Realme X7 first photos appear online and it looks rather unusual

Realme is launching its next lineup on September 1 and we finally have first live photos of the phone. It was revealed by two senior executives - a neat tri-color gradient, with the company's motto on top, which will undoubtedly raise a few eyebrows. “Dare to Leap” has been Realme’s motto since last year and the company has always been saying that it is implementing this idea when developing its products. While the photos by Xu Qi Chase, CMO at Realme, give us just a glance of what the upcoming X7 smartphone will look like, the Design Director shed some light on the unusual...

Read More

Top 10 trending phones of week 34

We had no major announcements this week, which allowed the pair of Ultras to retain the top two spots - the Xiaomi Mi 10 Ultra still ahead of the Galaxy Note20 Ultra. The Realme X7 is just around the corner and it appears quite a few a paying attention as it made the top 3 before it made the stage. The Redmi Note 9 Pro leads the vanilla Note 9 in fourth and fifth as another rumored phone, the Zenfone 7 took sixth in the week leading to its announcement. The OnePlus Nord has slipped all the way down to seventh, as the veteran that is the Galaxy A51 is now eight. The Redmi 9...

Read More

Week 34 in review: Galaxy S20 Fan Edition, Zenfone 7/7 Pro leak

Another week is over and done, so let's look at the top stories. The US patched its ban on Huawei by adding some 38 third-party companies that Huawei used to circumvent some of the restrictions. Thus Huawei effectively is left without access to US-based chips and chip technology and could end up without a chip supplier for its phones. We spotted renders of what could prove to be the Sony Xperia 5 II. While we're very eager for a successor to the tiny and powerful Xperia of 2019, this likely isn't it as the renders look like a miniaturized version of the Xperia 1 II so were likley...

Read More

Honor Choice True Wireless Stereo Earbuds review

Introduction These are the Honor Choice True Wireless Stereo Earbuds - there's also a Moecen brand name somewhere in there and an X1, depending on the market. It's somewhat of branding mess, but the earbuds themselves are nothing short of great, and that's before we factor in the price. It's $45 and at that price, the Honor Choice TWS Earbuds are, simply put - the ones to get. Read on and we'll explain. First, let's glance over the specs. The Honor Choice TWS Earbuds come in a simple charging case that uses USB-C to replenish its juice and provides 18 hours of music playback to...

Read More

Weekly poll: under-screen cameras are nearly here, but are they better than flip-up cams?

About a year ago we asked you to weigh in on the under-screen vs. flip-up camera debate. Under-screen cameras won a resounding victory, however due to technological challenges they are yet to make their ways to smartphones. That should change soon as ZTE will unveil the Axon 20 5G on September 1, which will be the first phone to take these invisible cameras past the prototype stage. We’ve seen renders and it does look pretty neat. ZTE Axon 20 5G teaser images However, Asus also posted a teaser of a phone with an unblemished screen – the Zenfone 7 will use a flip up mechanism to...

Read More