The iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max could get a wholly refreshed colour palette this year. A caller leak claims Apple volition connection the brace successful Dark Cherry, Sky Blue, and Black, with Dark Cherry expected to regenerate Cosmic Orange arsenic the header finish. The wine-like red/purple shadiness has appeared repeatedly successful erstwhile leaks, portion Sky Blue should beryllium a overmuch subtler, astir silvery option.
Perhaps much interestingly, the leak claims Silver won’t marque the cut, contempt earlier reports and leaked dummy units pointing to a metallic version. Black, meanwhile, would marque its instrumentality aft being conspicuously absent from the iPhone 17 Pro lineup. There’s inactive disagreement among leakers implicit whether Black oregon Silver volition yet beryllium the 3rd option, truthful we’ll person to hold for Apple’s September lawsuit for confirmation.
The Galaxy S27's zoom camera could beryllium a 4x portion with a half-inch (1/1.9") sensor - a middle-ground betwixt the existent 3x + 5x, and 1 with a technically larger sensor than both. It's akin to the 1 connected the iPhone 17 Pro models, though technically larger than that arsenic good - 1/1.9"-1/2.0" > 1/2.55", astatine slightest size-wise (though successful signifier it's overmuch closer).
Poco unveiled its caller F9 Pro and F9 Ultra, and some are unapologetically spec-heavy. The brace gets 185Hz AMOLED displays, 200MP main cameras, 100W wired and 50W wireless charging, IP68 protection, and Bose-tuned stereo speakers. The F9 Pro uses the somewhat cut-down Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 V, portion the Ultra gets the afloat Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and adds a dedicated rear subwoofer for a 2.1-channel talker setup.
The Ultra is the existent monster, pairing its chipset with a immense 8,050mAh battery, a 6.9-inch show and a camera strategy comprising the 200MP main, 50MP ultrawide and 50MP 5x periscope. The F9 Pro is smaller astatine 6.59 inches and 6,330mAh, and swaps those secondary cameras for a 50MP 2.5x telephoto and 8MP ultrawide. There's besides immoderate ocular flair: the Ultra has a notification airy astir its rear speaker, portion the Pro's Aurora Green decorativeness tin really glow successful the dark.
Pricing is considerably little "Poco" than it utilized to be. The F9 Pro starts astatine £799, portion the F9 Ultra starts astatine £899, though early-bird pricing brings those down to £639 and £709, respectively.
Xiaomi gave america our archetypal due look astatine the Xiaomi 18 Fold up of its September 7 launch, archetypal done authoritative renders and past successful the soma astatine IFA 2026. The short-and-wide foldable has 5.38-inch screen and 7.58-inch interior displays, a striking reddish decorativeness and a Leica-branded triple-camera setup.
More importantly, it volition debut Xiaomi’s caller 3nm XRing O3 chipset, paired with next-generation LPDDR6 representation from CXMT. Xiaomi hasn’t revealed the implicit spec expanse yet, and planetary availability remains unknown, with the September 7 motorboat presently confirmed for China.
The vivo X500 Pro Max allegedly appeared successful a photograph and hands-on video, revealing an perfectly tremendous circular camera land – adjacent bigger than the already imposing 1 connected the X300 Ultra. Intriguingly, the module appears to person a rotating outer ringing with ISO-like markings, perchance offering carnal camera controls.
The telephone is expected to battalion a 50MP 1/1.28" main camera, 200MP 1/1.4" telephoto and 50MP ultrawide, portion vivo has already confirmed 4K video astatine 240fps for the Pro series.
The vivo T5 5G is present authoritative with a 6.67-inch 120Hz AMOLED, Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 chipset and a hefty 7,000mAh artillery with 90W charging. It besides packs a 50MP main camera, IP65 extortion and runs OriginOS 6 based connected Android 16.
The T5 5G starts astatine CNY 1,999 ($280) for the 8/256GB exemplary and goes connected merchantability successful China connected September 10.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra surfaced connected Geekbench 7, confirming it volition usage MediaTek’s Dimensity 9500 alternatively than a Snapdragon chip. The tested Wi-Fi exemplary had 12GB of RAM and Android 17, scoring 2,760 single-core and 9,291 multi-core. This points to the spot being the modular DImensity 9500, not a Plus variant.
Samsung is expected to unveil the Tab S12 Ultra alongside the Tab S12+ aboriginal this month.
The Oppo Find X10 Pro Max appeared successful leaked renders, showing a large redesign with a wide camera plateau stretching crossed the back, replacing Oppo’s acquainted circular camera island. The renders amusement bluish and achromatic Hasselblad-branded finishes, with the second sporting a distinctive two-tone look.
There could beryllium superior hardware down that immense camera bump excessively – rumors constituent to 3 200MP rear cameras, alongside the upcoming Dimensity 9600 Pro chipset. The Find X10 bid is expected to debut successful China aboriginal this month.
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