Xiaomi Pocophone F1 gets 60fps Video Recording, Low Light Mode. Still no Widevine L1 DRM
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Xiaomi Pocophone F1 gets 60fps Video Recording, Low Light Mode. Still no Widevine L1 DRM

The Xiaomi Pocophone F1 is without a doubt one of the best phones launched in 2018 due to its incredible value for money. However, the low price means that it doesn’t offer quite all the bells and whistles such as the Huawei Mate 20 Pro. One of the features that users quickly identified was the…

Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 vs Snapdragon 710 vs HiSilicon Kirin 710 : A crowded upper-mid range market
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 vs Snapdragon 710 vs HiSilicon Kirin 710 : A crowded upper-mid range market

Update – Qualcomm have now announced the 665 & 730 which will replace the Snapdragon 710 & 660 – Our full upper-mid-range Qualcomm SoC comparison is here, and yes it gets confusing.  In somewhat of a surprising move Qualcomm has just launched the Snapdragon 675 which will supplant the Snapdragon 670 that was launched less…

Nvidia GTX 1660 Ti (or maybe 1160) could launch soon
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Nvidia GTX 1660 Ti (or maybe 1160) could launch soon

Nvidia always appear to have at least one rumour floating around and the latest one is the new non ray-tracing card that could be launched. The GTX 2060 was released recently and has seen overwhelmingly positive reviews with it having the best price to performance of all the RTX cards comfortably outperforming the GTX 1070ti…

Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Pro Specifications Leaked with Snapdragon 675, 48MP Sony IMX586 Camera
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Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Pro Specifications Leaked with Snapdragon 675, 48MP Sony IMX586 Camera

The Redmi Note 7 was announced last week featuring the Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 with an extremely low price of around £138 in its launch countries, though more like £240 in the UK. The more powerful Redmi Note 7 Pro is expected to be announced sometime in February (maybe at MWC) and the specifications have recently…

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…

Athom Homey Pro Smart Home Hub launched plus Homey v2.0 app – A hub for Z-Wave,  WiFi, BLE & more
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Athom Homey Pro Smart Home Hub launched plus Homey v2.0 app – A hub for Z-Wave, WiFi, BLE & more

I have covered several Z-Wave home controllers over the past few years, with the Samsung Smartthings being the most recent and my current favourite. However the problem with Z-Wave is that it often doesn’t work with other smart devices using more accessible standards such as bluetooth and WiFi. This is a problem the Athom Homey…

Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 benchmarks up to 17% higher than Kirin 980 & 41% higher GPU scores
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 benchmarks up to 17% higher than Kirin 980 & 41% higher GPU scores

Each year a there is a common trend of Huawei owned Hisilicon announcing their flagship system on chip then Qualcomm to launch theirs a few months later which then beats it. While there is only a 3-month difference between announcements Huawei launch their flagship Mate series device in October while Qualcomm based devices don’t come…

SoundMAGIC E11BT Bluetooth earphones launched
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SoundMAGIC E11BT Bluetooth earphones launched

The SoundMAGIC E11 wired headphones are almost iconic in when it comes to high quality budget earphones. I used them myself for several years and I still recommend them to anyone looking for a great sounding pair of earphones for a reasonable price. These earphones have finally received the Bluetooth treatment in the form of…

Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 outperforms Snapdragon 710 SoC on AnTuTu
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 outperforms Snapdragon 710 SoC on AnTuTu

Qualcomm announced the new Snapdragon 675 in October last year, which appeared to be an odd launch as the Snapdragon 670 was only launched two months prior on 8th of August 2018.   It has been rumoured that Xiaomi will be launching a new phone with this chipset and a 48MP camera in January 2019….

Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 with 48MP camera & Snapdragon 660 launched. 3GB/32GB – £241 via GearBest
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Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 with 48MP camera & Snapdragon 660 launched. 3GB/32GB – £241 via GearBest

Technically not a Xiaomi phone anymore since they have made it its own sub-brand now, the Redmi Note 7 has finally been launched in China. The phone has launched for just 999 RMB (around £115) but has an exceptionally good specification and premium looking design. The Redmi Note 7 features the upper mid range Qualcomm…

AMD Radeon VII GPU announced using 7nm with 16GB HMD memory for $699
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AMD Radeon VII GPU announced using 7nm with 16GB HMD memory for $699

AMD Ryzen CPUs have completely shaken up the CPU market in the past two years, with the Maltisse based Ryzen 3000 chips looking like they will outshine Intels best offerings for 2019. On the flip side of this, the AMD GPU product line has been flagging, with gamers eagerly waiting for some proper competition for…

AMD Ryzen 3000 Maltisse arrives mid-2019 features PCIe 4.0 & beats i9-9900K with over 30% less power
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AMD Ryzen 3000 Maltisse arrives mid-2019 features PCIe 4.0 & beats i9-9900K with over 30% less power

Ryzen has been a huge success and AMD are keen to keep that momentum going in 2019. There have already been big promises with the 3rd generation of the Ryzen chips codenamed Maltisse with several leaks indicating significant performance improvements. During a keynote at CES, AMD have finally released some information about the up and…

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