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oi -Kabir Jain Updated: Friday, June 19, 2026, 14:11 [IST] If you were waiting on a CMF Phone 2 Pro successor, that wait just got a lot longer. Nothing has officially confirmed there won’t be a new CMF Phone launching this year, and rising memory prices are the reason why.Nothing Co-Founder Confirms the DecisionNothing co-founder Akis Evangelidis confirmed the news in a post on X. He said a lot of people had been asking when the next CMF phone was coming, and the company wanted to be upfront about it.He pointed out that the CMF Phone 2 Pro meant a…

-Kabir Jain Updated: Friday, June 19, 2026, 14:48 [IST] Samsung’s M-series is about to get a new entry. The Galaxy M47 5G is on its way to India as the follow-up to last year’s M36 5G, and Amazon has already put up a teaser page for it.Launch ConfirmedNothing about this launch is a rumor at this point. The phone has cleared BIS certification under model number SM-M476B/DS, which is one of the last regulatory steps a phone needs before it can legally go on sale in India. Combine that with the live Amazon teaser, and Samsung is clearly just weeks…

-Kabir Jain Updated: Friday, June 19, 2026, 10:31 [IST] iQOO isn’t done with the Z11 series just yet. After launching the Z11, Z11x, and Z11 Turbo earlier this year, the company is now teasing a fourth phone in the lineup, the iQOO Z11i. There’s no official launch date so far, but the phone is already up for pre-order on iQOO’s online store in China.Design and Colours Teased on WeiboiQOO shared a glimpse of the Z11i on Weibo, showing off three colour options. Based on the Chinese names, these translate to Green Peak, Desert Gold, and Ink Shadow. The promo images…

oi -Kabir Jain Published: Thursday, June 18, 2026, 11:21 [IST] The iPhone Air launched last September, and leaks for its successor are already piling up. The picture is getting clearer now, especially on timing. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reported on June 17 that Apple is working on a second-generation iPhone Air, internally codenamed V62, targeting a spring 2027 launch. Tipster Digital Chat Station (via) has also separately claimed a Q1 2027 announcement.Concept Image/Source: XThat lines up with Apple’s evolving iPhone release strategy. The iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone 18 Pro Max, and the rumoured foldable iPhone are expected in late 2026, while…

As Wordle celebrates its fifth anniversary, we have to be honest with ourselves: Are we still having fun, thousands of Wordles later? Sometimes, we are — but other times, the daily word game has felt like a means to keep a streak alive. Instead, my friends and I have gotten hooked on a new game, MapTap, which is available both as an app and on the web. Every day, MapTap has five questions, each one presenting you with a city (or, occasionally, the site of a historic event or battle) to tap on the map. You get a score between…

oi -Kabir Jain Published: Thursday, June 18, 2026, 13:33 [IST] The OnePlus Nord CE 6 launched in India at ₹29,999 for the base variant. It’s now at ₹33,999 after two price hikes since launch. If you’ve been waiting to buy, the phone you were eyeing is notably more expensive than it was on day one.How the Prices Have ChangedThe 8GB/128GB model started at ₹29,999 and the 8GB/256GB at ₹32,999. The base variant first went up to ₹31,999, and now it’s climbed again to ₹33,999. The 256GB model currently sits at ₹36,999. Both variants are up ₹4,000 from their launch prices.Why…

oi -Sudhanshu Singh Updated: Thursday, June 18, 2026, 16:10 [IST] Almost everyone in India does the same thing before selling an old phone. You back up your photos, sign out of nothing in particular, go into settings, tap factory reset, watch the little Android or Apple logo spin, and hand over a phone that feels brand new and blank. The problem is that a clean looking phone and a clean phone are not always the same thing, and a new consumer survey suggests a lot of us are quietly getting this wrong.According to a Cashify survey of 8,000 smartphone users,…

oi -Carlsen Martin Published: Thursday, June 18, 2026, 9:34 [IST] Apple could be preparing consumers for a significant price increase with the iPhone 18 series, as rising memory and storage costs continue to put pressure on the company’s profit margins.While earlier reports suggested that Apple would absorb the higher component costs associated with the next-generation iPhone, recent comments from CEO Tim Cook indicate that maintaining current pricing may no longer be feasible.What Tim Cook had to SaySpeaking in an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Cook acknowledged that Apple has been working hard to shield customers from increasing component costs.…

oi -Carlsen Martin Published: Wednesday, June 17, 2026, 14:18 [IST] Vivo has confirmed the launch date of its upcoming foldable phone in China. The Vivo X Fold 6 will succeed last year’s X Fold 5 and is expected to get considerable upgrades over its predecessor. While Vivo has been dropping several details about its upcoming foldable, no official launch date was provided, until now.Vivo X Fold 6 Launch DateThe company recently took to Weibo to confirm that the Vivo X Fold 6 launch date in China would take place on June 26 at 07:00 pm local time or 04:30 pm…

oi -Kabir Jain Published: Wednesday, June 17, 2026, 17:44 [IST] OnePlus has started teasing more details about the N6 ahead of its June 30 launch in India. New banners on Amazon India and the OnePlus website have confirmed the phone will pack an 8,000mAh battery, with the brand claiming it’s the first in the segment to offer this capacity.OnePlus is also promising up to three days of battery life on a full charge and seven years of battery health guarantee.Price Range Hinted at Under Rs 25,000The fine print on the banner reads “best smartphone under INR 25,000,” which gives a…