Top news of 2018: Q1

As the year 2018 draws to a close we are hoping 2019 will be an interesting one. We are also taking the chance to remind ourselves what the past twelve months brought. We'll go about it chronologically, starting with the most interesting stories from the first quarter of 2018. The first three months of the year set the tone for what's to come. There's CES in early January, the MWC in late February and a variety of one-off events in between. Here are the 30 most-read news article we published between January and March. The Galaxy S9 duo launched at a Samsung Unpacked event, but not...

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Asus Zenfone Max Pro (M2) ZB631KL review

The ZenFone Max Pro M1 was a sleeper hit for ASUS. The ZenFone Max Pro M2 aims to build on that success. The new phone brings with it a more modern design, faster processor and improved cameras while maintaining things like the stock Android UI and massive battery that made the original so popular.

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Best Phones of 2018: the winners

We have our winners - the best phones of 2018 have been selected, thank you to everyone who voted. There was one upset, but strong performance in the preliminary voting was pretty indicative of how well phones fared in the final vote. Samsung takes home the prestige Flagship award. However, outside of the premium category Android One devices dominated with wins for HMD and Xiaomi. Now, allow us to hand out the awards. Best Flagship of 2018 The Samsung Galaxy Note9 scored a clear victory, it collected the highest number of votes in any category. The Huawei Mate 20 Pro put up a good...

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I was wrong about the Google Pixel 3

Just before Google's October 9 Pixel 3 event, I wrote a piece about how the Pixel 3 XL is going to be a big deal. And I was wrong. It turned out that the Pixel 3 is the bigger deal of the two. It's Google's best phone yet and it's the Pixel worth getting this year. After having owned the Pixel 2 XL last year, this fall I bought the Pixel 3 XL during one of the promos that brought its price to levels i find reasonable - about €200 below its MSRP. I've been mostly happy ever since but I can't help but feel I made the wrong choice by going for the larger Pixel phone this...

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Weekly poll: Huawei nova 4 vs. Samsung Galaxy A8s

Punch hole displays are here - for the last two weeks two of them have been vying for the top spot in our Daily interest chart. They are the Huawei nova 4 and Samsung Galaxy A8s. Their popularity is pretty close, so it's time to settle this - if you were to buy one of the two, which one would it be? Let's start with the defining feature, the punch hole. Both phones probably use the same display panel - 6.4" IPS LCD with 1,080 x 2,310px resolution. The selfie cameras hiding in the hole are pretty similar too, 25MP and 24MP, both with f/2.0 apertures. Both phones have the same punch...

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Top 10 trending phones of week 51

In the last but one week of 2018 we find the two phone with punch hole displays topping our chart of most popular phones. This time it's the Huawei nova 4 on top, which took advantage of its official announcement to overtake the Samsung Galaxy A8s. The Xiaomi Redmi Note 6 Pro and Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) retain their positions from last week - third and fourth respectively. The Xiaomi Pocophone F1 gains a spot to claim fifth, while the Galaxy S8 seems to have turned into a popular gift for the holidays as it jumped four positions to sixth. Huawei Mate 20 is another gainer, moving...

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