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Huawei has had half the West against it for six years. Your answer is the Mate 80 Pro

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The market had been warning for some time: Huawei was going to return. Google’s veto United States ostracized to a Chinese company that was taken as a scapegoat at the dawn of the current trade war. What was initially a blow has ended in a big comeback leading he domestic market with more than 18% share. and he Huawei Mate 80 Pro It is another example that the brand does not want us to forget about its mobile phones outside of China. There are a couple of very important asterisks. In short. We told it a few days ago: Huawei’s best feature has been neither its technological innovation nor its investment to give wings to the Chinese foundry. His best quality has been resilience. That translates to 880 billion yuan (about $127 billion). registered in 2025. Put in context, it is the company’s second best year after the glorious 2020 in which it hugged Samsung and Apple and in which it achieved 891,000 million yuan (129,000 million dollars). And it has achieved this by looking at the local market, building an ecosystem under the name of HarmonyOS (something that is very popular in China, and Xiaomi is an example of this) and managing to be in all parts of the business. Huawei was no longer just consumer technology: it was home automation and even cars. The Western blow pushed not the reinvention of a company that was already on that path, but rather to seek that goal more ardently. And it seems that they are moving, again, outside their borders. Mate 80 Pro. In Spain we have continued receiving Huawei devices. For example, smart watches are some of the best you can buy – we just published our review of the Huawei Watch GT Runner 2-, in headphones they have models as interesting as the FreeClip 2 and we have continued receiving tablets and some mobile phones like the Huawei Pure 80 or the Mate X7a foldable. However, not all of them arrived and the Mate 80 Pro, the company’s spearhead, seemed trapped in China. In a recent presentation that we were able to attend in Madrid, Huawei has shown a slide in which it confirms the price in euros of the Huawei Mate 80 Pro, a mobile phone with a 6.75-inch OLED screen, with 8,000 nits of brightnesswith its own Kirin 9030 processor and a triplet of cameras made up of: 50 Mpx main with variable aperture from f/1.4 to f/4.0. 40 Mpx wide angle. 48 Mpx 4x telephoto with an impressive f/2.1 aperture. They have not talked about markets, yes. No concessions. The price? 1,299 euros that are a declaration of intentions. In the analysis of the Huawei Mate X7 we have seen that the performance of that chip is more similar to that of a mid-range than that of a TOP range. It is commendable that they have managed to develop it without being able to access the resources of the West – of ASMLmainly-, but it is not a processor for a 1,300 euro mobile. It also doesn’t have 5G at this point. However, in the rest of the sections in which they can innovate and grow as they did before the veto, they are doing so. 100 W charging, cameras that promise a lot, good storage speed and screens to match. It’s a “here we are, we continue making high-end mobile phones”, a declaration of intent and a kind of “because I can”. The reality: it’s complicated. However, there is no denying the elephant in the room: the Huawei Mate 80 Pro, no matter how good it looks, still cannot natively access Google mobile services. It is no longer not being able to install your apps, but others that depend on those GMS They won’t work on the phone. It’s a huge concession for many users, but it may not sound so bad to others. We are in a time in which many Europeans are beginning to resonate with the idea of ​​abandoning American technology and softwareand that’s where Google comes in. In hardware there are proposals such as Fairphone 6 and every time more alternatives appear of software so as not to have to depend on those American programs. Who had… retained? As I say, it is undeniable that Huawei’s position by sneaking a mobile phone for 1,300 euros with so many concessions is complex and optimistic, but it is still an interesting approach: they are gaining confidence thanks to rising like foam in the local market and they know that they have good foundations and, at least, a name that continues to sound good in the heads of many who have good memories of beasts like the P30 Pro. At the moment, we don’t know where this Mate 80 Pro will end up being released. Perhaps that announcement of the price of 1,299 euros is putting its foot in to test the temperature of the water, but although they know that they are competing at a disadvantage, a mobile phone of that price is a better thermometer of how the European market vibrates than a 2,100 euro foldable like the X7. In Xataka | Chinese mobile phones conquered the market by dividing into a thousand different brands. Now they are doing just the opposite.

