Mobile Phone Users In China

iQOO 12 was unveiled in China in November 2023 with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC and a dedicated Q1 gaming chipset. It runs on Android 14-based OriginOS 4 in China out-of-the-box. For global and Indian users, the phone ships with FuntouchOS 14 based on Android 14. In September this year, Vivo and iQOO smartphones started receiving the Android 15-based ...

Huawei Mate 80 series, which isn’t slated to launch at least until next year, could feature advanced facial recognition technology, according to claims on social media by a tipster. The handset could reportedly provide increased security and privacy to users, courtesy of advanced 3D facial recognition technology embedded under the display.

Oppo shared its vision around artificial intelligence (AI) on Wednesday, highlighting its efforts in bringing AI innovations to users and its future plans. Earlier this year, the company introduced several AI features to select smartphones in China with the ColorOS New Year Edition update. Soon after, it introduced these features globally, and expa...

Xiaomi 14 Ultra was unveiled in China on Thursday, February 22. This phone joins the Xiaomi 14 and Xiaomi 14 Pro that were introduced in October 2023. The Xiaomi 14 Ultra, like the other Xiaomi 14 series handsets, is powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC and ships with the new HyperOS user interface. It gets a quad rear camera unit and packs...

OnePlus 12 and OnePlus 11 have been updated with new AI features. These features include an AI summariser, an AIGC object remover, article summaries, and an update to the Breeno Touch feature. Meanwhile, the latest OnePlus 12 and OnePlus 11 ColorOS 14 updates also add a new "device motion & orientation" permission along with the ability to unlock t...

OnePlus 12 was recently launched in India, as well as globally. The phone ships with Android 14-based OxygenOS 14 and is powered by a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC. Now, the Indian variant of the OnePlus 12 has received its first software update which offers users a few new features and some improvements.

Xiaomi 14 was launched in China alongside the Xiaomi 14 Pro model in October this year. The Xiaomi 14 models were the first phones from the company to ship with Xiaomi's new HyperOS user interface. Now, the base Xiaomi 14 model is tipped to launch in India, as well as globally, soon.

Huawei Enjoy 70 was launched in China on Tuesday. It carries an unspecified octa-core chipset, rumoured to be an in-house Kirin 710A SoC, and packs a 6,000mAh battery with fast charging support. The phone is equipped with an Enjoy X button, which by default pulls up the nine most frequently used applications but can also be customised for other fun...

Xiaomi, Oppo, and Vivo have formed a new partnership to facilitate data transfer between their Android smartphones. The new alliance allow users to migrate third-party app data from their old smartphones to new handsets belonging to any of these three brands.

The United States is ratcheting up national security concerns about TikTok, mandating that all federal employees delete the Chinese-owned social media app from government-issued mobile phones. Other Western governments are pursuing similar bans, citing espionage fears. So how serious is the threat? And should TikTok users who don’t work for the g...

Xiaomi's China President has responded to a user on Weibo asking for the company's rumoured Redmi K60 series to include Apple's Dynamic Island functionality around the camera cutout. In his response, the company's president Lu Weibing asked users if they wanted to see a "smart island" functionality on the company's handsets, similar to the Apple's ...

OnePlus Ace users are claiming that their phones are heating up after marathon gaming sessions. OnePlus, however, has said that the phone heating is normal and it will not affect the normal use. The OnePlus Ace was launched as the OnePlus 10R 5G in India.

The "snap!" of a shutting phone is the nostalgic sound resonating from the giant stands of Samsung, Oppo, and Huawei at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week.

Xiaomi said that its devices do not censor users' communications, a day after Lithuania's Defence Ministry recommended that consumers avoid Chinese phones due to a censoring feature in the smartphone giant's flagship phone.

iQoo Z3 has been confirmed to launch in India on June 8. The company will host a virtual launch event at 12pm (noon). A microsite of for iQoo Z3 has gone live on Amazon and users can press the ‘Notify Me’ button to get updates about the launch of the upcoming handset.

iQOO 12 was unveiled in China in November 2023 with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC and a dedicated Q1 gaming chipset. It runs on Android 14-based OriginOS 4 in China out-of-the-box. For global and Indian users, the phone ships with FuntouchOS 14 based on Android 14. In September this year, Vivo and iQOO smartphones started receiving the Android 15-based ...

