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Realme Pad 2 will be launched in India in a Wi-Fi only variant soon. The company confirmed the launch date and revealed a few key specifications of the upcoming model. Notably, the Realme Pad 2 with LTE support was unveiled in the country in July 2023. Both LTE and Wi-Fi variants are likely to have

Motorola Edge 50 Ultra is expected to go official alongside the Edge Fusion and Edge 50 Pro at Motorola’s global launch event on April 16. Ahead of the launch, the handset has appeared on the Geekbench benchmarking site with impressive scores. The listing hints at some of the hardware features of the handset. The Motorola

WhatsApp, the widely used messaging app owned by Meta, is finally joining the AI club. The Meta AI icon is finally showing up for some users in India in the main chat list. Meta AI is powered by the company’s Large Language Model Meta AI, or long for Llama. It is an advanced artificial intelligence

Vivo T3x 5G is confirmed to launch in India on April 17. The company has revealed the design and price range of the upcoming model previously. Now, the chipset details of the handset and the colour options have also been confirmed. Other specifications of the phone have leaked online earlier. The phone is said to succeed

Fairphone Fairbuds have been launched as the company’s latest true wireless stereo (TWS) earphones. The earbuds come with 11mm titanium-coated drivers and offer an active noise cancellation (ANC) feature. They provide Bluetooth multipoint connectivity, an IP54-rated build, and are claimed to deliver up to 26 hours of battery life with the case. However, these earphones

Moto G64 5G is confirmed to go official in India on April 16. Ahead of the scheduled launch, Motorola has listed the handset on its official website revealing all its specifications. The Moto G64 5G is confirmed to be available in three colour options and two RAM and storage configurations. It is listed with a

Samsung Galaxy S20 series is confirmed to receive security updates for a few more months. During its February 2020 launch, the models were promised to get three major Android OS upgrades and four years of security updates. The company has now confirmed that the phones will continue to receive quarterly security updates. Notably, the phones

Xiaomi Mix Fold 4, the purported next generation foldable phone from the Chinese smartphone brand, is expected to be unveiled soon as the successor to last year’s Mix Fold 3. Ahead of an official confirmation, specifications of the upcoming book-style foldable have leaked online. The Xiaomi Mix Fold 4 is tipped to run on the

Leica Leitz Phone 3 was launched on Thursday as the successor to the Leica Leitz Phone 2, which was unveiled in November 2022. The latest handset is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC but retains other key features of the preceding phone which was equipped with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset, a

Nokia 6310 (2024), Nokia 5310 (2024), and Nokia 230 (2024) have been launched as the latest feature phones by HMD. The new phones come as a refresh to old classic Nokia phones and run on the S30+ operating system with the bar form factor. They have a 2.8-inch QVGA display and are equipped with the

The Qi2 (pronounced ‘Chi Two’) charging standard was announced earlier this year by the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC). It succeeds the Qi wireless charging standard, is similar to Apple’s MagSafe technology, which debuted with the iPhone 12 and makes use of a comparable coil for wireless charging and magnet systems. The WPC claimed that the

Asus ROG Phone 8 series is speculated to arrive in the market soon. It is said to succeed the ROG Phone 7 lineup. However, the upcoming series is expected to include a base, a Pro and an Ultimate model. While the company has confirmed the processor details of the upcoming gaming smartphones, they have not

Honor 100 series is all set to go official on November 23 with the vanilla Honor 100 and Honor 100 Pro models. Just days ahead of the official launch, a Chinese tipster has revealed some key specifications of the upcoming Honor smartphones. They are tipped to come with 1.5K resolution displays with 3,840Hz pulse width

OnePlus 11 5G has started receiving the Android 14-based OxygenOS 14 stable update in India. The update brings improved Aquamorphic design, aquamorphic-themed ringtones, File Dock feature, and Smart Cutout to the OnePlus handset alongside several performance improvements. The update enhances photo and video-related permission management for safer access by apps and offers system stability improvements.

