Black Shark 3S to arrive on July 31 alongside a Tencent version

Qualcomm recently unveiled the Snapdragon 865+ chipset, setting off a race between smartphone makers over who's going to update their lineup first. Asus, Lenovo and Samsung already announced new phones with it, but the rest of the gaming phone makers will follow sooner rather than later. The brand manager of Black Shark recently posted a cryptic post on Weibo from a phone called Black Shark 3S and today we get a date for its announcement - Friday, July 31. It will also have a Tencent version, a unit of which will be gifted to a random Weibo user who reposts the message. The new...

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vivo TWS Neo earbuds review

vivo is the latest smartphone company that shows strong interest in the TWS niche and we have its latest product with us - the vivo TWS Neo. We got a Starry Blue unit alongside the Vivo X50 Pro smartphone (here's the review), and we are now ready to share our impressions on it. vivo is trying to be a brand for the young and successful people and is doing its best to make its devices look appealing. The Neo earphones have a plastic case with neat gradient color - it goes from Silver through Blue all the way to Black - it is indeed as beautiful as the night sky. The earphones follow...

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Top 10 trending phones of week 30

After having the exact same 10 phones on our trending chart for two weeks straight, this time the leaderboard is changed beyond recognition. With the OnePlus Nord flying as high as third even before it went official it was always the favorite to top the chart in its announcement week and it delivered. Meanwhile a couple of big leaks got people talking about the Samsung Galaxy Note20 and sent it all the way up to second place. Yet another rumored phone completes the Podium - the Realme C15 is gathering attention far greater than its price tag suggests, but the combo of huge battery...

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Week 30 in review: OnePlus Nord, Asus ROG Phone, Galaxy Z Flip 5G are here

Last week held several important announcements, but the biggest by far was the OnePlus Nord. With the Nord, OnePlus returned to the affordable segment and did so with a very capable product. The OnePlus Nord has a 6.44-inch 90Hz display, Snapdragon 765G chip with 6GB,8GB ot12GB of RAM, a good camera array on the rear, dual camera on the front, and a very affordable starting price of €400/INR 28,000. The OnePlus Nord will launch on August 4. Asus announced the ROG Phone 3, which is a rather different propostion. It's the gaming-PC of smartphones and comes packed to the gills with high-end...

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Weekly poll: is the OnePlus Nord a great phone or just overhyped?

The prices of OnePlus flagships have been rising year after year, so the company decided to add a mid-ranger to its roster – the OnePlus Nord. The phone brings many of the company’s trademark features while switching some things up to hit its €400/£380 price tag. It’s INR 28,000 in India and if you’re patient, you can get one for INR 25,000 in September. Let’s get the chipset out of the way first, it’s a Snapdragon 765G. It doesn’t have the CPU or GPU computing power of the 800-series chips, but it does support 5G. That matters in some European countries and may matter elsewhere too,...

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