Top 10 trending phones of week 47

Week 47 brought no major shift in our trending chart with Xiaomi's Redmi Note 11 Pro retaining the lead. The Samsung Galaxy A52s kept its silver medal, while the iPhone 13 Pro Max was the biggest gainer, rising to the podium places. The Redmi Note 10 Pro is another phone on the rise despite its advanced age and is now fourth, ahead of the Galaxy S21 Ultra. We then have the newly announced Redmi Note 11 4G, which just edged the Galaxy A12 for the sixth place. The Poco X3 Pro is up to eight, while the Google Pixel 6a only just entered the rumor mill and already got enough people...

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Week 47 in review: Reno7 series debut, OnePlus 10 Pro specs leak, Snapdragon 8 Gen1 confirmed

Another week down, so let's recap. The OnePlus 10 Pro' specs leaked, revealing a 6.7-inch QHD+ 120Hz display, IP68, and a 5,000mAh battery. The cameras will be a 48MP main, 50MP ultrawide and an 8MP 3.3 zoom. The chipset will be the newly-renamed Snapdragon 8 gen1. Oppo unveiled its Reno7 series in China. The Oppo Reno7 and Reno7 SE have 6.43" 90Hz displays, while the Pro stretches it to 6.55". The Pro uses a Dimensity 1200-Max chip, while the Reno7 uses a Snapdragon 778G, and the SE has a Dimensity 900. The first sales begin on December 3 at 10:00 for the Reno7 and Reno7 Pro and December...

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Weekly poll: the Oppo Reno7 trio is launching soon, but will it find any success?

Oppo's Reno family sits between the Find flagships and the mass-market A models. This week the Reno7 series was unveiled with three new models that offer mostly the same specs - the major differences are in the choice of chipset and the camera department. All three have 90Hz AMOLED displays, though the Oppo Reno7 Pro 5G stands out with HDR10+ support and higher typical brightness (800 nits vs. 600 nits), plus a slightly larger diagonal of 6.55" compared to 6.43" for the other two. All three have 1080p+ resolution with a 20:9 aspect ratio and Gorilla Glass 5 protection. Also, all...

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Flashback: Toshiba TG01, the first smartphone to hit 1GHz is now mostly forgotten

Last year Qualcomm unveiled the first mobile chipset to go above 3.0GHz, that was the Snapdragon 865+. But today’s story takes us a decade earlier to visit another Snapdragon chipset – the first to achieve 1GHz on mobile and more specifically the first smartphone to use it. The Toshiba TG01 was nothing short of jaw-dropping when it was unveiled in January of 2009. For the first time we had to use “gigahertz” when describing the CPU clock speed and that wasn’t the only incredible feature of this device. It was both large and small. It had a “massive” (for the time) 4.1” screen and we...

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vivo tipped to launch a Snapdragon 870-powered tablet

vivo was expected to announce its first tablet in January, but that didn't happen. However, later in August, vivo VP said that the company will launch a tablet in H1 2022, meaning anytime between January and June. And while we await more details from vivo about its first tablet, reliable tipster Digital Chat Station has revealed that the company will launch a tablet with the Snapdragon 870 SoC at the helm. Although it's unclear if they are referring to vivo's first tablet or a different model. We also don't know the name of vivo's tablet, but the company trademarked "vivo Pad" with the...

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Weekly poll results: the Moto G200 is the clear favorite of the family, the Moto G71 shows potential

There was no clear consensus in last week’s poll – some think that Motorola is onto something with the new G-series, others think that all five are duds. Two models in particular stood out, the Moto G200 and the G71, the other three are shaping up to be disappointments. The Motorola Moto G200 5G impressed with its €450 price tag and Snapdragon 888+ chipset. Commenters seemed happy with the 108+8+2MP camera setup, though some lamented the loss of the ultrawide selfie camera of the G100. We didn’t see much talk about the 144Hz refresh rate of the screen, but like the 888+ chip it’s not...

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