vivo iQOO Z1 to arrive on May 19, first image leaks

Last week Mediatek introduced its new chipset Dimensity 1000+ and revealed the first phone will be a vivo device from the iQOO family. Later we learned the name of the phone will be iQOO Z1, and today an official confirmation arrived, along with a launch date - May 19, which is next Tuesday. While we have verification from vivo, the leakster is once again a step ahead of the phone manufacturer, leaking live photos of the phone on his Weibo page - the phone will have a single punch hole on the front and a 144 Hz screen. vivo iQOO Z1 live images The 144 Hz refresh rate was also...

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Watch the Realme Narzo 10 series launch event here

After postponing the event twice due to the COVID-19 lockdown in India, Realme will today unveil the Narzo 10 series through a pre-recorded video. It will be streamed on the company's YouTube channel starting at 12:30 PM IST (7 AM UTC). You can follow it with us by tuning to the stream below. The Realme Narzo 10 series includes two smartphones - Narzo 10 and Narzo 10A. Realme already confirmed a few specs of the Narzo 10, which include the Helio G80 SoC, 6.5" waterdrop notch display, and a 48MP quad camera. The smartphone will pack a 5,000 mAh battery and feature a rear-mounted...

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Week 19 in review: Poco F2 Pro, Pixel 4a hotly anticipated

Xiaomi's anticipated revival of the Poco brand kicked off through the Poco F2 Pro promo campaign this week. The phone will be based on the Redmi K30 Pro, which means a 6.67-inch AMOLED display with no notch, a Snapdragon 865 chipset (without 5G in some markets), 6/128GB and 8/256GB variants and a price between €600-€650 in Europe and around INR 47,000 in India. The Poco F2 Pro will make its official appearance on May 12 at an event in Madrid. Xiaomi is reportedly also working on a Poco M2 Pro, which is a midrange device based around the Redmi Note 9 Pro. Google's Pixel 4a made the...

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Top 10 trending phones of week 19

Xiaomi is the big winner in week 19, as six of its phones made our top 10 trending chart and they occupied four of the first five spots too. The upcoming Poco F2 Pro is the new leader as its teaser campaign began and it's clearly working well. It pushed last week's leaders Redmi Note 9 Pro and Apple iPhone SE (2020) down a spot. In fourth and fifth we have two Redmi phones on the rise - the Note 9S ahead of the Note 8 Pro. They are followed by the Samsung Galaxy A51 and the Redmi Note 8, which also gained a position a piece. In eight we have the upcoming Huawei P30 Pro New...

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Weekly poll: LG Velvet is rugged and has a stylus, but does it have a future?

LG is trying to reinvent its image and introduced a new smartphone line-up, debuting with the LG Velvet. It's an odd phone, at KRW 900,000 ($735/€680) it's too pricey to be a mid-ranger, but that Snapdragon 765G chipset doesn't make it a flagship either. Still, the phone has a few unique features to make it stand out from the S765 rabble. It is both IP68 and MIL-STD 810G certified in the finest tradition of the V-series. Most of its competition settles for just the dust and water resistance of IP68 without the drop resistance of MIL-STD. The other is the support for a Wacom stylus -...

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Weekly poll results: Xiaomi's Mi Note 10 Lite and Redmi Note 9 Pro get a warm welcome

The Xiaomi Mi Note 10 Lite attracted a lot of interest in last week's poll - the sentiment is positive, though some wish the price was lower. As it stands, it's quite close to the vanilla Mi Note 10 and some people are willing to pay extra to get not one but two telephoto cameras. More than half of voters are interested in the Lite model, though most of them will wait for a promotional price before pulling the trigger. Only 18% of voters think that the recently-discounted Mi Note 10 is a better buy. Whether you go with the Note 10 or Note 10 Lite, it's still a win for Xiaomi, of...

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