OnePlus expanded its mid-tier line-up on 8 July with the simultaneous launch of five devices—the Nord 5 and Nord CE 5 smartphones, a 43 mm variant of the Watch 3 smartwatch, Buds 4 true-wireless earbuds and the Pad Lite tablet—during a livestreamed event ahead of the key Indian and European holiday season.

The headline product, the Nord 5, is priced at €449 in Europe and starts at ₹31,999 in India. It runs on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8s Gen 3, features a 6.83-inch 144 Hz AMOLED display, a 50 MP Sony LYT-600 main camera paired with a 50 MP selfie module, and a 6,800 mAh battery that fills to 80 % in under half an hour via 80 W SuperVOOC. An IP65 rating and a programmable “Plus Key” that triggers on-device AI tools aim to position the handset just below the company’s premium flagships.

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Chinese smartphone manufacturer Honor has unveiled the Magic V5, which it claims to be the world's thinnest foldable phone. The device measures 8.8mm in thickness when folded and 4.1mm when unfolded, making it slimmer than competing models such as Samsung's upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 7. The Magic V5 features a 5000-nit OLED display, a triple camera setup, and is powered by a Snapdragon system-on-chip. It also includes a large battery with silicon-carbon technology, contributing to its lightweight design at 217 grams.

Additionally, the phone is equipped with an AI assistant named Yoyo, capable of handling tasks like making presentations and managing ride-hailing services. Honor's launch of the Magic V5 comes just days before Samsung is expected to announce its next-generation foldable devices, signaling a direct challenge to Samsung's dominance in the foldable smartphone market. Early hands-on reviews highlight the device's sleek design and technological innovations, positioning it as a potential game-changer in the foldable phone segment.

Nothing, led by CEO Carl Pei, has launched its most premium smartphone to date, the Nothing Phone (3), priced at £799 ($799). Positioned as the company's first true flagship, the device features the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 chipset and introduces a new design element called the Glyph Matrix, which incorporates 489 LEDs capable of displaying custom images, app alerts, and mini-games. The phone sports a unique off-center periscope-style triple camera setup with four 50-megapixel sensors, an AMOLED display, and offers subtle AI tools. Nothing Phone (3) also promises extended software support, including five years of major Android updates and seven years of security updates. This launch marks Nothing's strategic move into the high-end smartphone market, traditionally dominated by Apple and Samsung. The company also unveiled new over-ear headphones alongside the phone.

London-based consumer-electronics start-up Nothing on 1 July unveiled its first flagship smartphone, the Phone (3), and its inaugural over-ear Headphone (1) at the company’s “Come to Play” event.

The Phone (3) is priced at $799 globally and from about Rs 62,999 in India, with higher-tier models reaching Rs 89,999. It pairs Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 chip with a 6.7-inch AMOLED display and three 50-megapixel rear cameras. A programmable “Glyph Matrix” mini-LED screen replaces the firm’s earlier light strips, displaying icons, the time and tailored alerts. Nothing promises five years of major Android upgrades and seven years of security updates. Pre-orders are open now, and deliveries start on 15 July.

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Nothing Technology’s next flagship handset, the Phone 3, has had most of its specifications and design revealed less than a week before its scheduled 1 July debut in London. A filing published by the US Federal Communications Commission lists a 5,150-mAh battery—300 mAh larger than last year’s Phone 2—and 65-watt wired charging, along with Nothing OS 3.3 and a metal chassis. Product labels in the filing cover the United States, Canada, the European Union, Taiwan, Japan and Oceania, indicating a broad release strategy.

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Xiaomi on 26 June introduced the MIX Flip 2, a second-generation clamshell foldable that aims to set a new battery-life benchmark for the segment. Chief Executive Officer Lei Jun said the device carries a 5,165 mAh cell, the largest power pack yet in a flip-style foldable, addressing one of the key limitations of earlier models from both Xiaomi and its rivals.

The handset pairs a 4.01-inch external OLED panel with a 1.5K resolution main foldable display and runs Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Leading Edition chip. Xiaomi also upgraded the optics to a Leica-tuned camera system and claims the redesigned hinge reduces crease visibility while improving durability.