Anthropic corners Gemini 3 Pro and GPT-5.2 more than ever

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Think for a moment about the artificial intelligence models you have used in recent days. It may have been through ChatGPT, Gemini either Claudeor perhaps through tools like Codex, Claude Code or AI Cursor. In practice, the choice is usually simple: we end up using what best fits what we need at any given moment, almost without stopping to think about the technology behind it. However, that balance changes frequently. Each new model that appears promises improvements, new capabilities or different ways of working, and with it a fairly direct question returns: if it is worth trying, if it can really offer us something better or if what we already use is still enough. Claude Sonnet 4.6 just came to the foreand this is how it is positioned against the competition. Claude Sonnet’s starting point 4.6. Here we find what Anthropic describes as a transversal improvement in capabilities, which includes advances in coding, computer use, long-context reasoning, agent planning, and tasks typical of intellectual and creative work. Added to this set is a context window of up to one million tokens in beta, designed to process entire code bases, extensive contracts or large collections of information without fragmentation. Three levels, the same map. To understand where Sonnet 4.6 fits in, it’s worth looking at how Anthropic tends to organize its family of models into different levels with different objectives. Haiku prioritizes speed and efficiency, Opus is reserved for tasks that require the deepest reasoning, and Sonnet occupies the middle ground, designed as a balance between capacity and operating cost. Within this framework, the company maintains that the new Sonnet comes close in some real jobs to the performance previously associated with the Opus, an ambitious claim. When AI starts using the computer. One of the improvements that Anthropic highlights most strongly in Sonnet 4.6 is its progress in what it calls computer usethat is, the ability of the model to interact with software in a way similar to a person, without depending on APIs designed specifically for automation. This progress is supported by references such as OSWorld-Verified, a testing environment with real applications where the Sonnet family has been improving steadily over several months. The company also recognizes limits and risks that we have talked about before, such as attempts at manipulation through prompt injection. Searching for the ‘best’ model. At this point, the relevant question stops being how much Sonnet 4.6 has improved in absolute terms and begins to focus on how it is compared to the other large models that today compete for the same space of use. The comparison is not simple nor does it allow for a single winner, because each system excels in different areas and responds to different technical priorities. That is why it is advisable to read the benchmarks with a practical perspective, identifying in which specific tasks the real differences appear. Where each model stands out. The direct comparison with GPT-5.2 draws a distribution of strengths rather than a clear victory. According to the table published by Anthropic, Sonnet 4.6 stands out especially widely in the autonomous use of the computer measured in OSWorld-Verified, in addition to showing an advantage in office tasks (GDPval-AA Elo) and in some analysis or problem solving scenarios (Finance Agent v1.1, ARC-AGI-2). GPT-5.2, for its part, maintains better results in graduate-level reasoning (GPQA Diamond), visual comprehension (MMMU-Pro) and terminal programming (Terminal-Bench 2.0), with nuances such as results marked as Pro in some tests (BrowseComp, HLE) or self-reported grades in Terminal-Bench 2.0. The comparison with Gemini 3 Pro introduces a different nuance, because here the advantages are concentrated above all in the field of reasoning and general knowledge. The Google model obtains better results in graduate-level reasoning tests (GPQA Diamond) and in wide-ranging multilingual questionnaires (MMMLU), in addition to being ahead in visual reasoning without tools (MMMU-Pro). Sonnet 4.6, on the other hand, retains a certain advantage when external tools or scenarios closer to the applied work come into play. The absence of some comparable data in the table itself forces, in any case, to interpret this duel with caution. Where Sonnet 4.6 can be used. The new model is available in all Claude plans, including the free level, where it also becomes the default option within claude.ai and Claude Cowork. It can also be used through Claude Code, the API and the main cloud platforms, maintaining the same price as the Sonnet 4.5 version. After going through capabilities, limits and comparisons, the real decision returns to the user’s daily life. Sonnet 4.6 aims to be especially useful in productive tasks, direct interaction with software and long workflows, while GPT-5.2 and Gemini 3 Pro maintain advantages in academic reasoning, visual comprehension or general knowledge depending on the test considered. No one dominates all fronts, and that fragmentation defines the current moment of artificial intelligence. Images | Anthropic In Xataka | In 2025, AI seemed to have hit a wall of progress. A volatilized wall in February 2026 In Xataka | The great revolution of GPT-5.3 Codex and Claude Opus 4.6 is not that they are smarter. 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Sony WF-1000XM6 vs AirPods Pro 3. Which Bluetooth headphones to choose based on your tastes and needs

