Top 10 most popular reviews of 2022: Q4

So here we are - after recapping the most popular reviews of the first three quarters, it's time to focus on the final three months of the outgoing year. It's just one of the ways we can take a look back and evaluate the current state of the mobile market and its most important aspect - what you, the readers, like. We kick things off with Google's latest and greatest Pixel 7 pair of phones. After the Pixel 6a made a veritable splash in Q3, the new Pixels dropped at the very beginning of Q4 and drew a lot of eyeballs. They bring a clean AOSP experience garnished with some exclusive...

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Oppo reveals ColorOS 13 update roadmap for Q1 2023

Oppo has revealed its ColorOS 13 update roadmap for Q1 2023 for 19 devices, 10 of which will receive the stable update. Let's talk about the ColorOS 13 stable update first. It will start rolling out from January 12, 2023, and six smartphones will receive it on the said date - Find X2 Pro, Find X2, Find X2 Pro Lamborghini Edition, Find X2 League of Legends Edition, Ace2, and Ace2 EVA Limited Edition. On January 13, 2023, the K10x 5G and K10 Pro 5G will receive the stable ColorOS 13, with the final rollout of the month beginning on January 31, 2023, for Oppo Pad and Oppo Pad Artist...

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2022 Winners and losers: Oppo

Another twelve months are behind our back, and Oppo once again remains among the leaders in the smartphone world. It announced a custom NPU called MariSilicon X in the final days of 2021, but it was only this year that it made it to smartphones. Oppo unveiled foldables, regular flagships and a lot of mid-rangers. Here are the winners and losers in the Oppo portfolio for 2022. Winner and loser: Oppo Find N2 The new foldable looks a lot like the predecessor, but seeing how the Find N had arguably the best hardware among horizontal foldables that's not bad news. Oppo retained what was...

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Telegram adds spoiler formatting for media, new drawing tools, and profile pictures for contacts

The folks at Telegram are sending off 2022 with yet another one of their sizable feature dumps. The latest update adds a bunch of new features, including spoiler formatting for media, new drawing tools, zero storage usage, and more. Along with being able to add spoiler formatting for text, Telegram now lets add spoiler formatting for images and videos as well. This appears as a shimmering layer with a blur on top of the media, which hides the content unless the user taps on it. New storage management features let you configure separate auto-remove settings for cached...

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Redmi 12C announced with Helio G85 SoC and 50MP camera

Xiaomi's Redmi unveiled the Redmi K60 series smartphones, Redmi Note 12 Pro Speed Edition, and a bunch of accessories a few days ago. And before 2022 comes to an end, Redmi announced a new entry-level smartphone today, dubbed Redmi 12C. The Redmi 12C is built around a 6.71" HD+ screen with a notch for the 5MP selfie camera. Its back panel - having a non-slip texture and diagonal stripes - sports a fingerprint scanner and a dual camera setup headlined by a 50MP unit. Redmi doesn't tell us anything about the second camera, but we believe it could be a depth sensor. The 12C has the...

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Realme GT Neo 3T and Narzo 50 Pro 5G receive Realme UI 4.0 update, 8s 5G and 9 5G get early access

Realme has released the Android 13-based Realme UI 4.0 stable update for the GT Neo 3T and Narzo 50 Pro 5G in India. The update for the GT Neo 3T comes with firmware version RMX3371_11.C.04, while the update for Narzo 50 Pro 5G has firmware version RMX3395_11.C.04. But note that your GT Neo 3T should be running software with version RMX3371_11.A.09 to receive Realme UI 4.0, whereas the Narzo 50 Pro 5G should be running RMX3395_11.A.05, RMX3395_11.A.06, or RMX3395_11.A.07. The Realme UI 4.0 update is currently seeding to 15% of the GT Neo 3T and Narzo 50 Pro 5G's users, and a broader...

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