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Meta's Slim Project Phoenix Headset Leaks Ahead of Connect
Firmware inside Meta's Prescription Lens app leaked the first clear renders of Project Phoenix, a sub-110-gram headset that offloads its battery and processor to an external compute puck, weeks before Meta Connect.
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Apple iPhone Duo: Price, Specs and Release Date
Apple announced the iPhone Duo, its first foldable, on September 9. It has a 7.6-inch inner display and a 5.4-inch outer screen in a wide passport format, runs the A20 Pro, and starts at $1,999 with pre-orders on October 16 and availability from October 23.
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Apple Watch Ultra 4: $799 and 50 Hours of Battery
Apple Watch Ultra 4 holds its $799 price and reaches 50 hours of everyday battery life, 84 in Low Power Mode and 25 hours of GPS workout tracking. It shares the Series 12 sensing system, adds satellite communications, and ships September 18.
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Apple Watch Series 12: Price, Specs, Health Features
Apple Watch Series 12 stays at $399 and adds an all-new sensing system that reads heart rate every five seconds, a daily Readiness score, Audio Intelligence on the S11 chip and a ceramic case option. Pre-orders opened September 9 and it ships September 18.
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AirPods 5: $129 With Noise Cancellation Included
Apple's AirPods 5, announced September 9, start at $129 with active noise cancellation built in, a feature that cost $179 in the AirPods 4 lineup. Apple claims up to 50 percent more noise removed, five hours of listening with ANC on, and availability from September 18.
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iPhone 18 Pro: Price, Specs and Release Date
Apple announced the iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max on September 9 with the 2nm A20 Pro chip, a 48MP main camera that has a real variable aperture and up to 45 hours of video. The Pro starts at $1,199, the Pro Max at $1,299, pre-orders open Saturday and shipping starts September 18.
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Apple's Foldable iPhone Duo Will Start at $2,000
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports Apple has settled on the name iPhone Duo for its first foldable iPhone, pricing it from $2,000 for 256GB with a launch as early as October 2026.
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Dyson CameraJet Is a $499 Toothbrush With a Camera Inside
Dyson's CameraJet is a $499 electric toothbrush with a built-in camera and an AI system called Gap Optical Targeting that fires a precision water jet at gaps between teeth as you brush, launching September 1, 2026 and shipping from September 8.
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Anker Debuts Clinical-Grade OTC Hearing Aids at IFA 2026
Anker announced its first over-the-counter hearing aids at IFA 2026, RIC-style earpieces built around a custom "Thus" chip with four microphones and a 36-hour battery, entering a market Sony and Eargo are actively exiting this year.
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Nintendo Switch 2 Hits $499.99 as AI Chip Demand Drains DRAM
Nintendo of America raised the Switch 2's price from $449.99 to $499.99 on September 1, 2026, and the stated reason, shifting market conditions, traces back to an AI-driven shortage of the DRAM and NAND chips every console needs.
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Meta Closes the Loophole Letting Ray-Ban Glasses Record Covertly
Meta has rolled out a software update that stops its Ray-Ban smart glasses from recording the moment the capture LED is covered mid-recording, closing a workaround that let wearers start filming and then hide the light. It's the second privacy patch to the glasses in under two months, arriving as EU regulators keep questioning whether that light was ever real consent.
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Pixel 11 Starts at $899 as Google Raises Every Price
Google raised prices across the entire Pixel 11 line at Made by Google 2026: the Pixel 11 is $899, up $100, and the Pixel 11 Pro is $1,099, up from $999. Base storage doubles to 256GB and the new Tensor G6 chip is built around running Gemini on the device.
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Lenovo's First Googlebooks Leak: Two Laptops, One 2-in-1
Marketing renders of Lenovo's first three Googlebooks leaked on Friday evening: two white clamshell laptops with a blue glowbar and, more surprisingly, a detachable 2-in-1 with a kickstand, stylus and Dolby Atmos speakers, all due to ship this fall.
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Apple Will Lease You an iPhone and Klarna Is Funding It
Apple will launch Apple Upgrade on July 28, a US device leasing program financed by Klarna covering iPhone, Mac, iPad and Apple Watch. Terms run 24 months on phones and watches and 36 on Macs and iPads, AppleCare is no longer bundled, and Klarna rather than Apple carries the credit.
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Apple Music Prices Jump to $11.99, First Rise Since 2022
Apple raised Apple Music prices on July 17, 2026, its first increase since 2022: the U.S. individual plan goes from $10.99 to $11.99 and the family plan from $16.99 to $19.99, with select Apple One bundles rising too. Apple blames higher licensing costs, and even after the hike Apple Music stays a dollar under Spotify.
