Huawei to introduce nova 8 series on Dec 23 with oval camera island

Huawei was rumored to bring the nova 8 series in December, and the company just confirmed the new midrange lineup is scheduled for a launch on December 23. The company posted a teaser on Weibo, suggesting yet another shape of the camera island - it will be an oval. Technically, the Huawei nova 8 family has already started - the Huawei nova 8 SE was announced in two variations with two different chipsets, both of them designed by Mediatek. We expect a Huawei nova 8 and Huawei nova 8 Pro, and one leakster suggested also the Enjoy 20 SE will make an appearance. What is more...

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Top 10 most popular reviews of 2020: Q1

We like to close out the year with a look back at some of the trends and major events throughout the year. One great way to gauge the industry’s and fan interest in this year’s smartphone releases is to examine the most popular entries in our review section. The first quarter of the year is usually quite packed with announcements, featuring the biggest event of the indrustry and some traditional independent launches. Of course, 2020 being what it was, MWC got cancelled, putting the release calendar in shambles. Amid all the commotion, Samsung came out strong in terms of interest,...

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vivo X60 series officially arriving on Dec 29 with new Zeiss partnership

The vivo X60 series finally has an official launch date - it is December 29. While we expect a vivo X60 Pro smartphone to be the first Exynos 1080 chipset, another partnership will also be announced on stage - between vivo and the German optical company Zeiss. The vivo X60 series is one of the last phones, expected in 2020. Not only it will be the first with Samsung’s newest 5nm chipset, but it will also bring OriginOS out of the box - vivo’s own revamped operating system, built on the Android kernel. Since the vivo X50 family had three phones, we expect a similar situation here....

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Oppo Enco W51 TWS Earphones Review

Oppo is mainly known for its smartphones, but the company also launched a few wireless earphones this year, among which the Oppo Enco W51 TWS earphones that we have with us today. The Enco W51 are priced at INR4,999 ($70/€55) and come with features like wireless charging and noise cancellation that we can rarely see in this price range. They also support touch controls and are claimed to offer a battery life of up to 24 hours. While that sounds enticing, has Oppo cut too many corners to pack in those features, or are the Enco W51 actually as good as they look on paper? We try to...

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Top 10 trending phones of week 50

A couple of leaks and a major announcement shook up our trending chart. The Galaxy S21+ shot up to the top, while the Oppo Reno5 Pro+ slid just below it despite getting more of a teaser than a proper announcement. The Redmi Note 9 Pro 5G completed the podium as the Poco M3 rapidly lost ground after multiple weeks on top and is now in fourth. The Samsung rumored pair of Galaxy A52 ang Galaxy S21 follows, while the Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max is all the way down in seventh. The Redmi Note 9 Pro is eight, ahead of the Galaxy A51 veteran, while the Poco X3 NFC completes the top...

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Weekly poll: Best phones of 2020 - final round

The preliminary round of voting for the best phones of 2020 is complete – we already called the winners in the Gaming and Trailblazer categories, but to determine the best phone in the other five market segments we go into the final round. The Top 5 phones in each made it through. You can have a peek at the original polls if you’re curious about how popular each phone was. But we don’t want to influence your decision now, so we’ve listed the phones in alphabetical order to keep things fair. Phones from five different brands move forward in the Best Flagship of 2020 category. Three...

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Week 50 in review: Galaxy S21 family photos arrive, AirPods Max are here

Welcome to another week's recap. Still a month away, the Samsung Galaxy S21 series leaked in high-quality renders, confirming a design we've already seen in previous leaks. The Galaxy S21 Ultra will have four cameras, a glass rear panel and a curved front glass, whereas the Galaxy S21 and S21+ will retain the camera setups of their predecessors and have plastic rear panels and a flat display, like the Galaxy Note20. We also saw the official promo videos of the Galaxy S21 series and a leak detailing the Galaxy S21 Ultra's four cameras - next-generation 108MP camera, ultrawide with...

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Flashback: not so weird car branded phones - McLaren, Aston Martin, Ferrari and Land Rover

We decided to take a slight detour from the weird phones from unexpected brands series to focus on car-branded phones. Those have been around for ages and are still relatively popular. For example, OnePlus made a few McLaren edition phones, Samsung made an Aston Martin Galaxy Z Fold2, iQOO partnered with BMW and, of course, there are the Huawei Porsche Design (though PD is a design company rather than a car maker). Siemens SX1 limited editions As we’ve covered previously, long before OnePlus came about there was the Siemens SX1, which was originally released in 2003. In 2004 Siemens...

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