OnePlus 10 Pro is now available in White Extreme edition

The OnePlus 10 Pro flagship launched in China earlier this year in two colors - Green and Black. Today, the company announced a third color is joining in - Panda White. Pre-orders for what the company calls Extreme Edition are open, with the actual sale and shipments scheduled for March 1. The Panda White smartphone will be offered in just one memory configuration - 12GB RAM and 512GB storage, which is an improvement over the 12/256GB variant, announced during the January launch. Aside from the colors, everything else remains the same - Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset, massive 1440p screen,...

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Xiaomi Redmi Note 11S in for review

The Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 series arrived in our office, and after the Redmi Note 11 Pro, Redmi Note 11 Pro 5G, vanilla Redmi Note 11, it is time to share our initial thoughts on the Redmi Note 11S before we hand it over to our review team. The retail box brings a transparent case, a Black unit, a 33W charger and a USB-C cable, as well as some reading material. The Redmi Note 11S looked the same as the Redmi Note 11 in the official images, but in reality there is an extra layer of glass on top of the camera island, making it stick out even more, and the device is a bit more wobbly...

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Top 10 trending phones of week 7

Week 7 brought us a diverse trending with 5 makers placing smartphones in the top fine and Samsung easing its grip on the leading spots. The Galaxy S22 Ultra is still the most popular phone in our database by a country mile, but this time it's the Redmi Note 11 that came second. The vanilla Galaxy S22 dropped to third, but it managed to edge out the newly announced Redmi K50 Gaming. In fifth we have the Motorola Frontier, which captured a lot of attention even weeks before its official announcement. Clearly, you guys are interested in checking that 192MP camera out and frankly so...

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Week 7 in review: Nokia G21, Realme 9 Pro and Pro+ official

Another week is over, so let's recap. The Nokia G21 is official with a 90Hz LCD and 50MP camera. Nokia promises three days off the 5,050mAh battery. The Nokia G21 will be available soon for €170. Realme unveiled the 9 Pro and 9 Pro+ (reviews here and here). They're an interesting pair - the 9 Pro has a bigger 6.6-inch IPS LCD of 120Hz refresh rate, 64MP main cam, Snapdragon 695, and 5,000mAh battery. The Pro+ has a 6.4-inch 90Hz Super AMOLED, 50MP main camera, Dimensity 920, and a 4,500mAh battery. The Realme 9 Pro+ goes on sale on February 21, starting at INR24,999 ($335) for the...

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Samsung Galaxy S22+ and S22 Ultra's 45W charging is a lie

Samsung’s Galaxy S22 series finally brought an increase in charging speeds after being left in the dust by most Chinese competitors. The two larger members of the new Galaxies S22 lineup claimed to offer 45W wired charging speeds while the vanilla S22 retained the 25W of its predecessor. The industry has been moving at a fast pace when it comes to charging speeds in the past few years. You can get a midrange phone from competitors with 65W charging while flagships from brands like Xiaomi and vivo have already crossed the 100W threshold. So while 45W isn't a big deal it's at least a major...

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Exclusive: Here's the Doogee S98 with two screens and Night Vision camera

We recently exclusively reported that MediaTek is working on a new 6nm chip codenamed "Next-G" which will be announced towards the end of the year, with Doogee being one of the first brands to use it. Now a reliable source tells us that it will be a Doogee S98 series smartphone that will be powered by this MediaTek chip. While we don't have any other details about this smartphone, our source tells us that Doogee will launch three more devices under the S98 series, dubbed S98, S98 Pro, and S98 Ultra. The Pro and Ultra versions are expected to go official in April or May, but the vanilla...

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Flashback: the Sony Xperia X series left us feeling like something was missing

Sony’s flagship Xperia Z line gathered a few loyal followers back in its day and had several esteemed members in its ranks. However, in February 2016 the series abruptly came to an end with the arrival of the Xperia X series. Sony didn’t quite move away from flagships, but the new models definitely had a different feel to them compared to the Z5 series (which included highlights like the first phone with a 4K screen). Let’s look at the original trio. Sony Xperia X Performance The Sony Xperia X Performance was the leader of the pack with a Snapdragon 820 chipset, a much-needed...

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