Asus ROG Xbox Ally X review

The ROG Xbox Ally X is the newest handheld gaming device from Asus, and the third of its kind from the company in as many years. The Xbox Ally X, along with the cheaper Xbox Ally, is made in collaboration with Microsoft's Xbox division, and features a unique design that mirrors Xbox controllers, as well as ships with a lightly modified version of Windows 11. The Xbox Ally X that we are looking at here is based on AMD's latest generation Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme chip. It also features 24GB of memory, a terabyte of storage, a 7-inch 120Hz IPS display, and an 80Wh battery. The cheaper Xbox...

January 05, 2026 at 12:32AMvia GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/ey6pN5t

Huawei FreeBuds 7i review

Huawei has been making great wireless earbuds for a long time now and the FreeBuds 7i are entering the scene as the budget option in the brand’s audio portfolio. While they don’t look that much different from their predecessors, the 7i offer updated active noise cancellation, which Huawei claims is 30% better than the outgoing buds while offering 50% lower latency. There’s a new bone conduction microphone for better voice pickup during calls and spatial audio with head tracking. Huawei also added head motion controls, which allow you to quickly answer or decline incoming calls by...

January 04, 2026 at 03:21PMvia GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/Wn0TxEp

Top 10 trending phones of week 1

Happy New Year everyone and welcome to the first recap of the 10 most popular phones in our database of 2026. We have a fresh new face on top with Xiaomi's 17 Ultra getting by far the most attention over the past seven days. Behind it we have the 2025's established favorites with the Galaxy A56 in second and the Galaxy S25 Ultra in third. [#InlinePriceWidget, 13322, 1#] Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max snatched fourth, ahead of the Honor Win that was announced during the holiday stretch. Samsung Galaxy A17 follows in sixth, one spot above the OnePlus 15. We then have another 17 Pro...

January 04, 2026 at 11:31AMvia GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/cbWxsCy

2025 Winners and losers: OnePlus

2025 has been a busy year for OnePlus, with close to a dozen different launches across the globe in various categories. However, it was also one of the more controversial years for the brand, and signaled a change in direction for the company that may not be appreciated by its fans. Loser: OnePlus Open 2 The year started on a downer, with the company canceling its foldable plans for 2025 back in February. The OnePlus Open from 2023 was a phenomenal product, not just because it was an excellent foldable, but also because it was an excellent smartphone. It was expected to be followed by...

January 04, 2026 at 07:31AMvia GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/UcuvKCA

Oppo Find X9 Ultra's camera sensors get detailed in new leak

The Oppo Find X9 Ultra is rumored to arrive in March, and now a new rumor from a tipster over on X claims to shed some light on the camera sensors it will use. The main camera will allegedly be employing Sony's recently announced Lytia 901 sensor, a 1/1.12" type with 200MP resolution. The main camera will have a 23mm focal length. Oppo Find X8 Ultra The ultrawide camera will reportedly use the Samsung ISOCELL JN5 sensor, a 1/2.76" type, with 50MP resolution. The ultrawide will have a 15mm focal length. Interestingly, the JN5 sensor will make another appearance in a 230mm telephoto...

January 04, 2026 at 03:33AMvia GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/IKphrEl

Poco officially reveals more M8 specs

Poco is making the M8 official on January 8 (how fitting!), and ahead of that it's now officially revealed more of the phone's specs. It has a 6.77-inch 3D curved OLED screen with 1080x2392 resolution, 120Hz refresh rate, and 3,200-nit peak brightness, and the brand even claims this is the segment's "most durable 3D curved display phone". The M8 is MIL-STD-810H certified to withstand extreme heat, dust, shocks, and "the random chaos your day throws at you", whatever that means. It's also got an IP66 rating for dust and water resistance, and Wet Touch 2.0 tech built-in. It was drop...

January 03, 2026 at 07:01AMvia GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/JfYltOH

2025 Winners and losers: vivo

2025 was a good year for vivo as it continued to innovate and upgrade on its solid lineup of devices. But the maker also faced challenges, like delivering its many great phones to markets outside of China and India. A great showing overall, but not without some losses. Winner and loser: vivo X200 Ultra Just like last year's X100 Ultra, the vivo X200 Ultra is one of the best phones on the market, yet it didn't manage to spread its immeasurable talents beyond China. The X200 Ultra kept what made its predecessor excellent, but made it better in every way - the latest chip, a...

