Smartphones: Page 2

The sources reviewed here trace the phone's reported specifications to one Gagadget article, and the phone hasn't launched yet. Gagadget reported this week that the Magic 9 Pro Max pairs dual 200MP cameras developed with ARRI, a mechanical gimbal, and support for ARRI's LogC3 color format, with a China launch planned for September 28 starting at 6,999 yuan, roughly £855/$875.

Motorola is scheduled to unveil the Signature 27 on September 22, timed to Qualcomm's Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii, according to Tech Advisor. The phone follows Motorola's slimline Signature flagship.

Leave a phone on the dashboard of a parked car on an 80°F day, and the cabin around it will hit 114°F within 30 minutes. Give it an hour, and that number climbs past 130°F, according to Meqtor. Most phones are rated to operate only up to 95°F (Meqtor). Past that point, a phone isn't just uncomfortable, it's running well outside the range it was built for.

The Google Pixel 11 Pro Fold and Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 both start at roughly $1,900, putting them in unusually direct competition. At that price, the more useful question isn't which is cheaper, but what each gives you for flagship-foldable money.

Ask why smartphones are cheaper in the US than their sticker prices suggest, and the answer usually comes down to one mechanism: carrier installment credits attached to postpaid plans.

The most common mistake people make when a phone breaks is comparing the repair quote to the price of a brand-new phone instead of a realistic used or refurbished replacement. That comparison almost always makes replacing look better than it actually is, according to The Repair Plus. Once that comparison is fixed, the answer to "should I repair or replace my phone" usually comes down to three things: whether the fault is isolated, whether the phone still has real software-support life left, and...

Type "use phone as a tape measure" into a search bar and dozens of apps promise to do exactly that. Android Authority decided to test the appetite behind that search: it asked readers which of four sensor-based toolbox jobs they'd actually hand to their phone.

Ahead of its September 23 China launch, Xiaomi confirmed the Xiaomi 18 Pro privacy screen will work as a hardware feature built into the display panel itself, and the teaser details the company released this week suggest it does a few things Samsung hasn't publicly demonstrated in the same way on the Galaxy S26 Ultra, according to Android Central.

RugOne unveiled the Xsnap 7 Pro at IFA 2026 in Berlin this week, a rugged Android phone with a rear camera module that physically detaches and works as a standalone action camera. The RugOne Xsnap 7 Pro detachable action camera phone isn't shipping yet. Its Kickstarter campaign opens September 7 with a €799 super early-bird tier, roughly $930.

Huawei's Pura X View now has official China pricing and a full spec sheet, and it's a non-folding phone that borrows the wide-screen proportions foldables made popular, minus the hinge, according to Gagadget. The phone packs a 6.39-inch, 16:9.5 OLED display into a conventional slab body, noticeably wider than the 19.5:9 ratio most phones use. China retail sales begin September 9, with pricing starting around $845 for the base configuration, and Huawei has not announced a US or UK launch.

Global foldable smartphone shipments are projected to rise 20% year-over-year in 2026, and industry sources point to Apple's expected entry into the category as one factor behind that growth, according to industry sources cited by DigiTimes this week. Counterpoint Research puts the figure slightly higher, forecasting 21% growth and tying the increase to Apple intensifying competition in the premium book-style foldable segment, the category of phones that open outward like a book to reveal a...

Ask a phone maker what costs the most to build a handset in 2026, and the answer isn't the chip anymore. DRAM, the memory that runs a phone's software in real time, has overtaken the system-on-chip as the single most expensive component in a smartphone, according to Counterpoint Research, 2 weeks ago. That single fact reshapes how brands think about every other line item in the bill of materials, and it's the starting point for understanding how the RAM shortage affects smartphone audio...

Every foldable phone complaint worth reading traces back to the same two design facts: the screen has to bend, and something mechanical has to make that happen. Those two requirements create engineering tensions that no manufacturer has resolved. The common foldable phone problems owners report most consistently screen failure, hinge contamination, steep repair bills, and contested warranty claims aren't random. They're downstream consequences of the same underlying tradeoff.

Bigme's Hibreak Dual 2 dual-screen phone launched on Kickstarter today with pledges starting around $560, pairing a 6.13-inch color E-Ink front panel with a 5-inch 720×1280 LCD on the rear, Notebookcheck reported. Both screens are rectangular and sized for genuine use a direct response to the watch-face-sized rear panel on Bigme's previous attempt, which never shipped.

Some market watchers expect a sharp decline in sub-$400 shipments this year, according to Omdia data reported by Android Authority. The cause is a memory supply crunch driven by AI infrastructure demand, and the segment taking the worst of it is precisely the one with the least room to absorb it.

Most people assume they check their phones often. What they almost never do is measure it. When researchers have tracked actual pickup behavior, the numbers consistently exceed self-reported estimates by a significant margin. A 2016 analysis cited by Stanford's Change Lab put average daily phone interactions at roughly 2,617. The methodology behind that figure is imprecise what counts as an "interaction" varies considerably but it points at something real: for most people, phone use is not...

Three in four U.S. adults support banning phones during class in middle and high schools. Support for that policy has climbed nine points over two years, from 68% in 2024 to 77% today, with just 18% opposed, according to a Pew Research Center survey published today. The all-day version tells a different story: 48% support, 43% oppose.

Most people now replace their phones every three to four years. Carriers have helped normalize that timeline with 36- and 48-month contracts, but most buyers still shop using a two-year mental model (Android Authority, this week). If you want to know how to buy a phone that lasts 3 years without turning into a security liability, the answer isn't better specs it's asking different questions before you buy.

No verified global rollout for the Vivo X Fold 8 exists in current sourcing. No confirmed carrier partnerships, no regional pricing, no GMS certification status for international builds. That is the actual situation, and it matters because the foldable market is forecast to grow around 20% in 2026, with competitive pressure identified as a primary driver, according to Counterpoint Research. There is genuine demand for a Galaxy Z Fold 8 rival global launch from a manufacturer with real...

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