Huawei Mate 80 series, which isn’t slated to launch at least until next year, could feature advanced facial recognition technology, according to claims on social media by a tipster. The handset could reportedly provide increased security and privacy to users, courtesy of advanced 3D facial recognition technology embedded under the display.

Oppo shared its vision around artificial intelligence (AI) on Wednesday, highlighting its efforts in bringing AI innovations to users and its future plans. Earlier this year, the company introduced several AI features to select smartphones in China with the ColorOS New Year Edition update. Soon after, it introduced these features globally, and expa...

Xiaomi 14 Ultra was unveiled in China on Thursday, February 22. This phone joins the Xiaomi 14 and Xiaomi 14 Pro that were introduced in October 2023. The Xiaomi 14 Ultra, like the other Xiaomi 14 series handsets, is powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC and ships with the new HyperOS user interface. It gets a quad rear camera unit and packs...

OnePlus 12 and OnePlus 11 have been updated with new AI features. These features include an AI summariser, an AIGC object remover, article summaries, and an update to the Breeno Touch feature. Meanwhile, the latest OnePlus 12 and OnePlus 11 ColorOS 14 updates also add a new "device motion & orientation" permission along with the ability to unlock t...

OnePlus 12 was recently launched in India, as well as globally. The phone ships with Android 14-based OxygenOS 14 and is powered by a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC. Now, the Indian variant of the OnePlus 12 has received its first software update which offers users a few new features and some improvements.

Xiaomi 14 was launched in China alongside the Xiaomi 14 Pro model in October this year. The Xiaomi 14 models were the first phones from the company to ship with Xiaomi's new HyperOS user interface. Now, the base Xiaomi 14 model is tipped to launch in India, as well as globally, soon.

Huawei Enjoy 70 was launched in China on Tuesday. It carries an unspecified octa-core chipset, rumoured to be an in-house Kirin 710A SoC, and packs a 6,000mAh battery with fast charging support. The phone is equipped with an Enjoy X button, which by default pulls up the nine most frequently used applications but can also be customised for other fun...

Xiaomi, Oppo, and Vivo have formed a new partnership to facilitate data transfer between their Android smartphones. The new alliance allow users to migrate third-party app data from their old smartphones to new handsets belonging to any of these three brands.

The United States is ratcheting up national security concerns about TikTok, mandating that all federal employees delete the Chinese-owned social media app from government-issued mobile phones. Other Western governments are pursuing similar bans, citing espionage fears. So how serious is the threat? And should TikTok users who don’t work for the g...

Xiaomi's China President has responded to a user on Weibo asking for the company's rumoured Redmi K60 series to include Apple's Dynamic Island functionality around the camera cutout. In his response, the company's president Lu Weibing asked users if they wanted to see a "smart island" functionality on the company's handsets, similar to the Apple's ...

OnePlus Ace users are claiming that their phones are heating up after marathon gaming sessions. OnePlus, however, has said that the phone heating is normal and it will not affect the normal use. The OnePlus Ace was launched as the OnePlus 10R 5G in India.

The "snap!" of a shutting phone is the nostalgic sound resonating from the giant stands of Samsung, Oppo, and Huawei at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week.

Xiaomi said that its devices do not censor users' communications, a day after Lithuania's Defence Ministry recommended that consumers avoid Chinese phones due to a censoring feature in the smartphone giant's flagship phone.

iQoo Z3 has been confirmed to launch in India on June 8. The company will host a virtual launch event at 12pm (noon). A microsite of for iQoo Z3 has gone live on Amazon and users can press the ‘Notify Me’ button to get updates about the launch of the upcoming handset.