Category: Cell Phones

The US government has allegedly revoked Qualcomm’s and Intel’s licenses to sell chips to Huawei, according to a new report from Reuters today. While the US Commerce Department has issued a statement saying it’s “revoked certain licenses for exports to Huawei”, it hasn’t named names.

Still, if today’s report is accurate, it most likely means Huawei won’t be able to use chips from either Qualcomm or Intel going forward, which will basically ensure it can’t make any more laptops, unless there’s some workaround that hasn’t yet been detailed.

Huawei MateBook X Pro 2024

The revokation of…

Google has finally brought its new Wallet app to India. You can download it from the Play Store. This gives you a “single, organized destination for fast, secure access to your everyday essentials”, Google says – things like boarding passes, loyalty cards, event tickets, public transport tickets, and gift cards.

Payments are missing as you can see, but that’s because, unlike everywhere else in the world, in India the Google Pay app remains available “for all things payments”.

So, for Wallet, Google has initially partnered with “over 20 of India’s top brands”. For movie and event…

Realme celebrated its sixth anniversary recently, and to mark the milestone, the brand announced it will launch the Realme GT 6 series in India, marking the GT lineup’s return to Realme’s biggest market after a hiatus of over two years.

This revelation comes from Realme’s founder and CEO, Sky Li, who also revealed that the brand sold 100 million smartphones in India in the last five years. You can read Li’s full letter below.

The legend returns! 🔥Our founder and CEO, Sky Li, has something every realme fan has been waiting for.Get ready for the most awaited series!🥳…

One UI 6.1’s big thing was Galaxy AI – it permeates every part of the system, from something as simple as writing text, to more advanced image editing features (check out our review for more details). Rumor has it that this will be extended with “video AI” for One UI 6.1.1. But what will the next major version bring?

We don’t know yet, but we do know that Samsung is already testing One UI 7.0. An internal test build was spotted by Tarun Vats. The build versions were S928BXXU2BXE2/S928BOXM2BXE2/S928BXXU2BXD4.

One UI 7.0 build spotted running on a Galaxy S24 Ultra

S928 is the…

Huawei held a big event in Dubai yesterday, where it launched the Watch Fit 3, introduced two new laptops to the international audience, and introduced new color options for its wearables.

The launch also saw the introduction of Freebuds 6i, Huawei’s new affordable TWS earphones. They have a similar design to their Freebuds 5i predecessors, but come with larger batteries and better noise cancellation.

Huawei implements a new noise cancellation algorithm, Intelligent Dynamic ANC 3.0. It monitors environmental noises and adjusts noise cancellation accordingly. The new buds have a…

Yet another classic Nokia phone received a modernized look with the Nokia 3210 (2024). While the naming is based on the Nokia 3210 from 1999, the new device looks more in line with the recently unveiled Nokia 6310 (2024).

Nokia 3210 (2024)

Nokia 3210 (2024) features a 2.4-inch TFT LCD with QVGA resolution and gets a 2MP main cam on the back with an LED flash. The device runs on the S30+ operating system with support for Cloud Apps. There’s a Unisoc T107 chipset at the helm with 64MB RAM and 128MB storage which is expandable up to 32GB via the microSD card slot.

Nokia…

Apple introduced the new M4 chip yesterday and if you read the fine print, you will see that there are actually two binned versions of that chip. Not too unusual, except that for the first time both bins are available on the same device.

First, the chip. The CPU inside the Apple M4 has 4 performance cores and 6 efficiency cores, except on some iPad Pro (2024) models, one of the performance cores is disabled. For those unfamiliar with binning, it’s the oldest trick in the book – you can increase yields by picking chips with a non-fatal defect and selling them as a lower tier.

The Apple…

Last month, ZTE unveiled its latest flagship smartphone with the Axon 60 Ultra, and now the brand has announced two more members in the series with the Axon 60 and Axon 60 Lite. These are affordable 4G devices with Unisoc chipsets, 50MP main cams, and 5,000 mAh batteries.

Axon 60 brings a 6.72-inch IPS LCD with FHD+ resolution and a 20:9 aspect ratio while Axon 60 Lite gets a 6.6-inch HD+ LCD with a 90Hz refresh rate. Both Axon 60 and 60 Lite feature ZTE Live Island which displays notifications, reminders, and activities around the front-facing camera à la Apple’s Dynamic…

While it was originally slated to May 17, the global Sony Xperia event is actually scheduled for May 14 – it starts at 7:00 GMT and you can watch the livestream below.

Spoiler alert, based on leaks so far we will see two-thirds of the Mark VI series. There have been leaked renders for the Sony Xperia 1 VI and Xperia 10 VI, the Model 5 will likely be left for a later event. That was the case with the Mark V series last year too, the question is how long we will have to wait between announcement and release.

The #NextXperia livestream starts at 7:00 GMT today

The answer awaits in…

iQOO launched the Z9 in India in March, and on May 16, the brand will introduce the Z9x in the country. The Z9 available in India is different from the one sold in China. Hence, there was a possibility the Indian Z9x would also be different from the Chinese model. But now that some key specs of the Z9x have been confirmed, it probably won’t be the case.

iQOO and Amazon.in have revealed that the Indian Z9x, like its Chinese counterpart, will be powered by the Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 SoC, pack a 6,000 mAh battery, and support 44W fast charging. The smartphone will come in black color in addition…