Lava is launching its first smartwatches – the company starts off with two models, one round and one rectangular, both under the name “Prowatch”. They will be available in India later this week through the company's online store, Amazon and other retail partners. Lava’s first smartwatches: Prowatch ZN and VN The Lava Prowatch ZN is the round watch and the more premium of the two. It has a zinc alloy body and a choice between stainless steel and silicone for the straps. The watch has been tested to be resistant against corrosion with salt sprays and is rated IP68 for dust and water ..read more

Umidigi announced a slew of new devices at the Mobile Electronics Show in Hong Kong including three A-series smartphones. Umidigi A16 Pro and A16 Pro 5G share the same 6.67-inch FHD+ AMOLED with a 120Hz refresh rate, 50MP main shooter (IMX 766) and 5MP infrared night vision lens. A16 Pro 5G gets MediaTek Dimensity 6300 chipset while the A16 Pro is equipped with a Helio G99. Both phones offer 5,000 mAh batteries with 33W charging and come with 8GB RAM and 256GB storage which is expandable via the microSD slot. Both boot Android 14 out of the box. Umidigi A15 Ultra offers a more ..read more

Meta has announced that it's opening up the Horizon OS powering its Oculus headsets to third parties. The first companies to use Horizon OS in new headsets will be Asus and Lenovo. The Asus headset will be ROG branded and will be aimed at gamers, while Lenovo will "develop mixed reality devices for productivity, learning, and entertainment", according to the official press release on the matter. Meta strongly hints at the fact that these devices will be using Qualcomm chipsets just like it did for the Quest 3, while not directly saying it. There will also be a limited-edition "Meta Quest ..read more

While we are preparing the full Tecno Camon 30 Premier review, we decided to share the results from our battery test. The handset earned a respectable 13:29h Active Use Score, which is more than what you could expect from most devices in the same price range. The Camon 30 Premier uses a 5,000 mAh battery, which is tasked to power a large 6.77-inch OLED display and a Dimensity 8200 SoC. Interestingly, the OLED is of the LTPO kind, which probably saves some power, and as evidenced by the tests, the Dimensity 8200 takes it easy on the battery as well. const BATTERY_TEST_PHONE_V2 ..read more

Last week Huawei made the Pura 70 series of smartphones official, including the top of the line Pura 70 Ultra. This is the next generation of the long-running P series, now with an actual name instead of a letter. All of the Pura 70 models have a very distinctive camera island design, and the Ultra comes with a 1-inch retractable main camera with variable aperture. If you've been wondering what the Pura 70 Ultra looks like on the inside, Chinese YouTube channel WekiHome has you covered as usual, publishing a full video disassembly of the device. Make sure you hit the CC button and set ..read more

HMD Global recently announced that it would start making smartphones under its own brand following many years of releases under the Nokia brand. One of, if not the first HMD-branded smartphones, will be the Pulse, which was extensively leaked earlier this month. Back then we thought it would land in July, but it turns out it could arrive way sooner than that - this week, in fact. That is according to a now taken down listing by Finnish retailer Gigantti, which had the phone up with specs and pricing too - €179. Not just that, but the listing also had a release date: April 24. That's this ..read more

While Microsoft is gearing up for its Windows on ARM event on May 20, Qualcomm is preparing the processors that will power that revolution. The flagship in that new line of silicon is the Snapdragon X Elite but it has a sidekick - the Snapdragon X Plus. Today, we have our first solid information about the latter chip. The Snapdragon X Plus surfaced in a Geekbench DirectML benchmark on a device codenamed OEMMN. There's no room for interpretation on the chip's part - it's plainly named - the Snapdragon X Plus or X1P64100. The Qualcomm Oryon CPU is a 10-core unit with a max clock speed ..read more

Apple gave up on offering leather accessories for its mobile devices in September of last year, replacing them with a "FineWoven" material that is made from 68% post-consumer recycled polyester. It's been selling $59 FineWoven iPhone cases and MagSafe Wallets, $35 FineWoven AirTag holders, and $99 FineWoven Apple Watch bands ever since. According to a new report from the same leakster who initially told us about these FineWoven accessories last year, Apple has now terminated production for all of them. Thus, if this is true (and that's a big if even with a reliable source like this), and ..read more

Just in time for Earth Day, Samsung announced it is now selling Certified Re-Newed (CRN) Galaxy S23 series smartphones in the US. The Samsung.com exclusive drop features the Galaxy S23, Gaalxy S23+ and Galaxy S23 Ultra phones which have undergone an extensive 147 point inspection by Samsung technicians with repurposed genuine parts and a new battery. All CRN Galaxy S23 devices are backed by a one-year warranty and ship with Android 14 and the latest One UI 6.1 out of the box with Galaxy AI. Galaxy S23 and S23+ are available in Phantom Black while the S23 Ultra also comes in ..read more

Moondrop has taken the wraps off its first smartphone, the MIAD 01. The name stands for Mobile Internet Audio Device and as you can imagine alludes the phone's audio-first inclination. If a smartphone can be used as HiFi player with a sleek and slim body, features 3.5mm+4.4mm interfaces, and offers smooth operating for daily use. ... pic.twitter.com/EuQapBgfjQ— MOONDROP (@MoondropLab) April 22, 2024 In the teaser image, we can see the back of the phone with a white colorway and a striated finish. The camera section is raised and features a dual-camera system along with the ..read more