Samsung Galaxy A42 5G in for review

Samsung introduced earlier this year the Galaxy A42 5G - its cheapest 5G phone to date and one of the first to use the new Snapdragon 750G chipset. We received the device for a review and here are our first impressions from the Galaxy A42 5G before handing it over to the review team. Taking it out of its retail box, the Galaxy A42 5G feels quite comfortable in the hand, even with its 6.6” screen. On one hand, it is good the panel is Super AMOLED because it is bright and vibrant, on the other, the resolution is 720p, which is rather disappointing. At least the fingerprint scanner...

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Top 10 trending phones of week 51

Week 51 saw plenty of movement in our trending chart, although the top positions are mostly occupied by familiar faces. The Redmi Note 9 Pro 5G jumped back to the top wiht it Poco M3 stablemate and the Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max joining it on the podium. The veteran Galaxy A51 used the relative calm and boosted its standing by five positions, while the Redmi Note 9 Pro climed 3 to capture fifth. Another Poco, the X3 NFC returns to the top 10 in seventh position, just behind the upcomign Galaxy A72 that just appered on our radar. Xiaomi Mi 10T Pro is another phone on the rise, taking...

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Is using Apple ProRAW worth it? We test it on the iPhone 12 Pro Max

Back in October, Apple announced that the 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max will support a new ProRAW image format, which will combine Smart HDR 3 and Deep Fusion with the uncompressed data from the image sensor. With the release of iOS 14.3 a few days ago, the ProRAW capture was unlocked on the pair of iPhone 12 Pros and I immediately set out to test it. The idea was to show how much of a difference it makes to shooting JPEGs on the iPhone, post the samples, call it a day. But as testing progressed it turned out to be less than a simple affair so the following article was born. A preface on...

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Top 10 most popular reviews of 2020: Q2

As we wrap up the year we take a look back at the most popular reviews on our website and we are now to Q2. These are the phones everybody was most eager to learn more about in the months April through June. While the first quarter of 2020 saw the review section dominated by flagship devices, Q2 was the scene of a true budget battle of epic proportions. The original trio of Realme 6 phones technically made a debut in March, but it wasn’t until they hit the scene in April that hype really kicked-up. The vanilla Realme 6 and its 6 Pro sibling both brought snappy 90Hz IPS panels to the...

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Weekly poll: What features you look forward to in 2021?

At the start of this year we asked you what will be the most exciting features of 2020 smartphones. Now that the year is almost over it’s time to look back and see if makers delivered and to ponder what will be the highlight features of 2021 models. The winning feature of the 2020 poll was under display selfie cameras. The first production phone with an UD camera is now a reality, but there’s just the one model and it’s just now becoming globally available (our review is coming up shortly, by the way). The runner-up suggestion, cheaper foldable phones, also didn’t come to pass....

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