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11 Finest Android Telephones (2022): Unlocked Low-cost Foldable

We take a look at a ton of Android telephones. We like those beneath, however you will be higher off with one of many choices above. If you have not but accomplished so, try our Finest Low-cost Telephones information for extra. Motorola Edge 2022 for $500: A sub-$500 Motorola smartphone with contactless fee assist, 5G, wi-fi charging, plus a promise of three OS upgrades and 4 years of safety updates. Say it ain’t so! The Motorola Edge (7/10, WIRED Evaluation) lastly matches its friends on a number of counts and exceeds them in some methods. It has a shiny 144-Hz OLED display screen, it is light-weight, and its 5,000-mAh battery practically lasts two days. It is also the primary Moto that is available in 100% recycled packaging. The downsides? The cameras are lackluster, and it is rated at solely IP52 for water resistance. OnePlus 10T for $649: All the time in a rush? You may like that this cellphone recharges from 0 to 100% in a surprising 20 minutes. The OnePlus 10T is speedy, has daylong battery life, and has a fairly good software program replace coverage. Nevertheless, the digital camera is simply OK, there is no wi-fi charging, and it has an IP54 water resistance ranking, which isn’t adequate for the worth.  Google Pixel 6 for $599 and Pixel 6 Professional for $899: You possibly can nonetheless purchase final yr’s Pixel 6 sequence (9/10, WIRED Recommends) from varied retailers, however it is best to actually wait till they’re on sale. They’ve dipped to $499 and $699, respectively, up to now, however I anticipate they will dip even additional as shares begin to dwindle.  OnePlus Nord N20 5G for $300: The Nord N20 5G (7/10, WIRED Recommends) packs a ton of options regardless of the low worth. The primary caveats I would like to say are that 5G doesn’t work on AT&T, and this cellphone is not appropriate with Verizon in any respect. It’s going to additionally solely get one Android OS replace (although it is going to obtain three years of safety patches). If none of that issues to you, you are getting an AMOLED display screen, nice efficiency, NFC, a MicroSD card, a headphone jack, and daylong battery life. Not unhealthy in any respect.   Samsung Galaxy S21 FE for $600: The S21 FE (7/10, WIRED Recommends) regularly sits at $600 or much less, so that you should not pay a greenback extra. It adopts most of the identical options from final yr’s Galaxy S21 however cuts a number of corners to decrease the worth. It runs easily and has a shiny 6.4-inch AMOLED display screen, plus a 120-Hz display screen refresh charge. The battery is larger than the usual S21 and comfortably lasts greater than a full day. The cameras are a bit totally different, however you continue to get an ultrawide and telephoto zoom alongside the principle digital camera for a dependable imaging system. It is a no-nonsense cellphone that checks all of the containers. Its software program assist is superb too, with a assure of 4 Android OS upgrades and 5 years of safety updates. Originally published at Fresno News HQ

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L'exclusivité des transporteurs est hostile aux consommateurs et doit disparaître

En tant que joueur, je comprends à quel point cela peut être frustrant lorsque certains jeux sont fabriqués exclusivement pour un système de console ou un PC. L'exclusivité de la console pour les jeux a diminué au cours de la dernière décennie au point où les sociétés de jeux ont implémenté les fonctionnalités de jeu et de plate-forme multiplateuses pour que les gens jouent ensemble, quelle que soit la console ou la plate-forme PC sur laquelle ils jouent. L'exclusivité mobile, en revanche, est toujours bien vivante et tue des smartphones potentiellement grands dans son sillage.

iPhone contre Android (ou AT&T vs Verizon)

OnePlus devrait apprendre de l'exemple d'Apple et Android

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iPhone vs Android (ou AT&T vs Verizon)

OnePlus devrait apprendre de l'exemple d'Apple et Android

OnePlus a annoncé mardi dernier que son dernier modèle dans sa gamme de téléphones 5G, le Nord N20 5G, arrivera à T-Mobile le 28 avril. Pas Verizon, pas AT&T - juste T-Mobile. En tant que successeur de la gamme Nord N10 et Nord N100 de 2020, vous penseriez que le Nord N20 apprendrait des erreurs de ses ancêtres et deviendrait disponible pour tout le monde, quel que soit le transporteur mobile avec lequel ils sont, non? Malheureusement non. Au lieu de cela, OnePlus a décidé qu'il voulait le vendre exclusivement sur T-Mobile, l'un des fournisseurs de services mobiles les plus impopulaires du pays, avec sa tendance à bloquer la couverture dans certains domaines et la connectivité en ligne de l'accélérateur après que les gens aient utilisé une certaine quantité de données par mois.

Les smartphones iPhones et Samsung sont en plein essor car ils sont vendus dans plus de 90% des principaux opérateurs mobiles, y compris AT&T (à laquelle l'iPhone était autrefois exclusif), Verizon et T-Mobile. Les opérateurs sont importants pour que d'autres marques téléphoniques pénètrent dans les ventes américaines, mais elles vendent principalement des iPhones et des téléphones Samsung en raison de leur popularité. OnePlus faisant du Nord N20 5G une exclusivité T-Mobile démontre l'hostilité de l'exclusivité mobile et combien il doit mourir afin d'économiser de l'argent des gens, en particulier sur le marché actuel.

iPhone contre Android (ou AT&T vs Verizon)

L'iPhone est devenu le téléphone le plus convoité après sa sortie à l'été 2007, avec son écran tactile révolutionnaire combinant le téléphone portable régulier, l'iPod Touch et l'ordinateur pour transformer un appareil mobile pratique, donnant aux gens le pouvoir d'envoyer des e-mails et de surfer sur Web en déplacement. Ce qui a rendu l'iPhone encore plus convoité, c'est le fait que, malgré le coût de 499 $ (pour le modèle 4 Go) 0R 599 $ (pour le modèle 8 Go), il n'était disponible que via AT&T avec un contrat de deux ans. Cela aurait pu être moins cher que les modèles actuels, mais il était encore trop cher pour certaines personnes d'acheter par elle-même, et encore moins avec un contrat qui les ferait le remplacer par un modèle plus récent une fois le terme. Malgré cela, l'iPhone était assez populaire pour justifier son exclusivité à AT&T afin que tout le monde et son adolescent qui voulaient l'iPhone n'auraient d'autre choix que de laisser tomber le téléphone qu'ils avaient de n'importe quel opérateur qu'ils l'ont obtenu à l'époque et de passer à AT&T.

Deux ans plus tard, Motorola a sorti le Droid, le premier smartphone Android sur le marché, exclusivement via Verizon pour amplifier la concurrence. Le droïde avait également un écran tactile, mais contrairement à l'iPhone, l'écran a glissé pour révéler le clavier un peu comme le Sidekick (un autre appareil exclusif T-Mobile). Motorola en train de retirer une page du livre de jeu d'Apple sur l'exclusivité mobile a déclenché une guerre culturelle entre les deux opérateurs. En d'autres termes, les gens ont été obligés de choisir entre l'iPhone ou le droïde - et par extension AT&T ou Verizon - le plus abordable pour eux.

En 2011, AT&T a perdu l'accord d'exclusivité iPhone malgré la vente de 4,1 millions d'iPhones au quatrième trimestre de 2010. Le premier opérateur a étendu la disponibilité de l'iPhone pour était, ironiquement, Verizon. À la fin de l'année, l'appareil a atteint Sprint, T-Mobile étant le dernier à l'obtenir avant 2013. L'expansion du transporteur était en grande partie remerciement à quatre sénateurs américains, dont John Kerry et Amy Klobuchar, appelant la FCC à la FCC dans L'été 2009 pour examiner les accords d'exclusivité mobile entre les fournisseurs de services et les fabricants de téléphones et déterminer si ces offres sont justes ou non. En étendant la disponibilité de l'iPhone aux abonnés d'autres opérateurs, il est devenu le roi du marché des smartphones.

OnePlus devrait apprendre de l'exemple d'Apple et Android

C'est une chose pour les smartphones d'être prohibitif pour certaines personnes - comme c'est le cas avec la plupart des appareils iPhone de nos jours - mais c'est une autre chose de les rendre disponibles chez un seul fournisseur de services mobiles, même pour ceux qui peuvent se le permettre. La politique a peut-être joué un rôle dans Apple élargissant sa disponibilité iPhone à Sprint (maintenant disparu), T-Mobile et Verizon à une échelle progressive, mais OnePlus fait toujours partie de la pratique de l'exclusivité mobile.

