Nothing Phone (3) has been rumoured for a while now and while everyone has been expecting its launch in 2024, it has now been pushed back until 2025. Further, the device is confirmed to be loaded with AI features which the Nothing co-founder teased in a video posted online.

Carl Pei took to X to share how the “hype around AI” is building up along with what’s in works at Nothing with regards to that specific technology. “It’s great to see new companies rethinking the user experience and form factors. However, there is no doubt that smartphones will remain the main consumer AI form factor for the foreseeable future. With over 4 billion users and over 1 billion smartphones shipped every year—the numbers speak for themselves,” said Pei.

Pei adds that the “current user experience hasn’t evolved for more than a decade!,” and that the “next era needs a highly personalized, dynamic, and cross-device interface.” As a result, the UK-based brand has been prototyping AI interactions for the past couple of months and was able to develop what looks like an AI voice assistant baked into the OS, that’s looking highly similar to the recently demoed GPT-4o voice mode.

Aside from that, Nothing showed a personalised, dynamic home screen that combines what appears to be an App launcher and a news feed. It is automatically able to identify that you are going to need a ticket for which it shows a QR code. It is further shown fetching content from the web, and feed the user with relevant reminders and weather. Such new tools are expected to bring about a significant change in the industry and a shift towards adopting AI rather than the usual app-centric approach.

Nothing Phone (3) Coming In 2025

Pei also wrote in the post, “Today, I want to show you some initial concepts to give you a better idea of what I’m talking about. Expect this to be improved and gradually introduced, starting with Phone (3) next year. It’s important we get the product right, integrating hardware and AI in a way that is both useful and brings a smile to people’s face.”

This confirms that the Phone (3) is coming in 2025. The brand further reiterated the same in a mail sent to 9to5Google. The brand did potentially hint that the product is in works earlier last month when Pei himself teased a new smartphone that had an additional button which hasn’t ever been seen on Nothing smartphones before. The company, however, has recently begun teasing another new product that’s expected to be the CMF Phone (1).

Samsung is currently being rumoured to host the next Galaxy Unpacked on July 10 and at the event, the company is set to announce the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and the Galaxy Z Flip 6. However, a potentially official Samsung Ad has accidentally revealed the design of the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and the Galaxy Z Flip 6.

Some of the users spotted what appears to be the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Galaxy Z Flip 6 ad banner on Samsung Kazakhstan’s website. The ad shows both the foldables in all their glory and confirm that a redesign for the bigger one, Galaxy Z Fold 6, is indeed coming which will be one of the biggest revamps since the Galaxy Z Fold 3.

Similar to what the leaked renders suggested, the Galaxy Z Fold 6 can be seen having a boxier design with flatter sides and a new aspect ratio for the cover display. The design seems to have taken inspiration from that of the Galaxy S24 Ultra. The top of the device can be seen sporting three holes potentially for mics alongside a speaker grille. The Fold 6 appears in a grey colour which may have a titanium frame. Three cameras lie on the back paired with an LED flash.

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As for the Galaxy Z Flip 6, it gets the same folder icon-like shaped cover display as last year’s Z Flip 5 with two cameras on top. The cameras have a blue ring around them, matching the colour of the frame, thereby giving it a dual-tone look. The sides are flatter than that of the Galaxy Z Flip 5, while on the right spine lies the fingerprint sensor as well as the volume buttons.

The Z Fold 6 will have a 6.2-inch Dynamic AMOLED cover display and a 7.6-inch Dynamic AMOLED inner display, both of which will support 120Hz refresh rate. At the front, it could use the Corning Gorilla Armour for cover display protection while the inner panel should use Samsung’s Ultra-thin glass. Both panels may support up to 2600 nits peak brightness. In addition, it will be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Chipset paired with 12 or 16 GB of RAM and up to 1 TB of UFS 4.0 storage.

Realme India has announced the launch of a new Narzo handset post the recent launch of the Narzo N65 5G. The new model, dubbed Realme Narzo N63, is a 4G LTE handset that comes powered by a Unisoc octa-core Chipset and gets a 90Hz display. Here’s what else it has to offer under the Rs 10,000 smartphone segment.

Realme Narzo N63: Price, Availability

The handset is available in two models, 4GB + 64GB priced at Rs 8,499 and 4GB + 128GB trim priced at Rs 8,999. The first sale of the device will be held on June 10 at 12PM and will go through June 14 on Amazon India and Realme’s own website. During the first sale, users can get a discount of Rs 500 via a coupon. The device can be availed in leather blue and twilight purple shades.

Realme Narzo N63: Specs

The Realme Narzo N63 sports a 6.74-inch IPS LCD display with an HD+ resolution, 560 nits peak brightness, 180Hz touch sampling rate and a Refresh Rate of 90Hz. The notch on the front will house a camera sensor for selfies.

