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The past year was challenging, but we have to remember it's challenges that bring the best in us and help us grow! As we close the page with humility in our hearts we are ready to face the challenges and embrace the happy moments of the new 2023! Time flies when you’re having fun, and we enjoyed writing every single one of the 4,500+ news articles, as well as over 150 multi-page reviews. Almost every phone review got a separate video for our YouTube...

So here we are - after recapping the most popular reviews of the first three quarters, it's time to focus on the final three months of the outgoing year. It's just one of the ways we can take a look back and evaluate the current state of the mobile market and its most important aspect - what you, the readers, like. We kick things off with Google's latest and greatest Pixel 7 pair of phones. After the Pixel 6a made a veritable splash in Q3, the new...

Oppo has revealed its ColorOS 13 update roadmap for Q1 2023 for 19 devices, 10 of which will receive the stable update. Let's talk about the ColorOS 13 stable update first. It will start rolling out from January 12, 2023, and six smartphones will receive it on the said date - Find X2 Pro, Find X2, Find X2 Pro Lamborghini Edition, Find X2 League of Legends Edition, Ace2, and Ace2 EVA Limited Edition. On January 13, 2023, the K10x 5G and K10 Pro 5G...

Another twelve months are behind our back, and Oppo once again remains among the leaders in the smartphone world. It announced a custom NPU called MariSilicon X in the final days of 2021, but it was only this year that it made it to smartphones. Oppo unveiled foldables, regular flagships and a lot of mid-rangers. Here are the winners and losers in the Oppo portfolio for 2022. Winner and loser: Oppo Find N2 The new foldable looks a lot like the predecessor,...

The folks at Telegram are sending off 2022 with yet another one of their sizable feature dumps. The latest update adds a bunch of new features, including spoiler formatting for media, new drawing tools, zero storage usage, and more. Along with being able to add spoiler formatting for text, Telegram now lets add spoiler formatting for images and videos as well. This appears as a shimmering layer with a blur on top of the media, which hides the content...

Xiaomi's Redmi unveiled the Redmi K60 series smartphones, Redmi Note 12 Pro Speed Edition, and a bunch of accessories a few days ago. And before 2022 comes to an end, Redmi announced a new entry-level smartphone today, dubbed Redmi 12C. The Redmi 12C is built around a 6.71" HD+ screen with a notch for the 5MP selfie camera. Its back panel - having a non-slip texture and diagonal stripes - sports a fingerprint scanner and a dual camera setup headlined...

Realme has released the Android 13-based Realme UI 4.0 stable update for the GT Neo 3T and Narzo 50 Pro 5G in India. The update for the GT Neo 3T comes with firmware version RMX3371_11.C.04, while the update for Narzo 50 Pro 5G has firmware version RMX3395_11.C.04. But note that your GT Neo 3T should be running software with version RMX3371_11.A.09 to receive Realme UI 4.0, whereas the Narzo 50 Pro 5G should be running RMX3395_11.A.05, RMX3395_11.A.06,...

Keeping up with its yearly tradition, Apple has launched a limited edition variant of the AirPods for the Chinese New Year. This year it's for the new second generation AirPods Pro, which have been engraved with a special pattern for the Year of the Rabbit. The limited edition model features a custom engraving on the charging case. The same pattern also appears on the box but in color. Aside from that, the model is identical to the standard variant,...

The first OnePlus 11R images leaked earlier this month, and we saw some key details such as the three-cam setup on the back, as well as the return of the alert slider. The device was in a pre-production shell, made to keep the overall design from leaking, but now new photos come to fill us in on that. The new photos revealed the OnePlus 11R will have a screen with curved edges and a single punch hole in the center. The source claims we’re looking...

Smartphones are constrained by batteries and thermals and perform optimally when specialized hardware does the heavy lifting – hardware like Oppo’s MariSilicon X ISP and the new MariSilicon Y Bluetooth chip. Of course, these are partial solutions, for best results a completely custom chipset is what is needed. That seems to be the thinking over at Oppo HQ as Ice Universe reports that the company is planning to introduce its own smartphone chipset...

