Apple's iOS 17 is official with Live Voicemail, NameDrop, StandBy mode

Surprising absolutely no one, Apple unveiled iOS 17 today at its annual developer conference. This is the latest version of its phone-oriented mobile operating system, and it will be out sometime this fall as usual. Expect the first developer preview to come out in the next few hours, followed by a public beta release next month. iOS 17 comes with a lot of little improvements, even though nothing really stands out as a be-all-end-all feature. Still, a lot of the additions do have the potential to be very useful, and in true Apple style many new features seamlessly work together across...

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Amazfit Pop 3S is coming soon with a huge 1.96" rectangular display

Amazfit will soon launch what should be its largest smartwatch yet – well, the one with the largest screen, anyway. The Amazfit Pop 3S will have a huge 1.96” AMOLED display, a high-end panel with 410 x 502px resolution for a sharp 330ppi pixel density. For comparison, the GTS 4 has a 1.75” display with 341ppi, the Bip 3/3 Pro is smaller with a 1.69” display with 218ppi. With its rectangular shape, this new display can fit a lot of text from incoming text and app notifications. Despite its unassuming name, the Pop 3S is shaping up to be a fairly premium offering with a 304 stainless...

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Nothing Phone (2) renders show a more rounded design, dual camera setup

The Nothing Phone (2) will be officially unveiled next month, but you can have a sneak peek right now thanks to @OnLeaks and Smartprix. The new design is recognizably “Nothing” with its transparent back and prominent Glyph light strips. However, there are a few key changes. The company has confirmed that its second smartphone will have a larger display at 6.7” (up from 6.55”) and it seems that it felt the need to change up the ergonomics. The new design has rounded aluminum sides, even the glass panels on the front and the back have a slight arc to them. This is contrast with the...

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Xiaomi Pad 6 launching in India next week

Xiaomi announced its Pad 6 series Android tablets back in April consisting of the Xiaomi Pad 6 and Pad 6 Pro and we now get confirmation that the former is due to launch in India. Xiaomi will introduce the Pad 6 tablet on Tuesday, June 13. Xiaomi Pad 6 launching on June 13 in India Xiaomi Pad 6 brings an 11-inch IPS LCD with 1800 x 2880 px resolution and a 144Hz refresh rate. The screen boasts a wide 16:10 aspect ratio and features Gorilla Glass 3 protection. The tablet is equipped with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 870 SoC just like the Pad 5 Pro and a 8,840 mAh battery with 33W charging....

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Google tensor G3 specs and benchmark scores leak, shed light on Exynos 2400

We now have the first detailed specs of Google's upcoming Tensor G3 chipset that will premiere in the Pixel 8 series in the Fall. The chipset will be built on Samsung Foundry's new 4nm (4LPP) process and will feature a nine-core CPU, and a ten-core GPU. On the CPU side, the Tensor G3 will pack a single Cortex-X3 clocked up to 3GHz, four Cortex-A715 that go up to 2.45GHz, and four Cortex-A510 cores clocked up to 2.15GHz. In contrast, the Tensor G2 has two Cortex-X1 cores, two Cortex-A78s, and four Cortex-A55s - a total of eight cores, one fewer than the G3. On the GPU side, the...

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The Nothing Phone (2) will be made in India

The UK-based Nothing is gearing up to launch its second smartphone – and like the first one, this one will be manufactured in India too (the Nothing Phone (1) was built at a facility in Tamil Nadu). The manufacturing of the Phone (2) will handled by BYD Electronic, a Shenzhen-based company. Nothing has worked to reduce the environmental impact of the Nothing Phone (2). It will use recycled materials for the phone and the manufacturing process and the total CO2 emission from making each unit has been reduced to 53.45kg, that’s over 5kg lower than the Phone (1). The Nothing Phone...

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Motorola Razr 40 Ultra sells out in China during first open sale

Following last week’s announcement, Motorola’s brand new Razr 40 Ultra went on its first open sale in China. The flip foldable garnered plenty of attention and instantly sold out across Motorola and Lenovo’s online stores, as well as third-party retailers JD.com and Tmall. Motorola China’s official Weibo confirmed a total of 10,000 units of the new device were sold on the first day alone. Motorola Razr 40 Ultra sold out in first open sale We found the Razr 40 Ultra as a big improvement over its predecessors in our written review and were impressed with its polished software...

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