Top 10 trending phones of week 35

The IFA congress brought a few cool announcements, but they came short of shaking up our top 10 trending phone chart. Perhaps we'll only feel the effects next week, but for now we still have the Xiaomi Pocophone F1, leading from the Galaxy Note9. Below that the Oppo F9 has climbed to snatch the final podium spot, pushing the Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro and the Mi A2 down in the process. The Nokia 6.1 Plus retained sixth, while the Samsung Galaxy J6 and Huawei P Smart+ traded places and the J6 is now in front in seventh. The Xiaomi Mi A2 moved up in ninth, while the Apple iPhone 6 made a...

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Motorola P30 Note arrives officially with ZUI 4.0

Motorola quietly unveiled the One and One Power just ahead of IFA 2018. The phones arrived with stock Android, and while the former is an entirely new device, the latter shared some features with the Motorola P30. It appears that it does not just have similar specs, it also is from the same series. Yes, that's right - the Motorola One Power is called Motorola P30 Note and was silently introduced in China. Motorola P30 Note official renders The Motorola P30 Note has the same Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 chipset as the regular P30. The SoC is coupled with 4 GB or 6 GB RAM,...

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IFA 2018 wrap-up: the best by Sony, Huawei, Honor, HTC, LG, BlackBerry, and ZTE

This year's IFA in Berlin might not be over yet, but all the major announcements have been made. We can't say it was the most exciting of the shows but some manufacturers there was still some hot hardware for us. Sony As per tradition, Sony unveiled its H2 flagship at IFA and the Xperia XZ3 is more than a refresh of the Xperia XZ2 that was introduced back in April. It has a curved OLED screen like no other Xperia phone and it's the company's first QHD+ display as well. It seems like Sony is trying to tackle things a bit differently this time around by introducing new features...

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Weekly poll: the best flagship and best mid-ranger from IFA 2018

The major IFA rush is over and the dust has settled. We saw a couple of brilliant flagships and more than a few capable mid-range devices. We spent time with them and covered them in detail. Now it's time for you to pick a favorite. We'll start off with the flagship category, which is the most exciting really, but this year there were only two. The Sony Xperia XZ3 marks an important change for the company's design language and adopts OLED displays for the first time. You can check out our hands-on review for details. Sony Xperia XZ3 • ZTE Axon 9 Pro ZTE is back with the Axon...

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Week 35 in review: Pocophone F1 and Xperia XZ3 are here, iPhone event is near

This week was big in terms of mobile news. The tech world was buzzing with anticipation for the IFA show in Berlin (which is now done, mobile-wise) and there were a few big announcements in store. Right off the bat Xiaomi launched its Pocophone F1 to the global market and subsequently sold more than 68 thousand units in 5 minutes. Sony announced its first ever AMOLED smartphone in the Xperia XZ3 and LG unveiled the G7 Fit, G7 One and a Raspberry Rose G7 ThinQ. Meanwhile, Realme released its second smartphone, aptly named Realme 2 and finally the Huawei Mate 20 Lite went on pre-order...

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