Articles tagged "Weekly poll"

Pop-up cameras can usher in an era free of the notch - a design element that many hate, some don't mind and, perhaps, some even like. But where does smartphone design go from here? Back to the rectangular screen with the occasional stretching of the...

Over the last two weekends, we’ve reflected upon the highlights that 2018 has brought us so far in wearables and looked forward to the major up’n’coming releases. For some, the tech we wear on our wrists is a series of compromises. For example,...

It's time to tally the votes from last week's poll results about the ideal secondary cameras on the back. What you prefer to have on your modern smartphones and how the trend has changed over the course of the year since we asked the same question...

Alright, it’s been a year since we asked, so it’s time to check if opinions have changed. What kind of dual camera setup do you prefer? Or even a triple camera setup – we’ll let you vote for multiple options in this poll. If there’s a clear winner,...

People are not convinced by this whole “face scanning” thing – fingerprint readers are here, they work, why over-complicate things with new tech? The “fingerprint reader” option in last week’s poll received over half of the votes. It’s telling...

Even old sleuths like Sherlock Holmes know that a fingerprint can identify a person. Today, fingerprints are read multiple times a day – it’s routine – thanks to the readers on modern smartphones. But is that the best way for a device to know that...

The Oppo Find X is awesome, that’s the consensus from last week’s poll. Even though we put an opponent in its way, the new flagship rose to the challenge thanks to its pop-up mechanism that lifts not only the selfie camera and 3D face scanning...

What if the future of bezel-less phones lies not with screen notches but with pop-up mechanisms that offer an alternative placement for the selfie camera (and other components)? It’s not so much an “if” as far as Oppo is concerned – its new Find X...

The vivo NEX S and NEX A struck a chord with fans – the “both are great” option in last week’s poll topped 51%. Even so the favorite is clear – the S by itself got 30% of the vote while the A alone got only 2%. Still, that’s as positive a result as...

Jaws dropped as vivo unveiled the APEX with its pop up camera and under display fingerprint sensor. It was just a prototype, but the company quickly followed up with actual devices – the NEX S and NEX A. And these aren’t some halo phones like...

This week at WWDC, Apple announced its latest operating system for iPhone and iPad - iOS 12. If we go by previous years it’s likely that iOS 12 will be released to the public in September this year to coincide with the new iPhones and iPads. From...

Surprise, surprise – the most powerful Mi 8 version is the one most people want. Okay, maybe not a “surprise”, but it’s interesting to see such a positive reaction to Xiaomi’s flagship device. The Mi 8 Explorer has several features that resonated...

Xiaomi unveiled three new phones this week – the mainstream flagship, the “dressed to impress” model and a more compact, more affordable version. Now that you’ve had a few days to let their specs settle in, what do you think? The base Xiaomi Mi 8...

Some of you have already ordered an HTC U12+, which received a warm welcome in last week’s poll. The amount of love wasn’t overwhelming by any means, but it seems like HTC has put together a solid phone. As expected, there were plenty of...

The HTC U12+ is barely out the gate and it already scored its first victory – DxO put it in 2nd place, right behind the Huawei P20 Pro. Those are some serious camera chops. Looking at the U12+ spec sheet and after our brief first person encounter...

The OnePlus 6 is finally out, but is it everything you hoped it would be. It's not the most far-reaching upgrade over the OnePlus 5T, but then again there wasn't too much wrong with the previous flagship and that one only came out six months ago so...

It's not so often Google does so many changes in its OS as we're getting with Android P. The public beta came out this week and we quickly enrolled a couple of devices to see what all the fuss is about. You can read about our findings, but we're...

LG's latest G7 ThinQ flagship is enjoying a warm reception as evidenced by our weekly poll. Despite coming to the market later than its Samsung and Huawei rivals, 3 out of every five readers believes it offers enough to justify the delay. Anyway,...

LG wanted to get it right with the LG G7 ThinQ and decided not to follow the schedule of others. Still, it has been two months after the MWC ended and its primary competition is already chalking up sales records while the G-flagship won’t be...

The Xiaomi Mi A2 has a solid fan base that voted 2-to-1 in its favor. Not bad results for the second-generation Android One phone from Xiaomi, which will be available in MIUI flavor in China under the name Mi 6X. In fact, it’s mostly available in...