Oppo Reno6 series could arrive on May 22

Oppo goes all-in when the Reno series is involved. The company has been launching the series in six months’ time, and now the Reno6 is under the spotlight. According to one source, the company has scheduled an event for May 22 in China, and that’s when we’ll see the new phone lineup, as well as other smart products. Oppo Reno5 Pro The company will host a gala with Zheijang, a Chinese TV channel. We expect the focus of the event to be smart TVs and their integration with the broadcast company, but Oppo is likely to tease the Reno6 smartphones, if not launch them fully. So far we’ve...

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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3 and Z Flip3 leak in promo materials

Samsung is expected to launch its new foldables under the names Galaxy Z Fold3 and Galaxy Z Flip3 since both of them will be the third iteration of the respective lineup. We don’t know when the phones will be official, but we have learned a lot about them, thanks to a massive leak. Multiple promo materials that were supposed to be confidential have spilled all over the internet, revealing the Galaxy Z Fold3 will have S Pen support, while the Galaxy Z Flip3 will switch to a vertical camera setup. Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3 The Fold3 will be the first foldable smartphone with an...

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Xiaomi Mi Smart Band 6 review

Introduction Xiaomi's Mi Smart Band, or just Mi Band as it's known in China, is undeniably one of the most popular wearables across the world. It's small, lightweight, and super cheap, yet it aims to do a ton of stuff. Last year the Mi Band 5 brought a larger OLED screen and a magnetic charging - two major upgrades over the Mi Band 4. This year the screen sees an even bigger boost with an edge-to-edge full-color OLED. Meanwhile the global pandemic made the pulse oximeters (SpO2) a must-have and the Mi Band 6 is keeping with the latest trends by adding a blood oxygen level...

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Top 10 trending phones of week 17

Another week passed and Xiaomi launched yet another phone to get your attention. We’re talking about the Redmi K40 Gaming which has instantly become the most checked phone in our database. Interestingly, the Redmi Note 10 Pro kept its second place, with the long-standing leader Mi 11 Ultra dropping all the way to fifth. The Redmi Note 10 completes the podium, while the Poco X3 Pro also slides above the almighty flagship. We then have the Poco F3, which slides down to sixth position, while Samsung has to settle for the final four positions in the chart. It's still much better than...

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Week 17 in review: Redmi K40 Gaming, vivo V21 series and iQOO 7 go official

In the last days of April we saw a bunch of new smartphone launches, as well as major companies release their quarterly financial reports. Sony revealed that the PlayStation is doing great, and while its mobile phone business isn't selling much it's still turning a profit. We saw the Redmi K40 Gaming arrive with pop-up shoulder keys and Dimensity 1200 chipset, and the vivo V21 series went official as well. Another announcement from vivo also caught your attention - the new iQOO series is finally global, with the Snapdragon 888-powered iQOO 7 Legend particularly exciting. Samsung also...

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Flashback: Samsung's long history of fashion phones includes Giorgio Armani and Hugo Boss

The LG KE850 Prada was the first phone with a capacitive touchscreen, beating Apple’s iPhone to the punch by a couple of months. But it’s not the only touch phone to partner up with a fashion brand – while LG was in cahoots with Prada, Samsung approached Giorgio Armani and Hugo Boss. The Samsung P520 Armani was launched at Giorgio Armani’s show at Milan Fashion Week in 2007. It had a small 2.6” display (240x320px, 4:3). Well, it was fairly large for a featurephone back then, but it was small for an all-touch phone. And it was a resistive touchscreen too, a far cry from the 3.0” capacitive...

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