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Essential, a company founded by Andy Rubin with an aim to create easy-to-use devices tailored for the most important needs, this week announced its cease of operations. Andy Rubin, the man who headed creation of Google’s Android operating system, founded Essential back in 2015. It took the company two years to develop and build its first Essential PH-1 smartphone that came in a titanium body with a ceramic back, featured a minimalistic iPhone 5-like design, had a large edge-to-edge display with a raindrop camera for selfies, and ran ‘pure’ Android without any fancy UI. The handset looked rather innovative in 2017, but all of its main features (except expensive materials) appeared months later on cheaper or more popular devices, so the product lost a substantial...
Microsoft Announces Surface Duo - An Android Dual-Screen Device
Today at Microsoft’s Surface event in New York, alongside new laptops and various other Surface devices, we saw the company announce a new kind of device; the new “Surface...
59 by Andrei Frumusanu on 10/2/2019
The ASUS ROG Phone II Review: Mobile Gaming First, Phone Second
The concept of mobile gaming is still a relatively new phenomenon. The idea that a user can have a smartphone dedicated to gaming that isn’t in of itself a...
74 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 9/30/2019
The Nubia Red Magic 3 Review: A 90Hz Gaming Phone With Active Cooling
We’ve covered many smartphone vendors here at AnandTech over the years, but one vendor we never had the chance to have a look at is ZTE, or more precisely...
32 by Andrei Frumusanu on 9/27/2019
Xiaomi Mi Mix Alpha: A Truly All-Around 'Surround' Display Smartphone
Many flagship smartphones these days use slightly curved AMOLED displays that create impression of a bezel-less device with a large screen that falls over the edges. There are also...
18 by Anton Shilov on 9/26/2019
The Black Shark 2 Review: A Gaming Phone's Existential Crisis
Over the last 1-2 years we’ve seen a new type of smartphone category start carving itself a niche in the market: the gaming smartphone. Last year, the original Black...
67 by Andrei Frumusanu on 9/25/2019
Samsung’s Galaxy Fold Hits the US on September 27th
Samsung will start sales of the latest iteration of its highly-anticipated Galaxy Fold smartphone in the US this week. Two colors are set to be available, Cosmos Black and...
14 by Anton Shilov on 9/24/2019
Huawei Launches Mate 30 & Mate 30 Pro 4G and 5G Variants: First Step Away From Google
Today at Huawei’s global launch event in Munich, the company has detailed its new Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro flagship devices. The two new phones continue Huawei’s focus...
99 by Andrei Frumusanu on 9/19/2019
The Huawei Mate 30 Launch Event Live Blog (Starts at 8am ET/12:00 UTC)
The busy fall period for smartphone launches continues. Today in Munich, Germany, Huawei is holding their launch event for their Mate 30 family of smartphones, the latest generation of...
17 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 9/19/2019
The OPPO Reno 10x Zoom Review: Bezeless Zoom
The Oppo Reno 10x Zoom is another Snapdragon 855-based phone that was released earlier in the year, and while we did a quick hands-on test of the device back...
41 by Andrei Frumusanu on 9/18/2019
The Xiaomi Mi9 Review: Flagship Performance At a Mid-Range Price
We’re edging towards to latter half of 2019 and the next and last upcoming wave of device releases, however among the many device releases of the year one device...
97 by Andrei Frumusanu on 9/13/2019
Apple Announces 10.2-Inch, A10-Powered 7th Gen iPad: Launching Sept. 30th for $329
As part of today’s fall keynote presentation for mobile devices, Apple took the wraps off of the latest iteration of their entry-level iPad. Now entering its 7th generation, the...
47 by Ryan Smith on 9/10/2019
Apple Announces New iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, & iPhone 11 Pro Max
Apple’s new iPhone Special Event just finished up at the Steve Jobs theatre in Cupertino – and as expected we saw the launch of a new generation of iPhones...
224 by Andrei Frumusanu on 9/10/2019
The Apple 2019 iPhone Event Live Blog (10am PT)
The fall season is approaching yet again, and it’s time again for another round of iPhone updates, representing Apple’s newest 2019 mobile hardware. The event should be starting at...
46 by Andrei Frumusanu on 9/10/2019
Nokia 7.2 Launched: 6.3-Inch PureDisplay, 48MP Camera, Snapdragon 660
HMD Global has announced its new ‘performance mainstream’ smartphone, the Nokia 7.2. It is aimed at the mass market, yet features premium capabilities, like a large HDR10-capable display with...
49 by Anton Shilov on 9/9/2019
The Snapdragon 855 Phone Roundup: Searching for the Best Implementations
Over the last few years we’ve seen a lot of changes in the mobile market when it comes to the internal hardware of devices. At the heart of every...
50 by Andrei Frumusanu on 9/5/2019
Samsung Unveils Galaxy Fold Availability, Sort Of
Samsung late on Wednesday disclosed availability of its Galaxy Fold smartphone. The smartphone was originally set to be launched earlier this year, but had been delayed in April because...
21 by Anton Shilov on 9/5/2019
Samsung’s A-Series 5G Smartphone: Galaxy A90 5G
With multiple makers of smartphones launching expensive high-end 5G smartphones this year, it was a matter of time before more reasonably priced 5G handsets emerge. Samsung is among the...
10 by Anton Shilov on 9/4/2019
ASUS ROG Phone II Ultimate Edition: 120 Hz, 12 GB / 1 TB with 6000 mAh
ASUS introduced a revamped version of its top-of-the-range ROG smartphone for gamers at IFA today. The ASUS ROG Phone II Ultimate Edition got a new color scheme, more storage...
13 by Anton Shilov on 9/4/2019
Samsung Announces Exynos 980 - Mid-Range With Integrated 5G Modem
In a surprise announcement, Samsung today unveiled their very first SoC with integrated 5G connectivity. The new chipset isn’t a flagship follow-up to the Exynos 9825 and 9820, but...
20 by Andrei Frumusanu on 9/4/2019
World’s First Smartphone with a 64 MP Camera: Xiaomi’s Redmi Note 8 Pro
Xiaomi has unveiled its new breed of Redmi Note smartphones boasting with high-performance SoCs as well as premium cameras. The new flagship Redmi Note 8 Pro is the industry’s...
33 by Anton Shilov on 8/31/2019
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