OnePlus doit apprendre des exemples d'Apple et Android et rendre le Nord N20 5G à la disposition de tous ceux qui utilisent d'autres fournisseurs de mobiles, pas seulement T-Mobile. Cela pourrait être livré avec certaines fonctionnalités que l'iPhone ne fait pas, mais à la fin de la journée, c'est un smartphone de milieu de gamme qui ne servira rien d'autre que la concurrence pour Motorola et Samsung, ses autres pairs de milieu de gamme. Cela étant dit, contrairement à l'iPhone à ses débuts, le Nord N20 5G n'est pas une raison de passer à T-Mobile.

Cette exclusivité ne nuira aux consommateurs et à l'appareil lui-même à long terme.

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Pixel 5a review: The 4a 5G wasn't broken, so Google didn't fix it

The Pixel 6 is just around the corner. But before Google brings it and its Tensor mobile chip to market, the company is updating its entry level offering with the $449 Pixel 5a. The whole point of the “a” family is to offer the basics at a reasonable price without sacrificing too much of the Pixel experience in the process. That means a relatively clean version of Android with a bunch of AI tricks and a heavy focus on photography.

But apparently Google feels like it more or less nailed that formula with the Pixel 4a 5G because the 5a is basically the same phone. (Note: The Pixel 5a is not a direct successor to the 4a, which was a much smaller device.) There are some differences — notably the addition of IP67 waterproofing — but most of the tweaks are extremely minor. Even the processor and RAM haven’t changed. So, if we said you could do better way back in October of 2020, what does that mean for the 5a in the fall of 2021?

Well, it makes the Pixel 5a about as unexciting as a phone can be, for one. But look, boring isn’t necessarily bad. Especially when you’re talking about the mid and lower tiers of the smartphone market. For one, keeping things staid allows Google to focus its efforts on battery life and performance optimization. And just like the last generation of Pixels, the 5a feels pretty responsive despite the aging Snapdragon 765G inside. That said, the 765G wasn’t exactly top of the line last year, and it’s starting to show its limits. While scrolling through the UI and doing simple things like reading email and sending text messages, the 5a is indistinguishable from any flagship device. It even handles most mobile games without a hiccup. I spent some time playing The Elder Scrolls: Blades and Wild Castle and the phone barely broke a sweat.

But, I did notice it stutter a few times while navigating YouTube, editing photos and jotting down my thoughts for this review in Evernote. The latter I could easily chalk up to Evernote’s questionable development over the last few years, but the pauses while switching to fullscreen in YouTube and swapping filters in Google Photos are a bit more concerning.

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The plus side of going with something a bit older and lower-powered (not to mention with an integrated 5G modem) is power efficiency. The 4a 5G was already something of a beast, lasting over 17 hours in our battery drain test before our reviews editor Cherlynn Low simply gave up and moved on with her life. That device had a 3,885mAh battery. The 5a has a 4,680mAh cell. It took 22 hours and 56 of playing a video on loop at 50-brightness before it finally powered down.

After 24 hour of heavy usage — playing games, repeatedly running 5G speed tests, installing apps, watching videos on YouTube and even letting it play sleep sounds overnight — the battery was still at 40 percent. It didn’t finally crap out until almost 2AM on day two. And if you turn on Extreme Battery Saver, things could get even more absurd. I’m fairly confident that under normal use you could get a full 48 hours out of the Pixel 5a before needing to find an outlet.

Battery life isn’t the only difference between the 5a and 4a 5G: The new phone is also IP67 rated for water and dust resistance. At a time when many smartphones have at least some form of water resistance the Pixel 4a 5G was sort of a disappointment. In fact, the lack of waterproofing was one of the big cons called out in our review. But the Pixel 5a should easily survive getting caught in the rain or if you drop it in a toilet. It can withstand being submerged in water up to one meter deep for 30 minutes, but I wouldn’t push this to its limits. Definitely don’t go swimming with it in your pocket.

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The last difference between the Pixel 5a and the 4a 5G is in the size and construction, but it’s subtle. The 5a has a metal unibody as opposed to a polycarbonate one. The texture is still matte and similar to the softtouch of the previous models, though, and the upgrade to Gorilla Glass 6 from Gorilla Glass 3 is notable, but you’ll never notice the difference in daily use. The 5a comes in one finish: Mostly Black. Some might find the look a little dull, and it’s certainly on the utilitarian side, but I quite liked the feel of the phone. The finish is a nice contrast to the seemingly endless sea of smooth glassy surfaces and the heft is just right, too.

The 5a is ever so slightly larger and heavier, but you’re talking about a few millimeters and grams. Even if you had a Pixel 4a 5G in one hand and a Pixel 5a in the other you’d be hard pressed to figure out which is which.

The change in size mostly comes down to the slightly larger screen. The OLED panel on the 5a is 6.34 inches, versus 6.2 inches on the 4a 5G. Otherwise, though, the screens are basically the same. The increased resolution of 2,400 x 1,080 makes up for the size difference so they both have a density of 413 ppi. Both also sport a contrast ratio of 100,000:1 and support HDR and are stuck at now outdated 60Hz. And both are just bright enough to use in direct sunlight, though high brightness mode is definitely a necessity if you’re watching a video outdoors.

Even the holepunch for the front-facing camera is in the same place. That said, I appreciated Google’s “for fun” wallpapers that camouflage the hole by incorporating it into the design. My favorite is the record player where the camera becomes the hole at the center of an LP.

That 8-megapixel front-facing camera, by the way, is one of the weak points of the 5a. It does the job in perfect lighting and for video calls. But details can be a bit soft, in low light it gets noisy and portrait mode is hit or miss. Overall, I found Google’s portrait feature to be a bit too aggressive even on the main camera. You can easily adjust the blur and depth after the fact, but the default settings could stand to be more subtle.

The selfie cam, though, is the same one found on the Pixel 4a 5G, so none of this is a surprise. In fact, all of the cameras are the same. The two sensors around the rear, however, are much better than the one on the front. There’s a 12.2-megapixel main shooter with optical image stabilization and a 16-megapixel ultra-wide-angle lens. They have a somewhat “moody” vibe when compared to shots from an iPhone or a Galaxy device, but they’re not obviously inferior. And even though images taken with the wide-angle lens can get a little fuzzy if you start zooming in on details, Google’s processing does an admirable job of minimizing barrel distortion. Google isn’t at the top of the smartphone camera heap anymore, but it’s not far off and photography is still an undeniable strong suit of the Pixel family.

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There’s nothing new to report, though. It’s the same set of excellent photography features that you got last year: Portrait lighting can help clean up and add some contrast to photos of people (but sadly not pets — the option only appears if a human face is detected). Night Sight turns on automatically in dim lighting and at times produces mind-blowing results. And the video stabilization modes are excellent. Cinematic Pan, which combines slow motion with super smooth movement, is especially fun.

Also, just like every other “a” model Pixel, this one has a headphone jack. All I can say is: That’s great, now please bring the headphone jack back to flagship phones. I know I’m not the only person clamoring for it. And it drives me nuts that the only way to get an old-school 3.5mm jack on my phone is to go down market.

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One last thing to mention: The actual full name of the phone is the Pixel 5a with 5G. So, guess what, it supports 5G connectivity. That’s not really surprising since the Snapdragon 765G has an integrated 5G modem. Unlike the Pixel 4a 5G, however, there is no mmWave variant of the 5a. And, although technically it’s capable of C-Band support, it’s currently not enabled and Google wouldn’t commit to adding support in the future. That’s not a huge deal at the moment since there are no active C-Band networks in the US yet. But it might irk some when AT&T and Verizon start flipping the switch, likely sometime later this year. That said, full C-Band rollout isn’t expected to happen until at least late 2023.

Those caveats out of the way, 5G still seems stuck in a state of arrested development. I tested the Pixel 5a using Google Fi, which essentially means I was on T-Mobile’s network and speeds were all over the place. In my home, it was often slower than Verizon’s LTE network, averaging around 35mbps down. (Note: Verizon is Engadget’s parent company… for now.) But two and half miles up the road at a local Subaru dealership I was routinely getting over 300mbps down, topping out at 370mbps.

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Of course, 5G and excellent cameras aren’t a rarity at this price any more. Mid-tier phones have come a long way over the last few years. The problem for Google is, it no longer clearly “owns the midrange.” Part of that is down to price. While the 5a is $50 cheaper than the 4a 5G, it’s not the obvious bargain that the 4a was at $350. If it was even just $50 cheaper still, the 5a would be a much easier sell at $399.

