Meizu Note 9 photos revealed on TENAA

Meizu introduced a smartphone with no physical buttons, but the company has no plans to stop with its regular series. The Note series is back in the daily news cycle and exactly a week after the full specs of the Meizu Note 9 appeared on TENAA, the Chinese regulatory posted photos of the device. Meizu Note 9 from all sides Meizu is a company that rarely goes with the flow, following questionable trends like notches bezel-less designs. It does its own thing like having the main camera setup in the center of the back panel. Apparently, the Note 9 will be a fresh change, with...

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Week 6 in review: Samsung Galaxy S10 leaks everywhere

Another week over and the Galaxy S10 topic has taken over our newsfeed. Leaks and rumors have been building for some time now and this week they hit their peak. Gradually we unearthed press renders of the Galaxy S10, the Galaxy S10+ and the Galaxy S10e (including the exclusive Canary Yellow color), photos in the wild of the Galaxy S10e, Galaxy S10 and S10+ dummies photographed in the wild and more. What more - well we already knew the prices of the Galaxy S10 family but this week we confirmed that they'll start their pre-orders on the same day as their unveiling - February 20 - and will...

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Top 10 trending phones of week 6

This week's episode of the 'Chronicles of people's smartphone interests' series or as we call it - the Top 10 trending phones chart, features a new king. The Samsung Galaxy M20 entered last week in the second spot only to claim the crown a week later. The Redmi Note 7 steps down into second, and the two are joined on the podium by the Galaxy A7 (2018), itself climbing one spot up. The Redmi Note 6 Pro has also inched ahead, and these last two's ascent comes at the expense of the yet-to-be-announced Galaxy S10+ which has dropped into fifth place. A two-year-old Galaxy S8 has reentered the...

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Motorola Moto G7 and Moto G7 Plus in for review

This week, Motorola announced the G7 family consisting of no less than four smartphones. A couple of them, the Moto G7 and Moto G7 Plus, are now in our office for review. Moto G7 on the left, Moto G7 Plus on the right (trust us) The Moto G7 Plus is the highest-specced of the bunch, with a Snapdragon 636 inside and a 16MP+5MP camera setup on the back. The non-Plus trades in the Snapdragon 636 for a more modest 632 while a 12MP primary module replaces the 16MP one of the G7 Plus. On the outside, the two phones look practically the same - they employ the same 6.2-inch display with a...

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Weekly poll: which Moto G7 model do you love?

The G6 generation was fairly conservative with 16:9 screens and chipsets that didn't cut it for a 2018 mid-ranger (the vanilla G6 had a Snapdragon 450!). That's not how you fend off Xiaomi and company. Motorola's new Moto G7 quartet feels decidedly more modern - in fact quite competitive. We'll leave the details for the hands-on review, here we'll just focus on the key strengths and weaknesses because we worry these are too close in terms of specs and price to all succeed on the market. The Moto G7 Plus is clearly the top dog in this family. It features a 16+5MP dual camera with OIS and...

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