Flashback: Xiaomi Mi Mix made jaws drop with its near bezel-less design

Flashback: Xiaomi Mi Mix made jaws drop with its near bezel-less design

Half a decade later the Xiaomi Mi Mix is still one of our favorite devices. Its near bezel-less design made it look futuristic and it was practical too, fitting a huge 6.4” display. The attention-grabbing Mix introduced several new things to the smartphone world.

The Xiaomi Mi Mix was a stunner

However, the design wasn’t one of them, even though it is its most recognizable feature. It wasn’t new – this layout first appeared on the Sharp Aquos Crystal a couple of years earlier, complete with moving the selfie camera to the thick bottom bezel.

This was a time before notches and…

Weekly poll: the OnePlus 9 series shoots for the moon, but are you on board?

Weekly poll: the OnePlus 9 series shoots for the moon, but are you on board?

This week OnePlus started writing a new chapter in its history. It found a camera partner of its own to rival the Leica/Huawei and ZEISS/vivo joint operations. And it jumped to the front of the LTPO queue even though some heavy hitters like Apple are yet to adopt the new type of OLED display.

But the company also cranked up the prices slightly. For example, the OnePlus 9 Pro starts at €900, last year you could have bought an 8 Pro for $900. OnePlus lost the pretense of selling “flagship killers” years ago, but pricing your phone above the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra is a bold…

The new phones of the week

The new phones of the week

As far as the smartphone world goes the past week was one of the most exciting in recent memory. We had nearly two dozens new announcements and you’d be forgiven for having missed a few. So here we are compiling a neat list and getting you up to speed.

It was a relatively slow start with the China-exclusive iQOO U3x, but then it was time for Poco to take the stage and introduce the X3 Pro and F3.

vivo and Realme gave us a couple of entry-level phones with the Y72 5G and C25 respectively, while Honor only aimed a bit higher with the V40 Lite and Tab 7.

Another round of premium…

Asus ROG Phone 5 Ultimate mini review

Asus ROG Phone 5 Ultimate mini review

Introduction

There is no point in pretending the ROG Phone 5 Ultimate is anything but a “flex”. Nothing wrong with that either – Asus itself knows it too well and has stressed multiple times that the Ultimate edition of its already industry-leading gaming handset will only be available in very small numbers, likely to be used mostly as a promotional tool. A theory further backed-up by the fact that we and many other media outlets got one and it was accompanied, as promised, by a whole box of ROG “swag”. A hat, some badges, a towel, a face mask and some Lego-style building blocks. You can…

Redmi’s gaming phone to come with Dimensity 1200 and shoulder buttons

Redmi’s gaming phone to come with Dimensity 1200 and shoulder buttons

Redmi’s General Manager teased the company’s upcoming gaming phone a couple of months ago and little has been revealed since. Now the renowned Weibo tipster, Digital Chat Station revealed a few key details surrounding Xiaomi’s mysterious gaming phone.

A flat OLED panel with a tiny punch-hole design for the selfie cam would be placed on the front, just like the Mi 11 and Redmi K40. They both boast Samsung’s brand new E4 panel. Driving those pixels would be the Dimensity 1200 chipset while a 5,000mAh battery will ensure uninterrupted gaming sessions. It’s expected to support 65W fast…

Weekly poll results: Samsung Galaxy A52 strikes gold, the 5G version even more so

Weekly poll results: Samsung Galaxy A52 strikes gold, the 5G version even more so

Samsung has successfully tuned the Galaxy A-series to people’s preferences. The A52 in particular is going to be quite popular, both flavors of the phone were well received in last week’s poll.

The Samsung Galaxy A52 5G came out on top, showing that next-gen connectivity is an important consideration for many. Compared to its 4G twin, it also has an upgraded chipset (Snapdragon 750G vs. 720G) and a higher refresh rate for its screen (120Hz vs. 90Hz).

Infographics with the key details: Galaxy A52 • Galaxy A52 5G • Galaxy A72

The 4G version of the Galaxy A52 proved fairly…

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