The Samsung A52 5G is slightly more expensive at $500 (though regularly on sale for less) and has a slower Snapdragon 750G SoC. But, its Super AMOLED screen clearly outclasses the Pixel’s and has a 120Hz refresh rate. Plus, its camera system is much sharper and feature-packed (but that doesn’t necessarily mean “better”). In addition to a primary camera and ultra-wide shooter, there’s a macro lens and a depth sensor that helps with portrait mode. While both the A52 and 5a ship with 128GB of storage, the Samsung has an advantage in that it has a microSD card slot.

Then there’s the OnePlus Nord N2 5G. It has a trio of cameras around the back, including a 50-megapixel primary sensor, an AMOLED screen with a 90Hz refresh rate, and up to 12GB of RAM. Then again, it has a MediaTek processor, which you rarely see in phones in the US and with good reason: They’re not exactly known for their high-end performance. But perhaps more importantly, you’re highly unlikely to be making a choice between the Nord N2 and the Pixel 5a since the former isn’t available in the US, and the later is only available in the US and Japan.

Of course, if you’re more of an iOS fan, the obvious comparison would seem to be the iPhone SE. It’s the same price as the Pixel 5a for a 128GB model, but it does feel quite a bit dated. It still uses the old iPhone 8 form factor with a Touch ID home button instead of Face ID, it's positively miniscule at 4.7 inches and doesn’t support 5G. Frankly, if you’re dead set on iOS, I might suggest saving your pennies and springing for the $699 iPhone 12 mini.

So, no, Google doesn’t “own the midrange” any more. The Pixel 5a is almost aggressively boring, but it’s not bad. If you want the Pixel experience and don’t want to break the bank, this is the way to go. But if you’re just looking for the best bang for your buck, the choice is far less clear.

from Mike Granich https://www.engadget.com/google-pixel-5-a-review-android-midrange-5g-smartphone-160051630.html?src=rss

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5 best phones with a 3.5mm headphone jack (2021)

5 best phones with a 3.5mm headphone jack (2021)

https://theministerofcapitalism.com/blog/5-best-phones-with-a-3-5mm-headphone-jack-2021/

Here are some other alternatives to consider if none of the above phones look great to you.

OnePlus Nord N10 5G for $ 300: The Galaxy A32 5G outperforms the North N10 5G in almost every way. It should be noted that access to 5G is limited to T-Mobile only on OnePlus. But if you prefer OnePlus software and the overall brand over Samsung, it’s a reliable droid.

Moto G Power 2021 for $ 230: If we had to choose one, the Moto G Power is at the top of the list for its value. Get a solid camera system, a three-day battery and decent performance. It has no NFC for contactless payments and can only be upgraded to Android 11, but will receive two years of security updates.

TCL 20 SE for $ 190: The camera is poor, but you’ll be able to run your favorite apps and games relatively well in this TCL. Don’t do too many things at once. It has the socket, NFC and a MicroSD card slot, but you won’t get operating system updates (only two years of security updates).

Nokia G20 for $ 200: Do you barely use your phone? Something like Nokia will do the trick. It’s a bit slow, but the camera system outperforms the previous TCL and will receive two years of operating system updates and three years of security updates. This means you are more likely to last longer with less discomfort.

Asus Zenfone 8 for $ 630: Want to chase your smallest Android phone with the headset? This award goes to the Pixel 4A, But this Asus phone approaches with flagship performance. It has the same Snapdragon 888 processor as the phones almost double its price. It also has a 120 Hz AMOLED display and IP68 water resistance. It doesn’t work on Verizon and the cameras and battery life are fine.

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Where to buy Pixel 4a: Deals and prices on Google Store, Best Buy and Verizon

Where to buy Pixel 4a: Deals and prices on Google Store, Best Buy and Verizon

If you make a purchase from the link on this page, we can earn a commission. Google discontinued its long-awaited 2020 midrange champ, Pixel 4a, and it is just as we expected, it is every bit to cost-per-ratio. Well but not OnePlus Nord Level, but then again The Pixel 4a camera is above midrange level. The Pixel 4a 5G is already out and available to buy, a great budget-friendly 5G device with a…

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OnePlus lays out plans for updating OnePlus 6 and later models to Android 11

OnePlus' latest flagship, the , was released running Android 11 and the OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro to Android 11-based OxygenOS 11 in October. The company has now for the rest of the eligible models, as spotted by .

Update schedule could vary for Verizon, T-Mobile, and EE models

The Chinese manufacturer will start rolling out the first OxygenOS 11 Open Beta build to the OnePlus Nord next week. It will use user feedback to iron out any bugs before the public launch. The deployment will be staged and the timeline could vary for carrier-locked variants. The ... from PhoneArena https://ift.tt/2KOFKTE

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LG Wing 5G Review

The wildest phone of late 2020, the LG Wing ($999) has a unique swiveling screen that brings a breath of fresh, creative air to the stale world of rectangular smartphones. Its T-shaped two-screen layout makes it the ultimate phone for multitaskers who like to take notes while in Zoom meetings or access both music and maps while driving. It also has a Gimbal video mode that simulates a Steadicam attachment. I wish this innovative device were a slam dunk, but the phone is extremely heavy, and underpowered for the price. The promise of using two screens at once also falls a little flat when you realize that third-party apps likely won't take advantage of the new design.

Perfect to a 'T'?

The LG Wing looks like a big, thick, but ordinary smartphone. At 6.67 by 2.93 by 0.43 inches (HWD), it's roughly the same width and height as other large flagships, and thicker by about 0.1 inch. But whoof, it weighs 9.17 ounces. I called the 8-ounce iPhone 12 Pro Max too heavy, so this one is a brick—though there's a reason for that. Push the bottom of the screen up and clockwise, and boom! The phone is in a "T" shape, with the large screen above in landscape orientation and a smaller screen below.

The main screen is a 6.8-inch, 2,460-by-1,080 AMOLED at 395ppi. The smaller one is a nearly-square, 3.9-inch, 1,240-by-1,080 OLED display at 419ppi. Unlike with folding phones, the two screens aren't designed to be used as one fluid display: They're a primary and a secondary panel. On the glossy back of the lower screen, there's a triple-camera stack. To use those cameras, you hold the phone up as if it were a cross to ward off vampires.

Once you get past the coolness, you'll notice some flaws. The color balance isn't very saturated, especially in comparison to Samsung phones, which really punch up the colors. There's a single, loud, aggressively tinny speaker on the bottom; USB-C or Bluetooth headphones are a must. (There's no 3.5mm headphone jack.)

The hinge moves smoothly, and LG says that it's rated for at least 200,000 rotations. It doesn't hold at any location other than zero and 90 degrees; once you push it, it's going to swivel automatically on a spring until it snaps into place.

Shockingly for something this oddly shaped, the phone has an IP54 rating for water resistance. The internal components have a spray-on waterproof coating; how long it will hold up with the parts constantly moving is hard to say.

Performance That Doesn't Really Take Flight

The Wing's Qualcomm 765G chipset benchmarks below where I'd expect. I didn't see any problems in video calling, web browsing, or movie watching, even while multitasking on two screens, but high-performance games that aren't optimized for the device may have issues. The included game, Asphalt 9: Legends, was fine; it's designed for the phone. In the extremely high-test but popular open-world adventure game Genshin Impact, occasional stutters somewhat marred the gameplay experience.

The Wing scores 7,946 on PCMark Work 2.0; 596 single-core, 1,858 multi-core on Geekbench; 318 on Basemark Web; and 17fps on-screen, 21fps off-screen with the GFXBench Car Chase graphics benchmark. By comparison, the $699 Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G scores 12,705 on PCMark Work 2.0, 392 on Basemark Web, and 45fps and 52fps on the GFXBench tests. It's clear that the Wing is operating at sub-flagship performance levels. Its scores are closer to those of the LG Velvet and the OnePlus Nord N10, two midrange phones that cost at least $300 less than the Wing's premium price.

The Wing does have flagship levels of RAM, though, and that's important. The 8GB of RAM is needed to keep all of that multitasking running.

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The giant 4,000mAh battery runs out of juice surprisingly quickly. With the main screen in portrait orientation and the smaller screen hidden, the Wing streamed video over Wi-Fi for 9 hours, 15 minutes before conking out. Any recent large-size Samsung or Apple phone will surpass that by two hours or more.

The Wing has wireless charging and Qualcomm QuickCharge 4, allowing for fast charging using USB-C PD adapters at up to 28W.

Middling Connectivity

LG does not sell an unlocked, all-carrier Wing. There are two different hardware models: a Verizon/AT&T version and a T-Mobile version. I tested a Verizon model.