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Inter's Payment Ring Bets on Screenless Banking
Inter launched the Inter Ring and Inter Wristband in the US on July 13, contactless payment accessories with no screen, no battery and no phone required. They extend an existing Inter credit card rather than acting as separate accounts, which is the design decision that makes them work.
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Samsung's Galaxy Able: Its First Clip-On, Bone-Conduction Buds
Samsung's Galaxy Wearable app revealed Galaxy Able, its first clip-on wireless earbuds, reportedly using bone conduction to leave the ear canal open, a play for the open-ear category, though reports say the launch may slip past the July 22 Unpacked event.
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Garmin's Screen-Free CIRQA Takes Aim at Whoop
Garmin's upcoming CIRQA is a screen-free recovery band focused on stress, sleep, alertness and readiness rather than workouts, positioning it directly against Whoop, and if it ships without Whoop's mandatory subscription it becomes the obvious alternative.
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Surface Laptop 8, Surface Pro Get Snapdragon X2
Microsoft refreshed the Surface Laptop and Surface Pro with Qualcomm Snapdragon X2, claiming up to 58% more graphics performance and 20-hour battery, but with familiar designs and pricier Surface Pro base models.
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DJI Osmo 360 Is DJI's First Shot at Insta360's Crown
DJI is launching the Osmo 360, its first-ever 360-degree camera, on July 15, directly challenging Insta360's dominance of the spherical-camera market. It anchors a July blitz that also includes the Osmo Nano and the DJI Mic 3.
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Galaxy Z Flip 8 Grows Its Cover Screen and Adds Qi2 Charging
Samsung's Galaxy Z Flip 8, expected at Unpacked on July 22 in London, stretches the cover display to 4.1 inches and adds first-ever Qi2.2 wireless charging, while the 4,300mAh battery and camera hardware carry over from the Flip 7.
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Amazfit Balance 3 Pushes 21-Day Battery and Sapphire
The Amazfit Balance 3 targets hybrid fitness athletes with a 1.5-inch sapphire-glass AMOLED at up to 3,000 nits, offline maps, and a claimed 21 days of battery, undercutting Apple and Garmin on endurance where flagship watches still struggle.
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Oppo Reno 16 Lands as Memory Costs Squeeze Mid-Range Phones
Oppo is unveiling its Reno 16 mid-range lineup in July 2026, but the more important story is the backdrop: rising memory prices and a chip crunch are quietly squeezing the mid-range segment, where value phones live or die on the component bill.
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Galaxy Watch Ultra 2: Bigger Battery, Smarter Health
The rumored Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 leads with a roughly 784 mAh battery, far larger than the Watch 9 lineup, targeting the multi-day endurance and health-AI sensing that now decide the smartwatch race.
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Garmin Forerunner 70 and 170 Rework the Budget Runner
Garmin's new Forerunner 70 and 170 replace the aging Forerunner 55 and 165 with a shared 43mm case, a 1.2-inch AMOLED touchscreen, and five physical buttons, pushing better screens into the budget running tier.
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Coros Balance 3: a $370 watch with 21-day battery life
Coros's Balance 3 pairs a 3,000-nit sapphire AMOLED and offline maps with up to 21 days of battery, undercutting Garmin and Apple on the one spec smartwatch buyers complain about most: uptime.
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TCL's 2026 flagship TV hits 10,000 nits and 20,000 zones
TCL’s 2026 flagship Mini-LED TV pushes measured peak brightness near 10,000 nits with more than 20,000 local dimming zones, the most of any consumer TV tested, running Google TV with Gemini built in.
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Sennheiser Momentum 5 makes its battery user-replaceable
Sennheiser's new Momentum 5 Wireless flagship keeps the familiar look but adds a user-replaceable battery you can swap with a screwdriver, plus higher-resolution audio and Dolby Atmos with head-tracking, a rare repairability win in premium headphones.
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UBTech's U1 Puts a Silicone-Skinned Humanoid in the Home
UBTech has launched the U1, a consumer humanoid built for companionship with lifelike silicone skin, 88 servo joints, and an emotional-AI model that runs locally on the device. Priced from about $17,650 with 10,000+ preorders, it moves humanoids from the factory to the living room.
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Xiaomi Watch S5 pairs a 21-day battery with bright AMOLED
The Xiaomi Watch S5 leans on the two things that matter most in a smartwatch: a 1.48-inch AMOLED that hits 2,500 nits with a 40% slimmer bezel, and an 815mAh battery that lasts up to 21 days on light use, a 68% jump over the Watch S4.