Mobile Devices, Tablets & Phones News - Page 43

At this point, it is surely impossible to have got this far and missed the fact that Apple is expected to announce not one, but four new iPhones next month. September 12 seems to be the date to save, and it now appears that some of the new iPhones might already have made an appearance in one Mexico Apple Store.

The store in question is located in Mexico City and it's reported that Apple may have used it as the location to film its iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro guided tour video.

Apple releases these videos for every new generation of iPhone, including last year's iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro. Now, one TikTok creator has shared a video to say that they noticed the area surrounding the Apple Store was closed off. And that wasn't all because they also saw the actor who has so far starred in all of the iPhone guided tour videos that Apple has put together. You can see him in the video above.

You don't need to be trying particularly hard to keep up with new iPhone rumors to know that Apple is expected to make big changes to the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max. One of those changes is the arrival of a new Apple Watch Ultra-like Action button to replace the mute switch, and now it looks like Apple's iOS 17 beta is getting ready for the swap out.

Apple has been putting iOS 17 through its paces ever since announcing the software during the WWDC 2023 opening keynote on June 5. Developers, as well as those on the public beta program, have been testing the software for weeks. But the latest beta has something new - a change that appears to be getting iOS ready for when there is no mute switch to speak of.

A new 9to5Mac report notes that iOS 17 beta 7 adds a new haptic feedback pattern designed for switching to and from Silent Mode. When that's done on a current iPhone a short vibration happens, but only when enabling the mode. Disabling it does nothing.

Buyers of the Samsung Galaxy S24 can perhaps look forward to a bigger battery than the Galaxy S23 that came before it, according to a new report.

While Samsung is yet to publicly announce the new phone, or the rest of the Galaxy S24 lineup for that matter, the leaks are starting to spring. One of those leaks appears to be a photo of the battery that will go into that new phone and it seems to be a 4,000mAh part. For those unfamiliar, that's a 100mAh increase over the capacity of the battery used in the Galaxy S23 that is on sale right now.

This is particularly interesting when you remember that the Galaxy S23 was already a better phone than its predecessor in terms of how long it could run for between charges. Some Samsung phones haven't been great in that regard, but that situation was greatly improved last year. Now, it seems that Samsung could be getting ready to ensure that it doesn't suffer a setback with the Galaxy S24.

If you're looking to pick up a new OnePlus 12 as your next smartphone, you could be in for a treat. We've already heard rumors that suggest this phone will be a true flagship competitor for other Android phones. Now, we're hearing that all over again thanks to a new leak suggesting the phone will have globs of RAM to play with.

This new leak claims that the OnePlus 12 will offer up to 24GB of Ram depending on the configuration that you choose. That'll be the top-end model of course, but the others will not be short of memory - we're told to expect 16GB of RAM in all other models.

This is according to a leak by Weibo's Digital Chat Station (DCS), a source that has started to become the go-to for this kind of thing. 9to5Google spotted the post and notes that while much of what DCS has had to say, there are some notable clarifications.

When Apple releases its new iPhones next month, one of them might be missing. That's because the iPhone 15 Pro Max is now thought to be launching later than the other three models, leaving buyers to wait a little bit longer.

How long will those iPhone 15 Pro Max buyers have to wait before they can get their hands on the new hotness? Anything up to four weeks according to reports.

This is all according to a 9to5Mac report that cites a major equity analyst's research note that was seen by an unnamed source. That source apparently explained what the note had to say, but the gist is that the iPhone 15 Pro Max might not go on sale until towards the end of October, rather than the usual September.

You'd need to have been hiding under a rock to have missed the fact that Apple is going to announce as many as four new iPhones next month, likely alongside the Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra. But the phones' new cables are perhaps going to be the star of the show this time out - and not just because they're going to come with USB-C connectors at both ends.

Recent reports have already suggested that the new iPhones will come with color-matched cables and that those cables will also be braided for the first time. Now, a new report suggests that those cables will have something else going for them - they're going to be 50% longer than the cables that currently ship inside iPhone boxes.

That's according to Twitter X leaker Majin Bu who says that the new cables will most likely run at 1.5 meters. The Lightning cables that currently ship with iPhones are much shorter than that and have historically required people to buy their own, longer cables just to be able to reach relatively close plug sockets.

We're now well and truly in the middle of new iPhone season and the iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro, and iPhone 15 Pro Max are all expected to be announced during an online event that will take place in September. The rumors currently point to that happening on September 12 or September 13, with the former the most likely at this point. And now we might also know what colors two of the new models will be available in.

The iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus will be the cheapest of the new handsets announced this year and they'll also be the most colorful, too. Now, a new leak by X user URedditor appears to outline the new colors that will be available for buyers to choose from. This particular leaker has shared a ton of details about Apple's upcoming products over the last year or so, but it's still important to take these kinds of leaks with a pinch of salt until proven accurate.

That being said, the X post claims that Apple will offer the new iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus in Pink, Green, Blue, Orange, Yellow, and Black although the actual names for those colors aren't immediately clear and could well change.

Apple releases new iPhones every September and each year the Pro models cost more than the non-Pro ones, as you'd expect. But when the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max roll around this year, expectations are growing that they'll both cost even more than last year's handsets.

We've been hearing price hike rumors here and there for a little while now, but this latest report comes as we edge closer to the big unveiling next month. If the report is accurate, buying the new iPhone 15 Pro or iPhone 15 Pro Max could cost up to $200 more than picking up an iPhone 14 Pro or iPhone 14 Pro Max today.

That's according to a paywalled DigiTimes report that has been seen by MacRumors, at least. The report apparently says that the new best iPhones will cost at least $100 more than their predecessors while a $200 price hike isn't out of the question at this point.

While it is very true that the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra is probably at least 15 months or so away from being announced, the rumors are already starting to swirl. The Galaxy S24 Ultra won't arrive until January or February of 2024, which means it'll be the same months in 2025 before its replacement debuts. But we're already intrigued about what it will offer once that happens.

That's because Samsung is now reportedly hard at work on camera upgrades that might or might not make their way into the flagship phone of the year. X leaker Revegnus shared details over the weekend, saying that a number of Samsung ISOCELL camera sensors are being mass-produced in the second half of 2024. Those sensors include a new 200-megapixel sensor with 0.6μm pixels as well as a 5-megapixel one with 1.6μm pixels. But the one that's most interesting is the one that's listed as having the name HU1, because it's a 440-megapixel sensor that could absolutely change the way photos are taken on phones.

There are few details about what that sensor will be like or indeed what it will ship in. It's entirely possible that it will never see the light fo day in a camera, but given what the leaker said about another of the three sensors suggests that isn't necessarily the case.

OnePlus is a company that has somehow been around for a long, long time yet also only been around for a really short time, simultaneously. But in reality, OnePlus is getting ready to celebrate its tenth birthday. And it'll announce the OnePlus 12 around the same time. Thankfully, it sounds increasingly likely that the new phone will be every bit the flagship smartphone that the anniversary deserves.

OnePlus is yet to confirm anything about the new phone of course, and that's unlikely to change until we get much nearer the expected December unveiling in China. The phone will then probably only arrive on international shores a couple of months or so later, but we're already taking notice. Because the specs that this thing will have are starting to leak out. And they sure make for some promising reading.

The latest leak comes via X leaker Yogesh Brar who has put together a collection of what they believe will be the key upgrades coming to the OnePlus 12. And who are we to argue? Brar has a solid track record with these things and knows the world of unannounced Android phones better than most.