2022 Winners and losers: OnePlus

A quick search in our database returns 14 OnePlus devices released this year, which is 6 more than last year. Perhaps next year will be different, though it's hard to predict how the new strategic partnership with Oppo will work out. But what about the devices it did release this year? Here are the hots and nots ot 2022. Winner: OnePlus 10T OnePlus made a bit of a mess out of its 10 series. There is no vanilla OnePlus 10 and despite much talk, an Ultra model never materialized. Instead, the OnePlus 10T followed up the OnePlus 10 Pro, but not exactly as another flagship offer, but rather...

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Xiaomi Redmi K50i hands-on review

Xiaomi's Redmi launched the Redmi K20 and K20 Pro in India back in 2019 and those were quite popular back in their day. And after a hiatus of three years, the company finally launched a K series smartphone in India, dubbed Redmi K50i. The Redmi K50i is not an entirely new smartphone, though. It's a version of the Poco X4 GT that's available outside India. We already reviewed the Poco X4 GT, and you can read its detailed review here, but let us tell you that there are some differences between the two smartphones since the Redmi K50i isn't an entirely rebadged X4 GT. Read on to find out...

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My top 5 phones of 2022 - Ro

Well, 2022 is a wrap and I can say it was a rather... stale year. We can't always have exciting years, of course, but the fact that I've reverted to using a last year's phone, the Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra, speaks for itself. That doesn't mean I didn't have my favorites among this year's crop and here they go in no particular order. Asus Zenfone 9 Just like last year, I would like to kick off this list with an Asus phone. Of course, this year, it's the Zenfone 9. I've always had a thing for compact flagships and I think Asus once again nailed it. In fact, I think the new Zenfone 9 is the...

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Top stories of 2022: Q4

Welcome to our recap of the top news articles of 2022. We will now be looking back on the most popular stories from the fourth quarter of the year, having already covered the first nine months. We're now at Q4 of 2022 and the final major announcements of the year. By this time, the rumors of the Galaxy S23 series are pretty much a weekly occurrence and their credibility is getting higher and higher. We now know that Samsung will announce the Galaxy S23, S23+, and Galaxy S23 Ultra in early February, and most of their specs. The trio will be the first to not feature an Exynos chipset at all...

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2022 Winners and Losers: Asus

Asus doesn’t make as many phones as it used to but the Taiwanese maker has established itself on two notable fronts in the smartphone world – gaming phones and compact flagships. Zenfone 9 is the mainstream flagship phone from the brand with a focus on one-handed usability, while the ROG Phone 6 lineup is still the benchmark in the gaming phone segment. Let's see what went well and what could be improved. Winner – Zenfone 9 Asus built the best compact phone of the year and it’s not even close. The dimension on the Zenfone 9 are perfect for one-handed handling and you don’t sacrifice...

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Weekly poll: is one of the Redmi K60 series trio your next phone?

The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is still very fresh yet it is already starting to appear on some mid-range smartphones like the Redmi K60 series that Xiaomi just launched in China. The Pro model has the 8 Gen 2 chip and starts at CNY 3,300 for an 8/128GB model. For comparison, the Xiaomi 13 with the same chip (and same memory) is CNY 4,000. The Redmi K60 and K60 Pro boast Snapdragon 8-series chipsets and QHD+ displays The Redmi K60 Pro has a larger 6.67” OLED display compared to the Xiaomi 13, a 12-bit panel with QHD+ resolution and 120Hz refresh rate. The battery is larger too,...

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