Lenovo unveiled a kid-friendly tablet that slots between the Tab M8 and Tab M10. It is the Lenovo Tab M9 and – you guessed it! – it has a 9” display. This tablet will be on the floor at CES 2023, but it is in no rush to go to market as it will launch in Q2 (April-July). The base model will start at $140. The tablet has a 9” LCD display, a pretty basic panel with 1,340 x 800px resolution (15:9). It offers up to 400 nits of brightness and 60% coverage...

Lenovo will have a very, very busy CES this January – the global tech event will run from January 5 to the 8th and Lenovo will be introducing new tablets, laptops and other devices from its major product lines. And, perhaps, the ThinkPhone too. Leakster Evan Blass has posted images of all new devices that will be present at CES. First, here are clean images of the Lenovo ThinkPhone. Its design borrows from the famous ThinkPad line of laptops, though...

Samsung is preparing to launch the Galaxy F04, and the first market will be India. According to leaked teasers, the device will be exclusive to Flipkart and will sell for less than INR8,000, which is about $100. There are no official specs yet, but the device is expected to be a renamed Galaxy A04 or Galaxy A04e with its two cameras on the back. It is will bring 8GB RAM, which will be a massive selling point at this price point. If the Galaxy F04...

Apple is working on ever so slightly enlarging the screens of its iPad Pros, from 11" and 12.9" to 11.1" and 13", respectively. These models will arrive on the market in 2024, according to display analyst Ross Young. These iPad Pros will feature OLED screens, and because of the minute increase in diameter could actually have the same overall physical sizes as their predecessors, as Apple may opt to simply trim the bezels somewhat in order to accommodate...

Samsung wants to finish its One UI 5 rollout by the end of this year, having set a record-breaking pace so far, updating dozens of models since late October when the madness started. The latest device to be graced with Android 13 and One UI 5 on top is the entry-level Galaxy A04s. It was launched with Android 12 a few months ago, and is now making the jump to Android 13, with the new firmware version labeled A047MUBU1BVK5. This is currently going...

The original iQOO Neo7 arrived in October with a Dimensity 9000+, it was followed by the Neo7 SE with a Dimensity 8200, now comes the Racing Edition with a Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1. Other than the chipset and price, this one isn’t too different from the original Neo7. The iQOO Neo7 Racing edition pairs the 8+ Gen 1 chipset with 8GB of RAM and 256GB storage for CNY 2,800 ($400/€380/₹33,000). There is also a 12/256GB version for CNY 3,000, 16/256GB for...

Samsung unveiled the Intel-powered Galaxy Book2 Pro 360 back in February but now has a new version almost ready to go – one that will be powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 chipset. The new model was announced in South Korea and will be released on January 16 with a price of KRW 1.89 million. The 8cx Gen 3 was the first 5nm chipset for Windows-on-ARM devices and brought major performance improvements when it launched late last year. Compared...

Tecno announced a partnership with Skyesports to bring a year-long tournament for mobile users. Next year will begin the Call of Duty Mobile Pova Cup, which will take place in India and will have a format spanning multiple seasons, offering players a chance to compete. In this joint venture, Tecno simply puts the Pova brand in the name of the tournament, which will be organized and streamed by Skyesports on its official social media channels in...

The iPhone didn’t immediately kill off the iPod, the MP3 player was cheaper, so it hung around for a few years. Now that Apple is preparing to enter a new product category, foldables, rumors are swirling that it will kill off a product from an old one – The Elec reported that Cupertino is planning to discontinue the iPad mini after its foldable tablet hits the market. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo disagrees with that assessment and the reasoning is simple...

Another year has gone by, and with it, a slew of devices. One of the best parts of our job here at GSMArena is getting to experience new tech all of the time. This past twelve months, I got to spend a lot of quality with the best smartphones out there. Yet the list you are about to read is about phones that made a lasting impression on me, personally. That doesn't mean the phones are the best from the past year, nor should it serve as buying advice...

