Expert's vision: December 2022

Saturday 31 December 2022

Happy New Year 2023!

The past year was challenging, but we have to remember it's challenges that bring the best in us and help us grow! As we close the page with humility in our hearts we are ready to face the challenges and embrace the happy moments of the new 2023! Time flies when you’re having fun, and we enjoyed writing every single one of the 4,500+ news articles, as well as over 150 multi-page reviews. Almost every phone review got a separate video for our YouTube channel, which is a completely different challenge that we also really enjoy. We do not know what the future holds for us. However, we...

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Top 10 most popular reviews of 2022: Q4

So here we are - after recapping the most popular reviews of the first three quarters, it's time to focus on the final three months of the outgoing year. It's just one of the ways we can take a look back and evaluate the current state of the mobile market and its most important aspect - what you, the readers, like. We kick things off with Google's latest and greatest Pixel 7 pair of phones. After the Pixel 6a made a veritable splash in Q3, the new Pixels dropped at the very beginning of Q4 and drew a lot of eyeballs. They bring a clean AOSP experience garnished with some exclusive...

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Oppo reveals ColorOS 13 update roadmap for Q1 2023

Oppo has revealed its ColorOS 13 update roadmap for Q1 2023 for 19 devices, 10 of which will receive the stable update. Let's talk about the ColorOS 13 stable update first. It will start rolling out from January 12, 2023, and six smartphones will receive it on the said date - Find X2 Pro, Find X2, Find X2 Pro Lamborghini Edition, Find X2 League of Legends Edition, Ace2, and Ace2 EVA Limited Edition. On January 13, 2023, the K10x 5G and K10 Pro 5G will receive the stable ColorOS 13, with the final rollout of the month beginning on January 31, 2023, for Oppo Pad and Oppo Pad Artist...

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2022 Winners and losers: Oppo

Another twelve months are behind our back, and Oppo once again remains among the leaders in the smartphone world. It announced a custom NPU called MariSilicon X in the final days of 2021, but it was only this year that it made it to smartphones. Oppo unveiled foldables, regular flagships and a lot of mid-rangers. Here are the winners and losers in the Oppo portfolio for 2022. Winner and loser: Oppo Find N2 The new foldable looks a lot like the predecessor, but seeing how the Find N had arguably the best hardware among horizontal foldables that's not bad news. Oppo retained what was...

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Telegram adds spoiler formatting for media, new drawing tools, and profile pictures for contacts

The folks at Telegram are sending off 2022 with yet another one of their sizable feature dumps. The latest update adds a bunch of new features, including spoiler formatting for media, new drawing tools, zero storage usage, and more. Along with being able to add spoiler formatting for text, Telegram now lets add spoiler formatting for images and videos as well. This appears as a shimmering layer with a blur on top of the media, which hides the content unless the user taps on it. New storage management features let you configure separate auto-remove settings for cached...

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Redmi 12C announced with Helio G85 SoC and 50MP camera

Xiaomi's Redmi unveiled the Redmi K60 series smartphones, Redmi Note 12 Pro Speed Edition, and a bunch of accessories a few days ago. And before 2022 comes to an end, Redmi announced a new entry-level smartphone today, dubbed Redmi 12C. The Redmi 12C is built around a 6.71" HD+ screen with a notch for the 5MP selfie camera. Its back panel - having a non-slip texture and diagonal stripes - sports a fingerprint scanner and a dual camera setup headlined by a 50MP unit. Redmi doesn't tell us anything about the second camera, but we believe it could be a depth sensor. The 12C has the...

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Realme GT Neo 3T and Narzo 50 Pro 5G receive Realme UI 4.0 update, 8s 5G and 9 5G get early access

Realme has released the Android 13-based Realme UI 4.0 stable update for the GT Neo 3T and Narzo 50 Pro 5G in India. The update for the GT Neo 3T comes with firmware version RMX3371_11.C.04, while the update for Narzo 50 Pro 5G has firmware version RMX3395_11.C.04. But note that your GT Neo 3T should be running software with version RMX3371_11.A.09 to receive Realme UI 4.0, whereas the Narzo 50 Pro 5G should be running RMX3395_11.A.05, RMX3395_11.A.06, or RMX3395_11.A.07. The Realme UI 4.0 update is currently seeding to 15% of the GT Neo 3T and Narzo 50 Pro 5G's users, and a broader...

