Poco X2 arriving on February 4 with 120Hz display, 64MP camera

Poco has revealed the launch date of its first smartphone following it becoming a standalone company - the Poco X2 is arriving on February 4, which is next Tuesday. The phone will have "extreme refresh rate" for "extreme gaming", a 64MP camera with Sony IMX686 sensor, liquid cooling and a Qualcomm chipset. Teasers of the Poco X2 The Poco X2 was introduced on Twitter with the extremely tacky hashtag "Be Smooth af". There is also a short link, sending you to a landing page that advertises the Poco X2 refresh rate in a way that some might find childish, but many of the...

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Redmi K20 Pro Premium is now cheaper than ever

Xiaomi is selling the Redmi K30 in China, but there's a good amount of Redmi K20 phones on the market as well. In order to empty its stores and to celebrate the Lunar New Year, the company has slashed the price of the Redmi K20 Pro Premium to CNY2,799 or the equivalent of $403. The Redmi K20 Pro arrived with Snapdragon 855 chipset, but later an updated Premium version was relaunched with Snapdragon 855+ SoC. The phone is currently at Xiaomi's own online store with 12 GB RAM and 512 GB storage, the only memory version on sale right now. It was initially introduced at CNY3,199, then...

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Week 4 in review: Galaxy S20 price and renders, P40 Pro photos and renders

It was yet another week where Samsung's upcoming Galaxy S20 lineup stood in the spotlight and this week the stories got a bit more interesting. The biggest leak by far was of the prices of the Galaxy S20 phones. The Galaxy S20 will start at €900-1,000 (€100 less for a 4G model), the Galaxy S20+ will be €1050-1,100 and the Galaxy S20 Ultra will be €1,300-1,500. We were also treated to the best-looking renders of all three devices this week - the Galaxy S20 will get a triple camera, while the Galaxy S20+ and S20 Ultra will have quad setups. The Galaxy S20 Ultra may not only be more...

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Top 10 trending phones of week 4

MWC is just around the corner, which explains why we are getting little in terms of new phone announcements these days - everybody is holding off so they can bring their A-game to the industry's largest event. This means our trending chart is reasonably stable, save for the stir caused by a particularly exciting rumored phone. Like the Galaxy S20 Ultra, which even made the top last week on the back of a series of spicy leaks. It's down to third now, replaced in the lead by the Galaxy A51 and the Redmi Note 8 Pro. In fourth we have the non-Pro half of the Note 8 family, which has just...

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Nokia Power Earbuds BH-605 review

After the success of Apple's AirPods almost every OEM is looking to take a chunk of the true wireless headphones market. That's further fueled by the fact that most makers have either already dropped or are on the way to drop the headphones jack. While hardly a household name in the business Nokia actually has two different TWS offerings and the one we'll be looking at right now is quite interesting. Dubbed Nokia Power Earbuds BH-605 they have a rather different take on the whole package. They are relatively reasonably priced at around €90 and the two most important standout features...

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Weekly poll: can the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip convince you to move on from rigid slabs?

Flip phones are back with a vengeance - last year's tablet-sized folders are giving way to vertical folders. The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip will be unveiled at the Unpacked event in February and it will be the first phone with Ultra Thin Glass (UTG). That may not sound like much, but the much increased scratch resistance of UTG compared to the plastic screen cover of the Galaxy Fold, Mate X and even the upcoming Motorola Razr can make the Z Flip the first practical folder. In early 2019 we were thinking that an inward folding design would be enough to protect the screen, but reality proved...

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Weekly poll results: 2 in 3 interested in 5G, but slow network rollout is a big issue

A third of the people who voted in last week's poll plans to buy a 5G phone in 2020. Another third are still prioritizing the other features on a phone, but are not against having a 5G-capable phone. Only the final third voted a firm "no". Among those, the most common explanation as to why not is that the carriers in their country are yet to launch their next-generation networks. In many regions this will not happen this year or even next year. This limits the value of 5G connectivity from the perspective of future-proofing one's purchase. It's much better to get an awesome camera now...

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