Realme U1 arriving on November 28 as Amazon Exclusive

Realme split from Oppo and took its own way of bringing affordable devices to markets around the world. We already saw the Realme 2 Pro and the Realme C1 reach India, Indonesia, and Malaysia, but now Madhav Sheth, company CEO, confirmed a new phone with Helio P70 is on its way. Following a revealing tweet from last week, now Realme listed its new phone as Amazon Exclusive while shining a light the name of the device - Realme U1. It is advertised as "India's Selfie Pro" and will be revealed on November 28. The phone is said to have "the most powerful selfie camera ever" and while...

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Week 46 in review: Samsung's Galaxy S10, Exynos 9820, and foldable phone in the spotlight

Samsung stole the show this week, dominating the news feeds with its upcoming products. The main story was the Galaxy S10 and more specifically the most and least expensive of members of the trio. According to industry insiders, the top model Galaxy S10 will have three cameras, an ultrasonic in-display fingerprint scanner and a new Infinity-O display with a small cutout for the front camera, and thinner bezels. We also got word that the entry-level Galaxy S10 model will have a plain side-mounted fingerprint scanner, instead of a fancy in-display one. It will also have an Infinity-O...

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Gazepad Pro hands-on review

So you made the plunge to a glass sandwich phone. Or, alternatively, design trends forced you to settle for one. Regardless, you might as well benefit from any forgone convenience and sturdiness and get a Qi compatible device. After all, the thought of one less cable crowding up your desk and life in general sounds universally appealing. And as luck would have it Gaze Lab has an interesting proposition in the Gazepad Pro. Why not get a Qi wireless charger that can also double as a mouse pad? And a very premium one at that. Save even more space and move one step closer to a clean and...

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Top 10 trending phones of week 46

After a very turbulent period that saw nine different phones in the lead over nine consecutive weeks it's finally time for some stability. The Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) is the first phone to hold onto the number one position. In fact the whole podium is unchanged compared to last week with the Redmi Note 6 Pro and Huawei Mate 20 Pro taking second and third. The fourth position goes to the newly unveiled Sharp Aquos R2 compact - the first dual notch phone, which just edged out the Xiaomi Pocophone F1 and the Huawei Honor 8X. Samsung Galaxy A9 (2018) climbed a spot to seventh, while...

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Weekly poll: are pop-ups better than sliders?

Our polls show that you love the motorized pop-up mechanism of the Oppo Find X, the smaller periscope of the vivo NEX S and the manual slider design of the Xiaomi Mi Mix 3. Now it's time to pick your favorite. All three eliminate the need for a notch and bring other perks as well. The Oppo Find X has a motor, springs and two ribbon cables (which you can see in the teardown), a pretty complicated mechanism that takes up a lot of room. The mechanism on the vivo NEX S is more compact, but no less complicated. The Honor Magic 2 - a manual slider like the Mi Mix 3 - was recently taken apart...

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Xiaomi Mi 8 Lite in for review

The Mi 8 lineup has gotten a little complicated - there are five major variations. The focus now is on the Xiaomi Mi 8 Lite, the latest addition. How it compares to the other members of the Mi 8 line is just one of many questions to be answered by our upcoming review. For starters, it's the only one without an AMOLED display, opting instead for an IPS LCD panel. It's larger than the Mi 8 SE's display, however, and the notch cut out into it is the smallest out of the five displays. Xiaomi Mi 8 Lite and its retail package • Dual camera and a fingerprint reader on the back The Mi...

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