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Friday 30 December 2022

Lenovo Tab M9 unveiled: $140 tablet with 9" screen, optional 4G

Lenovo unveiled a kid-friendly tablet that slots between the Tab M8 and Tab M10. It is the Lenovo Tab M9 and – you guessed it! – it has a 9” display. This tablet will be on the floor at CES 2023, but it is in no rush to go to market as it will launch in Q2 (April-July). The base model will start at $140. The tablet has a 9” LCD display, a pretty basic panel with 1,340 x 800px resolution (15:9). It offers up to 400 nits of brightness and 60% coverage of the NTSC color space. There is a 2MP camera on the front for video (and face unlock, there is no fingerprint reader), plus an 8MP camera on...

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Massive leak shows Lenovo's CES 2023 slate: ThinkPhone, Tab Extreme and more

Lenovo will have a very, very busy CES this January – the global tech event will run from January 5 to the 8th and Lenovo will be introducing new tablets, laptops and other devices from its major product lines. And, perhaps, the ThinkPhone too. Leakster Evan Blass has posted images of all new devices that will be present at CES. First, here are clean images of the Lenovo ThinkPhone. Its design borrows from the famous ThinkPad line of laptops, though the actual hardware may be based on a Motorola – the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 powered Moto X40, perhaps, or something equally...

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Entry-level Samsung Galaxy F04 coming soon with 8GB RAM, teaser reveals

Samsung is preparing to launch the Galaxy F04, and the first market will be India. According to leaked teasers, the device will be exclusive to Flipkart and will sell for less than INR8,000, which is about $100. There are no official specs yet, but the device is expected to be a renamed Galaxy A04 or Galaxy A04e with its two cameras on the back. It is will bring 8GB RAM, which will be a massive selling point at this price point. If the Galaxy F04 is indeed a close relative to the A04 devices, we’re looking at a phone with a 6.5” LCD at the front, and a 5MP selfie camera sitting...

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New Honor 80 Pro appears in renders, will sell only offline

The Honor 80 family has four members, and it looks like a fifth is on its way. A new device appeared online with a flat display and camera island just like the 80 Pro, and sources claim it will also be named “Honor 80 Pro”. However, the upcoming device will have a new screen with a single selfie camera behind the punch hole, and a slightly different set of shooters on the back. The twist is it will be only for the offline market and won’t be available on the company website. The new Honor 80 Pro is said to bring a 6.67” OLED with a Full HD+ resolution, 120 Hz refresh rate, and a...

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Thursday 29 December 2022

11.1-inch and 13-inch OLED iPad Pros are coming in 2024

Apple is working on ever so slightly enlarging the screens of its iPad Pros, from 11" and 12.9" to 11.1" and 13", respectively. These models will arrive on the market in 2024, according to display analyst Ross Young. These iPad Pros will feature OLED screens, and because of the minute increase in diameter could actually have the same overall physical sizes as their predecessors, as Apple may opt to simply trim the bezels somewhat in order to accommodate the new panels. The current lineup consists of an 11" iPad Pro with a traditional LCD screen and a 12.9" model with a mini LED...

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Samsung Galaxy A04s is now receiving the One UI 5 update based on Android 13

Samsung wants to finish its One UI 5 rollout by the end of this year, having set a record-breaking pace so far, updating dozens of models since late October when the madness started. The latest device to be graced with Android 13 and One UI 5 on top is the entry-level Galaxy A04s. It was launched with Android 12 a few months ago, and is now making the jump to Android 13, with the new firmware version labeled A047MUBU1BVK5. This is currently going out to units sold in Panama, and presumably will spread across the world very soon, if there are no problems found in the meantime. Since...

