Apple will reportedly hold iPhone 14 event on September 7

We are nearing the time when Apple is expected to launch new hardware. According to a report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, we could be looking at a September 7 launch event followed by a September 16 release date. “Some retail store employees have been told to prepare for a major new product release on September 16th,” writes Gurman. Every year in September, Apple holds its annual launch event which has since switched to a hyper-polished and highly produced livestream event since the pandemic began. Apple employees have also reportedly begun recording segments for the virtual...

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Nothing Phone (1) gets Nothing OS 1.1.3 update with camera improvements

At the beginning of this month, Nothing rolled out Nothing OS 1.1.2 for the Nothing Phone (1), and about a couple of weeks later we get a further update today. Nothing OS 1.1.3 is already rolling out to Nothing Phone (1) units across the world, bringing with it a slew of bug fixes and a lot of camera improvements. You can expect improved photo clarity when using the front camera, faster Night Mode and HDR photo processing times, richer color saturation when using the ultrawide, less noise and more sharpness when zooming, and when using Glyph lighting images will be automatically...

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Weekly poll results: tiny Asus Zenfone 9 stirs big excitement

Is the Asus Zenfone 9 the perfect phone for people who want a small Android flagship? That seems to be the case, judging by the glowing reception in last week’s poll – half of people who voted want one. Another 30% would be interested, if Asus had offered software support longer than two OS updates and security patches spanning two years. To be fair, Asus said “at least two years”, but not everyone is willing to bet $700/€800 on the chance that patches keep coming after mid-2024. Admittedly, the poll is probably skewed – those interested in a small flagship are more likely to read...

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vivo V25 and V25 Pro are officially revealed

Today vivo hosted an event at which two new impressive midrangers were introduced - meet the vivo V25 and vivo V25 Pro. The former brings a 50 MP selfie camera with AF, while the latter has a 6 nm chipset, 64 MP main cam and other flagship-tier specs. vivo V25 The vanilla variant runs on Dimensity 900 with either 8 GB or 12 GB RAM. Both memory variants can be expanded with 8 GB more, and storage options are 128 GB or 256 GB. The screen is a 6.44” AMOLED but the fingerprint scanner remains on the side, embedded in the power key. It comes with HDR 10+ support, 90 Hz refresh rate...

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