Bar vs Flip: an Oppo experiment

Introduction As you might know, Oppo is a major sponsor of arguably the most prestigious tennis tournament globally - Wimbledon. The company kindly invited me to spend a day around the sacred lawns and give their latest flagships another try. We've already reviewed the Oppo Find X6 Pro and the Find N2 Flip I figured there's little more useful information I could add about the two phones individually. Instead, I decided to dedicate my time to answering a different question that I'm getting with increased frequency from friends and family lately. Are those cool-looking foldable Flip...

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Week 35 in review: Huawei Mate 60 Pro, Fairphone 5, Realme GT5 official

Week 35 brought us lots and lots of new hardware - Huawei surprised the world with the announcement of the Mate 60 Pro and Mate 60. The Pro has a triple dot notch on the front, with a selfie camera and a 3D tOf sensor. Other notable features include a 50MP main camera with a variable f/1.4-f/4.0 aperture, a 5,000mAh battery with 88W wired and 50W charging, and a Kirin chipset (likely the 9000S). The phone is a Chinese exclusive for now. The Fairphone 5 also became official. It has 5 years of warranty and up to 10 years of software support (8 years guaranteed). The Fairphone 5 is the...

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

As IFA week comes to a close we look back at all the new models that were unveiled – and also at all the new phones that technically weren’t at IFA too, it was a busy week. We also offer some alternatives to those phones. USA The UK Germany India USA The Motorola Razr+ costs $100 less than the Galaxy Z Flip5 and while it has the older Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 (vs. the 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy), it has a faster 165Hz internal display and an impressive 144Hz cover display with cutouts for the 12+13MP dual camera. The endurance rating is slightly in favor of the Samsung...

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Samsung Galaxy A54 vs Xiaomi Poco F5

Introduction While it is always great fun to examine the flagship smartphones and marvel at their tech highlights, the reality is that most people will end up buying a more affordable midrange device. It's the midrangers that move volume in today's market, and things can understandably get very competitive. That is particularly true in the hotly-contested price range of around €300 to €400 where the Samsung Galaxy A54 and the Xiaomi Poco F5 reside compete with each other. Both are great phones on paper, each with its own respective highlights. Plus, both devices seem to be readily...

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Weekly poll: does the Sony Xperia 5 V deserve a place in your pocket?

Sony has reimagined the Xperia 5 series – it’s no longer a smaller Xperia 1, instead the Sony Xperia 5 V is trying to carve out a category of its own and bring in a next generation of Sony users. The 5 V is less “pro-sumer” and more “point and shoot”. The Mark 5 will be available later this month starting at €1,000/£850. For more details, you can check out our review, we have a video review out as well. As expected, Sony dropped the dedicated zoom camera from the phone. Instead, the 48MP main camera, which uses the same stacked 1/1.35” ExmorT sensor as the Xperia 1 V, relies on the...

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Weekly poll results: most people have a glass protector and a silicone case on their phone

Most of you have a glass screen protector and a silicone case on your phone, based on the results from last week’s poll. Things haven’t changed much from two years ago, although the relative popularity of some things has shifted. Let’s start with the protector – nearly half of users have a glass one on their phone. This also means that we heard a lot of complaints about curved screens in the comments. Those make applying a glass protector troublesome (and the protectors themselves are pricier than flat ones). The plastic screen protector rose in popularity compared to the 2021 poll,...

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