Sony Xperia 1 II vs Samsung Galaxy S20 – Sony bizarrely omits 5G from their latest flagship, is is worth it over the S20?
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Sony Xperia 1 II vs Samsung Galaxy S20 – Sony bizarrely omits 5G from their latest flagship, is is worth it over the S20?

Sony has just announced its latest flagship the Sony Xperia 1 II – so 1 will remain the nomenclature for their flagship phones and this the mark 2. With the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S20 series, which will likely be the best selling flagship Android device of the year, let’s see how Sony hopes…

MWC 2020 & Coronavirus: Amazon, Ericson, LG, Nvidia are all out. Samsung scaling back. No one allowed directly from China.
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MWC 2020 & Coronavirus: Amazon, Ericson, LG, Nvidia are all out. Samsung scaling back. No one allowed directly from China.

On Sunday the number of people killed by the new coronavirus rose by 97 taking it to 908 and making it worse than the Sars epidemic back in 2003, so the MWC and its attendees are understandably having to take precautions to protect everyone. GSMA place restrictions on Chinese attendees In an email sent Sunday…

Will Realme launch the  Realme X50 Pro at MWC 2020?
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Will Realme launch the Realme X50 Pro at MWC 2020?

Realme have confirmed that they will be launching new devices at MWC 2020 which will take place on 24th of February through to the 27th, this will the first global launch for the company. They have not announced an official launch date just yet, many companies do launches the 2-days before on the Saturday/Sunday but…

Motorola Edge+ shows up on Geekbench with SD865 and 12GB RAM & is the first flagship device since the 2018 Moto Z3
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Motorola Edge+ shows up on Geekbench with SD865 and 12GB RAM & is the first flagship device since the 2018 Moto Z3

Motorola has not had a good time in recent years, what was once one of the dominant phone companies, they saw a sharp decline in market share leading to years of loses and the eventual sale to Lenovo. Things started to look up last year, Lenovo revealed that its mobile business group – which houses…

Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 benchmarked on Xiaomi Redmi K30 Pro & Realme X50 Pro with Geekbench and Antutu comfortably beats the MediaTek Dimensity 1000
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 benchmarked on Xiaomi Redmi K30 Pro & Realme X50 Pro with Geekbench and Antutu comfortably beats the MediaTek Dimensity 1000

On 11th of February Samsung will likely be the first company to officially launch a phone with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 on their new Samsung Galaxy S20 series. With MWC 2020 a few days later it is expected we will see many more phones launching on the latest and greatest Qualcomm has to offer before…

Realme schedules event for MWC 2020 – UK/EU launch of Realme X50 5G likely – Realme X50 Pro with SD865 possibly
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Realme schedules event for MWC 2020 – UK/EU launch of Realme X50 5G likely – Realme X50 Pro with SD865 possibly

With MWC a month away we are expecting to see a lot of phones announced. One of my favourite brands of 2019, Realme, will be holding an event on the 24th of February where they “will host the first global launch event in 2020” This launch will almost certainly include the Realme X50 5G which…

Huawei Matebook X Pro refreshed for 2019 with i7 8565u & Nvidia MX250 2GB. Plus new OneHop NFC sharing tech
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Huawei Matebook X Pro refreshed for 2019 with i7 8565u & Nvidia MX250 2GB. Plus new OneHop NFC sharing tech

Huawei today has announced a refresh for their laptop lineup. It is somewhat over-eclipsed by the up and coming phone announcement but the new laptops offer flagship specs with innovative features. The announcement included three laptops including the flagship Huawei Matebook X Pro and then also Matebook 14 and 13 models. Each laptop has been…

OPPO announces 10x lossless zoom will debut at MWC 2019 + new wide zone optical fingerprint recognition
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OPPO announces 10x lossless zoom will debut at MWC 2019 + new wide zone optical fingerprint recognition

OPPO the brand behind the innovative Find X, today announced its forthcoming 10x lossless zoom technology. They have however not announced a device using it but stated that the 10x lossless zoom technology meets commercial standards and is ready for mass production. OPPO will showcase the breakthrough technology in Barcelona at MWC 2019. To employ…

Samsung Galaxy S10 details leak including price up to £1399
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Samsung Galaxy S10 details leak including price up to £1399

The Samsung Galaxy flagship device is typically one of the first flagships to launch in the year, with them making the announcement at their Beyond event just before MWC each year. This year it looks like the Samsung Galaxy S10 is set to be announced on the  20th of February several days before the official MWC event. The…

Samsung Galaxy S9 vs Sony Xperia XZ2 vs Asus ZenFone 5Z
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Samsung Galaxy S9 vs Sony Xperia XZ2 vs Asus ZenFone 5Z

We saw 3 phones officially launched at MWC that are powered by the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 system on chip. This chip is the latest high-end SoC from Qualcomm and will be the chip powering most of this year’s flagships. With the Snapdragon handling the vast majority of the functions, it is interesting to see…