Oppo will introduce 125W fast-charging solution on July 15

Oppo has been introducing fast-charging technologies for the past couple of years and has been leading the race for the most watts a phone can receive without frying the motherboard. Currently, the highest rate a phone can charge at is 65W, but the company is preparing to introduce a technology on July 15 that will allow up to 125W super flash charge - no, that is not a typo - a hundred and twenty-five watts of power filling up the battery. We expect Oppo to push a press release to all media about its technology on Wednesday and even hold a neat little demo station for some...

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Top 10 trending phones of week 28

This week we saw the debut of the Poco M2 Pro, which immediately shot to the top of our trending chart, pushing the Redmi Note 9 Pro down to second. The Galaxy A51 is now third, while Redmi Note 9 just missed out on a podium place. Below those the Galaxy A71 and Redmi Note 8 retain fifth and sixth place as the Galaxy A21s moves up to seventh. The yet-to-go-official OnePlus Nord takes eight, while the Galaxy M31 rose up to ninth. The Redmi 9 returns to the chat to take the final spot in this week's top 10. The Realme C11 and X3 are the two phones to be relegated, leaving the...

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Realme Watch Review

Realme debuted as a smartphone brand in May 2018 but it's quickly expanding its ecosystem lately. The company launched its first TWS earphones Buds Air last December, then the first smartband, Realme Band, in March, followed by its first smart TV and smartwatch in May that are simply called Realme TV and Realme Watch. The Realme Watch is kept at the center of Realme's AIoT ecosystem, and in the future, it will be able to control multiple AIoT devices like air purifiers, smart lamp and smart speakers without requiring a smartphone. Priced at €55/INR3,999 ($53), the Realme Watch...

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Week 28 in review: OnePlus Nord all but official, Snapdragon 865+ is here

The past week seemed all about OnePlus' upcoming affordable smartphone. The OnePlus Nord leaked left and right and got its fair share of official teasers too. We saw the Nord in renders, we saw its official cases, we got its price from a retail listing (around €475/$535), we got the full specs sheet (6.44-inch 90Hz AMOLED, Snapdragon 765G, dual selfie camera, quad main camera, 4,115mAh battery with 30W charging), and we got the date of unveil - July 21. The Samsung Galaxy Note20+ (or Ultra, it's not clear yet) was pictured in the wild, revealing a triple camera with what's likely a main...

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Flashback: the phone that was a tablet that was a laptop that failed

At CES 2011 Asus unveiled the EEE Pad Transformer TF101 – a tablet that could transform into a small laptop thanks to the optional keyboard dock. This was nearly a decade before Apple decided to do the same with the Magic Keyboard for the iPad Pro. But Asus’ ambitions were much greater than a simple 2-in-1, it was going to create the only computing gadget you’ll ever need. This came only a year later – enter the Asus PadFone. The name isn’t subtle, it’s a phone that can turn into a tablet using the appropriate tablet dock. And that tablet could attach to a keyboard dock, much like the...

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Weekly poll: is the Poco M2 Pro something you want or has the brand lost its way?

When the Poco brand was born, it had the reputation of a flagship killer. And while the F2 Pro is keeping that spirit alive, it costs more than its predecessor. The mid-range Poco X2 is keeping the price low, even if it can’t kill any flagships. But now there’s an even cheaper option. The Poco M2 Pro will become available in India next week starting at CNY 14,000. The X2 goes for around INR 17,500, the F2 Pro isn’t available there yet but is one of the most affordable Snapdragon 865 phones out there (it still costs more than double the X2 price, though). In August last year you could have...

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