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PHONES Samsung Galaxy Unpacked July 22: Three Foldables, One Wild Wide Model
Samsung's July 22 Unpacked in London brings three foldables at once: the Z Fold 8 Ultra with a 200MP camera, a brand-new Z Fold 8 Wide with a 4:3 landscape screen, and the Z Flip 8. After a week with pre-production hardware chatter, here's what actually matters for your daily driver.
PHONES vivo X500e Leak Points to a 7,500mAh Battery and Periscope Camera
A new vivo X500e leak claims the phone will pair MediaTek's Dimensity 9500 with a 7,500mAh battery, a 6.59-inch display, and a periscope telephoto camera. If accurate, this is another sign that Chinese flagships are making battery life a headline feature, not an afterthought.
PHONES Nothing Phone 3: Ten Months with the Glyph Matrix and What the Reviews Missed
Ten months after launch, the Nothing Phone 3's 486-LED Glyph Matrix has grown from gimmick to genuinely useful, but the camera and chipset story is more complicated than the spec sheet suggests.
OPPO Find X9 Ultra Goes Global: Three Telephotos, Two 200MP Sensors, 10x Optical Zoom
OPPO's Find X9 Ultra is going global after its April 21 China debut, and India lands a confirmed May 2026 release. The headline: three real telephoto lenses, two of them 200MP, and a 50MP periscope that pulls 10x optical zoom, all behind Hasselblad calibration.
PHONES Vivo X300 Ultra Review: Two 200MP Cameras and the World's Best Mobile Photography
Vivo's X300 Ultra just landed globally with a camera setup nobody else has dared to ship: a 200MP main sensor AND a 200MP periscope telephoto. Early reviews call it the best camera phone of 2026. But at €1,999, it had better be.
PHONES Redmi K90 Max Lands Today With an 8,550mAh Battery and an Actual Fan
Redmi's new K90 Max launches in China today with a silicon-carbon battery almost double the size of an iPhone's, a Dimensity 9500 with a dedicated graphics chip, and a literal cooling fan built into the chassis. The specs are wild, the question is whether you'd actually enjoy using it.
PHONES Oppo Find X9 Ultra Launches Globally on April 21: 10x Optical Zoom Changes Everything
Oppo's Find X9 Ultra arrives globally on April 21 with a quad-camera Hasselblad system featuring the world's first 10x optical zoom periscope, Snapdragon 8 Elite, and a 6.78-inch 1440p display.