Google has been making Pixel smartphones for years, but it’s only now beginning to enter a flow state of sorts. After a significant change of pace with the Pixel 6 series in 2021 - making an in-house chipset, ushering in a new design, and finally overhauling the camera system - in 2022 it was time to do some good old-fashioned refining. As a result, the Google Pixel 7 and 7 Pro are capable and mature smartphones, and their support cast looks almost...

The Reno9 phones were announced in China in late November, and the company is already working on the next series, Reno10. The leakster Digital Chat Station posted the schematics of a smartphone, claiming to be the Oppo Reno10 Pro+ - the mightiest of the eventual lineup. The image, if true, reveals the Oppo midranger series will have a smartphone with a periscope lens, while the overall design will move away from the square-ish island in the top...

Last month, Poco's Indian branch announced that it would launch the Poco C50 in India in the last week of November, but that didn't happen for some reason. And while there's no update from the Chinese brand about the C50's India launch, a media report claims the smartphone will debut in India next week - on January 3. Poco previously said the C50 will be a "budget disrupter" and an "overall package" that will deliver "stellar camera performance,...

The Realme GT Neo 5 is reportedly coming with 240W fast charging and three cameras on the back. According to the latest rumors, it will have a Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset. The source also claimed the camera will come with a 50 MP Sony IMX890 sensor and OIS - features we have seen in Oppo devices such as the new Find N2 and the Reno9 Pro+. The poster is most likely a fan render, but this source has been credible in their sporadic leaks. According...

Yesterday Samsung released the Android 13-based One UI 5.0 stable update for the Exynos 850-powered Galaxy A13 (SM-A135F), and now it's the MediaTek variant that's getting a taste of the latest version of Android and Samsung's custom interface. We are talking about the Samsung Galaxy A13's SM-A137F model, powered by the Helio G80 SoC. It gets the usual One UI 5.0 goodies and November 2022 Android security patch, which comes with firmware version...

Xiaomi introduced today the Redmi K60 top-tier smartphones and a new Redmi Note 12 Pro Speed midranger. The stage also saw the arrival of three smart wearable devices - a Redmi Watch 3 with a bigger screen, a new Band 2 with a thin and light body, and Buds 4 Lite in fancy colors at a low price. All of them are available for purchase in China. Redmi Watch 3 The new wearable comes with a square-ish AMOLED display that is 1.75” in diagonal. It is 341...

The Redmi Note 12 series unveiled in October consists of four smartphones - Redmi Note 12, Redmi Note 12 Pro, Redmi Note 12 Pro+, and Redmi Note 12 Discovery (aka Explorer). Today Redmi added a fifth member to the lineup, dubbed Redmi Note 12 Pro Speed Edition. While the name might suggest that the Redmi Note 12 Pro Speed Edition charges faster than the Redmi Note 12 Pro that comes with 67W wired charging, that's not the case since the Speed Edition...

Xiaomi held a big event today for its Redmi brand, launching half a dozen new products. The stars of the show were the Redmi K60 lineup, consisting of three new phones - a flagship Redmi K60 Pro with Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, a vanilla Redmi K60 with Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1, and another premium phone called Redmi K60E, powered by the new Dimensity 8200 chipset. Redmi K60 Pro The top-tier Redmi K60 Pro comes with a 6.67” AMOLED with a so-called 2K resolution...

Samsung continues to release Android 13-based One UI 5.0 stable update for its smartphones, and the latest phone to get the upgrade is the Galaxy A13 having model code SM-A135F. The One UI 5.0 update comes with firmware version A135FXXU2BVL2 and the usual One UI 5.0 goodies in addition to the November 2022 Android security patch. Samsung Galaxy A13 The update is currently seeding in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Croatia, France, Georgia, Germany, Ireland,...