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Samsung unveils Galaxy Book2 Pro 360 with Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 chipset

Samsung unveiled the Intel-powered Galaxy Book2 Pro 360 back in February but now has a new version almost ready to go – one that will be powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 chipset. The new model was announced in South Korea and will be released on January 16 with a price of KRW 1.89 million. The 8cx Gen 3 was the first 5nm chipset for Windows-on-ARM devices and brought major performance improvements when it launched late last year. Compared to the Gen 2 it offers +85% multi-core CPU performance, +60% GPU performance and the NPU went up to 29 TOPS. Compared to the Intel version...

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Ming-Chi Kuo: the iPad mini isn't going away yet, the foldable iPad will be pricey

The iPhone didn’t immediately kill off the iPod, the MP3 player was cheaper, so it hung around for a few years. Now that Apple is preparing to enter a new product category, foldables, rumors are swirling that it will kill off a product from an old one – The Elec reported that Cupertino is planning to discontinue the iPad mini after its foldable tablet hits the market. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo disagrees with that assessment and the reasoning is simple – the foldable iPad will have a “markedly higher price” than the mini. The iPad mini (2021) itself had to go up in price recently as the...

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More details about Oppo Find X6 Pro's camera emerge

The Oppo Find X6 Pro is expected in the first quarter of 2023, and a rumor by Digital Chat Station claimed the company is bringing three 50 MP cameras to its flagship, all with Sony sensors behind. Today, the leakster revealed more details, including lenses and other features. Oppo Find X5 Pro The Find X6 Pro’s main 50 MP camera will have a Sony IMX989 sensor that is 1”-type and is seen in the Xiaomi 12S Ultra. It will have an f/1.8 aperture, 7P lens and OIS, and the focal length will be 23 mm equivalent. The ultra-wide-angle shooter’s 50 MP sensor is said to be IMX890 - it is...

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Wednesday 28 December 2022

My Top 5 phones of 2022 - Yordan

The year finally comes to an end, and we look back and reflect on what was served to us in these eventful 12 months. In the world of smartphones, we saw over 500 new models, many of them great in one way or another. As my colleagues share their top five choices for 2022 we can normally identify some trends - some love the foldables, others went for cameraphones. I just like premium devices in general. I have been writing about mobile technology for over ten years, the last six being part of GSMArena. I have seen plenty of innovation and evolution, but I genuinely believe 2022 was the...

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Winners and Losers: Motorola

This year has been particularly eventful for Motorola, the company released more than 30 smartphones covering pretty much all price segments. It even updated the iconic Motorola Razr, so it's got its hand in the foldable market as well. But as it's always the case with big tech companies, we see some good and some bad decisions. We've gathered the best and the worst from Motorola in 2022. Winner: Motorola Razr 2022 Motorola's first two attempts in the foldable market had some great ideas but came up somewhat short of expectations at the end. The first Razr in 2019 and the refreshed...

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Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra will reportedly feature a new telephoto sensor

The Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra is expected to be unveiled at a special event on February 1, along with the rest of the Galaxy S23 family. So at this point that's not even official, but today we have a new rumor... about the Galaxy S24 Ultra. The S23 Ultra's successor, which will land in early 2024. According to prolific leakster Ice Universe, the Galaxy S24 Ultra will replace the telephoto sensor used in its predecessors, and "adopt a new solution". While Ice Universe doesn't mention which telephoto sensor this concerns, we assume it's the periscope zoom one. Then again, the renewal could...

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OnePlus Nord CE 2 Lite 5G gets Android 13 update

The latest smartphone to be graced with an update to Android 13 is OnePlus' entry-level Nord CE 2 Lite, which launched back in May. The handset is now seemingly receiving the stable update to OxygenOS 13, based on Android 13, in India. The update arrives over-the-air as a 4.5GB download, so it might be best to grab it from a reliable (and uncapped) data connection. After installation, you'll be on software version CPH2381_11_C.25, and you'll have the December 2022 security patch level. OnePlus updates are all staged, with a small percentage of units receiving the new build in the...