You shouldn't expect to see 2Gbps speeds on the Wing; 800Mbps will be more like it. The Wing uses a Qualcomm X52 modem, which we've previously seen run into trouble with AT&T's network (see our LG Velvet review). The X52 doesn't have a problem with Verizon 4G, but where flagship X55 phones will see peak speeds on Verizon's the 5G network, phones with the X52 modem will only use half of Verizon's millimeter-wave spectrum and see slower speeds. (To be fair, that difference will only show up in near-ideal circumstances in a limited number of cities.)

The T-Mobile version of the Wing can presumably handle T-Mobile's mid-band 4G as well as any other phone on the market. However, my Verizon-locked phone can't connect to T-Mobile's network, so I couldn't test its performance there.

5GHz Wi-Fi reception was about on par with the iPhone 12 Pro and behind the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra. Using an attenuated signal from a 100Mbps source connection, I saw around 8Mbps on both the LG Wing and the 12 Pro, and 35–40Mbps on the Note 20 Ultra. The iPhone 12 mini, on the other hand, frequently dropped that attenuated connection.

Software as Unusual as Its Hardware

The Wing runs Android 10, which is a year old at this point. It will get an upgrade to Android 11, but LG is notoriously slow to provide OS updates, so you'll have to wait for your carrier to push it. Upgrades beyond Android 11 are unlikely.

The Wing's software has been thoroughly customized to take advantage of its unusual form factor. When you swivel the top screen open, it switches from displaying the Android home interface to offering a carousel of dual screen–friendly apps: Asphalt 9, the gallery, the camera, YouTube, and Maps. There's no immediately obvious way to look at any other app on the main screen while it's horizontal. However, if you open an app while the screen is in portrait orientation and then rotate the screen, the app will stay open (sometimes adjusting well to the change of orientation, sometimes ending up displayed sideways).

Once revealed, the bottom screen displays a small version of the Android home screen. Among the icons at the bottom of the small screen, you now have pairs of apps that will open together, such as YouTube and Chrome, or Google Maps and YouTube Music.

Most of the time, the two screens operate independently. This comes in handy. My most frequent use was to pop open LG's QuickNote or Microsoft's OneNote on the bottom screen and jot notes while reading a web page or watching a video on the top screen. The Music-Maps combination looks great for driving, but there's one big UI failure: no Skip Ad button on the small screen, leaving you to endure long ads instead of your favorite playlist. A texting-and-Maps combination isn't bad if you're lost (but please pull over before texting).

You can also read two web pages at once. That's convenient, but the top page is in Landscape mode and the bottom one is small. They're certainly readable, but it isn't as natural an experience as, say, two side-by-side, portrait-style pages on the Galaxy Z Fold 2.

The Ecosystem Pitfall

The Wing's ambitious form factor looks destined to fall to the ecosystem pitfall that a lot of innovative phones have run into over the past several years.

There are four companies with enough market share to drive third-party app and accessory development. They are Apple, Google, and, to a lesser extent, Huawei and Samsung. Even Samsung hasn't done that well at it; the only success I can think of is Samsung making sure creative apps are compatible with its S Pen. Unfortunately for everyone, attempts to promote innovative APIs by other OEMs have universally failed. We saw this with the dual-screen Kyocera Echo and ZTE Axon M, and with Asus's convertible phone-tablets.

LG's dual-screen case for the V60 and the most recent round of foldable phones work around this problem by working with standard Android apps. But the Wing has two screens, with different sizes and aspect ratios, that aren't next to each other and don't form a single rectangle together, and third-party developers don't plan for that.

The result: I don't think we're going to see many games that use the second screen, or third-party camera apps that build on LG's innovative control scheme. LG has announced a few software partners—Rave, Tubi, Ficto, and Naver (which is big in Korea)—but they aren't companies well-known in the US.

Cameras: a Gimbal Gambol

The LG Wing has a main 64-megapixel camera on the back that defaults to taking 16-megapixel photos by combining every four small pixels into one brighter one. The camera has a "2x zoom" option, but it's digital zoom; it just crops the middle out of a 64-megapixel image. I found those resulting zoom shots to look quite good. They didn't seem dimmer than shots taken with the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra, and they were plenty sharp. There's also a 13-megapixel, 117-degree wide-angle camera on the back, and a 32-megapixel pop-up selfie camera on the front.

Compared to the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra, the LG's sharpening is more aggressive, but I like that. Photos taken with this camera really brought out the texture of bricks and the stubble on my face. The Wing's primary camera is flagship level, no question about it. You may like it more or less than other flagship cameras, but I think that comes out to a matter of taste.

In low light, it's hard to compare the LG and the Samsung because they make consistently different exposure decisions. In my tests, the LG always went for a longer exposure: 1/10 when the Samsung chose 1/20, or 1/30 when the Samsung chose 1/60. That results in more detailed images, but with a greater risk of blur if you don't hold the camera still. (I noticed this when whipping out both phones to take a quick snapshot indoors. The LG was blurry at 1/24, while the Samsung was sharper at 1/40.) The LG may have been using a longer exposure because the sensor isn't as sensitive as the Samsung's. Photos taken on the Samsung have more saturated colors in low light; the LG's images look a touch washed out.

I ran into one irritating problem: In low light, when taking photos of objects at short distances, there were sometimes problems with focus lock, resulting in blurry images. This tends to happen on high-megapixel phones that don't have some sort of focus assist light, and it can be frustrating. The Galaxy Note 20 Ultra has a focus assist sensor, so it does better in those situations.

The Wing's Portrait mode is particularly fun and notable because of its filters. Sure, it can do the usual background blur and "stage lighting" where it blanks out the background. But it can also turn the background into a cartoon or an outline, making for a great effect I haven't seen on other phones.

A neat Dual Recording video mode lets you capture videos with the front and rear cameras at the same time—great for YouTubers. The videos can be saved as two files or one. A whole bunch of phones a few years ago had this feature, but it's been less common in the past two years.

The Wing's Gimbal mode, which imitates a Steadicam, appears to be magic, and it is—of the sleight-of-hand variety. The Gimbal mode relies on a 12-megapixel, 120-degree ultra-wide-angle camera that's rotated 90 degrees relative to the other cameras on the phone. I've seen this trick once before, on the Moto One Action, which used a rotated camera to let you take horizontal videos while holding the phone vertically.

In Gimbal mode, the phone captures up to 1080P video—that's 2.1 megapixels. Think of the 12-megapixel sensor as divided into six 2-megapixel rectangles, and your field of vision as a moving 2.1-megapixel window onto that larger panorama. With a real gimbal, you're moving your camera around. With this, you're just moving a virtual window onto an extremely wide-angle fixed field of view.

There are a bunch of options to play with in the Gimbal mode. You can lock the view so that when you move the phone around, the frame stays still. You can let the frame move, but only on the horizontal axis, preventing vertical shake when you're walking. You can pan with a joystick rather than by moving the phone. (You can't zoom, because you're already using all the pixels.)

The best thing about the Gimbal mode is the panning and what that does to your mind. Typically, when I shoot a video with my phone, I try to keep the frame still because moving the phone around with my hand introduces some wobble and a kind of motion that can be distracting. But the digital panning on the Wing's Gimbal mode is perfectly smooth and feels very professional. That's really nice.

There are a few downsides to this. For one thing, you can't combine pixels to detect more light. On the main camera, the default mode is to combine four 0.8-micron pixels into 1.6-micron pixels for 12-megapixel images; with 1080p video, you can do further pixel combination because you only really need 2.1 megapixels at one time. The gimbal camera says it has 1.4-micron "big pixels," but since it can't ever combine them, images are dimmer and basically useless at night.

Also, at least some of the anti-shake is digital, and you can see it in the resulting video. The gimbal camera has a hexa motion stabilizer to physically reduce shake, but of course it's not going to be as smooth as if you had a real gimbal. When I created intense shaking by skipping along the street while I took video, I could see some distracting digital tearing in the image as the algorithms tried to keep it together.

Will the Wing Be a Thing?

The Wing is a genuinely innovative product. Its Gimbal mode can enable some great filmmaking. Its two screens let you pair passive activities (streaming videos, watching webinars) with active ones (researching on IMDB, taking notes) for a rich, engaged experience.

On the other hand, it's really heavy, performance isn't what I expect from a $1,000 phone, and, most importantly, I don't have faith in LG to further develop and expand the software ecosystem for the form factor. The phone's basic app experience isn't likely to improve or expand with time.

