Tech quality started picking up a bit, particularly successful the past week. Google unveiled its Pixel 11 bid alongside the Pixel Watch 5.
The Pixel 11, 11 Pro, 11 Pro XL, and 11 Pro Fold each battalion the caller Tensor G6 SoC, which turned retired to usage a 3nm process aft all, not the heavy rumored 2nm. The specs of the Pixel phones are mostly the aforesaid arsenic their predecessors - the tiny Pro has a 6.3-inch display, the Pro XL a 6.8-inch one, but brighter. Camera-wise, the 11 Pro and 11 Pro XL fundamentally usage the aforesaid strategy - 50MP 1/1.3-inch wide angle, 48MP ultrawide (1/2.51-inch vs 1/2.55-inch), 48MP 5x zoom (slightly larger 1/1.95-inch vs 1/2.55-inch), and a 42MP selfie.
The vanilla Pixel 11 got a larger-sensor main camera - 1/1.56-inch vs 1/2.0-inch. The remainder of the bundle is fundamentally the same. The Pixel 11 Pro Fold besides got a larger main camera sensor, but interestingly, a somewhat smaller artillery - 4,806mAh vs 5,015mAh.
The Pixel 11 Pro and Pro XL commencement astatine €1,199 and €1,399 successful Europe, respectively, with pre-orders already unfastened and wide income opening August 20. Both commencement with 256GB of storage. The Pixel 11 Pro Fold starts astatine $1,899 successful the US, though its European availability is much limited.
The Pixel 11 Pro Fold volition spell connected merchantability connected August 20, starting astatine $1,899 successful the US. The Pixel 11 is besides connected merchantability from August 20, terms is $899.
Honor officially launched its Robot Phone successful China. Its assertion to fame? A motorized 4-DoF titanium gimbal that deploys from the backmost and carries a 200MP 1/1.28" f/1.6 main camera. The gimbal tin automatically cookware and tilt for stabilization and AI taxable tracking, portion the remaining cameras see a 200MP 2.7x periscope telephoto and 50MP ultrawide. Honor besides partnered with ARRI, bringing 10-bit ARRI LogC3 recording, ARRI Wide Gamut 3 and ARRI Looks. The telephone different packs a 6.31-inch 1-120Hz LTPO OLED, Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, and a 7,060mAh battery.
The Honor Robot Phone starts astatine CNY 9,999 for the 12GB/512GB version, portion the 16GB/1TB exemplary costs CNY 12,999. Sales successful China statesman August 18, and Honor hasn't announced planetary availability.
The Redmi 17 5G and Redmi 17 4G are present official, rather a spot earlier than usual. Both connection a ample show and artillery astatine the affordable extremity of Xiaomi’s lineup. The Redmi 17 5G is powered by the Snapdragon 6s Gen 4, portion the 4G exemplary uses the Helio G200 Ultra. Both diagnostic 6.9-inch 144Hz LCDs, a 50MP main camera, side-mounted fingerprint readers, and IP64 protection. The 5G exemplary packs a 7,000mAh artillery with 33W charging, portion the 4G mentation gets an adjacent larger 7,000mAh compartment with the aforesaid charging speed. Both vessel with HyperOS 3 based connected Android 16. The Redmi 17 5G starts astatine €249, portion the Redmi 17 4G starts astatine €199, with availability rolling retired crossed European markets.
Despite its premium pricing, Sony says the Xperia 1 VIII is selling strongly, with peculiar request for the higher-storage versions successful the caller golden color. Sony credits the phone's cameras and calls the microSD paper slot and 3.5mm headphone jack "integral" to the Xperia identity.
Xiaomi unveiled its HyperOS 4, based connected Android 17. No surprises here; the UI is dense connected translucent glass-like elements. The redesigned UI volition connection much customization options for the fastener screen, letting you put the timepiece and notifications arsenic you spot fit. It volition besides fto you resize folders and radical widgets. Additionally, the UI volition power seamlessly betwixt representation and scenery apps and volition adjacent rotate immoderate floating apps to match. There's immoderate clever AI utilization, naturally. For example, AI volition foretell what resources volition beryllium needed adjacent and preload them into RAM truthful that they are acceptable to spell connected the user’s command.
HyperOS 4 is expected to statesman its rollout connected Xiaomi's newest devices first. Previous reports confirmed a Summer of 2026 release, truthful immoderate infinitesimal now.
Xiaomi announced the Redmi K100 Pro and K100 Pro Max successful China, some bringing flagship hardware led by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 level and 185Hz OLED displays. The K100 Pro has a 6.59-inch screen, an 8,580mAh battery, and 100W wired/50W wireless charging, portion the Pro Max steps up to a 6.9-inch show and an tremendous 9,070mAh artillery with the aforesaid charging speeds. Both diagnostic a 200MP OIS main camera, but the Max gets the overmuch stronger secondary cameras with a 50MP 5x periscope and 50MP ultrawide, versus a 50MP telephoto and 8MP ultrawide connected the Pro. Both besides connection up to 16GB of RAM and 1TB storage, IP66/IP68/IP69 protection, and HyperOS.
The Redmi K100 Pro starts astatine CNY 3,699, portion the K100 Pro Max starts astatine CNY 4,499 for their 12GB/256GB versions. They're presently China-only; reports suggest they could yet scope planetary markets nether the Poco F9 Pro and F9 Ultra names.
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