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My top 5 phones of 2022 - Victor

Another year has gone by, and with it, a slew of devices. One of the best parts of our job here at GSMArena is getting to experience new tech all of the time. This past twelve months, I got to spend a lot of quality with the best smartphones out there. Yet the list you are about to read is about phones that made a lasting impression on me, personally. That doesn't mean the phones are the best from the past year, nor should it serve as buying advice for anyone in particular. I personally like a phone with a clear purpose and I believe that will be evident from the justification of each...

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Tuesday 27 December 2022

My top 5 phones of 2022 - Peter

2022 feels like a turning point – foldables are finding their feet, camera phones have reached a major milestone, brands are developing their unique identities. Here are five of the phones that impressed me the most this year, phones that will be used as yardsticks for what is to come in 2023. Google Pixel 7 Pro I’m not sure what is more surprising – that Google is still making phones or that it actually made a good one this time. The Pixel 6 series was close, but some hardware issues left it in the “maybe not” pile. Most issues have been fixed in the 2022 generation and here we...

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Tecno looking to partner with established lens maker for future products

Tecno quickly grew to become a Top 10 smartphone brand globally and most recently it revealed its ambitions to enter the premium market are no secret, you may not have noticed that the company is also positioning itself as a leader in smartphone camera innovation. And it's looking to partner with some of the photography industry's big names in taking the next step. We spoke with Tecno marketing director Mr. Laury on the occasion of the Phantom X2 launch: “For the Phantom X2 series we had consultation with the professional photographer, Rankin. He is well-known for having taken portraits of...

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Wiko 5G is now official in China as a rebranded Huawei nova 9 SE with 5G support

Huawei can't use its own chipsets, nor 5G ones from Qualcomm, thanks to various US government bans. And so all of its latest phones, including the nova 9 SE mid-ranger launched in March, have to make do with 4G-only versions of Qualcomm SoCs, which is obviously not ideal. Enter Wiko. Known before primarily in Europe, as it's of French origin, the brand has decided to enter the Chinese market. Its first device is simply called Wiko 5G, and it's a Huawei nova 9 SE with 5G support. Seriously, that's pretty much the only difference between the two - well, the design has been slightly...

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2022 Winners and losers: vivo

vivo was among the top smartphone players, even if Western markets once again only saw a fraction of its lineup. The company launched some impressive products in 2022, but it didn't go without missteps too. Winner: vivo X80 Pro The X80 series did not have a Pro+ variant, meaning the X80 Pro was the flagship this time around. It launched in April, and at the time, it was everything you would want from a flagship - the best chipset from Qualcomm (or Mediatek at home), four impressive cameras, Zeiss optics with T* lens coating, OIS, fast charging. Eight months later, it still is a phone...

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Top 10 most popular reviews of 2022: Q3

Having gone through the most popular reviews of Q1 and Q2 it's now time to recap what phones of the third quarter got your interest. Let's kick things off with some of the obvious entries on the list, like the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold4. Samsung's foldables always generate a lot of hype, particularly the bigger Fold family and the Fold4 was no exception. After its announcement on August 10, we immediately got to work reviewing it and you, in turn paid a lot of attention. However, it is interesting to note that the Galaxy Z Flip4 didn't make the top ten. It was close, but still, it's...

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Monday 26 December 2022

Samsung Galaxy A14 5G, Galaxy A34 5G, and Galaxy A54 5G get Bluetooth certified

The Samsung Galaxy A14 5G, Galaxy A34 5G, and Galaxy A54 5G we've been hearing about for some time now have been certified by Bluetooth SIG, taking them a step closer to the launch. The Galaxy A54 5G has been listed on the certifying authority's website with model code SM-A546V, while the Galaxy A34 5G has model designation SM-A346B_DSN. Samsung Galaxy A14 5G's leaked image The Galaxy A14 5G, on the other hand, has eight different models: SM-A146U, SM-S146VL, SM-A146U1-DS, SM-A146W, SM-A146U, SM-A146P, SM-A146P-N, and SM-A146P-DSN. The Galaxy A14 also has two models: SM-A145P_DS...

