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Weekly poll: What were the best phones to come out at IFA 2019

Posted: 08 Sep 2019 07:00 AM PDT

IFA 2019 saw several major reveals - you can read our recap of the new phones that were announced if you were too busy to follow along with each event. What do you think - was it more exciting than last year? Here's the 2018 recap if you need a reminder. And more importantly - which is your favorite phone? That's the theme of this week's poll. To keep things fair, we've split things into flagships and mid-rangers. Let's start with the flagships. We'll link to our hands-on reviews and videos if you need more info on each phone. Asus ROG Phone II ZS660KL • Sony Xperia 5 • LG G8X...

IFA 2019 wrap-up: all new phones and tablets

Posted: 08 Sep 2019 04:00 AM PDT

Early September is a favorite time of year for both smartphone makers and reviewers - many of the most interesting phones for the second half of the year are unveiled during the press days leading to the start of the IFA tech show held annually in Berlin. In case you weren't paying attention to the last couple of days, here's a recap of what you might have missed. Sony The Sony Xperia 5 reveal marks the return of the Compact series. The petite flagship packs almost the same set of features as the larger Xperia 1 - it has the same triple camera with Eye AF, the same Snapdragon 855...

Weekly poll results: the Redmi Note 8 Pro is off to a rocky start, the Note 8 fares worse

Posted: 08 Sep 2019 01:00 AM PDT

While Xiaomi is normally in tune with its fans, last week's poll shows that the new Redmi Note phones may be a rare misstep. The Redmi Note 8 Pro received an overall positive score with most votes being in favor of the phone. Still almost as many people said they will look at different models. What went wrong? The choice of the MediaTek Helio G90T was by far the most common complaint. It's a powerful chip, but many brought up bad past experiences with MediaTek. Some were concerned about the availability of custom ROMs and the ability to install a modded version of Google's camera app....

LG K50S and LG K40S hands-on

Posted: 07 Sep 2019 09:00 PM PDT

LG unveiled the G8X ThinQ at IFA in Berlin and we were quick to take it for a spin. While strolling the booths at the venue, it turned out LG had brought some other phones we hadn't had the chance to play around with - the recently announced K50S and K40S. Distinctly unpretentious, the two K-series handsets prioritize affordability over the greatest of specs and come with Mediatek Helio P22 chipsets, 32 gigs of storage and 3GB of RAM (the K40S can also be had with 2GB or RAM). Dedicated microSD slots mean you're not limited to those 32GB either. LG K50S hands-on The K50S is the...

vivo V17 Pro with dual elevating front cameras pops-up online

Posted: 07 Sep 2019 04:30 PM PDT

This is not the first time we hear about the upcoming vivo V17 Pro handset. Leaked promo video and image were enough to give us a sneak peek and we finally have some official renders and specs to fill in the gaps. The images and info are courtesy of WinFuture and given the good track record, we think the specs listed below are solid. V17 Pro in different color variants The V17 Pro is built around a 6.44-inch Super AMOLED screen with under-display fingerprint reader and a tall 21:9 aspect ratio with 1080 x 2440px resolution. Of course, there's no notch so the dual front-facing...

vivo teases the NEX 3 with new customizable camera UI

Posted: 07 Sep 2019 02:30 PM PDT

We are just a little over a week away from the unveiling of the vivo NEX 3, but the general product manager of vivo just can't stop teasing the phone. This time around, he's boasting about the NEX 3's default camera app. Screenshots from the new camera UI He wrote a post on Weibo saying that the upcoming NEX smartphone will come with a new camera UI that can be almost fully customized. From what we've gathered, you can choose which functions and icons to show up on the viewfinder. Or re-arrange the shooting modes depending on how you use your camera. And judging by the...

Huawei Watch GT 2 arriving on September 19

Posted: 07 Sep 2019 12:30 PM PDT

Huawei is all set to unveil the Kirin 990-powered Mate 30 series on September 19, and alongside that, the company will also take the wraps off its 2019 smartwatch - Watch GT 2. Huawei made the announcement by posting a video on Weibo. The clip doesn't divulge anything about the Watch GT 2 other than revealing that the smartwatch will be powered by the freshly announced chip for wearables - Kirin A1 - which also powers the Freebuds 3. That said, thanks to previous leaks, we know a few features of the Watch GT 2 like the built-in GPS and optical heart rate monitor. The...

Our Samsung Galaxy Note10 video review is up

Posted: 07 Sep 2019 10:30 AM PDT

Samsung launched two Note series smartphones this year - Galaxy Note10 and Galaxy Note10+. As evident from its name, the vanilla Note10 is a stripped-down version of the Note10+, and if you are wondering whether it's a worthy buy or not, you can watch our video review below where Will tells you all about the smaller Note. If you want to know even more about the Samsung Galaxy Note10, you can head over here to read our detailed written review.

Honor launches a new AI-powered smart app for the visually impaired

Posted: 07 Sep 2019 08:30 AM PDT

At this year's IFA, Honor announced a new color option for Honor 20 Pro, a wider market availability for its Honor Band 5 and also a new smart app that helps visually impaired users to read text. The app is called PocketVision and it's powered by Honor's AI and the high-resolution camera on the Honor 20-series smartphones. The app can help people with impaired vision to read documents, menus and everything in between. There are three available modes so far - Text-to-Speech Mode, Zoom-In Mode and Negative Image Mode. The first one is pretty self-explanatory - you point at a text and...
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