January 03, 2026 at 05:01AMvia GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/Levw7Vp

Motorola teases special World Cup Razr, here's when it's launching

Last month an upcoming Motorola Razr smartphone with the FIFA World Cup 2026 logo on the back surfaced, and today the brand has started teasing this release. The co-branding is very visible in the quick video below, and thankfully Motorola has also revealed when we should expect the device to become official: on January 6. Inspired by the field and fueled by passion💚⚽ Stay tuned to see our icon get a game day makeover #razr #MakeItIconic pic.twitter.com/qQtoeoZmef— motorolaus (@MotorolaUS) January 2, 2026 If that date seems familiar, it's because Motorola is also teasing the global...

January 03, 2026 at 03:02AMvia GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/XIMkOuR

MediaTek Dimensity 7100 SoC is official

MediaTek has quietly unveiled the Dimensity 7100 chipset, presumably the successor to the 7050. The 7100 comes with an octa-core CPU with four Arm Cortex-A78 cores clocked at up to 2.4GHz and four Cortex-A55 cores clocked at up to 2GHz. The CPU is paired with the Mali-G610MC2 GPU. The SoC supports LPDDR5 memory at 5500Mbps and LPDDR4x at 4266Mbps, UFS 3.1 storage, and a maximum camera resolution of 200MP. There's also display resolution support up to 1200x2600 and up to 120Hz refresh rate. The Dimensity 7100 has a 5G modem with support for dual 5G SIM and a peak downlink speed of...

January 03, 2026 at 12:21AMvia GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/JIUW0a5

Oppo Reno15 series coming to India on January 8

The Oppo Reno15 series, comprising the Reno15 and Reno15 Pro, was unveiled in China in November last year and is now finally making its way to India. After several teasers, Oppo India has confirmed that the Reno15 series will debut in India on January 8. The Reno15 and Reno15 Pro may launch in India under different names, likely Reno15 Pro and Reno15 Pro Max, respectively. Both smartphones will be powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 8450 chipset and run Android 16-based ColorOS 16 on top. In India, the Reno15 series will pack up to a 6,500mAh battery. The Chinese variant of the...

January 02, 2026 at 09:20AMvia GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/pyqiShm

Here are the AnTuTu top ten charts for December

AnTuTu has published its monthly rankings for December today, and as usual there are three categories to get through: flagship smartphones, upper-midrange smartphones, and tablets. Leading in the flagship realm is the RedMagic 11 Pro+ with an average score of 4,118,828, followed by the iQOO 15 with 4,078,562 and the OnePlus 15 with 4,073,184. In fourth is the Realme GT 8 Pro with 4,066,017, followed by the Honor Win with 4,054,673. The vivo X300 Pro in sixth place is the first phone using the MediaTek Dimensity 9500 SoC, all of the top five are powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen...

January 02, 2026 at 07:33AMvia GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/QS8Pfys

Motorola Signature to support a stylus

Motorola is getting ready to unveil its next top of the line smartphone, the Signature. The company has been teasing an announcement taking place on January 6, and this might be when the Signature finally becomes official. We saw the phone in leaked renders last month, and now we get a new promo shot, but this one comes with a twist: a stylus is shown in front of the phone, as you can see. This heavily implies that the Signature will have stylus support, and that's not surprising. In early December a rumor told us that the upcoming Motorola Edge 70 Ultra would support a stylus, and...

January 02, 2026 at 05:01AMvia GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/SwOodvT

Essential details about the Galaxy S26 unveiling and the next Samsung foldables leak

According to the latest report out of Korea, Samsung will unveil the Galaxy S26 series on February 25 in San Francisco before releasing the trio in March. The Galaxy S26 will come with a 4,300 mAh battery (300 mAh bigger than its predecessor's), while the Galaxy S26+ will support "3x zoom HDR shooting", and the S26 Ultra will have a previously rumored electronically controllable "privacy display" feature to keep prying eyes away from it. The Galaxy S26 Ultra is rumored to be using the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 SoC globally, while the other two models will also use the Exynos 2600 in some...

January 02, 2026 at 02:02AMvia GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/I5KGqiF

OnePlus 16 might have the highest refresh rate ever

The OnePlus 15 just launched in late October, but we're already hearing the second rumor about its successor in the past few days. First, the OnePlus 16 was said to be getting a 200MP camera sensor, and now there's some interesting news about its screen too. OnePlus has allegedly started testing a display with a refresh rate of at least 200Hz for its next flagship smartphone. It's unclear exactly what the refresh rate is - 240Hz would be the most obvious choice, but the source of this leak doesn't go into such detail unfortunately. OnePlus 15 Still, even if it's "just" 200Hz it...