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Buying good Bluetooth headphones can be a daunting task. There are many models from different brands, so it is difficult to choose if we are not clear about what each one offers. Now that the Sony WF-1000XM6What better than to put them face to face with the AirPods Pro 3 from Apple. Let’s see what their most important differences. The differences between the Sony WF-1000XM6 and the AirPods Pro 3 A clearly differential design Do you like stick or earbud headphones better? Not all people are attracted to the same design, so here we find the first big difference: the Sony WF-1000XM6 have a button design, while the AirPods Pro 3 have a stick format. In this way, they maintain the design of their respective previous generations. In any case, beyond personal tastes, we find two models of comfortable headphoneswhich are designed to be used for hours without fatigue. Both come with their respective pads, which allows us to have a better fit in the ear. Of course, while Sony headphones come with four ear pads, in Apple headphones we find five. The sound section This point is one of the most important, especially due to the compatibility of some technologies. The Sony WF-1000XM6 supports LDACa codec that offers wireless streaming of music in high resolution and that we find in a wide variety of Android devices. The AirPods Pro 3 take another path, betting on technologies such as spatial audiobut here we must take into account that Can only be used with compatible devices. That is, if you have an iPhone you can enjoy the immersion that this technology gives. If you have an Android phone, it needs to be compatible with Dolby Atmos and used in apps like Apple Music. Extras If you were planning to use any of the headphones anywhere… be careful. AirPods Pro 3 offer resistance against dust and water immersion (IP57), but the Sony WF-1000XM6 only resist water jets (IPX4). Not that with normal use this is a big difference, but you have to take it into account if you want to use them on the beach or near a pool. We also find other differences between both headphones, such as the heart rate sensor that the AirPods Pro 3 incorporate. This is a sensor that we normally see in smartwatches, but that Apple has decided to introduce in these headphones and that works really well. Yeah you usually playing sports and you don’t have an Apple Watch, it can be very attractive. How much do headphones cost? Both TWS Bluetooth headphones are high-end, so they are not particularly cheap. However, Apple’s have been on the market for a while and can be found cheaper. Right now, the AirPods Pro 3 They have a price on Amazon of 229 euroswhile the Sony WF-1000XM6 They have an official price of 299 euros. There are 70 euros difference. In summary: which Bluetooth headphones to choose according to your tastes and needs. Why choose the Sony WF-1000XM6 The Sony WF-1000XM6 have improved compared to the previous generation, and where they stand out the most is in: LDAC support: If you have a device that supports high-quality audio, these headphones can be very attractive due to their LDAC codec. Device Compatibility. Unlike the AirPods Pro 3, where some functions are exclusive to its ecosystem, you can squeeze the technologies and functions of these headphones into almost any device. Very well resolved active noise cancellation. Sony has once again launched headphones with impressive adaptive noise cancellation on the market. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Why choose AirPods Pro 3 The AirPods Pro 3 are a very good purchase choice, especially now that they can be found somewhat cheaper. Where they stand out the most is in: Spatial Audio support. This technology allows you to listen to music as if it were coming from any direction, which offers great immersion. Your heart rate sensor. This addition that Apple has introduced can be very attractive for sports activities. Its price. The 70 euros difference in the price of both headphones is quite large. If you have an iPhone. AirPods Pro 3 are designed to be used with an iPhone or other Apple device, so you can enjoy features such as spatial audio and adaptive audio. Very good active noise cancellation. They offer better active noise cancellation than their previous generation, and it shows. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links In summary: 👉 Choose The Sony WF-1000XM6 yes: You are looking for headphones that support the LDAC codec or have a button design. 👉 Choose AirPods Pro 3 Yeah: You have an iPhone, you’re looking to make use of everything headphones offer, or you want a stick design. Technical sheet with the main differences between the Sony WF-1000XM6 and the AirPods Pro 3 Sony WF-1000XM6 AirPods Pro 3 SOUND LDAC support Hi-Res Audio DSEE Extreme DAC + ASP 32 bit Spatial audio Adaptive Audio Conversation detection Adaptive EQ pressure compensation AUTONOMY Up to 8 hours with ANC, 12 hours without ANC Up to 24 hours with charging case Up to 8 hours with active cancellation Up to 7.5 hours with spatial audio and dynamic tracking Up to 6.7 hours with heart rate measurement Up to 24 hours with charging case Autonomy Charging via USB-C cableQi Wireless Face Charging via USB-C cable Wireless charging: MagSafe and Apple Watch charger Extras Active noise cancellation IPX4 certification Position detection gesture control Active noise cancellation IP57 certification Heart rate sensor Price 299 euros 229 euros The price could vary. We earn commission from these links The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Some of the links in this article are affiliated and may provide a benefit to Xataka. In case of non-availability, offers may vary. Image | Ruben Andres, Pedro Aznar in Applesfera, Sony, Apple In Xataka | AirPods Pro 3 vs AirPods Pro 2. Which Apple Bluetooth headphones to choose based on … Read more

Apple begins the reconquest of China thanks to the strong point of the iPhone 17 Pro: it is orange

