Top 10 trending phones of week 18

It's been a while since we saw a change in the lead of our weekly popularity chart, but week 18 finally delivered it. The Xiaomi Mi 6X, which should hit international markets as A2 has overtaken the Redmi Note 5 Pro and Huawei P20 Pro to grab the gold. Oppo F7 was another to lose a position to the Mi A2 rise taking fourth this time around. Behind it is another handset on an upwards trajectory - the Huawei P20 Lite. The most affordable member of the new P20 trio entered the chart in ninth last week, but it's already fifth now. The Asus Zenfone Max Pro has slid a couple of spots to...

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Weekly poll results: the Xiaomi Mi A2 gets the thumbs up and some suggestions

The Xiaomi Mi A2 has a solid fan base that voted 2-to-1 in its favor. Not bad results for the second-generation Android One phone from Xiaomi, which will be available in MIUI flavor in China under the name Mi 6X. In fact, it's mostly available in China right now, Xiaomi's expanding European stores have no A2 units to offer. Not yet, anyway. Which is a shame since this Android One mid-ranger offers plenty of bang for your buck. Predictably, many were unhappy about Xiaomi dropping the 3.5 mm headphone jack. Other criticisms included knocking the Snapdragon 660 chipset, though...

Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/weekly_poll_results_the_xiaomi_mi_a2_gets_the_thumbs_up-news-30847.php

Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S review

Halfway into the Mi Mix 2's product cycle, Xiaomi releases the Mi Mix 2S, an incremental update to the Mix 2, or a successor and a half to the original Mi Mix. The Mix was the first smartphone to push Android's limits by incorporating a display that was taller than 16:9, thus calling for Android to change its design rules and introducing OEMs with a new hardware dimension to play around with.

Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/xiaomi_mi_mix_2s-review-1758.php

vivo Y75s and Y83 get certified, most specs revealed

Just five months after the debut of the vivo Y75 back in December, the company is readying to launch a refresh named vivo Y75s, according to a TENAA listing and vivo's official website. Of course, specs have also been revealed along with another upcoming device - vivo Y83. The vivo Y75s is similar in design and specs to the V7+ but differs in the camera department. The Y75s comes with a 5.99-inch (720 x 1440) 18:9 FullView 2.5D curved display, Snapdragon 450 paired with 4GB of RAM, 64GB of storage and support for 256GB microSD. The main camera is 13MP with LED flash while...

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Samsung Galaxy S9 running Android 8.1 spotted in benchmarks

The Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+, which launched in March running Android 8.0 out of the box, may be about to get the 8.1 update in the near future. The Galaxy S9 has been spotted in a Geekbench listing running Android 8.1. Samsung hasn't provided any guideline on when the update will arrive, and benchmark listings can't be seen as anything certain, but at least we know the update is in development. We can hope that the testing goes smoothly and the official rollout isn't that far away now. Via

Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s9_running_android_81_spotted_in_benchmarks-news-30882.php

Apple-owned digital magazine service Texture pulling plug on its Windows app

Magazine subscription service Texture, which Apple acquired less than a couple of months ago, has announced it is shutting down its Windows app. It'll not be available after June 30 this year. The company made the announcement in a support page update on its website. To keep things working smoothly, older versions of the app sometimes need to be retired. Texture said its apps for other platforms, including Android, iOS, and Amazon Fire, will continue to be available. It's worth mentioning that Texture doesn't offer a web app, meaning Windows users won't have any other option...

Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/appleowned_magzine_app_texture_pulling_plug_on_its_windows_app-news-30880.php