The fastest-charging smartphone right now is the Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Explorer, having support for 210W wired charging. But that could change soon since Realme is rumored to launch the GT Neo 5 with 240W charging. Realme hasn't divulged anything about the GT Neo 5 yet, but the company today announced it will hold an event on January 5 in China at 2:30PM local time to talk about new charging tech. And judging by Realme's choice of words in its Weibo...

The Galaxy S22 series was expected to strengthen Samsung’s position as a top manufacturer, but sales failed to reach their goal. According to Korean sources, Samsung increased its devices' ASP (Average Sales Price) by just 2%, while Apple saw a rise of 7%. Local media and analysts pointed out that Samsung might lose its premium image abroad, as the best-selling model was the super affordable Galaxy A12, while foldable sales also came short of the...

Xiaomi’s brand Redmi which operates semi-independently in China, is preparing for its huge event tomorrow. The flagship smartphone series Redmi K60 is arriving, and we know it will have at least two very different looks - one with a Blue vegan leather back and another designed to look like carbon. We are also expecting a flurry of new devices, including two new wearables - Redmi Watch 3 and Redmi Band 2 - as well as new TWS earphones Redmi Buds...

Samsung is expected to launch the Galaxy S23 lineup in the first weeks of next year, and rumors and claims keep mounting, revealing more details about the phone. According to Samsung-oriented leakster Ice Universe, the batteries of the Galaxy S23 and Galaxy S23+ will have a slightly increased capacity from their predecessors. Still, they will not bring any changes to the charging speeds. We also spotted promo images of the Galaxy S23+ and Galaxy...

The OnePlus 11 is set to arrive globally on February 7, but today the company revealed this wouldn't be the device's official unveiling. According to the brand's Weibo page, the phone will debut on January 4 in China and will arrive with the latest chipset and memory standards. The SoC of the OnePlus 11 will be a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and will have variants with 512 GB UFS 4.0 storage and 12 or 16 GB LPDDR5X RAM - the fastest memory standards on the...

2022 saw the launch of several hundreds of smartphones, some more successful than others. Now that we bid farewell to the year, it’s time to have a look back at some of the best models as measured by a very important metric - their popularity among you, our readers. Here are the Top 20 phones that you searched for the most over the last 12 months. We included some phones that technically debuted in 2021, but it didn’t feel fair to exclude those...

Welcome to our recap of the top news articles of 2022. We will now be looking back on the most popular stories from the secod quarter of the year with each subsequent quarter getting its own story. There was a heap of announcements in Q2. We got a pair of foldables - the vivo X Fold and the Huawei Mate Xs 2. We also got the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1, which was 10% faster, and 30% more efficient than the SD 8 Gen 1. The vivo X80 and X80 Pro...

Xiaomi is one of the three major players in the smartphone market, and while it had a turbulent 2022 financially it also saw some stellar products by the company. It also saw it invested significant sums into its EV business, which should hopefully bear fruit in the future. In the world of smartphones, we saw more than a dozen Redmi Note 11 phones, somve very competitive Poco phones and a few exciting Xiaomi 12 series beasts. Here's a list of Xiaomi's...

It's the penultimate week of 2022 and we're just about ready for 2023 and the phones it will bring. But before we write off 2022, let's take a look at the top stories of the past seven days. ZTE announced the Nubia Z50 with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, and the 64MP IMX787 35mm main camera that we loved so much on the Axon 40 Ultra. The Nubia Z50 is China-exclusive for now and starts at CNY 2,999 for the base 8/128GB trim. The OnePlus 11, which will arrive...

Year 2022 is almost up and that means it's time for us at Team GSMArena to nominate our favorite phones of the year. Should you care about mine? Probably not, but if you insist - keep on reading. In reverse order (my absolute favorite is the last one)... ZTE Axon 40 Ultra The ZTE Axon 40 Ultra is the perfect-sized flagship. It isn't huge, not small either, yet has a large 6.8-inch display, a lasting 5,000mAh battery, a great design that reminds...