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Color psychology is a tremendously studied field. Something as simple as a color can trigger feelings subconsciouslybeing the use of green color in the scenes of the villains of classic Disney one of the best examples. It also depends on our languagebut I feel such a powerful weapon, it is evident that it is used consciously in the marketing and colors of the products. And there is nothing that exemplifies it better than China’s fever for the iPhone 17 Pro. For one in particular: the orange iPhone. In short. China is a market with immense potential for companies that want to exploit it. They are simple numbersand Apple has just witnessed what happens when they hit the key. How do they count in Financial TimesIn Apple’s recent financial presentation, Tim Cook welcomed the rebound in iPhone sales in China during the fourth quarter of 2025. The last and first sections of each year are the strong points of an Apple that usually launches its new devices between September and November of each year, but in the last quarter of 2025 they have experienced something unusual: income of 26,000 million dollars, marking a growth of 38% year-on-year in China and accounting for a fifth of the company’s total income. Taking into account the continuity in terms of specifications and fierce competition with Xiaomi, Alive and one Huawei that has returned on its ownit’s… curious. But it seems that the person responsible is none other than one color. cosmic orange. It is the model we analyzed, clearly the most striking of Apple’s colors for the latest batch of iPhone and the one that is causing a stir in China. Orange is a color that distills energy, happiness and vitality. It is a warm color, and in China it also has a meaning positive related to the vitality of the crops, but also with spirituality and with the association of “orange” and “success” due to the similarity in Mandarin. And it seems like a joke, but it’s not. As we said, the colors of a device are not chosen at random, and this one has also landed on the right foot in the Asian giant. Nabila Popal, research director of the analyst group IDCnotes in the FT that “it sounds simple, but iPhone sales respond to obvious external changes in the design, which include the introduction of a garish orange color.” Viral. But it is no longer that Chinese consumers are buying the orange iPhone because it symbolizes that vitality, but because it symbolizes status. The shade of Apple’s ‘Cosmic Orange’ is very, very similar to the classic Hermès Orange, a luxury brand with which Apple itself has collaborated on some occasions (for Apple Watch straps, for example). It is something that has made the orange iPhone Pro transcend: from being a premium range phone to a luxury accessory. And of course, it is only in the most expensive model, the Pro, which increases that even more. perception to have a luxury accessory. “Choosing orange means that everyone knows that you are using the latest iPhone. It is a statement of identity,” said an influencer in one of the -many- unboxings of the orange iPhone that are seen on Chinese networks. Beyond color. Aside from the fact that color has had an impact on the sale of iPhones in China during the last period, the interesting thing is that Apple has managed to turn the tables. It has presented its strongest quarter since the first of 2022, the year in which it stood out and which has been followed by three periods of dcadence compared to national competition. Huawei, in particular, was very strong after recovering from the US veto and starting to launch high-end mobile phones again, this time with home-made chips. Apple should not be too amused about calling the orange iPhone “the Hermès iPhone,” but seeing how viral it is, it’s not like this mix of identities should be a headache in Cupertino. Now the question is whether they will start launching other devices and models in orange to try their luck in China… or if they will withdraw it, leaving the color as an exclusive to the iPhone 17. It wouldn’t be the first time. Image | Xataka In Xataka | For Apple, the price of its iPhones was sacred. Until it began to fall into the void in China

Qwen3-Max-Thinking rivals Google’s Gemini 3 Pro more than ever. The key is in what is not being told