Gimbal mode is cool, but real gimbals aren't that expensive. A DJI Osmo Mobile 3 or Om 4 gimbal costs $80–130. Pair that gimbal with a $699 iPhone 12 mini or Samsung Galaxy S20 FE, and you have better overall phone performance at a lower price than the $999 Wing. Of course, having to tote an extra gimbal around isn't quite as convenient, which is part of the point of the Wing.

There's an old lyric from the British rapper The Streets that always comes into my head for phones like this: "Cult classic, not best seller." When you're out with friends and you flip open an LG Wing, you're going to get comments and stares. You'll be a cool weirdo. Then you can pan around the table with your Gimbal mode, capturing reactions. If that's your game, it'll be a fun one.

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The 2nd-gen Moto Razr 5G, Surface Duo reviews drop, plus more tech news today

Your tech news digest, by way of the DGiT Daily tech newsletter, for Thursday, 10 September 2020

1a. Moto Razr 5G: Is second-gen the one?

Motorola’s second-generation foldable, the Motorola Razr 5G, is here.

Like the second-generation Samsung foldable effort finally released a week or so ago, the second-generation RAZR really cleans up a lot of the early problems.

Some of those problems were just the competition.

The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip was a premium 2020 spec device, and cost less than the RAZR’s 2019 effort. It blew away the RAZR pretty badly, and was much more universally acclaimed.

But Moto is back, and is looking to redeem itself.

Let’s dive in with what’s new:

The new 5G RAZR is priced at $1,399, which is $100 off the previous model.

It’s no longer a Verizon exclusive which is a big deal in the US, and will be coming widely across North America, Europe, India, and so on.

Another big deal is the specs jump.

There’s a dramatically better processor, now running the much better Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G (like the OnePlus Nord, ZTE Axon 11 5G and LG Velvet), and ditching the two-year-old processor found in the first-gen.

There’s more RAM too: 8GB, up from 6GB.

There’s also a much, much better camera. The original foldable RAZR had, um, a weak camera to put it mildly. Now, there’s a 48MP shooter on the rear that should produce much better results, and a 20MP front-facing camera too, but you can snap selfies with the rear camera too.

That’s because the external screen on the outside – for when you shut the phone – remains, and is still a 2.7-inch G-OLED.

The fingerprint sensor is now on the back too.

And the battery has been given a boost. It’s now up to 2,800mAh which doesn’t sound amazing still, but I’ll leave it to the testing to judge.

Otherwise, the hardware is better. The hinge no longer squeaks, with improvements including better springs; Motorola says the new model will be able to last for five years of open and shutting 100 times a day.

The phone body also has an aluminum frame, and the back is glass, doing away with plastic, the screen itself will feel a little more-taut.

There’s also a round of software improvements, with Moto suggesting better functionality on the external screen.

So, what’s missing?

Only one camera means no wide-angle or telephoto lens, and there are no features like wireless charging.

Battery life may still be missing that extended range, especially with 5G demands on the power cell.

And the other missing element is a more affordable pricetag. Yes, $100 off helps, but $1,399 is still way out of reach of most people.

The one thing is that there may be deals! Moto did offer some big discounts, including a buy-one-get-one free offer back in May that effectively halved the cost of the original device.

1b. Surface Duo reviews are out!

Good news: Finally we have Surface Duo full reviews. And they’re fascinating, I love David’s introduction here.

Bad news: Uh-oh, it’s not good. The software experience is not good. Read on! or watch above! (Android Authority).

2. Report: Samsung is making a healthy profit on every Note 20 Ultra sold, with a full bill of materials listed. That said, hardware costs don’t include R&D, marketing, and so on (Android Authority).

3. You can now monitor your heart-rate via your Xiaomi phone camera (Android Authority).

4. Huawei’s Harmony OS 2.0 announced: The homegrown OS will debut on smartphones next year (Android Authority).

5. Hands-on with Huawei EMUI 11: Still working through the Google divorce (Android Authority).

6. Amazon has caused a ruckus by appointing the former head of the NSA to its board (The Verge).

7. Your move, PS5: Microsoft has gone first and revealed the cost of the next-gen Xbox. How will Sony react? (The Verge).

8. Google Finance will make it easier to follow TSLA rollercoaster with new design (Mashable).

9. “The sky is on fire in San Francisco, and we flew a drone through it” (The Verge).

10. Portland officials pass strict ban on facial recognition systems (Engadget).

11. Researchers demonstrate in-chip water cooling (Ars Technica).

12. AI ruined chess. Now, it’s making the game beautiful again (Wired).

13. Dune’s first trailer is a beautiful, unstoppable journey (Gizmodo).

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Week 30 in review: OnePlus Nord, Asus ROG Phone, Galaxy Z Flip 5G are here

Last week held several important announcements, but the biggest by far was the OnePlus Nord. With the Nord, OnePlus returned to the affordable segment and did so with a very capable product. The OnePlus Nord has a 6.44-inch 90Hz display, Snapdragon 765G chip with 6GB,8GB ot12GB of RAM, a good camera array on the rear, dual camera on the front, and a very affordable starting price of €400/INR 28,000. The OnePlus Nord will launch on August 4.

Asus announced the ROG Phone 3, which is a rather different propostion. It’s the gaming-PC of smartphones and comes packed to the gills with high-end features. A 6.59-inch 1080p AMOLED with a refresh rate of 144Hz, a Snapdragon 865+ with up to 16GB of RAM, a 6,000mAh battery, stereo speakers, 64MP main and 13MP ultrawide cameras, and a premium retail package with both a case and a cooling fan. All of that won’t be cheap – the ROG Phone 3 costs €1,000 for the configuration with 12GB of RAM and 512 GB storage.

Lenovo also unveiled a Snapdragon 865+ phone with 144Hz refresh rate screen – the Legion Duel (Legion Pro in China) will launch in China on August 5, starting at CNY 3,499 ($500).

Samsung decided to announce its Galaxy Z Flip successor before its Unpacked event on August 5. The Galaxy Z Flip 5G will go on sale in Europe and the US on August 6 and brings a Snapdragon 865+, 5G and two new colors to the Galaxy Z Flip platform.

Samsung still has a line of phones for the major event. The two most interesting leaked in detail last week, suggesting that the Galaxy Note20 Ultra is a real beast. It will premiere with a 6.9-inch WQHD+ 120Hz Dynamic AMOLED, a Snapdragon 865+ or Exynos 990, triple camera with 108MP main, 12MP ultrawide and 12MP 5x periscope zoom camera, premium glass and metal build, and a 4,500mAh battery.

The Galaxy Note20, on the other hand, doesn’t seem nearly as glamorous. It gets to keep the chipset, but it will reportedly get a flat 6.7-inch Super AMOLED of 60Hz refresh rate, a 12MP camera instead of a 108MP one, a 64MP 3x telephoto instead of a periscope zoom. Oh, and its S Pen might be inferior to the Ultra’s.

Those were the highlights of last week. See you in seven days!

The phone will be available in Asia and Europe and will receive 3 years of support. The OnePlus Buds TWS headset was also unveiled today.

It will feature a centered Infinity-O display – a first in the Galaxy M line.

For comparison, Gorilla Glass 6 only promised to survive drops from 1.6m, competing glasses shatter at just 0.8m, says the company.

It will be likely announced on August 5.

The latest report from South Korea is that plans for dropping the prices fell through, so expect price parity but with extra features.

There are tons of optional accessories that can enhance the game play, the phone itself comes with revamped shoulder keys.

It will come outside of China but will not make its way to the US.

This is the SM-G986U, i.e. the general US version, rather than a Verizon-specific model.

This mega leak follows a similar one focused on the Note20 Ultra, which surfaced yesterday.

The GIF image shows the phone in the “Mystic Bronze” finish.

Future devices with 2GB RAM or less must run Android Go, those with 512 MB won’t qualify for GMS.

It will be offered in at least three colors.

This should be waiting for you to install it once you take the phone out of the box.

The Redmi 10 places second right after the vivo iQOO Z1 on the rank list.

This year’s iPhones will use high-quality lenses from South Korea and China.

There’s specific mentions of the Galaxy Buds Live and Galaxy Watch 3.

It gets a faster chipset, 5G connectivity and comes in Mystic Bronze and Mystic Grey.

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Motorola's 5G Razr is better than the original in almost every way

In the months before its launch, Motorola's Razr generated ungodly levels of hype -- our quick hands-on, for instance, has the most views of any non-sex robot video we've ever made. Even a functionally perfect foldable would've had a hard time living up to expectations, and in case you missed it, we most certainly did not get a perfect foldable. That left Motorola will little choice but to buckle down, make some changes, and try again.

