Category: News

Let’s start off the year (and the decade) with a recap of the top stories this week. Some of these are from 2019 and that’s because the new year came mid-week. The biggest story of the week was the unveil of the Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite and Note 10 Lite. The pair share a … Read more

News came in yesterday that the follow-up to the Nokia 9 PureView, an alleged Nokia 9.2, has been delayed to allow for the use of the newer Snapdragon 865 chipset. Well, it appears that we might be in for a consolation phone release in the meantime in the form of a new Nokia ‘original’. … Read more

Samsung Galaxy vs. Xiaomi Mi It’s an odd match-up, we know. The all-out Samsung flagship Galaxy Note10+ vs. what is a decidedly midrange option in the Xiaomi Mi Note10. But they do both have Note and 10 in their names, so why not? Just kidding, of course. The obvious naming similarity has nothing to … Read more

Reame CEO Madhav Sheth posted images of the company’s first 5G phone, the Realme X50 5G, days before its official announcement (it’s scheduled for a January 7 reveal). A previous teaser showed the front of the phone, featuring a dual punch hole for the selfie cameras. Sheth’s images focus on the back instead, which … Read more

At the turn of the decade we look back at the most influential phones to come out in the past 10 years. You can find the first part here. Google Pixel – 2016, October After parting ways with Motorola, Google tapped long-term partner HTC to develop the Pixel and Pixel XL … Read more

Yesterday Xiaomi quietly-unveiled the Watch Color but skipped revealing any specs prior to its January 3 release in China. Thankfully, a leaked retail box can fill-in the blanks and confirm some of our earlier suspicions. The Wear OS-based Xiaomi Watch Color indeed has a 1.39-inch 454x454px AMOLED display. Underneath, there’s a 420mAh battery, NFC … Read more

Around a month ago Huawei passed the 7 million sales mark with its Mate 30 lineup. Now the figure has grown to 12 million units, according to a new report from Chinese news agency Sina. The figure is quite impressive given the limited availability of the handsets outside of China and their lack of … Read more

Here are the winners – the best phones of 2019 in three major categories – Flagship, Midrange, Entry-level, have been selected by you, our readers, throughout the last two weeks. We started with a preliminary public vote where over 20 devices per category were competing to enter the final round. The Top 5 devices … Read more

Realme will unveil the X50 5G on January 7 at an event in Beijing, China, but alongside that, it will also launch the Buds Air true wireless earphones in its home country. The Buds Air were unveiled last week and are currently only available in India for INR3,999 ($56/€50). They come with a 12mm … Read more

South Korean tech giant Samsung announced its AI-powered digital assistant Bixby back in March 2017. It first came pre-loaded on the Galaxy S8, but later made its way to a long list of smartphones and home appliances. More than two years later, the company is all set to unveil its new AI-powered product, dubbed … Read more