Huawei reportedly considers the sale of the flagship P and Mate series

Less than a year ago Huawei became the largest smartphone maker in the world. Now its rise has been halted and it had to sell the Honor brand to keep it alive. Reuters now reports that the company is also in talks to sell the flagship Huawei P and Mate series to a consortium backed by the Shanghai government. The discussion has been going on for months, two anonymous insiders claim, but no final decision has been made yet. The company is still holding on to hope that it can replace foreign component suppliers with domestic ones, which will allow it to continue producing phones. The Mate...

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New Sony Xperia Compact is on its way, first renders leak

Smartphone companies have slowly moved away from compact flagships, with only Apple managing to deliver a small yet powerful handset in 2020 - the iPhone 12 mini. According to info from OnLeaks, Sony is about to deliver a compact smartphone and it may well be a member of the premium Compact line. However, a different source from Japan says it may not be a flagship, but rather an entry-level device powered by Snapdragon 480 chipset. Either way we get some live images of the phone. New Sony Xperia Compact The images reveal a tiny device with some key design elements we’ve seen in...

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Oppo A55 5G arrives with Dimensity 700, 5,000mAh battery

Oppo has announced another affordable smartphone in its homeland. It is called Oppo A55 5G and comes with a Mediatek Dimensity 700 chipset and a big battery. The Dimensity 700 chipset has its powerful Cortex-A76 cores running at 2.2 GHz and six power-efficient Cortex-A55 units clocked at 2GHz. The chip is accompanied by 6GB RAM and 128GB of storage and Oppo provided the A55 5G with a microSD slot for further expansion. The front is occupied by a 6.5” LCD that has rather unimpressive HD+ resolution and a standard 60Hz refresh rate. The panel has a waterdrop notch with a 8MP f/2.0...

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Amazfit Stratos 3 Review

Huami launched many smartwatches under the Amazfit brand last year across different price categories, among which the Stratos 3 we have with us today. It is aimed at athletes and sports enthusiasts and comes with a transflective display, 80 sports modes, and 50-meter water-resistant. The Stratos 3 comes with a built-in GPS and has 2GB of internal storage for offline music playback. While all that looks enticing on paper, how well does the Stratos 3 perform in the real world? We try to answer that with this review. Amazfit Stratos 3 specifications Display: 1.34", 320x302 pixel...

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Week 3 in review: Snapdragon 870, Honor V40 and vivo X60 Pro+ official

Hello, hello, let's recap yet another week. Starting with a couple of chipset stories. Qualcomm and MediaTek both announced new products this week. The 7nm Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 brought the fastest CPU core in the world with the 3.2GHz-capable Kryo 585. The Snapdragon 870 is built on the Snapdragon 865+ foundation and Motorola already confirmed its Edge S will premiere with the new chip on January 26. MediaTek dropped the Dimensity 1100 and 1200 chipsets. Both are built on a 6nm process and both feature the new Cortex-A78 core. So far no phone has declared for the new chipsets and we...

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Redmi Note 9T in for review

In the latest installment of "Keeping up with the Redmi Note 9 series" we have the Redmi Note 9T 5G. Those who’ve tried to follow Redmi’s convoluted naming strategy will notice that the Note 9T has basically identical hardware to the China-exclusive Redmi Note 9 5G save for the altered cameras setup and RAM/storage capacities. Well, we finally got a Redmi Note 9T review unit and these are our initial thoughts. We can’t help but start with pricing. The Redmi Note 9T is one of the most affordable 5G handsets in Europe at €199 for the early bird pre-orders (€229 after) in the base 4/64GB...

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