2019 Winners and Losers: LG

This year the mobile phone market saw the rise of many new trends - from high refresh rate screens through 108MP image sensors to periscope cameras. The first foldable phones went on sale, charging speeds went through the roof, displays got curvier and grew punch holes. Some brands used these trends to their advantage and grow in the market, others missed the mark. In this series we look at what each company got right in 2019 and where their efforts came short. LG underperformed this year. Sales fell and there were few bright spots in the company's new releases. LG's product lineup...

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Week 1 in review: Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite and Note10 Lite are here

Let's start off the year (and the decade) with a recap of the top stories this week. Some of these are from 2019 and that's because the new year came mid-week. The biggest story of the week was the unveil of the Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite and Note 10 Lite. The pair share a non-curved 1080p 6.7-inch Super AMOLED and 4,500mAh batteries with 25W fast-charging, but differ in a few key areas. The Galaxy Note10 Lite has an S Pen, a 10nm Exynos 9810 (as in the Galaxy S9 and Note9) and a 12MP + 12MP + 12MP regular, tele and ultrawide cameras. The Galaxy S10 Lite has a Snapdragon 855 and a 48MP + 12MP...

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Top 10 trending phones of week 1

It's the first installment our top 10 trending chart this year and it brings familiar faces at the top. The Redmi Note 8 Pro has regained the top spot in the two weeks since the last edition, while the Galaxy A51 has risen to get the silver medal. The Redmi Note 8 retains third, while the newly announced Oppo Reno3 Pro has captured fourth. The leader from last time out, the Galaxy A71, is now fifth, ahead of the Xiaomi Mi Note 10 Pro. The Samsung Galaxy A50 just refuses to leave the top 10 and is now seventh, ahead of the Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max, which makes a return...

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TCL SOCL 500TWS review

The truly wireless earbuds market is surging as we enter 2020 as the category was catapulted into popularity thanks to the wildly successful Apple Airpods. This CES, TCL announced its entry into the ring. The TCL SOCL 500TWS name is a tongue twister, but TCL's first entry into the segment is still worth considering. The earbuds themselves share design elements with both Samsung's Galaxy Buds and Apple's Airpods, butthanks to their unique translucent body, they are able to stand out among the competitors. TCL SOCL 500TWS specs and features: Translucent finish and...

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Weekly poll: what will be the most exciting feature of 2020 smartphones?

One year ago, you voted 2019 "the year of 5G". The year saw the launch of multiple 5G-enabled handsets and many carriers were quick to expand their coverage so that millions could try out the next generation network, both mmWave and sub-6GHz flavors. What do you think will be the defining feature of 2020 smartphones? Last year made it clear that upcoming premium phones will have 100+ megapixel cameras and telephoto lenses with high magnification. Multicamera setups are becoming common place too, we already have phones with two zoom lenses - will this year bring three? Speaking of...

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