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  • Weekly poll: would you buy an HTC U12+?

    The HTC U12+ is barely out the gate and it already scored its first victory – DxO put it in 2nd place, right behind the Huawei P20 Pro. Those are some serious camera chops. Looking at the U12+ spec sheet and after our brief first person encounter with the phone, there’s barely anything to complain…

  • Android’s evolution through the years

    Now that we’ve had our first hands-on with Google’s Android P beta let’s take a look back at how Google’s Android has evolved over the years. You may not believe it, looking at the size of your scroll indicator, but we did our best to make this brief! Introduction to Android Android is based on…

  • Sunday debate: Buying a mid-ranger every year vs. a flagship every other one

    Flagships are cool, but smartphones these days age very fast. So would it actually make more sense to do some mid-range bargain shopping and upgrade more often? Yordan and Ro discuss. Yordan: “Two new phones are better than a fast-aging flagship.” Earlier this year I was arguing in a constructive debate with Ivan on the…

  • Counterclockwise: zooming in on smartphones with dual cameras

    Other than Sony (which owns a movie studio), smartphones and movies don’t have much of an overlap. That was the case until a major push from studios tried to make 3D movies popular. Which led phone makers to attempt to bring 3D to your pocket. In 2011 both LG and HTC unveiled 3D phones –…

  • Weekly poll results: Two-thirds of people love the OnePlus 6

    The public has spoken – OnePlus has come up with another hot phone in the OnePlus 6. Our weekly poll results show a rather precise 2 out of 3 in favor, the 67% only a minor drop from the OnePlus 5T’s 71% approval rate late last year. Going over the comments, we discovered that the…

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