Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra to come with an upgraded screen, 50MP telephoto camera's details surface

Last week, reliable tipster Ice Universe said that next year's Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra will feature a 50MP 3x telephoto camera, which they now claim will use a 1/2.52" sensor. With this sensor, Samsung should get a nice 5x zoom image quality, and that's the reason why there were rumors of the 3x telephoto unit from the Galaxy S23 Ultra getting replaced with a 5x telephoto camera on the S24 Ultra. That's why it was initially rumored that S24 Ultra adopted a 5x sensor. Samsung will emphasize the 5x image quality of the sensor at thanks to the 3x 50MP zoom.— ICE UNIVERSE (@UniverseIce)...

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Watch the Honor Magic V2 get assembled on video

We assume that, over the years, you've seen your fair share of teardown / disassembly videos, where one YouTuber or another takes apart a smartphone or another. Maybe they even reassemble it at the end. That's cool enough. But you know what would be cooler? Starting from a bunch of parts, and assembling the smartphone on camera. And that's exactly what Zack of JerryRigEverything fame has done today, with Honor's help. At the start, there are only parts. At the end, there's a fully functioning Honor Magic V2, the brand's latest foldable smartphone, introduced last month. The Magic V2...

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Teardown video shows the Galaxy Z Flip5 is much easier to repair than predecessor

Last year the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip4 received a below average 4/10 repairability score in PBKReviews’ disassembly video. How does the new Galaxy Z Flip5 fare? Much better actually, it got a 7.5/10. A major reason for this improvement is that Samsung used pull tabs for the two batteries whereas they were just glued in place last year. The small battery in the top half has 1,000mAh capacity, the one in the bottom half has 2,700mAh. The two batteries inside the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip5: 1,000mAh on top • 2,700mAh on bottom Various other parts have been made easier to swap out as...

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Samsung One UI 6 Beta is coming to China, India, Poland and the UK

Samsung launched its One UI 6 beta program last week for the Galaxy S23 series devices in the US, South Korea and Germany but we now get confirmation that the beta is expanding to four more countries. Galaxy S23 users in China, India, Poland and the UK will soon be able to join the One UI 6 beta program as confirmed by the Samsung Developers portal. Registrations for the One UI 6 beta are available via the Samsung Members app Samsung has not confirmed when it plans to release the One UI 6 beta in the aforementioned markets but expectations are it will happen later this week. Users...

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Watch Lei Jun give his annual speech live

Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun is holding his annual speech event today where we’ll see the debut of the Mix Fold 3 as well as a few other devices. The event starts at 7PM Beijing time (11AM UTC) and will be live streamed on YouTube with live English translation. Xiaomi already confirmed Mix Fold 3 will be the star of the show but we’re also expecting the Xiaomi Pad 6 Max 14 Android tablet and Band 8 Pro smartband to make their official debuts too. Xiaomi sub-brand Redmi is also expected to launch its K60 Ultra. Past annual Lei Jun talks have detailed key life moments and decisions made by the...

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Huawei Mate 60 leaks in hands-on images

Huawei is expected to launch its Mate 60 series sometime this fall and we now have our first look at the Mate 60 thanks to a series of hands-on images doing rounds on Chinese social media platform Weibo. The new shots depict the Mate 60 sporting a dual-tone back with what looks like frosted glass on the top half and a metal bottom part. The previously leaked circular camera island is still present with three cameras cutouts. Huawei Mate 60 hands-on images Earlier rumors suggest Mate 60 will bring an OLED display with 1220p resolution and a 120Hz refresh rate. The more...

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vivo V29 makes official debut, again

While we’ve been tracking the vivo V29e teasers building up to its unveiling in India, the vivo V29 beat it to the finish line. In fact, the V29 will be available in more than 39 markets, including India, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Turkey, Mexico and the selected European markets. Of course, the phone made its debut in Europe earlier this month, but the announcement was lacking in details – particularly details about its price and availability. We guess vivo wanted to wait until it’s ready to launch the phone in multiple markets simultaneously. vivo...

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Xiaomi Mix Fold 3 to have a ceramic fiber back, latest teaser reveals

The Xiaomi Mix Fold 3 is about to get its official release later today and ahead of the announcement, Ice Universe shared what seems to be a leaked official poster. It reveals a "special material" edition of the Mix Fold 3 with ceramic fiber. As per the poster, the exotic material ensures exceptional rigidity without adding weight. The material can be extremely thin and tough at the same time. A hair-thick strip of this material can stretch up to 1.15 kg of force without snapping, while the impact strength is about 56 times higher than that of glass. This new chassis definitely...

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