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News18
4 days ago
- News18
OnePlus Brings 'Plus Key' On New Phones To Replace The Alert Slider: What Is It And How It Works
Last Updated: OnePlus 13s launch will also give us the first look at the new Plus Key that will be replacing the iconic Alert slider button. OnePlus has confirmed the details about the Plus Key which replaces the iconic Alert Slider on its upcoming phones, including the OnePlus 13s. The older button helped you switch between ring, vibrate and silent mode with a click but the Plus Key is a sign of how AI is going to become a bigger part of OnePlus future strategy. The company is going to use the iPhone-like model with the Plus Key which has features similar to the Action Button that Apple introduced a few years back. But the big play for OnePlus with the new Key is to help you organise, save and remember content based on your previous tasks. The Plus Key on the OnePlus 13s sits on top-left of the device and is a functional physical button with tactile feedback. By default, you can click on it to put the phone on Silent, Vibrate and Ring. But that's just the start. You can head over to Settings – Plus Key and really explore the varied nature of the button and how you can customise its use, more like a shortcut for one of the useful features. You can use it for the following: The Bigger, Private AI Play The Plus Key is getting a big leg up with the new OnePlus AI focus that promises personal intelligence. The company claims the data is processed on-device in most cases but in situations where the data has to be sent to the cloud server, OnePlus is adopting an Apple-like private computing system. The brand explained that highly sensitive light data will be processed on-device, but highly sensitive extensive data will be moved to the private computing cloud. These are some big changes from OnePlus, one that it feels aligns with the AI-focused approach that most brands are offering for the consumers. The OnePlus 13s will mark the debut of these features and the Plus Key with the OnePlus 15 flagship taking it a further notch higher later this year. First Published: May 28, 2025, 12:33 IST
India Today
21-05-2025
- India Today
OnePlus 15 specs leaked
OnePlus 15 specs leaked By Divya Bhati Just a few months ago, OnePlus launched its flagship OnePlus 13. However, rumors and leaks about the next-generation OnePlus 15 are already buzzing across the internet. Buzz Around OnePlus 15 Image of OnePlus 13 The OnePlus 15 is rumored to feature a triple 50-megapixel rear camera setup, including a main, ultra-wide, and periscope telephoto lens with 3x optical zoom, according to tipster Digital Chat Station. Rumors About Camera Some reports also suggest the possibility of a 200MP periscope sensor instead. Periscope Sensor The phone is expected to sport a 6.78-inch flat LTPO AMOLED screen with a 1.5K resolution. Flat Display Powering the device could be the upcoming Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 (Elite 2) chipset, built on TSMC's 3nm process. OnePlus 15 Chipset A larger 7,800mAh battery is rumored, which would be a major upgrade over the 6,000mAh unit in the OnePlus 13. Bigger Battery Design changes may include a thinner body with flatter edges, possibly influenced by iPhone-like aesthetics. Design Changes The OnePlus 15 is expected to debut in China by October 2025, followed by a global launch in early 2026. However, all details remain unofficial as OnePlus has not confirmed any specifications yet. Also Read: OnePlus 15 camera details leaked, there are upgrades expected Launch Date
Stuff.tv
25-04-2025
- Stuff.tv
The Honor 400 Lite does iPhone looks for less, but I'm not convinced
Stuff Verdict A very affordable all-rounder that's rather shameless in its iPhone inspirations. The Honor 400 Lite appeals to those who like the Apple look, but budget rivals have more unique personalities Pros Modern styling and sharp screen make it a real looker An iPhone-like camera experience on the cheap Comfortably lasts a day per charge Cons Camera quality is merely OK, even at this price Competing cut-price phones have even bigger batteries Copycat looks aren't for everyone Introduction Where Apple treads, others tend to follow. With the 400 Lite, Honor is following about as closely as it can – yet this sharp-looking Android costs less than a third of the price of its iOS inspiration. It's the first affordable phone with a customisable camera button, which controls a rear lens duo headlined by a 108MP snapper. That's an impressive pixel count, regardless of price. This is still a budget phone at heart, of course. At £250/€299 (sorry America, Honor still won't sell to you directly) it costs half as much as a Google Pixel 9a, and the