Itel A90 was launched in India on Wednesday. The smartphone is equipped with an octa-core Unisoc T7100 chipset paired with 4GB of RAM. It is offered in 64GB and 128GB storage variants and is currently available in retail stores in the country. The Itel A80 successor sports a 6.6-inch screen with a Dynamic Bar feature and comes with a 100-day free screen replacement offer.
Samsung's Galaxy S25 FE is expected to hit markets later this year as a successor to the Galaxy S24 FE. Ahead of the official launch, new leaks about the handset have popped up on the Web, suggesting that it will feature an upgraded front camera. This improvement could align with Samsung's strategy to add premium features to its Fan Edition series.
OnePlus 13s is set to launch in India soon. Although the company has yet to announce the exact launch date, several key features of the upcoming handset have been revealed. Its customisable "Plus Key" feature, expected to replace the Alert Slider, was confirmed recently. Now, the company has teased the colour options of the phone.
Just like the bold new design that was introduced by the iPhone X back in 2017, we are beginning to see more evidence that the upcoming 20th anniversary iPhone will have some new tech and a brand-new design as well. Expected to launch in 2027, the iPhone was said to have a design that made extensive use of glass. Now there are more details about it packing even more new technological enhancements.
Samsung Galaxy S25 can now be purchased at an effective price of Rs. 63,999 in India. The company has announced several offers which buyers can avail of to get their hands on the flagship phone at a lower rate than its usual selling price. HDFC bank card holders can avail of a bank cashback of Rs. 10,000 on direct purchases, while there’s also an upgrade bonus of Rs. 10,000 for those willing to trade in their old smartphones for the Samsung Galaxy S25.
Vivo V50 Elite Edition was introduced in India on Thursday. The handset ships with Vivo TWS 3e earphones in-the-box and is available in a 12GB RAM and 512GB storage configuration. In terms of design and specifications, the V50 Elite Edition is similar to the standard Vivo V50, which was unveiled in the country in February.
iQOO Neo 10 is set to arrive in India later this month. Its design and colour options have been revealed by the company previously. The smartphone is confirmed to come with a Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 SoC, a 7,000mAh battery with 120W wired charging support and an 8.09mm thick profile. The company has now confirmed the display and camera specifications of the iQOO Neo 10.
OnePlus is not expected to unveil the OnePlus 15 until later this year. Nonetheless, a new leak about the camera specifications of the OnePlus 13 successor has emerged online ahead of its putative launch in Q4 this year. The OnePlus 15 may end up using the same triple rear camera setup as the OnePlus 13. The camera setup is said to include a telephoto periscope lens.
Infinix GT 30 Pro will launch next week, the Transsion Holdings subsidiary confirmed through a social media post on Wednesday. The upcoming GT series phone will succeed the Infinix GT 20 Pro, which was unveiled in India last year. The Chinese tech brand has not disclosed the specifications of the Infinix GT 30 Pro, but it is confirmed to be a gaming-focused offering.
OnePlus's Ace 5 series is set to get two new variants. The lineup, which was initially unveiled in China in December 2024, includesd the standard OnePlus Ace 5 and an Ace 5 Pro. They will soon be joined by the OnePlus Ace 5 Racing Edition and the Ace 5 Ultra handsets. The company has officially teased their upcoming launch and confirmed their chipset details. The OnePlus Ace 5 Racing Edition will be one of the first phones to launch with the new MediaTek Dimensity 9400e chipset.
Google on Wednesday rolled out the Android 16 Beta 4.1 to developers and testers. Initially available on Pixel devices, it arrives as the latest testing version of Google’s operating system with fixes for several bugs that have impacted users in previous versions. This includes rectifications for issues related to 4K video recording, haptics, weather map, and Google app.
Oppo will take the wraps off the Reno 14 series on May 15 in China. Just days before the formal launch, the Chinese tech brand has shared new teasers online, disclosing the key specifications of the Reno 14 Pro. The Oppo Reno 14 Pro is confirmed to come with a 6.83-inch screen with minimal bezels. It will offer battery upgrades over last year's Reno 13 Pro.
iQOO Neo 10 Pro+ will launch in China on May 20 alongside the Pad 5 series, Watch 5, TWS Air 3 and more devices. The upcoming Neo 10 Pro+ smartphone will come with a Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC and a 2K display. Now, the company has revealed the RAM, storage and a few key other details about the phone.
