LG G7 ThinQ arrives in India on Flipkart

LG G7 ThinQ debuted at the beginning of May but had to wait three months until it makes its way to India. The waiting is nearly over after Flipkart listed the device as an exclusive to the retailer with the hashtag #OnlyOnFlipkart. While we have a confirmation of the phone's arrival, there is no info on pricing or availability yet. Flipkart teases all the neat features LG implemented with the G7 ThinQ on its page. The phone comes with 6.1" FullVision display and QHD+ resolution on the front and a dual-camera setup on the back. While RAM is 4 GB and storage is 64 GB, there is also...

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LG announces the Q8 (2018) with 6.2" screen and stylus

Back in May LG unveiled a trio of Q7 smartphones as a more affordable alternative of the G7 ThinQ. Today the company announced with a press release the unveiling of LG Q8 (2018) as the cheaper solution of the V35 ThinQ. The new Q8 (not to be confused with last year's Q8) has a huge 6.2" FullVision display and comes bundled with a built-in stylus. The chipset of the Q8 (2018) is the new 14 nm Snapdragon 450 that arrives with octa-core CPU at 1.8 GHz. Memory is 4/64 GB, but there is microSD for up to 2 TB storage (realistically, it can't go higher than 400 GB). LG keeps...

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The new devices of week 31

It's not every week that we get to do a run-down of new phone releases. Rarer, still, is the list quite as long and complete with high end offerings, a premium tablet and with a bunch of different brands participating. Samsung introduced its 2018 flagship slate - the Galaxy Tab S4. It might be based on last-year's Snapdragon 835 chipset, but even so it's the most premium slate Android has to offer. Naturally, the star attraction is the gorgeous 10.5-inch Super AMOLED display of 2,560 x 1,600px resolution. There's a new, beefier and pretty comfy S Pen stylus, magnetic keyboard cover...

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Weekly poll: Motorola Moto Z3: hot or not?

Motorola unveiled the Moto Z3 exclusively for Verizon, though we think the exclusivity will be short-lived. And we hope that once the phone breaks free from that one carrier it will keep its price tag - $480. Again, the price is $480. We had to repeat that to soften the blow of what comes next. How much did Moto-Lenovo do to design this phone anyway? It has the same body as the Moto Z3 Play, starting with the 6.01" Super AMOLED screen with 18:9 aspect ratio and ending with the back compatible with Moto Mods. Okay, okay, the Moto Z3 does have a much faster chipset. It's the same chipset...

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Samsung Galaxy Note9: the story so far

As per tradition, rumors started flying in as early as March this year. We were hearing all sorts of crazy stories including in-display fingerprint and a built-in breathalyzer for the S Pen. But as time passed by, the dust settled and we started seeing more reasonable and accurate information regarding the future Samsung flagship. Most fans will probably be disappointed to know that the Note9 won't be radically different from its predecessor, the Galaxy Note8. but there's a silver lining to it. This means that the Note9 won't be getting one of those pesky notches and the 3.5 mm audio...

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Top 10 trending phones of week 31

It's been a while since last we had a BlackBerry phone among the 10 most popular in our database, but now we have two at the same time. The newly introduced Evolve and Evolve X make a flying start to take ninth and third, respectively. The Xiaomi Mi A2 retained its first spot, ahead of the Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro, as the final member of last week's podium - the Nokia 6.1 Plus has dropped from the top 10 entirely and was replaced by the Evolve X. The Samsung Galaxy J8 stays fourth, while the Huawei nova 3i climbed a couple of spots to claim fifth. Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite is where we left it...

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Sunday debate: Are phone cases necessary?

Is there a case for phone cases? Paul, who's got the hump, and Yordan discuss. Paul: "Cases are like clothes" Over the years my views and uses of phone cases have evolved. Initially, when I started to drop serious amounts of cash on phones, my first and only thought was about protecting my investment from drops and its looks from those scratches that build up over time. In those early days I had some fugly clothes adorning my smartphones. I cringe when I think back to the yellow and black Defender "bumblebee" case from Otterbox that I had on my iPhone 3GS. Yes, it protected...

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