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Top 10 trending phones of week 8

Posted: 23 Feb 2020 07:06 AM PST

Our trending chart is still dominated by the major announcements from last week, when Samsung and Xiaomi introduced their new flagships. However, Sony's newly unveiled L4 made a great start and shot up right into the second place. The Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra retains is the lead, while in third we have the Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro. Xiaomi's new phones have basically switched places with the vanilla 10 now down in seventh. Last week it was second with the 10 Pro ninth. Samsung's Galaxy A51 has taken advantage of the hype around the new phones dying down a bit to gain a spot and so did the...

Flashback: the Sony Xperia S was the first phone after the divorce with Ericsson

Posted: 23 Feb 2020 03:58 AM PST

This week the SonyMobile.com domain was redirected to Sony.com. This reminded us of eight years ago when a similar move was made and SonyEricsson.com became SonyMobile.com. So, today's Flashback article is dedicated to the first smartphone to launch after the Sony/Ericsson divorce. The Sony Xperia S was a clean break from the old designs. It had a blocky look with a convex curve on the back, the exact opposite of the concave curve that the Xperia Arc had. An interesting design element was the transparent band that lit up when you pressed one of the capacitive keys. The band was also...

Weekly poll: Xiaomi Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro bring the S865, skimp on zoom - was that a mistake?

Posted: 23 Feb 2020 12:46 AM PST

The Xiaomi Mi Note 10 was an odd duck - well-loved, but its chipset of choice left many wanting. The new Mi 10 duo is both larger and more powerful than Note and it's usually the other way around. The Xiaomi Mi 10 brings the Snapdragon 865 chipset, the performance of which is a class above the S730G found in the Note phone. It also enables 5G connectivity, which is becoming increasingly important as carriers have already covered major metropolitan areas around the world. The upgrade to UFS 3.0 storage (from 2.0) will be tangible as well. Xiaomi Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro The...

Weekly poll results: Samsung Galaxy S20 trio excites, Galaxy Z Flip proves controversial

Posted: 22 Feb 2020 09:24 PM PST

Last week's poll shows the new Samsung S-series flagship trio has hit the mark, but the company's second take on a foldable phone is not doing so hot. However, the common thread in all four polls was that the prices have gotten too high. The Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra got the best reception. Even the polish that the Galaxy Note20 will bring six months from now can't draw people away from the awesome features of the Ultra. Less awesome is its price tag - half of voters think it's too expensive. And while prices will fall over time, not everyone is keen on waiting. The Samsung...

Coronavirus forces Samsung to temporarily shut down its Galaxy Z Flip factory in South Korea

Posted: 22 Feb 2020 05:33 PM PST

The outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease that has claimed the lives of over 2,000 people around the world at the time of writing this has affected the tech industry as well. Mobile World Congress (MWC) that was slated to kick-off on February 24 has been canceled and the supply chains of smartphone brands in China are also expected to take a hit. Now news coming out of South Korea tells us that Samsung has shut down a smartphone plant in Gumi after an employee got infected with Coronavirus. This factory, where Samsung manufactures Galaxy Fold and Galaxy Z Flip, will remain shut...

DxOMark: The OnePlus 7T Pro is right behind the Galaxy S10 as far as cameras go

Posted: 22 Feb 2020 02:00 PM PST

OnePlus phones have never been famous for their camera capabilities and the 7 Pro is the first phone from the company employing the full set of focal lengths users seek. But according to DxOMark's latest camera review, the 7T Pro, which has the same hardware and software the 7 Pro has, is fairly competitive getting right behind the Galaxy S10 and the Huawei P30 Pro. The overall score of the phone's camera performance is 114 points, while the Galaxy S10 and the Huawei P30 Pro both scored 116. It's a pretty decent score and the reviewers outline the accurate exposure and the wide dynamic...

T-Mobile's LG G8 ThinQ receiving Android 10 update

Posted: 22 Feb 2020 12:17 PM PST

The LG G8 ThinQ received the Android 10 update in South Korea last November, and later in January, it was rolled out in the US to the unlocked units as well as those locked to Sprint and Verizon's networks. AT&T released Android 10 for the G8 ThinQ earlier this month, and now units locked to T-Mobile's network are also receiving the latest version of Android. A detailed changelog of the new firmware is currently unavailable, but screenshots shared by Redditors who received the update reveal it comes with LG Pay support, bug fixes and security and system improvements. The update...

Exclusive: Infinix S5 Pro leaks with a pop-up camera

Posted: 22 Feb 2020 10:00 AM PST

While rummaging in our inbox today, we stumbled upon these images of the Infinix S5 Pro in the wild. After some back and forth with our tipster we were able to verify that this is the as of yet unannounced Pro variant of the Infinix S5 by the Hong Kong-based maker. The pictures offer a comprehensive view of the phone and we got little specs to go along. We can clearly see the Infinix S5 Pro will have a large screen, not that it's surprising seeing how the Infinix S5's panel already stretches to 6.6 inches. The non-Pro packed an octa-core Helio P22 with 4GB of RAM so we'd expect the...
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