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Winners and loser: Realme

Another strong year for Realme has come and gone as the company delivered attention-grabbing devices in multiple price classes. The one clear gap in the lineup is the lack of a proper flagship as the absence of the X-series continues to be felt. The company is headed in the right direction with its software and might establish itself as a maker of good tablets, if only it brings its slates to more markets. Winner: Realme GT2 Pro The year started off strong with the unveiling of the Realme GT2 Pro. You can think of this phone as a cheaper OnePlus 10 Pro – it lacks the 3.3x telephoto...

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My top 5 phones of 2022 – Michail

The past year brought out a number of memorable devices and while it was hard to pick out the five best ones, I finally managed it. A bit of background on my phone preferences - I like smaller or as I like to call them reasonably-sized phones. You know, ones that are comfortable to use with one hand. While small phones are my preference, I can’t deny transcendent devices that let you do more than just browse social media apps, take pictures and listen to Spotify – I’m talking about foldables here and I have two in my top-five list. Apple iPhone 14 Pro The iPhone 14 Pro is my phone of...

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Top 10 most popular reviews of 2022: Q2

Having gone through the most popular reviews of the first three months of the year, it's time to recap what phones of the second quarter got your interest. We kick things off with the ever-popular Samsung Galaxy A53 5G. It is still hard to argue with its value proposition. Some of the things it brings to the table include a 120Hz AMOLED display, stereo speakers and a large 5,000 mAh battery. It also has IP67 ingress protection, which is quite uncommon in its price bracket. The same goes for the Galaxy A33, which is also water and dust resistant to the same degree and piqued...

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Sony LinkBuds S review

The Sony LinkBuds S, also known as the WF-LS900N, are Sony's latest truly wireless earbuds. They are also Sony's smallest and lightest noise-canceling earbuds, 40% more compact than the flagship WF-1000XM4. Despite the smaller size and price, the LinkBuds S offer a feature set very similar to the more expensive WF-1000XM4, including active noise cancelation and ambient mode powered by the same Integrated Processor V1 SoC, LDAC and High-Resolution Audio Wireless, multipoint connection, 360 Reality Audio, and DSEE Extreme AI upscaling. It even includes what Sony says is its...

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Apple's 3nm chips kick off mass production next week at TSMC

A new report from DigiTimes claims that TSMC is ready to kick off 3nm chip production at its Fab 18 and, of course, as one the biggest TSMC clients, Apple will be the first to reap the benefits of the cutting-edge tech. This is in line with previous reports and Apple seems to be on track to upgrade its next-generation devices in 2023 with an M2 Pro chip. The rumor suggests that TSMC will be holding a ceremony in Southern Taiwan Science Park on December 29 to celebrate the start of the 3nm chip production as well as detail its plans to expand 3nm silicon production as a...

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Sunday 25 December 2022

Top 20 phones of the year 2022

2022 saw the launch of several hundreds of smartphones, some more successful than others. Now that we bid farewell to the year, it’s time to have a look back at some of the best models as measured by a very important metric - their popularity among you, our readers. Here are the Top 20 phones that you searched for the most over the last 12 months. We included some phones that technically debuted in 2021, but it didn’t feel fair to exclude those that started shipping on December 31. The Top 5 most popular phones in 2022 Like last year, Samsung Galaxy phones hold 9...

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2022 Winners and losers: Xiaomi

Xiaomi is one of the three major players in the smartphone market, and while it had a turbulent 2022 financially it also saw some stellar products by the company. It also saw it invested significant sums into its EV business, which should hopefully bear fruit in the future. In the world of smartphones, we saw more than a dozen Redmi Note 11 phones, somve very competitive Poco phones and a few exciting Xiaomi 12 series beasts. Here's a list of Xiaomi's highs and lows from the past year as we saw them - the 13 series aren't included as they are too new to be judged yet. Winner: Xiaomi...

