Lava announced a partnership with Flipkart last week for its new Virat smartphone series and said the Virat V1 would launch in India on July 21. Well, the launch has been rescheduled to July 24, and Lava has announced it will unveil the Virat V1 and Virat V1 5G as the first smartphones in the […]

This week’s episode of The MacRumors Show looks ahead to the 20th anniversary iPhone, the radically redesigned model that Apple is expected to launch in 2027. Subscribe to The MacRumors Show YouTube channel for more videos Apple’s plans for the device’s name remain unclear. The company skipped « iPhone 9 » and moved straight to the iPhone […]

Last month, Asus re-entered the Android tablet market by unveiling the 12.2-inch Asus Pad. Today, the company has confirmed that the device is headed to India, where it will launch on August 6 at 12:00 noon local time. Unfortunately, the price hasn’t been revealed yet. The Asus Pad’s screen uses OLED technology and has a […]

A San Francisco City Attorney has sent cease-and-desist letters to Apple and Google demanding the removal of 13 AI « face-swap » apps that can generate nonconsensual nude images, according to WIRED. The letters, sent on Thursday, target eight apps on the App Store and five on the Play Store that market themselves as face-swapping tools but […]

The RedMagic Astra 2 debuted in late June in China under the « Gaming Tablet 5 Pro » moniker, and now, users outside of China can get one, too. There are no obvious changes to the design or hardware, so global markets get what the Chinese market does. The tablet is built around a 9.06-inch LTPO OLED […]

While Samsung Electronics expects record-breaking profits for Q2 2026, mainly thanks to its semiconductor business, the mobile division might see its first-ever quarterly loss. According to DealSite South Korea analysis, Samsung MX’s earnings could range between KRW 1.9 trillion ($1.38 billion) profit and KRW 1.5 trillion ($1.09 billion) loss. Still, the most probable scenario is […]

OpenAI s’apprête à franchir une nouvelle étape en lançant ses premiers appareils grand public. La firme préparerait une enceinte portable sans écran, équipée d’une caméra et de capteurs. Un appareil qui miserait sur GPT-Live pour transformer notre façon d’interagir avec l’IA. Mais OpenAI a…

According to a new report from Counterpoint Research (CR), the Indian smartphone market declined 10% in the second quarter of this year (April-June) compared to the same period last year. This was the biggest decline in shipments in the country in the past six years. Chinese brands had their lowest share of the overall market […]

Some of the best Apple-related discounts this week include $100 off the Apple Watch Series 11, $150 off the M5 MacBook Air, and up to $500 off the 2026 MacBook Pro. You’ll also find great deals on Anker accessories available on Amazon right now. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with some of these vendors. […]

Since iOS 26, a malfunctioning iPhone has been able to boot itself into Recovery Assistant, with no Mac or PC required. However, you could only get there if your device failed to start up and dropped into recovery on its own. In iOS 27, currently in beta, Apple has removed that limitation, and you can […]

The Poco X8 Pro and X8 Pro Max were both announced in March, but after months had passed, many believe that the vanilla Poco X8 might have been canceled. No one had an explanation, but we all just assumed that Xiaomi scrapped the vanilla Poco X8. Until now, that is. Poco X8 Pro Max In […]