The MIX Flip 2 is available in China starting at 5,999 yuan, rising to 7,299 yuan for higher-spec configurations. The launch positions Xiaomi to compete more aggressively with Samsung, Honor and Motorola ahead of their own 2025 foldable releases, and signals the company’s intent to expand premium hardware sales at home before pushing the model to additional markets.

Fairphone has introduced the Fairphone 6, a modular smartphone priced at €599 that strengthens the Dutch company’s pitch for longer-lasting, repairable devices. The handset is available for pre-order in Europe now and is scheduled to reach the US in August, subject to limited sales channels.

The device features a 6.31-inch LTPO OLED screen with a 120 Hz refresh rate and is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 7s Gen 3, paired with 8 GB of RAM and 256 GB of storage. Fairphone says a 4,451 mAh replaceable battery can deliver up to two days of use and supports 30 W fast charging.

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Poco, the performance-focused sub-brand of China’s Xiaomi, on 24 June unveiled its new F7 5G smartphone in India, expanding the 2025 F-series line-up that already includes the F7 Pro and F7 Ultra. The handset will be sold through Flipkart, with deliveries beginning this week.

Built around Qualcomm’s 4-nanometre Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 chipset, the Poco F7 features a 6.83-inch 1.5K OLED display refreshing at 120 Hz, a 50-megapixel Sony IMX882 main camera alongside 8-megapixel ultra-wide and 20-megapixel front sensors, and a 7,550 mAh battery that supports 90 W wired and 22.5 W reverse-wired charging. The device ships with Android 15 layered with Xiaomi’s HyperOS 2 and comes only in 12 GB RAM trim, paired with either 256 GB or 512 GB of UFS 4.0 storage.

Poco has priced the phone at Rs 31,999 for the 12 GB/256 GB model and Rs 33,999 for the 12 GB/512 GB variant, positioning the F7 as a gaming-centric offering in India’s crowded upper-mid-range segment.

Samsung Electronics has unveiled the Exynos 2500, its first mobile processor manufactured on a 3-nanometer gate-all-around node. The company says the chip delivers up to a 15% boost in CPU performance versus the current Exynos flagship, marking a major step in its bid to match or exceed rival offerings from Qualcomm and Apple.

The system-on-chip combines an Arm Cortex-X925 prime core with an Xclipse 950 GPU based on AMD’s RDNA architecture, providing 28% stronger ray-traced graphics and a 39% improvement in on-device artificial-intelligence workloads. A redesigned neural processing unit, support for satellite-based emergency messaging and fan-out wafer-level packaging aimed at better heat dissipation and battery efficiency round out the upgrade.

Samsung plans to deploy the Exynos 2500 in its next generation of foldable phones, starting with the Galaxy Z Flip 7 and potentially some versions of the Z Fold 7 expected this summer. The new chip is intended to give the company a competitive edge in performance, power efficiency and AI capabilities as the mobile-processor race shifts to 3-nanometer technology.

Honor has confirmed that its Magic V5 foldable smartphone will measure just 8.8 millimetres when closed, undercutting the 8.9 mm Oppo Find N5 and positioning the device as the world’s thinnest foldable when it is unveiled on 2 July. The handset weighs 217 grams and is built around Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite processor, with a 6.45-inch outer screen, a 7.95-inch inner display, a triple 50-megapixel camera array and a 6,100 mAh battery supporting 66 W wired and 50 W wireless charging.

Samsung is preparing its reply a week later. A leaked video shows the Galaxy Z Fold 7 at 9 mm thick and 215 grams folded, while separate renders detail the clamshell-style Galaxy Z Flip 7 with a full-width cover display available in Jet Black, Blue Shadow and Coral Red. The company also plans to introduce a more affordable Galaxy Z Flip 7 FE—its first ‘Fan Edition’ foldable—priced around US$750 and equipped with a smaller outer screen, 6.7-inch main panel and a 4,000 mAh battery.

All three Samsung devices are expected to debut at the company’s Unpacked event on 9 July, setting up a head-to-head contest with Honor over design thinness and battery capacity as the foldable segment matures.