January 01, 2026 at 08:01AMvia GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/KyNkVOM

Honor Power2's full specs outed by carrier listing

The Honor Power launched back in April with a huge (at the time) 8,000 mAh battery, and its successor, the Power2, is due to be officially unveiled on January 5 with a 10,080 mAh battery. Thanks to a premature carrier listing in China, we now have the list of the Power2's most important specs. The phone features a 6.79-inch OLED screen with 1200x2640 resolution, a 50MP main camera, a 5MP secondary rear camera, and a 16MP selfie snapper. At the helm is MediaTek's Dimensity 8500 SoC, paired with 12GB of RAM and 256/512GB of storage. The Honor Power2 measures 162.1 x 76.3 x 7.98mm and...

January 01, 2026 at 06:31AMvia GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/UiNgK0Y

Happy New Year 2026!

As the calendar flips to 2026, we’re hitting refresh once again. The new year is ushering in a familiar mix of anticipation, curiosity, and excitement for what’s next in mobile tech. 2025 kept the industry moving at full speed. From ever-more capable smartphones, tablets and wearables to Agentic AI going mainstream, it was another year where innovation didn’t slow down for a moment. Behind the scenes at GSMArena HQ, it was just as busy. Testing devices, digging into specs, breaking news as it happens, and turning complex PR terminology into clear, useful information for millions of...

January 01, 2026 at 04:21AMvia GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/Yv0P7w9

Samsung testing a dual-cell 20,000mAh silicon-carbon battery, rumor claims

We’ve recently seen a surge in smartphones from Chinese brands packing 8,000mAh or larger batteries. Now, a tipster claims that Samsung SDI is testing a massive 20,000mAh dual-cell battery for smartphones. Samsung isn’t exactly known for pushing battery capacities in its smartphones. Even its latest flagship, the Galaxy S25 Ultra, comes with a 5,000mAh cell. However, according to a tipster, Samsung SDI is currently testing a dual-cell silicon–carbon battery with a massive 20,000mAh capacity. According to the tipster, the dual-cell setup consists of a 12,000mAh cell measuring 6.3mm...

January 01, 2026 at 01:21AMvia GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/Q2kJoib

Redmi Pad 2 Pro price in India leaks along with release date

The Redmi Pad 2 Pro was initially launched in September, and now it's almost ready to make its official debut in India. According to a tipster over on X, the tablet will have its first sale in India on January 12. It will allegedly be priced at INR 25,000 with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. The 8/128GB version will apparently go for INR 28,000, while the top of the line model with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage will cost INR 30,000. The Redmi Pad 2 Pro has a 12.1-inch 2560x1600 LCD touchscreen with 120Hz refresh rate and 600-nit peak brightness, the Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 SoC, an...

December 31, 2025 at 09:02AMvia GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/R8L7DBy

Samsung launches the Galaxy A17 and Galaxy Tab A11+ in the US, here are the prices

Samsung is finally bringing the Galaxy A17 5G to the US. This phone was launched elsewhere in August. Joining it is the Galaxy Tab A11+, which was initially released in early November in other markets. [#InlinePriceWidget,14041,1#] The Galaxy A17 5G will become available on January 7 for $199.99 at AT&T, T-Mobile, Metro by T-Mobile, Verizon, and Samsung Experience Stores. It will be offered in black, blue, and gray. Samsung is selling the model with 4GB of RAM and 128GB of expandable storage in the US. The phone has a 6.7-inch 1080x2340 Super AMOLED touchscreen with 90Hz refresh...

December 31, 2025 at 08:01AMvia GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/96S23Ow

Infinix Note Edge promo image leaks along with its specs

Infinix is allegedly working on a new smartphone, which will be called Note Edge and is set to make its official debut in January. According to a tipster over on X, the Infinix Note Edge has a 3D curved AMOLED screen with "1.5K" resolution and a 6,500 mAh battery. It's powered by MediaTek's Dimensity 7100 SoC, and will come with a promise of receiving three major Android OS updates and five years of security patches. The Dimensity 7100 is the successor to the Dimensity 7050, and it comes with an octa-core CPU with four Cortex-A78 big cores clocked at up to 2.4GHz and four Cortex-A55...

December 31, 2025 at 07:01AMvia GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/FaLGW53