Realme X2 arrives in Avocado Green color, gets a slight discount in China

Millennials and other fans of healthy foods, rejoice! Realme has launched a new color of the Realme X2 called Avocado Green that looks absolutely stunning. The device is available for purchase only in China, but at least comes with a decent discount for the first few days of the sale - CNY1,699 ($240) instead of CNY1,899 ($270). The new Realme X2 is the very same Snapdragon 730G-powered handset with 8 GB RAM and 128 GB storage, just with a new coat of paint on the back and a new default theme of the UI that is predominantly green. It also keeps all the best-selling features like the...

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Week 48 in review: Honor V30/V30 Pro and MagicWatch 2 are here

The final week of November is now done and it brought us the Honor V30 and V30 Pro alongside the MagicWatch 2 and the Huawei MatePad Pro. The Honor V30 and V30 Pro share most of their respective specs, like the 6.57-inch IPS LCD, Kirin 990 chipet and dual front-facing cameras. But where the Pro has the upper hand is its 12MP f/2.2 ultrawide angle camera with autofocus, with the slightly brighter lens and OIS over its main 40MP camera and wireless charger. We took the Honor V30 Pro and its impressive ultrawide camera out for a spin, you can check out the samples here. The Honor V30 and...

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Realme Buds Wireless vs Mi Neckband Bluetooth Earphones

The Realme Buds Wireless and the Mi Neckband Bluetooth Earphones are two of the most affordable wireless options on the market from the competing Chinese brands. Both feature a neckband style design and both are within spitting distance of each other in terms of pricing. And despite the low price, both also offer the peace of mind that comes with products from know brands instead of the many cookie cutter alternatives littering Amazon. So, which one should you choose if you happen to want low priced wireless earphones? We spent some time with both of these options to see which one...

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Top 10 trending phones of week 48

Week 48 was relatively calm with the only major announcements being the Honor V30 and V30 Pro, but our trending chart still saw plenty of movement. Our new leader is the yet unofficial Redmi K30 - the first solid leaks for the next flagship killer came this week and you guys seem to like what you see. This pushes the Redmi Note 8 Pro and Redmi Note 8 to the lower two steps of the podium, while the Mi Note 10 shot back up to complete an all-Xiaomi top 4. The Samsung Galaxy A50 took fifth, ahead of the Realme X2 Pro, while the newly announced Honor V30 Pro took seventh. Two more...

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Weekly poll: Honor V30 and V30 Pro - winners or losers?

The View series (known as V series in China) has emerged as Honor's flagship lineup and the latest entries are the most impressive yet. The Honor V30 and V30 Pro offer just about the same specs as the Huawei Mate 30 Pro, but at half the price. Less than half if you look at the LTE model of the Mate, but both V-series phones feature 5G connectivity - they just differ in how they achieve it. Honor V30 Pro The Honor V30 Pro comes with the Kirin 990 chipset with an embedded 5G modem. This one is built on a 7nm+ process, runs at slightly higher clock speeds and features a more...

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Weekly poll results: clamshells beat other foldable designs

Opinions have flipped - when we asked you about the best foldable design earlier this year, the fold-in design won over the fold-out option by a narrow margin. In last week's poll, the Razr-like vertical folders emerged as a clear winner. Now that we've seen each of those in an actual phone we've seen quite a change in public opinion. What happened? Inward folding designs retain much of their popularity and are a clear second in the poll. This suggests that troubled launch of the Samsung Galaxy Fold did not mar people's perception of the design. The practicality of protecting the screen...

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