A detailed leak has exposed the full design and specifications of Nothing Technology’s forthcoming Phone 3 less than two weeks before its scheduled global launch on 1 July. Images show the company abandoning its signature Glyph lighting system for a new dot-matrix “Glyph Matrix” panel while retaining the transparent back. The handset is tipped to feature a flat 6.7-inch 1.5K LTPO OLED display with a 120 Hz adaptive refresh rate and peak brightness near 3,000 nits.

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Samsung Electronics has begun scaling back production of its new Galaxy S25 Edge barely a month after the handset reached stores, according to industry publication The Elec. Output for June has “plummeted” compared with the previous month, the report said, underscoring what multiple retail-channel sources describe as sales that are falling well short of internal targets.

The S25 Edge was introduced in late May with a list price of about $1,100 in the United States (€1,249 in France). Marketed as the company’s slimmest flagship at 5.8 millimetres and 163 grams, the phone pairs a 200-megapixel main camera with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy chip. Analysts say the device’s compromises—a 3,900 mAh battery and the absence of a telephoto lens—may have damped demand despite the aggressive marketing push, leading retailers to begin offering double-digit discounts weeks after launch.

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Nothing has set 1 July for the global debut of its flagship Phone 3 and released a teaser confirming the handset’s new “Glyph Matrix” LED array. The dot-matrix display, located in the upper-right corner of the rear panel, replaces the full-width Glyph Interface used on earlier models and is meant to deliver glanceable notifications through patterned light signals.

Chief Executive Officer Carl Pei said the device will run Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 chip, which Nothing claims offers 36 percent faster CPU performance, an 88 percent uplift in GPU speed and a 60 percent stronger NPU than the Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 in last year’s Phone 2. The company is promising five years of Android updates and seven years of security patches. In India the Phone 3 is expected to start at about Rs 68,000 for a 12 GB/256 GB model, with a 16 GB/512 GB version likely to cost around Rs 77,000.

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Qualcomm has unveiled a new smart ring input solution for AI glasses in collaboration with KiWear at the AWE USA 2025 conference. This development aligns with Qualcomm's broader strategy to power the emerging smart glasses market. In parallel, Qualcomm has launched an AI research and development center in Vietnam aimed at advancing generative and agentic AI technologies across multiple platforms including phones, PCs, extended reality (XR), cars, and Internet of Things (IoT) devices. These initiatives highlight Qualcomm's commitment to expanding its footprint in AI and XR sectors.

Qualcomm has agreed to acquire the UK-based semiconductor company Alphawave for approximately $2.4 billion. The acquisition is part of Qualcomm's strategic expansion into the growing artificial intelligence (AI) data center market. Alphawave specializes in chiplet-interconnect intellectual property (IP), which Qualcomm aims to leverage to enhance its AI portfolio and prepare for potential developments in Arm's chip and chiplet design capabilities. The deal has been noted by Morgan Stanley as an early move to secure key assets in this technology area, signaling Qualcomm's intent to strengthen its position in the semiconductor industry focused on AI applications.

MediaTek is poised to launch its flagship Dimensity 9500 chip ahead of Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite 2, with an announcement expected before the latter's release. While the exact launch date for devices featuring the Dimensity 9500 remains undecided, sources suggest a target around late September. The Dimensity 9500 is positioned as a strong competitor to Qualcomm's upcoming chipset, potentially arriving earlier to market. Additionally, MediaTek has introduced the Dimensity 9400e, targeting premium performance at a broader price point, with comparisons against Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 indicating a focus on value. However, JP Morgan notes that MediaTek's progress on its first ASIC project with a US cloud service provider customer is slower than anticipated, which may impact long-term expectations. Despite Qualcomm's ongoing chipset improvements, the Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 might not launch in time to surpass MediaTek's Dimensity 9500 in market availability.

Chip designer Qualcomm has opened a new artificial-intelligence research and development centre in Vietnam, according to reports from Reuters and Nikkei Asia. The facility broadens the company’s engineering presence in Southeast Asia and adds to its global network of innovation hubs.

Qualcomm said the Vietnamese centre will focus on generative and so-called “agentic” AI that can run directly on devices. Research teams will target applications across smartphones, personal computers, extended-reality headsets, automobiles and Internet-of-Things products, reflecting the breadth of markets the company supplies with its Snapdragon chips.

