apple Developer Center on the continent. It will be located in the Mitte district of Berlin, Germany, and will open its doors later this year. Apple already has Developer Centers in Bengaluru, Cupertino, Shanghai and Singapore. The center will be a place where developers can attend workshops where they will learn more about the wide variety of Apple platforms: phones with iOS, tablets with iPadOS, desktops with macOS, smartwatches with watchOS, streaming devices...

It's a fairly busy Computex 2026 for Acer this year. Among other devices, Acer also announced three new Iconia Duo tablets running on Android, designed for professionals looking for creativity and productivity devices on the go. Acer Iconia Duo S14 The Iconia Duo S14 is the top-of-the-line tablet with 14.2-inch OLED screen and 2,880 x 1,840px resolution. Yes, that means the aspect ratio is 3:2 making it ideal for productivity. A MediaTek Dimensity 8300 chipset sits behind the wheel paired with 8GB of RAM and up to 256GB internal storage. The latter is expandable via a microSD card up...