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There are days when it feels like we open the phone and the dashboard changes again. Since ChatGPT broke out in November 2022the artificial intelligence race has continued to accelerate, and every few weeks a new model appears which promises to push the bar a little further. Sometimes it is an update, other times it is a “flagship” with a different surname, but the pattern repeats itself: more power, more ambition and an increasingly global story. In this context, China is gaining visibility in an increasingly evident way, and the name that is now entering the conversation is Qwen3-Max-ThinkingAlibaba’s proposal with which it wants to play in the same league as the great references of the moment. At first glance, Qwen3-Max-Thinking might seem like just another name in the endless list of models. But there is a relevant nuance here: he presents it as his star model for reasoning tasks, and explicitly places it in the same conversation as Gemini 3 Pro. The company says it has scaled parameters and invested computing resources in reinforcement to improve several dimensions at once, from factual knowledge and complex reasoning to instruction following, alignment with human preferences and agent capabilities. In other words: you are not just selling raw power, but a way to “think” better. What benchmarks teach To land that promise, the most useful thing is to look at the comparative table that we have in hand, with 19 benchmarks and a direct count: Gemini 3 Pro leads in 11, Qwen3-Max-Thinking does it in 8. This data, by itself, does not decide “who is better”but it does help to understand the type of fight that Alibaba poses when faced with Google. Here it is worth being very literal with what we are measuring: each benchmark focuses on a specific skill, from general knowledge to programming, use of tools, following instructions or long context analysis. If we look for the point where Qwen3-Max-Thinking really hits home, there is one that stands out above the rest: following instructions and aligning with what humans prefer in a conversation. In Arena-Hard v2Qwen wins with 90.2 compared to Gemini’s 81.7, which is the largest difference in its favor in the entire table (8.5 points above). It is not a minor nuance, because this type of benchmark does not reward only the technical “success”, but rather the final result that a person considers most useful when blindly comparing answers. Added to that IFBenchwhere Qwen wins by the minimum (70.9 versus 70.4). Translated into real life: when the user does not formulate a perfect instruction, when the assignment has ambiguity or requires interpreting intent, Qwen seems more oriented to nailing what is asked of him and doing it in a way that feels natural. The other area where Qwen supports his “thinking model” narrative is mathematical reasoning and logical problem solving. On HMMT, in both the November 2025 and February 2025 issues, Qwen is ahead (94.7 vs. 93.3 and 98.0 vs. 97.5, respectively). And in IMOAnswerBench it also wins, although by a minimal margin: 83.9 versus 83.3. These numbers do not suggest a beating, but they do suggest a consistent pattern: when the problem demands several steps of logic and it is not solved only with memory or a nice answer, Qwen tends to take advantage. To these improvements Alibaba adds a component that is already becoming the new standard: that the model does not remain in the text, but can act. In its presentation, the company talks about an adaptive use of tools that allows information to be retrieved on demand and a code interpreter to be invoked. And this orientation also appears in the benchmarks: in HLE (w/ tools), Qwen wins with 49.8 compared to 45.8 for Gemini, which suggests a better ability to perform when the model can rely on external tools. Here the fundamental change is important: it is no longer just “what he responds”, but how he investigates, how he decides what tool to use and how he synthesizes what he finds. There is a part of this comparison where the Gemini 3 Pro feels more “engineer” than “conversational,” and it is precisely where many professional users put the focus. The Google model wins in MMLU-Pro and MMLU-Redux, two tests closely associated with general knowledge, and also in GPQA and HLE, which in this table appear as demanding evaluation benchmarks and complex questions. In code, Gemini prevails in LiveCodeBench v6 and also in SWE Verifiedwhich reinforces the idea that, for programming tasksis still a very solid bet. Added to this is AA-LCR, where it leads in analysis of long documents. The fine print hides beyond the price At this point, there is a question that weighs as much as any benchmark: how much does it cost to use these models seriously. In standard prices per 1M tokens, the contrast is clear. On Gemini 3 Pro, the entry moves between 2 and 4 dollars depending on the tranche of input tokens, while in Qwen3-Max The input is listed at $1.2. But the most important difference appears at the output, which is where the “thought” of the model is paid: Gemini marks 12 to 18 dollars compared to the 6 dollars of Qwen. Translated into proportions, in standard use Gemini is approximately 1.67 times more expensive in entry and 2 times more expensive in exit in the usual section. If the tranche exceeds 200,000 entry tokens, the distance increases to 3.33 times in entry and 3 times in exit. Gemini is approximately 1.67 times more expensive on entry and 2 times more expensive on exit in the usual section. And here we come to the part that is usually left out of the conversation when everything focuses on power and price: what happens to your data when you use the model, and under what rules. In the case of Qwen, two worlds must be clearly separated. On the one hand there is the consumer web chat, whose terms They contemplate the use and storage … Read more

The Google Pixel 10 Pro cheaper than ever, the Nintendo Switch 2 in a pack with two games, offers on watches and more. Hunting Bargains

