Alcatel V3 Ultra 5G will spearhead the brand's revival

The Alcatel brand is returning to the smartphone market, and its first product launch is just around the corner. The phone called the Alcatel V3 Ultra 5G will mark the revival, confirmed Madhav Sheth, Founder of Alcatel India. The executive, who is also the head of HTech India (Honor's local partner), posted a photo on social media that reveals the name of the device along with the retail box of the phone. According to the post, he was tasked with selecting the appropriate box, and he chose the Black with yellow accents that says "Born in France, now in India." Alcatel phones will...

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Top 10 trending phones of week 19

The five-week roller coaster in our trending chart finishes with the Samsung Galaxy A56 returning to the top. It regained the lead from last week's champion - the Redmi Turbo 4 Pro, which settled for the silver medal this time. [#InlinePriceWidget, 13603, 1#] The podium is completed by the Galaxy S25 Ultra, the Korean flagship having regained three spots over the past week. We then have the upcoming Sony Xperia 1 VII in fourth - the company may not sell that many smartphones these days, but you guys are still following its products closely. Xiaomi's Poco X7 Pro sits in fifth,...

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Galaxy S25 Edge is coming on May 13, Realme prototype with 10k battery, Week 19 in review

Samsung confirmed the Galaxy S25 Edge launch date this week - the slim Galaxy is coming on May 13. The Edge "embodies the ultimate camera experience" with its much-rumored and now confirmed 200 MP main sensor, which "continues Galaxy's iconic camera experience, delivering pro-grade capabilities to intuitively capture the world around you". And of course, the phone will have a ton of AI features, which we already know and love from the other members of the S25 family. Google poked fun at Apple for copying its camera bar design. The ad is part of a long-running series that...

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Deals: Galaxy S25, S25+ and S25 Ultra get price cuts and freebies, OnePlus 13 discounted

Amazon UK has a bundle deal on the current Samsung Galaxy S25 trio (the Edge is coming next week). The Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra is £150 off and comes with £100 Samsung Credit that you can spend on the Samsung store. You also get the Galaxy Buds3 Pro for free and a free 6-month subscription to the Google One AI Premium Plan (this includes Gemini Advanced and 2TB of storage). Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra £150 offfree Galaxy Buds3 Profree 6 months Google One AI Premium£100 Samsung credit Read our review ...

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Weekly poll: is the CMF Phone 2 Pro the right phone for you?

The CMF Phone 2 Pro went on sale on Monday – do you have plans to pick one up? We have a detailed review, which can help you make up your mind. [#InlinePriceWidget,13821,1#] The phone is available globally, costing €250/£220/₹19,000 for the base 8/128GB model and €280/£250/₹21,000 for the 256GB upgrade (still with 8GB of RAM). And when we say “globally”, we’re including the US – the 8/256GB phone is available for $280 via the Beta Program. There’s a lot going for this phone, but the key thing is the camera – especially that 50MP 2x (50mm) telephoto camera is rare in this price range....

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Weekly poll results: the OnePlus 13T (13s) is popular, but limited availability limits its potential

A great future denied – the OnePlus 13T (aka 13s) proved quite popular in last week’s poll, but most voters that are interested don’t live in one of the two countries where the 13T/13s will be available, China and India, respectively. Interestingly, less than 10% think that OnePlus cut too many corners – it did cut some, but it looks like none of the deleted features will be missed all that much. The main concern that we saw in the comments was about the cameras – no, not the missing ultra-wide module, but the image quality of the 50MP main and 50MP 2x telephoto. It was never going...

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