Nokia has done exceptionally well over the past year, going from a dying company of yesteryear to selling 10 million phones last year placing them as the 3rd most popular phone brand in the UK. 2018 is looking promising to, with multiple new phones launching, all using Android One, or Android Go. The Nokia 8 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
I have just left the Asus event where they announced this years line up of new phones. There are 3 versions of the Asus Zenfone 5. The budget option is the Zenfone 5 Lite which packs four cameras, two of them with a 120-degree wide-angle field-of-view, one on each side. The main rear camera is … Read more
MWC officially starts this morning, but Nokia and Samsung held their announcements last night. Nokia’s announcement included several phones, including an updated Nokia 8, another revival, this time around the Nokia 8110 banana phone and then the 3 main new phones. The 3 new phones are the Nokia 1, 6 and 7 plus. The specifications include: … Read more
LG doesn’t appear to be launching a significant phone during MWC this year. Instead, they have released a refresh for their well-received LG V30. The LG V30S ThinkQ doesn’t change a great deal; it is still using the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 rather than the 845 you will see on many of the new phones in … Read more
It would appear leaking of product information is an excellent marketing tool for the social media and news sites are posting about the latest Samsung Galaxy S9 daily. Less then a week out from the official announcement at MWC 2018, there has been a Reddit user that has posted a hands-on review of a pre-production … Read more
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 … Read more
The new Asus Zenfone 5 series of phones is expected to be released at MWC in just a few days. Asus has already released invitations for its official event. There have already been some leaks regarding the main ZenFone 5 handset showing it with a 5 .7-inch bezel-less display with 18:9 aspect ratio and dual … Read more
Samsung Galaxy S9, Galaxy S9+ could stick to a 3.5mm headset jack, a move that might seem surprising given rivals such as Apple and Google have opted to remove the headset jack on their flagship smartphones. The details come from a leak showing the new DeX Pad that is likely to launch with the Galaxy … Read more
The original Mi MIX was launch back in 2016 with its beautiful bezel-less design, well before the Galaxy S8 or iPhone X. The Mi Mix 2 was subsequently released with upgraded internals in September last year. Fans have been eager to see how far Xiaomi can push their designs, and this may finally come to … Read more