Weekly deals: the best smartphone deals from the US, the UK, Germany and India

It’s well known that the prices of Android flagship fall pretty quickly after launch and we’re seeing just that this week. We also found offers for tablets for those wanting a larger screen. Use the links below to jump to your region: USA The UK Germany India USA The Galaxy S23 series may be flying off the shelves, but that (thankfully) hasn’t prevented price drops even this early in its life cycle. The Galaxy S23 Ultra is already down to $1,000 for the base 12/256GB unit, $200 off its MSRP. Similarly, the Galaxy S23+ is down $150 and is now close to the...

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Flashback: the LG BL40 New Chocolate put a cinema in your pocket with its 4" 21:9 display

How wide is too wide? That’s a silly question, LG thought in 2009 when it released the LG BL40 New Chocolate. With a 4” display of cinematic 21:9 aspect ratio, this phone was unique for its time – at that point a typical phone had a 4:3 or 3:2 display, while media-focused devices went 16:9 to match the emerging HDTV standards. But 21:9 was unheard of. To some extent aspect ratio dictates what kind of content is viewed. The earliest TVs had squarish ratios because they mostly showed newscasters – portrait images, basically. The growing number of TVs at home pushed cinemas to go wider to...

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Weekly poll: is the Motorola Edge 40 Pro your next flagship?

Motorola is launching the Moto Edge 40 Pro in Europe in the coming days and will soon make it available in South America as well. The base model has 12GB of RAM and 256GB storage and costs €900/£800. That’s less than you would pay for a Galaxy S23+ from Samsung. And the Motorola has certain advantages. For example, its 6.67” OLED display is a 10-bit panel with 165Hz refresh rate. It doesn’t have QHD+ resolution (it’s FHD+) and isn’t an LTPO panel, but the same goes for the Samsung too. Both phones are powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, but as we already mentioned, the Moto has...

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Weekly poll results: positive reviews and a good price can help Huawei's Mate X3 and P60 Pro

Not having access to the Google Play Services or new 5G networks isn’t ideal, but some are prepared to live with that. A high price, however, might be a deal-breaker. We’re a month away from learning the pricing that Huawei has in mind for its new Mate X3 and P60 Pro and that will be crucial to their success. Last week’s poll shows that there is a large contingent of people who haven’t bought into the idea of foldables yet. Those aside, most people are waiting to see the reviews and the price tag of the Huawei Mate X3 before making a decision. Almost as many people (the difference...

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Xiaomi 13T Pro surfaces online, could launch with Dimensity 9200

Xiaomiui unearthed an interesting entry in the IMEI database - the Xiaomi 13T Pro as well as its Chinese counterpart, the Redmi K60 Ultra. The database reveals the model numbers and signals nearing release. The model numbers are 23078PND5G and 23078RKD5C for the 12T Pro and the Redmi K60 Ultra, respectively. The "2307" part of the serial numbers suggests that the devices will see their release sometime in July this year, which isn't too far off given that the K50 Ultra was released in August last year. In any case, the global 13T Pro will surely come a month or two after the Chinese...

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New AirPods patent could make the listening experience more immersive

Apple's recently filed patent at the United States Trademark and Patent Office (USPTO) reveals a possible future feature for AirPods. It aims to make listening to music more immersive and natural by taking into account the environment's acoustics. The headphones dynamically adjust various parameters to simulate your acoustic environment. In theory, using the available sensors, microphones and digital signal processing unit, the headset should be able to recognize where you are - car, train, room, office, etc. The algorithm will then adjust the sound pressure, simulate the...

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