Tag: Smartphones

December 5, 2019

Xiaomi has a simple smartphone strategy: Focus on the features people really want, and offer that at the lowest possible price. The company’s latest smartphone, the Xiaomi Mi Note 10, takes this approach to the extreme. It’s a phone that […]

December 4, 2019

The Snapdragon 865 chipset is ‘loaded with 5G,’ according to Qualcomm, and it’s ready to power the next round flagship-level Android smartphones starting in early 2020. It’ll almost certainly be found at the heart of the Samsung Galaxy S11, Note […]

October 21, 2019

Xiaomi has a bold plan of launching nearly a dozen new smartphones with 5G next year. The devices won’t be all flagships, but midrangers as well, as the company fears 4G smartphones won’t be competitive come 2020. Lei Jun, the […]

September 26, 2019

The best smartphone camera on the market, according to photography benchmark company DxOMark’s experts, belongs to a smartphone that you’ll probably never buy: Huawei’s new Mate 30 Pro. This phone, DxOMark says, takes amazing low-light photos with very little noise […]

August 26, 2019

OnePlus typically follows up its flagship models with a moderately upgraded “T” variant, and it often turns out to be one of the best phones of the year. According to latest rumors, the OnePlus 7T will have a triple rear […]

July 17, 2019

5G smartphones will account for more than half of all mobile phone sales by 2023 as manufacturers seeking to arrest the ongoing contraction of the market. According to Gartner, sales of devices (PCs, tablets and mobile phones) will fall by […]

July 11, 2019

It’s a dog-eat-dog world out there in the land of smartphones, and there are only a few top names that manage to both stay afloat and innovate every year. LG is among them — despite reporting the tenth consecutive quarter […]

June 11, 2019

Right on schedule HTC has unveiled two smartphones in Taiwan – the HTC U19e and the Desire 19+. HTC U19e Starting with the HTC U19e – it’s built around a 6.0-inch 1080×2160 OLED, a Snapdragon 710 chipset with 6GB of […]

May 17, 2019

There was a time when Google challenged the status quo and defied it, ushering in a short renaissance in the mobile space that eventually made us rethink what it is that makes up a flagship smartphone. The days of the […]

April 25, 2019

One of the major Google Assistant features aimed at children, the ability to tell them stories, made its way to Google Home smart speakers about two years ago. Starting this weekend, the so-called Tell Me a Story feature, which is […]

April 24, 2019

Samsung’s Galaxy Fold — the $1,980 folding phone whose launch has been delayed after several reviewers reported issues with the screen — might launch on June 13. This is according to an email that AT&T has been sending to its […]

April 18, 2019

The Motorola Moto G7 Plus is already one of the best mid-range smartphones on the market, but soon the device’s dual-camera setup could gain support for two impressive new features. Spotted by the folks over at XDA Developers, Motorola is […]

April 17, 2019

Small smartphone aficionados, rejoice: Apple is reportedly looking to launch a 4.7-inch version of the iPhone in March next year. Coming from Chinese outlet Economic Daily News (via MacRumors), the report claims this new iPhone would actually be a sort […]

April 1, 2019

Google has stopped selling its Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL smartphones. As noticed by Android Police, URLs for the Pixel 2 at the company’s store now simply take users to the newer Pixel 3 instead. Some stock remains available […]

March 28, 2019

The slump has been blamed on familiar reasons: many smartphone owners are keeping their devices longer before upgrading; the weaker Chinese economy is having a negative effect; more people are choosing second-hand options, and flagship prices are skyrocketing. In Western […]

March 26, 2019

Smartphone batteries are getting better, but they still leave a lot to be desired, with most smartphones lasting a day and a half, maybe two. Charging tech, however, is improving fast. As noticed by The Next Web Tuesday, Xiaomi has […]

March 19, 2019

Xiaomi has launched the Black Shark 2, a new gaming-oriented phone with top-notch specifications and some special features that gamers will love. The most notable among these is the pressure-sensitive OLED screen, which lets you create virtual control buttons on […]

March 18, 2019

Samsung is done with flagship announcements for the time being, but it still has a number of mid-range offerings on the way. And in preparation for their arrival, the company has just announced a new event that will take place […]

March 15, 2019

Huawei is all set to unveil the P30 and P30 Pro on March 26, and thanks to previously leaked renders we have a pretty good idea of what these phones will look like. And now we can add specs to […]

March 14, 2019

No sooner had the wraps been taken off the first 5G-compatible smartphones last month did the industry’s attention turn to the next wave of devices. Samsung, Oppo, Huawei, LG and Xiaomi were among the manufacturers to show off handsets at […]