The iPhone 17 is coming on September 9, Galaxy S25 FE rumors, Week 35 in review

Apple made it official - the iPhone 17 series' announcement, is coming on September 9. At the event, Apple will unveil the iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Air, iPhone 17 Pro, and iPhone 17 Pro Max. The tagline Apple chose for this event is "awe-dropping" - get it?

The Galaxy S26 Ultra's battery capacity was tipped in a certification filing, and it's the same as the Galaxy S25 Ultra's - a rated capacity of 4,855mAh, which translates to a typical capacity of 5,000mAh. At least we could still hope for faster 65W charging.

Realme showed us two concepts during its 828 Fan Festival in China. The first is a smartphone with a 15,000mAh battery, advertised to offer up to five days of usage on a single charge. It gets a whopping 1,200 Wh/L energy density, and it helps achieve some unheard-of running times.

The second concept has a 10,000mAh battery and comes with a built-in cooling fan and thermoelectric cooler, which Realme claims can reduce temperatures by up to 6°C.

The Galaxy S25 FE is coming on September 4 and we know the specs, and the price. It has a 6.7-inch 1080x2340 Dynamic AMOLED 2X screen with 120Hz refresh rate and Gorilla Glass Victus+ on top, the Exynos 2400 chipset at the helm, 8GB of RAM, and 128GB of storage.

It has a 50 MP main camera with OIS, a 12 MP ultrawide, an 8 MP telephoto with 3x optical zoom and OIS, a 12 MP selfie camera, an ultrasonic in-display fingerprint sensor, and a 4,900 mAh battery with support for 45W wired and 15W wireless charging. It measures 161.3 x 76.6 x 7.4 mm and weighs 190g.

The rumored price of the Galaxy S25 FE is $649.99 with 128GB of storage, and $709.99 with 256GB

Xiaomi unveiled HyperOS 3, based on Android 16. It brings a slight visual revamp with new icons, a new status bar, and the addition of Super Island. Xiaomi shared a list of devices eligible for the HyperOS 3.0 Beta program. The stable HyperOS 3.0 version is expected to arrive sometime in the fourth quarter of this year.

The vivo T4 Pro arrived with a Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 chip and a 6,500mAh battery, among other specs. The vivo V60 starts at INR36,999 ($420/€360) in India and is already available for purchase.

The Galaxy A07 4G is also official with a Helio G99 and 6 years of OS updates. The phone is up for sale in Indonesia, starting at IDR 1,400,000 for the base 4/64GB model.