Weekly poll: is the Realme GT Neo 3T a winner or a loser?

While the GT Neo 3 flaunts its cool new Dimensity 8100 chipset, the 3T model offers the popular but aging Snapdragon 870 and a lower price point. Is the trade-off worth it? First, let’s give the Realme GT Neo 3T a closer look. The phone offers nearly the same 6.62” AMOLED display, with FHD+ resolution, HDR10+ support and 120Hz refresh rate. It’s not a 10-bit panel like on the Neo 3, though. Another change is the main camera – a basic 64MP sensor (1/2.0”, 0.7µm) replaces the larger 50MP sensor (1/1.56”, 1.0µm), the OIS is gone as well. The GT Neo 3 has a version with 150W fast charging...

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Weekly poll results: flat AMOLED displays with high refresh rates strongly preferred

LCD’s time in the smartphone world is almost over – an overwhelming majority in last week’s poll prefer AMOLED. But any old AMOLED won’t do, here is what most people consider to be the perfect display. There is a pretty even division between FHD+ and QHD+ resolutions. Some enjoy the extra sharpness of QHD+, others think that anything over FHD+ is a waste of battery (battery life considerations cropped up quite often). That “+” in the resolution names came about as phone makers abandoned the standard 16:9 aspect ratio. There were surprisingly many commenters who expressed a...

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Honor Watch GS 3 and Honor Earbuds 3 Pro in for review

Honor began the global rollout of the Magic4 Pro smartphone last month, and the flagship is joined for the trip by the Watch GS 3 and Earbuds 3 Pro. We already reviewed the phone, and now it is time to see how good the two wearables are. We got an Honor Watch GS 3 in Classic Gold color that has a Gold-colored body and Brown leather strap, while the Earbuds 3 Pro are in White. Honor Watch GS 3 • Honor Earbuds 3 Pro Honor Watch GS 3 The watch was initially unveiled in China back in January, and it took Honor one month to unveil it internationally. After three more months, we...

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ZTE Axon 40 Ultra review

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A weekend in Paris with the Oppo Find X5 Pro

Paris. The city of lights, the Eiffel tower, the Louvre, the Notre Dame, the Champs-Elysees, the Arc de Triomphe, and Roland Garros. As you may know if you follow tennis, this is one of only four yearly Grand Slam tournaments, and the only one of the bunch that features a clay court. Thus, it’s rather unique, nicely fitting the city it’s set in. What does any of this have to do with smartphones, you may wonder? Well, Oppo has been a premium partner of Roland Garros for three years now and it’s recently announced that it’s renewed its partnership with the tennis competition for this year...

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Google drops Android 13 Beta 3.1 just two days after Beta 3's release to fix a single issue

Google released Android 13 Beta 3 on Wednesday (June 8, 2022) for compatible Pixel devices, and just two days later, the company dropped Android 13 Beta 3.1 to fix a single issue - the missing Android Beta Feedback app on Android 13 Beta 3 for some users. Seeing how the whole point of the beta program is to collect feedback from the users, it's unclear why the Android Beta Feedback app was missing from the Beta 3 in the first place, but it's good to see Google quickly addressing the issue by releasing a minor point bump to the third beta. The Android 13 Beta 3.1 doesn't come with...

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Tecno Pova 3 launching soon in India

The Tecno Pova 3 announced last month will launch soon in India as the promo page for the smartphone has gone live on Amazon.in. The Pova 3 is powered by the Helio G88 SoC, runs Android 11-based HiOS, and comes in two memory configurations - 4GB/64GB and 6GB/128GB. Tecno will launch the 6GB RAM version in India, supporting virtual RAM expansion up to 5GB, but it's unclear if there will be other memory options in the country. The smartphone is built around a 6.9" 90Hz FullHD+ LCD with a punch hole in the center for the 8MP selfie unit. Around the back, we get a triple camera setup...

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