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The original Galaxy Fold weighed a hefty 276g – and that isn’t even the heaviest Fold. That honor goes to the Z Fold2, which tipped the scales at 282g. And yet Samsung’s latest book-style foldable is only 201g. Okay, to be fair, this refers to the Galaxy Z Fold8, which has a smaller form factor than previous Folds. This is the story of how Samsung engineers made their Z foldables both lighter and thinner. The Galaxy Z Fold7 achieved an ambitious goal. Samsung asked “Could a foldable be lighter

Mere hours before Apple's grand iPhone unveiling event is set to start, Apple's new CEO, John Ternus, has posted a mysterious video on his official X account. The video is definitely a teaser for what's to come at the event later today. See it for yourself: pic.twitter.com/CLu9eRDP5b— John Ternus (@johnternus) September 9, 2026 This will be the first Apple launch event since John Ternus took over as CEO of the company from Tim Cook. The video may be teasing the long-rumored variable aperture

Honor is officially announcing the Magic9 series, including the Magic9 Pro Max, on September 28. Ahead of that, the company has showcased the Magic9 Pro Max at the 83rd Venice Film Festival. The device made its first public appearance over there, in a distinctive moss green finish. The phone has ARRI branding on its camera module, emphasizing Honor's recent partnership with the legendary film camera maker. Honor Magic9 Pro Max in Venice Honor says the Magic9 Pro Max's lens arrangement "tak

In a few hours' time, Apple will announce its first foldable iPhone. And while we initially thought it would be called iPhone Ultra, some last-minute rumors suggest it may actually end up as the iPhone Duo. Hat tip to the Surface Duo. And while the foldable iPhone will garner most of the attention, we’re still getting two new Pro models which are expected to offer some new camera tricks, alongside the new Apple A20 Pro chip and bigger batteries. Here’s what we expect to see at today’s “Surpris

Oppo recently confirmed that its Find X10 series will launch in China later this month. While the company has yet to announce an exact launch date, it has now opened pre-orders for the Find X10, Find X10 Pro Max, and Find X10E. Alongside opening pre-orders, Oppo has also revealed a few details about the upcoming phones on Weibo. The Oppo Find X10 and Find X10 Pro Max are confirmed to pack an 8,000mAh silicon-carbon battery, which is claimed to retain its capacity for up to 5 years. Meanwhile

In a last-minute rumor published mere hours before Apple's big event today, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman claims that the long-awaited foldable iPhone will not be called iPhone Ultra, but iPhone Duo. The device was first rumored as the iPhone Fold, then a few months back every rumor started calling it iPhone Ultra, but apparently that won't be its actual name. The device is going to be offered with 256GB as base, in white and dark blue. It will have the A20 Pro chip at the helm, a new in-house C2 mod

The day many of you have been waiting for has arrived. Apple is holding its "Surprise and shine" launch event today in Cupertino, California, to unveil a bunch of new products, including the first folding iPhone. This will be the first launch event for John Ternus as Apple's new CEO, and it begins at 5 PM UTC. You can follow it with us by tuning in to the live stream below. The star of the show will definitely be the folding iPhone, which, a Bloomberg report claims, will be called iPhone Duo

Last year, Arm introduced Lumex Compute Subsystem (CSS) – a turnkey solution for chipset designs. Today, the company is unveiling CSS for Mobile 2, an AI-native compute platform for smartphones. Arm CSS for Mobile 2 It is built around the Arm Mali G2-Ultra NX GPU, which has built-in AI acceleration hardware and an Arm C2 CPU cluster including Ultra and Pro cores with SME2 (Scalable Matrix Extension) for agentic AI tasks. The Arm Mali G2-Ultra NX is the first Mali GPU with dedicated AI ac

Samsung introduced the Privacy Display feature with the Galaxy S26 Ultra earlier this year. In June, we heard that next year's Galaxy S27 Pro would also feature Privacy Display. But in July, a report claimed that all smartphones in the Galaxy S27 series except the S27 FE would have Privacy Display. Now, a new report by South Korean publication ETNews states that only two smartphones in the Galaxy S27 series would come with Privacy Display. Those two smartphones are the Galaxy S27 Pro and the Ga

vivo’s next-generation X500 flagship series is set to launch in China later this month. Ahead of the launch, the company has revealed several key features of the upcoming devices and has now offered a first look at the vivo X500 Pro Max’s design. In a post on Weibo, vivo Product Vice President Huang Tao shared a first look at the rear design of the vivo X500 Pro Max. The handset is shown in silver and orange colorways. The image reveals a design that closely resembles the vivo X300 Ultra. Th

