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Redmi Note 8 lineup is available on open sale in India

Posted: 26 Dec 2019 07:30 AM PST

Xiaomi released the Redmi Note 8 series for the Indian market in mid-October, and until now they were sold during flash sales. Due to "popular demand", the company has finally launched an open sale for the Redmi Note 8, Redmi Note 8 Pro and Redmi 8. They can be purchased during any time of day at Flipkart or Amazon, Mi.com, and some offline stores. The Redmi Note 8 Pro is one of the first phones on the market with a 64 MP camera and a Helio G90T chipset. It has a huge 4,500 mAh battery and a microSD slot, which is exclusive for India. Xiaomi also included an 18W charger in the box...

Oppo Enco Free TWS earphones arrive with AI noise cancellation and up to 25-hour battery life

Posted: 26 Dec 2019 06:00 AM PST

Oppo today unveiled the Reno3 series at an event in Hangzhou, China and alongside that, the company launched its truly wireless earphones, dubbed Oppo Enco Free. The Oppo Enco Free pack 13.4mm dynamic drivers and have a frequency response range of 16Hz to 20KHz. They come with an FPC positioning system paired with a dual magnetic circuit and composite diaphragm to deliver detailed, studio-quality audio. The Enco Free sport a half in-ear design but they also come with silicon tips in three different sizes for a better fit. The earphones weigh 4.6 grams each and are IPX4 certified,...

MediaTek introduces mid-range Dimensity 800 with integrated 5G modem

Posted: 26 Dec 2019 04:30 AM PST

MediaTek hosted a quick press conference in Beijing where it introduced to media representatives the Dimensity 800 chipset, aimed to power mid-range smartphones in 2020. It has an integrated 5G modem and will be a more affordable solution than the Dimensity 1000/L that can be found in the Oppo Reno3 smartphone. The company did not disclose any specs but revealed the platform will be demoed at CES 2020 in Las Vegas in the first days of the new year. Expectations are the Dimensity 800 to compete with smartphones powered by Kirin 800 series and Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 series chipsets....

Huawei P40 Pro might come with a penta camera setup and notchless display

Posted: 26 Dec 2019 02:45 AM PST

The Huawei P40 and P40 Pro are coming in March 2020 and we already got a glimpse of their designs through leaked renders last week, which revealed the P40 duo will sport rectangular camera islands on the back. The images didn't reveal the total number of rear cameras, but thanks to a recently leaked image, we know the Pro variant will come with a total of five snappers on its back - a 64MP Sony IMX686 main sensor joined by a 20MP ultrawide, a 12MP periscope telephoto (10x optical zoom), a macro camera, and a 3D ToF unit. The image shows off the P40 Pro in blue color, with the four...

Oppo Reno3 Pro and Oppo Reno3 are official with 5G out of the box

Posted: 26 Dec 2019 01:01 AM PST

Oppo just announced the Reno3 lineup in its home market, while the Western world is still recovering from the feast of food and emotions and presents that is Christmas. There were two phones on stage - the Reno3 Pro and the Reno3, both of which come with 5G connectivity. The mightier Pro version has a Snapdragon 765G chipset, while the vanilla Reno3 is the first smartphone to sport MediaTek's new Dimensity 1000L SoC. Oppo Reno3 Pro The Reno3 Pro has a 6.5" OLED panel with a 90 Hz refresh rate and a punch hole for the selfie camera. The panel has a 180 Hz touch detection rate for...

Realme X50 5G appears in an official poster, live image confirms side-mounted fingerprint reader

Posted: 26 Dec 2019 12:00 AM PST

The Realme X50 5G, coming on January 7, has appeared in an official poster shared by the company's CMO Xu Qi Chase on Weibo. The image posted by Chase shows off the X50 5G in Polar color while also revealing the back of the phone housing a quad-camera setup aligned vertically in the upper-left corner, with the Realme logo down below. The design is reminiscent of the XT and X2, but upon closer inspection, you can see that the flash is placed below the text and there's no text under the camera encircled with yellow rings - something that we've seen on all Realme smartphones with quad...

2019 Winners and Losers: Apple

Posted: 25 Dec 2019 09:57 PM PST

This year the mobile phone market saw the rise of many new trends - from high refresh rate screens through 108MP image sensors to periscope cameras. The first foldable phones went on sale, charging speeds went through the roof, displays got curvier and grew punch holes. Some brands used these trends to their advantage and grow in the market, others missed the mark. In this series we look at what each company got right in 2019 and where their efforts came short. It's now Apple's turn to stand in the spotlight. Apple ends a decade of dominance on a high but left us feeling it's saving...

Top 10 most popular reviews of 2019: Q2

Posted: 25 Dec 2019 07:39 PM PST

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Top stories of 2019: Q2

Posted: 25 Dec 2019 05:35 PM PST

As the year winds down it's a great time to reflect on the top stories of the past 12 months. This is the second of four installments where we look at the stories that shaped this year. Here are the top stories of Q1 in case you missed those. It's now time to look at the second quarter of 2019, which had a good amount of capable smartphones released and also a good amount of drama that is still not resolved. The reasonably-priced flagship segment got a kick in Q2 with the release of the ubiquitous OnePlus 7 and 7 Pro and the Redmi K20 and K20 Pro from Xiaomi. OnePlus was first...

2019 Winners and Losers: Samsung

Posted: 25 Dec 2019 01:47 PM PST

This year the mobile phone market saw the rise of many new trends - from high refresh rate screens through 108MP image sensors to periscope cameras. The first foldable phones went on sale, charging speeds went through the roof, displays got curvier and grew punch holes. Some brands used these trends to their advantage and grow in the market, others missed the mark. In this series we look at what each company got right in 2019 and where their efforts came short. We'll start with the world's largest manufacturer - Samsung. It's time to look at the smartphone leader and the year it had....

Top 10 most popular reviews of 2019: Q1

Posted: 25 Dec 2019 11:32 AM PST

We already did the news section and now it's time to focus on the most popular reviews we did in 2019. These are the phones everybody was most eager to learn more about. What a great tech year 2019 was. It seems that every brand made its phones better, while some, like OnePlus and Samsung, made more of them this year. Samsung significantly improved its midrange lineup and it shows, a number of our most popular reviews were of Samsung's Galaxy A line. So let's look at the most popular reviews of the first three months of the year - January through March. This is where we tested the early...

Top stories of 2019: Q1

Posted: 25 Dec 2019 08:32 AM PST

As the year winds down it's a great time to reflect on the top stories of the past 12 months. This is the first of four installments where we look at the stories that shaped this year. The first quarter of the year is a very important one. It hosts the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, where we usually see a lot of the flagship phones that will shape the mobile landscape until the summer. But this year we got more than the usual square slabs of premium tech. MWC gave us our much-anticipated glimpse of the first foldable phones! Samsung and Huawei showed off, initially at a...
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