Carl Pei says Nothing Phone (2a) isn’t powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 7200

Nothing’s teaser campaign for its upcoming Phone (2a) is currently at full steam ahead of the phone’s official unveiling on March 5. Today, Nothing CEO Carl Pei has outright stated that the Phone (2a) will not be powered by MediaTek’s Dimensity 7200 SoC, contradicting countless rumors we’ve heard over the past few weeks. The teaser […]

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vivo V30 Pro runs Geekbench with a Dimensity 8200

Last week we got the first clue that the vivo V30 Pro is close to launch, a certification by the Bluetooth SIG. Now the phone has surfaced in the Geekbench database, flexing its Dimensity 8200 muscles. At least this appears to be the chipset in question. The V30 Pro was said to be based on […]

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Oppo Reno11 F arrives with Dimensity 7050, 64MP camera, and 120Hz screen

The Oppo Reno11 F teased recently has been launched as the third member of the Reno11 series. It’s built around a 6.7″ 120Hz FullHD+ OLED screen that’s protected by Panda Glass and has 1,100 nits peak brightness and HDR10+ support. The display also has a fingerprint reader underneath and a centered punch-hole for the 32MP […]

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Realme 12+ 5G will have a Dimensity 7050 chipset, Geekbench reveals

Realme 12+ showed up on TENAA earlier this month, and today more key details about the phone were unveiled through a Geekbench scorecard. The phone with model number RMX3867 will have a Dimensity 7050 chipset – this is exactly the same SoC as the Realme 11 Pro+. It will also ship with Android 14 out […]

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Dimensity 9400 and Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 benchmarks set tall targets for Exynos 2500

Samsung is expected to launch the Exynos 2500 (tentative name) by the end of this year for the Galaxy S25 series. That chip will face a pretty tough challenge from rivaling chips, the MediaTek Dimensity 9400 and the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 4. The first set of benchmarks for those chips have leaked for the […]

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Early Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 and Dimensity 9400 benchmarks show incredible performance

Early leaks about the Dimensity 9300 claimed that it will be 10% faster than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. The two chips certainly traded blows, but they are old news now – attention is already shifting towards the upcoming Dimensity 9400 and Snapdragon 8 Gen 4. A poster on a Vietnamese forum has discovered benchmark […]

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Dimensity 9400 coming in Q4 with one Cortex-X5 and three X4 cores

The MediaTek Dimensity 9300 launched in November of last year and it was an odd design – it packed four Cortex-X4 prime cores, instead of the usual one. And it skipped the little cores altogether, using four Cortex-A720 to bring the core count to eight. MediaTek CEO Cai Lixing attended the opening of a new […]

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3nm Dimensity 9400 to launch in late 2024 to compete with Exynos 2500

Four flagship smartphone processors will be launched by the end of this year: Apple A18 Pro, MediaTek Dimensity 9400, Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 4, and Samsung Exynos 2500 (tentative name). All four chipsets will be made using cutting-edge 3nm semiconductor chip fabrication processes. More details about the MediaTek Dimensity 9400 have been revealed. 3nm Dimensity […]

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OnePlus Nord N30 SE 5G goes official with Dimensity 6020

The OnePlus Nord N30 SE 5G has an absurdly long name and it’s the latest device to launch in the Nord lineup. It brings an entry-level mix of specs with MediaTek’s Dimensity 6020 chipset at the helm alongside 4GB RAM and 128GB storage. OnePlus Nord N30 SE 5G in Cyan Sparkle and Black Satin You […]

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vivo G2 announced with Dimensity 6020 and 5,000 mAh battery

Vivo G2 is the latest entry-level smartphone to launch in China. The device has a Dimensity 6020 chip, a 90Hz refresh rate screen and a 5,000 mAh battery with 15W charging. These specs align with the vivo Y36i launched in December. vivo G2 in Space Black There’s a 6.56-inch IPS LCD with HD+ resolution and […]

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OnePlus Nord N30 SE shows up at Geekbench with Dimensity 6020

The OnePlus Nord N30 SE may not be what we thought at first – based on its model number ‘CPH2605’, early reports claimed that this will be a rebranded OnePlus Nord CE 3 Lite, which itself was a small upgrade over the original Nord N30. But now we have seen test results from the SE […]

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Oppo Find X7 comes with Dimensity 9300, only one telephoto camera

Oppo introduced the Find X7 Ultra with two periscope cameras, but it also introduced a more affordable Find X7. It moves to a Dimensity 9300 chipset and loses one of the telephoto cameras, but still offers plenty of interesting features. The Find X7 shares its 6.82” LTPO OLED screen with the Ultra. It supports up […]

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Indian iQOO Neo9 Pro will come with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC, not Dimensity 9300

iQOO unveiled the iQOO Neo9 and iQOO Neo9 Pro in China last week, and the brand recently announced it would launch the Pro model in India in February. The Neo9 and Neo9 Pro are similar smartphones, with the Neo9 having the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC at the helm and the Neo9 Pro having the […]

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iQOO Neo9 Pro arrives with Dimensity 9300 and 144Hz screen, Neo9 tags along

vivo’s iQOO has added two new members to its Neo smartphone lineup – iQOO Neo9 and iQOO Neo9 Pro. The iQOO Neo9 Pro is powered by the Dimensity 9300 SoC, runs Android 14-based OriginOS 4, and comes with up to 16GB LPDDR5X RAM and 1TB of UFS 4.0 storage. The smartphone also has a Q1 […]

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Poco M6 gets official in India with Dimensity 6100+, 8GB of RAM

The Oppo A59 from earlier isn’t the only smartphone that got its official global debut in India today. It’s joined by the Poco M6, a device powered by MediaTek’s Dimensity 6100+ SoC, which is paired with 4/6/8GB of RAM – and supports an additional 8GB through RAM expansion. The Poco M6 has a 6.74-inch 720×1,600 […]

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Oppo A59 launches in India with Dimensity 6020 SoC

Oppo really likes the A59 name, it seems, since it’s now unveiled the second smartphone bearing it. The original was released in 2016, and obviously the new one has nothing in common with it aside from the name. The new A59 is now official in India, and some details about it were outed just a […]

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iQOO Neo9 Pro shows up on Geekbench with Dimensity 9300 on board

vivo sub-brand iQOO is going to make the Neo9 and Neo9 Pro smartphones official at a special event on December 27. This has already been confirmed. Now that we’re getting closer and closer to the big day, people who are in possession of prototypes are starting to run benchmarks on them, and you know what […]

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Lava Storm 5G debuts with Dimensity 6080 and 50MP main cam

Lava Mobiles announced its latest entry in India with the Storm 5G. It brings a Dimensity 6080 chipset, a 120Hz display and a 50MP main cam. The new device brings a flat design with a glass back and shiny camera rings. Lava Storm 5G Lava Storm 5G is equipped with a 6.78-inch IPS LCD with […]

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iQOO Neo9 arriving on Dec 27 with SD8G2, Pro to bring Dimensity 9300

The iQOO Neo9 series will arrive on December 27, the brand announced on Weibo. The lineup will have two phones – an iQOO Neo9 with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset and an iQOO Neo9 Pro with a Dimensity 9300 platform. Both will have a dedicated Q1 chip for e-sports, as seen also in the […]

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Testing the Dimensity 9300 in the vivo X100 Pro – can it handle the heat?

The high-end vivo X100 Pro is the first to ship with MediaTek’s new Dimensity 9300 chipset – with a unique all-performance core processor that sparked a lot of debate – will it be able to sustain its performance or will throttling offset all the benefits. We touched on that question in our full review and […]

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