Last year, Realme teamed up with Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products for the Realme 15 Pro Game of Thrones Limited Edition. Today, the company announced another partnership with Warner Bros. for a Realme 16 Pro limited edition, inspired by the Harry Potter universe. The Realme 16 Pro Harry Potter Edition is expected to have the same hardware as the standard models, but come with a different design and richer retail package. The smartphone's right frame has "Welcome to Hogwarts" wr

Honor has announced the launch date for its upcoming Magic9 flagship series. Alongside, it has revealed the phones’ design and highlighted some of their key camera features. The lineup is also available for pre-order in China. The Honor Magic9 series will debut in China on September 28, the company confirmed in a post on Weibo. Honor has not revealed how many models will launch as part of the lineup, although a recent leak claimed that the company could unveil the Magic9 alongside the Magic9

Say hello to the latest in Tecno's line of slim phones - the Camon Slim 5G. It's similar, yet different from the 4G Camon Slim, and they shouldn't be mistaken (though they surely will). We've got the phone as well as Tecno's quirky MagBadge accessory alongside it. Let's unbox them, but first, if you want a video presentation of the Tecno Camon Slim 5G, check out our TikTok! The phone ships in a well-stocked box with a clear hard case with MagSafe, a 45W charger, a USB-A cable, and a tempered g

Samsung has rolled out the One UI 9 beta update for the Galaxy A55. The One UI 9 beta for the Samsung Galaxy A55 requires a download of over 2GB and comes with firmware versions ending in ZZI1/EZI1 in South Korea and ZZI1/EZI2 in India. It also comes with the September 2026 security patch. If you want to try One UI 9 beta on your Galaxy A55 before its stable release, enroll in the One UI 9 Beta program through the Samsung Members app, then navigate to your phone's Settings > Software update

We thought Honor would fully unveil MagicOS 11 based on Android 17 in August, but that didn't happen. Now, the company has announced that it will finally be doing so next week, on September 15, during its Global Developer Conference. In fact, MagicOS 11 will be the star of the show. According to Honor, we can expect a refreshed UI (with heavy inspiration from iOS and its Liquid Glass design language), improved charging (not sure what that means), and an enhanced storage cleanup feature. Unsu

Oppo's A7 Pro is finally joining the A7 Pro Max, which was launched back in August. The A7 Pro will become available in China on September 11, and ahead of that the company has started taking pre-orders for the device today, also revealing its specs and pricing in the process. The A7 Pro has a 6.57-inch flat OLED screen with 1080x2372 resolution, a 120Hz refresh rate, and 1,400-nit peak brightness, a 50MP main camera with f/1.9 aperture, an 8MP front camera with f/2.1 aperture, and an 8,000 m

TCL made a big jump with the P80 series of phones – these are the first to have NxtPaper displays based on OLED panels instead of LCD. The key benefits are the usual – higher brightness, greater contrast, punchier colors – but the company made sure that these advantages didn’t come at the cost of a reduced NxtPaper experience. The NxtPaper brand has been around for a few years now – it aims to give the display a paper-like feel and comfort when reading. Yes, e-ink displays exist and there are e

Today on X, MediaTek has revealed when it plans to unveil its next flagship Dimensity SoC: on September 15 at 2:30 PM in China. That's 2:30 AM in New York, 7:30 AM in London, 8:30 AM in Central Europe, 9:30 AM in Eastern Europe, and 12 PM in India. According to the post on X, the new product is a "pro chip", enabling a "pro experience", but it also comes with "pro efficiency" and "pro imaging", supporting 4k240fps slow-motion. "Pro gaming" hasn't been forgotten either, with the company promisin

Apple is holding its big annual iPhone launch event on September 9, and it's widely expected to unveil the iPhone Ultra on that day. This will be its first foldable smartphone, and it's been a very long time coming. According to a new report from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, the company has practically been working on it for a decade. Interestingly, Apple wanted the iPhone Ultra to cost $1,999, but it got hit by the memory chip shortage and insane price hikes, so now it's probably going to come out