Month: September 2020

LG officially took the wraps off its Wing smartphone about two weeks ago, and we already have one at the office and are working hard on our review. In the meantime, Verizon has gone ahead and announced its pricing and availability details for the device. The Wing will be up for pre-order at Big Red … Read more

Here’s something weird and interesting. HMD Global, the company making Nokia smartphones, has published its (very rough) timeline for when you should expect its devices to get the update to Android 11. Hold on, you say – that’s neither weird nor (when you see how vague it is) that interesting. Well, the weird and interesting … Read more

Honor Watch GS Pro is the company’s first rugged smartwatch, aiming to become the best accessory the company can offer to outdoorsy types and hikers. We got to spend a couple of weeks with a unit and now we are about to share what impressed us and what rubbed us the wrong way. Introduction The … Read more

Huawei introduced the Freebuds Pro earlier this month as the company’s most premium true wireless earphones and they are already on sale at some markets. We got a pair from Huawei to spend a few weeks with and review all the new features, including the active noise cancellation. Design and comfort Unlike its Freebuds 3 … Read more

A new report from Counterpoint Research gives us insight on the average selling price (ASP) of smartphones in each major market. The major markets: North America, Latin America, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Asia-Pacific, and China are listed in the visual graphic below. As per the report, the ASP of each market has increased in … Read more

Smartphone companies have been expanding their portfolios with smart TVs recently. OnePlus, Nokia, Xiaomi, Realme and even Honor have released products in this segment lately, and now Oppo is planning to join. During the 2020 Oppo Developer Conference, officials announced the company’s ecosystem is going to expand with a TV, which will be released in … Read more

The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold2 unveiled earlier this month lets you have two different numbers – one through the regular SIM, and another through an eSIM. The eSIM functionality wasn’t available out of the box, but Samsung has now released a new software update to enable it. This new firmware, sporting version number F916BXXU1BTIA and … Read more

Yesterday we saw the Google Pixel 5 being listed at various retailers in both the UK and continental Europe, ahead of the phone’s official unveiling on September 30. Today, from Germany comes a full specs leak of the upcoming device. Let’s dive in. As rumored countless times before, the Pixel 5 will be powered by … Read more

OnePlus has officially confirmed that it’s announcing the 8T at an online event on October 14, just as was rumored (and then revealed by Amazon India). Multiple sources have so far claimed that there won’t be a OnePlus 8T Pro this year, just the 8T, so with that in mind you may be wondering how … Read more

To say that 2020 has been all sorts of weird so far would be an understatement, but phone makers left and right have continued to churn out new devices at what seems like breakneck speed. We’ve seen a ton of flagships already, and most of those are excellent. And yet, the prices have crept up … Read more