Yep, after being all set to buy the iPhone 12 mini – the phone I’d wanted for years – I found myself going to the opposite end of the range: pre-ordering the largest model, not the smallest. I explained last time the reason for that, but the tl;dr version is that the iPhone 12 Pro Max is the only way to get the best camera … The reason is a simple one: my iPhone is my main camera. Not…

According to a new report, Huawei is set to offload their affordable-focused smartphone sub-brand Honor to a government-backed consortium for a whopping $15 billion. Reuters reports that the beleaguered Chinese firm has agreed on a substantial fee that will transfer all Honor branding, R&D, supply chain, and personnel to the group that consists of Shenzhen-based Digital Group Ltd. The firm…

All evidence currently points to Samsung launching its next flagship phone in January, over a month ahead of its usual schedule. Why? Apparently, Samsung is aiming for that early 2021 release date in a bid to steal some of Huawei’s market share. Reuters reports that Samsung is pushing forward its release of the Galaxy S21 series to be a better competitor in the smartphone market as a whole. On…

The Huawei Mate 40 family launched recently running EMUI 11, and now the time has come for the company’s latest Android iteration to make it to older devices as well. The Mate 30 Pro from last year seems like it’s going to be among the first to receive the update to the new software version. Don’t get your hopes up, though – this doesn’t magically bring official…