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Best budget phone 2020: Cheap phones for $200/£200 or less

(Pocket-lint) – Just because you want a cheap phone doesn’t mean you have to totally compromise on the available features. There are plenty of bargain phones under £/€/$200 – often so good it seems bizarre a flagship phone costs at least four times as much. Budget phones might not have the sharpest displays or the most pristine designs, but… Read more

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Review: The Pricing Conundrum

Our Verdict AMD’s Ryzen 7 5800X offers great performance in applications, but the same gaming performance as its less-expensive counterpart, the Ryzen 5 5600X. For Strong gaming performance Solid single- and multi-threaded IPC gain, boost frequencies Power efficiency Overclockable PCIe Gen4 support 400/500-series compatible Against Price No bundled cooler No integrated graphics (Image credit: Tom’s… Read more

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold Review: Durable, but Major First-Gen Vibes

Our Verdict The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold, the first folding-screen PC, shows a clever way of moving mobile computing forward and is built solid. But there are some kinks to work out in Windows 10 and other software. For Folding OLED display Feels surprisingly durable Luxury materials No bloatware Against Starts at $2,499 without accessories… Read more

So you got a 5G phone, but is your plan ready?

5G in the US isn’t mind-bogglingly fast, but it is going to get betterIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Your guide to the current state of 5G carrier plans in the US, what they cost, and whether it’s worth upgrading your plan You’re the proud owner of a new 5G phone — congratulations! We’ve… Read more

Oppo Reno5 Pro+ announced with SD865 and 50MP main camera

After unveiling the Reno5 and Reno5 Pro earlier this month, Oppo just gave the Reno5 Pro+ its own event probably because it shapes up to be a proper flagship. In other words – it checks all the boxes, although, given the amount of leaks from the past couple of weeks, it’s no surprise. The handset… Read more

Telegram will receive new paid features for advanced users and business customers. There will also be advertisements

The instant messaging market is quite crowded, although without a doubt the most important services are Messenger and WhatsApp by Facebook and iMessage by Apple. Nevertheless, Telegram as a kind of privacy refuge is close to reaching 500 million users. For this reason, Pavel Durov, the co-founder of the platform, shared the “trailer” of future… Read more

HP Omen Spacer Review: The Mature Wireless TKL

Our Verdict The HP Omen Spacer is a reliable gaming keyboard for grown-ups. Backlighting is limited to red and white with very few customization options, and the key caps could be more premium. But the keyboard offers comfortable typing and good battery life. For Comfy, magnetic wrist rest Mature look Long battery life Against No… Read more

Telegram announces monetization plans as it approaches 500 million active users

Telegram has announced that it closing in on the 500 million active user mark. To keep a service of this scale operational, the company has announced plans of monetization through the co-founder Pavel Durov’s public channel on Telegram. Durov laid out a two-fold plan on monetizing the service starting next year. The first part of… Read more

TechStage | Six sports headphones in comparison: top sound for training

Testing Tests overview Smartphone Oneplus Nord N 10 5G in the test: Gallops in price Oppo Find X2 Pro in the test: performance bargain Asus ROG Phone 3 in the test: Perfect gaming smartphone LG Wing in the test: 1.5 displays and gimbal cam Nokia 3.4 in the test: Update- Promise for little money Smartphone… Read more

What’s the best mid-range phone under $400/£400?

(Pocket-lint) – Choosing a new smartphone isn’t as simple as it used to be. They come in lots of different sizes, with plenty of different features and, critically, at plenty of different price points. For some the camera is important, for others it will be battery life, or perhaps biometric login. These days it isn’t… Read more

Sapphire NITRO + RX 6800 XT to the test, high performance in silence

Sapphire NITRO + RX 6800 XT is the first custom with AMD RDNA 2 GPU to arrive in the editorial office. With a different heatsink than the reference one and clock frequencies higher than the factory ones, will it be able to make the difference compared to the valid reference model packaged by AMD? Let’s… Read more

HUAWEI FreeBuds Studio: from design to hardware. A record-breaking project! Here's what's inside the headphones

HUAWEI presented the his first over-ear headphones: the FreeBuds Studio. The American ban weighs on the head of the company which therefore wants to change its approach to the public. Hence the creation of an increasingly sophisticated ecosystem where the world of audio also fits. Let’s see how they were created from design to hardware… Read more

Telegram will implement a strategy to be economically sustainable

by Jordi Bercial 2 hours ago … Telegram announced today that it will implement a new strategy to be economically sustainable, and that is, although there are services such as WhatsApp, which live mainly on the money that Facebook is able to collect with other services, Telegram for its part is a totally independent company…. Read more

ASUS ZenBook S UX393 Review

ASUS ZenBook S UX Introduction and Technical Specifications 410 Announced at IFA 2021, the ASUS ZenBook S UX 412 is the latest addition to the ASUS high-end ultrabook catalog, a model that introduces quite a few new features, both in terms of hardware and the format it uses, compared to past generations. Contrary to most… Read more

MSI introduces the Optix MAG301CR2 curved gaming monitor

João Silva 1 hour ago Featured Tech News, Monitors MSI has revealed a new curved gaming monitor named Optix MAG301CR2. This is a 30-inch frameless design monitor with a 1500R curvature and support for MSI’s Mystic Light RGB tech. The MSI Optix MAG301CR2 features a 30-inch curved VA panel with 200Hz refresh rate, 1ms MPRT, and a… Read more