Top 10 trending phones of week 19

Several high-profile announcements shook up the order in our trending chart, but none more so than Sony's latest flagship - the Xperia 1 IV, which took the top spot. It pushed the Samsung Galaxy A53 to second, while the Galaxy S22 Ultra rounded up the podium positions. The Redmi Note 11 dropped to the fourth spot, ahead of two more new arrivals. The mid-range Google Pixel 6a and Sony 10 IV take fifth and sixth positions, respectively. In seventh we find the Galaxy A73 that struggled to maintain its standing with the influx of new hardware, but at least managed to stay ahead of...

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We review Huawei HarmonyOS... in a car

We had a chance to test out HarmonyOS in the most unusual of places - Huawei’s first co-developed car AITO M5, which was reviewed by our sister site ArenaEV.com. It's great to see automakers take advantage of smartphone companies and their expertise in creating fluid, smooth operating systems. Huawei went beyond that though and made sure its own HarmonyOS is presented for the first time in a car they co-developed. In the center console lies the giant 15.6 inch infotainment system running on HarmonyOS. Huawei calls the screen 2k, the actual resolution is 1,920x1,080px and the panel is HDR...

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Week 19 in review: Sony Xperia 1 IV, Xperia 10 IV, ZTE Axon 40 series and Pixel 6a go official

Another busy week passed by with notable announcements from Sony, Google and ZTE. It was ZTE that kicked things off with its brand new Axon 40 Pro and Axon 40 Ultra flagships. Axon 40 Ultra gets a 6.8-inch AMOLED with the company’s third-generation UD camera tech which now gets improved sub-pixel arrangement over the 16MP camera which should result in clearer selfies and videos. The Ultra also gets the latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset, three 64MP cameras around the back - a wide, ultrawide and a 91mm equivalent periscope. Axon 40 Pro sticks to a 6.67-inch punch-hole AMOLED display with a...

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GSMArena merch store: introducing new designs and products

Five months ago we launched our merch store and we wanted to thank everyone who bought our products. We are glad to have you as a part of our community and that you proudly our brand, even though we’re only Internet famous and not movie star famous. When we launched the store, we promised to keep things fresh with new designs. Today we’re introducing a few new designs and a product we didn’t offer before. More on that in a moment. Of the current selection, the most popular product is our Est 2000 Tee, particularly the one in the Leaf Green color. For those of you who don’t have one yet,...

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Weekly poll: Sony Xperia 1 IV and Xperia 10 IV - love 'em or hate 'em?

Who announces a flagship in the middle of the year? Sony does. Who focuses on multimedia above everything else? Sony does. Who sticks to its own design, regardless of where the industry is headed? Sony does. Love it or hate it, the Japanese company makes phones like no other. Considering the low sales volumes, we guess that most people don’t fall in the ‘love it’ category. How could they, given Sony’s ambitious pricing and leisurely release schedule? But this year the Mark 4 flagship brings proper innovation and is increasingly leans towards professional features (exemplified by the Xperia...

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