The launch follows Qualcomm’s recent declaration that it plans to build a state-of-the-art global engineering centre in Abu Dhabi dedicated to advanced technology and artificial intelligence. Together, the two projects signal the San Diego-based company’s strategy to expand its R&D footprint in high-growth regions as competition in on-device AI intensifies.

Qualcomm has announced the launch of its new Snapdragon AR1+ Gen 1 chip, designed specifically for smart glasses. This smaller, low-power component enables the devices to run generative AI software directly, enhancing their capabilities. According to Qualcomm executives, the chip facilitates unique and engaging AI-powered conversations on smart glasses, marking a strategic expansion for the company into the augmented reality (AR) market. Qualcomm, known primarily as a leading smartphone processor manufacturer, is positioning itself to compete with major tech firms such as Apple, Meta, and Google in the smart glasses and AR space.

OnePlus has launched the OnePlus Pad 3, a flagship Android tablet featuring a 13.2-inch 3.4K LCD screen and a large 12,140mAh battery. Priced at $699, the device combines premium hardware with smart software and AI capabilities, positioning itself as an affordable option in the high-end tablet market. Reviews highlight the tablet's powerful performance and its role in blurring the line between tablets and laptops, although some optimization issues and a relatively high cost when accessories are included have been noted. The OnePlus Pad 3 is set to launch soon in India, with early impressions praising its design and technological advancements. Despite its strengths in entertainment and play, some critiques mention that it remains somewhat awkward for work-related tasks.

Qualcomm's CEO has addressed concerns about the company's future following Apple's transition to in-house modems, such as the C1 for the iPhone. Despite Apple being one of Qualcomm's largest customers, the CEO downplayed the impact of losing this business, indicating confidence in Qualcomm's ability to thrive independently. This comes amid broader industry shifts, including growing political pressure on Apple from President Donald Trump to reshore some of its smartphone production. Meanwhile, Todd Weaver, CEO of Pursim, has advised Apple to reconsider conventional wisdom in response to these demands.

OnePlus expanded its mid-tier line-up on 8 July with the simultaneous launch of five devices—the Nord 5 and Nord CE 5 smartphones, a 43 mm variant of the Watch 3 smartwatch, Buds 4 true-wireless earbuds and the Pad Lite tablet—during a livestreamed event ahead of the key Indian and European holiday season.

The headline product, the Nord 5, is priced at €449 in Europe and starts at ₹31,999 in India. It runs on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8s Gen 3, features a 6.83-inch 144 Hz AMOLED display, a 50 MP Sony LYT-600 main camera paired with a 50 MP selfie module, and a 6,800 mAh battery that fills to 80 % in under half an hour via 80 W SuperVOOC. An IP65 rating and a programmable “Plus Key” that triggers on-device AI tools aim to position the handset just below the company’s premium flagships.

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Chinese smartphone manufacturer Honor has unveiled the Magic V5, which it claims to be the world's thinnest foldable phone. The device measures 8.8mm in thickness when folded and 4.1mm when unfolded, making it slimmer than competing models such as Samsung's upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 7. The Magic V5 features a 5000-nit OLED display, a triple camera setup, and is powered by a Snapdragon system-on-chip. It also includes a large battery with silicon-carbon technology, contributing to its lightweight design at 217 grams.

Additionally, the phone is equipped with an AI assistant named Yoyo, capable of handling tasks like making presentations and managing ride-hailing services. Honor's launch of the Magic V5 comes just days before Samsung is expected to announce its next-generation foldable devices, signaling a direct challenge to Samsung's dominance in the foldable smartphone market. Early hands-on reviews highlight the device's sleek design and technological innovations, positioning it as a potential game-changer in the foldable phone segment.

Nothing, led by CEO Carl Pei, has launched its most premium smartphone to date, the Nothing Phone (3), priced at £799 ($799). Positioned as the company's first true flagship, the device features the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 chipset and introduces a new design element called the Glyph Matrix, which incorporates 489 LEDs capable of displaying custom images, app alerts, and mini-games. The phone sports a unique off-center periscope-style triple camera setup with four 50-megapixel sensors, an AMOLED display, and offers subtle AI tools. Nothing Phone (3) also promises extended software support, including five years of major Android updates and seven years of security updates. This launch marks Nothing's strategic move into the high-end smartphone market, traditionally dominated by Apple and Samsung. The company also unveiled new over-ear headphones alongside the phone.

