Honor 50 might be the first phone with Snapdragon 775G

Qualcomm introduced a new 7-series chipset, the Snapdragon 780G (model number SM7350), which is basically a lite version of the flagship Snapdragon 888. However, the San Diego chip company is working on a slightly downgraded project with model number SM7325 and a rumored name Snapdragon 775G. The first phone with the new SoC will be Honor 50, at least according to a leakster in China who is usually right with this kind of information. The Honor 50 smartphone will be the vanilla version in a family of three - the Honor 50 Pro and Honor 50 Pro+ are also expected to arrive with the...

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Top 10 trending phones of week 19

After being the dominant force in our trending chart for the past couple of weeks Xiaomi is finally seeing some challange. While the Redmi Note 10 Pro and Redmi Note 10 still take the top two spots it's the newly announced Asus Zenfone 8 that completes the podium. We then have the Poco X3 Pro and Samsung Galaxy A72 to round up the top five. The Poco F3 is down in sixth ahead of four more Samsung phones. The Galaxy S21 Ultra has overtaken the A52 5G, while the Galaxy A12 retains ninth. The Samsung Galaxy A52 returns to the chart to round up the top 10. The Redmi K40 Gaming and...

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Flashback: a brief history of Bluetooth

It took years but USB eventually replaced the weird proprietary connectors of early mobile phones. However, years before USB became the norm another data transfer technology wanted to unite all electronics – and it didn’t even use wires. From Infrared to Bluetooth Bluetooth was developed by Ericsson in the 1990s. It is named after the 10th century Danish king Harald “Bluetooth” Gormsson, who united Denmark and Norway. The Bluetooth logo combines the runes ᚼ and ᛒ, which are Harald’s initials. The name (which was actually proposed by an Intel engineer) signified the ambition to become...

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Week 19 in review: Zenfone 8/8 Flip are here, look at the Huawei P50, Pixel 6

Another week is done, so let's recap it. Starting with the iPhone 13 and 13 Pro, which will have bigger camera islands, due to their better camera hardware. The entire iPhone 13 series are also going to be slightly thicker. Asus unveiled the petite Zenfone 8 and the larger Zenfone 8 Flip with a rotating triple camera system. The pair is already available in Europe and Taiwan. We saw renders of the upcoming Huawei P50 series, which show three camera sensors in one camera ring and a separate one for the rumored 1-inch main camera. Currently the closest to that coveted 1-inch size is the...

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Xiaomi Mi 11i in for review

This is the Xiaomi Mi 11i if you're in Europe. If you're in India, then this is the Xiaomi Mi 11X Pro and it shares the majority of its specs and all of its looks with the Xiaomi Mi 11X and the Poco F3. Confused? Don't worry - depending on where you live, Xiaomi will supply just one of these very good phones. The European model we have here ships with a 33W charger, USB cable, 3.5mm dongle and a case. You can pick the Mi 11i now for €649 with 8/128GB or €699 with 8/256GB and in three colors - Celestial Silver, Cosmic Black and Frosty White. We have the most reflective of the bunch at...

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Weekly poll: is the Asus Zenfone 8 the small phone for you or would you like a Zenfone 8 Flip?

Truly tiny flagships may never return, but over the last couple of months a couple of relatively small models did appear. The latest is the Asus Zenfone 8, which has a 5.9” display with 20:9 aspect ratio and a punch hole selfie camera. Its dimensions are 148x68.5x8.9mm, that’s as small as Android flagships get at the moment. And it’s down to the basic design choices made by Asus, which contrast with Sony’s choices for the Xperia 5 III – a 6.1” display with a taller 21:9 aspect ratio and classic bezels (with camera and all, making them thicker). That makes the phone 157x68x8.2mm in size....

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