Realme X50 Pro Player appears on TENAA with downgraded cameras

Realme is launching a new gaming-oriented flagship, called X50 Pro Player, on May 25. The phone appears to be largely based on the X50 Pro 5G device, but today it appeared on TENAA, revealing some differences. While both devices will have the same footprint, chipset and memory, the new device will arrive with less impressive cameras - a 48 MP main shooter and 16 MP front snapper. Realme X50 Pro Player on TENAA The Realme X50 Pro Player (pictured in Rust Red on TENAA) will keep the 6.44" OLED panel with Full HD+ resolution and a fingerprint scanner underneath. Realme...

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Hot take: Poco F2 Pro

When the Pocophone F1 (or simply Poco F1 in India) was launched in mid-2018 it quickly earned a lot of fans delivering the then-flagship Snapdragon 845 chipset at an unbelievably low price. In fact the following was so loyal that people kept asking about a Poco F2 long after it became evident that Xiaomi has abandoned the lineup in favor of the Redmi K-line. Well, the company finally changed its mind and gave people what they wanted - a Poco F2 Pro. Here are some early thoughts on what is certainly a phone with big shoes to fill. Actual flagship killer Plenty of manufacturers...

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Top 10 trending phones of week 20

Week 20 brought us a new leader in our trending chart as Samsung's newly announced Galaxy A Quantum shot straight to the top. The phone is going to be available with a single Korean carrier, but we guess the naming alone helped it turn more heads than any other phone this week. The Poco F2 Pro had to settle for second in the week of its announcement as the third and fourth spots went to phones that are yet to become official - the Redmi Note 10 and the iPhone 12 Pro Max. Redmi Note 9S slipped to fifth, while the Samsung Galaxy A51 retained its sixth position. Yet another rumored...

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Motorola Edge in for review

Motorola's attempt at getting back in in the high-end game gave us the the Edge lineup and like many other OEMs, alongside the Edge+, there's a cheaper alternative to the flagship, which aims to cut a few bangs and whistles to keep the price palpable. The aim, as always is to get the same smartphone experience at a fraction of the price. The Motorola Edge features a tall 6.7-inch OLED screen with 1080 x 2340px resolution and a smooth 90Hz refresh rate. It also has extreme curves to the sides shaping that distinct look. The back, on the other hand, is made of plastic and underneath...

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Week 20 in review: Poco F2 Pro is here, huge iPhone 12 leak, Pixel 4a tested

Welcome to your week's recap. The past seven days brought us the Poco F2 Pro, the triumphant return of no-nonsense flagship phone. Based on the Redmi K30 Pro, the Poco F2 Pro is the cheapest Snapdragon 865 phone in just about every market, starting at just $500/€500 for a 6/128GB model. Pre-orders are now live, shipments begin on May 19. A huge iPhone 12 leak showed what Apple's upcoming lineup will look like, thanks to renders based on CAD schematics. The iPhone 12 and 12 Pro will adopt an iPad Pro-like design with flat sides and squarish edges. The iPhone 12 Pro will come in three sizes...

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Flashback: Samsung Galaxy S4 zoom, the phone that was mostly a camera

Back in the days before multiple cameras, before periscope lenses and NPUs, the only way smartphones knew how to zoom was digitally and usually with poor results since they had small low-resolution sensors (well, there was that one Nokia, but we're not going there now). The Samsung Galaxy S4 zoom opted for the classic approach to zooming - having a lens that can change its focal length. From the back, this device was nigh impossible to tell apart from your typical point and shoot camera. Samsung Galaxy S4 zoom official photos From the front, however, it was clearly a Galaxy...

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