London-based consumer-electronics start-up Nothing on 1 July unveiled its first flagship smartphone, the Phone (3), and its inaugural over-ear Headphone (1) at the company’s “Come to Play” event.

The Phone (3) is priced at $799 globally and from about Rs 62,999 in India, with higher-tier models reaching Rs 89,999. It pairs Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 chip with a 6.7-inch AMOLED display and three 50-megapixel rear cameras. A programmable “Glyph Matrix” mini-LED screen replaces the firm’s earlier light strips, displaying icons, the time and tailored alerts. Nothing promises five years of major Android upgrades and seven years of security updates. Pre-orders are open now, and deliveries start on 15 July.

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Nothing Technology’s next flagship handset, the Phone 3, has had most of its specifications and design revealed less than a week before its scheduled 1 July debut in London. A filing published by the US Federal Communications Commission lists a 5,150-mAh battery—300 mAh larger than last year’s Phone 2—and 65-watt wired charging, along with Nothing OS 3.3 and a metal chassis. Product labels in the filing cover the United States, Canada, the European Union, Taiwan, Japan and Oceania, indicating a broad release strategy.

Read more

Xiaomi on 26 June introduced the MIX Flip 2, a second-generation clamshell foldable that aims to set a new battery-life benchmark for the segment. Chief Executive Officer Lei Jun said the device carries a 5,165 mAh cell, the largest power pack yet in a flip-style foldable, addressing one of the key limitations of earlier models from both Xiaomi and its rivals.

The handset pairs a 4.01-inch external OLED panel with a 1.5K resolution main foldable display and runs Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Leading Edition chip. Xiaomi also upgraded the optics to a Leica-tuned camera system and claims the redesigned hinge reduces crease visibility while improving durability.

The MIX Flip 2 is available in China starting at 5,999 yuan, rising to 7,299 yuan for higher-spec configurations. The launch positions Xiaomi to compete more aggressively with Samsung, Honor and Motorola ahead of their own 2025 foldable releases, and signals the company’s intent to expand premium hardware sales at home before pushing the model to additional markets.

Fairphone has introduced the Fairphone 6, a modular smartphone priced at €599 that strengthens the Dutch company’s pitch for longer-lasting, repairable devices. The handset is available for pre-order in Europe now and is scheduled to reach the US in August, subject to limited sales channels.

The device features a 6.31-inch LTPO OLED screen with a 120 Hz refresh rate and is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 7s Gen 3, paired with 8 GB of RAM and 256 GB of storage. Fairphone says a 4,451 mAh replaceable battery can deliver up to two days of use and supports 30 W fast charging.

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Poco, the performance-focused sub-brand of China’s Xiaomi, on 24 June unveiled its new F7 5G smartphone in India, expanding the 2025 F-series line-up that already includes the F7 Pro and F7 Ultra. The handset will be sold through Flipkart, with deliveries beginning this week.

Built around Qualcomm’s 4-nanometre Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 chipset, the Poco F7 features a 6.83-inch 1.5K OLED display refreshing at 120 Hz, a 50-megapixel Sony IMX882 main camera alongside 8-megapixel ultra-wide and 20-megapixel front sensors, and a 7,550 mAh battery that supports 90 W wired and 22.5 W reverse-wired charging. The device ships with Android 15 layered with Xiaomi’s HyperOS 2 and comes only in 12 GB RAM trim, paired with either 256 GB or 512 GB of UFS 4.0 storage.

Poco has priced the phone at Rs 31,999 for the 12 GB/256 GB model and Rs 33,999 for the 12 GB/512 GB variant, positioning the F7 as a gaming-centric offering in India’s crowded upper-mid-range segment.

Samsung Electronics has unveiled the Exynos 2500, its first mobile processor manufactured on a 3-nanometer gate-all-around node. The company says the chip delivers up to a 15% boost in CPU performance versus the current Exynos flagship, marking a major step in its bid to match or exceed rival offerings from Qualcomm and Apple.

