Weekly poll results: wide cameras still beat telephoto ones as monochrome ones fade

It's time to tally the votes from last week's poll results about the ideal secondary cameras on the back. What you prefer to have on your modern smartphones and how the trend has changed over the course of the year since we asked the same question last. We see a close battle between two sensors, but this time around, monochrome has fallen out of fashion. It's clear that OEMs can achieve excellent low-light performance without needing a monochrome sensor so it was understandably lost popularity. This probably also explains why the "advanced sensor" option was so popular. Even the...

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Wearables - what to expect in 2018

Introduction Last week we covered the wearables to come out already in 2018, but now we'll take a look forward to what we'll be strapping to our wrists later this year. While the first half of the year yielded few surprises, our expectations for the remainder of 2018 are high. The second half - things will be much less predictable The latter part of 2018, on the surface at least, promises a welcome evolution in this space and maybe, just maybe, a few surprises. Let's start with the basics. Earlier this year Qualcomm announced its latest smartwatch SoC, the Snapdragon Wear 3100....

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Google Chrome for desktop receives major redesign in latest nightly build

Google is rolling out a brand new design for Chrome for desktop in the latest Canary (nightly) build. Based on the Google Material Theme, the design is similar to what we have seen on Android P beta and the recent Gmail redesign on desktop. The new version of the UI features a brand new tab bar design, new rounded Omnibox and a new location for the profile button. The tab bar features the most extensive changes. A single tab looks much different now, with a less pronounced tab shape that blends with the tab bar. It's only when you open more than one tab do you get the...

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The vivo NEX S comes out of a torture test looking pretty good

The futuristic vivo NEX S delivers big-time in both the looks and innovation departments. For most of us, smartphone enthusiasts, its nearly bezel-free 6.59-inch, Super AMOLED display, under-display fingerprint reader and periscope selfie camera are an instant object of desire. However, lusting after a handset can be dangerous, especially for something, like the vivo APEX concept, gone mainstream. The potential pitfalls of day-to-day ownership are numerous. We, for one, found its Color OS Android ROM quite frustrating and disappointing, which you can read more about in the in-depth...

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In-display fingerprint becomes increasingly popular, the Leagoo S10 to have it

The in-display fingerprint technology is becoming increasingly popular and the upcoming S10 smartphone from Leagoo is here to prove it. According to a famous Twitter tipster, Roland Quandt, quoting the company itself, the upcoming flagship will have an under display fingerprint reader. It seems that this tech won't stay exclusive to vivo's X21 UD and NEX for long, as more brands start to jump on the in-display fingerprint tech bandwagon. Xiaomi's latest Mi 8 Explorer offers the cool new feature and so will the Meizu 16. This is somewhat good news, as more OEMs start to adopt the tech...

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Xiaomi Mi 8 SE in for review

For its 8th anniversary, Xiaomi introduced a trio of smartphones all of which are aimed at different market segments. While the regular Mi 8 can be classified as a mainstream flagship and the Mi 8 Explorer Edition brings out the latest and greatest from the company, the Mi 8 SE should be a perfect fit for those seeking the best value for money. But with the price cut come some trade-offs. Fortunately, Xiaomi didn't have to settle so much along the way and the Mi 8 SE might turn out to be a pretty upper-mid-range sensible solution. The premium build is at hand - aluminum side frame...

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Nokia 6.1 Plus pops up on Geekbench days before the official global launch

After HMD Global released the Nokia X6 in China, pure Android fans were fast to express their disappointment of the fact that the phone won't make it outside of China. However, shortly after that, Juho Sarvikas announced that the handset will be hitting the global market, due to the positive response from the fans. Ever since, we have been waiting for its official global release, until last week, a solid report revealed that we can expect the device to begin its global rollout on July 19 with the first stop being Hong Kong. Now, A Geekbench listing confirms the launch, once...

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TWRP custom recovery support list expanded to include the Xperia X, LG G5 and more

If you've ever dipped your toe into the Android modding scene, then the TWRP moniker should definitely sound familiar. Currently, it is the de facto standard, when it comes to custom recovery environments, for the Android OS. Team Win, as in Team Win Recovery Project (TWRP, for short), are constantly working to bring their convenient tool set to more and more devices. The latest batch of handsets to make it on the support list, includes: LG G5 - US unlocked (rs988) Motorola Moto E4 (woods) Samsung Galaxy A3 2017 (a3y17lte) Samsung Galaxy J5 Prime (on5xelte) Sony Xperia X...

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Moto E5 Play Android Go Edition announced - bigger display, less RAM, more affordable

You've probably gotten used to Motorola's naming scheme already, so it's not hard to guess that the Moto E5 Play is a slightly more affordable version of the already cheap Moto E5. Today, however, the company announced the so-called Moto E5 Play Android Go Edition worldwide, which is an even further downgrade, over the original Moto E5 Play. The Android Go Edition, as you've probably guessed by its name, is based on Android Oreo Go. That allows the OS to run on ultra low-end hardware, thus pushing the price down even further. Compared to the standard E5 Play, the Android Go Edition has a...

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