Mark your calendars, Xiaomi fans. The highly-anticipated Xiaomi Mi Note 2 will be debuting next week, on October 25th. The premium phablet will be joining the ranks of contenders vying to fill in the gap left by Samsung’s discontinued Galaxy Note 7. Related: Press Renders of Huawei’s Mate 9 with Dual 20MP Cams: A Galaxy Note […]
Industry insider @OnLeaks (Steve Hemmerstoffer) has just published new renders of OPPO’s upcoming 5.5-inch midrange phablet, the R9s. OPPO has already put up an early pre-order page (in Chinese) for interested customers, but the site lacks details on the handset’s specs and pricing. Again, we’ll have to rely on the usual rumors and leaks for […]
The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 was initially a strong contender for smartphone of the year when it was unveiled a couple of months ago. Now that it’s out of the running because of the issues with what was the Korean company’s flagship phablet, it’s pretty much anyone’s ball game. A smartphone that we’ve been keeping […]
Earlier, Unbox covered rumored Samsung Galaxy S8 spec speculations, and of course, the next-gen Exynos 8895 SoC popped into the outline. A couple of leaks have surfaced recently on the Exynos’ graphics processor, the ARM Mali-G71, so let’s add that to the rumor discussion bin. Related: Samsung Galaxy S8 Rumors: 3.0GHz Exynos 8895 SoC, Dual Camera […]
Earlier this September, Samsung unwrapped their newest flip phone in China, the Galaxy Folder 2. That was a budget tier clamshell phone. This one leaked through live images is apparently Samsung’s premium level flipper, codenamed “Veyron”, and is packing some serious hardware. We covered the “Veyron” in an article early June, but now more specs […]
SoC manufacturer Qualcomm wants to cash in on the dual camera setup that’s been trendy lately with a lot of flagship-tier phones with its newest camera innovation, Clear Sight technology. While Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processors have been ready for multiple camera sensors for a while now, this new Clear Sight tech will only be available for […]
Phablets are here to stay and despite the ergonomic drawbacks of phones with big screens, people still buy them. The allure of big screens have always driven manufacturers to make bigger and bigger phones. ASUS takes that logic to the extreme, which has resulted in a device that’s more tablet than phone. The Zenfone 3 Ultra is undeniably […]
LG’s premium phablet and Galaxy Note 7 rival, the V20 has now launched. We reported leaked specs earlier, and most of them hit the mark in some form or another. Let’s take a closer look at whether the mighty V20 is powerful enough to take on Samsung’s controversial Note 7. The LG V20 will be the […]
We’re almost done with the third quarter of this year, and plenty of high-powered phones have been announced so far. Smartphones like the Samsung Galaxy Note 7, ASUS Zenfone 3 Deluxe, Sony Xperia X Performance and a whole host of new devices promise to deliver unrivaled performance compared to the previous generation. The biggest dilemma […]
LG’s most anticipated answer to the Samsung Galaxy Note7, the V20, is set to be unveiled by the company at a product launch event on September 6. New V20 renders have surfaced from PlayfulDroid, along with an actual photo of the 5.5-inch phone from noted leakster Evan Blass (@Evleaks). Like its earlier V10 sibling, the V20 […]
Despite phablets being unwieldy gadgets, there’s a reason why people prefer them over normal, easier to use phones – screen real estate. The bigger screen size of most phablets give people a bigger surface to work and play on, and they’re more than willing to put up with the inherent bulkiness of these particular devices […]
Not to be outdone by Samsung’s recent release of the Galaxy Note7, LG will be unveiling their own premium phablet, the V20, on September 6. Hwaiting! Confirmed by the folks over at Android Authority, LG’s V20 launch event will be held in sunny San Francisco on the 6th of September. According to the report, press […]