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Oppo Find X3 Neo Camera test: Good in zoom for its segment

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The Oppo Find X3 Neo is the middle entry in the company’s X series, slotted between the top-end X3 Pro and the X3 Lite. It features a 6.55-inch, 90-Hz FHD+ AMOLED display, Qualcomm’s 865 chipset ...

Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite 5G Camera test: Near the top of its class

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The Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite 5G is near the bottom of the company’s Mi range of phones (above the baseline Mi 11 Lite, which doesn’t have 5G connectivity). It features a 6.55-inch 90 Hz AMOLED ...

Dali Katch Speaker test: Aiming for a balance in design and sound

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In 2018, Dali — which stands for Danish Audiophile Loudspeaker Industries — released its first ever portable Bluetooth speaker. True to its heritage, the Katch sports elegant Scandinavian aesthetics with a super-slim, oval, extruded-aluminum body ...

Smartphone for Snapdragon Insiders (designed by Asus) Audio test: A class-leading recording device

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In March 2021, Qualcomm launched the Snapdragon Insiders community, designed for the famous chipset’s enthusiasts, with news, tips, forums, masterclasses, access to experts, and even backstage access to events. If quite mysterious at that time, ...

Oppo A94 5G Camera test: Reliable autofocus and nice bokeh shots

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The Oppo A94 5G is the Chinese manufacturer’s latest offering in its more affordable A-series range of smartphones. Basic device specs include a 6.43-inch, FHD+ AMOLED display with a 60 Hz refresh rate and a ...

Asus Zenfone 8 Display test: Good motion and touch

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Appearing on the market in May 2021, the Asus Zenfone 8 comes with a powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 processor and a triple camera setup. Let’s see how well it performed in our Display protocol tests. ...

Nubia RedMagic 6 Pro Audio test: A good in-game audio performance

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Having arrived on the market in March 2021, the Nubia RedMagic 6 Pro and its “ultimate gaming design” comes with a triple camera setup, a powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 processor, and a 500 Hz touch ...

Realme 8 Pro Camera test: A balanced performance

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The Realme 8 Pro is the top entry in the company’s mid-range 8-series lineup. It features a 6.4-inch FHD+ screen, Qualcomm’s mid-range 720 chipset, and either 6 or 8 GB of memory with 128 GB ...

Vivo X60 Pro 5G (Exynos) Camera test: Good photos outdoors and indoors

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The Vivo’s X60 Pro 5G with Exynos 1080 chipset is a model exclusively for the Chinese market and differs from the Snapdragon-powered international version not only in terms of chipset but also in the camera, ...

Xiaomi Redmi K40 Pro + Audio test: Deft in recording

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The Xiaomi Redmi K40 Pro + is the top-of-the-line offering in the brand’s new K-line of devices released earlier this year. At about $550 it lands in our high-end category. It is equipped with the ...

Xiaomi Redmi K40 Pro+ Camera test: Good in favorable conditions

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Launched exclusively for the Chinese market, the K40 Pro+ is Xiaomi’s latest device in their Redmi line of more affordable smartphones. Features include the Snapdragon 888 chipset with 12GB RAM and 256GB internal storage; as ...

Samsung Galaxy A52 5G Display test: Good value for the price

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The Samsung Galaxy A52 5G, released in March of 2021, is part of the brand’s lower-priced A line of devices, but the A52 has some features you would normally expect on a more expensive model, ...

Apple iPhone 12 mini Battery test: In the lead for discharge efficiency

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Apple introduced the iPhone 12 mini in October 2020. With a price that places it in our Premium segment ($600-799), the iPhone 12 mini, despite its diminutive size, comes packed with such features as a ...

Bowers & Wilkins Formation Wedge Speaker test: A fierce competitor in the wireless speaker arena

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The venerable Hi-Fi brand Bowers & Wilkins was a latecomer to the wireless speaker market: its first line of multi-room devices, called Formation, was unveiled only in April 2019. Among the five speakers in the ...

Bang & Olufsen Beosound Balance Speaker test: In elite company

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The Bang & Olufsen Beosound Balance is a handsome, heavy, and very expensive wireless home speaker that aims to provide room-filling sound from a discrete cylinder that is at home on a bookshelf or end ...

Cabasse The Pearl Akoya Speaker test: Excellence in attack

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The Pearl Akoya wireless speaker by Cabasse is a smaller version of the original Pearl, which was about the size of a regulation basketball. The Pearl Akoya is about the size of a volleyball (22 ...

Naim Mu-so 2nd Generation Speaker test: Spectacular wideness for movies

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The British manufacturer Naim took its first step into the wireless speaker market in 2014 with the Mu-so, an “all-in-one” multi-room streaming powerhouse that would go on to receive much praise (and many awards) from ...

Devialet Phantom II 98 dB Opéra de Paris Speaker test: Nearly artifact-free

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The Devialet Phantom II 98 dB Opéra de Paris speaker has a name that speaks of grand ambitions, and the brand isn’t shy about boasting that it will live up tothe standards of the Opéra ...

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