Realme Pad's display specs and color options officially confirmed

The Realme Pad arriving on September 9 was rumored to pack a 10.4" screen. That bit is now officially confirmed by Realme as the company announced that the tablet will sport a 10.4" WUXGA+ screen and have an 82.5% screen-to-body ratio. One of the images shared by Realme on Twitter shows us the USB-C port on one side of the Realme Pad, flanked by grilles and what could be a headphone jack or a slot for a stylus. Realme Pad is built around a 10.4" screen Realme also posted a video showing us the Realme Pad in gold color, with its rear panel home to a camera surrounded by a...

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Top 10 trending phones of week 35

The Redmi Note 10 Pro topped our popularity chart for yet another week as Samsung's newly announced Galaxy A52s took second place in week 35. The main A50 series models typically enjoy great interest, while the S refreshes rarely hang around the top 10 for long, so it will be interesting to see if this one breaks the mold. The Redmi 10 is down to third, ahead of the Poco X3 Pro, which retains the fourth position. A couple more Samsung phones follow, the Galaxy S21 Ultra and Galaxy A12 sitting pretty in fifth and sixth. Behind them is a Redmi pair - the 10 Prime and Note 10. Apple...

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Are foldable phones better for multimedia? Here is how the Galaxy Z Fold3 and Z Flip3 stack up

The history of widescreen is a fascinating tale of film makers trying to impress their audience and later to try and claw back audience members from those new-fangled “television sets”. Early TVs settled on a 4:3 aspect ratio, which was the most common choice for movies too. But why go to the movies when you can stay at home? This lead film makers to start using wider and wider aspect ratios – which they argued were more immersive and it just so happened that building such wide CRTs was difficult if not impossible. So, when movies were viewed at home they were either cropped (losing a...

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Infinix Note 10 Pro in for review

The Infinix Note 10 Pro announced in May has arrived at our office for review. We've received it in the 7° Purple color (yes, that's what it's called), but there are two more options - 95° Black and Nordic Secret. The smartphone comes bundled with a 33W charger, USB-C cable, wired earphones, and a protective case to help you keep the handset in its pristine form. The Infinix Note 10 Pro is built around a 6.95" FullHD+ 90Hz LCD with a punch hole in the center for the 16MP selfie camera. The rear panel of the smartphone, flaunting a dual-tone design, sports a rectangular island housing...

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Week 35 in review: Samsung's 200MP HP1 official, vivo X70 series incoming

Hello to another week's recap. The vivo X70 series are coming on September 9 and the flagship of the lot - the X70 Pro+, will have a 50MP 1/1.31-inch ISOCELL GN1 main camera, a 5x 8MP periscope unit, 48MP ultrawide snapper and Zeiss T* lenses all over. We expect the chip of choice to be the Snapdragon 888+. Samsung unveiled two ISOCELL sensors this week - the 50MP GN5 with 1.0μm pixels and improved all-directional autofocus - and the flagship 200MP HP1 that will be featured in the Galaxy S22 Ultra. It can output in 200MP, 50MP and 12.5MP, the latter with the biggest 2.56μm pixel pitch, and...

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Testing Realme's MagDart 50W and 15W wireless magnetic chargers

Wireless charging has been supported on select phones for over a decade now, but it has many detractors. It’s slow, it’s inefficient, it requires careful placement. But things have been improving lately. The latest major upgrade comes in the form of magnets. Apple lead the way with its re-imagined MagSafe, while Realme is the first Android maker to adopt such a system. It calls it MagDart (“mag” for “magnet”, “dart” for its proprietary charging solution). While MagDart isn’t the first ever, it is the fastest. We have a tiny aluminum block in our hands that is a 50W wireless charger and...

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Weekly poll: what kind of zoom camera setup do you want on your next phone?

Sony’s Xperia 1 III and 5 III have the first variable focal length cameras we’ve seen in years. They offer a focal length of 70 mm and 105 mm (which works out to 3x and 4.4x magnification). But those can only switch between the two stages, they can’t zoom smoothly through the range. Oppo announced an 85-200 mm continuous zoom lens last month, though it’s not clear when we will actually be able get our hands on one. “Continuous” zoom is what it sounds like, the focal length can be smoothly adjusted between the two values. And that’s not all either, Samsung will reportedly...

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imoo Watch Phone Z1 review

Introduction Our latest smartwatch review is a little different. For starters, imoo Watch Phone Z1 is aimed at children and offers a SIM slot for fully independent calls from the watch itself. Watch Phone Z1 comes after the Watch Phone Z6 and contrary to what the numbers might imply is the latest offering from imoo – a BBK Electronics subsidiary focusing on kid-friendly wearables. Watch Phone Z1 boasts a built-in 2MP camera that allows for video chats and a rugged IPX8-rated body that should withstand the occasional drop and splash. The watch is targeted at kids aged between 5-12...

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