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Motorola Moto G72 in for review

Say hello to the Moto G72 - a capable mid-range phone with content consumption on its mind. It comes with a USB cable, protective case, and a 33W charger, though in some markets you will also get headphones. Those would end on the good old 3.5mm connector, as the Moto G72 has a built-in audio jack. And it's a useful one as well, supporting Dolby Atmos. The stereo speakers aboard the Moto G72 are also Dolby Atmos-ready. Unboxing the Moto G72 Continuing the thread of content consumption, the Moto G72 also has a great display - a 6.55-inch OLED with 1080p resolution, and HDR10+...

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Week 51 in review: Heads turn to 2023 - Galaxy S23, Pixel 8

It's the penultimate week of 2022 and we're just about ready for 2023 and the phones it will bring. But before we write off 2022, let's take a look at the top stories of the past seven days. ZTE announced the Nubia Z50 with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, and the 64MP IMX787 35mm main camera that we loved so much on the Axon 40 Ultra. The Nubia Z50 is China-exclusive for now and starts at CNY 2,999 for the base 8/128GB trim. The OnePlus 11, which will arrive on February 7, will have a 6.7-inch QHD+ AMOLED with a 120Hz refresh rate, a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset, 12GB or 16GB of RAM, a 4,870mAh...

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My top 5 phones of 2022 - Ivan

Year 2022 is almost up and that means it's time for us at Team GSMArena to nominate our favorite phones of the year. Should you care about mine? Probably not, but if you insist - keep on reading. In reverse order (my absolute favorite is the last one)... ZTE Axon 40 Ultra The ZTE Axon 40 Ultra is the perfect-sized flagship. It isn't huge, not small either, yet has a large 6.8-inch display, a lasting 5,000mAh battery, a great design that reminds me of the lovely Galaxy S21 Ultra, and a unique set of cameras. The focal lengths of the main camera and the zoom camera are what make...

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Saturday 24 December 2022

Weekly poll: Oppo Find N2 and N2 Flip enter the foldable ring, are you on their side?

Oppo introduced its first flip foldable last week, the Find N2 Flip. While we don’t have the details yet, we know that in the near future this model will be available globally (or at least in the markets that Oppo covers), unlike the original Find N. And, sadly, unlike the new Oppo Find N2 as well – it looks like this one will be China-only just like its predecessor. Still, Oppo engineers have achieved massive improvements, so it is worth a look too, even if it is just window shopping for most. Let’s start with the Oppo Find N2 Flip. This clamshell foldable will be going up against...

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Merry Christmas!

The sweet silver bells invite you to throw cares away, as Christmas is here! At this beautiful holiday we would like to thank you, our readers, for being an integral part of the website for yet another year. Keeping you informed about the world of mobile technology gives us joy, and we thank you for making it all possible! It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and we’re wishing you, your family and your friends, peaceful moments, beautiful memories and the best of luck in every step through the next year. Merry Christmas, and thank you for being around! The GSMArena team

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Weekly poll results: Xiaomi 13 duo looks like a winner

Xiaomi’s 2022 ends on a high note – last week’s poll shows that the new 13-series flagships are well-liked and each has its fans. The Xiaomi 13 Pro shines with its 1” sensor, something that was available only on special phones like the 12S Ultra before. The Ultra never got a wide release, but the 13 Pro is going global. Details on that are scarce for now and some people are concerned about the price – we don’t know the exact number yet, but based on the 12-series these will be out of reach for some. For those that can afford them, however, the Xiaomi 13 duo are serious...

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Top 10 most popular reviews of 2022: Q1

The end of the year is upon us, and as has become tradition we go over all of the reviews of the past twelve months and do a rundown of the ones that you found most interesting. Without further ado, let's kick things off with the first quarter of the year 2022. At the very beginning of 2022, Samsung made a rather big splash with the announcement of its budget flagship - the Galaxy S21 FE 5G. So much so that the phone's review almost made it to the top of the popularity list. We can definitely see why. With a reasonable price tag and really capable hardware, the S21 FE delivers big...

