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Weekly poll: LG Velvet is rugged and has a stylus, but does it have a future?

LG is trying to reinvent its image and introduced a new smartphone line-up, debuting with the LG Velvet. It’s an odd phone, at KRW 900,000 ($735/€680) it’s too pricey to be a mid-ranger, but that Snapdragon 765G chipset doesn’t make it a flagship either. Still, the phone has a few unique features to make it stand out from the S765 rabble. It is both IP68 and MIL-STD 810G certified in the…
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Flashback: Nokia's Touch and Type blurred the lines between smart and feature phones

The division between smartphones and feature phones has often been murky. In the past, it used to be about how well the device ran user-installed apps and games, these days it’s mostly touch screen vs. keypad. But there always were devices that straddled the line between those two categories. Nokia X3-02 Touch and Type official photos Before Nokia released the no-quite-smartphone Asha…
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Massive 6,000 mAh Realme battery gets certified

After successfully topping our all-time battery life chart, with the 5,000 mAh pack inside the Realme 6i, which you can read more about here, the Chinese company apparently has its sight set even higher. A TUV certification filing for a particular BLP793 battery pack has now…
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Realme Narzo 10 officially confirmed to pack Helio G80 SoC

The Realme Narzo 10 is arriving on May 11 and ahead of the launch, Realme confirmed that Narzo 10 will be powered by the Helio G80 SoC. Realme hasn’t revealed the full specs sheet of the Narzo 10 yet, but the company previously confirmed that Narzo 10 will come with a 48MP quad camera, 6.5″ waterdrop notch display, rear-mounted fingerprint reader and a 5,000 mAh battery. The Realme…
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Leaked Samsung Galaxy A21s render shows a familiar design

The Samsung Galaxy A21s has been popping-up in the rumor mill from time to time, over the last couple of months. Now, a new leak claims to showcase a render of its front side. It’s a slightly odd, yet totally believable development, since the front of the phone, as shown here, looks nearly identical to a set of recent Galaxy A21 leaked renders. Not only that, but the Galaxy A11 and M11 appear to…
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