vivo V15 is official with a fingerprint scanner on the back

The vivo V15 Pro arrived on February 20 but was immediately shadowed by the Xiaomi Mi 9 launch and the Samsung Galaxy S10 arrival that both happened on the same day. The phone arrived with three cameras, pop-up selfie shooter, and a relatively big display with UD fingerprint scanner. Now, a more affordable version called vivo V15 is available in Thailand, Malaysia, and Cambodia. It lacks the Snapdragon chipset and the 48 MP shooter, but keeps the 32 MP selfie shooter with elevating mechanism. The vivo V15 has a Helio P70 chipset and 6 GB RAM. The screen is now 6.53" LCD with...

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Honor 20 specs and renders appear online

Honor revealed the View 20 at the beginning of January, and now we're looking forward to the non-View flagship. According to leaksters from China, the Honor 20 is on its way with a 48 MP main shooter and a 6.1" OLED screen. The Honor 20 will have a Kirin 980 chipset, which is hardly a surprise. It will be coupled with 6 or 8 gigs of RAM and will have either 128 GB or 256 GB storage. Being an Honor smartphone and a Huawei subsidiary, we should expect Gaming+, Link Turbo, CPU Turbo, and GPU Turbo, all of them boosting the smartphone performance one way or another. Rumored...

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Ultimate Ears Boom 3 Review

The Boom 3 is the latest in the line of popular Bluetooth speakers from Ultimate Ears. The new model is even more rugged than before, with a shock-resistant and water-resistant design made to withstand the harshest conditions. The Boom 3 is a fair bit larger than the Boom 2, which had an identical design to the original Boom. The fabric now covers the entire front surface, with the signature large volume buttons now embossed directly on it. The volume buttons are a bit less stiff this time around and easier to press. The fabric has a two-tone color finish. Our blue review unit...

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Top 10 trending phones of week 9

After skipping a week as we were busy roaming around the MWC grounds in Barcelona, the top 10 trending chart is back. You'd have a hard time recognizing it though - there are so many new faces on it as you'd expect after the flurry of announcements in the past 10 or so days. The Galaxy S10+ emerged victorious from all the chaos - the de-facto Samsung flagship ended up the most popular of all. In second we find the Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Pro, which benefited from being among the last to arrive - a bunch of phones had the peak of their interest in the last days of last week when they were...

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Week 9 in review: Aftermath of MWC 2019 - Xperia 1, Galaxy S10 and more

The Mobile World Congress came and went and now that the dust has settled it's time to take a look at some of the hottest topics of this very busy week. We won't be focusing as much on the phone launches of MWC 2019 here - you can check out ourcomprehensive list of all the new phones here. The unveil of Sony's 21:9 4K OLED Xperia 1 made huge waves this week and for good reason. It's Sony's first phone with a triple camera, it ushers in a whole new naming scheme and it's the only device with such a screen. Samsung announced its new-look A series with the Galaxy A10 as well as the...

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Weekly poll: what's the best design for foldable phones?

If a woodchuck could chuck wood... wait, we have a better question. If your phone could fold, which way would that foldable phone fold? We've seen two designs and teasers for two more that add variation to the theme. Samsung took the safe route with the Galaxy Fold. The fragile plastic screen goes inside, where it's protected like a turtle in its shell. That's great if the thought of scratching up the screen on your new $2,000 phone makes you antsy. But the downside of this design is that you need a second screen and a second set of cameras. And (perhaps worse), the screen can never fold...

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Motorola Moto G7 Play review

The Moto G7 Play is the most basic smartphone of the G7 quartet that launched in Brazil a while ago. But despite its price hints towards a budget experience with a lot of compromises, we actually found it quite capable and interesting. And here is why.

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Huawei teases Watch GT for India

Huawei has started teasing its new Watch GT smartwatch for India. The company sent out a tweet from the India account with a short teaser video but without any other details other than just saying coming soon. An incredible battery life, that keeps up with your activities. #ComingSoon #OneChargeTwoWeeks pic.twitter.com/i4eK2zW8p8— Huawei India (@HuaweiIndia) March 2, 2019 The Huawei Watch GT is the company's latest smartwatch based on its own proprietary software. The watch is geared more towards fitness enthusiasts with features such as GPS tracking, heart rate monitor, water...

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Mobile World Congress 2019 recap: a list of all new smartphones

This was a hectic two weeks - the biggest gathering of smartphone manufacturers, the Mobile World Congress, did not disappoint this year. We're including the phones from last Wednesday, even though they weren't announced in Barcelona. Even if you were keeping a close eye on the launches, chances are you didn't see everything. So, we've compiled a list of the 30 or so of the most interesting devices (not counting prototypes) to be unveiled. You'll notice that MWC 2019 had two major themes - 5G and foldable phones. Neither is quite ready for prime time, but they will be in the hands of...

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