Top news of 2018: Q2

As the year 2018 draws to a close we are taking the chance to look back at what the past twelve months brought. We already went through Q1 and now it's time for Q2. "AI" infiltrated every corner of mobile realm, from digital assistants to algorithms that improve image quality. Other big trends highlighted on this list - our most-read news articles for Q2 this year - include software security and updates, as well as gaming phones. A detailed write-up on Google Duplex proved to be the most interesting article of the April-June period. Duplex has the Google Assistant talk to other...

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Merry Christmas!

It's the most wonderful time of the year when we spend the time to reflect on all the good and bad things that happened in the past 12 months. We would like to thank you for being with us and we promise to keep entertaining and informing you in 2019. We promise to be even better next year and to keep working tirelessly to keep you up to speed with everything mobile. May good moments and cloudless sunrises lead you into better tomorrow. We are looking forward to spending a memorable 2019 with you! Merry Christmas! The GSMArena team

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Xiaomi starts selling new Mi Car Charger Basic in India

Xiaomi has started selling a cheaper version of its Mi Car Charger, aptly called the Mi Car Charger Basic. This new model is priced at INR 449 ($6) and is available on Mi.com. The new Mi Car Charger Basic has two USB output ports. One of them supports Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0, with 5V/3A, 9V/2A, and 12V/1.5A outputs with the second port supporting only 5V/1A output. The entire unit is made out of plastic. In comparison, the standard Mi Car Charger supports Quick Charge from both its USB ports, although each can do 5V/2.4A and you can have max 3.6A coming out of both ports...

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Oppo R17 now available in India, exclusively on Amazon

Oppo has started selling the R17 in India. The phone is priced at INR 34,990 ($500) and will be available exclusively online on Amazon. The R17 is a mid-range smartphone from Oppo. It has a 6.4-inch, 2340x1080 resolution OLED display with a built-in fingerprint sensor. It has a teardrop notch design with a thin chin. This is basically the same display as that on the OnePlus 6T. The phone is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 670 with an octa-core CPU (2x 2.0GHz Kryo 360 Gold + 6x 1.7GHz Kryo 360 Silver) and Adreno 615 GPU. It also has 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. The R17...

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Top 10 most popular reviews of 2018: Q1

Alongside the top news stories we'll also look back at the most popular reviews of the past year. Taking three months at a time we'll see the tests of which phones gathered the most interest on our homepage. The first three months of the 2018 saw the launch of some of the most important flagships of the year. And indeed reviews of flagships were popular, but (if anything) mid-rangers drew in a larger number of readers. Here are our most read reviews published between January and March of this year. Our Redmi Note 5 Pro hands-on review attracted the most eyeballs - people were...

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Mint Browser by Xiaomi now available on the Google Play Store

Xiaomi has released its Mint Browser on the Google Play Store. A lightweight version of the browser that comes built-in to MIUI, Mint Browser is available to install on all Android devices running Android 4.4 and above. Mint Browser is a lightweight browser, designed to consume fewer resources. Whether that's browser download size, install size, memory usage or data usage, it's a bit more frugal compared to some of the other browsers out there. Mint Browser screenshots Due to its lightweight nature, it isn't particularly feature-rich but it does do all the basic...

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Here's how the Honor View 20's selfie camera was made

Honor is yet another company to deliver a phone with a punch hole in the screen for its selfie snapper with the View 20. It showcases its in-screen camera design ahead of the official launch and we were lucky enough to be at the event and be able to bring you some hands-on photos. Later we got a chance to chat with David Yuan, the chief designer at Honor, who walked us through the creation process of the punch hole camera, detailing why the camera is located in the upper left corner. Honor View 20 teasers The top bezel got thinner with the View 10, it became a notch in the...

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