Realme Koi to be called Realme V15, officially arriving on January 7

Realme is starting the year with a bang and will announce a new phone on January 7. It will be called Realme V15, and it was formerly known under the code name Realme Koi. Images of the phone were posted online, and the device has a gorgeous color on the back - a mostly yellow gradient that goes has some purple and some sunrise pink, truly eye candy. The Realme V15 will be launched at 2 PM local time and will come with some fancy cards that wish the buyer good luck - after all, the Koi fish is associated with good fortune, perseverance, and abundance - stuff we all wish for in the...

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My top 5 phones - Chip

It’s now time for me to wrap up the series and list the phones that impressed me the most in what was undoubtedly an eventful year. Most of the events weren’t of the good variety, granted, but when it comes to smartphone innovation things were going strong. In fact this smartphone addict found 2020 to be the best year in a good while when it comes to new releases. This being the last entry in a fairly long series it will inevitability contain some familiar faces, but to try and mix things up a bit I’ll also rank the phones, starting with my number 6 and gradually climbing to the top. Oh,...

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2020 Winners and Losers: Asus

For better or worse, Asus limited its 2020 lineup to just two phones. Or possibly 4, depending on how you want to count the variants. However the company undoubtedly has quality over quantity going for it at the moment. Winners: Asus ROG Phone 3 and Prone 3 Strix edition Asus continues to reign supreme within the growing gaming smartphone niche. Many have tried to dethrone it and some have certainly managed to outsell it. None, however, has even come remotely close to the level of integration, depth and sophistication in mobile gaming Asus continuously offers within the ROG...

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Top 10 trending phones of week 1

As we enter a new year we could hardly think of a better duo to lead our trending chart. The newly announced Xiaomi Mi 11 is a runaway leader, representing the latest and greatest in Android. The second place then goes by the oldest member of the top 10 and the most popular phone in our database for the entire 2020 - Galaxy A51. We then see the Redmi Note 9 Pro complete the podium, pushing last week's leader - the Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max - down to fourth. Another newly announced phone - the vivo X60 Pro enters the ranking in fifth position, while the Poco X3 NFC retained sixth....

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Red Magic Cyberpods Gaming TWS Earbuds Review

nubia's gaming-inclined Red Magic line recently welcomed its first TWS earphones dubbed Cyberpods and they will now star in this review that will follow. Already selling in over 40 markets across 3 continents for $50/€50/£40, the buds come with a unique aesthetics, featuring prominent LED lights, and 39ms low latency mode that should appeal to all gamers out there. The Cyberpods and their case weigh only 58 grams, which is extremely light. And they really do feel light but not in a cheap way - Red Magic made them extremely comfortable and light. However, the bulky design of the...

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Weekly poll: the Xiaomi Mi 11 is the first S888 powered phone, but is that enough to want one?

That was quick – the Snapdragon 888 was unveiled on December 1 and the first phone to use it arrived on December 28. This is more than a paper launch to claim “first”, by the way, the phone goes on sale on January 1. This means that the Xiaomi Mi 11 is the first phone that will let buyers experience the performance of the new Cortex-X1 CPU core. The new chipset also supercharges AI performance, which enabled the new video night mode powered by BlinkAI’s deep learning algorithm. The phone has a triple camera with a 108MP main sensor, similar to that of the Mi 10. The sensor is a whopping...

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