That's where the brand's new Razr comes in -- it sports a modified design, 5G, and fixes for at least some of the issues the first model was notorious for. Mind you, it's still not a flagship phone, and at $1400 we're not sure it's a great deal either. But for people who want an extremely pocket-friendly foldable that's also usable while closed, Motorola just might be on the right track.

Motorola was always clear that the Razr is a "design-first" device, and it went to great lengths to recreate the visual vibe that its classic flip phones ran with for its first foldable. To pack some much-needed extras into this new model, though, Motorola had to make some changes: The new Razr is a little chubbier, and a features a "chin" that's a bit less prominent than the original's. Personally, these changes are enough to make the Razr just a little less visually striking, but they're worth it when you consider what Motorola could pack in here as a result.

For one, Motorola squeezed a better camera into the Razr's top half. My biggest gripe with the original Razr's 16-megapixel rear shooter wasn't that it was bad, per se -- it just wasn't great compared to every other camera you'd find in a similarly priced phone. In response, Motorola chose a 48-megapixel camera for this new model, which should improve photo quality substantially. (Seeing as we haven't even touched this thing yet, we'll have to see about that.)

The somewhat pokey Snapdragon 710 found in the first Razr also is gone, replaced here by a more modern Snapdragon 765G and 8GB of RAM. That's the same great-but-not-quite-premium chipset you'll see in a new batch of affordable, 5G-friendly smartphones, like the OnePlus Nord, the TCL 10 5G, and certain versions of the LG Velvet. As I said, we're not working with flagship power here, but the new Razr has everything it needs to run much more smoothly this time around.

And speaking of speed boosts, the new Razr was built to play nice with sub-6 5G networks, like those operated by its US carrier partners, T-Mobile and AT&T. (That's right. Despite Verizon carrying the first Razr, there are apparently no plans for it to offer this significantly upgraded model.) Naturally, that extra horsepower and networking support are likely to impact power consumption, so Motorola also gave the new Razr a slightly bigger battery. I do mean slightly bigger, too -- its full capacity tops out at 2,800mAh, up from 2,510mAh in the original. I suppose any improvement is a good thing, but it also means Razr owners are working with a battery that's still significantly smaller than most other phones out there.

Naturally, Motorola contends that battery life shouldn't be an issue. That's partially because of what it learned about how people use their Razrs --customers apparently really enjoy using the phone's 2.7-inch external touch screen, which draws much less power than the big internal display. The problem is, the original Razr's software didn't allow for too much flexibility; you could use that smaller screen to check your notifications, frame up a selfie, or fire off a canned response to a message, but that was about it.

The biggest change Motorola made for this second-generation Razr is that those limitations have been lifted. Swipe right on that small screen, and you'll get quick access to a handful of apps Motorola has curated for their ease of use, like YouTube, Google News, Google Home, and more. Even better, you can add whatever app you want to that list of shortcuts, so there's a decent chance you can get through at least part of your day without having to open the Razr at all.

By now, it might sound like Motorola has improved this new Razr on all fronts, and that's very nearly true. There are only a few things Motorola didn't change here, like its 6.2-inch flexible internal display. It's the exact same panel they used last time, and while that's not necessarily a bad thing, I was still hoping a second-gen Razr screen would run at a resolution higher than 876 x 2,142.

Maybe more curious is the fact that, in the United States anyway, Motorola just plans to call this phone the "Razr," and doesn't plan to differentiate it from the Verizon-only model it released earlier this year. I guess that makes sense on some level -- people walking into an AT&T or T-Mobile store probably weren't expecting to get the same device they find at Verizon, but lumping these two phones into the same brand bucket seems very strange when you consider just how different they are.

Then again, the foldable landscape as a whole is pretty strange right now -- Motorola's in good company. If the company's refined approach to the Razr is calling out to you, you won't have to wait very long: It'll be available unlocked this fall at Best Buy, B&H Photo, Amazon.com, and Motorola.com, plus through AT&T and T-Mobile around the same time.

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Google has unveiled the successor to last year’s affordable Pixel 3a smartphone – the Pixel 4a. With the latest model, Google’s new offering follows in the footstep of the relatively new iPhone SE (2020) and OnePlus Nord. The launch will precede that of the Pixel 4a (5G) and Pixel 5 smartphones with 5G connectivity scheduled to arrive in Fall 2020.

Starting at US$ 349 (GBP 349 / €UR 349), the Google Pixel 4a is available in a single screen size (5.81-inch FHD+ OLED display, 60Hz refresh rate), single colour option (Just Black only) and single memory configuration – 6GB RAM + 128GB non-expandable storage. It is based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G mobile platform and power is delivered by a 3,140mAh battery with 18W fast charging.

  The device has the same rear camera setup as the Pixel 4 – a single 12.2MP (f/1.7, 1/2.55″, 1.4µm, OIS + EIS) camera with features such as Night Sight with astrophotography, Portrait Mode and Top Shot. The top-left punch-hole on the screen holds the 8MP (f/2.0, 1.12μm, FF, 84O FOV) selfie camera. Google has retained the 3.5mm audio jack and there is still no wireless charging.

Other notables include – Bluetooth 5, rear fingerprint scanner, NFC, USB-C port, and Android 10. The Google Pixel 4a is available to customers in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan, United Kingdom and United States. In the US, the device will be on sale starting August 20 through Google Store, BestBuy.com, Amazon, Google Fi, U.S. Cellular, Verizon and more.

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Google Unveil Pixel 4a with Snapdragon 730G, Android 10 Google has unveiled the successor to last year’s affordable Pixel 3a smartphone – the Pixel 4a. With the latest model, Google’s new offering follows in the footstep of the relatively new…

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A Version of the OnePlus Nord Will Come to the US

OnePlus made its name with cheap phones, but its most recent OnePlus 8 series has reached the stratospheric heights of other flagship devices. However, the company isn’t done with budget phones. The OnePlus Nord was unveiled recently, offering almost-flagship specs for a low price. Initially, OnePlus only confirmed availability in Europe and India, but now we know a version of the Nord will come to the US. Don’t expect it to be the same Nord, though. 

The OnePlus Nord gives you a lot for £379 including a 5G-enabled Snapdragon 765G, 8GB of RAM, a 6.4-inch 90Hz OLED, 30W fast charging, and more. You might want to buy one in the US, but the cellular bands will make that a poor experience. The good news is that OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei has said that a “Nord” phone will launch in the US. The Nord has so far received positive reviews, citing the performance, build quality, and overall good value. Complaints include the lack of a telephoto zoom camera (also a problem on the OnePlus 8) and no water-resistance certification. 

Pei did not go into detail about the phone, except to say that it will launch in 2020. We’re now over halfway through the year, and no mysterious unnamed OnePlus phones have appeared online. That suggests this US-destined Nord is not completely distinct from the international Nord. After all, it wouldn’t make much sense to design an entirely new smartphone when the cellular bands are the only thing keeping the Nord from working properly in the US. 

It is, however, possible OnePlus will change the specs in some way to position the phone for the US market. That might mean changes to the storage, RAM, or battery, all of which are relatively easy alterations to make. OnePlus’ carrier partners in the US might also pose a problem. Verizon is still focusing all its 5G efforts on millimeter wave, which the Nord does not support. OnePlus created a custom version of the OnePlus 8 (which also lacked mmWave) for Verizon. We might be looking at a similar situation with the Nord. 

The price might also be different when the Nord arrives — don’t expect a direct conversion from the international pricing. That would be about $490.

Now read:

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90 Hz Fluid Display  

Son écran de 6,55 pouces et son taux de rafraîchissement de 90 Hz offrent un visionnage plus fluide et une navigation plus rapide. Couplé à une colorimétrie plus juste (précision des couleurs de JNCD 0,4), chaque détail reste naturel et fidèle au rendu��réel sur le OnePlus 8.

Caméra  

Le système de caméras du OnePlus 8 est composé de trois capteurs puissants :

La caméra principale est dotée du capteur 48MP IMX586 de Sony pour capturer des images avec une clarté supérieure.

L’objectif ultra grand angle de 16 MP avec une vue étendue à 116 degrés permet d’adapter facilement les paysages dans le cadre pour un effet panoramique saisissant.

Le dernier objectif est un capteur de 2 MP, entièrement dédié à la photographie macro, une fonctionnalité très appréciée sur la série 7T de la marque.

