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Week 18 in review: Galaxy Z Fold3 to support S Pen, Xiaomi is back in the tablet game

It is time to look back to the more memorable stories that shaped the smartphone world in the past seven days. Leaked promo materials on the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3 and Z Fold3 revealed a bigger secondary screen for the clamshell, while the larger foldable phone will finally gain support for S Pen.

Apple is nowhere near a launch soon, but the rumor mill is already picking up pace. The iPhone 13 series will have 120Hz AMOLED screens provided by Samsung, but there will be zero foldable phones in the family – the first one is not expected until 2023.

Asus is also aiming for a company-first…

Weekly poll: Xiaomi Redmi K40 Gaming promises a lot, but is it worth it?

Xiaomi has its Black Shark gaming division, but the Redmi brand wanted something for itself, so it came up with the K40 Gaming smartphone. It is part of the K40 family, but has its priorities set slightly differently.

Last week the phone arrived on sale in China and unsurprisingly sold thousands of units in seconds. Now, the Redmi K40 Gaming is still available only on the domestic scene, but we heard Poco might relaunch the very same phone as Poco F3 GT.

This week we’re asking you if/when the phone escapes the home market, will you purchase it? We’ve seen a lot of arguments in…

Weekly poll results: vivo V21 5G excites the right crowd, rest of series get little love

Last week we got three new vivo V-series phones and the V21 and V21 5G in particular brought something you don’t see that often – optically stabilized selfie cameras. We asked your opinion on the matter in our weekly poll and you selected the V21 5G as the most exciting device from the lineup.

Most of you aren’t sold on the utility of OIS selfie cameras to begin with and a solid number believe other phones offer better front facing cameras. The 44MP shooter on the new V21 and V21 5G sits behind a standard f/2.0 lens and brings autofocus (a proper rarity in this price segment) and dual…

OnePlus 9, 9 Pro receive OxygenOS 11.2.5.5 with camera improvements and May security patch

OnePlus continues to improve the OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro as it has released the OxygenOS 11.2.5.5 update for both smartphones.

The new firmware bumps up the Android security patch level on the OnePlus 9 duo to May 2021 and improves the HDR effect and white balance performance on the pair’s cameras.

Additionally, the new update improves the charging performance while also squashing known bugs. You can check out the update’s changelog below to learn more about it.

OxygenOS 11.2.5.5 update

OnePlus hasn’t made an official announcement of the update’s rollout at the time of writing…

Realme 8 in for review

Realme unveiled the Realme 8 and 8 Pro in March. We already reviewed the Pro model, and now we have the vanilla 8 in Cyber Silver color with us for the full review.

The Realme 8 looks similar to the Pro variant – it’s built around a 6.4″ FullHD+ AMOLED screen with a punch hole in the upper-left corner for the 16MP selfie camera and a fingerprint reader underneath for password-less unlocking, which surprisingly performs better than the 8 Pro’s.

Realme 8 with an AMOLED screen and in-display fingerprint reader

Like the 8 Pro, the vanilla 8’s rear panel, which is prone to…

Unannounced Lenovo Tab M10 5G shows up online

It seems Lenovo is working hard on a new batch of tablets. Hot on the heels of the alleged Yoga Pad Pro leak form a couple of days ago, detailing a intriguing tablet, with HDMI input support, we are now seeing a more-traditional form-factor tablet also pop-up in various places. As per the name suggests – the Tab M10 5G is a more budget-friendly model, with a display diagonal around 10 inches. It now has is own page in the Google Play console, complete with a small and not particularly telling render, as well as a TB-X607Z model number.

Lenovo Tab M10 5G on the Google Play…

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