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Christmas will be over, but The offers continue to arrive, standing out not only in quantity, but also in quality.. Stores like Amazon, MediaMarkt and many others have added tons of discounts on a huge variety of devices. If you are looking for the Nintendo Switch 2 at a good price or want to renew your mobile, keep an eye out for this week’s Bargain Hunting offers. Google Pixel 10 Pro by 749 eurosthe best price we have seen to date. Even better than Black Friday. nintendo switch 2 by 509 eurosa pack that includes two exclusive Nintendo video games. Bit F7 by 448.99 eurosa pack that in addition to the mobile phone includes a tablet. OnePlus Watch Lite by 159 eurosa smartwatch in a pack that includes the brand’s Bluetooth headphones. PocketBook Era Color by 213.90 eurosan e-book reader with a color screen. Google Pixel 10 Pro One of the best offers of the entire week has fallen on the Google Pixel 10 Proa mobile phone that, although it is true that it has received many offers in recent months, now has the best one we have seen to date: Amazon has it for 749 euros. It is a small mobile (6.3 inches) that comes with 16 GB of RAM, its battery supports wireless charging, its software will be updated for many years and Its photographic section is a delight. Google Pixel 10 Pro (128GB) The price could vary. We earn commission from these links nintendo switch 2 There are not a few offers that we have seen in the nintendo switch 2 since its launch. After a Christmas full of discounts, MediaMarkt now has a special offer on a pack put together by the store itself: the Nintendo Switch 2 comes with the official pack that includes the ‘Mario Kart World‘, but also for the same price you can select the video game ‘Pokémon ZA Legends‘ totally free. In this way, the console is left with two games per 509 euros. If you prefer, MediaMark has the Nintendo Switch 2 for 469 euros. It does not include ‘Mario Kart World’, but it does come with ‘Pokémon Legends Z-A’. In both cases, To select these packs assembled by MediaMarkt, you must select them a little further down in the store. Nintendo Switch 2 + Mario Kart World + Pokémon ZA Legends The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Little F7 From time to time Xiaomi launches the odd pack on offer. We see it a lot on the phone, and this time it was the turn of the Little F7 that, for a price of 489.99 euroscomes along with the Redmi Pad 2a tablet with good build quality and a screen and sound combo perfect for consuming multimedia content. As regards the Little F7it is a mobile phone that incorporates a good 6.83-inch screen that offers 1.5K resolution. Its processor is the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 and Its battery is 6,500 mAh. It is also waterproof (IP68) and comes with 256 GB of internal storage. Poco F7 (256GB) + Redmi Pad 2 (128GB) The price could vary. We earn commission from these links OnePlus Watch Lite There are no two without three. He OnePlus Watch Lite It arrived recently and the official store not only has it on sale with a good discount, but also has it in a pack with the OnePlus Nord Buds 3 ProBluetooth headphones with adaptive cancellation that are valued at 79 euros. The watch pack with the headphones remains in 159 euros. As for the OnePlus Watch Lite, it is a smartwatch that has a 1.46-inch AMOLED screen. It has 4 GB of internal storage, Its theoretical autonomy reaches a week with typical useincludes GPS and comes with more than 100 sports modes, as well as a good assortment to monitor physical activity. OnePlus Watch Lite + OnePlus Nord Buds 3 Pro The price could vary. We earn commission from these links PocketBook Era Color If you didn’t get to take advantage of the numerous deals we saw on Kindle and Kobo readers over Christmas, we can still find plenty of discounts on other brands. During the El Corte Inglés Sales, you can buy the PocketBook Era Color by 213.90 euros. It is an eReader with a 7-inch color anti-glare screen that allows you to access eBiblio from the browser. It plays books and audiobooks and is compatible with a wide range of formats. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Some of the links in this article are affiliated and may provide a benefit to Xataka. In case of non-availability, offers may vary. Images | Google, Nintendo, Xiaomi, OnePlus, PocketBook In Xataka | The best mobile phones, we have tested them and here are their analyzes In Xataka | The best smartwatches (2026): their analyzes and videos are here

It had been a long time since a cell phone left me speechless. So I went to China to test the Honor Magic8 Pro camera

