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Once upon a time Doom was installed on more computers than Windows 95. Microsoft tried porting the game to boost the popularity of its new OS (an effort lead by one Gabe Newell), but Doom would be ported to just about every platform you can think of...

The Oppo R17 Pro or RX17 Pro as it's known in Europe for trademark reasons is the latest arrival in our office. It offers a premium design and feel with a gradient color finish on the back that unlike anything else in the market. On this occasion we...

Gaming phones are back and this time they look here to stay. The industry has seen several attempts at the genre, but some of them are remembered as a joke, others had their fans, but simply fizzled out. Nokia’s first entry was modest - the Nokia...

Honor held an event at IFA in Berlin where alongside the global launch of Honor Play, it teased Honor Magic 2. George Zhao, the company CEO, pulled the slider out of the pocket and left everyone surprised and shocked. It was made official two months...

Google announced Project Ara to much fanfare and it caused geeks to dream of PC-like upgradability that would extend the usable life of their phones by letting them continuously swap out parts for newer, better ones. Excitement eventually collided...

Today we have with us the official case for the Google Pixel 3 XL. The Pink Moon color is one of the four available for the phone, with the other options being called Carbon (black), Indigo (blue) and Fog (gray). The case comes in simple...

This year the LG V40 ThinQ and the Huawei Mate 20 Pro finally delivered what many people have been dreaming of in terms of photography - three rear cameras of which one is normal, one is wide-angle, and one is telephoto. So is there more to the...

So you made the plunge to a glass sandwich phone. Or, alternatively, design trends forced you to settle for one. Regardless, you might as well benefit from any forgone convenience and sturdiness and get a Qi compatible device. After all, the thought...

The Mi 8 lineup has gotten a little complicated – there are five major variations. The focus now is on the Xiaomi Mi 8 Lite, the latest addition. How it compares to the other members of the Mi 8 line is just one of many questions to be answered by...

The first time data was stored on a card was in the distant 1725 when punch cards were used to automate a drawloom, which weaves fabric and tapestries. In a way those cards stored images, though not quite how it’s done today. Then in 1884 punch...

Google is finally rolling out the Night Sight feature to the new Google Pixel devices. The feature is currently being rolled out through the Camera app update on the Play Store for the Pixel 3 and the Pixel 3 XL. Night Sight is a new feature on...

Last week we talked about obsolete cable connectors and at the end suggested that cables may go extinct altogether because of wireless data transfer and charging. This week we wanted to look into the history of the latter – wireless...

Let me get this straight. I'm a OnePlus fan ever since the OnePlus One came to be four years ago. Note that I'm a fan of the phones, not the company as in my eyes, those are two different things. And it's not that I dislike the OnePlus 6T per se,...

The “U” in USB stands for “universal”. The port has certainly lived up to its name, it’s the default way to deliver data and power to electronic devices. In fact, USB-C is just about the only port used on new Macs (other than an ironic 3.5mm...

The top-specced version of the Apple iPhone XS Max (with 512GB storage) costs €1,650 or even more in some markets – some would argue you’d be better off buying a car for that kind of money. Apple’s phones have certainly gotten pricier over the...

For the longest of times, if you wanted the best noise canceling pair of headphones on the market, your option would be the Bose QuietComfort. Regardless of what your opinion might be about the audio quality on Bose headphones, no one could deny the...

With the proliferation of cameras – especially phone cameras – supernatural beings seem to have all but disappeared. A blurry black & white photo may or may not show Nessie, but the sharp image taken with a modern smartphone leaves little room for...

We've gone over Samsung's smartphones, but their success was built on the work the company did during its featurephone era. Some of the later models blurred the line between feature and smart phones, not just with the feature-full Touch Wiz but with...

We took the Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 on a photo tour around Beijing. We made the best of the day and tested both the main camera and the telephoto camera. We used the AI mode throughout the day and out first impression of it is that we'd just leave it on....

Realme released four phones this year each competing in the over-saturated budget segment in India but the Realme 2 Pro stands out as the most capable of them all blurring the line between low-end and mid-range. The phone follows the recent trend...