Watch the Realme X50 Pro Player and Realme TV event live

Today's a big day for Realme as the company is set to unveil eight new products, including the gamer-centric Realme X50 Pro Player. The event will be streamed online starting at 14:00 Chinese time (GMT +8). You can follow it with us by heading over here. Previous leaks have revealed that Realme X50 Pro Player is actually the X50 Pro 5G with downgraded cameras and some performance boosters. It retains the 8MP ultrawide and 2MP depth modules from the X50 Pro 5G but replaces the 64MP main unit with a 48MP module and you get a 2MP macro camera instead of the 12MP telephoto unit. On the...

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Razer Opus headphones review

Razer is a gaming brand known for making high-performance gaming PCs, laptops, and accessories for gamers. Its triple snake logo and Chroma platform for customizing RBG LEDs have the kind of loyal following most brands can only dream of. And yet Razer has now released a pair of active-noise cancelling headphones that eschew both. The Razer Opus is a rapid departure from the brand's heritage, aiming to create a lifestyle product that appeals to a much wider audience even at the risk of alienating the core fanbase. Or perhaps Razer hopes that its fans, many of which have grown up...

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Top 10 trending phones of week 21

In week 21 some substantial rumors emerged that allowed us to add two upcoming phones to the database and it appears you guys have been paying close attention. The vivo X50 took the top, while the Samsung Galaxy Note 20+ got to third place even though neither phone is official yet. Inbetween we have the Galaxy A51, which shapes up to be a worthy successor of the A50 that spent almost a year in our top 10. A quintet of Xiaomi phones follow - the Redmi Note 9S regained fourth as the Poco F2 Pro slid to fifth. The Redmi Notes 8 Pro, 10 and 8 take the next three positions in that order....

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Realme May 25 and 26 events - what to expect

May 25 is probably going to be the most eventful and important day in the short history of the quickly growing Realme brand. The company aims to hold not one but two events on the same day at two different locations - China and India. On the next day, May 26, another event will follow, this time for Europe. So why is May 25 so important for Realme? Well, the OEM is about to unveil eight new devices on the same date. Smartphones Most of the devices, if not all, are already confirmed. We expect the Realme X50 Pro Player edition, Realme X3 and X3 SuperZoom to be the stars of the show....

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Week 21 in review: Galaxy Note20 details surface, Xperia 1 II goes on sale

Another week has come and gone, now it's time to look back at the major events from it. Last week Xiaomi detailed its MIUI 12 for global audiences. The OS will start seeding to devices at the end of June, starting with the Mi 9, Mi 9T, Mi 9T Pro, and the K20 and K20 Pro. MIUI 12 has stock Android 10 navigation gestures, new quick reply feature, floating windows and a new universal casting feature. We learned that the Samsung Galaxy Note20 will likely have a 4,500mAh battery and a 108MP main camera. Reports claim that Samsung's Fall flagship won't adopt the 4x periscope camera of the...

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Huawei Watch GT 2e review

In today's tech realm it's no longer enough to just make phones - brands need to have an entire ecosystem where their devices integrate seamlessly and augment each others' functionality. Huawei's "accessory" devices are of even higher importance seeing how the Shenzhen-based company needs to give people more reasons to stick with its platform as it builds up viable alternatives to the Google suite and find alternative revenue streams to make up for its shrinking overseas smartphone sales. We are now about to review the Huawei Watch GT 2e, initially unveiled back in late March alongside the...

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Weekly poll: How much will you spend on your next phone?

Understandably, people are quite price sensitive right now. It doesn't help that certain smartphone makers decided that $1,000 is a good starting point for flagships rather than being the absolute ceiling. And we're not talking about exotic devices like the foldable phones. The Galaxy S20+ 5G originally started at $1,200. The iPhone 11 Pro is about that much if you want more than 64GB storage. Even Oppo isn't shy about going over a thousand for its top of the line models. Also, historically affordable brands have now crept up the pricing charts (e.g. OnePlus and more recently,...

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Weekly poll results: Poco F2 Pro was worth the wait, would have been better without 5G

The Poco F2 Pro was worth the wait, results from last week's poll show an overall positive attitude, but not without some comments on the feature set. The prevailing opinion is that the 5G connectivity is largely wasted as the regions where the Poco will be popular simply do not have next-gen networks yet. For example, folks in India may have to wait until 2022 to get 5G coverage from the local carriers. Of course, with this model Poco will try to break into new markets, e.g. Europe, where the 5G will make a difference. Still, it sounds like most people would have been happier to...

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