Amazfit Neo Review

Huami launched many smartwatches this year under its Amazfit brand, but the Amazfit Neo stands out from the rest because of its design. The wearable comes with retro looks, but has a few features up its sleeve which make it quite modern. It's also the cheapest smartwatch the company has launched this year, but is it a worthy addition to your wrist or has Huami cut one too many corners? Read on to find out. Amazfit Neo specifications Display: 1.2", STN monochrome screen, Always-On Display Straps: Polyurethane (PUR) straps, 20mm width Features: Real-time heart rate monitor,...

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Top 10 trending phones of week 43

Apple's occupation of the top 4 of our trending chart was short lived with the newly announced Huawei Mate40 lineup securing two of the podium spots. However, the iPhone 12 Pro Max retained its top position as the Mate 40 Pro and Mate 40 Pro+ took second and third. The rest of the iPhone 12 lineup follows with the 12 Pro taking fourth, ahead of the vanilla 12 and the 12 mini. The exotic Huawei Mate 40 RS Porsche Design took seventh, ahead of the Xiaomi Mi 10T Pro. Two more Xiaomi phones complete the chart - the Redmi Note 9 Pro and the returning Poco X3 NFC. This means there...

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Hot take: Flagship chipsets are no longer necessary

The fascination with speed has been the core catalyst behind the advancements in computing hardware. Faster processors not just make existing tasks faster but also enable new features that would not have been possible previously. These new features enable new possibilities and allow hardware to go beyond what they were originally designed for. Faster hardware allowed your phone to go from something you called and texted on to a miniature computer and your watch to go from something that kept time to become a miniature smartphone. A computer that would once upon a time take up an entire...

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Week 43 in review: Huawei Mate 40 family is here, iPhone 12 struggles with 5G

Welcome to your weeks recap and it begins with Huawei's big Mate 40 series unveil. Huawei had four phones to introduce - the Mate 40, Mate 40 Pro, Mate 40 Pro+ and Mate 40 Pro RS Porsche Design and they are looking impressive. The new phones all have OLED displays, 5nm Kirin chipsets and multiple cameras on the rear. The Mate 40 Pro and Pro+ are among the best cameraphones to get right now with a main 50MP f/1.9 camera, a new 20MP ultrawide with autofocus and either a 5x periscope zoom (on the Pro) or a 3x zoom camera and 10x periscope zoom (on the Pro+). Huawei told us the prices, but...

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Weekly poll: Will a Huawei Mate 40 have you saying goodbye to Google?

Huawei’s rapid-fire event this Thursday brought many new devices, the most interesting of which are, of course, the new Mate flagships. The ANC over-ear headphones, the fancy smartwatch and the other things are interesting as well, don’t get us wrong, but let’s focus on the phones for now. Starting with the Huawei Mate 40 Pro. This phone will be available in the UK on November 13 and should arrive in most parts of Europe by the end of the year. As for its siblings - they are not coming to the Old Continent yet or perhaps ever, even though Huawei announced their prices in...

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Google Pixel 5 review

This year, Google has taken a drastically different approach with the Pixel lineup. Rather than pack a new Pixel phone with a high-end chipset and QHD screen, Google has instead gone the route of focusing on the overall experience. The Google Pixel 5 is this year’s Pixel flagship and there are some major changes for 2020.

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Flashback: Huawei Mate 9 series upgraded the Leica camera, partnered with Porsche Design

Previously, we’ve explored how Huawei’s relationship with Leica began with the P9 and P9 Plus. This week’s introduction of the new Mate 40 series had us thinking of Huawei again, so it’s time to cover the company’s other 2016 flagships – the Mate 9 trio. Huawei Mate 9 Pro (left) and Huawei Mate 9 (right) This was the generation that drafted the blueprint for Huawei’s current releases: one vanilla phone, one Pro and one “out there” Porsche Design model. This game plan was only changed earlier this year when the company added another tier, the Pro+. The Huawei Mate 9 Pro had a...

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