The NexPhone is a rugged system powered by a Qualcomm QCM64490 chip with a reportedly lengthy assist street map (by means of 2036), plus 12 GB of RAM, 256 GB of storage, and a 6.58-inch, 120-Hz display refresh price. There is a 64-MP digicam, wi-fi charging, and even 5G assist. Naturally, this is not going to compete with the newest Samsungs and iPhones on the {hardware} entrance, however these telephones do not allow you to boot three completely different working techniques. Nex Computer systems thinks individuals who do not need to hand over their flagship handset might take pleasure in having it as a secondary or backup telephone for work.
It prices $549, and you may reserve it now with a refundable $199 deposit. It features a free USB-C hub, and the corporate expects to start out transport within the third quarter of 2026.
Sony Companions With TCL on Its TV Enterprise
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Sony TVs might quickly be synonymous with TCL. This week, Sony and the Chinese language electronics large introduced a memorandum to determine a brand new strategic partnership that may give TCL a 51 % majority share in Sony’s house leisure enterprise. The deal, if authorised by regulators, would come with Sony’s premium Bravia TV model and different house leisure merchandise, giving TCL management over every thing from product improvement and design to manufacturing, gross sales, and logistics.
It’s a shocking, if comprehensible, transfer by Sony, one of the achieved and trusted TV innovators globally, as the character of the TV enterprise has developed over the previous decade. TCL (alongside its Chinese language rival Hisense) has shortly transitioned from disruptor to market chief within the mid-tier TV phase and past, changing into a serious international participant in TV panel manufacturing and know-how improvement, and a high vendor within the US market.
“The brand new firm plans to advance its enterprise by leveraging Sony’s high-quality image and audio know-how cultivated through the years,” Sony stated in a press release to WIRED. “We contemplate the 2 firms to be almost equal companions,” Sony continued, meaning to “create revolutionary merchandise that meet the expectations of shoppers around the globe and pursue additional enterprise progress by means of operational excellence.” Barring any execution or regulatory setbacks, the brand new three way partnership is predicted to be operational by April 2027. —Ryan Waniata
Asus Exits the Cellphone Market
Asus has been churning out smartphones for twenty years, however it appears to be like like the corporate’s storied cell historical past may be coming to an finish. In an interview, Asus chairman Jonney Shih stated the corporate will pause its smartphone enterprise, as an alternative shifting assets into PCs and AI-focused merchandise, like good glasses and robotics.
Shih says present gadgets will proceed to be supported, however there are no cell launches deliberate for 2026. Calling it a “momentary” pause permits Asus to return to the enterprise sooner or later, however contemplating how its ZenFone and ROG gaming smartphones by no means fairly noticed profitable gross sales numbers, this can be a everlasting transfer, very similar to LG’s exit in 2021.
