CR: vivo was the boss in the Chinese market in 2024, Huawei ruled Q4
Last week Canalys released its 2024 smartphone shipment numbers for China, and today Counterpoint Research (CR) has done the same. The numbers are quite different, though.
While vivo led with a 17.8% market share for the year, and Huawei was in sec...
Alleged iPhone 17 series back panel leaks again
Last month, we saw leaked images of the alleged iPhone 17 Pro with a camera visor instead of the traditional square cutout on the back. That rumor was later refuted, but we now get another image that suggests the 17 series will, in fact, go with the v...
Google finds fix for broken back gesture on older Pixels
Google rolled out Android 15 to its Pixel phones in October. While it introduced new features, users began to notice a strange bug: an inward swipe from the right side did not activate the back gesture as intended.
This issue is now marked as Fixed...
Xiaomi’s new WinPlay system will let you play Windows games on its Android tablets
You may have heard of or even tried projects like Winlator, which let you run Windows x86 and x64 software on Android. Interestingly, Xiaomi has revealed that it is working on Windows support for its Android devices too.
The WinPlay Engine is speci...
Tecno Spark 30C 5G 8GB variant launched in India
Tecno has launched a new variant for its affordable Spark 30C 5G smartphone in India. The company will now be offering an 8GB memory variant, which offers double the memory of the previous 4GB memory variant.
The 8GB variant will be paired with 128...
iQOO Neo10R’s specs, price, and launch timeframe tipped
Last month, we heard iQOO was planning to launch the iQOO Neo10R in India as a rebranded Neo10 launched in China. Now, we hear the Neo10R will arrive next month with a 6.78" 144Hz AMOLED screen for under INR30,000 ($345/€335).
That would likely be ...
Here’s when Samsung is launching its tri-fold smartphone
Samsung is almost ready to take on Huawei's tri-fold Mate XT. We've already heard that the Korean company is working on such a device, which will unfold in a different way, thus protecting the flexible screen when it's folded.
The device is said to...
Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra could have a massively upgraded periscope telephoto camera
200 MP periscope telephoto cameras are becoming really popular with Chinese smartphone makers, after the introduction on the vivo X100 Ultra and the subsequent use of the same module on the X200 Pro. And out of five super-flagships coming this year fr...
Samsung Galaxy A36 appears in new listing ahead of launch
The Galaxy A36 is expected to arrive later this year as the logical successor to last year’s Galaxy A35 and it just bagged another key listing. The device was spotted on the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) regulatory page with the same SM-A366E/DS id...