vivo NEX gets a price cut in India

The vivo NEX S was introduced in China in the first half of 2018, eventually making its way to more markets in July. One of them was India, where the phone was marketed as vivo NEX and priced at INR47,990, but actually sold for INR44,990 ($650/€560). Its price has been lowered once again with the start of the new year, with a current price tag of INR39,990, which is a $75/€50 cut. According to sources, the reason behind the discount is simple - vivo is preparing the market for the NEX Dual Display. The dual-screen phone was launched at the same price the vivo NEX was introduced...

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What were the best-looking phones of 2018?

.inline-image.left{ margin: 20px 0px 20px 25px; min-width: initial; border:none} hr {max-width: 100%; margin: 30px; border: none; border-top: 1px solid #b6b6b6;} #review-body .author-name { padding-top: 2.8em; padding-left:10px;} Introduction Just as we see the year 2018 in the rear-view mirror we decided to take a somewhat different spin on it and try and find the most beautiful phones it brought. Ignoring pricing and feature sets we'll only focus on looks here. A quick comparison of the last two years shows that while 2017 brought mostly grey, black and white phones with...

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Amazon India teases Huawei Y9 2019 availability

Amazon India has set up a teaser page for the launch of the Huawei Y90 2019 smartphone. The teaser doesn't mention the date of the launch and prefers to keep it vague with a "Coming Soon!". However, you can register to get an email from Amazon when the phone is available for purchase. The Huawei Y9 2019 is a budget smartphone from Huawei. It has a 6.5-inch IPS display with a resolution of 2340x1080. It doesn't have any of the fancy teardrop notches and instead a more traditional looking one but it justifies it to some extent by having a dual front camera. The Y9 2019 is powered by...

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Top 10 most popular reviews of 2018: Q4

Closing off our most popular reviews series it's time to take a look at the final three months of the year. Coming in as the most read review in Q4 is non other than the OnePlus 6T. OnePlus' latest flagship got a lot of things right, like the great screen with a reduced notch, the in-display fingerprint scanner, the improved camera and most importantly with the better battery life. In second is the Huawei Mate 20 Pro. If there was a phone this year that tried to upset the Galaxy Note9 as the most feature-packed phone of the year, it was the Mate 20 Pro. From the AMOLED display, the...

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Top news of 2018: Q4

Premium prices should come with premium quality. There are always issues with large scales mass production though and the Huawei Mate 20 Pro was the latest to experience it - its screen had a green glow seen in the dark. That wasn't the company's biggest headache this year, however, as the USA pushed its allies to drop its products. When the Xiaomi Redmi Note 6 Pro arrived at the office readers were eager to see it unboxed and reviewed. The launch of the Mi Mix 3 was Xiaomi's other win in Q4 in terms of most-read articles. However, Samsung dominated the field, creating a ton of buzz...

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Xiaomi drops prices for its televisions in India

Xiaomi has announced that it is slashing prices on select television models in India. The Mi LED Smart TV 4A 32 will now be available for INR 12,499 ($179), down from the previous INR 13,999 ($201). The Mi LED TV 4C PRO 32 will now be available for INR 13,999 ($201), down from the previous INR 15,999 ($229). The drop in prices is due to the change in government levied taxes on televisions up to 32-inches in size from 28% to 18%, and Xiaomi is passing on the savings to the customer. Xiaomi also dropped the price of the Mi LED TV 4A PRO 49 from INR 32,999 ($473) to INR...

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The Top 20 most popular phones of 2018

We are sending away 2018 and we look back and see what were the most popular phones over the past year. While there are 20 phones in the yearly selection, the list of manufacturers is scarce. To be more precise, two out of every three devices come from either Xiaomi or Samsung. Samsung brought us 7 of the most popular phones in 2018 - hardly a surprise that the world's largest manufacturer dominates the popularity chart. Somewhat less expected is that Xiaomi got 6. Last year, the number for the Korean manufacturer was the same, but the Chinese maker is up by one, showcasing...

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