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Week 48 in review: Xiaomi Redmi 5 and 5 Plus, and Huawei Nova 2s announced
December is not typically a month that sees plenty of new smartphone announcements, but this week brought plenty of debuts. Xiaomi a couple of 18:9 entry level smartphones – the Redmi 5 and Redmi 5 Plus, which bring impressive hardware for their respective price points. Huawei had the Nova 2s mid-ranger to show, while LG…
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Archos Diamond Omega review
Not exactly a household name, at least not outside of a few core European markets, Archos has been around for a few years on the smartphone scene with mixed success. A partnership with Nubia (a ZTE-owned smartphone maker) has recently allowed them to bolster their portfolio with Archos-branded Nubia phones. Nubia has been known for…
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Counterclockwise: phones putting on weight through the years
Phones have been getting heavier. And no, it’s not because they’ve been getting “bigger” – screen size certainly went up, but thickness went down. The average volume of the 50 most popular phones has been pretty stable since around 2006. If you remember your physics lessons from school, you’ll know this means that density went…
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Weekly poll: Do you still use a 3.5mm audio jack?
We’ve asked before and we’re asking again – do you still need a 3.5mm audio jack? When Apple killed the jack, most people reacted negatively. When rumors swirled that the Galaxy S8 will drop the headphone jack (which it didn’t), there was another negative reaction – the jack was more important than a dual camera.…
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Top 10 trending phones of week 49
Weekly 49 brought no change to the top of our popularity chart. The Oppo F5 is on top for the 7th time in a row, ahead of the Samsung Galaxy J7 Pro. Surprisingly, the Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 made the podium without being even official yet, and is one step ahead of the newly unveiled…
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