Flagship

Taylor Clemons/ZDNETWhat's the deal?The Hisense U8K 55-inch TV is on sale for $748 at Amazon during the Big Spring Sale in my office/game room. But as I ran the TV through my usual gauntlet of tests, the U8K impressed me in every way that matters. With bright, vibrant images, and crisp audio, as well as customizable refresh rates and contrast calibration, the Hisense U8K is well worth the money, especially if you're a console gamer.View at Best BuyThe mini LED panel boasts a peak brightness of 1500 nits, and while I…

The Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 will be adopted by major players including Honor, iQOO, realme, Redmi and Xiaomi, with commercial devices expected to be announced soon. Chip-maker Qualcomm on Monday announced Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 Mobile Platform for Android flagship smartphones.The Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 will be adopted by major players including Honor, iQOO, realme, Redmi and Xiaomi, with commercial devices expected to be announced soon. The key features include support for generative AI features, always-sensing…

Like every other year, Samsung will spend the first half of 2024 rolling out a new version of One UI to millions of Galaxy devices. One UI 6.1 debuted with the Galaxy S24 lineup on January 17th and will start making it to older phones and tablets in the next few weeks. However, One UI 6.1 is unique compared to previous such updates and will be a lot more exciting for flagship Galaxy smartphones and tablets launched in 2023. That's because those devices, which include the Galaxy S23 series (S23, S23+, S23 Ultra, S23 FE),…

Nvidia Chief Executive Jensen Huang on Monday kicked off his company's annual developer conference with a slew of announcements designed to keep the chip maker in a dominant position in the artificial-intelligence industry.On a hockey arena stage in the heart of Silicon Valley, Huang introduced Nvidia's latest chip, which is 30 times speedier at some tasks than its predecessor. He also detailed a new set of software tools to help developers sell AI models more easily to companies that use technology from Nvidia, whose…

Qualcomm chipsets are stratified by number, but there are further subdivisions with "+" and more recently "s" models. Today the company unveils the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3, a chipset that offers a selection of the premium Snapdragon features without costing as much as the premier 8 Gen 2 and 8 Gen 3 chips. The 8s Gen 3 is a 4nm chip with a Cortex-X4 prime core at 3.0GHz, four performance cores at 2.8GHz and three efficiency cores at 2.0GHz. It supports up to 24GB of LPDDR5x RAM (up to 4,200MHz) and UFS 4.0 storage. For…

If you're not interested in a midrange smartphone but don't want to pay flagship prices either, Qualcomm has a possible solution. The company just unveiled the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 processor that offers flagship features, but performance just below the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3.It's built using a 4-nanometer (nm) process with a 1+4+3 core setup (one prime ARM Cortex X4 at 3.0GHz, four performance cores at 2.8Ghz and three 2.0GHz efficiency cores. That compares with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3's 1+5+2 setup, so the "s" model swaps a…

Recteq revealed five new smart pellet grills in October, including unique dual-chamber and griddle options. Now, the company is back with two more models: a larger version of the recently overhauled Flagship 1100 and a built-in design for outdoor kitchens.The Flagship XL 1400 has all of the updates that were announced with the Flagship 1100 last fall, including the updated Wi-Fi-enabled controller and sturdier leg design. The key difference on this new version is increased cooking capacity. The Flagship XL 1400 has 1,437…

For the past few years, ASUS has been a pretty quiet name in the Android world. Basically, they only release two phones each year. Two niche phones. There’s the ROG Phone, which is really popular among gamers. Then there was the Zenfone which was a small and compact model. The Zenfone 9 and 10 were both 5.9-inch smartphones with impressive battery life and performance. As you might expect, that small and compact phone did not sell well. Now, ASUS is pivoting a bit and going “Ultra” with a new 6.78-inch FHD+ display on…

Redmi K80 tipped to launch soonAccording to the tipster Smart Pikachu who shared the information on Weibo, work on the Redmi K80 is progressing quickly. A launch timeline wasn’t suggested by the tipster but Xiaomi is known to release phones in short launch cycles. The tipster added that Xiaomi follows a different strategy with the Redmi K80 series. This time it will focus only on the flagship models, and not on the mid-range models. So the Redmi K80 series might not include the Redmi K80e model. For context, the Redmi…

Qualcomm has confirmed to host an event to announce new flagship Snapdragon chipsets. The chipmaker is expected to unveil the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 and the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 chips during the event, as the company's latest SoCs. Both the chipsets are reportedly built on the same architecture as the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, which was introduced in October 2023. Notably, the soon-to-be-released Realme GT Neo 6 series is rumoured to incorporate both the upcoming processors.The event was announced through a…