Oppo Reno7 5G in for review

This is the Oppo Reno7 5G and it's the latest arrival at GSMArena HQ. While we're going through our review testing procedure, here's an unboxing to pass the time. The Reno7 5G comes with a 65W charger, a USB-A to USB-C cable, SIM tool, and a nice case. Here's the Reno7 5G, sitting in the middle here, pictured next to the Reno7 (non-5G), on the left, and the Reno7 Lite all the way on the right. The family resemblance is clear with the squarish camera island on the back and 6.43-inch AMOLED with a left-placed punch-hole camera on the front. Oppo Reno7, Oppo Reno7 5G, Oppo...

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Week 16 in review: OnePlus Ace, Realme Q5 trio debut

Week 16 is in the books and it saw the annoucnement of the OnePlus Ace in China. The mid-ranger is expected to later make its global debut as OnePlus 10R. Realme also delivered new phones to its home market with the Q5 lineup spanning the Q5i, Q5 and Q5 Pro. In rumorland most talk revolved around the upcoming iPhone 14 lineup - we saw molds depicing their sizes and heard rumors that BOE will supply part of the panels for the two cheaper models. Famed analyst Kuo predicted that we'll see the entire lineup come with autofocus selfie cameras in a first for Apple. Those are the...

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Top 10 trending phones of week 16

Samsung's Galaxy A53 keeps its lead in our trending chart, extending its streak to five weeks. The just announced OnePlus Ace put in a spirited fight, but had to settle for second place in the end. The Redmi Note 11 retained its third spot, while the Galaxy S22 Ultra missed out on a podium position this time around. Samsung Galaxy A73 slipped to fifth, while another new arrival, the Xiaomi Civi 1S took sixth. Then we have the Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max, follwed by the Galaxy A52s and Xiaomi 12 Pro. The final spot goes to the Galaxy A13, leaving the vivo X Note and Poco F4 GT...

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YouTube comments have a big spam problem

Our YouTube channel recently hit another milestone - 1.5 million subscribers and counting with over 325 million total views. That’s just two years after we reached 1 million subs and we are forever grateful for your continued support over the past 15 years of us making YouTube videos. We are always open to new ideas and value our community and their input. Your comments on our videos are a great form of feedback - we can tell what you liked and what could be improved for future projects and we try to read as many of them as possible. 1.5 million subscribers and...

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Weekly poll: are you all-in on the OnePlus 10R/Ace or will you pass?

The sequel to the OnePlus 9R arrived this week. In China it will be known as the “OnePlus Ace”, but it will be known as the OnePlus 10R in India, where it will launch next week. As you probably already know, this is a rebranded Realme GT Neo3, so the hardware is familiar. Earlier this month, the GT Neo3 got an overwhelming positive response in a weekly poll. Here we are again – will the 10R or Ace or whatever you want to call it get as much love? OnePlus 10R aka OnePlus Ace Note that there are some differences between the Realme and the OnePlus, mostly on the software side. Are...

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