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Xiaomi and Huawei appear to be taking over the global smartphone market. Going from being obscure Chinese brands Huawei is now the number 2 phone company in the world and it looks like Xiaomi are hot on their tails. The global sales in smartphones have declined by 3% in the past year, with Samsung, Lenovo and LG also seeing…
Xiaomi is finally entering the UK market officially. Mobile operator Three has confirmed that Xiaomi devices will be sold online and in its 327 high-street stores from Friday 9 November. For the first time in the UK you will be able to buy a Xiaomi phone on a contract, rather than having to find the budget for…
It has been interesting to see how the notch has become ubiquitous among many brands, especially when Apple received so much criticism when they introduced the notch in the first place. On the flip side of this, other companies have approached the problem of increasing the screen to body ratio a different way. Vivo Nex started…
So the trend of smartphones appears to be moving towards gaming phones this year. We have seen numerous devices released with the Razer 2, Asus ROG phone, Mate 20X, and Xioami Black Shark. Another player in the Chinese market is Nubia, and they will be releasing a gaming phone of their own next week. The Nubia…
OnePlus 6T has already leaked extensively over the past couple of months, so we know just about everything there is to know about it. However, the phone is now official and we can finally confirm all the leaks. The new phone now has a slightly larger screen at 6.4-inches, while the 6 has a 6.28-inch display….
Anker continues to expand their range of high-quality audio and visual options with an updated version of their Nebula Capsule pocket projector and an upgraded version of the Soundcore Model Zero now named Zero+. Anker Nebula Capsule II The new Capsule II comes with the same compact and soda can inspired design as its predecessor, but adds…
MediaTek is the third player in the mobile system on chip world, they typically are used for budget phones and a lot of Chinese phones, they also have a strong market share with streaming devices like the Fire Stick and processors in TVs such as the Sony AF8. Their flagship SoC in the Helio P60 which…
Vodafone’s so-called “youth” mobile brand designed to appeal to millennial customers, VOXI, has recently secured an agreement with PayPal to give consumers under 30 a new way to purchase their next smartphone. This month, VOXI has started selling feature handsets as well as SIM-only contracts, giving millennial consumers the chance to get their hands on…
The trend towards dedicated gaming smartphones is in full swing now, in recent weeks we have seen the launch of the Asus ROG phone, Razer 2, Honor Play, Mate 20X and it has recently been reported that Samsung is working on a gaming phone. The original Xiaomi Black Shark was launched earlier in the year, and it…
I only switched to a DDR4 based system late last year close to the peak pricing pf memory, things are finally settling down so as you might expect, manufacturers are looking to supplant DDR4 with the next generation DDR5. Each iteration of DRAM improves clock speed while reducing power consumption and DDR5 is no different. Over its lifespan,…
Earlier in the year, I got to test the new HP Envy X2 laptop which was running Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 835 SoC and was the first attempt at getting an ARM-based processor working with Windows. My experience was a little mixed, I love the concept, the battery life is awesome and the always-on connectivity perfect for a blogger…
The Vivo Next bucked the trend towards notches by introducing an innovative pop-out camera, the idea then spared Oppo to develop the Find X which used a slider to hide the notches. The flagship Xiaomi Mi MIX range will follow suit by implementing a slider on the Mi MIX 3. The Mi MIX range was also a little different than…
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