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What you need to know Another discovery involves the rumored ASUS ROG Phone 9 “FE” in a pair of certification listings overseas. The device has apparently surfaced in Malaysia and Thailand, with rumors pointing — once again — to a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 decision. The “FE” phone reportedly grabbed Wi-Fi Alliance certification in November … Read more

What you need to know After rolling out two developer previews of Android 16, the search giant is likely to launch its first beta this month. According to a recent comment from a Googler, we are likely to see the first betas of Android 16 on January 22, February 19, and March 12, respectively. We … Read more

What you need to know An early set of Google leaks claimed to have spotted the company’s Pixel 10a and Pixel 11 series development. The Pixel 10a is allegedly being developed with the “slightly boosted” Tensor G4, while four codenames for the Pixel 11 series drops. Previous rumors claim that Google will place the stronger … Read more

Samsung’s Galaxy S25 series has long been rumored to arrive with a price hike – in Europe, in Korea, and in India. Today a new report from Samsung’s home of Korea details things a bit further. It’s good news and bad news. The bad news is that a price hike is indeed coming, at least … Read more

Samsung uses the FE (aka “Fan Edition”) line to bring out devices with decent high-end specs at lower prices than its proper flagships, and it now looks like Asus is a fan of this strategy. According to new certification documents from Malaysia and Thailand, Asus is working on the ROG Phone 9 FE, to complement … Read more

Samsung’s first Galaxy Unpacked of the year is almost here as we inch closer to the official announcement of the Galaxy S25 series on Wednesday. If you’ve been eyeing a new phone, then Samsung US is offering an early chance to reserve one of the new S25 flagships. The process is straightforward – head this … Read more

The Indian smartphone market grew by 5% in 2024, totaling 155.9 million shipments for the calendar year. The latest report from Canalys shows that vivo was India’s leading smartphone brand for 2024 in terms of shipments with 29.5 million units and a 19% market share. Xiaomi (including Poco) followed up in second place with an … Read more

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 identifier. Galaxy A36 (SM-A366E/DS) on BIS database In addition to … Read more

MediaTek might launch the Dimensity 9400+ as soon as this quarter, suggested leakster Digital Chat Station. The source indicated that the CPU of the new chip will be overclocked, and we can expect to see devices incorporating it soon after. DCS suggested we will see two new phones: one featuring a “smaller flat panel with … Read more

TikTok is back up in the US but a lot of its competitors have been making moves to attract its users these past few days, and today X announced its own bid to convince TikTok defectors to join its network. X now has a vertical video feed with its own dedicated tab in the app. … Read more