The Redmi Note 7 was launched today as the company's first phone as a slightly more independent brand, Redmi. Before now they were part of Xiaomi, creating the most affordable line of smartphones for the Xiaomi phone collection - now they've been spun off into their own entity. Xiaomi also runs Pocophone, another company that's absolutely dashing the rest of the competition in the price vs specs race.
This week the folks at Motorola had a bit of a spill in the form of multiple sorts of G7. That's the company's most popular smartphone line - or at least it was, back when the original Moto G was the company's first mega-hit in the low-to-midrange market for smartphones. Back when the original Moto G was both extremely cheap and reasonably powerful - and it didn't look half bad, either.
An image of the OnePlus 6T appeared on our desk this afternoon complete with an on-brand OnePlus Red exterior. There's not a lot we can't guess at this point about the OnePlus 6T, despite it being weeks from release or even a full reveal. But without an image like this, it's difficult to picture, if you know what I mean.
The Samsung Galaxy S10 had details leaked in a set of benchmark results this week, showing the device as speedier than any Galaxy before. This device was shown as speedy in its processing power, but also speedy in its adoption of the newest version of Android. If Samsung is indeed already working with Android 9 Pie and running 3rd-party benchmark tests on their smartphone this early before its release date, the Galaxy S10 might change Samsung forever.
Phone brand Xiaomi made sub-brand Poco to take on OnePlus both in India and abroad. In the first week after launch, Poco seems already to have rustled up quite a few jimmies in OnePlus forums - might it be that OnePlus finally has some real competition in their once-dominated price-for-value space?
The Samsung Galaxy Note 9 is now around a month out from release - give or take a couple weeks. Now's the time we take a peek at what we know - and how that stacks up against the competition. That means the Galaxy Note 8, the iPhone X, and big sellers in China - especially those from Xiaomi. This isn't EVERY phone people will consider when the Note 9 is set for release - and not long after launch, there'll be even MORE competition. But it's a start!
Today we're running down the latest in Samsung Galaxy Note 9 "Crown" tips and rumors before the big release. This smartphone, nicknamed "Crown", is almost certain to replace the Galaxy Note 8 much in the same way the Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus replaced the S8 and S8 Plus. The differences might seem slight to some - but for power users, the changes here will be significant.
Today we're having a peek at the LG G7 ThinQ, a sort-of rebranding of the LG G lineup, but still in the G6 swing of things. To be clear - it would appear as though LG's latest smartphone won't be significantly different from its predecessors with any regard to its newly donned "ThinQ" branding. That's just a move that's being made to tie the phone in closer with the rest of the products LG has available - in the smart home, appliances, wash machines, and whatnot.
The OnePlus 5T leaked this weekend with a set of images that essentially spill all the beans. This device will look relatively similar to the OnePlus 5, but this time with a slightly different display implementation. Much like the most recent OnePlus device, this OnePlus 5T will have a set of cameras at its back and at least one all-black color combo for casing.
This morning Microsoft took an unexpected turn and released a traditional notebook computer called Surface Laptop. This machine is traditional in several respects - it doesn't have a detachable display, it's not meant to be used without its keyboard, it runs full Windows - but it's also unique. This Surface Laptop has a Signature Alcantara covered keyboard and palm rest, Dolby Audio Premium "Omnisonic Speakers", and has a touchscreen display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 to protect it.
Upon hearing that the "Nexus" smartphone line would be replaced by Google Pixel, many developers and hardcore Android fans were suitably distressed. Since the time the rumor broke, it's become a bit clearer what Google will be doing - or will almost certainly be doing. Instead of tossing the successful model that is the Nexus smartphone and tablet lineup aside, Google has been tipped to be working with both Nexus and Pixel devices. The Nexus will represent the same "beacon of basic greatness" it always has, while Pixel will play a much more curated and closely controlled roll in Google's future.
The next Samsung smartphone with an S Pen has appeared in a new set of specs leaked from microblogger "I Ice". This new set of specifications seems to confirm several of the more important details we'd been told in the past, like a 5.7-inch display with Super AMOLED technology. That same display is tipped to have 2K resolution (that's 2560 x 1800, like the Galaxy Note 5), and will come in two iterations - one with an Edge, one without.