Weekly poll results: Samsung Galaxy Note10+ better liked than the small Note10

Last week we asked you a few questions. Are you getting a Samsung Galaxy Note10+ or Galaxy Note10 and if you would pay the premium for a 5G model or stick with LTE. Now the results are in and they are a bit surprising. Last year 19% half of you said they'd get a Galaxy Note9 but this year the results are flipped. Half of you said they're looking at competing phones, rather than the Galaxy Note10 duo. The larger Galaxy Note10+ is generally received better with 45% of you either committing to buy or wait for the price to drop, but the smaller Galaxy Note10 has been shunned in favor of the...

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Samsung Galaxy Note10+ in for review, camera samples inside

This is the Samsung Galaxy Note10+ - Samsung's fall flagship, its biggest screen phone so far and right now, its most important phone. The Galaxy Note10+ is an amalgamation of Samsung's best assets - it comes with three incredible cameras, a record-breaking screen, and certainly the best phone with a stylus. It's the most complete smartphone experience Samsung can offer and here's why. Whether you look at the Galaxy Note10+ from the front or the back, it's a gorgeous phone. The Aura Glow finish is a chameleon changing countless hues, depending on how the light hits it. And when you...

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The upcoming vivo NEX 3 will support 5G

Vivo's product manager, Li Xiang, just can't stop teasing the still unannounced vivo NEX 3 flagship smartphone. He already confirmed that the handset will have a "waterfall screen" and will retain the much-beloved 3.5mm audio jack. He was also bold enough to share some sketches of the phone's design. Today's order of the day, however, is 5G. The manager shared a partial screenshot of the home screen and it's hard not to notice the two 5G icons in the upper-left and the upper-right corner. Then again, the device will likely sport the newest Snapdragon 855+ chip, so it's only natural to...

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Unknown Huawei smartphone visits TENAA with 5.71" display and 13MP camera

Huawei launched the Y5 (2019) back in April, and it seems the Chinese phone maker will launch a similar smartphone soon. An unknown Huawei smartphone with model number AMN-AL10 has received TENAA certification and has been listed on the Chinese certifying authority's website with images and full specs. The smartphone's powered by an octa-core processor clocked at 2.0GHz and comes in 2GB/32GB and 3GB/64GB memory versions. It also has a memory card slot allowing storage expansion by up to 512GB. Huawei AMN-AL10 images on TENAA The Huawei AMN-AL10 is built around a 5.71"...

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Nokia 7.2 renders show off the circular camera design and slim body

While we are still waiting for the Nokia 7.2 and 6.2 to be officially announced, we get to see the former in the latest case renders that surfaced online. The images show a rather slim design and a circular design of the camera module on the back. Everything on the renders seems to be in line with what we've seen so far. We also know that the Nokia 6.2 will sport similar looks so these renders work both ways. Nokia 7.2 case renders A quick rewind - we expect the handset to arrive with Snapdragon 710, 6GB of RAM and should be here by the end of this month if the initial rumors...

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Huawei Mate X shows up on TENAA, inches closer to launch

Huawei officially confirmed that the Mate X release date has been pushed back until November. Still, the company's official said there's a slight chance that it could be delayed further if something goes wrong. Today the phone passed through TENAA indicating that everything is going as planned. Images from the TENAA listing The handset showed up on a TENAA listing with pictures, specs and everything. The specs have little value to us since we already know what to expect in terms of hardware, whereas the photos of the device don't seem to be all that revealing too. We will need a...

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Honor 10 Lite gets EMUI 9.1 in India

The Honor 10 Lite received the EMUI 9.1 update in China back in June, and the rollout of this update has now expanded to India. Honor 10 Lite EMUI 9.1 brings in GPU Turbo 3.0, which improves the gaming experience and reduces the power consumption by 10%. The new firmware also switches the file system on the Honor 10 Lite to EROFS which promises a 20% increase in random read speed and saving of 2GB system storage. You can head over here to learn more about EMUI 9.1. The update is rolling out over the air and should reach all the Indian units in a week or two, but if you can't...

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Realme 5 Pro passes through Geekbench revealing key specs

The Realme 5 arriving on August 20 passed through Geekbench a few days ago, revealing its key specs such as Snapdragon 665 SoC and 4GB RAM. Now another Realme device, which is likely the Realme 5 Pro, has appeared on Geekbench. The listing reveals some of the specs - Android Pie, Snapdragon 710 SoC and 8GB RAM. The Snapdragon 710 is the same chipset that powers the Realme 3 Pro. It's worth noting that benchmarks often get the specs wrong, and according to the previous rumors, the Realme 5 Pro will have Snapdragon 712 SoC, so we will have to wait till the official announcement to see...

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Alleged Redmi 8 appears on TENAA with full specs

An unknown Redmi smartphone, bearing model number M1908C3IC and said to be the Redmi 8, has appeared on TENAA with its images and full specs. The smartphone is built around a 6.21" display having a resolution of 1520x720 pixels. The screen is turned off so we can't see the bezels at the top and sides clearly, but we can see that the phone has a thicker chin with a Redmi branding. The presence of an 8MP selfie camera at the top also confirms the display has a notch. Around the back, the phone has a dual camera setup aligned vertically in the center with a 12MP unit as the main sensor....

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