rest of the spec sheet reflects that. The cut-price competition has also really hotted up lately; the Poco X7 Pro proved slim dimensions don't have to come at the expense of battery capacity, and the upcoming CMF Phone 2 has very much gone its own way on the design front. Can the 400 Lite do more than just a convincing impression of an iPhone and earn a place in your pocket? How we test smartphones Every phone reviewed on Stuff is used as our main device throughout the testing process. We use industry standard benchmarks and tests, as well as our own years of experience, to judge general performance, battery life, display, sound and camera image quality. Manufacturers have no visibility on reviews before they appear online, and we never accept payment to feature products. Find out more about how we test and rate products. Design & build: sincerest form of flattery? There's no escaping it: the Honor 400 Lite is the spitting image of an iPhone 16 Pro. I'm not saying Apple has the monopoly on flat sided rectangles, but once you factor in the Dynamic Island-mimicking selfie camera cutout and rear camera module it's a dead ringer. Especially in the Velvet Grey of my review unit, which looks very metal-like from a distance. You won't find any titanium here, of course; the whole thing is made from polycarbonate. Only two of those rear lenses actually have sensors behind them (the third contains the flash), and the facial recognition isn't secure enough for your banking apps. But what did you expect for the cash? Honor has fully committed to the bit with the touch-sensitive AI Camera button, which sits in the exact same spot as the iPhone 16's Camera Control. Which means it's too far up the side to reach comfortably when holding the phone in landscape. It feels as well-built as the budget competition, is satisfyingly thin at just 7.3mm, and lightweight without feeling toy-like at 171g. The flat sides make it easy to grip and the screen bezels are some of the skinniest I've seen at this price. IP64 dust and water resistance is merely OK, though, with some rivals now managing IP68 protection. The under-display fingerprint sensor sits a little too close to the bottom edge for my liking, making one-handed unlocking a little tricky, but it was as fast and accurate to recognise my prints as any other sub-£300 phone. Screen & sound: shine on OLED screens are even a given on affordable phones these days, and the Honor 400 Lite doesn't disappoint. Its 6.7in panel fills the entire front of the phone, with skinny, symmetrical bezels that curve neatly at all four corners. It looks like a much pricier device as a result. The 2312×1080 resolution looks sharp at arms' length and I like the vibrant colours. You get a 60-120Hz dynamic refresh rate here, a welcome improvement from the Honor 200 Lite's 90Hz maximum. There's an option to force 120Hz on all the time for the smoothest scrolling, but the phone was quick enough to react to my inputs that I was happy to leave it on the automatic setting. Contrast is great, as you'd expect given the tech, as are black levels. The dark and moody Tron: Ares trailer had an impressive amount of depth, with HDR support making each Light Cycle's light trail really pop. It helps that viewing angles are top notch within its price bracket, and the screen can get plenty bright when you need it to. A peak 3500 nits isn't quite as high as Honor's similarly priced Magic 7 Lite, but it meant I could use the phone outside without having to squint when the sun came out. rapid 3840Hz PWM dimming and a Circadian Night setting that strips away unwanted blue light protect your eyes at night, too. Audio is a step behind the visuals, on account of only having a mono speaker. It's a big clue this is a budget phone. There's enough volume for podcasts and YouTube clips, but you'll want headphones for anything with even a tiny amount of bass. Cameras: beat the count Honor has gradually been turning its back on macro shooters, which in my mind is a good thing given they add such little value to a phone. So while the 400 Lite has one less lens than the outgoing 200 Lite, it keeps the two important ones. OK, the 5MP ultrawide very much gives the game away that this is a budget device, but the 108MP lead lens should balance things out. Pixel count isn't everything, of course, and it lacks optical image stabilisation, so will be a step behind the Magic 7 Lite for low-light precision. That phone doesn't have the 400 Lite's AI Camera button, though. Press it at any time and you're taken straight into the camera app, while a press and hold wakes up Google Lens for visual searches. Once in the camera app, a half-press will lock focus, a press-and-hold starts recording a video, and swiping left and right