Top 10 trending phones of week 6

After a dominant performance by the Samsung Galaxy S23 series in its launch week this week sees a bit more diverse trending chart. The S23 Ultra is still on top, but newly announced Poco X5 Pro claimed second ahead of the Galaxy S23. The OnePlus 11 capitalized on its global debut to capture fourth and edge the Galaxy S23+, which is down to fifth now. The Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max gains a spot to place sixth, followed by the Galaxy A53 in seventh. The other half of Poco's new duo - the X5 - places eight, while the Galaxy S22 Ultra has slipped to ninth. The final spot goes to the Oppo...

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Week 6 in review: Xiaomi 13 series incoming, OnePlus 11, Poco X5 series official

This week saw a few interesting announcements. Our hottest story of the week was Xiaomi's confirmation that the Xiaomi 13 series is launching globally on February 26 at the Mobile World Congress. That means the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2-powered Xiaomi 13 Pro and Xiaomi 13 are coming to a store, possibly, near you. Xiaomi unveiled the Poco X5 Pro alongside the Poco X5. The Pro brings a Snapdragon 778G SoC, a 6.67-inch 1080p AMOLED with 120Hz refresh rate, a 108MP main camera, and a 5,000mAh battery with 67W charging. The Poco X5 has a Snapdragon 695, a 6.67-inch 1080p 120Hz AMOLED, a 48MP main...

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Chinese OnePlus 11 units are apparently region-locked

The OnePlus 11 is currently a hot ticket item, and it’s no wonder people have been sourcing units from wherever they can. This is what led to a discovery on the Russian 4PDA forum and a further investigation into what seems to be a region-locked OnePlus 11 unit. Said phone came from China and worked just fine for about two weeks, after which it popped-up a message that roughly translates to : “You are using a region-customized phone. Its calling functions are restricted in your region. Please contact customer service for support.”. After this, the phone restricted its calling...

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Flashback: the Samsung Galaxy Note10 Lite offered the S Pen experience on the cheap

Samsung has the best implementation of a stylus for smartphones – not that there is much competition – but it comes at a price. Previously, it was only available on Galaxy Note phones, which at the time were Samsung’s most expensive handsets. These days it is available with the Galaxy S Ultra and Z Fold models, along with the premium Galaxy Tab S models, none of which are cheap (some Galaxy Book laptops support it too). There was one exception in early 2020 – the Samsung Galaxy Note10 Lite. It was unveiled on the same day as the S10 Lite which we covered last time and it shared some...

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