Huawei Watch D review

Introduction Huawei introduced the Watch D wearable with blood pressure tracking back in late 2021, but it took until late 2022 to get the required certifications and make it available in Western markets. And now that we got to spend a few weeks with it here's our verdict. This is the correct pose one should take when measuring blood pressure on the wrist The wearable is the first Huawei device from the Watch series that comes with a rectangular screen rather than being circular one. However beyond that and the unique blood pressure measurements it shares most of its functionality...

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Top 10 trending phones of week 5

No points will be awarded for guessing the leader in our trending chart this week. The Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra was already on everyone's minds for the past couple of weeks, so it's hardly surprising that it was the runaway champion in the week of its official debut. The Galaxy S23 got second, while the S23+ middle model made it a clean sweep of the podium by the new flagship series. More Samsung phones follow with the Galaxy S22 Ultra in fourth and the far more affordable Galaxy A14 in fifth. Oppo's newly unveiled Reno8 T 5G got enough interest to capture sixth, just ahead of...

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Three years in, keyboard-equipped Astro Slide is a dead end

The touchscreen revolution wiped out physical keyboard from pocketable devices – but if you loved your Nokia E7 or a Sony Vaio P, you may have wished for a modern alternative. Planet Computers sought to grant those wishes with the Astro Slide 5G Transformer. The device had a physical keyboard that slides out from the side and promised boot either Android or Linux, depending on whether you want something more phone-like or PC-like. In retrospect that should have been red flag number 1 since none of those dual-booting smartphones was ever a big success. Planet Computers kicked off a...

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Week 5 in review: The Samsung Galaxy S23 series is official

This week finally put an end to the series of Galaxy S23 series leaks after nearly ever week since last summer either had some or was completely dominated by them. That also means that the Galaxy S23 series offered almost no surprises, which takes away some of the fun. We were able to get the new Galaxy S23 Ultra in time to do a quick camera shootout with its predecessor, the Galaxy S22 Ultra. We compared the new 200MP camera to its 108MP forebear, as well as the 3x and 10x zoom cameras of new and old. The new main camera on the Galaxy S23 Ultra snaps sharper images with noticeably higher...

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Weekly poll: Samsung Galaxy S23 series – pre-order or pass?

The Samsung Galaxy S23 series is here and it brings a fast new chipset, a 200MP camera with a new sensor for the Ultra, bigger batteries for the other two and, for some regions at least, new prices. Samsung Galaxy S23 series infographics The pricing for most regions was announced on Wednesday, details for India came in the day after. While North America avoided the price hike, the rest of the world did not. But everything is getting more expensive and Samsung compensated the price bump by doubling the base storage for the S23+ and S23 Ultra. That’s fair – or is it? In case you...

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