Samsung launched the Galaxy S25 Edge earlier this week with a 5.8mm thin design. The thinnest Galaxy S series smartphone is yet to reach the hands of customers in India, but rumours about the Galaxy S26 lineup, particularly the Galaxy S26 Edge model, are already swirling on the Web. Samsung is said to replace one of the phones in the Galaxy S26 lineup with an Edge model next year.
MediaTek Dimensity 9400e was launched by the Taiwanese chipmaker on Wednesday. Positioned to compete with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8s Gen 4, the Dimensity 9400e features an All Big Core CPU architecture, with four Cortex-X4 cores clocked at 3.4GHz, and a 12-core Immortalis-G720 GPU with hardware ray tracing. The new chipset also supports on-device operation of large language models and enables Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6.0 connectivity.
Android 16, the next big operating system (OS) update, will be released for Samsung Galaxy devices “this summer”, a company spokesperson confirmed during the sidelines of The Android Show: I/O Edition on Tuesday. Google’s prelude to its annual I/O 2025 developer conference played host to a series of Android-related announcements, which also included a tentative release timeline for Android 16.
Realme GT 7 will launch in India alongside other global markets on May 27. The smartphone has been confirmed to pack a 7,000mAh battery with support for 120W wired fast charging. The company has now revealed the chipset details of the upcoming handset. Some display features have been teased as well. The Realme GT 7 will be equipped with a MediaTek Dimensity 9400e SoC in global markets.
Realme Neo 7 Turbo will be launching soon in China, the company confirmed today. The Chinese tech brand has not disclosed the launch date yet, but it has opened pre-orders for the Neo series smartphone in its home country. The Realme Neo 7 Turbo is teased to offer powerful performance. It is expected to arrive as a close sibling of the Realme Neo 7, Neo 7 SE, and Neo 7x.
Alcatel is set to re-enter the Indian smartphone market with the Alcatel V3 Ultra. While the exact launch date is still under wraps, the brand, which is operated independently by TCL Communication, has shared new teasers about the device on social media platforms. The Alcatel V3 Ultra is confirmed to offer dedicated display modes for different activities. Meanwhile, a new leak suggests that the Alcatel V3 series will launch in the last week of May.
Apple on Tuesday revealed new accessibility features coming to iOS 19, macOS 16, watchOS 12 later this year. App Store listings will gain Accessibility Nutrition Labels, Mac users will get a new Magnifier app for zooming, while blind users will get a new Braille Access feature for notes and calculations. The Apple Watch will introduce support for Live Captions with watchOS 12, enhancing accessibility for a wider range of users.
Nothing Phone 3 price and launch timeline details were teased by Nothing CEO Carl Pei at Google I/O 2025. Not much is known about the premium Nothing Phone 3, which is expected to arrive as the successor to the Nothing Phone 2. Nothing has managed to keep its upcoming smartphone a well-guarded secret. The Nothing Phone 2 was launched in 2023, and so, we expected the Phone 3 to arrive in 2024, but we got the Phone 2a series instead. A few weeks ago, we got the Phone 3a series as well.
Lava Shark 5G could soon join the Lava Shark 4G variant, which was unveiled in India in March. Details of the purported handset have surfaced online, suggesting its design and colour options. The 5G version is said to come with a dual rear camera unit. The smartphone has also appeared on a popular benchmarking website, which hints at the chipset, RAM and operating system features of the Lava Shark 5G.
The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has warned users of security vulnerabilities affecting Android, iOS, and iPadOS devices. Separate advisories warn of a denial-of-service flaw impacting iPhones and iPads on recent software versions, and multiple issues in Android that could grant unauthorised device access.
Nubia Z70S Ultra has been unveiled in select global markets alongside the Nubia Pad Pro. The smartphone comes with a Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC paired with up to 16GB of RAM and a 6,600mAh battery with 80W fast charging support. For optics, it carries a 50-megapixel triple rear camera sensor including a 64-megapixel telephoto shooter.
Google on Tuesday kicked off a series of announcements related to Android as part of the recently announced ‘The Android Show: I/O Edition’. One of the first yet notable announcements is Material 3 Expressive, its next iteration of the open-source design language system for Android. As per the Mountain View-based tech giant, Material 3 Expressive has personalisation at its core, enabling users to customise their device which feels unique to them.