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2022 Winners and losers: Apple

It was a challenging year for phone makers as chip shortages and factory shutdowns wreaked havoc on the supply chain. Even Apple was affected, although less than many of its rivals, which allowed it to shine in a big way. Looking back at Apple's 2022 brings us to the same sentiment as 2021 before it - the more things change, the more they stay the same. Apple is one of the more predictable companies in the tech world, which causes us to take Cupertino’s technological brilliance for granted sometimes. All things considered Apple had a good year. All of its products were good, some were...

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Honor X7a's specs and images leak

Honor unveiled the Snapdragon 680-powered X7 in March, and it seems the company will soon follow up with an 'a' variant, whose specifications and images have leaked online. The Honor X7a, like the X7, is built around an HD+ display, but it's a tad smaller (6.7" vs. 6.74") and has a lower screen refresh rate (60Hz vs. 90Hz). The screen has a notch for the 8MP selfie shooter, but we don't know if it has the same specs as the X7's front-facing camera. Around the back, the Honor X7a has a quad camera setup comprising 50MP primary, 5MP ultrawide, 2MP macro, and 2MP telephoto units. The...

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Motorola Moto G13's design revealed by leaked render

The Motorola Moto G13 got NBTC certified earlier this month, but we still don't know when it will go official. And while we await more details about the Moto G13 from Motorola, a render of the G13 has surfaced online, revealing its design. The Motorola Moto G13 is built around a display with a centered punch hole, and around the back is a rectangular camera island housing a LED flash and two cameras. It also has text that reveals the primary camera uses a 50MP sensor. The Moto G13's right-side frame has the volume rocker and power button, and at the bottom is the USB-C port. The...

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Friday 23 December 2022

Samsung Galaxy F23 gets Android 13-based One UI 5 update

Samsung released the Android 13-based One UI 5 update for the Galaxy F22 last week, and now it's the Galaxy F23 that's getting upgraded with the latest version of Android and Samsung's custom Android skin. The Samsung Galaxy F23's One UI 5 update has firmware version E236BXXU1BVL1 and requires a download of about 2.7GB. It comes with the usual One UI 5 goodies but bumps up the Android security patch level on the F23 to November 2022 instead of December 2022. The One UI 5 update for the Galaxy F23 is currently seeding in India, and if you haven't received it yet, you can check for it...

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Twitter Blue subscribers now get prioritized rankings in conversations

The new Twitter Blue subscription service is constantly adding new features, and the latest ones have already been promised in the past. We're talking about Twitter Blue subscribers' tweets being prioritized in conversations, and allowing them to upload videos that are up to an hour long. The longer videos are currently uploadable from the web, and they can be up to 1080p in resolution and 2GB in file size. Prior to this change, Twitter Blue subscribers were able to upload videos up to ten minutes long at 1080p resolution, with a file size limited to a 512MB maximum. For now, this limit...

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Samsung Galaxy S23, S23+, and S23 Ultra have their signature colors leaked

Samsung is rumored to announce the Galaxy S23, S23+, and S23 Ultra at an event on February 1. As we get closer to that date, more and more details about the devices are starting to leak out. Today we got word of what the signature color will be for each model. The signature color is the one that will be highlighted the most in all promotional and marketing materials. Each year it's a new one to keep things fresh, and in 2023 the Galaxy S23's signature color is said to be light gold/pink gold. The Galaxy S23+ will get pink, while the S23 Ultra's signature color is going to be...

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2022 Winners and losers: Samsung

It’s hard to stay on top, especially in a market that’s teeming with innovation and competition. It gets tougher still when it’s been a challenging year defined by insecurity, shortages, and a looming economic downturn. But it's not equally bad for everyone and for Samsung it was actually pretty great. It has 9 out of the 20 top phones in our database this year. Samsung unleashed a diverse portfolio of capable midrangers, flagships, accessories, and even a few tablets. So let’s look at some of the winners from Samsung, as well as some of the inevitable losers. Let’s start off on a...

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