One UI 8 stable update now rolling out for the Samsung Galaxy Wide 8 and Galaxy A35

Samsung's Android 16-based One UI 8 stable update rollout is in full swing, and the latest smartphones in line to receive the stable One UI 8 are the Galaxy Wide 8 and Galaxy A35. [#InlinePriceWidget,12705,1#] The Samsung Galaxy Wide 8 is receiving the One UI 8 stable update in South Korea with firmware version M166SKSU3BYI8. However, it's worth noting that the Galaxy Wide 8 is known as the Galaxy M16 outside South Korea, and it has also been launched as the Galaxy F16 in some markets, so the stable One UI 8 for the M16 and F16 could be released soon. Samsung Galaxy...

October 03, 2025 at 08:01AMvia GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/EopDrzs

iQOO 15 has more specs officially confirmed

The upcoming iQOO 15 is expected to launch at some point this month, and the brand has recently confirmed a few more of its specs. First of all, the iQOO 15 will have wireless charging, unlike its predecessors. This was long rumored to arrive in the next generation, but it's great to finally have official confirmation as well. Next up, the phone comes with IP68 and IP69 ratings for dust and water resistance, along with a new generation ultrasonic fingerprint sensor that should be even faster than the one in the iQOO 13, which first introduced this feature to the line. Finally, the...

October 03, 2025 at 12:59AMvia GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/5ivKRo7

Samsung partners up with OpenAI to "accelerate advancements in global AI infrastructure"

Today Samsung has announced a "strategic partnership" with OpenAI meant to "accelerate advancements in global AI infrastructure". Samsung Electronics will work with OpenAI as a strategic memory partner, supplying "advanced semiconductor solutions" to the ChatGPT maker. Samsung estimates that OpenAI's memory demand will reach up to 900,000 DRAM wafers per month, and the Korean company will "contribute toward meeting this need with its extensive lineup of high-performance, energy-efficient DRAM solutions", the official press release says. Samsung is also bringing to the table...

October 02, 2025 at 03:42AMvia GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/zAhg7Zb

Qualcomm brags about achieving "complete victory" over Arm in chip licensing spat

Qualcomm has achieved "complete victory" in its licensing dispute with Arm, which started back in 2022 when Arm filed a lawsuit against Qualcomm over a breach of contract related to Arm's acquisition of Nuvia and its use of Nuvia technology in the design of its custom Phoenix cores. Like all court spats, this one took very long to conclude, but it now has in its entirety. A US District Court judge in the District of Delaware dismissed the lone remaining claim in Arm's lawsuit against Qualcomm and Nuvia, by ruling in favor of Nuvia. This follows Qualcomm's victory in December 2024,...

October 02, 2025 at 02:34AMvia GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/i1WvdAI

Early Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme benchmarks have it beating top Intel and AMD chips

Well, this sure isn’t going to re-ignite the x86 vs. ARM performance arguments, right? Early, admittedly controlled, benchmarks from the new Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme show it wiping the floor with top new CPUs from AMD and Intel in both single-core and multi-core performance. Here are the results from Geekbench 6.5 and how they compare against the likes of the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, the Intel Core Ultra 7 258V and Qualcomm’s original Snapdragon X Elite as tested by PCWorld. Note that some of these results come from Geekbench 6.1, but they should still be comparable. In a similar...

October 02, 2025 at 01:23AMvia GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/7lud3wY

Infographic details 15 years of Samsung camera innovations: from the original Galaxy S to today

The very first Samsung Galaxy S phone was announced a long 15 years ago – a lot has changed in smartphone photography since then. That original S-phone had a 5MP camera that could record 720p video. The latest Galaxy S25 Ultra has a 200MP camera and can record 8K video – that’s 4320p! To put it another way, the resolution for still images has increased 40x, while video recording has 36x the number of pixels. That’s just the main camera – one of the biggest changes since 2010 is the growing number of cameras. The S25 Ultra has four on its back, including a new 50MP ultra-wide, a 50MP...

October 02, 2025 at 12:02AMvia GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/1hJBlUV

Amazon announces new Echo Dot Max, Echo Studio, and Echo Show devices

Amazon today announced four new members of its Echo series of smart home speakers designed to work with the company's new Alexa+. This includes a new Echo Dot Max, the Echo Studio, and two new Echo Show models in different sizes. Starting with the Echo Dot Max, it features a dual-driver design consisting of a woofer and a tweeter. The new design integrated the speaker directly into the device housing instead of a separate module, which doubles the internal air space for fuller sound. The device can also tune the sound to your surrounding and Amazon claims it can produce 3x the bass...

October 01, 2025 at 03:32AMvia GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/G0owQOv

Samsung has finalized the Galaxy S26 series camera specs, minor changes await

Samsung has not introduced many significant upgrades to the camera hardware of its flagship Galaxy S series since the Galaxy S21 series, and it appears that the Galaxy S26 family will be no different. According to a Korean news outlet, the company isn't planning any major changes to all three upcoming Galaxy S26 phones next year. A quick reminder that according to the latest rumors, just like Apple, Samsung is planning to replace the Plus model with the Edge, meaning there won't be a Galaxy S26+ anymore. The vanilla S26 will likely be called the S26 Pro, though, which will reportedly...

October 01, 2025 at 02:02AMvia GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/MBxWHFa

Moto X70 Air may launch globally as the Moto Edge 70, leak reveals new colors

Yesterday, Motorola China posted a teaser of an upcoming slim phone called the Moto X70 Air. A leak from today reveals that this phone will likely go global under the name “Motorola Edge 70”. The leak shows images of the Motorola Edge 70 in two Pantone colors: Gadget Gray and Lily Pad. Both versions have accent color decals – the rings around the cameras and the Moto AI button. Motorola Edge 70 in Lily Pad The green/orange combo is exactly what we saw in the X70 Air teaser. However, a week before that, Evan Blass posted a leaked promo image of the Motorola Edge 70 showing a...

September 30, 2025 at 11:52PMvia GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/ZLyQWT4