controls the zoom level. So far, so iPhone, but there's no way to change the function to control depth blur or exposure. You can't set it to toggle between lenses rather than zoom levels – no surprise given you have just two to choose from here. That meant I used digital zoom (which crops the sensor to maintain detail levels) quite a bit during testing. Unfortunately the lack of OIS and some aggressive noise reduction/smoothing algorithms meant a lot of the detail ended up crushed out of my shots. As with the Magic 7 Lite, 3x shots seemed to hold up better than 2x ones, preserving that little bit more clarity. Honor 400 Lite 1x (left) vs 3x digital crop (right) When given the whole sensor to play with, images looked clean and colourful for an affordable phone., Dynamic range is alright for most scenes and the finer details are maintained. In good light colours have plenty of pop, and the highlights capture mode made getting crisp shots of subjects that refuse to sit still that little bit easier. It's not as good a low light performer, with noise creeping in and needing a steady hand for crisp shots. Dynamic range also takes a hit, and HDR processing can't rescue the more intense highlights. The ultrawide lens can pack a good amount of a scene into the frame, but that low pixel count is pretty blatant when comparing with the lead camera. There's not much in the way of fine detail, noise is present even during the day, and dynamic range was that bit narrower. It's still a more useful inclusion than a macro shooter, but other budget phones do better. As much as the AI Camera button and iPhone-aping camera arrangement implies this should be a phone for photographers on a budget, it can't deliver the goods to the same level as other sub-£300 phones – and spending just a little more gets considerably better results. Software experience: Lite on AI Honor's take on Android 15 is a known commodity at this point. MagicOS 9 isn't a grand departure from previous versions, so the visual similarities to iOS aren't a shock. Quick settings and notifications live in separate pull-down menus, there's no app drawer as standard, and you'll spot the extensive selection of own-brand apps before you see Google's defaults hidden away in a folder. Other Apple-esque features include Magic Capsule, a sort of cut-down Dynamic Island. Music controls appear here, along with call timers and alarms, but that's your lot. It's not the first time I've seen it on a budget Honor phone, and its functionality hasn't expanded at all, but it works well enough. Magic Portal is an Honor original, putting context sensitive actions onscreen when you drag an image or text selection to the floating sidebar. It's handy for jumping between apps, as it puts the most relevant one at the top of the list – maps if you've highlighted an address, for example. Unsurprisingly for an affordable phone, the 400 Lite has a fair few pre-installed apps from third-parties. I've seen worse offenders, and they can be scrubbed from the onboard storage easily enough, but it's a firm reminder you're using a budget handset. The 256GB capacity means you're hardly hurting for space, at least. Honor might've recently committed to seven years of update support for its flagship phones, but that doesn't appear to have filtered down to its more affordable models yet. It's unclear exactly how many new Android versions the 400 Lite will get, but I'd bank on it being just a few. If long-term ownership is the goal, it might make more sense to save some more cash and check out something from the Apple or Google camps. Performance & battery life: no speed demon With power coming from a MediaTek Dimensity 7025 chipset, the Honor 400 Lite is a modest performer. This is budget silicon, with enough oomph to run Android at a fair lick but landing at the bottom end of most benchmark leaderboards. Geekbench single- and multi-core scores of 951 and 2284 put it very close to the Magic 7 Lite and its Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 CPU, which is several years old at this point. Android's animations were smooth for the most part, and apps opened quickly enough, but I noticed they would reload or refresh a little more often here when multitasking than a Nothing Phone 3a. It won't bother you when sticking to the basics like social media, web browsing and video streaming, but more demanding creative apps might feel sluggish. If you're coming from a higher-end phone, you'll feel the speed difference, though it's not a total dealbreaker. This isn't a top choice for mobile gamers, either. 3Dmark test scores again see it outperformed by similarly-priced rivals, and many of the games I tried from the Play Store defaulted to lower graphics settings. 