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Smartphone launches, leaks, prices and software updates — Apple, Samsung, Google, OnePlus, Xiaomi, Vivo, Oppo and the rest.
Hitechreports's October coverage shows volume coming from Tier III buyers and sub-₹20,000 5G phones, while brands pile premium launches into the same two weeks.
An Android Police contributor walks through extracting app databases, decompiling hardened APKs, and feeding the results to Gemini to surface hidden trackers, cleartext traffic and excessive permissions.
Apple's first foldable phone, the iPhone Duo, went on sale in India on October 23 at Rs 2,99,900. Despite reports that initial stock sold out, queues at Delhi and Noida stores stayed almost empty.
Oppo's new flagship launches in Europe at €1,799, just under the Galaxy Z Fold 8's price, and reactions online have focused on the cost rather than the cameras or battery life reviewers praised.
Google has confirmed it is extending free Satellite SOS access on Pixel 9 phones by one additional year, with no word yet on pricing or whether the service will continue after that.
Samsung's Galaxy S27 Pro and S27 Ultra batteries have turned up in a South Korean safety database, with photos confirming model numbers that match earlier leaked capacities ahead of a likely early 2027 launch.
Apple's foldable iPhone Duo went on sale in India on October 23, priced from Rs 2,99,900 for 256GB up to Rs 4,49,900 for 2TB, with bank cashback and trade-in discounts on offer.
Hitechreports's coverage of a month of launches and sales shows list prices rising even as retailers push steep, often temporary, cuts.
Online orders for Apple's foldable iPhone Duo slipped into January 2027 within minutes. Marketing chief Greg Joswiak says physical retail stores still have inventory held back for walk-in shoppers on launch morning.
Motorola has started pushing Android 17 to the Razr Ultra 2025 in the US, delivering new interface controls alongside unexpected app reinstalls on the folding flagship.
Oppo has launched the Find X10 in India at Rs 1,39,999 for the 256GB model, bringing a 200MP triple camera, 8,000mAh battery and a 6.59-inch AMOLED display to a smaller flagship body ahead of its October 29 sale.
Oppo has launched the Find X10 and Find X10 Pro Max in India, priced from Rs 1,39,999 and Rs 1,99,999 respectively, alongside the Oppo Pad Mini. Sales begin October 29.
The $1,999 iPhone Duo launches Friday. A Wired reporter used only its folding 7.6-inch screen for a workday, hitting iOS multitasking limits and patchy app support, but found the battery held up well.
The iPhone 18 Pro launched October 23 at $1,199 in the US and ₹1,39,900 in India, bringing a new A20 Pro chip and a mechanical variable aperture camera.
OPPO's Find X10 series launches in India today at 4:30 pm IST, with the Find X10 Pro Max debuting the Dimensity 9600 Pro chip and a triple 200MP Hasselblad camera system. Watch free on YouTube.
Apple has begun installing giant, covered displays at its Fifth Avenue store ahead of Friday's iPhone Duo launch, while US stores plan limited walk-in stock and some overseas markets offer pickup only.
Apple is working on a Messages app tweak to exclude silenced conversations from the home screen badge counter, according to code discovered in the iOS 27.2 release candidate.
Oppo's Find X10 Pro Max can now take a dedicated Hasselblad teleconverter attachment, tripling optical focal length to 230mm at the expense of accessing the other rear cameras.
Google Maps on Apple CarPlay now includes a Gemini icon during navigation, letting drivers ask follow-up questions and report traffic by voice. The feature is live in the US now, with a global rollout underway, Google says.
Oppo has taken the Find X10 Pro Max outside China, bringing a Dimensity 9600 Pro chipset, three 200-megapixel rear cameras and ColorOS 17, though battery capacity and pricing differ sharply by region.
Apple added protections against eight compromised TLS and code-signing certificates in iOS and iPadOS on October 19, two days after Chrome and Firefox blocked them. Mac users face a trickier fix.
Macworld compared the iPhone 18 Pro's new native camera controls against Halide Mark III, the paid pro photography app, and found Apple has closed most of the gap except for manual ISO control.
Oppo's Find X10 and Find X10 Pro Max are set to launch in India on October 22 alongside an Enco X4 TWS and an OLED Pad Mini tablet, with leaked pricing starting around Rs 1,29,999.
Lava's new Aura Curve 5G brings a curved AMOLED display, a secondary rear screen, a MediaTek Dimensity 7100 chip and a 6,000mAh battery to India's offline retail stores for Rs 23,999.
A leaked unboxing video shows Apple's first foldable, the iPhone Duo, in both colors ahead of its October 23 release. The $1,999 phone faces tight stock, with online orders reportedly delayed until January 25.
Google has quietly extended free satellite SOS access for Pixel 9 owners by an extra year past the original two-year limit, a spokesperson confirmed, though the company has not said what happens after that.
Google has released Android 17 QPR3 Beta 2 for Pixel phones, fixing intermittent crashes, WhatsApp video call shutdowns, sideways screen recording failures and battery drain caused by motion sensors staying active.
Apple names six US-based suppliers manufacturing core components for the iPhone Duo and iPhone 18 Pro — including titanium enclosures, variable-aperture camera films, and VCSEL lasers.
Apple is limiting online iPhone Duo purchases to two units per customer worldwide after delivery estimates slipped into late January 2027 and scalpers began listing pre-orders on eBay for $5,000.
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