It feels like Nokia has given up trying to compete in the mid-range and flagship market. Their most advanced phone recently is the Nokia 8.3 5G launched back in November with the Snapdragon 765G. Instead, they have released lots of low-end phones and nostalgic feature phones. The latest is the Nokia XR20, which is an…
Nokia is the latest company to launch an “affordable” 5G phone that is powered by the increasingly popular Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G chipset. This list of phones is growing quickly, but many are aimed at the Asian market, such as the Oppo Reno3 Pro 5G and Vivo Z6. Currently, the Realme X50 still isn’t announced for…
Following the launch of the Snapdragon 730 chipset, the Snapdragon 735 SoC was leaked which claimed to have 5G support. Then at IFA Qualcomm announced a 7-series chipset that would include an integrated 5G modem. It has now been revealed that the up and coming Nokia 8.2 will feature this chipset, joining both OPPO and…
I have reviewed quite a lot of mesh Wi-Fi systems, and somehow the existence of the Nokia Beacon has eluded me. The Nokia Beacon 1 launched at the start of July and is currently only available in the US. The Nokia Beacon 3 launched at some point this year but appears to have had so…
The Samsung Galaxy M series has just been launched in India with featuring the latest budget focussed chipset from Samsung, the Exynos 7904. Xiaomi has been quickly gaining the market share in India and are now the most popular brand for smartphones, while the Samsung market share has remained stagnant. So, the new Galaxy M…
Rumours of the Nokia 9 were circling around in early 2018 and it was expected to launch towards the end of 2019. The penta lens set up has received a huge amount of attention from the press. It’s 5 lenses on the rear combined with a LED flash and a proximity-detecting dual sensor are laid…
Over the past few weeks, we have seen some excellent affordable mid-range phones released with the three stand out options, in my opinion, is the Nokia 7.1, Huawei Mate 20 Lite and the Honor Play. While I have not used all three phones, whichever you choose will likely be a great option, I think they…
HMD has been killing it with Nokia, bringing the brand back from death, they now produce some of the best mid-range phones on the market. Apparently, the phone is called the Nokia 7, but the .1 denotes that this is an Android One. Android One is one of the main selling points of Nokia phones, you…
I have reviewed quite a lot of fitness trackers, and sports watches now, from cheap to expensive. One thing that is common with them is that they are all a bit ugly. The Suunto Spartan is possible the most attractive one I have reviewed; if you don’t mind the sports watch look, none are suitable…
During MWC this year I was overwhelmed with all the technology on show and posting about every single thing I photoed would take far too long. So here are some of the highlights from my experience of MWC this year. 3 new Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 based phones announced Samsung dominated the show as usual with…
Mobile World Congress 2018 is just a week away, and we will undoubtedly see multiple phones announced with the next generation of system on chips (SoC). The Snapdragon 845 is likely to be used in the next flagship phone which is due to be announced at the Nokia event on the 29th. Historically Samsung has…
During my event with Qualcomm, they were obviously keen to talk about their latest and greatest product, the Snapdragon 845. For several years not the 800 series of chips have been used in the vast majority of the flagship Android phones you can buy. The only real exceptions are Samsung Exynos used in the European…