Welcome to our recap of the top news articles of 2022. We will now be looking back on the most popular stories from the first quarter of the year with each subsequent quarter getting its own story. In Q1, we got a few major announcements. Samsung's Galaxy S22 series launched in February. The Galaxy S22 Ultra was the biggest announcement (metaphorically, and literally). It brought back the built-in S Pen, and the squarer Galaxy Note design, while...

Oppo introduced its first flip foldable last week, the Find N2 Flip. While we don’t have the details yet, we know that in the near future this model will be available globally (or at least in the markets that Oppo covers), unlike the original Find N. And, sadly, unlike the new Oppo Find N2 as well – it looks like this one will be China-only just like its predecessor. Still, Oppo engineers have achieved massive improvements, so it is worth a look...

The sweet silver bells invite you to throw cares away, as Christmas is here! At this beautiful holiday we would like to thank you, our readers, for being an integral part of the website for yet another year. Keeping you informed about the world of mobile technology gives us joy, and we thank you for making it all possible! It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and we’re wishing you, your family and your friends, peaceful moments, beautiful memories...

Xiaomi’s 2022 ends on a high note – last week’s poll shows that the new 13-series flagships are well-liked and each has its fans. The Xiaomi 13 Pro shines with its 1” sensor, something that was available only on special phones like the 12S Ultra before. The Ultra never got a wide release, but the 13 Pro is going global. Details on that are scarce for now and some people are concerned about the price – we don’t know the exact number yet, but based...

The end of the year is upon us, and as has become tradition we go over all of the reviews of the past twelve months and do a rundown of the ones that you found most interesting. Without further ado, let's kick things off with the first quarter of the year 2022. At the very beginning of 2022, Samsung made a rather big splash with the announcement of its budget flagship - the Galaxy S21 FE 5G. So much so that the phone's review almost made it to the...

It was a challenging year for phone makers as chip shortages and factory shutdowns wreaked havoc on the supply chain. Even Apple was affected, although less than many of its rivals, which allowed it to shine in a big way. Looking back at Apple's 2022 brings us to the same sentiment as 2021 before it - the more things change, the more they stay the same. Apple is one of the more predictable companies in the tech world, which causes us to take Cupertino’s...

Honor unveiled the Snapdragon 680-powered X7 in March, and it seems the company will soon follow up with an 'a' variant, whose specifications and images have leaked online. The Honor X7a, like the X7, is built around an HD+ display, but it's a tad smaller (6.7" vs. 6.74") and has a lower screen refresh rate (60Hz vs. 90Hz). The screen has a notch for the 8MP selfie shooter, but we don't know if it has the same specs as the X7's front-facing camera....

The Motorola Moto G13 got NBTC certified earlier this month, but we still don't know when it will go official. And while we await more details about the Moto G13 from Motorola, a render of the G13 has surfaced online, revealing its design. The Motorola Moto G13 is built around a display with a centered punch hole, and around the back is a rectangular camera island housing a LED flash and two cameras. It also has text that reveals the primary camera...

The new Twitter Blue subscription service is constantly adding new features, and the latest ones have already been promised in the past. We're talking about Twitter Blue subscribers' tweets being prioritized in conversations, and allowing them to upload videos that are up to an hour long. The longer videos are currently uploadable from the web, and they can be up to 1080p in resolution and 2GB in file size. Prior to this change, Twitter Blue subscribers...

It’s hard to stay on top, especially in a market that’s teeming with innovation and competition. It gets tougher still when it’s been a challenging year defined by insecurity, shortages, and a looming economic downturn. But it's not equally bad for everyone and for Samsung it was actually pretty great. It has 9 out of the 20 top phones in our database this year. Samsung unleashed a diverse portfolio of capable midrangers, flagships, accessories,...

The upcoming Moto E13 appeared on Geekbench earlier this month and we now have our first set of renders thanks to the team over at MySmartPrice. The entry-level device will feature a waterdrop notch display and a formidable chin. The back features a single camera sensor with the bottom cutout reserved for the LED flash. Moto E13 renders The phone features a USB-C port on its bottom for charging and data transfers and a single speaker. The recent...