The Oppo Find X9 Ultra comes in a lone 12GB/512GB configuration, priced at INR169,999. In comparison, the vivo X300 Ultra, launched in India earlier this month, is available in a 16GB/512GB configuration for INR159,999. The Find X9 Ultra will be available in Tundra Umber and Canyon Orange colors in India starting May 28 via Oppo's Indian website, Amazon.in, Flipkart, and mainline retail outlets.
After sending out phones to media reviewers, the T1 phone is on track to ship out to the many people who paid $100 to reserve a gold-plated, "Made In America" android from Tr*mp Mobile. Phew! That was a close one! But Tr*mp Mobile isn't out of the woods yet, because at least one of the big promises to users already appears to have been broken.
Samsung India has promoted Shishir Agarwal to Head of Marketing for its Mobile eXperience (MX) business, reinforcing its leadership team at a time when marketing smartphones has become significantly more complex than simply highlighting specifications or launching celebrity-led campaigns. Based out of Samsung's Gurugram headquarters, Agarwal will now oversee the end-to-end marketing strategy for the company's smartphones, tablets, and wearables in India.
OnePlus launched the Ace 6 in October of last year, and now the brand is already hard at work on its successor. According to Digital Chat Station on Weibo, the Ace 7 is currently in the engineering sample stage.
The new models feature Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen5 Leading Version chipset, which features overclocked prime cores clocked at 4.74GHz, just like the "for Galaxy" edition of the 8 Elite Gen 5 found on the Galaxy S26 series. That's paired with 12GB RAM and 256GB storage on the 11S Pro and up to 16GB LPDDR5X Ultra RAM and 1TB UFS 4.1 storage on the Pro+ model.
The Motorola Edge 70 price has been dropping for a while, but this week it reached the 50% off mark - the 12/512GB unit sells for €400. The phone is aimed at fans of slim and light devices as it measures only 6mm thick and weighs 159g. This is with a large 6.7" display (120Hz 10-bit OLED with 1220p+ resolution).
The Pova 8 Pro has been certified by TUV Rheinland and the FCC. These certifications have revealed that it has a battery with a rated capacity of 6,340 mAh, which will undoubtedly be marketed as a typical capacity of 6,500 mAh.
Realme has announced its return to the Finnish market with an official post on its recently-activated Instagram and TikTok accounts. In a digital letter to Finnish users, Realme describes itself as a young tech brand that was founded in 2018, and that it's the world's fastest-growing smartphone brand. The letter also admits that Realme is a part of the Oppo smartphone family, which also includes OnePlus.
Trump Mobile, a company backed by president Donald Trump's sons Donald Jr. and Eric, unveiled a $499 gold-colored smartphone last June, with an original release date slated for August 2025. Use the handset, and you could supposedly tap into Trump Mobile's 5G cellular service. Presumably loads of MAGA faithful paid $100 deposits to pre-order the devices but to date, not a single one has shipped.
The vivo X300 Ultra and the Oppo Find X9 Ultra are two of the top camera phones of 2026, and although the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra can't quite match them, it has the advantage of a lower price and a wider availability. Everyone's focus is mostly on the rear cameras, but their selfie modules are respectable as well - the vivo and Oppo have 50MP sensors on the front, while the Samsung sports an optimized 12MP sensor.
The iPhone 17 continues to outperform its predecessor owing to key upgrades like higher base storage, camera resolution, display refresh rate bringing the smartphone closer to the Pro variants and providing overall value for late adopters.
