Samsung has finally unveiled the Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition. It alleviates several pain points of the Z Fold6 with larger screens, a slimmer profile and a 200MP main camera. It also has larger displays: a 6.5-inch LTPO AMOLED 2X cover screen and an 8-inch LTPO AMOLED 2X foldable screen. Unfortunately, the device is currently exclusive to South Korea and rumors suggest it will only make its way to China (possibly as the Galaxy W25) without ever setting foot outside of these two markets.
Qualcomm’s new superchip for mobile is here, and it’s not called the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4. It’s the Snapdragon 8 Elite, according to Qualcomm’s computer chip nomenclature. The new chip is based on TSMC’s 3nm process and promises a 45% boost in CPU performance and 44% improved energy efficiency over the SD 8 Gen 3. On the graphics side, Qualcomm debuts its updated Adreno GPU , which brings a 40% increase in performance. performance and power savings in addition to improved ray-tracing performance. Moving on to the AI side, the new Hexagon neural processing unit (NPU) ensures that AI tasks run 45% faster with improved performance per watt.
The first phones with the chip will be available soon. Xiaomi said its 15 series will be the first to have the chip, and we saw a Geekbench test of the Xiaomi 15.
Samsung’s revised Z Fold6 will be exclusive to South Korea at launch.
Generational CPU, GPU and AI upgrades alongside the latest X80 modem.
The results are impressive.
The OnePlus 13 will also have the Snapdragon 8 Elite. The phone will arrive on October 31 (Halloween, gasp!) in three colors: blue, black and white. We also saw an unboxing of the OnePlus 13 in the wild.
The unorthodox teaser campaign continues.
OnePlus has revealed key details about its upcoming flagship.
It’s annoying enough that you’ll probably have to wait to update.
Huawei has announced HarmonyOS Next – its latest operating system built independently of Android, as it looks to transition its devices to a fully in-house operating system. HarmonyOS Next will power current and future generations of Huawei devices in China for now, although a global release was previously confirmed. It will work on a wide range of devices ranging from smartphones to wearables, smart home devices and car cockpits. Huawei is rolling out a public beta of HarmonyOS Next to users in China. The list of supported devices includes the Pura 70 series, Huawei Pocket 2 and MatePad Pro 11 (2024).
A new dawn for Huawei software is upon us.
It has a 5,000 mAh battery.
This should result in better quality recordings.