It’s that time of year again. Samsung has announced its latest flagship series of phones for the year, and as always, these set the benchmark for a flagship Android phone for the upcoming year. Samsung has deviated from previous trends this year. This is the first time that phones will be using a Qualcomm chipset … Read more
Anker has today announced two new chargers designed for Samsung Galaxy smartphones. The press release only references the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra, but the Samsung Galaxy S23 series will be announced in a few hours, so it is safe to assume they are targeting this launch. Considering Samsung no longer ship a charger with the … Read more
I think the term 5G is common knowledge nowadays, but it is the latest standard for mobile networks, and it can be found on recent iPhone models. This new technology significantly improves speeds compared to the mature 4G network. In the US the iPhone 14 Pro reached average 5G speeds of 255.91 Mbps for downloads … Read more
Realme has not officially launched the GT Neo 5, yet, but they have just confirmed that this phone will have 240W charging. This is the fastest charging speed under the USB Type-C standard. This will also mean that Realme has to use its own special USB cable. The USB cable has four 21AWG wires just … Read more
I am not personally an iPhone user, and I am a little bit jealous of the MagSafe feature that rolled out with the iPhone 12. It is just a sensible addition to wireless charging, allowing you to easily put your phone on charge without thinking about where it is placed or the position it is … Read more
Today, MediaTek announced the new Dimensity 8200. Following the normal trend for these releases, this is an incremental upgrade to the already excellent MediaTek Dimensity 8100. It is basically the same chipset but with the Cortex-A78 running at improved frequencies. In this case, MediaTek has provided the chipset with a moderate bump in performance, they … Read more
While 24-month phone contract deals remain popular, over the years, many people have realised it is more cost-efficient to buy a phone upfront and then get a SIM-only deal. You can normally get the best deals by committing to a 12-month contract. However, in recent years rolling monthly PAYG style contracts have become increasingly popular. … Read more
Following on from my previous post about the best phones of the 1990s, this post covers what I think is the most exciting era of mobile phones. Back in these days, companies would regularly launch innovative, cutting-edge technologies, with new phone launches often having a huge leap in technological improvements. It was also an era … Read more
The mobile phone has grown to become one of the most essential items in our life. We take them everywhere; many of us rarely use the phone functions but use them for messages, contactless payments, photography, GPS and online shopping. They are a marvel of modern technology and almost feel like something from a piece … Read more
A few days after MediaTek announced their flagship chipset for 2023, Qualcomm announced their new flagship, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. The new Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 will remain on the 4nm TSMC fabrication process, but it is unclear if this is the 2nd gen 4nm like the MediaTek counterpart. The new Prime core will … Read more
Today, MediaTek announced the new flagship Dimensity 9200. The Dimensity 9200 is the first smartphone chip to integrate an ultra-core Arm Cortex X3 with operating speeds over 3GHz, and the first to feature the Arm Immortalis GPU with a hardware-based ray tracing engine. During my pre-brief, perhaps one of the most important takeaways was that … Read more
I didn’t think the Pixel 7 series was enough of an upgrade for me to justify switching from my Pixel 6, so I have not been able to review any Pixel 7 cases. However, Spigen has kindly sent me some samples of the Pixel 6 cases, all of which are also available for both the … Read more
Amazon is trying to create a new sale event on top of Prime Day and Black Friday. The Prime Early Access Sale is limited to buyers that have an Amazon Prime account, no doubt aiming at increasing subscriber numbers. These events are always the best time to buy Amazon products. All the Amazon Fire TV … Read more
I love that over the past few years, MediaTek has become a viable alternative to Qualcomm for mid-range and flagship chipsets. In my opinion, the Dimensity 8100 is one of the best chipsets this year, providing a good balance of price, performance and efficiency. However, MediaTek loves to churn out new iterations of their chipsets, … Read more
Yesterday, Google announced the new, much-anticipated Pixel 7 series. The launch is a bit underwhelming, especially when you consider the significant upgrades the Pixel 6 series launched with. The Pixel 7 series is almost identical to the previous generation, apart from the new Google Tensor G2. Even the chipset itself hasn’t changed much, and early … Read more
Later on today, Google will announce the new Pixel 7 series, which will feature the second generation custom-built Google Tensor G2. Last year, the Google Tensor was launched with mixed opinions. It was built on the same Samsung fabrication process as the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 and was the only chipset to feature two Arm Cortex-X1 … Read more