OnePlus 16's chipset and camera specs tipped‎

The OnePlus 16 is still months away from its official launch, but several details about the device have already surfaced online. The latest leak reveals new information about the phone’s chipset and camera setup. While the phone was previously rumored to be powered by the upcoming Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 chipset, tipster Digital Chat Station now claims the OnePlus 16 will instead use a more powerful SM8975 processor, expected to be marketed as the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro. OnePlus 15 According to the tipster, the 2nm flagship chipset will also be paired with the latest LPDDR6...

Xiaomi 18 Pro Max details leak‎

The Xiaomi 17 Pro Max launched last September, and we assume its successor will make its debut around that device's one-year anniversary. Today in China some details about the upcoming Xiaomi 18 Pro Max have been leaked by the prolific Digital Chat Station on Weibo. According to him, the Xiaomi 18 Pro Max will have a 6.9-inch flat LIPO OLED screen with extremely narrow symmetrical bezels, which will be even narrower than the ones the 17 Pro Max had. The display panel will go down to 1-nit brightness in ultra low light, and will support the BT.2020 color space. Xiaomi 17 Pro Max The...

Counterpoint warns of rising retail prices for smartphones in 2026 as memory costs explode‎

Counterpoint Research’s Memory Price Tracker shows that mobile RAM costs have risen by 50% quarter-on-quarter, while NAND storage has gone up by over 90% QoQ. “Higher retail prices are unavoidable in 2026 as rising costs will be passed to consumers,” warn analysts. The rising memory costs are having quite an impact on the Bill of Materials (BoM) for smartphones. The different tiers are affected differently and low-end phones (sub-$200) are hit the hardest. When building a typical low-end phone with 6GB of LPDDR4X RAM and 128GB of eMMC storage, manufacturers will have to spend a whopping...

Samsung Galaxy A57 mistakenly listed by European retailer‎

The Galaxy A57's imminent release is getting even more imminent by the day. Case in point - we now have a mistaken listing by a European retailer, which has shown us the device in all its glory. The Galaxy A57 is expected to be unveiled alongside the also oft-leaked Galaxy A37, and that may even happen before the end of this month. Samsung Galaxy A57 official images from European retailer listing The A57 is expected to feature a 6.6-inch FHD+ Super AMOLED screen with 120Hz refresh rate, the Exynos 1680 SoC at the helm, 6/8/12GB of RAM, 128/256GB of storage, a 50MP main...

iPhone Fold to match Oppo Find N6's crease-less display tech‎

The Oppo Find N6 is set to launch on March 17 with a crease-less foldable display. Ahead of the launch, a tipster now claims that a similar display technology could also be used on Apple’s first foldable iPhone. According to well-known tipster Digital Chat Station, the iPhone Fold could sport a crease-less display similar to the one on the upcoming Oppo Find N6. Oppo Find N6's crease-free display In a post on Weibo, the tipster noted that several suppliers working with Oppo on the new display also provide components to Apple. As a result, it is possible that the company’s first...

Samsung Galaxy S26 series now available worldwide, Ultra model dominated pre-orders‎

Today marks the end of pre-orders and the start of global availability for the Galaxy S26 series. The new flagship series is a smash hit with a “double-digit” percentage increase in pre-orders. Correction, the Galaxy S26 Ultra is a smash hit, while the other two models are also-rans. Samsung reports that the S26 Ultra accounted for 70% of pre-orders. Presumably, this is for global pre-orders since the number matches the report from Korea, but is below the whopping 80% share for the US. Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra and S25 Ultra The press release adds some details on the S26 series...

Oppo Find X10 series displays detailed in new rumor‎

The Oppo Find X10 will have a 6.59-inch screen with "1.5K" resolution, and the Find X10 Pro will sport a 6.78-inch display with the same resolution, according to a new leak from Digital Chat Station on Weibo. The devices will both be powered by the Dimensity 9600 SoC, and the Pro might actually get the same screen as the upcoming Find X9 Ultra, presumably just a tiny bit smaller. They may both employ built-in magnets to support MagSafe-style wireless charging too. Oppo Find X9 Pro A previous rumor claimed the Find X10 Pro would get a 200MP main camera and a 200MP periscope...

Samsung Galaxy S26+ review‎