2D titles and simpler games run well enough, and with some of the visual niceties switched off you can play 3D fare too – just not as well as a pricier device. MediaTek knows a thing or two about efficiency, though, and the Honor 400 Lite's 5230mAh battery is a competitive capacity. Sure, it's less than you'll get from the Magic 7 Lite or Poco X7 Pro, but there's easily enough juice here for a day and a half of more relaxed use. Heavy gaming and video recording will drain it faster, but I never struggled to see out an entire day on a single charge. Honor can usually be relied on for rapid wired charging speeds, so the 400 Lite's 35W refuelling feels a little modest – especially when rivals manage 90W for similar money. Wireless charging doesn't make the grade, either, though that's less of a surprise. Honor 400 Lite verdict If the Honor 400 Lite looked any different, it'd be lost in the shuffle. As affordable phones go it's an alright performer, takes a decent enough photo, and can go all day on a charge – but the same can be said for most of its rivals. The top contenders also excel in one or more areas. The Poco X7 Pro lasts even longer and has more power; the Nothing Phone 3a has unique looks and streamlined software; the Motorola Edge 60 Fusion is way tougher. Honor's own Magic 7 Lite remains the longevity champ, and you won't mistake it for an iPhone. But maybe that's exactly what you want? None of the cheap competition do such a convincing impression of a premium handset. If you don't mind paying for that design, you'll be happy enough with what the 400 Lite offers for the cash. Stuff Says… Score: 3/5 A very affordable all-rounder that's rather shameless in its iPhone inspirations. The Honor 400 Lite appeals to those who like the Apple look, but budget rivals arguably have more unique personalities. Pros Modern styling and sharp screen make it a real looker Long-lasting battery An iPhone-like camera experience on the cheap Cons Camera quality is merely OK, even at this price Competing cut-price phones have bigger batteries Copycat looks aren't for everyone Honor 400 Lite technical specifications Screen 6.7in, 2312×1080 OLED w/ 60-120Hz CPU MediaTek Dimensity 7025 Ultra Memory 8GB RAM Cameras 108MP+5MP rear, 16MP front Storage 256GB on-board Operating system Android 15 w/ MagicOS 9 Battery 5230mAh w/ 35W wired charging Dimensions 161x75x7.3 mm, 171g
Yahoo
21-03-2025
- Yahoo
Never mind a foldable iPhone, what about a foldable Apple Watch?
There have been a number of rumours surrounding a foldable iPhone of late, and in fact, there have been a couple of suggestions of a foldable iPad too with a screen that extends to 18.8-inches, making it a couple of inches larger than the biggest MacBook. Despite Apple having not entered the foldable market as yet though, it's possible that it won't just be a foldable iPhone or iPad on the cards when it does. A recent patent, spotted by Apple Insider, has indicated that a foldable Apple Watch could be a possibility at some point in the future. We know, we know, sounds very farfetched, doesn't it? The patent is for a 'Wearable Electronic Device', and it talks about this device including a display that can be folded or extended. The 'wearable electronic device, such as a smartwatch, can include a display with an extendable screen size,' the patent application suggests, before adding 'in particular, the display can be folded to be compact, and the display can be extended when increased screen size is desired'. It also talks about various use cases you might want a foldable Apple Watch for, or a foldable wearable electronic device we should say. The patent reads: 'A user may want the display to be extended when using certain applications, making phone/ video calls, playing games, browsing the web, etc.' It appreciates that an Apple Watch folding out into an iPhone-like device won't work for everyday activities however, adding: 'On the other hand, the user may want the display to be folded for convenience and portability, such as when the user is going about their day-to-day activities, outdoor activities, etc.' When the Apple Watch first launched it was reliant on the iPhone, and that's still true to some extent, though you can now get models with cellular connection, and the Apple Watch has its own App Store too. If this patent ever resulted in an actual device however, the folding Apple Watch would surely be independent of the iPhone given it would seemingly have its own camera and smarts to allow you to do most of what you would do on your iPhone on your wrist. It's worth pointing out that Apple – and others – file hundreds of patents every year and not all result in an actual product so we may never see a folding Apple Watch. It's interesting that it's a consideration though.