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If you asked someone from HONOR how they were going to improve the camera on their phones next year, the answer they would give you is that you hold the telephoto. A few weeks ago I was traveling to China to see first-hand the factory and the R&D laboratory from which the HONOR Magic8 Proa terminal that bets (almost) everything on the camera. And what a camera. Just stroll through the busy streets of Shenzhen or sit and enjoy the sunset in Hong Kong to discover that yes, HONOR has been working hard on its camera. I can’t talk about specifications, yet, but I can confirm that we have a wide angle, an angle and a periscopic zoom which is, without a doubt, the main protagonist. So much so that I ended up using it more than the main sensor for obvious reasons. That zoom was enjoyable A quality optical zoom not only makes the photo “look sharper”, but also gives a lot of play. The perspective we get with the telephoto cannot be achieved with a normal zoom (cropping of the sensor), since it is by using a longer focal length that we get that “compression effect” of the shots. Let’s say that the distance between two objects in different planes of the scene is reduced, something that is very useful in urban photography and allows us to achieve things like this. Photograph taken with the HONOR Magic8 Pro | Image: Xataka But let’s start at the beginning. Little can be said about the main sensor. It is a sensor that HONOR has clearly mastered and whose results speak for themselves. Good control of highlights and shadows, notable HDR work and faithful color representation, although some background work is noticeable to highlight the strongest colors. In this case, green. Photograph taken with the HONOR Magic8 Pro | Image: Xataka Photograph taken with the HONOR Magic8 Pro | Image: Xataka Photograph taken with the HONOR Magic8 Pro | Image: Xataka At night, the sensor knows how to surprise. It is no secret that there is a treatment for shadows and noise, but The result is one of the best I have seen to date.. These photos are really complex because you have fine details in highlights and huge contrast. The terminal resolves photos well, preserving detail, eliminating noise almost completely and keeping glare at bay. Photograph taken with the HONOR Magic8 Pro | Image: Xataka In this image we have to look not only at the enormous tubular building on the left, but also at its reflection in the next building. It is not a pastiche of lights without rhyme or reason, but the camera manages to perfectly capture the reflection without burning either the background or the building. Also notable is the definition not only of the lines of light, but of the light bulbs themselves hanging from the trees and the texts of the distant blocks. Photograph taken with the HONOR Magic8 Pro | Image: Xataka I liked it a lot during the day, but it’s at night when it really conquered me. If you told me 15 years ago that a gadget I carried in my pocket was going to allow me to take this photo, I probably wouldn’t have believed you. HONOR has done an excellent job not only in the camera, but in the processing. This image would be impossible to take freehand if there were not good stabilization, a good sensor and good background processing. Photograph taken with the HONOR Magic8 Pro | Image: Xataka But if this camera surprises, the telephoto is another story. The HONOR Magic8 Pro has a periscope with 3.7x optical magnification that we can digitally expand up to ten and 100x. The sweet spot, however, is x3.7. Because? Because we can get closer to the subject taking advantage of the full resolution of the sensor and take photos like these, I hope you are not hungry. Photograph taken with the HONOR Magic8 Pro | Image: Xataka Photograph taken with the HONOR Magic8 Pro | Image: Xataka In these photos you can perfectly see what I mentioned previously. Without an optical zoom we would not be able to achieve a blur as silky as this image. You don’t have to rely on portrait mode to crop your subject and blur the background, but you can achieve a superior effect by simply moving away from your subject and using the zoom. If you add a large, high-resolution sensor to that, you get a photo with exquisite textures. Photograph taken with the HONOR Magic8 Pro | Image: Xataka Photograph taken with the HONOR Magic8 Pro | Image: Xataka If we talk about urban photography, this periscope allows us to get closer to the scene and frame in ways that, normally, we could not achieve, either because it does not have a telephoto (something strange in the high range) or because the resolution of the sensor is not up to par. Photograph taken with the HONOR Magic8 Pro | Image: Xataka Photograph taken with the HONOR Magic8 Pro | Image: Xataka Photograph taken with the HONOR Magic8 Pro | Image: Xataka It also allows us to see things that we can only intuit with the naked eye. The advantage of having this resolution is that, even when cropping by zooming to 10x, we can achieve good results. Photograph taken with the HONOR Magic8 Pro | Image: Xataka Photograph taken with the HONOR Magic8 Pro | Image: Xataka The best thing is that the quality of the photos is preserved even when light is scarce. Normally, it is taking photos at night when I least enjoy testing a mobile phone. It is the most complex moment and where the seams are usually seen by the cameras. The HONOR Magic8 Pro is not exempt from those seams by any means, but the work that the Chinese firm has done is sensational. Photograph taken with the HONOR Magic8 Pro | Image: Xataka Photograph taken with … Read more

up to 200 euros discount on the Pixel 10 Pro and Pixel 10 Pro XL

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It may seem like a lie, but there are less than two weeks left until the end of the year. Despite the proximity to 2026, it is still a great time if we are looking to renew our mobile phone and we look for the best of the best. If we are in the position of looking for a new phone and we want the best Android experience, The official Google store makes it a little easier for us: we have a discount of 100 euros for the Google Pixel 10 Pro which makes it available from 999 euros. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links We also have a discount of 200 euros for the Pixel 10 Pro XL This is a very good opportunity that the official Google store offers us. This promo will only be available until January 6 at 11:59 p.m. or while stocks lastwhichever comes first. With it, we have a great phone available like the Pixel 10 Pro at a discount, although, as we will see below, it is not the only phone that is on sale. The Pixel 10 Pro is one of the best devices that 2025 has left us. It is a phone that It does not lack power and performance thanks to the Tensor G5 chip and its 16 GB of RAM. In addition, it has a 6.3-inch OLED screen and a triple camera system that scores well in any scenario. All rounded out with the most polished Android experience ever and seven years of guaranteed updates. It is a round phone in every sense, ideal if we are looking for something high-end but in a compact format. But what if we prefer a larger phone? Then we can jump to the model Pixel 10 Pro XLa device that is also on sale right now in the official Google store: we can get it from 1,099 euros, a discount of 200 euros. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links This version is similar to the Pro model, although it has differences in three key aspects. The most obvious is on the screen, which in this case is 6.8 inches. This change is added to the battery, which in this case is 5,200 mAh (compared to the 4,870 mAh of the Pro model) and which is compatible with 45 W fast charging and 25 W wireless charging. These two changes, however, do not make the device much heavier, since it is barely 25 grams heavier. They are two very interesting phones, so it will depend on our needs or our budget to choose the one that best suits us. What is clear is one thing: either of the two is a top mobile if we look for Android ecosystem and very good features. Some of the links in this article are affiliated and may provide a benefit to Xataka. In case of non-availability, offers may vary. Images | Google In Xataka | The best quality-price mobiles. Their analyzes and videos are here In Xataka | The best mobile phones, we have tested them and here are their analyzes