The system-on-chip combines an Arm Cortex-X925 prime core with an Xclipse 950 GPU based on AMD’s RDNA architecture, providing 28% stronger ray-traced graphics and a 39% improvement in on-device artificial-intelligence workloads. A redesigned neural processing unit, support for satellite-based emergency messaging and fan-out wafer-level packaging aimed at better heat dissipation and battery efficiency round out the upgrade.

Samsung plans to deploy the Exynos 2500 in its next generation of foldable phones, starting with the Galaxy Z Flip 7 and potentially some versions of the Z Fold 7 expected this summer. The new chip is intended to give the company a competitive edge in performance, power efficiency and AI capabilities as the mobile-processor race shifts to 3-nanometer technology.

Honor has confirmed that its Magic V5 foldable smartphone will measure just 8.8 millimetres when closed, undercutting the 8.9 mm Oppo Find N5 and positioning the device as the world’s thinnest foldable when it is unveiled on 2 July. The handset weighs 217 grams and is built around Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite processor, with a 6.45-inch outer screen, a 7.95-inch inner display, a triple 50-megapixel camera array and a 6,100 mAh battery supporting 66 W wired and 50 W wireless charging.

Samsung is preparing its reply a week later. A leaked video shows the Galaxy Z Fold 7 at 9 mm thick and 215 grams folded, while separate renders detail the clamshell-style Galaxy Z Flip 7 with a full-width cover display available in Jet Black, Blue Shadow and Coral Red. The company also plans to introduce a more affordable Galaxy Z Flip 7 FE—its first ‘Fan Edition’ foldable—priced around US$750 and equipped with a smaller outer screen, 6.7-inch main panel and a 4,000 mAh battery.

All three Samsung devices are expected to debut at the company’s Unpacked event on 9 July, setting up a head-to-head contest with Honor over design thinness and battery capacity as the foldable segment matures.

A detailed leak has exposed the full design and specifications of Nothing Technology’s forthcoming Phone 3 less than two weeks before its scheduled global launch on 1 July. Images show the company abandoning its signature Glyph lighting system for a new dot-matrix “Glyph Matrix” panel while retaining the transparent back. The handset is tipped to feature a flat 6.7-inch 1.5K LTPO OLED display with a 120 Hz adaptive refresh rate and peak brightness near 3,000 nits.

Read more

Samsung Electronics has begun scaling back production of its new Galaxy S25 Edge barely a month after the handset reached stores, according to industry publication The Elec. Output for June has “plummeted” compared with the previous month, the report said, underscoring what multiple retail-channel sources describe as sales that are falling well short of internal targets.

The S25 Edge was introduced in late May with a list price of about $1,100 in the United States (€1,249 in France). Marketed as the company’s slimmest flagship at 5.8 millimetres and 163 grams, the phone pairs a 200-megapixel main camera with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy chip. Analysts say the device’s compromises—a 3,900 mAh battery and the absence of a telephoto lens—may have damped demand despite the aggressive marketing push, leading retailers to begin offering double-digit discounts weeks after launch.

Read more

Nothing has set 1 July for the global debut of its flagship Phone 3 and released a teaser confirming the handset’s new “Glyph Matrix” LED array. The dot-matrix display, located in the upper-right corner of the rear panel, replaces the full-width Glyph Interface used on earlier models and is meant to deliver glanceable notifications through patterned light signals.

Chief Executive Officer Carl Pei said the device will run Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 chip, which Nothing claims offers 36 percent faster CPU performance, an 88 percent uplift in GPU speed and a 60 percent stronger NPU than the Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 in last year’s Phone 2. The company is promising five years of Android updates and seven years of security patches. In India the Phone 3 is expected to start at about Rs 68,000 for a 12 GB/256 GB model, with a 16 GB/512 GB version likely to cost around Rs 77,000.

