Gadgets

As spotted earlier by GSMArena, the Nokia 300 Charge offers up to 40 days of standby power but can also serve as a power bank for your smartphone or other devices. There’s a built-in flashlight on the top of the phone, too.

The LG Gallery TV with Frame, originally announced at CES 2026, is now available alongside a collaboration with The Met that gets you access to over 100 works from its collection. It’s already discounted and cheaper than The Frame — $800 for the 55 inch and $1,000 for the 65 inch — and a white frame is included.

Xgimi tells Projector Screen that its Aura 3 Max ultra-short throw projector can beam a bright (5,700 ISO lumens) 120-inch image onto a screen from just eight inches away, with a claimed 8,000:1 native contrast thanks to new dual-iris control. It supports 4K / 120Hz, VRR, and ALLM, with a claimed input lag as low as 1ms which could make it an interesting choice for gamers when it debuts on Kickstarter later this year. It won’t be cheap.

The new midrange Android phone has almost exactly the exact same design and internals as last year’s Xperia 10 VII apart from two meager upgrades: a brighter display and louder speakers. Oh, and at €599 / £549 (around $700-750), it’ll also be € / £150 more expensive when it launches in Europe in “mid-to-late September.” Thanks, RAMageddon.

If you’re looking for a gaming computer that’s flexible and lightweight, Amazon has the Asus ROG Flow Z13 discounted by $400, bringing the price down to just $1,699.99. While a Windows-powered gaming tablet might sound odd, this hybrid machine impressed us with surprisingly sharp performance. Read our review.

The Xring 03 is, a little confusingly, the follow-up to last year’s Xring 01, which appeared in the China-only 15S Pro phone and Pad 7 Ultra tablet. The 3nm chipset, apparently produced by TSMC, has the usual CPU and GPU bumps, plus mobile-first support for LPDDR6 RAM.

Rising component prices and wild tariff swings are still an issue, so Mike Chi of Retrotink has designed a new hardware upscaler for retro gaming. It uses the design and framework of its more expensive 4K models, which cost $475 or more, but with a lower 2,560 x 1,440p maximum output at 300 MHz.

The $85 NK-M1’s features are pretty standard for an 8K wireless gaming mouse in 2026, but it’s lightweight, its buttons and scroll wheel feel good, and its colors are classic. The preorder ends tonight, but I’ll revisit it for a review later this year when it’s in stock.

As Patentlyze reports, the company filed a patent earlier this year for a “hardware privacy mute circuit” for “consumer devices, such as augmented reality devices,” like Meta’s smart glasses. The patent says the mute switch would “provide tamper-resistant privacy controls that cannot be compromised through software exploits.”

For today only, you can use the coupon code SUPERSAVING at checkout for an extra 20 percent off a variety of qualifying items at Woot. Notably, the Best of PC category includes a variety of computing and gaming accessories, as well as refurbished laptops and desktops, plus the Kindle Scribe.

The Pura X View will launch next week in China, but Huawei has already revealed its design, including a broad 16:9.5 aspect ratio display. It looks a little like Huawei’s Pura X flip phone did when unfolded, but in a regular slab format. After last month’s Galaxy Z Fold 8, we’re truly in the wide phone era.

I use the Neat Bumblebee II desktop mic for work and play, and you can hear how it sounds on the Pixel review roundup episode of the Vergecast. Right now, it’s $14.99 at Woot, or just five bucks if you’re a new Woot customer and use the code HELLOTEN at checkout. It comes with a USB-C-to-A cable, and can sit on its included stand, or be detached to mount to a mic arm. It’s not the best mic, but it sure is affordable.

Following a teaser earlier this week, Nothing’s CMF sub-brand has revealed the Buds Neo wireless earbuds with 12.4mm drivers, active noise canceling, Bluetooth 6.0 support, and up to 11 hours of battery life on buds alone, 52 hours with their charging case, or up to 30 hours with ANC. They’re priced at 1,999 Indian rupees, or around $21.

Y Combinator has finally posted a video of Kare’s 50-minute talk at last month’s Startup School 2026 event. The renowned designer shares more stories about the process of creating the original Macintosh’s icons, the command key symbol that’s still in use today, and the Chicago font that Apple revived for the early iPods.

AirPods with cameras showed up in a video found in a release candidate of the upcoming macOS Tahoe 26.7 update, but Bloomberg reports that the headphones aren’t in the cards for 2026.