Chinese Smartphone News
Vivo V80 official: price, specs and release date
Unveiled in India during Vivo’s NEXT 2026 tech showcase, the new Vivo V80 is shaking up category standards. Packing a…
Realme P4s Lite: a monster 7,000 mAh battery and a 120 Hz display on a budget
Quietly made official on Realme’s Indian website in early October 2026, the Realme P4s Lite expands the manufacturer’s affordable line-up.…
Xiaomi 18 Ultra Cancelled: The End of an Era for Elite Camera Phones?
📌 Update of 5 October 2026: Tipster Digital Chat Station has confirmed the cancellation of the Xiaomi 18 Ultra whilst…
iQOO 16 official: price, specs and release date
📌 Update of 5 October 2026: The iQOO 16 has been spotted on Geekbench in a global version equipped with…
Oppo Find X10 official: price, specs and release date
📌 Update of 3 October 2026: The specifications of the international versions of the Find X10 have leaked, revealing new…
Oppo Find X10 Pro Max official: price, specs and release date
📌 Update of 3 October 2026: specifications for the global versions have leaked via YTECHB, confirming that the Find X10…
Vivo X Fold 6: global version made official, with Android 17 and a monster battery
📌 Updated 1 October 2026 — Officially launched internationally on 1 October 2026, the Vivo X Fold 6 has finally…
iQOO Pad Ultra official: price, specs and release date
In the Android tablet market, small high-performance models have long been the poor relation of the industry. While most manufacturers…
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Xiaomi 18: 7,200 mAh, three cameras and a December launch [UPDATED]
📌 Updated 28 September 2026 — The Xiaomi 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max have been official since 23 September,…
Comparison: the affordable high end
This autumn 2026, Asian manufacturers have shown real ingenuity with their entry-level flagships. Long seen as mere cut-down versions, these…
Comparison: the clash of the compacts
The September 2026 tech season marks a spectacular turning point in the world of high-end smartphones. Just as the market…
Comparison: the clash of the high-end giants
📌 Updated 28 September 2026 — A fourth giant enters the ring: the Honor Magic 9 Pro Max, unveiled in…
Honor Magic 9 Super Edition official: 11,000 mAh, price and specs
📌 Updated 28 September 2026 — The Honor Magic 9 Super Edition is official, and on sale in China since…
Xiaomi Pad 9 Pro: large 12.5-inch 3.2K display, Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 and an 11,000 mAh battery
Hot on the heels of unveiling its giant Pad 9 Pro Max, the Chinese giant is speeding up the renewal…
Xiaomi Pad 9: 3.2K 144 Hz display, 5.75 mm thin and long battery life
The Android tablet market keeps moving upmarket, driven by growing demands for on-the-go productivity and multimedia comfort. After attention focused…
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 vs 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6: the real differences between the two 2 nm chips
📌 Updated 24 September 2026 — Here are the first benchmarks of the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6, measured…
Vivo X500 Pro Max official: price, specs and release date
📌 Updated 31 October 2026 — Vivo unveiled the X500 Pro and X500 Pro Max in Europe on 27 October…
Vivo X500 Pro official: price, specs and release date
📌 Updated 23 September 2026 — The Vivo X500 Pro is official. It starts at 6,499 yuan (around €845) for…
Vivo X500 official: price, specs and release date
📌 Updated 28 September 2026 — The Vivo X500 is official. It starts at 5,499 yuan (around €715) for 12…
Oppo Find X10E official: price, specs and release date
📌 Updated 22 September 2026 — The Find X10E is official, and its full spec sheet overturns the leaks that…
Xiaomi HyperOS 4: official stable rollout schedule and full list of eligible devices
The wait is finally over for users of the Xiaomi ecosystem. After weeks of speculation, the brand has made official…
MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro: 2 nm process, ARM C2 architecture and a technological leap for flagships
The mobile semiconductor industry crossed a historic line on 15 September. Just as the race towards ever-finer process nodes seemed…
MediaTek Dimensity 9600M: the real face of the standard Vivo X500’s chip
While all eyes were rightly on the official launch of the spectacular 2 nm Dimensity 9600 Pro, the event MediaTek…
Xiaomi Pad 9 Pro Max: XRING O3 chip, a giant 13.3-inch panel and advanced PC connectivity
This is the headline announcement of the autumn for the Xiaomi ecosystem. At its autumn event dedicated to its next-generation…
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