Then, it gets a rear camera setup with a 50 MP main sensor and secondary sensor. There is an 8MP selfie sensor on the front. It packs a 5000mAh battery with support for 45W SuperVOOC fast charging. The smartphone has a side-mounted fingerprint sensor for biometric authentication.

The Realme device is powered by the Unisoc T612 SoC under the hood paired with LPDDR4x RAM and eMMC 5.1 storage is expandable up to 2TB via a microSD card. It further gets a USB-C port for charging and support for USB 2.0 data transfer, alongside a 3.5mm Audio Jack and speaker grille.

It runs on Realme UI 5.0 based on Android 14. Other connectivity options include GPS, dual-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.0 and dual-SIM 4G LTE. The device is also IP54 rated.

Corning has been pioneering the industry for years with its Gorilla Glass and while it generally announces top-tier cover glasses, it has now announced a new product called Gorilla Glass 7i that’ll serve as one of the best options for mid-range smartphones. The glass will sit between Gorilla Glass 5 and the Gorilla Glass Victus.

Corning says that the “Gorilla Glass 7i broadens Corning’s renowned tough cover glass portfolio, offering better drop and scratch performance compared to competitive lithium aluminosilicate glasses from other manufacturers.” Gorilla Glass 7i survived drops of up to one meter on surfaces replicating asphalt in Corning’s lab tests. Glasses from competitor brands made of lithium aluminosilicate typically failed when dropped from half a meter or less, according to Corning.

Additionally, Gorilla Glass 7i is up to two times more scratch resistant than competitive lithium aluminosilicate cover glasses. The 7i is made for a wide variety of devices as it will be serving the value segment which sees more additions than the flagship models from smartphone manufacturers.

Corning revealed that Oppo will be the first company to unveil a phone that’ll equip the Gorilla Glass 7i. While 7i will mostly be used on phones, it is also usable on smartwatches and other devices which need a protective cover glass.

Gorilla Glass 7i will be positioned between the Gorilla Glass 5 that launched back in 2016 and the Gorilla Glass Victus. Smartphones like Pixel 8a use Gorilla Glass 3 which debuted back in 2013. There’s definitely a need for a new cover protective glass in the mid-range segment and Corning aims to deliver in it.

Meanwhile, Corning also released an entirely unique and segment-defining product earlier this year, employed on the Galaxy S24 Ultra. Dubbed Corning Gorilla Armor, it is a different kind of smartphone cover material. Compared to a typical glass surface, Corning Gorilla Armor reduces reflection by up to 75%, which enhances display readability and minimises screen reflections in almost any environment. On a rigorous scratch test, Gorilla Armor showed no visible scratches and demonstrated over four times more scratch resistance than competitive aluminosilicate cover glasses.

OnePlus dropped wireless charging support on the OnePlus 11 and faced backlash from consumers, which suggests that users were fond of the feature. After OnePlus reintroduced it in the OnePlus 12, the brand is expected to drop it once again on its next flagship, the OnePlus 13.

The leak comes from tipster Digital Chat Station on Weibo, as per whom the upcoming OnePlus 13 would lack wireless charging. Additionally, it’ll come packed with a huge 6,000mAh battery (which is bigger than the 5,400mAh cell on OnePlus 12) along with 100W wired charging. It could potentially give the OnePlus 13 a two-day battery backup, a substantial improvement over the OnePlus 12, which already provides an impressive backup.

The OnePlus 11 dropped support for wireless charging over the OnePlus 10 Pro in 2023, and the Chinese brand felt the need to reintroduce the feature in the OnePlus 12. The 12 gets support for 50W wireless charging along with 10W reverse wireless charging.

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Such wireless charging speeds are far better than some other flagships from Samsung or Apple that have sub-20W speeds, which take their phones hours to charge via the wireless method. On the other hand, the OnePlus 12 takes slightly below an hour to charge from 0 to 100% if charged at max speeds, and that’s a respectable amount of time. Note that even OnePlus’ latest foldable, the OnePlus Open, also doesn’t have support for wireless charging, while foldables from Vivo, Samsung and Honor employ the feature.

With OnePlus 13 lacking support for wireless charging, it would be interesting to see whether OnePlus is able to compensate for this by providing a significantly larger battery than its predecessors and, if true, the biggest battery cell ever in a OnePlus device.

Meanwhile, DCS also suggests that the OnePlus 13 will have a “straight screen” with a “micro-curved glass cover design.” This contradicts previous leaks, which suggested the screen would be curved on all four sides. Instead, the new leak says that the screen wouldn’t be curved but flat, while the glass covering it would be slightly curved on all four edges, resulting in an overall immersive experience.