Apple is reportedly working towards improving the texting experience between iPhone and Android devices by adopting the RCS (Rich Communication Services) protocol in 2024. The new RCS standard will work alongside iMessage and bring several messaging features including read receipts, typing indicators, the ability to share high-quality images and videos, and more. RCS can work

Qualcomm unveiled the new Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 SoC mobile chipset on Friday, November 17. The new mid-range 5G mobile platform succeeds the Snapdragon 7 Gen 2 chipset and brings new on-device AI-based advancements. The Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 boasts peak CPU speeds of 2.63GHz and is claimed to deliver 50 percent faster GPU performance

OnePlus Open was launched globally and in India in October this year. The book-style foldable smartphone is powered by a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC and carries a 4,800mAh battery with 67W wired SuperVOOC charging support. It comes with a Hasselblad-branded triple rear camera setup. The phone has now received a software update that brings

Oppo Reno 11 series is all set to go official in China on November 23 with at least two entries — Oppo Reno 11 and Reno 11 Pro. Both models are currently up for pre-reservations in the country. As the launch date nears, Oppo is disclosing more details about the lineup on its social media

The Google Pixel 7 Pro was a good smartphone overall. It packed in everything a casual smartphone user would expect from an Android smartphone including, the now standard, timely software updates. But it came up short in a few areas like battery life, charging and had its fair share of heating issues and camera-related bugs

Oppo smartphones will soon work better with PCs and laptops running on Microsoft’s Windows 11 and Windows 10 operating systems, thanks to the addition of support for Phone Link and Link to Windows. At the recently concluded 2023 Oppo Developers Conference, both companies announced that support for the two apps was coming to Oppo, OnePlus,

OnePlus 9R is receiving the OxygenOS 11.2.1.1 update and it brings along a slew of bug fixes and improvements. The update improves Wi-Fi hotspot performance and fixes the delay in incoming calls when the device is in charge. The phone was launched last month, alongside OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 9 Pro in India. It is

WhatsApp has been found to have a flaw that could allow third parties to stalk users, security researchers say. The issue comes through the online status feature of the instant messaging app that is available by default. A list of Android and iPhone apps as well as some Web services are available that exploit the

Samsung Days Sale is already underway and it brings discounts, deals, and offers on several smartphones, including the recently launched Samsung Galaxy S21 series. The sale kicked off today, April 16, and will continue till April 19. The South Korean tech giant is also offering offers on some of the mid-range smartphones from the Galaxy

Moto G60 and Moto G40 Fusion smartphones are launching in India on April 20, the company confirmed. The phones are all set to go on sale on Flipkart and now the company has released key specifications of the two devices on social media. Moto G60 and the Moto G40 Fusion will be powered by Qualcomm

It’s been an action-packed couple of months in the Indian smartphone space and we now have some really good new phones launched starting at under Rs. 20,000. Realme introduced new phones in its primary number series as well as its X series, two of which have made the cut for this list. Xiaomi recently came

OnePlus 9R price in India starts at Rs. 39,999. The latest OnePlus phone comes alongside the OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 9 Pro. The OnePlus 9R is designed to provide a flagship-like experience but at a lower price than that of the OnePlus 9. When we look at the OnePlus 9R specifications, the phone offers some

Xiaomi Mi 11X and Mi 11X Pro smartphones from Xiaomi will be available in 8GB RAM + 128GB storage as well as 8GB RAM + 256GB storage configurations when they launch in India, a tipster has claimed. He also said that the Mi 11 Ultra will be launched in 12GB RAM + 256GB storage variant

Oppo A74 5G price in India has been confirmed officially just days ahead of its debut. The smartphone will be available under Rs. 20,000, Oppo said on Friday through a press note. Oppo A74 5G’s India variant is speculated to be different from its original model that was launched in other South Asians markets including

Vivo V21 launch in Malaysia is scheduled for April 27, the company revealed through a tweet. The series is said to include the Vivo V21 (in both 4G and 5G variants) and the Vivo V21e. A report also claims that the V21 series could launch in India on the same day as well, though Vivo

Oppo A94 5G launched in the European market as a rebranded Oppo Reno 5Z 5G that debuted in Singapore last week. The phone joins the 4G-enabled Oppo A94 that launched early last month. The Oppo A94 5G comes with the same specifications as the Oppo Reno 5Z 5G with a MediaTek Dimensity 800U SoC, a