If you’re into mobile gaming, 2021 is an excellent year because in the past couple weeks alone three gaming phones have been released. The Asus ROG Phone 5 made a splash with its everything-and-a-kitchen-sink approach to features and specs. On Thursday, Lenovo released the Legion Phone Duel 2, which has an unusual design even for a …
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Thanks to a partnership with legendary camera-maker Hasselblad, the OnePlus 9 Pro has one of the most hyped phone cameras in recent memory. It’s a savvy move because the cameras on OnePlus phones have been a step behind those from Apple, Google and Samsung. The OnePlus 9 Pro is the first phone released under the Hasselblad union. Unsurprisingly, it has the best camera …
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From the front, when the phone is powered off, there isn’t much to notice about the new Asus ROG Phone 5. But on the back, when its logo lights up to contrast its black dot-matrix pattern finish with hot pink ’80s punk rock highlights, you can’t help but take notice. Seriously, you just need to play some Blondie or Talking …
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One of the more persistent rumors for the next iPhone (some call it the iPhone 13) is that Apple will scrap the Lightning port entirely. And with the launch last year of MagSafe charging on the iPhone 12 series, it’s not hard to envision a future in which we rely solely on wireless charging to power our phone’s battery. An …
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If you’re using Apple Pay on your iPhone ($500 at Best Buy) or Apple Watch ($349 at eBay), you might wonder about the tiny black Apple Pay oval at the bottom of your Messages app. Or perhaps a friend sent you money with Apple Cash and you want to know what you can do with it. I’m going to walk you …
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Samsung on Wednesday held an Unpacked event for its new Galaxy A series of affordable phones. The event follows January’s Unpacked event where the Galaxy S21 and S21 Ultra were launched. Due to the pandemic, Samsung streamed the event, which consisted of a prerecorded video. Samsung wanted to bring “awesome to everyone” and showed off three new Galaxy A series phones: the …
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Over the past week, Chinese phone-maker OnePlus planted the hype seeds for its upcoming OnePlus 9 series, which will be announced at an event on March 23 at 7 a.m. PT. Last week, OnePlus sent members of the media a phone box filled with space ice cream and a photo of the Earth taken on the moon with a Hasselblad …
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The $829 (£799, AU$1,349) iPhone 12 has two rear cameras and Samsung’s $800 (£769, AU$1,249) Galaxy S21 has three rear cameras. Are more cameras better? Or does a higher price mean better photos? To find out, I did a good old-fashioned camera shootout. The results surprised me. There aren’t many people deciding between an iPhone 12 and Galaxy S21 based solely on …
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Motorola is no stranger to creating compelling feature-packed phones that won’t empty your wallet. The new Motorola One 5G Ace is the most recent example. The Ace is the company’s second take on the Motorola One 5G phone released last summer on AT&T and Verizon. At $400 (which converts roughly to £285 or AU$500) the Ace is $45 cheaper than …
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The Sony Xperia Pro is absolutely one of the most compelling phones I’ve tested in a long time. But it isn’t for everyone. The $2,500 phone continues Sony’s move away from smartphones designed for a mass consumer audience and confidently toward devices for photo and video enthusiasts. (UK and Australian launches have yet to be confirmed, but the US price …
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