Week 18 in review: Amazfit watches and Infinix phone leak

The first week of May was a realatively calm one when it comes to actual announcements, meaning the best read stories on our website focused on leaks instead. As a testiment to the growing popularity of Infinix, the leak of its upcoming Note phone gathered the most interest, follwed by an extensive early reveal of Amazfit's upcoming smartwatches. Meanwhile Samsung unveiled a new UFS standard that will enable even faster storage for the smartphones of the future. The Korean company also launched a new series of microSD cards, but those are hardly designed with smartphones as their first...

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ACEFAST Smart Wall Charger-Hub A17 review

Introduction On occasion, however, a product like this little odd charging brick from ACEFAST drops in our inbox and it is just too intriguing to skip. So I took the offer for a review unit, spent a bunch of time with it and are now ready to share my impressions with it. The device is inconspicuously named "Smart Wall Charger-Hub A17 GaN PD65W". You all know what a wall charger is, and we are certain most of you know what a Type-C "hub" style device is. Admittedly the latter is a broad category but is it basically a device that connects to a Type-C port and offers more ports and...

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Top 10 trending phones of week 18

The Poco F4 GT managed to keep the Galaxy A53 away from the first spot last week, but the Samsung mid-ranger regains the lead in week 18. The launch hype of the Poco died down and it dropped to fourth position, while the Redmi Note 11 and Galaxy S22 Ultra return to the podium spots. The Redmi Note 11 drops to fourth position, while the Galaxy S22 Ultra is now down in fifth. The Galaxy A73 slipped top fifth, just ahead of the Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max, which retained its sixth spot from last week. The OnePlus Nord 10R took advantage of its launch to capture the seventh spot,...

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Testing the Oppo Find X5 Pro Ice-Skin case

Introduction We just received a unique new accessory for the Oppo Find X5 Pro - the Oppo's Ice-Skin case. Meant to aid the phone's passive cooling, this case ships as part of the standard retail set of the phones sold in China. Unfortunately, the availability of the case is so far limited to China, and we got our review unit straight from Oppo. At the time of writing, we couldn't find the case available outside of China, though we were promised a global release is coming. However, for Western Find X5 Pro users, the case will be a separate purchase with the price yet to be...

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Weekly poll: how many of you have a smartwatch and what kind?

Time for a headcount – who here has a smartwatch or smart band? And what kind? Smart wearables are already a big business for tech companies and wearers like the convenience of having notifications or a payment system on their wrists. But we’re curious how popular they actually are. There are full-blown smartwatches that run Apple watchOS, HarmonyOS or Google Wear OS, plus some older ones with Tizen. Those have access to a rich selection of apps from their respective app stores and tend to have more fully-featured communication options (including walkie-talkie functionality and even calls...

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