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Oppo's latest flagship phone joins the exclusive 1-inch-sensor camera club
March 21, 2023Oppo has joined the likes of Xiaomi and Vivo in the 1-inch-sensor club with the launch of the Find X6 Pro in China. Other highlights include a 510-ppi OLED display with adaptive refresh, flagship Snapdragon processing, and a fast-charging battery. -
Honor's Magic5 Pro flagship boasts top-rated camera array
February 28, 2023Honor has announced the global launch of its latest flagship smartphone at Mobile World Congress 2023 in Barcelona. The star of the Magic5 Pro show is the rear triple camera array, which has taken the top spot in DxOMark's global rankings. -
Realme GT Neo 5 boasts 240-W charging for sub-10-minute top ups
February 10, 2023Smartphone manufacturers have been steadily increasing fast-charging speeds of late, making full top-ups possible in minutes. The fastest to date has just been launched by Shenzhen's Realme, promising to take the battery to 100% in under 10 minutes. -
OnePlus tries a new aspect for its first flagship tablet
February 07, 2023Back in January, OnePlus announced the Chinese launch of a new flagship phone. Now the OnePlus 11 has launched globally, and the company has also pulled back the curtain on its first tablet – the OnePlus Pad. -
Vivo goes big on mobile photography with global release of X90 flagship
February 06, 2023Following a November 2002 launch in China, the Vivo X90 series flagship smartphones have now gone global. With the focus very much on photography, the X90 Pro features a Sony 1-inch-type sensor and Zeiss optics. -
Samsung takes mobile photography to 200 megapixels with Galaxy S23 Ultra
February 02, 2023Samsung has held its first in-person Galaxy Unpacked event since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, launching new premium smartphones and a trio of 2-in-1 laptops – though the Galaxy S23 Ultra stole the limelight with its 200-MP camera. -
Onyx launches 13.3-inch ePaper slate featuring E Ink Carta 1250
January 19, 2023There are a few options available for folks looking to supersize their e-reading experience to tablet proportions, including the Remarkable 2, Kindle Scribe and Lenovo's new Smart Paper. Onyx International has gone bigger with the launch of the Tab X. -
Samsung improves the 200-MP formula for Isocell HP2 smartphone camera sensor
January 17, 2023Last year, Samsung demonstrated the power of its monstrous 200-megapixel camera sensor by printing a billboard-sized cat photo taken on a phone. Now the company has started mass producing its successor, the Isocell HP2. -
OnePlus sends triple Hasselblad cameras into a "black hole" bump
January 04, 2023OnePlus has once again tapped Hasselblad for the camera system of its new flagship smartphone. The camera array gets a resolution bump, the 11 5G is powered by Qualcomm's latest chipset, and fast charging juices the battery in under 30 minutes. -
Samsung concept previews laptop display that folds and slides
January 03, 2023Smartphones with a large internal screen that folds out across a hinge have been available for a while now, and we've seen sliding concepts expand display real estate too. Now Samsung Display has combined the two for the Flex Hybrid. -
New LG tech allows for continuous optical zooming on smartphone cameras
December 28, 2022With a few notable exceptions, most smartphone cameras zoom either digitally or via a few optical zoom presets. That could soon change, however, as LG Innotek has announced its new Optical Telephoto Zoom Camera Module. -
Xiaomi treats 13 Series flagships to Leica optics and Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
December 16, 2022Xiaomi joined forces with imaging titan Leica last year for the 12S Ultra flagship smartphone, and now the company has repeated the formula for the 13 Series, which is also one of the first to be powered by Qualcomm's latest mobile chipset. -
Oppo's 2nd-gen foldable flagship joined by flip-style phone
December 15, 2022Oppo has announced the launch of a second-generation folding phone, plus its first challenge to Samsung's Flip. Both have launched in China, but the flip-style handset will become Oppo's first foldable to be released in global markets. -
Latest E Ink color ePaper goes into production, first tablet launched
December 14, 2022Back in April, E Ink announced a new color ePaper technology with improved update times, high resolution and stylus support. Now Gallery 3 is going into mass production and the first device to launch is the Bigme Galy tablet. -
Phantom X2 Pro flagship phone first with retractable portrait lens
December 13, 2022There's been talk of including a retractable lens in a smartphone camera array for a while now, with both Xiaomi and Oppo throwing their hats in the ring. But seemingly out of nowhere comes the Phantom X2 Pro from Tecno, which sports just such a lens.
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