Top 20 most popular phones of 2019

It's that time of the year again - December is the perfect moment to reflect on which phones were the most popular throughout the last twelve months. These are the phones that got you the most interested the most and very likely the most influential phones in the business. Looking at the 20 most popular phones, it's clear why Samsung is the global leader. It captured 55% or 11 out of the 20 phones, including the absolute most popular, the Galaxy A50. Out of the 11, 6 are Galaxy A series phones, proving Samsung's made the right move when it redefined its midrange lineup in 2019. A...

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2019 Winners and Losers: Xiaomi

This year the mobile phone market saw the rise of many new trends - from high refresh rate screens through 108MP image sensors to periscope cameras. The first foldable phones went on sale, charging speeds went through the roof, displays got curvier and grew punch holes. Some brands used these trends to their advantage and grow in the market, others missed the mark. In this series we look at what each company got right in 2019 and where their efforts came short. Xiaomi kept pushing in the right direction in 2019 - for the most part. It brought us a 108MP camera with the Mi Note 10,...

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Best phones of 2019: The Winners

Here are the winners - the best phones of 2019 in three major categories - Flagship, Midrange, Entry-level, have been selected by you, our readers, throughout the last two weeks. We started with a preliminary public vote where over 20 devices per category were competing to enter the final round. The Top 5 devices were sent to another vote where over 70,000 readers picked what they think the best phone is. Without further ado, here are the winners: Best flagship of 2019 - Samsung Galaxy Note10+ The latest flagship by the Korean manufacturer collected a third of the votes in the final...

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Top 10 most popular reviews of 2019: Q3

>We are taking a look back at the phones that excited you the most in 2019 and the reviews that got you reading. It's time to focus on Q3 - head this way to find the top reviews for Q1 and Q2. We're now at the quarter of the year at which Apple releases its new iPhones and Samsung and OnePlus their fall flagships. Yet, the most read review in the months July through September was the Xiaomi Mi A3. The Mi A3 was hugely anticipated as it's the maker's only Android One smartphone. In our review we praised it for its battery life, clean software, fast and accurate under-display fingerprint...

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Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite user manual corroborates previous design leaks

Leaked renders of the Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite expected to arrive at CES 2020 next month have already revealed its design, and now we are looking at the phone's user manual which corroborates those leaks. Galaxy Note10 Lite on the left and Galaxy S10 Lite on the right The user manual only includes the sketches of the Galaxy S10 Lite, but they do confirm that the smartphone will sport a display with a punch hole in the center and a fingerprint scanner underneath. Around the back, it has a rectangular camera island on the left side, housing three snappers stacked on top of each other,...

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Huawei Mobile Services 4.0 beta is packing more features and getting closer to Google's offering.

In the wake of soured relations between Huawei and the US, life has been anything but easy for the Chinese tech giant. However, that doesn't mean that acceptance or desperation have settled in. Quite the contrary, Huawei and its subsidiaries and sister companies have really been doubling-down hard to make up for lost ground and still come out on top. Whether through impressive efforts into 5G infrastructure, expansion and contracts or the aggressive Western marketing for tech accessories like smart TVs and wearables, which haven't been affected by various trade bans quite as badly. And these...

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Oppo Reno3 series racks up more than 1.46 million registrations

The Oppo Reno3 and Reno3 Pro unveiled two days ago have exceeded 1.46 million registrations of interest in China, out of which 580,000 came through JD.com. The lineup also became the booking champion on TMall for 2019. How many of these registrations convert to sales is something we'll have to wait to see, but these numbers are indicative of the high interest garnered by Oppo's first wave of 5G smartphones. That said, it's worth mentioning that these figures were counted on December 27 at 6:30 PM local time, so the final count is likely to have crossed 1.5 million by...

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