Top 10 trending phones of week 50

Huawei and Samsung went all-in into a battle to become the first company to introduce a device with a selfie camera, embedded in the screen. While Huawei was technically the first to showcase a device, the Korean manufacturer was actually the first with an official announcement and it's exactly the Galaxy A8s that's in the lead now. Then there's the Huawei nova 4, expected to arrive on Monday, which immediately jumped into the second spot. Down the list we see plenty of well-known devices - Redmi Note 6 Pro completes the Top 3 after three weeks of reign that even Xiaomi India director...

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Weekly poll: OnePlus 6T McLaren, hot or not?

Whether you're a motorsport fan or not, the launch of the OnePlus 6T McLaren was pretty exciting. The special edition phone debuts Warp Charge, the company's first charging speed upgrade since 2016's OnePlus 3. At 30W it is definitely an upgrade over the 20W don't-call-it-Dash Charge and is faster than what Samsung and Apple are offering, for example. Chances are that the OnePlus 7 will use Warp too. Then there's the memory. It has a whopping 10GB of RAM, most laptops ship with less. And there's 256GB of storage too. Also, the back features carbon fiber - a tribute to the McLaren...

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How the vivo NEX Dual Display Edition came to be

Undoubtedly, the vivo NEX Dual Display Edition is a head-turner. Not only does it find a cool way to deliver the all screen front, but you get a pretty cool back too with the lunar ring and the cool LED flash arrangement. We got a change to speak to Kyle Xiao, director of industrial design at vivo or in other words - the chief designer of the NEX Dual Display. He walked us through the design process, talking about some of the challenges he and his team faced along the way. vivo's design team made over 250 mock-ups to subject to user testing before settling on the final design. We...

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Vote now for the Best Phones of 2018

The preliminary stage of the Best Phones of 2018 vote got quite heated, but now it's time to dial things up - let's pick the best flagship, mid-ranger and entry-level phone for 2018. We'll do the introductions and we will let you be the judge. Note that some results were too close to call, so we decided to take the top 6 in each category. Flagships The Samsung Galaxy Note9 took the lead in last week's poll, receiving more votes than any other phone. With the best Samsung display and the only stylus in mobile, great performance and battery life, solid camera too, it's easy to see why...

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Counterclockwise: FM radio is past its peak

FM radio has awesome features - it's free, it doesn't use up your data, it often has better reception than LTE, it offers various mixes of playlists (both hip and classic) along with news and up-to-date info. So, why does it seem like makers are increasingly reluctant to include it in their phones? Well, while the FM receiver has certainly declined in popularity, there is still a variety of models to choose from. We put together this chart that counts the different number of models by multiple makers that have a receiver. The peak was in the 2008-2010 period. The chart gets a little...

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Microsoft patents a wearable device that could help Parkinson's patients

Ever since the Microsoft Band 2 came out back in 2015, old Redmond has mostly been out of the wearable game. That being said, that wearable did pack some truly impressive and ambitious tech, enabling things like maximum volume of oxygen (VO2 max) tracking. Microsoft is clearly no stranger to experimentation when it comes to such gadgets and if a recently acquired patent is to be believed, there could be plenty more in store. The document in question, simply titled "WEARABLE DEVICE" was filed back in June 2017, but has now been officially published by USPTO. Like every patent request, it is...

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