Oppo launched the A6c in China in January, and then the phone made its way to Thailand in April with slightly different specs. Now, the international model has also landed in India, where it's priced at INR 13,999 ($146) with 64GB of storage, and INR 16,999 ($178) with 128GB of storage. The UFS 2.2 storage is expandable.
According to a new report from the usually very reliable Mark Gurman over at Bloomberg, Apple is currently working on adding third-party AirPlay alternatives to the upcoming iOS 27, which is going to be unveiled on June 8.
The Xiaomi 17 Max arrived this week, completing the series. It lacks the secondary screen of the Pro Max, but adds a 200MP main camera and a larger 8,000mAh Si-C battery. It uses the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 with up to 16 gigs of memory, a triple rear camera system - 200MP wide, 50MP 3x zoom, 50MP 17mm ultrawide, and a 32MP selfie upfront.
This week we’ll look at a grab bag of phones, focusing mostly on higher end devices, though there are a few mid-rangers in here too.
Samsung is continuing its ongoing rollout of One UI 8.5, the version of its Android skin that debuted on the Galaxy S26 family back in January. The rollout started earlier this month with the Galaxy S25 and S24 series, and then trickled its way down to more and more of the company's high-end devices, including foldables.
During a keynote in Shanghai at the International Symposium of Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Huawei revealed some of the advancements the company made in the past six years, talked about a new architecture that would solve current chip manufacturing constraints and even proposed a new scaling law to replace the dated Moore's Law.
Huawei has officially revealed that the nova 16 series will be unveiled in China on June 1. Alongside, the company will also launch the MatePad Pro Max, which made its global debut earlier this month.
Usually, the Chinese models come out earlier than their global counterparts, but Honor released the Honor 600 series the other way around. First came the Honor 600 and 600 Pro for the global market, and now we get to see the Chinese versions.
The Realme 16T combines a massive 8,000mAh battery with a reasonably-specced base for an affordable price - starts at INR29,999 (around €270, converted).
According to a new report from the notorious Ice Universe tipster on Weibo, Samsung is planning to change the naming scheme of its next-generation Galaxy Z foldable lineup. The change is likely due to the new Galaxy Z member, often regarded as "Galaxy Z Fold Wide" across the web.
Xiaomi is unveiling the 17T and 17T Pro this week, on May 28, before taking the former to India next month. We've already seen the duo in some premature retailer listings, and today it's more of the same. This time around, the listings come from Saudi Arabia.
The launch hype of the Sony Xperia 1 VIII died down a bit this week, which allowed the Samsung Galaxy A57 to reclaim the lead in our trending chart. The Galaxy S26 Ultra got back up to second, while the new Sony flagship got the bronze medal.
Google unveiled its first screenless fitness tracker, the Fitbit Air, earlier this month, and now reports are coming in from people who pre-ordered it that deliveries are starting. The device's release date is tomorrow, May 26, and pre-orders were supposed to only start arriving then.
The Oppo Reno16 series has made its debut in China. The lineup consists of the Reno16 Pro and the Reno16 for now. Both phones come with a triple rear camera setup with a 200MP main sensor, and are available in three color options.
The global and Chinese Honor 600 and 600 Pro models are already out, so it's about time to see the rest of the phones from the family pop up. The Honor 600e, for example, briefly appeared on our radar about a month ago and now we get to see it in flesh.
After weeks of teasing and leaks, Infinix finally unveils the Hot 70 series. However, this launch is only for the vanilla Hot 70, so the Pro, the supposed Pro+ and the rest of the planned Hot 70 iterations will arrive at a later date. Still, the standard Infinix Hot 70 gives us a good idea of what to expect from the higher-tier variants.