Honor Play shines on the global scene for €329

Sony announced a new phone, LG introduced two devices and Honor lined up with the big players to announce a global arrival of its cheapest Kirin 970-powered smartphone Honor Play. The device was initially introduced in India with a price tag between $290 and $350, but now it will reach all markets, including the European and North American countries. Honor Play in Midnight Black, Navy Blue and Ultra Violet The Honor Play is marketed as a gaming smartphone and as such arrives with GPU Turbo, making it the 8th Honor device with the feature that enhances performance and lowers...

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The new Sony WH-1000XM3 have a dedicated noise-canceling processor

Sony released the third generation of its premium noise-canceling headphones - the Sony WH-1000XM3. They are more comfortable thanks to the redesigned earpads and they are lighter than the 2nd generation so you can wear them all day (however, this was done by dropping the metal elements in favor of plastic). The biggest improvement comes from the dedicated QN1 noise-canceling processor. Most NC headphones block out droning noises (e.g. from an engine), but the QN1 can also cancel out voices. If you do need to hear what people are saying, ‘Quick Attention' mode reduces the volume...

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Google Home Max lands in the UK

Google Home Max was announced back in October 2017 at the Pixel 2 unveiling. The smart speaker was made available for purchase in the US right in time for Christmas and eventually made its way outside the country as late as May. Now, the United Kingdom is also joining the party where the Google Assistant-enabled gadget is finally available. The Google Home Max has 4.5" woofers and is 20 times louder, according to Google. It is the first from the Home family to adapt and adjust to the environment - it learns its position in a room and sets up to listen properly and provide the answers...

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Sony Xperia XZ3 hands-on review

Sony has always had its own, rather unique approach to mobile design. Whether you liked the boxier look of old, favour the curves of the new "Ambient Flow" concept or don't really find either appealing, it is hard to ignore one irrefutable accomplishment of the Japanese design team - continuity.

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Sony Xperia XZ3 unveiled: Big, curved OLED display!

Where there's smoke, there's fire. In the case of the new Xperia XZ3 - plenty of it. As per what many originally dismissed as outlandish rumors, the new flagship features a huge, 6-inch, curved OLED, HDR display. A first for the Japanese giant, which will more than likely, stir up some commotion and controversy among fans. Whether you like the new form factor and the jump to OLED or not, Sony made sure the panel it picked looks gorgeous, featuring an 18:9, "Extended display" aspect ratio, QHD+ resolution and the company's standard and long-standing plethora of display optimization...

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LG G7 One, G7 Fit hands-on review

LG has so many ideas that it can't fit them all in one phone, so it releases several versions of each pohne. It happened to the V30 and it's happening to the LG G7 ThinQ. There are two new G7 models, one is the company's first Android One phone, the other is a ‘lite' version of the G-series flagship.

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Watch the Honor Play Global Launch livestream at 2PM CEST

The summer has been filled with Huawei announcements - first it was the Nova 3, later followed by the Nova 3i with a more affordable chipset. Later the company's subsidiary introduced the Honor Play in India which is basically the Nova 3 chipset with the Nova 3i camera and an aluminum back panel. Today Honor is having an event in Berlin as part of IFA 2018 where the phone will be launched for all remaining global markets. The event for the "crazy fast, crazy smart" Honor Play begins at 2 PM CET. We already got our hands on the device and published first impressions before the...

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