Huawei Mate 10 internally codenamed as Marcel

The Huawei Mate 10 is internally codenamed as Marcel. This was revealed by the usually reliable tipster @evleaks in a tweet sent out this past weekend. Codename for Huawei Mate 10 is Marcel.— Evan Blass (@evleaks) August 27, 2017 The Chinese company also outed a teaser image recently. The image in question revealed October 16 as the unveiling date for their upcoming smartphone, which is likely to be the Mate 10. The device will come with a vertically-aligned dual-rear camera setup, and an edge-to-edge screen. There'll also be a Pro version of the phone. For all Mate 10/Mate 10...

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V30 to offer audio features 'unseen in a smartphone before,' LG says

LG has said that the upcoming V30 smartphone will offer audio features "unseen in a smartphone before." In a press release outed today, the company says the device features a 32-bit Advanced Hi-Fi Quad DAC, which offers more customizable options compared to the Hi-Fi Quad DAC that was there in the V20. A couple of new features the Advanced Hi-Fi Quad DAC offers are: digital filters and sound presets. "Even with ordinary equipment, LG V30 users can experience much of the high-quality audio enjoyed by listeners using expensive headsets," the company claims. Moving on, LG says it has...

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Hands-on with the Essential PH-1

Introduction Essential is a smartphone company still in its infancy, backed by influential people in the mobile tech industry. At Essential's event, President and COO of the company Niccolo De Masi emphasized that Essential was created to give consumers more choice among today's smartphone duopoly. We have to give Essential credit where it deserves: the company was first established 18 months ago and to be hitting North America with carrier deals is a huge feat in itself. The Essential PH-1 has the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 835, 4GB of RAM, and 128GB of internal storage....

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Top 10 trending phones of week 34

With so many new announcements this week it's little wonder that there's plenty of movement in our top 10 trending list. Unsurprisingly the Samsung Galaxy Note8 shot to the top of our popularity chart - we'll see if it manages to match the 10-week streak of its Galaxy S8 sibling. The Nokia 6 gained two places to take silver this week, while last week's champion the Galaxy J7 Pro completed the podium. Lenovo K8 Note retained its place in the top 10, although it slipped a couple of spots and is now fourth, while the Samsung Galaxy S8 is exactly where we left it seven days ago - in...

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Counterclockwise: milestones in Galaxy Note's history

The Samsung Galaxy Note8 dominated the tech airwaves this week. The flagship seeks to steady the Note ship after a couple of turbulent years. Normally we'd say "look forward, not back", but Counterclockwise is an exception to that rule. A stylus? That's so 2004! The Note series has had an experimental feel to it since the start. The original Galaxy Note was among the first large-screen Androids to be marketed as a phone, not a tablet. And it had a stylus! Both were considered fairly unpopular at the time. Back in 2011 when the Note was unveiled, the market had barely moved away from...

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Weekly poll: is the Galaxy Note8 everything you hoped it would be?

The Note launch is usually the highlight of Samsung Mobile's year, but was the Galaxy Note8 everything you hoped it would be? The dual camera is Samsung's first but it is also among the most advanced cameras on the market, the Infinity Display still looks stunning and we know that S Pen fans accept no substitute. However, many are happily using a Galaxy S8+ while others jumped on the resurrected Galaxy Note FE. Did the Note8 do enough over those two to win your affection? Not to mention the upcoming competition - the LG V30 will launch in a week, the iPhone 8 in September, the Huawei Mate...

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The new phones of week 34

The last days of summer are upon us and smartphone announcements are flying from all directions. The Samsung Galaxy Note8 was the most high-profile launch, but this week saw the debut of five more handsets from five different manufacturers. Meizu announced the M6 Note - its first Qualcomm Snapdragon-powered handset, while Yota introduced its third dualscreen phone - Yotaphone 3. The 5A came in as the most affordable member of the Xiaomi Redmi Note family, while alcatel brought in the U5 HD. Finally Gionee brought in the X1 entry-level device. .news-item .n-left { float:...

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Week 34 in review: Samsung Galaxy Note8 and Xiaomi Redmi Note 5A announced

This week saw Samsung finally announce its much-anticipated Galaxy Note8 and naturally we were there to bring you the full coverage. Google made Android 8.0 Oreo official too. Xiaomi announced the Redmi Note 5A, which was the most read news article on our website. The Motorola Moto X4 was also a key talking point after we saw it pictured in the wild, twice. We heard that the Apple iPhone 8 will have 3GB of RAM and could double the iPhone 7 storage - 64GB/256GB/512GB. Finally YotaPhone launched its third smartphone and Micromax launched a $155 smartphone with a 18:9 display. That...

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