stand up to Google’s Nano Banana Pro phenomenon

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You may remember when, a few months ago, half the internet started creating Studio Ghibli-style images with ChatGPT to upload them to social networks. The “magic” behind that fever was OpenAI’s new image generation model. But everything moves so fast that the conversation lasted just long enough. Some time later, our attention was already elsewhere: on how difficult it was to distinguish some images created with Nano Banana Pro. In a very short time, half the world began to talk about the benefits of Google’s new generative model, and there were many who placed it ahead of that of OpenAI. But this is an open race, with technology giants fighting for AI leadership. And, as expected, the company led by Sam Altman has responded. This Tuesday it launched ChatGPT Images, which comes boasting several improvements for users. Editing as a key element. One of the great historical challenges of image generation tools has been the specific editing of specific elements. ChatGPT Images directly aims to solve this limitation, allowing us to modify only what interests us, from a specific object to lighting, composition or even the appearance of people. This opens the door to combining elements or introducing very specific changes without having to remake the entire image, something that until now used to be a weak point in this type of model. See yourself in an ad or “travel” to your favorite place. Another section where ChatGPT Images makes a leap is in creative transformations. Simply upload your own photo and accompany it with a simple prompt to obtain, in a matter of seconds, surprisingly convincing results. It is worth clarifying that this idea is not completely new. In fact, it is one of the most outstanding virtues of Nano Banana Pro, a model that our colleague Javier Lacort was able to test thoroughly and was already pointing in this direction. Let’s look at some examples with ChatGPT Images. Original image: “Create an image of this man, but in Time Square, New York, with clothes, looks, surroundings, etc., that are believable for winter 2025” “It places this person in full body in a Japanese city during a rainy night, with neon, reflections on the ground and cyberpunk aesthetics” Precision as a flag and improvements in the text. OpenAI also places emphasis on improving accuracy. How many of us have had to ask for something specific and receive just the opposite, or find that the model has not understood the instruction correctly? Part of that problem, according to the company, should be left behind. If we provide detailed instructions, the system should be able to honor them more faithfully. In addition, the generation of text within images is reinforced, a key aspect for creating posters, promotional ads and other content where typography and the message are as important as the image itself. Images | OpenAI In Xataka | We believed that Microsoft had already put Copilot everywhere. LG shows us that we were very wrong

Pixel 10 Pro and Pixel Buds Pro 2 have a 210 euro discount if we buy them together

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It is true that Black Friday is already over, but that does not mean that we have already missed the boat of taking advantage of some interesting promotions. It will depend a lot on what we are looking for, but if we are after a new mobile phone and we like what Android offers, the Google Store has a great promotion right now: we can take a Pixel 10 Pro next to some Buds Pro 2 with a discount of 210 euros: it would cost us the combo 1,138 euros. And be careful, because we would also get a great gift. Google Pixel 10 Pro + Pixel Buds Pro 2 The price could vary. We earn commission from these links A great combo that comes with a discount and gift This is a great option to renew two devices with a single purchase and with good savings along the way. This promo, which will only be active until next December 18 (or while supplies last), it is very easy to take advantage of: all we have to do is put both items in the cart and the discount will be applied automatically. The only thing we must keep in mind is that this offer cannot be combined with others. The discount that both devices have is very attractive, but it becomes even more so if we take into account that the combo also comes, with 70 euros of balance to spend in the Google Store. In this way, after making the purchase, we will receive the balance so that we can spend it within a period of one year from its issuance and with which we can save a good bit on other brand devices that we buy in the Google Store. And what would we get with this combo? First, a great phone like the Google Pixel 10 Pro. This device stands out for having the best Android experience and for being full of AI thanks to Gemini, but also for offering seven years of updatesvery good performance and a 6.3-inch screen that looks great. We can enjoy the phone together with our new Pixel Buds Pro 2, headphones that stand out for very good sound quality and corresponding noise cancellation. With this activated, we will be able to enjoy up to 30 hours of autonomy if we add the battery in the case. Furthermore, as we already highlighted in his analysis, They also stand out for being a super comfortable option. A combo that, if we add features, price and gift, will allow us to get two devices that we will enjoy for many years and that will also allow us to save a lot on our purchase if we take advantage of this Google Store promo. Some of the links in this article are affiliated and may provide a benefit to Xataka. In case of non-availability, offers may vary. Images | Google In Xataka | The best mobile phones, we have tested them and here are their analyzes In Xataka | Best wireless headphones. Which one to buy and 21 models from 15 euros to 470 euros

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