Top 10 trending phones of week 4

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra makes it 4 out of 4 this year, occupying the top of our trending chart in every week of 2024. There is a change behind it as the vanilla Galaxy S24 is now third, trading places with the Redmi Note 13 Pro that took the silver medal this time round. [#InlinePriceWidget, 12771, 1#] OnePlus 12's global debut helped catapult it to fourth, while the Redmi Note 13 Pro+ retains the fifth position from last week. Poco X6 Pro slides to sixth, ahead of the Redmi Note 13. Samsung Galaxy A54 takes eight, while the Realme 12 Pro+ reached the ninth spot even though it's...

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Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro+ battery life test

We're done testing the battery life of the Redmi Note 13 Pro+ - the highest standing member of the current Redmi Note lineup. It packs a 5,000mAh battery and manages to pull numbers nearly identical to its predecessor, the Redmi Note 12 Pro+. With an Active Use Score of 10 hours and 38 minutes, the Redmi Note 13 Pro+ has good battery life but not great. The likes of the Poco X6 Pro, and Xiaomi 13T managed better numbers in all four tests with the same 5,000mAh battery packs. Browsing and video playback, in particular, were underwhelming. On a positive note, the Redmi Note 13 Pro+...

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OnePlus 12 and 12R go on pre-order in the US, Amazon and Best Buy offer gift cards for Galaxy S24 phones

OnePlus launched the 12 and 12R for the international market this week (they were already available in China). This includes the US, where the market isn’t as competitive as Europe and Asia and is dominated by Apple and Samsung. But check this out – $800 buys you a proper flagship with Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, plenty of memory (16/512GB thanks to a free upgrade) and a 6.82” QHD+ LTPO display. The cameras are quite good (50MP main, 64MP 3x tele and 48MP ultra wide, plus a lovely 32MP selfie camera), though daytime video recording could have been better. Our only other complaint is that the phone...

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The Pixel 9 and Pixel 9 Pro renders arrive, Exynos 2400 benches: Week 4 in review

Here we are at the end of Week 4 of 2024. The top stories continued to be about Samsung's Galaxy S24 series but Google's upcoming Pixel 9 series managed to steal some of the spotlight. We saw renders both of the Pixel 9 Pro and of the Pixel 9. Here's the summary - the Pixel 9 Pro will adopt a flat display and sides, shrink the screen from 6.7" to 6.5", and do away with the visor camera island in favor of a pill-shaped one. There are three cameras inside - likely a wide, ultrawide, and periscope zoom. The Pixel 9 renders reveal that the 6.1-inch device will also be flat front and back. The...

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