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Alongside the Turbo 5 Max, which went official in China yesterday, Redmi also unveiled the base Turbo 5 with a smaller battery and the Dimensity 8500-Ultra SoC. It's the first phone in the world to feature the MediaTek Dimensity 8500-Ultra chipset. The Turbo 5 comes with LPDDR5 Ultra RAM, UFS 4.1 storage, and the same vapor chamber cooling setup as the larger Max model.

A new leak today, purportedly originating inside HyperOS 3 code, seems to reveal what we can expect from the next members of Poco's X-series in terms of battery capacity and charging spec. The Poco X8 Pro will allegedly have a 6,500 mAh battery, while the Poco X8 Pro Max will have an 8,500 mAh battery. Both will support 100W wired charging.

The Motorola Moto G17 and Moto G17 Power are basically the same phone with different amounts of RAM and storage, battery size, charging speed, and thickness. The Motorola Moto G17 Power packs a 6,000 mAh battery with 30W charging support. It's 8.8mm thick and comes with 8GB RAM and 256GB of onboard storage, expandable by up to 1TB via a microSD card.

As confirmed a few days ago, Realme is fully unveiling the P4 Power on January 29 at 12 noon India time (that's 7:30 AM CET, 6:30 AM in the UK, and 1:30 AM in New York). The launch has a YouTube stream, which we've embedded below for your viewing pleasure, but this is no regular announcement. Instead, Realme is basically going to perform a very extended battery test, involving "extreme campus life, content creation, gaming, multitasking, all at once".

OpenAI has introduced Prism, billed as "a free, AI-native workspace for scientists to write and collaborate on research". It's powered by the latest GPT-5.2 model. Prism allows for unlimited projects and collaborators on each project and is already available to anyone with a ChatGPT personal account. It will soon be offered to organizations using ChatGPT Business, Enterprise, and Education plans.

The next member of Motorola's ever-expanding Edge 70 family will be the Edge 70 Fusion, which ran Geekbench last week and had its specs leaked before that. Today, it's the star of newly leaked official-looking renders. It is portrayed in two colorways: Pantone Country Air (the lighter one) and Pantone Silhouette (the darker one).

The iQOO 15 Ultra will be unveiled in China on February 4 alongside the TWS Air3. iQOO hasn't confirmed a lot of details about the upcoming 15 Ultra, but it will pack an active-cooling fan and a unique design. The phone will feature shoulder triggers with a 600Hz sampling rate and separate control chips. It will be available in two color options.

The A57 is shown in its purple color and it features a similar overall look to its predecessor but with a noticeably slimmer body. According to the specifications, Galaxy A57 will measure 6.9mm and weigh 182 grams. That's noticeably slimmer and lighter than the Galaxy A56's 7.4mm and 198-gram profile. The device will retain the aluminum frame and glass back just like its predecessor.

General Motors just made life a little easier for the owners of its electric cars. That's because over 5,000 Electrify America DC fast chargers in the United States have been integrated into the car company's own smartphone apps. In other words, Chevrolet, GMC and Cadillac EV owners can use the native myChevrolet, myGMC or myCadillac app instead to find chargers, initiate charging and pay for the top-up.

The iPhone Air is the first iPhone sold as an eSIM-only version all over the world. But a new report from China shows a modified Air with a physical SIM slot next to the USB-C port. The information surrounding this project is bleak, but it was reportedly undertaken by an electronics store based in Shenzhen's Huaqiangbei market. The project required some clever space-saving solutions, like replacing the Air's original Taptic Engine vibration motor with a much smaller unit that still retains basic haptic feedback.

Last month, a report claimed the Xiaomi Tag was in development, basically intended to be the Chinese company's version of Apple's AirTag and Motorola's Moto Tag.

Xiaomi's top-end cameraphone, Xiaomi 17 Ultra, is now official and comes with improvements in pretty much every aspect. Some are modest, some are more notable. Still, upgrades even on flagship phones are not a given these days. This year's Ultra comes in two flavors - standard Xiaomi 17 Ultra and a special edition - Xiaomi 17 Ultra by Leica. Yes, that's the official name,

The OnePlus Nord 6 is coming soon, and according to multiple recent rumors, it might be a rebranded and/or slightly tweaked version of the OnePlus Turbo 6, which launched in China earlier this month. Now the Nord 6 has seemingly run Geekbench, and as always this means there's a listing for it in the benchmark's online database. This reveals the model number CPH2795, and the fact that the phone is powered by the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 SoC - just like the Turbo 6.