Google’s strongest layer of security for Google accounts and mobile devices, Advanced Protection, will get new features with Android 16. Announced on Tuesday, the new features were showcased during The Android Show: I/O Edition. The Mountain View-based tech giant said that the next iteration of the Android operating system will now bring a device-level security setting for Advanced Protection.
Google showcased several new security and privacy features it will release later this year. The announcements were made during The Android Show: I/O Edition on Tuesday, and the company said the new features will protect users from scams, fraud, and theft on Android. The new protections range from security layers while a user is on a call and improved privacy measures while sharing a screen with a contact.
Meizu Note 16 Pro and Meizu Note 16 have gone official in China. The new handsets run on Flyme AIOS 2 based on Android 15 and feature 6.78-inch displays. The Meizu Note 16 Pro runs on a Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 chipset, while the Meizu Note 16 has a Unisoc T8200 chip under the hood.
Bluetooth 6.1, the latest standard announced by the Bluetooth SIG, is designed to improve user privacy on compatible devices. Expected to arrive on devices by 2026, the new standard also promises improved power efficiency. Following the Bluetooth SIG's shift to a bi-annual release cycle, the next iteration of Bluetooth is anticipated in the second half of 2025.
Huawei has announced the launch date of its Nova 14 series in China. The new Nova series smartphones will debut as the successor to last year's Nova 13 and Nova 13 Pro models. They are confirmed to ship with the latest version of Huawei's HarmonyOS. The brand has started teasing the design of the new Nova series family online. The teasers reveal that Huawei will bring a new Nova 14 Ultra model this year alongside the Nova 14 and Nova 14 Pro.
Following the successful rollout of Android 15-based One UI 7, Samsung is already said to be developing the next iteration, dubbed One UI 8. As per a report, the company will introduce additional functionality for the Galaxy AI-powered Now Brief feature. One such feature will let users get an audio version of their daily brief. Such a feature is said to eliminate the need to glance at the phone's screen and reading the summarised brief.
Oppo Find X8 and Find X8 Pro were unveiled in November last year in India. The Chinese smartphone brand expanded the lineup last month by unveiling the flagship Find X8 Ultra alongside the Find X8s, and Find X8s+. The Oppo Find X9 series is still months away from its potential launch, but early leaks about the lineup have now started appearing on the Web. A new leak suggests that Oppo will include at least four smartphone models in the Find X9 family.
iQOO Neo 10 Pro+ will be unveiled in China on May 20. Alongside announcing the launch date, the company has confirmed the colour options and some key features of the handset. iQOO revealed that it will introduce the Pad 5 series, Watch 5, TWS Air 3 and more devices alongside the Neo 10 Pro+ version later this month.
Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge was unveiled globally earlier today. The company has now revealed the India pricing details of the new phone. The Galaxy S25 Edge is equipped with a Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy chipset, a 200-megapixel dual rear camera unit, and Corning Gorilla Glass Ceramic 2 display protection. Measuring at 5.8mm, the handset is claimed to be the thinnest Galaxy S series phone yet.
iQOO Neo 10 is set to launch in India on May 26 and will go on sale via Amazon. As the launch date nears, the Vivo sub-brand has hinted at the price range and AnTuTu score of the phone. The iQOO Neo 10 is teased to come with a 50-megapixel rear camera and a 32-megapixel front camera. It is confirmed to ship with a Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 SoC and a 7,000mAh battery.
Apple is developing a new AI-powered battery management mode for the iPhone, which could improve battery life with the iOS 19 update expected later this year. This Apple Intelligence feature would dynamically adjust power usage based on individual smartphone usage patterns. The iOS 19 update will also reportedly include a feature displaying the estimated charging time for an iPhone, on supported models.
Sony Xperia 1 VII has been launched in European markets on Tuesday. Sony's new Xperia series phone has the Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset. The handset boasts a triple rear camera array enhanced by Sony Alpha technology. The camera setup consists of Exmor T and RS sensors, and the primary rear sensor is a 1/1.35-inch 48-megapixel sensor. The Sony Xperia 1 VII flaunts a 6.5-inch screen featuring Sony's Bravia technology and carries a 5,000mAh battery.
