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The GSM Arena website is a comprehensive database for mobile phones, tablets, and smartwatches. It contains detailed specifications, price information, and user ratings for various models from many manufacturers. The main sections include Phones, Tablets, Smartwatches, and News, with various subcategories for further details and comparison tools.

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Telegram announces native app for the Apple Watch

Telegram has introduced a fully new native app for the Apple Watch. The release comes years after the messaging platform discontinued its original watchOS app, bringing dedicated smartwatch support back to the platform. In an X post, Telegram CEO Pavel Durov announced the messaging client's return to the Apple Watch. The new Telegram app for Apple Watch offers text and voice messages support. It also allows users to share GIFs, watch videos, share location, and stickers. The app also lets users access all their conversations and contacts. After installing the app on an Apple...

Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra 2's battery capacity to be higher than its predecessor

We recently learned about the Samsung Galaxy Watch9 and Galaxy Watch Ultra 2's charging speeds, as they have been 3C certified. Both smartwatches will support 10W charging, which is the same as their predecessors. While Samsung isn't offering any charging-speed upgrades for its upcoming smartwatches, a new report claims the Korean brand will pack a larger battery into the Watch Ultra 2. According to SamMobile, the Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 will be fueled by a battery with a rated capacity of 784 mAh, which could be advertised as having a typical capacity of 800 mAh. That's a nice...

OnePlus 15 gains support for AirDrop via Quick Share

We were expecting the OnePlus 15 to at some point join the Quick Share - AirDrop party, and today this has happened. If you have the latest software and the latest version of Quick Share on your OnePlus 15, you should be able to send stuff to Apple devices and receive stuff from them just like you can from any other Android device through Quick Share, which connects to Apple's AirDrop seamlessly. [#InlinePriceWidget,14206,1#] However, note that the rollout might be one of those staged affairs, which means not every OnePlus 15 handset out there in the wild will have this right away. But...

Honor adds Virtual Permissions feature to MagicOS that protects your private data

Ever had to grant permissions you don't really want to give a certain app to use it? For instance, when you are asked to give access to your call history or messages just to be able to use a fitness app. Well, Honor has a solution for that and calls it Virtual Permissions. Virtual Permissions is a feature coming to MagicOS devices this month that allows you to grant blank permissions to apps you don't trust. When enabled for select apps in the settings menu, the system will give empty data - blank call logs, messages, false camera access, etc. Since Honor is doing this on a...

Samsung is already working on Galaxy A18 firmware builds

Samsung is currently working on the Galaxy A18 4G, in fact the company is already developing test firmware for the device as you can see in the screenshot below which originates on Samsung's test server for Europe. The phone will have the model number SM-A185F. Interestingly, because Samsung is using the SHA256 hash for these builds instead of the older MD5 format, the Galaxy A18 4G may launch with One UI 9 on board from day one. If that's the case, then it will only get official in late summer or in the fall, since One UI 9 is expected to make its debut next month on the company's...

Opera for Android updated with a new start page and football hub

Opera has updated its mobile browser on Android with a new design as well as a specialized hub for the upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup matches. Starting with the design, the new Opera for Android features a design that is very much based on Chrome for Android. This includes a search bar, an AI mode button, as well as a private browsing mode button. You can also customize your pinned sites here by changing the shapes of their icons. However, a more relevant update is a new dedicated football hub that can appear here. Fans of the sport can follow the upcoming games by choosing their...

Samsung Galaxy S27 surfaces for the first time

The upcoming Samsung Galaxy S27 has now been spotted in the GSM Association's IMEI database. This confirms its name and its model number, that is SM-S952 with a letter affixed to that, which signifies which market(s) it's intended for. The specific model in the IMEI database is the SM-S952U, as you can see in the screenshot below. This one is going to US carriers. Of course, having this confirmation that the Galaxy S27 is actually in development, and will be sold in the US through the big three carriers, is anything but surprising. And yet, it's nice to have, as the IMEI database...

Apple launches personalized recommendations for the App Store

At its Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple announced a new feature coming to its App Store: Personalized Collections. In fact, these are app and game recommendations tailored to you. They will be based on your interests, and will come with App Notes that explain why specific apps are recommended. The tailored recommendations can appear on the Apps, Games, and Search tabs, and they will evolve over time based on your app usage and downloads. Personalized Collections will start rolling out this week in English in the US. Apple promises they will work in more languages and more regions...

Google makes its AI Plus plan cheaper, doubles the cloud storage that comes with it

Google scored a big victory yesterday as its Gemini model became the foundation of Apple’s new Siri. But the tech giant is pushing even harder to grab as much market share during the AI boom as possible – it just made its base AI plan cheaper. Google AI Plus used to be $8 a month and came with 200GB of storage. The monthly price has been reduced to $5 or the local equivalent, wrote Vikas Kansal on his X account (Kansal is the Product lead for Google AI subscriptions). We clicked around the various local sites and here are some of the prices in local currencies: USD 5 / CAD 7 / GBP...

The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip8 (SM-F776U) gets certified by the FCC

The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip8 has been certified by the FCC – specifically, model number SM-F776U. Given that it’s for the US (the letter “U” at the end), this will use a Snapdragon chipset. According to the documents, the phone supports the following 5G bands: 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 12, 14, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 38, 41, 48, 66, 70, 71, 77 and 78. It has Wi-Fi 7 (be, including 6GHz), Bluetooth, NFC and wireless charging (no power rating is listed, though). The Additional Capabilities section also lists DisplayPort. Here’s something potentially exciting – the wireless capabilities include...