Is Xiaomi's Black Shark 2 nearing completion? Coming in March or April

It looks like Xiaomi's nearing completion on its third gaming phone - the Black Shark 2 (codenamed Skywalker). In a post on Weibo company product director Wang Teng Thomas disclosed to fans he had seen the new Black Shark and that it's full of personality and very cool. We know Xiaomi is working on a successor to its Black Shark smartphone from April of 2017 and that it's equipped with a Snapdragon 855, at least 8GB of RAM and Android 9 Pie. Xiaomi unveiled its first gaming phone, the Black Shark, in April of 2017 and then followed it up with the Black Shark Helo with 10GB of RAM...

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Top 10 trending phones of week 5

As January ended, Samsung introduced its latest entry-level phones and it certainly managed to gather a lot of attention. The Galaxy M20 came just short of dethroning the Redmi Note 7 and ended up with the silver medeal, while the Galaxy M10 took ninth. And while the Redmi Note 7 kept its lead the third spot went to another Samsung phone - the upcoming Galaxy S10+ flagship. Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) follows in fourth, ahead of the Redmi Note 6 Pro and another phone yet to be announced - the Redmi Note 7 Pro. Huawei Y9 (2019) slipped to seventh, and in eight we have the fourth new...

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Weekly poll: Huawei Mate 20 X - hot or not?

When we laid eyes on the Huawei Mate 20 X we knew right away that it will be one of the most interesting members of the Mate 20 family. A four-way poll confirmed it - the phone ranked second only to the Mate 20 Pro and well ahead of the vanilla Mate 20 and the Porsche Design. What's the big deal? Well, the 7.2" flat OLED screen certainly is a big deal, this is essentially a tablet device. The 1080p+ resolution is on the low side for this size, but the screen has a rare feature - stylus support. Combined with the M-Pen, it can sense 4,096 levels of pressure, similar to the Galaxy...

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Honor View 20 real-life camera review

The Honor View 20 comes with a 48MP camera, which promises stunning photos at both daytime or nighttime. We've already reviewed the phone in detail so we knew what to expect. But we felt we could go the extra mile to understand where its camera excels and where it falls short. So we took the chance for a break from the bleak winter weather and took the phone for a photo shoot at a sunnier location - the French Riviera. Note that none of this was organized or sponsored by either Honor or Huawei or any their subsidiaries, though, we certainly wish it was :) Great light = great shots,...

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Week 5 in review: Galaxy M10 and M20 debut as Galaxy S10 leaks intensify

We've finally finished off January and are heading into Mobile World Congress' month. The last week of the first month was quite busy and we got a lot of big stories to talk about. As is often the case lately the Samsung Galaxy S10 was the focal point in the tech world. This week we saw the cleanest and highest-quality renders yet of the Galaxy S10 and S10+ as well as the S10+ in a revealing image in the wild. We also learned that the Galaxy S10+ will have a more premium configuration with 12GB of RAM and 1TB of storage. Samsung has already started mass producing its upcoming lineup of...

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Weekly poll results: hole-less phones split opinions

The hole-less phones have divided opinions right down the middle - we end this poll with a perfectly even 50/50 split for and against. People are worried (and rightly so) that phone hardware and the accessory ecosystem just isn't ready yet. Wireless headphones don't have a lossless mode, a dead phone is difficult to flash without a USB cable, even simply using the handset while it charges gets tricky when all you have to rely on is wireless charging. Plus, no expandable storage and you miss out on the convenience of SIM cards (with eSIM you're limited to the few carriers that support...

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