Honor 400 series is set to be launched globally on May 22. Ahead of the launch, the Chinese consumer tech brand has teased a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature of the upcoming smartphone series. It will get a new AI-powered image-to-video tool that can animate a static image. While not a lot is known about the new feature, reports claim that it can generate up to five-second-long videos with a single image.
Motorola Razr 60 Ultra was launched in India on Tuesday. The clamshell foldable is powered by Qualcomm's flagship Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset alongside 16GB of RAM. It comes with a 4-inch cover display, a 7-inch foldable inner screen, two 50-megapixel sensors, as well as a 50-megapixel inner selfie camera. Motorola has packed a 4,700mAh battery in the phone.
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7 is expected to land in July alongside the Galaxy Z Fold 7. While there's no confirmed launch date for the phone yet, there have been leaks from multiple sources detailing the specifications of the upcoming clamshell foldable. The Galaxy Z Flip 7 is poised to introduce a significant design enhancement. It is said to come with a more expansive, edge-to-edge cover display that envelops the upper half of the device.
Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge is the latest addition to the Galaxy S25 series and is one of Samsung's thinnest smartphones to date at just 5.8mm. It is powered by the flagship Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy chip. The Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge a 200-megapixel primary camera alongside a 12-megapixel ultrawide lens. The phone packs a 3,900mAh battery with support for 25W charging.
MediaTek on Monday launched the Helio G200 chipset for mobile devices. The Taiwan-based chipmaker says its new processor is aimed at powerful gaming smartphones with a particular emphasis on social and messaging apps enhancement. It is claimed to deliver more than a 40 percent improvement against competitor alternative platforms when it comes to single-core performance.
Apple on Monday released the iOS 18.5 update for iPhone. Building upon the developer and public beta updates rolled out in recent weeks, it brings subtle changes to the Mail app, including an option to display Contact Photos via a quick shortcut. Guardians/ parents will receive a notification when the passcode for the Screen Time is used on a child’s Apple device.
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip FE is expected to land soon as Samsung's first-ever FE-branded foldable. The South Korean brand is likely to choose to position the Galaxy Z Flip FE as an affordable clamshell foldable smartphone, and it is believed to be announced alongside the Galaxy Z Fold 7 and regular Galaxy Z Flip 7 in the second half of this year. While we wait for the formal reveal, the Galaxy Z Flip FE has been spotted in the Geekbench online database.
Honor Magic V5 is expected to launch as a successor to the Honor Magic V3, which was unveiled in China in July 2024. The company is tipped to skip the Magic V4 moniker. The purported book-style foldable will likely come with a larger battery than the existing model. The Honor Magic V5 has now reportedly appeared on a couple of Chinese certification sites, which hints at its battery capacity and charging speed.
Apple is mulling raising prices of its upcoming iPhones in order to cushion higher costs stemming from the tariffs that have hampered global supply chains and forced the company to shift more production to India. Apple said earlier this month that tariffs were expected to add about $900 million (roughly Rs. 7,638 crore) in costs during the April-June quarter.
India's smartphone market experienced a 5.5 percent year-over-year (YoY) decline in shipments in Q1 2025, shows a latest report by International Data Corporation(IDC). This downturn is attributed to weak consumer demand and surplus inventory from the previous quarter. Vivo secured top spot in the first quarter by grabbing 19.7 percent market share. Samsung came in second place, followed by Oppo.
Xiaomi 16 is expected to be unveiled in China later this year. The handset will likely come with some upgrades over the current Xiaomi 15, which was introduced in China alongside a Pro variant in October 2024. A tipster has shared the probable launch timeline of the purported handset and suggested some of its key specifications. It is expected to maintain the compact size of the preceding model.
OnePlus 13 was unveiled in the Indian market in January this year; however, details about its successor, the OnePlus 15, have already started to emerge online. A new leak coming out of China suggests that the OnePlus 15 will feature a flat display with 1.5K resolution. It is said to run on Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 chipset and could pack a triple rear camera unit comprising a periscope sensor.
Vivo is gearing up to unveil the V50 Elite Edition in India. The company has announced the launch date of the phone and teased its rear camera module. Notably, the existing Vivo V50, which was launched in February, has a pill-shaped rear camera island. The upcoming Vivo V50 Elite Edition is teased to get a circular rear camera module.
