OnePlus Ace 2 Pro will arrive on August 16

OnePlus will launch Ace 2 Pro on August 16, revealed Li Jie, China President. In a lengthy post on Weibo, the executive shared that the new flagship will be a massive improvement to the Ace 2 and will have more top-tier technologies for a true flagship experience. The Ace 2 Pro will come with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset, and we also know it will have a new architecture of its VC cooling to increase the total area of heat-dissipating materials to over 9,000 sq.mm. We also saw some images, now confirmed by the official teaser, that the Ace 2 Pro will have the same overall design as its...

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Top 10 trending phones of week 31

The Samsung Galaxy A54 was finally dethroned, the Redmi Note 12 topping our trending chart in week 31. Behind it we see the newly announced Infinix GT 10 Pro, which clearly impressed you guys. The Galaxy A54 is still close behind in third, so we would advise against writing this one off. The Redmi 12 and Redmi 12 5G follow in the next two positions, with the Galaxy S23 Ultra rounding up the top six. Another new phone, the Poco M6 Pro, is in seventh it's debut on Saturday coming too late for it to climb further up the ranks. Redmi Note 12 Pro comes in eight, while the Note 30 Pro in...

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Oppo Reno10 in for review

Oppo introduced the Reno10 trio in May, followed by an international unveiling several weeks later. We recently finished our Oppo Reno10 Pro review, and now it is time for the vanilla Reno10 to get the same treatment. Luckily, we got the Ice Blue variant, which has a nice overlay glow in all the colors of the rainbow, depending on how the light hits the back panel. The retail box features a 67W SuperVOOC adapter and a proprietary charging cable. The Oppo Reno10 is supposed to be an affordable midranger, but we are getting some premium vibes from the handset. Its relatively light...

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Week 31 in review: Galaxy S24+ leaks, Infinix GT 10 Pro and REdmi 12 5G official

The Samsung Galaxy S23+ is already in testing it, new evidence revealed. It passed through Geekbench sporting what's likely a prototype of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip with a 3.3GHz prime core, and an Adreno 750 GPU. Meanwhile, the S24+ and S24 Ultra batteries have been detailed - a 4,755mAh for the Plus, and a 4,855mAh for the Ultra. While on the topic of the S24 series, per Ice Universe, the Galaxy S24 and S24+ will finally get LTPO displays! Xiaomi's expansive Redmi 12 series now has a new member - the Redmi 12 5G has a 6.8-inch LCD of 90Hz refresh rate, a 5,000mAh battery, and a...

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

Last week Samsung made a big splash with new foldables, new tablets and new watches. They are still on pre-order – shipping should start next week – and they still have quite an influence on the market. This week we will look at some more Galaxy Z deals, but it’s mostly business as usual. The UK Germany USA India UK Amazon UK leaned into combo deals – you can have a Samsung Galaxy Z Flip5 with a pair of Galaxy Buds2 Pro or a Galaxy Watch6. The offer comes with a free storage upgrade from 256GB to 512GB – and don’t forget to click to collect that £100...

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Flashback: Sony's first Android tablets had crazy shapes and PlayStation games

A long time ago Sony joined forces with Ericsson to tackle the mobile market. They found great success with feature phones that focused on camera or music, the time with Symbian was interesting but less successful and eventually the pair settled on Android for their future devices. In addition to the devices it made with Ericsson, Sony released some devices under its own name in 2011 – a pair of tablets. This is shortly before Sony bought out Ericsson’s 50% share in the joint venture. The Sony Tablet S ran Android Honeycomb, the OS branch that was specifically designed for tablets...

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