Performance  

Le OnePlus 8 dispose lui aussi du processeur Qualcomm Snapdragon 865, jusqu’à 12 Go de RAM et 256 Go de stockage en UFS 3.0, offrant une vitesse de mémoire interne parmi les plus rapides de l’industrie pour jouer aux jeux vidéo les plus gourmands ou encore gérer le multitâche plus rapidement. Le OnePlus 8 embarque également les nouvelles technologies de réseau avec un modem X55 5G et Wi-Fi 6 pour une connexion des plus rapides.

Warp Charge 30T   

Le OnePlus 8 dispose d’une batterie de 4300 mAh offrant 13 % d’autonomie supplémentaire pour garder l’appareil autonome tout au long de la journée. La recharge filaire Warp Charge 30T charge rapidement la batterie, la portant à 50 % en seulement 23 minutes environ. Elle se charge presque aussi rapidement même en pleine utilisation.

Design   

Pour seulement 180 grammes et 8 mm d’épaisseur, le OnePlus 8 est l’un des téléphones 5G les plus compacts et légers de l’industrie. Le OnePlus 8 dispose du même design que son grand frère, le OnePlus 8 Pro, avec une finition verre incurvé de face et de dos. Il sera disponible dans les coloris Onyx Black et Glacial Green ainsi qu’une couleur en Edition Limitée qui arrivera en mai prochain : Interstellar Glow.

Partenariat avec Verizon   

Pour accélérer la démocratisation de la 5G, OnePlus a établi un partenariat avec la société de télécommunications nord-américaine Verizon pour lancer le OnePlus 8 5G UW, un appareil qui fonctionne sur le réseau Verizon 5G Ultra Wideband, renforçant encore la présence de OnePlus dans la région nord-américaine.

Le OnePlus 8 Pro est le tout dernier smartphone ultra-premium de OnePlus. Du taux de rafraîchissement de 120 Hz à l’implémentation du Snapdragon 865 de Qualcomm, chaque aspect du produit a été soigneusement calibré pour répondre aux besoins des passionnés de technologie les plus exigeants et leur fournir une expérience des plus raffinées.  

QHD+ Fluid Display : la beauté sans limite  

Le OnePlus 8 Pro dispose de l’écran le plus avancé de l’industrie. Il a obtenu la note A+ de la part de DisplayMate, la référence en matière d’évaluation des écrans sur le marché, avec notamment 13 records établis ou égalés. C’est le seul smartphone à disposer d’un tel palmarès.  Avec sa résolution QHD+ et sa taille de 6,78 pouces OnePlus offre l’excellence à travers trois domaines clés :

des mouvements fluides : avec 120 images par seconde (taux de rafraîchissement de 120 Hz, les animations et la lecture vidéo se déroulent avec une fluidité absolue. Le système d’optimisation unique de OnePlus, OnePlus Smooth Chain, a également ajouté plus de 280 améliorations à l’affichage pour rendre chaque tap, glissement et transition plus précis et réactifs que jamais.

une justesse de colorimétrie à couper le souffle : avec la technologie de couleur 10-bit, l’écran du OnePlus 8 Pro produit 1 milliard de couleurs uniques pour plus de nuances et une justesse de colorimétrie incroyable (JNCD de 0,4). En extérieur, l’écran est capable d’atteindre un pic de luminosité de 1300 nits.

les mouvements dans les vidéos : grâce aux algorithmes avancés d’estimation de mouvement et de compensation de mouvement (MEMC), les vidéos peuvent être visionnées à une fréquence d’images pouvant atteindre 120 images par seconde afin de réduire le flou de mouvement et parvenir à une meilleure clarté.

La performance au rendez-vous  

Le OnePlus 8 Pro dispose du processeur Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 et jusqu’à 12 Go de RAM LPDDR5 qui offrent une puissance de traitement jusqu’à 30 % supérieure et une efficacité énergétique améliorée jusqu’à 20 %. Le OnePlus 8 Pro saura aisément gérer et jongler entre les différentes informations.  Le OnePlus 8 Pro embarque les nouvelles technologies de réseau avec un modem X55 5G et Wi-Fi 6 permettant un débit Internet 40 % plus rapide, une vitesse constante et une connexion stable, même dans les zones où la réception du signal est faible.  Ses deux haut-parleurs stéréo alimentés par Dolby Atmos offrent une scène sonore large et dynamique, tandis que le nouveau moteur de vibration haptique, 11 % plus puissant, donne vie aux jeux.

Un kit de caméra complet  

La caméra principale de 48 MP du OnePlus 8 Pro est équipée d’un capteur sur mesure Sony IMX689 d’une taille de 1/1,4″, permettant aux utilisateurs de capturer plus de lumière pour des photos plus lumineuses et plus claires même dans des conditions de faible luminosité.   L’objectif ultra grand angle offre un champ de vision de 120 degrés avec un capteur Sony IMX586 de 48 MP. C’est le capteur ultra grand angle avec le plus de pixels de l’industrie. Il permet ainsi au OnePlus 8 Pro de capturer plus de détails, même en basse luminosité.  Enfin, le OnePlus 8 Pro embarque un quatrième objectif à filtre de couleurs, utile pour des effets de lumière et de couleurs. Il s’agit d’un capteur de 5 MP avec une ouverture à f/2.4.  Le OnePlus 8 Pro est également doté d’une capacité vidéo plus puissante. Il est équipé d’une stabilisation d’image hybride, combinant la stabilisation optique (OIS) et électronique (EIS) pour des vidéos beaucoup plus stables en 4K. Et avec la technologie 3-HDR, le OnePlus 8 Pro propose une plage dynamique plus élevée, donnant des clichés en contre-jour plus clairs et plus colorés dans les zones sombres comme dans les zones bien éclairées.

Warp Charge 30 Wireless  

Le OnePlus 8 Pro est le premier smartphone OnePlus à intégrer une solution de charge sans fil. Le chargeur Warp Charge 30 Wireless peut recharger la batterie de 4510 mAh à 50 % d’énergie en seulement 30 minutes, ce qui en fait l’une des solutions de charge sans fil les plus rapides de l’industrie. La Warp Charge 30T, la charge rapide filaire de OnePlus, peut également de charger la batterie à 50 % en seulement 23 minutes.

Design�� 

Le OnePlus 8 Pro arbore un design incurvé à l’avant comme à l’arrière, pour une prise en main idéale et une immersion sans compromis pour les consommateurs de contenu. Il est disponible en trois couleurs : Onyx Black, Glacial Green et Ultramarine Blue. Les options Ultramarine Blue et Glacial Green arborent la nouvelle génération de verre dépoli mat de OnePlus avec un effet « brume » plus élevé, ce qui lui donne une texture lisse et fine sans précédent.

Prix et disponibilitées : 

OnePlus 8 Series et Pro débarquent enfin !!!!!!! 90 Hz Fluid Display   Son écran de 6,55 pouces et son taux de rafraîchissement de 90 Hz offrent un visionnage plus fluide et une navigation plus rapide. 

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OnePlus Nord review: Android’s best bang for your buck

The front, featuring a beautiful 90Hz display.

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The extremely vibrant blue back.

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Here you can better make out the shape of the display, along with the camera cutout in the top-left corner.

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A closer look at the camera cutout.

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Even though it’s a mid-range smartphone, you still get lots of camera lenses.

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Note the total lack of curve in the display. It’s flat!

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The camera bump.

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The bottom has a USB-C port and no headphone jack.

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The side.

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OnePlus is coming back to the budget smartphone market in a big way with the “OnePlus Nord,” a device with an odd name but a pretty spectacular feature set for the ~$450 price tag. We’ve had the phone for almost two weeks now and can say it’s easily one of the best Android phones on the market.

Let’s talk about what OnePlus is offering. With Snapdragon 865 phones often topping $1,000, this is the first phone we’ve tried with the cheaper Snapdragon 765G; at just one step down in Qualcomm’s lineup, this is what most manufacturers seem to be going with to bring smartphone prices back down to Earth. The phone still has a minimum of 8GB of RAM, and while it’s only using UFS 2.1 storage, the phone still feels plenty fast. The headline feature is probably the 90Hz display, which is sneaking out of the flagship realm and into less-expensive phones.

The biggest downside to this phone is the distribution; for now, it is not for sale in the US. OnePlus is sending a lot of mixed messages as to future US availability of the Nord. First, the official quote from CEO Pete Lau doesn’t totally close the door on the idea, saying, “We are going to start relatively small with this new product line by first introducing it in Europe and India. But don’t worry, we’re also looking to bring more affordable smartphones to North America in the near future as well.”

