Apple Watch Ultra debuts with 49mm case and bigger battery, Watch Series 8 and new SE also official

Apple's first announcements of the Far Out event were the new Watch Series 8, Watch SE, and the heavily anticipated Apple Watch Pro Ultra. Apple Watch Ultra Let's start with the new Apple Watch Ultra (known as Pro when it was still a rumor) - a huge deal in both size and importance given its screen time at the event. It's a whole new category of smartwatch for Apple, so see what it brings. Upfront, the Apple Watch Ultra is immediately distinguishable from Apple's other wearables. It has a huge 49mm case that encompasses the biggest (and brightest) display on an Apple Watch...

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Apple AirPods Pro 2 get H2 chip and longer battery life

Apple sure took its sweet time to update the AirPods Pro, but we finally got the AirPods Pro 2. Powered by the H2 chip Apple is bringing a new low-distortion driver and amp on board that can cover a wider range of sound frequencies. Spatial audio – Apple’s surround sound tech is updated with the personalized Spatial Audio feature. It works by letting you take the true depth cam on your iPhone to create a personal spatial sound profile based on the shape and size of your ears. Active noise cancelation (ANC) gets advanced computation audio with optimized microphone placement. Apple...

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AnTuTu performance report, August: Asus ROG Phone 6 with Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 still on top

AnTuTu’s monthly report on the most powerful Android phones globally is out and (just like a month ago) the top is dominated by the phones based new Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1. The benchmark team warns that this won’t last for too much longer now that the 8 Gen 2 is around the corner. The team also points out that the market for gaming phones remains small. However, their superior cooling hardware allows them to edge out generalist flagships in raw performance. The Asus ROG Phone 6 remains on top, specifically the 16/512GB configuration. Note that this is the non-Pro model. It is followed by...

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More renders of the Motorola Edge 30 Ultra, Fusion and Neo leak

Do you know the Tower of Hanoi puzzle? This isn’t it – what it is is the mighty camera bump of the Motorola Edge 30 Ultra, all 200MP of it. Renders of a couple of other Edge models leaked out as well, a day before the September 8 event. First, the Ultra. The camera bump has no less than three levels between the back and the top of the lens. If the Edge 30 Ultra is the global version of the Moto X30 Pro as it is believed to be, this means that the camera stack includes 200MP main camera, 50MP ultra wide and a 12MP telephoto (2x). Impressively, the large 1/1.22” main module is...

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vivo Y75s goes official with Dimensity 700, 64MP camera, and 5,000 mAh battery

vivo announced the Dimensity 700-powered Y75 5G earlier this year and followed up with the Helio G96-powered Y75 4G a few months later. Today, the company expanded its Y series with the unveiling of the Y75s, having the Dimensity 700 chip at the helm. The MediaTek SoC is paired with up to 12GB RAM, and the smartphone has 256GB of storage onboard with the option to expand it up to 1TB via a microSD card. On the software front, you get OriginOS Ocean based on the dated Android 11 instead of Android 12 (we aren't expecting Android 13 out of the box). The vivo Y75s is built around a...

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Honor X40 teaser confirms curved 10-bit OLED, dual cameras on the back

Honor X40 series is getting announced on September 15, and today the company revealed a major detail about one of the phones from the lineup. Next Thursday we are going to see an Honor X40 with a 10-bit OLED panel with curved sides, which will be a first in the 9-year history of the X series. Honor X40 poster The top features an IR blaster next to the noise-canceling mic as Honor positions the smartphone as the core device of its multi-platform ecosystem. The design of the back is also not a surprise - the company sticks with the Honor X9 and X30-style circular...

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