The new Redmi Note 9 Pro Max from Chinese phone maker Xiaomi is a smartphone with a 6.67 inch, 2400 x 1080 pixel LCD display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G processor, up to 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage, quad cameras, and a 5,020 mAh battery. Basically it’s a big mid-range phone with a bunch of […]
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Poco X2 is a $225 smartphone with a 120 Hz display (and mid-range specs)
Xiaomi’s Pocophone F1 made a bit of a splash in 2018 thanks to a combination of high-end specs and a mid-range ($300) price tag. Now the follow-up is here and it’s… a step sideways? The Poco X2 is launching in India for $225 and up, which seems like a pretty good price for a phone with […]
Amazon launches battery-powered Echo Input portable speaker (in India)
Amazon’s Echo line of smart speakers and smart displays has exploded in recent years… but one thing the company hasn’t offered is a portable, battery-powered Echo. Now the company has one of those too. The new Amazon Echo Input is a compact, 360-degree speaker with up to 10 hours of battery life while playing music, […]
Motorola One Macro is a budget phone with camera for up-close photography
Smartphone cameras have gotten good enough to replace standalone point-and-shoot cameras for many users. In recent years phone makers have added features like telephoto zoom lenses and support for bokeh-style effects. Now Motorola is bringing macro photography to its latest smartphone. The Motorola One Macro is a relatively cheap phone with one special feature: one of the […]
Samsung launches Galaxy A70s with 64MP camera (in India)
Samsung may not be the first to market with a smartphone sporting a 64MP camera, but the new Samsung Galaxy A70s certainly doesn’t have a lot of competition in the space. The company is launching the mid-range smartphone first in India, where it will sell for about $410 and up before bringing the Galaxy A70s to […]
OnePlus 7T smartphones launched
The latest flagship smartphones from OnePlus come less than half a year after the company’s last flagships. So unsurprisingly, this isn’t a huge update. But the new OnePlus 7T features a new look, a modest spec bump, and one feature that had previously been limited to “Pro” models: a 90Hz display. In fact, OnePlus says all of its […]
HTC Wildfire X launches in India (isn’t actually made by HTC)
Taiwanese device maker HTC has largely become a shadow of its former self since selling most of its smartphone division to Google (and arguably for several years before that). So at first glance it might be a little surprising to see a new HTC smartphone launching in India this week. But as xda-developers points out, […]
Vivo V15Pro proves pop-up cameras aren’t just for flagship phones
Vivo’s newest smartphone is a mid-range model with some premium features including three rear cameras, an in-display fingerprint sensor, and an AMOLED display with super-slim bezels on all sides… made possible by packing the front-facing camera behind the display. It only pops up when you need it. That was a feature that was previously limited […]
Xiaomi’s Pocophone F1 is a $300 smartphone with a Snapdragon 845 processor
Xiaomi has long had a reputation for offering mid-range phones with high-end specs, but the company’s latest might be the best example to date. In fact, the new phone is so unusual that it’s not even being sold under the Xiaomi name: the company set up a new brand for it. Meet the Pocophone F1, […]
HMD introduces Nokia 5.1 Plus and Nokia 6.1 Plus phones for the international market
After launching the Nokia X5 and X6 in China earlier this year, HMD Global has revealed that they’ll be available in the rest of the world under different names. Meet the Nokia 5.1 Plus and Nokia 6.1 Plus. Nokia 5.1 Plus This mid-range smartphones features a 5.86 inch, 1520 x 720 pixel display (with a […]