Read more

Qualcomm has unveiled a new smart ring input solution for AI glasses in collaboration with KiWear at the AWE USA 2025 conference. This development aligns with Qualcomm's broader strategy to power the emerging smart glasses market. In parallel, Qualcomm has launched an AI research and development center in Vietnam aimed at advancing generative and agentic AI technologies across multiple platforms including phones, PCs, extended reality (XR), cars, and Internet of Things (IoT) devices. These initiatives highlight Qualcomm's commitment to expanding its footprint in AI and XR sectors.

Qualcomm has agreed to acquire the UK-based semiconductor company Alphawave for approximately $2.4 billion. The acquisition is part of Qualcomm's strategic expansion into the growing artificial intelligence (AI) data center market. Alphawave specializes in chiplet-interconnect intellectual property (IP), which Qualcomm aims to leverage to enhance its AI portfolio and prepare for potential developments in Arm's chip and chiplet design capabilities. The deal has been noted by Morgan Stanley as an early move to secure key assets in this technology area, signaling Qualcomm's intent to strengthen its position in the semiconductor industry focused on AI applications.

MediaTek is poised to launch its flagship Dimensity 9500 chip ahead of Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite 2, with an announcement expected before the latter's release. While the exact launch date for devices featuring the Dimensity 9500 remains undecided, sources suggest a target around late September. The Dimensity 9500 is positioned as a strong competitor to Qualcomm's upcoming chipset, potentially arriving earlier to market. Additionally, MediaTek has introduced the Dimensity 9400e, targeting premium performance at a broader price point, with comparisons against Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 indicating a focus on value. However, JP Morgan notes that MediaTek's progress on its first ASIC project with a US cloud service provider customer is slower than anticipated, which may impact long-term expectations. Despite Qualcomm's ongoing chipset improvements, the Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 might not launch in time to surpass MediaTek's Dimensity 9500 in market availability.

Chip designer Qualcomm has opened a new artificial-intelligence research and development centre in Vietnam, according to reports from Reuters and Nikkei Asia. The facility broadens the company’s engineering presence in Southeast Asia and adds to its global network of innovation hubs.

Qualcomm said the Vietnamese centre will focus on generative and so-called “agentic” AI that can run directly on devices. Research teams will target applications across smartphones, personal computers, extended-reality headsets, automobiles and Internet-of-Things products, reflecting the breadth of markets the company supplies with its Snapdragon chips.

The launch follows Qualcomm’s recent declaration that it plans to build a state-of-the-art global engineering centre in Abu Dhabi dedicated to advanced technology and artificial intelligence. Together, the two projects signal the San Diego-based company’s strategy to expand its R&D footprint in high-growth regions as competition in on-device AI intensifies.

Qualcomm has announced the launch of its new Snapdragon AR1+ Gen 1 chip, designed specifically for smart glasses. This smaller, low-power component enables the devices to run generative AI software directly, enhancing their capabilities. According to Qualcomm executives, the chip facilitates unique and engaging AI-powered conversations on smart glasses, marking a strategic expansion for the company into the augmented reality (AR) market. Qualcomm, known primarily as a leading smartphone processor manufacturer, is positioning itself to compete with major tech firms such as Apple, Meta, and Google in the smart glasses and AR space.

OnePlus has launched the OnePlus Pad 3, a flagship Android tablet featuring a 13.2-inch 3.4K LCD screen and a large 12,140mAh battery. Priced at $699, the device combines premium hardware with smart software and AI capabilities, positioning itself as an affordable option in the high-end tablet market. Reviews highlight the tablet's powerful performance and its role in blurring the line between tablets and laptops, although some optimization issues and a relatively high cost when accessories are included have been noted. The OnePlus Pad 3 is set to launch soon in India, with early impressions praising its design and technological advancements. Despite its strengths in entertainment and play, some critiques mention that it remains somewhat awkward for work-related tasks.

Qualcomm's CEO has addressed concerns about the company's future following Apple's transition to in-house modems, such as the C1 for the iPhone. Despite Apple being one of Qualcomm's largest customers, the CEO downplayed the impact of losing this business, indicating confidence in Qualcomm's ability to thrive independently. This comes amid broader industry shifts, including growing political pressure on Apple from President Donald Trump to reshore some of its smartphone production. Meanwhile, Todd Weaver, CEO of Pursim, has advised Apple to reconsider conventional wisdom in response to these demands.