Huaqiangbei repair blogger Yang Changshun livestreamed the first public teardown of the iPhone Duo and peeled off Apple's "nano-texture protective layer" with his bare hands. With the film gone, the display shifts from matte to glossy—and the crease becomes immediately visible. Apple charges ¥398 to replace the film, but a damaged inner display costs ¥7,998 to repair.
OnePlus has confirmed that the Ace 7 and Ace 7 Pro will launch on October 29 at 19:00 China time. The phones feature a rectangular camera module with an integrated active cooling fan, a dual-airflow design, and are tipped to run Snapdragon 8E5V and Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chips with 185Hz displays and 200MP main cameras.
Honor has listed the WIN RT2 on its China store, a mid-tier gaming phone with a massive 12,070mAh battery, Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, a 6.89-inch 2K 185Hz display, and a 200MP OIS main camera. It's estimated at around ¥4,349 after discounts.
Honor has launched the WIN 2 gaming phone in China, starting at ¥5,499 (about ¥4,999 after subsidies). It packs a 2nm Snapdragon 8EE6, a 10,100mAh battery, dual cooling fans, a 2K 185Hz display, and a 200MP main camera with OIS.
Coolpad has opened pre-orders in China for the Cool X Wide, its first wide-body candybar phone. It features an unusual 6.38-inch 16:10 display at 90Hz, a MediaTek Helio G99 chipset, up to 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage, and a 4,600mAh battery. Pricing has not been announced.
Samsung has launched the Galaxy F70 5G in India starting at ₹19,999. It packs an Exynos 1330 chipset, a 6.7-inch 90Hz Super AMOLED display, a 50MP OIS main camera, and a 5,000mAh battery with 25W charging. Samsung promises four years of Android upgrades and five years of security patches.
Xiaomi has confirmed that the standard REDMI K100 will ship with HyperOS 4 and, for the first time on a non-Pro model, a dedicated D2 display chip. It supports 144fps "Honor of Kings" gameplay at max settings while cutting average power draw by 1.1W. The phone also features a 165Hz display, Snapdragon 8 Elite, and a 100W-charging battery.
