What you need to know The Oppo Find N5 is confirmed to have impressive water-resistance capabilities, as it is both IPX8 and IPX9 certified. It’s possible that the Oppo Find N5 is rebadged as the OnePlus Open 2 in the U.S. Unfortunately, there may be no dust-resistance certifications for the Find N5. The upcoming Oppo … Read more
During Samsung Unpacked 2025, we heard that the Galaxy S25 series phones have a “custom” (sort of) Qualcomm Snapdragon chip to power its features. That’s pretty cool — we know Snapdragon chips perform well and we’ve seen what building an AI-tailored SoC allows in Google’s Pixel phones. The 3nm Qualcomm SM8750-AB Snapdragon 8 Elite paired … Read more
We’re looking ahead to Wear OS 6, the software that will underline the upcoming Pixel Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch 8. There’s nothing official yet about the new Android wearable operating system. However, we’re fairly certain that Gemini and a major hardware upgrade will underpin some significant feature changes. And the recent Galaxy Unpacked gave … Read more
Introduction Why get a Pro or an Ultra, when the vanilla model is just the right amount of good? vivo is testing how reasonably you can address that question this year with the X200 – a high-end proposition that is missing some of the bells and whistles of its more upmarket siblings, but doesn’t appear … Read more
What you need to know A YouTuber placed the Galaxy S25 Ultra in two major battery tests to check its supposed longevity and charging improvements. One charging test marked swifter charging speeds over the S24 Ultra while a battery drain test displays Samsung’s work at extending its life cycle. The Galaxy S25 Ultra launched on … Read more
If there was a theme for smartphones in 2024, it was that flagship phones finally gained feature parity across form factors. Google’s Pixel 9 Pro and Pixel 9 Pro XL, as well as Apple’s iPhone 16/Pro and iPhone 16 Plus/Pro Max, are a few examples of smartphones that were identical aside from their screen sizes. … Read more
Xiaomi’s upcoming 15 Ultra is getting a global release just like its predecessor, an exec recently confirmed. The phone will be made official next month at the earliest, and ahead of that today it’s time to see it in a live hands-on image for the first time. A tipster on X has shared the image … Read more
Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S25, Galaxy S25+, and Galaxy S25 Ultra a couple of days ago during its grand Unpacked event, and today one of its competitors has reacted to the news – a bit later than we’re used to, but still. We’re talking about Honor. The brand chose to troll Samsung with an X … Read more
Beyond the Alphabet (Image credit: Nicholas Sutrich / Android Central) Beyond the Alphabet is a weekly column that focuses on the tech world both inside and out of the confines of Mountain View. Leading up to Galaxy Unpacked, there were a few rumblings that Samsung might consider ditching the S Pen, likely in order to … Read more
What you need to know Samsung will likely have a new Qi2 3-in-1 compatible charger for the Galaxy S25 series. It was developed by WITS, which acquired Samsung Electro-Mechanics’ wireless charging business in 2019. The charger has hit the WPC certification alongside another car charger with Qi2 support. Users can expect 15W wireless charging speeds … Read more