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The electric bucket trucks are coming

We’ve seen electric pickup trucks, electric school buses, and even a few electric 18-wheelers. But where are the electric aerial work platform trucks, known colloquially as bucket trucks? Con Edison may have an answer. The energy utility for New York City, and one of the largest energy companies in the US, is teaming up with… Read more

Acer Predator Triton 300 SE review: more prey than Predator

Unfit to dethrone Asus’ Zephyrus G14 Acer’s Predator Triton 300 SE is chasing after the hype that Asus built with last year’s excellent Zephyrus G14. It’s similar in a few key ways: it’s a sophisticated-looking gaming laptop bordering on ultrabook territory in terms of its sleek and relatively thin design. It has a 14-inch 1080p… Read more

Huawei P40 Pro+ vs. Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra: Battle of the super phones

(Pocket-lint) – 2020 was the year of the ultra-premium super phones – among other things – with more than one manufacturer now offering a big, spec monsters. They also started becoming far more expensive than previous generations of flagship. For Samsung, that beast was the S20 Ultra. For Huawei, the P40 Pro+ led the lineup. Unfortunate… Read more

DS 3 Crossback E-Tense review: Electric with a touch of flair

(Pocket-lint) – The DS 3 Crossback E-Tense name might be something of a mouthful, but hidden behind the nomenclature is a nice compact hatchback, boosted to give it crossover appeal, while retaining the charms of the regular DS 3. The E-Tense is the first fully electric car from DS Automobiles, arriving in full DS style,… Read more

OnePlus 9 Pro review: More hassle than Hasselblad?

(Pocket-lint) – OnePlus started off as that limited, small batch phone-maker that only insiders knew about, before growing into a proper big-time brand. And yet, despite being available through proper partner carriers and in real stores, it’s still not a company you’d consider hugely mainstream. It certainly doesn’t have that mindshare that Apple and Samsung… Read more

1More ComfoBuds Pro review: comfortably sound

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. 1More has absolutely flooded the true wireless earbud market, and it’s confident enough in its new ComfoBuds Pro noise-canceling earbuds to proclaim them as superior to the AirPods Pro — for a fraction of the price. They… Read more

Xiaomi Mi 10 vs Mi 10 Pro: What’s the difference?

(Pocket-lint) – The Xiaomi Mi 10 was the flagship phone series from Xiaomi. Launching in early 2020, it was then updated with the Mi 10T versions, which you can find a comparison of right here. But if you’re looking at the Mi 10 or the Mi 10 Pro, there’s still plenty to consider. So which… Read more

OnePlus 9 Pro vs Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra: What’s the difference?

(Pocket-lint) – OnePlus announced the OnePlus 9 and the 9 Pro during an event on 23 March. You can read how the OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro compare to each other in our separate feature, but here we are looking at how the OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro compare to the Samsung Galaxy S21, S21+… Read more

OnePlus 9 vs OnePlus 8T vs OnePlus 8 Pro: Which should you buy?

(Pocket-lint) – OnePlus announced the OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro during an event in March. The OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro succeed the OnePlus 8T that arrived in the latter half of 2020, as well as the OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro from early 2020, but how do they compare? We’ve put the OnePlus 9… Read more

OnePlus 9 initial review: Two steps forward one step back?

(Pocket-lint) – It’s safe to say OnePlus has been on something of a journey over the past few years. It lifted itself out of that initial ‘plucky upstart’ role and started to become a real smartphone company. It’s gone from being a company that launched one or two new phones a year to launching six… Read more

OnePlus 9 Pro and OnePlus 9 HDR10+ phones go official

Home News (Image credit: OnePlus) The wraps are finally off the OnePlus 9 Pro and OnePlus 9 smartphones and the features are very much what we would expect of a pair of 5G flagship Android handsets seeking to impress on the audio and video front. The more premium OnePlus 9 Pro looks to be the… Read more

What’s on your desk, Mitchell Clark?

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. There are a lot of topics, both serious and fun, that are out there to be covered by The Verge, and it falls on our news writers to cover them: from coronavirus and space exploration to YouTube… Read more

Here’s how the OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro compare to Samsung and Apple’s flagships

OnePlus has released its new batch of phones, the OnePlus 9 and the 9 Pro. As is the tradition with OnePlus, the phones are equipped with the latest high-end Snapdragon chips and are priced lower than most of the competition. Both phones also include charging features that Apple and Samsung don’t match: they wirelessly charge… Read more

The $159 OnePlus Watch is OnePlus’ first smartwatch

It’s taken years, but OnePlus is finally getting in the smartwatch game with the newly announced OnePlus Watch, starting at $159. The new watch (as was revealed last week) has a round design that looks similar to a regular wristwatch, instead of the oblong rectangle popularized by the Apple Watch and its imitators, like the… Read more

OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro announced with Hasselblad-branded cameras

OnePlus has announced the first two phones in its OnePlus 9-series, the OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 9 Pro. As expected, the OnePlus 9 Pro is the flagship, designed to face off against the likes of Samsung’s Galaxy S21 Ultra and the iPhone 12 Pro Max, while the OnePlus 9 is its lower-specced and slightly more… Read more