Top 10 trending phones of week 5

Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra went official in week two and it has topped every installment of our chart since. This time it's joined on the podium by the Poco M3, which keeps climbing the chart and the Xiaomi Mi 11 that retained its third position. The Galaxy A12 has returned to the fourth position it held two weeks ago, while the Redmi Note 9 Pro has gained four positions to place fifth. In sixth we have the Galaxy S21, which keeps its downwards trajectory, while the iPhone 12 Pro Max is exactly where we left it last week - in seventh. Poco X3 takes eight as the Galaxy A51 managed to...

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Exynos 2100 vs Snapdragon 888: Benchmarking the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra versions

For quite some time now Samsung has been releasing two versions of most of its premium smartphones - one with a Qualcomm chipset and another one with its own Exynos chips. We won't be delving into the whole story of why that is right now, but one natural consequence has always been comparing the performance and characteristics of the two. Granted, it's more of a curiosity-driven endeavor since most users won't really get the option to pick and choose unless they are willing to import units from afar. Most of the world gets the Exynos, with the Snapdragons notably selling in the US and...

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Our Redmi Note 9T video review is up

We recently published our Redmi Note 9T written review and now it’s time for our video version. This is the brand’s most affordable 5G phone at just €229 but is it good enough to meet your daily needs and how does it stack up to competitors? The Note 9T features a plastic body with a nicely textured finish on the back. Build quality feels solid and you certainly get a hefty device weighing in at 200 grams. The 6.53-inch IPS LCD is decent in daylight environments though color reproduction and peak brightness leave a little to be desired. The panel sports FHD+ resolution and a...

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Sony PlayStation 5 review

The new PlayStation 5 arrives seven years after the release of the original PlayStation 4 console in 2013. Although Sony launched the PlayStation 4 Pro in 2016, the Pro was a mid-cycle refresh focusing on targeting higher resolutions rather than a full generational upgrade. The PlayStation 5, however, is more of what you’d expect from a next-generation console. It is more powerful, yes, but it also features fast flash storage, improved connectivity, a brand new UI, a new controller, a new set of accessories, and support for a new generation of games that can take advantage of all its...

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Weekly poll: how big should "mini" phones be?

To this day you can still hear people on Internet forums complain that there are no small high-end phones. Is that true, though? But more importantly what constitutes “small” these days? One might say that the Apple iPhone 12 mini is the only true mini flagship around. You might be tempted to include the Sony Xperia 5 II on this list, but it’s debatable whether it belongs – even Sony doesn’t call it a Compact (a true Compact may be on the way, though). Check out the table below with some potential candidates for the mini flagship category. We included flagship-level models as well as...

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Weekly poll results: most people prefer wireless in-ear headphone, the TWS kind specifically

In last week’s poll we asked you about your headphone preferences – it turns out that True Wireless (TWS) headsets really are the new hotness. In-ear designs in general are preferred over other designs and, on a broader scale, wireless headphones are beating out their wired cousins. Perhaps, we shouldn’t be surprised that every company under the sun has launched at least one TWS headset. And you can bet that sales will only go up, now that makers have started removing the basic wired headsets from the retail packages of flagship phones (and lower-ranked models usually came...

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