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Black Shark 3 Pro Audio Review

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Along the lines of its predecessor, the Black Shark 3 Pro intends to further blur the lines between a gaming phone and a hand-held console. Unveiled in May, it boasts a 7.1-inch OLED QHD+ display ...

Asus ROG Phone 3 Audio Review

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With some of the biggest studios releasing their AAA titles on smartphones, hardcore gamers are scoffing less and less at mobile gaming. Asus is providing the appropriate mobile hardware, and following the second iteration released ...

OnePlus 8 Audio test

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The slightly smaller sibling of OnePlus’s new flagship 8 Pro, the OnePlus 8 still packs a lot of punch. Powered by a top-of-the-line Snapdragon 865 chipset and featuring a 6.55-inch AMOLED display with 90Hz refresh ...

LG V60 ThinQ 5G Audio test

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LG’s recently introduced high-end phone, the LG V60 ThinQ 5G, is packed with power and features. Built on a Snapdragon 865 processor and featuring 8GB of RAM, along with a 6.8-inch 1080p screen and triple ...

Huawei P40 Pro Audio test

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Huawei tends to use the P-series models of its smartphones to showcase the company’s latest mobile camera technologies. The Chinese company’s flagship release this year, the P40 Pro, definitely raised the bar for smartphone image ...

OnePlus 8 Pro Audio test

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Launched in April 2020, the feature-packed OnePlus 8 Pro and its four cameras, 6.7-inch AMOLED QHD display, Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 chipset, aluminum frame and gorilla glass build is clearly challenging Samsung, Apple, and Huawei for ...

The best smartphones for audio recording and playback

We launched the DXOMARK Audio test protocol in October 2019. Since then, we have tested the audio recording and playback capabilities of a wide variety of smartphones. If you simply want to find the smartphone ...

Apple iPhone SE (2020) Audio test

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Trapped in the body of an iPhone 8, the 2020 “Special Edition” iPhone shelters none other than Apple’s latest processor, the A13 Bionic. In return, the flagship SoC (system-on-a-chip) gives its host many of the ...

Apple iPhone 11 Audio test

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Apple introduced its iPhone 11 last fall, and while the focus is usually on the latest phones’ camera setups, the audio capabilities of these devices are often glossed over. But there is much to be ...

Samsung Galaxy S20+ (Exynos) Audio test

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Part of Samsung’s current flagship family of phones, the Samsung Galaxy S20+ fits between the S20 and the S20 Ultra. It packs a 6.7-inch AMOLED display and a high-end Exynos 990 chipset (Snapdragon 865 in ...

Honor V30 Pro audio test

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The Honor V30 Pro is a top-end device in the Huawei subsidiary’s lineup. Released last December, it prides itself on a 6.57-inch IPS LCD display, a high-end HiSilicon Kirin 990 chipset, 8 GB of RAM, ...

Oppo Find X2 Pro audio test

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With an impressive array of camera features, including a Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 chipset, a 120 Hz QHD+ display, and a triple-camera setup comprising standard wide-angle, 5x telephoto, and 16mm ultra-wide lenses, Oppo’s latest high-end opus ...

Introducing DXOMARK’s anechoic chamber

Did you ever wonder where the quietest place on earth is? In the heart of the Mojave Desert? At the top of an Icelandic volcano? In the misty realms of Northumberland? If those rank indeed ...

Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G (Exynos) Audio test

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The Latin word “ultra” translates as “going beyond limits”— and when it comes to Samsung’s latest smartphone, it’s a well-deserved suffix: the Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G boasts a groundbreaking 108-megapixel main rear camera, a whopping ...

Nubia Red Magic 3S audio test

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Engineered for the nomad gamer, the updated version of the Red Magic 3— namely, the 3S—packs a Qualcomm Snapdragon 855+ chipset, up to 12GB of RAM and 256GB storage, and a 5000mAh “unstoppable battery.” Additionally, ...

Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G audio test

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The Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G is the 5G-equipped, premium version of Huawei’s latest high-end device. Like its LTE sibling, it is equipped with a powerful Kirin 990 SoC, a 6.53-inch FHD+ OLED display, and ...

Realme X2 Pro audio test

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Announced last fall, the Realme X2 Pro smartphone packs a lot of hardware into a budget-friendly offering. Its Super AMOLED display and Snapdragon 855+ SoC are premium features for a phone in its category. There ...

Nokia 7.2 audio test

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While the relatively new Nokia 7.2 has some interesting features for a mid-range phone, such as a triple-camera design typical of higher-end phones, it doesn’t offer much in the way of sound reproduction. Its single-speaker ...

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