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Today Bose has unveiled the new Sport Open Earbuds and the Ultra Open Earbuds. Both of these are "designed to create more listening moments across active pursuits and everyday life", the company says. These second-generation Ultra Open Earbuds represent Bose's new flagship open-ear experience, while the new Sport Open Earbuds are the more affordable (yet still not cheap) option. The Ultra Open Earbuds have a newly engineered driver that delivers deeper bass and a higher volume than the first-gen model. Snapdragon Sound support is also there, with aptX Adaptive for high-quality audio....

The new iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max launch tomorrow with price tags $100 higher than what their 2025 predecessors cost. Even older models from the iPhone 17 and 16 series weren’t spared the $100 price hike. Unfortunately, this isn’t the end of it and new reports claim that Apple will raise prices again next year. A couple of days ago, Korean publications reported that Samsung is renegotiating DRAM and NAND prices with smartphone manufacturers, including Apple. It seems that Samsung and Apple have now reached an agreement on the new prices. Apple will reportedly pay close to...

The upcoming vivo X500 has seemingly been spotted in the Geekbench online database with the model number V2609A. As you can see in the screenshot below, the device managed a single-core score of 2,694 and a multi-core score of 7,770 in Geekbench 6.7.1 for Android. It's powered by a MediaTek chipset that could very well be the newly announced Dimensity 9600M - or it's the Dimensity 9500 from last year, it's hard to tell since the differences between the two aren't very big. The prototype which ran the benchmark had 12GB of RAM, but as always vivo may offer more options when the phone...

The Huawei Mate 90 series is expected to launch in October, and a new rumor has now surfaced, revealing the key specifications of the Mate 90 Pro Max. According to tipster Smart Pikachu on Weibo, the Huawei Mate 90 Pro Max will be powered by the Kirin 9050 Pro chipset, which also powers the company’s recently launched Mate XT 2 Ultimate Design tri-folding phone. Huawei Mate 80 Pro Max The tipster also claims that the phone will feature a next generation dual-layer OLED display and will be available with an optional privacy screen. For photography, the Mate 90 Pro Max is said to...

Earlier this week, MediaTek announced its latest flagship chipset – the Dimensity 9600 Pro and it turns out that’s not the only new SoC from the maker. The Dimensity 9600M is an upcoming chip that’s bringing some software and AI features from the 9600 Pro to a broader segment of flagship phones. From a hardware perspective, the 9600M is essentially a repackaged Dimensity 9500, fabbed on TSMC’s 3nm N3P process with identical components. It gets the same all-large-core CPU with a max frequency of 4.21GHz on the C1-Ultra core. The same applies to the Arm Mali-G1 Ultra MC12 GPU and the APU...

Korean publication The Chosun is reporting that sales of the Galaxy Z Fold8 increased by around 10% on a week-to-week basis just after Apple unveiled the iPhone Duo. Some people were holding off to see what Apple had cooked up before committing to a Z Fold8 or waiting for a Duo. Indeed, the Duo won’t come out until late October, while the wide Galaxy foldable is available now – this is quoted as one of the reasons for people picking the Samsung phone. However, this isn’t nearly the whole story. Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 In Korea, Samsung is selling its phones more cheaply than...

The Honor Win lineup, which currently includes the Win, Win RT and Win Turbo smartphones, is set to expand with a new tablet. The company has revealed several details about the upcoming Honor Win tablet and offered a first look at its design. Honor China Smart Life business head Lin Lin shared a teaser of the Win tablet on Weibo, offering a first look at its rear design. The image shows a square-shaped camera module with Win branding on the back panel. The executive also confirmed that the tablet will feature a built-in cooling fan. In the comments section of the post, Lin Lin...

We’ve heard plenty about the OnePlus 16 through leaks and rumors, but the company has remained quiet about the upcoming flagship until now. OnePlus has officially teased the phone’s launch in China and confirmed some of its key specifications. In a post on Weibo, the company teased the launch of the OnePlus 16, saying that the phone is coming soon. A recent leak suggested that the flagship could be unveiled in October. OnePlus has confirmed that the phone will run Android 17 based ColorOS 17. The company also revealed that the OnePlus 16 will support a system-wide 165Hz refresh...

According to the prolific leaker who goes by Digital Chat Station on Weibo, Honor's upcoming Win 2 and Win 2 RT smartphones may have just been certified for sale in China. The Win 2 supports 100W wired charging and the Win 2 RT goes up to 90W. That would be an interesting downgrade for the more affordable model, as the original Win RT supported 100W wired charging too. Anyway, DCS says the Win 2 will be the only phone released this year to pair Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 chipset with a battery over 10,000 mAh, a powerful built-in cooling fan, and an ultra-high refresh rate display...