OnePlus both sent the Nord to US media and has the phone listed on its US website, which it usually doesn’t do for phones that aren’t launching here. The company is also running a “Beta Program” for the US and Canada that will see 50 people get the phone. People on OnePlus’ mailing list have been receiving a provocative email that screams “OnePlus Nord is coming to North America” (meaning all 50 units of the beta test).

You know, on second thought, maybe OnePlus isn’t sending mixed signals. Please just officially announce that the phone will be for sale here. It’s good!

Design—indistinguishable from a flagship

You wouldn’t know the Nord is a cheaper phone from the design or construction, since it’s basically identical to any high-end smartphone on the market. You get a standard all-glass smartphone with Gorilla Glass on the front and back. There’s a slim-bezel display with a hole-punch camera on the front and a ton of cameras on the back. Other than the option for a hyper-vibrant light blue color, it’s a positively generic design. In the case of a mid-range phone, that’s a good thing—there really haven’t been any corners cut here.

SPECS AT A GLANCE: ONEPLUS NORD SCREEN 6.44-inch, 2400×1080, 90Hz AMOLED

(408ppi, 20:9 aspect ratio)

OS Android 10 with Oxygen OS skin CPU Eight-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G

Two Cortex A76 cores and six Cortex A55 cores, up to 2.4GHz, 7nm

RAM 8GB, or 12GB GPU Adreno 620 STORAGE 128GB or 256GB, UFS 2.1 NETWORKING 802.11b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 5.1, GPS, NFC PORTS USB 3.1 Gen1 Type-C CAMERA Rear: 48MP main camera, 8MP wide-angle, 2MP Macro, 5MP depth sensor

Front: 32MP main, 8MP wide-angle

SIZE 158.3×73.3×8.2mm WEIGHT 184g BATTERY 4100mAh STARTING PRICE ~$456 OTHER PERKS 30w quick charging, optical in-display fingerprint sensor

The OnePlus Nord’s primary sales pitch is that you’re getting the best display ever fitted to a mid-range smartphone. The 90Hz display means this phone looks and feels like a flagship from the past year or so, and it’s something no other company offers at this price right now. A faster display is one of the biggest improvements in smartphones in the past few years and makes everything about the phone feel faster and smoother. Scrolling, swiping, and animations all look and feel better, provided your phone has the horsepower to draw everything at 90fps, and we’re happy to say the OnePlus Nord is definitely fast enough. Once you’ve used a higher refresh rate display, it’s hard to go back to anything else.

Another major point for the OnePlus Nord display is that it’s completely flat, a stark contrast to the last few phones from OnePlus (and Samsung, and LG, and most Chinese OEMs) that have put a curve on the left and right side of the display. Curves have few upsides and come with a host of problems. A curved display can make the text hard to read and will distort the top and bottom of landscape videos. In some lighting, the curve gets a ton of glare, making it hard to see the sides of the display. Manufacturers have convinced each other that a curved display “looks cool,” but looking at a distorted screen doesn’t seem cool to me at all.

The Nord has a flat screen designed to display flat apps, webpages, and videos just like the creators intended, and it’s glorious. OnePlus says they did this because a curved display is more expensive, but curved displays are a gimmick. More expensive phones should use flat screens, too.

There’s a sizable cutout in the top-left corner of the display for the dual front-facing camera, making the phone look like a mirrored version of the Galaxy S10+. Beside the main 32MP front camera is the 8MP wide-angle camera, letting selfie shutterbugs get that wide shot without the need for a selfie stick. This is something manufacturers like Samsung and Google did a generation ago and then quickly discarded for the current generation, and no one really complained. I’m not sure why OnePlus is trying to bring back front wide-angle cams.

The oval-shaped camera cutout is the strangest part of the design. Being on the left side means it pushes the clock to the right, which now isn’t on the left side of the screen, or the right side, it’s just kind of floating around at the one-quarter mark of the display. It’s odd-looking.

Of course, there’s also the non-Android competition to consider, and any mid-range phone has a big problem in the form of the new iPhone SE, which at just $400 in the US is a killer deal. Apple’s SoC prowess and Qualcomm’s Android monopoly mean this mid-range iPhone is faster than even the most expensive Android phones this year and might out-benchmark Qualcomm’s chips from next year, too. There is more to a phone than benchmarks, though, and the OnePlus Nord actually has a decent argument against the iPhone SE, thanks to the bigger, faster display and more modern design. Right now, OnePlus also isn’t going up against the $400 iPhone SE, which is the price in the US. In Europe and India, Apple’s mid-ranger is a lot more expensive, at about $570, so OnePlus is actually undercutting Apple by quite a bit.

The light-blue version I was sent is one of the most vibrantly colored products I have ever seen, and photos really don’t do it justice. The light blue back is nearly luminescent, and while it’s not the dramatic color-changing effect that we’ve seen on other phones, it feels like it’s part of the same branch of materials science. Light likes to bounce around and scatter inside the glass panel, and the whole thing kind of lights up. It’s pretty, but it’s also fragile glass, so most people are just going to put a case on it.

The metal mid-frame is exposed around the sides, and this, too, gets a hyper-vibrant color treatment: a metallic light blue with a mirror finish. On the bottom you’ll find the SIM slot, USB-C port, and the phone’s only media speaker. There’s no headphone jack or MicroSD slot. On the left side, you have OnePlus’ trademark three-position mute switch, which changes between sound, silence, and vibrate, followed by the power button.

There are four cameras on the back, and together with the front, that makes six cameras. I have to ask, is it really necessary to have a budget phone with six cameras? If you asked me to cut down a phone’s bill of materials, the first thing I would do is start hacking and slashing at the superfluous camera lenses, but this $450 phone has more cameras than even a $1,200 Galaxy S20 Ultra. Google’s budget approach of “one good camera” on the Pixel 3a seems like the more reasonable approach, and maybe if OnePlus did that, it could bring the price down even more!

For a mid-range phone, there really isn’t much missing here. You still get NFC, the same in-screen optical fingerprint reader as every other phone, and OnePlus’ fantastic 30W quick charging. Compared to a flagship phone, the big list of missing features would be the aforementioned single speaker instead of stereo, no wireless charging, and no official water-resistance rating. OnePlus says the phone still has gaskets to provide some water resistance, but with no official rating it’s hard to say how much, like “is this submersible?” Even with an official rating, no smartphone company stands behind its water-resistance ratings with an official policy to replace a water damaged phone under warranty (see policies from Apple, Samsung, Google, Verizon), so I can’t ding OnePlus too much.

A surprisingly strong argument against the iPhone SE

The OnePlus Nord versus the iPhone SE. There is a bit of a size difference.

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The backs.

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You get a lot more webpage on the 6.44-inch display than on the 4.7-inch one.

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Android’s competition is stronger than it has ever been this generation, thanks to Apple’s launch of the iPhone SE. The SE has really upended the mid-range market by offering the same Apple A13 Bionic SoC that comes in the bigger iPhone, but in a $400 device. Android phones couldn’t compete with Apple’s SoC at the high end (certainly not at single-threaded performance), but to now have a $400 device that is still faster than the most expensive Android devices is downright embarrassing. Qualcomm, which is Android’s biggest SoC vendor, really has no answers at all for a mid-range device like this.

There’s more to a phone than just benchmarks, though, and I think the OnePlus Nord actually has a surprisingly solid argument against the SE. The 90Hz display is something the iPhone SE doesn’t offer, and it makes a major difference in how fast the phone feels. If you didn’t show them a benchmark first, I bet most people would say the 90Hz Nord feels faster than the 60Hz iPhone SE. The Nord also has a much more modern design with a huge display and thin bezels, while the iPhone SE design looks like it’s several years old. The SE design basically is several years old—Apple copy-and-pasted the iPhone 7 design from 2016. Some people might call the iPhone’s tiny 4.7-inch display a good thing, but, according to every smartphone manufacturer’s market research department and lots of sales data, those people are a vocal minority. Smaller phones also have worse battery life, a common complaint with the new SE.

There’s also the matter that the SE’s headline $400 price tag is a sweetheart deal for the US, and in the rest of the world, the SE is much more expensive. In Europe and India, where the Nord will actually be for sale, the SE is $570, so OnePlus is actually significantly undercutting Apple. The $450 price in Europe is already enough of a difference, but India gets a special, lower-tier SKU with 6GB of RAM and 64GB of storage for ₹24,999, or $335.

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