ZTE Axon 60 and 60 Lite announced

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…

Watch the Sony Xperia 1 VI and Xperia 10 VI launch live here

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…

Indian iQOO Z9x’s key specs confirmed

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…

Dock-less Google Pixel Tablet is now available to order for $399

Last month we first heard about Google relaunching its Pixel Tablet without the bundled speaker dock, then its purported price got leaked. Today, alongside the surprise announcement of the Pixel 8a smartphone, Google has also confirmed those rumors.

You can now get the Pixel Tablet without the dock, and at a significant discount no less. With the dock, the tablet starts at $499, but you can now order one without the dock for $399. That is for the version with 128GB of storage, if you want 256GB it will be $499.

Of course if you find the dock useful, then this won’t make any…

New iPad Pro and iPad Air don’t ship with chargers in the EU and UK

Mere hours ago, Apple unveiled the new iPad Air 11 and iPad Air 13, as well as the new iPad Pro 11 and iPad Pro 13. The new models are already up for order in a lot of countries, with shipping due to commence next week.

In some countries, however, there’s a bit of an unwelcome surprise if you do order. We’re talking about the EU and the UK, where if you buy one of these new tablets, you won’t be getting a charger in the box.

It may surprise you to hear, but this is the first time Apple’s done something like this for its tablets, even though iPhones have been shipping with no charger…

Huawei Watch Fit 3 in for review

Today, Huawei unveiled the Watch Fit 3 – its latest affordable wearable. We had the pleasure of spending some time with the device and we’re ready to share our initial impressions with you.

Let’s talk about the design of the Watch Fit 3 first – it’s sleek, stylish, and strongly reminiscent of an Apple Watch, with its red rotating crown and square display. Despite its similarities, it’s noticeably lighter and thinner, giving it a unique feel.

Huawei Watch Fit 3

Huawei explains the switch from a rectangular to a square design with customer feedback ti got. While the first…

CR: Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max is the best-selling smartphone for Q1 ’24

Apple and Samsung dominated the top 10 best-selling smartphone charts in Q1 of 2024, as revealed by Counterpoint Research’s latest report. Each company had five phones on the list, but it was Apple that came on top with the iPhone 15 Pro Max becoming the best-selling phone, followed by iPhone 15 in second and iPhone 15 Pro in third.

The research pointed out that 5G is becoming more and more present in the everyday life of the average consumer, as all 10 devices in the list are 5G-enabled. Also, the trend towards premiumization is clearly visible, with 7 phones being priced above…

Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro 12.4 battery life test results are ready

We are working our way through the tests necessary for the Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro 12.4 review and we just completed the battery trials. The slate smoked the older and smaller Pad 6 and while it’s far from the longest lasting tablet that we’ve tested, it does well against comparable rivals.

The tablet is equipped with a 10,000mAh battery that needs to feed not only the 12.4” 144Hz display – an IPS LCD with Dolby Vision and 12-bit colors that bucks the OLED trend – but the battery also has to power the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset.

Compared to the larger and more premium Samsung Galaxy Tab S9…

Record-breaking thin Xiaomi Mix Fold 4 and Mix Flip camera details leak

The Xiaomi Mix Fold 4 is coming, along with the Mix Flip, the company’s first flip-style foldable. The Mix Fold 4’s specs leaked back in March, and the Mix Flip has already been certified in China with support for satellite connectivity.

Today some new details for both devices have been outed, coming from the prolific leaker calling himself Digital Chat Station on Weibo. According to him, the Mix Fold 4 will be the new record holder for thinnest foldable smartphone, taking the crown from the Honor Magic V2. Both Xiaomi foldables will be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset, and will…

Samsung prepares for mass production of its first 3nm Exynos chip

In a press release by Samsung and Synopsys, the two companies announced that Samsung’s foundries are preparing for the mass production of the first 3nm Exynos chip. Although, the press release isn’t explicitly clear about the Exynos part.

Samsung has collaborated with Synopsys, which is a firm specializing in electronics design automation, to fine-tune the whole manufacturing process and thus maximizing yields and improving the chip’s performance.

The press release says the two tech companies are in the final process of designing, called “taping out”. Essentially, that means the…