Year: 2025

This week, Poco issued a much-requested firmware update to the F7 with camera and performance improvements. Users should get “more natural skin tones and facial details”, with “improved facial contrast and accurate brightness in portraits”, crisper images overall with “better detail retention across lighting conditions”, “superior HDR control” with balanced highlights in bright areas and … Read More “Latest Pixel 10 renders, Poco F7 gets big update, Week 32 in review” »

A long, long time ago, polyphonic ringtones were a noteworthy feature. Years later, the iPhone ringtone (Marimba) became instantly recognizable. Before that it was the Nokia Tune. Even to this day smartphone makers put a lot of effort into making ringtones – e.g. Samsung rented out a concert hall to add Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons … Read More “Weekly poll: do you still have your ringer on or is your phone on vibrate all the time?” »

The Honor Magic V5 is pricey but worth it for many voters in last week’s poll. The phone’s popularity could rise even higher, if it gets good reviews. As we write this, the V5 is preparing to launch in its first European market – that will be on August 12, Tuesday. We still don’t know … Read More “Weekly poll results: the Honor Magic V5 is headed for a strong launch” »

Samsung’s new foldables launched only a couple of weeks ago, while Google’s Pixel 9 series will be replaced with the 10-series later this month. Let’s have a closer look at their prices. This might not last long, but the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7 got its first discount – the 512GB model, only in Jet Black, … Read More “Deals: Galaxy Z Fold7 gets its first discount, Pixel 9a, 9 and 9 Pro also get price cuts” »

Beyond the usual vanilla and Pro models, Huawei has a tradition of releasing a special, often limited-edition RS variation of its flagship, primarily as a showcase of its technological prowess. This year, we will likely get the Mate 80 RS and some industry insider leaks have already started surfacing regarding the crown jewel in Huawei’s … Read More “Huawei Mate 80 RS to sport a dual-layer OLED and a titanium frame” »

We won’t keep you in suspense: Android 17 has the internal codename “Cinnamon Bun”. The information comes from a trusted source within Google and was originally reported by Android Authority. Here’s a convenient table breaking down all the previous dessert codenames for you to check out. Version number Codename Year of … Read More “We now know the dessert codename for Android 17” »

It seems there is no end to vivo’s expansive T4 lineup. There is the T4, the T4R, T4 lite, T4x, T4 Ultra and now the T4 Pro is incoming as well. The new Pro model just recently received its BIS certification, hinting at an imminent launch in India. BIS certification According to industry … Read More “The unannounced vivo T4 Pro just got its BIS certification” »

Google is unveiling the Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro, Pixel 10 Pro XL, Pixel 10 Pro Fold, and Pixel Watch 4 on August 20, and alongside them the Pixel Buds 2a should also become official. Last week an image leaked showing them in their case, and today their main specs have been outed by none … Read More “Google Pixel Buds 2a specs leak” »

Samsung’s Buy and Try program that we wrote about a couple of weeks ago is still ongoing, but the discount has changed and the prices on the Flips are lower now. This program offers an extended return window with the option for a full refund after up to 100 days. More details here. The Samsung … Read More “Deals: Galaxy Z Flip7 and Z Flip7 FE get cheaper Buy and Try offers, Z Fold7 paired with Buds3 Pro” »

Samsung is working on a bunch of tablets due to launch in the near future – the Galaxy Tab S11, S11 Ultra, and S10 Lite have been in the rumors a lot lately. Now it seems like there are two more tablets in the Korean company’s development pipeline, the Galaxy Tab A11 and A11+. These … Read More “Meet the Samsung Galaxy Tab A11” »