Apple's new CEO teases the iPhone 18 Pro Max's variable aperture camera‎

Mere hours before Apple's grand iPhone unveiling event is set to start, Apple's new CEO, John Ternus, has posted a mysterious video on his official X account. The video is definitely a teaser for what's to come at the event later today. See it for yourself: pic.twitter.com/CLu9eRDP5b— John Ternus (@johnternus) September 9, 2026 This will be the first Apple launch event since John Ternus took over as CEO of the company from Tim Cook. The video may be teasing the long-rumored variable aperture main camera that will feature on at least the iPhone 18 Pro Max, if not also the iPhone 18...

Honor Magic9 Pro Max visits Venice Film Festival, here it is in live photos‎

Honor is officially announcing the Magic9 series, including the Magic9 Pro Max, on September 28. Ahead of that, the company has showcased the Magic9 Pro Max at the 83rd Venice Film Festival. The device made its first public appearance over there, in a distinctive moss green finish. The phone has ARRI branding on its camera module, emphasizing Honor's recent partnership with the legendary film camera maker. Honor Magic9 Pro Max in Venice Honor says the Magic9 Pro Max's lens arrangement "takes inspiration from the design language of one of ARRI's most iconic cinema cameras"....

Apple iPhone 18 Pro series and Duo: what to expect‎

In a few hours' time, Apple will announce its first foldable iPhone. And while we initially thought it would be called iPhone Ultra, some last-minute rumors suggest it may actually end up as the iPhone Duo. Hat tip to the Surface Duo. And while the foldable iPhone will garner most of the attention, we’re still getting two new Pro models which are expected to offer some new camera tricks, alongside the new Apple A20 Pro chip and bigger batteries. Here’s what we expect to see at today’s “Surprise and shine” event. iPhone Ultra (Duo?) It almost feels like an eternity of rumors going...

Oppo Find X10 series now up for pre-order, to pack 8,000mAh batteries‎

Oppo recently confirmed that its Find X10 series will launch in China later this month. While the company has yet to announce an exact launch date, it has now opened pre-orders for the Find X10, Find X10 Pro Max, and Find X10E. Alongside opening pre-orders, Oppo has also revealed a few details about the upcoming phones on Weibo. The Oppo Find X10 and Find X10 Pro Max are confirmed to pack an 8,000mAh silicon-carbon battery, which is claimed to retain its capacity for up to 5 years. Meanwhile, tipster Digital Chat Station claims that the phones will offer 80W wired and 50W wireless...

iPhone Ultra is apparently called iPhone Duo and will be cheaper than expected‎

In a last-minute rumor published mere hours before Apple's big event today, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman claims that the long-awaited foldable iPhone will not be called iPhone Ultra, but iPhone Duo. The device was first rumored as the iPhone Fold, then a few months back every rumor started calling it iPhone Ultra, but apparently that won't be its actual name. The device is going to be offered with 256GB as base, in white and dark blue. It will have the A20 Pro chip at the helm, a new in-house C2 modem, two 48MP cameras on the back, a 12MP front camera "designed for videoconferencing", a...

Watch Apple's 'Surprise and shine' iPhone launch event here‎

The day many of you have been waiting for has arrived. Apple is holding its "Surprise and shine" launch event today in Cupertino, California, to unveil a bunch of new products, including the first folding iPhone. This will be the first launch event for John Ternus as Apple's new CEO, and it begins at 5 PM UTC. You can follow it with us by tuning in to the live stream below. The star of the show will definitely be the folding iPhone, which, a Bloomberg report claims, will be called iPhone Duo, not iPhone Fold or iPhone Ultra. Its base model, having 256GB of storage, is said to cost...

Arm unveils CSS for Mobile 2 with Mali G2-Ultra NX GPU, C2-Ultra and Pro CPU cores‎

Last year, Arm introduced Lumex Compute Subsystem (CSS) – a turnkey solution for chipset designs. Today, the company is unveiling CSS for Mobile 2, an AI-native compute platform for smartphones. Arm CSS for Mobile 2 It is built around the Arm Mali G2-Ultra NX GPU, which has built-in AI acceleration hardware and an Arm C2 CPU cluster including Ultra and Pro cores with SME2 (Scalable Matrix Extension) for agentic AI tasks. The Arm Mali G2-Ultra NX is the first Mali GPU with dedicated AI acceleration. This enables 4x higher performance per watt for neural graphics – that is...

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Two Galaxy S27 series models to feature Privacy Display, future Samsung laptops may join‎

Samsung introduced the Privacy Display feature with the Galaxy S26 Ultra earlier this year. In June, we heard that next year's Galaxy S27 Pro would also feature Privacy Display. But in July, a report claimed that all smartphones in the Galaxy S27 series except the S27 FE would have Privacy Display. Now, a new report by South Korean publication ETNews states that only two smartphones in the Galaxy S27 series would come with Privacy Display. Those two smartphones are the Galaxy S27 Pro and the Galaxy S27 Ultra. The publication claims that with this move, Samsung aims to differentiate the...

vivo X500 Pro Max design revealed ahead of launch‎

vivo’s next-generation X500 flagship series is set to launch in China later this month. Ahead of the launch, the company has revealed several key features of the upcoming devices and has now offered a first look at the vivo X500 Pro Max’s design. In a post on Weibo, vivo Product Vice President Huang Tao shared a first look at the rear design of the vivo X500 Pro Max. The handset is shown in silver and orange colorways. The image reveals a design that closely resembles the vivo X300 Ultra. The phone is seen with a dual-tone rear panel and a large circular camera module with three...