Lenovo Z5s official promo images reveal three neat colors

Lenovo Z5s with is arriving tomorrow with more than 8 GB RAM and a triple-cam setup on the back. Eager to show us the device, the company VP just revealed the Z5s colors on Weibo. Chang Cheng, formerly the leader of ZUK smartphones, posted the official press images on his social media profile, revealing the glass back of the new phone will come in three colors - Black, Purple, and some sort of Gold/Pink/Orange gradient. Lenovo Z5s in Black The black Lenovo Z5s look plain and classic, which will most likely be the first available option in those flash sales happening in...

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Week 50 in review: Samsung Galaxy A8s, vivo NEX Dual Display go official

The year might be ending, but the smartphone releases aren't stopping. This week we finally saw the Samsung Galaxy A8s go official with a hole in the screen for the camera. Samsung is likely testing the waters before trying the design alongside the Exynos 9820 chipset and calling it the Galaxy S10. Honor is also in the game - we got to see the View 20 in person even if the actual launch is taking place after Christmas, with a global event scheduled for late January. OnePlus 6T joined the company of devices with even faster charging technology after it introduced Warp Charge 30 with...

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Asus ROG Phone in for review

Gaming is often more about the peripherals than it is about the processing power. But it's not like chipset doesn't matter either. The Asus ROG Phone is perhaps the best-equipped gaming phone in both categories. And we don't just say that because there's a literal suitcase with add-ons in front of us. The handset embodies the ROG mentality perfectly. Asus used a binned Snapdragon 845 chipset - that is one selected for its ability to overclock - and provided factory overclock. The "silicon lottery" has arrived on mobile. Asus Aura lighting • The fan cooler is included in the retail...

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Top 10 trending phones of week 50

Huawei and Samsung went all-in into a battle to become the first company to introduce a device with a selfie camera, embedded in the screen. While Huawei was technically the first to showcase a device, the Korean manufacturer was actually the first with an official announcement and it's exactly the Galaxy A8s that's in the lead now. Then there's the Huawei nova 4, expected to arrive on Monday, which immediately jumped into the second spot. Down the list we see plenty of well-known devices - Redmi Note 6 Pro completes the Top 3 after three weeks of reign that even Xiaomi India director...

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Weekly poll: OnePlus 6T McLaren, hot or not?

Whether you're a motorsport fan or not, the launch of the OnePlus 6T McLaren was pretty exciting. The special edition phone debuts Warp Charge, the company's first charging speed upgrade since 2016's OnePlus 3. At 30W it is definitely an upgrade over the 20W don't-call-it-Dash Charge and is faster than what Samsung and Apple are offering, for example. Chances are that the OnePlus 7 will use Warp too. Then there's the memory. It has a whopping 10GB of RAM, most laptops ship with less. And there's 256GB of storage too. Also, the back features carbon fiber - a tribute to the McLaren...

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How the vivo NEX Dual Display Edition came to be

Undoubtedly, the vivo NEX Dual Display Edition is a head-turner. Not only does it find a cool way to deliver the all screen front, but you get a pretty cool back too with the lunar ring and the cool LED flash arrangement. We got a change to speak to Kyle Xiao, director of industrial design at vivo or in other words - the chief designer of the NEX Dual Display. He walked us through the design process, talking about some of the challenges he and his team faced along the way. vivo's design team made over 250 mock-ups to subject to user testing before settling on the final design. We...

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