A Federal Court ruling in Epic Games’ antitrust case against Apple requires sideloading, alternative app stores, and outside payment options on Australian iPhones, with Fortnite returning to the App Store immediately.
The Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra and Plus swap Qualcomm for a MediaTek chip, move the fingerprint sensor under the display, and pack a 14.6-inch screen into Samsung's thinnest tablet body ever.
Apple Pay went live in India on September 30 starting with Axis Bank credit cards on Visa and Mastercard — but without support for UPI, the bank-transfer system that already handles nearly 8 billion transactions a month through Google Pay alone.
For the first time in its history, GrapheneOS will run on a phone that isn't a Google Pixel. The Motorola Signature 27, powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6, will ship with pre-installed support for the privacy-hardened Android variant.
The iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max go on sale September 18, bringing Apple’s A20 Pro — its first 2nm processor — along with triple 48MP cameras and the company’s own C2 cellular modem.
The Siri rebuild Apple showed off at WWDC 2024 and promoted in iPhone 16 ads — then delayed twice and paid $250 million to settle a false-advertising suit over — finally rolls out today as part of iOS 27.
Apple's first foldable debuts alongside the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max in John Ternus's first major product launch as CEO, with a 7.6-inch inner display and pricing from $1,999.
Xiaomi's first flagship built on its in-house XRing O3 chip adopts the wide passport foldable form factor with a 200MP Leica camera, 6,000mAh battery, and LPDDR6 RAM. It launches in China on September 7.
Apple set its fall launch event for September 9 at Apple Park, where CEO-elect John Ternus is expected to unveil the first foldable iPhone alongside the iPhone 18 Pro lineup and Apple Watch Series 12.
Google's 11th-generation Pixel phones go on sale August 20 starting at $899, powered by the new Tensor G6 chip and deep Gemini AI integration across camera, voice, and daily tasks.
Google has emailed users to confirm it will start removing Google Assistant from phones, tablets, Wear OS watches, and paired devices on September 4, 2026, permanently replacing it with Gemini for anyone on a supported device.
Qualcomm has notified hardware partners of a double-digit price increase on all Snapdragon chips effective September 1, citing rising input costs across wafers, packaging, and memory. Flagship Android phones above $1,000 are the expected outcome.