Week 20 in review: HTC U23 Pro official, Xperia Pro's cameras detailed

In a sentence that sounds like a blast from past HTC announced a new phone this week. The HTC U23 Pro packs a Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 chipset, a 6.7-inch FHD+ OLED with a 120Hz refresh rate, and a 108MP main camera. The U23 Pro is IP67 water and dust tight and has a 4,600mAh battery with 30W charging. The phone is out in Taiwan, starting at TWD16,990 ($550/€510/INR45,505). The Sony Xperia Pro-II's details surfaced in a report this week. It says the phone will have three Exmor-T stacked sensors (the same advanced tech as in the Xperia 1 V's main sensor), and could once again bring a 1-inch main...

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Tozo X1 Golden in for review

Tozo is a reapidly growing brand in the mobile accessories market and its earbuds have been getting praise across Amazon for a while now. Enter the Tozo X1 Golden – the company’s most premium Hi-res wireless earbuds with LDAC support and active noise cancelation. The X1 Golden, in particular, has amassed a 4.7-star rating on Amazon and we’ve now received our review unit to see if they live up to their claims. Before that here’s a quick unboxing and first impressions. X1 Golden come in a sleek box which unfolds to reveal the earbuds’ key specs. The box contains the buds, their charging...

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Samsung US discounts the Galaxy Z Fold4 and Galaxy S23+, offers free storage upgrades

The week of Discover Samsung sales is wrapping up today, but it’s not too late to pick up a great deal. Today’s deals feature the Galaxy Z Fold4, which now starts at an effective price of $1,000. This is with up to $900 of trade-in credit plus $100 Samsung Credit, which can be spent on accessories. Note that this price is for the 12/512GB model thanks to a free storage upgrade up from the 256GB base configuration. Samsung Galaxy Z Fold4 12/512GB Free storage upgradeup to $900 trade-in credit$100...

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Weekly poll: Poco F5 and Poco F5 Pro tempt you with great value for money, do you want one?

The new Poco F5 and F5 Pro phones are a good example of the value for money devices that define the F-series. They are priced as mid-rangers but are equipped as year old flagships in most aspects besides the camera. The Poco F5 Pro brings the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 at $450. That’s about the same price as a Galaxy A54 or a Pixel 7a. It also has a 120Hz QHD+ AMOLED display, which neither of those phones have – that’s more of a Galaxy S23 Ultra/Pixel 7 Pro feature (not even S23+ or Pixel 7). These Samsung and Google phones can only dream of having 67W wired and 30W wireless charging, their...

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Formovie Dice portable projector review

Introduction The Formovie Dice is a portable LED DLP projector, but not necessarily in the form factor one would expect. Usually, portable projectors tend to be much more "pocketable", whereas units with the general dimensions of the Dice tend to suggest stationary operation. The Dice chooses to walk the unbeaten path. It packs some respectable optical and audio prowess alongside a battery inside what we would call a mobile package about the size of a bookshelf speaker. Its primary intended use seems to be a movie night, perhaps even one outdoors, as it sacrifices some of the...

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Weekly poll results: the Pixel 7a starts strong, the Pixel Fold was deemed to be overpriced

As expected, the Pixel 7a has garnered a lot of interest – Google’s attractively priced almost flagship has a lot of buyers already lined up. A few feel it’s too pricey, but Pixel prices don’t hold at MSRP for very long. Case in point, the Pixel 7 regularly falls to around the same price as the 7a in some places occasionally. The price fluctuates quite a bit, so you have to bide your time, but the slightly better hardware of the 7 is worth it. Right now, a lot of people plan to do just that, pick up the Pixel 7 at a 7a price. And that will remain possible until the 7 is...

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