Honor Magic V2 RSR Porsche Design in for review

Honor signed a partnership with Porsche Design, and the first product that was born of the joint venture is the Magic V2 RSR. The RSR letters mean RennSport Rennwagen, which is literally translated as racing sports racing car, while the design of the phone is inspired by the race track version of Porsche 911 cars.

Porsche Design added a couple of cool design elements to Honor's amazing foldable without making the device gaudy or obnoxious. On the contrary, Magic V2 RSR has a deluxe feeling straight out of the box.

The unit ships in a similar retail package as the regular Magic V2,...


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Nothing Phone (2a) will be announced on March 5

Nothing has made an announcement for an announcement, whereby it announced that it will be announcing the Nothing Phone (2a) on Tuesday, March 5.

The launch event is titled Fresh Eyes and the teaser image shows silhouettes for eyes. From the little we know of the device, the shapes in the teaser image align with the rear camera arrangement on the Phone (2a), where the primary and secondary cameras are aligned sideways and closer to the center of the back.

Nothing Phone (2a) leaked pre-production unit

Codenamed Aerodactyl, the Phone (2a) is expected to be a more budget...


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vivo V30 Pro's specs and images surface

The vivo V30 series consists of two smartphones - V30 and V30 Lite. These will be soon joined by the V30 Pro, which was recently spotted on Geekbench and has now appeared in leaked renders.

The images show the vivo V30 Pro in two colors and reveal the smartphone will pack a curved display and sport triple rear cameras. We also see ZEISS branding, meaning we could see some ZEISS bokeh styles for the Portrait mode from vivo's X series.

Geekbench revealed the vivo V30 Pro would be powered by the Dimensity 8200 SoC and 12GB RAM, and the source claims it will have 512GB of storage...


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Honor and Gameloft bring 120 fps Asphalt 9: Legends to the Porsche Design Magic V2 RSR

Honor has proudly announced today that it's partnering with game developer Gameloft to bring a special version of Asphalt 9: Legends to the Porsche Design Magic V2 RSR. This will run at 120fps and is "better adapted to the large screens on foldable smartphones", of which the Magic V2 RSR is one.

The partnership will deliver "an unparalleled experience unlike anything seen before, advancing the foldable ecosystem through mutual innovation", Honor boldly states in its official press release on the matter. Fluid visuals and ultra-fast response times are provided on the large folding screen by...


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Leaked renders of the Huawei Pocket 2 flip foldable show off three colorways

Huawei launched two horizontal foldables last year, the Mate X3 and Mate X5, but no vertical foldable – the last one is the Huawei Pocket S from late 2022. A new model is finally on its way and leakster Fixed Focus Digital shared early renders of it on Weibo.

The Huawei Pocket 2 is shown in three colorways: a plain black, Dark Purple (which seems to have a leather texture) and Rococo White (which has a marble look to it).

Huawei Pocket 2 renders: Black • Dark Purple • Rococo White

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Xiaomi Watch 2 listed by European retailers ahead of announcement

Several stores in Europe have jumped the gun and started selling the Xiaomi Watch 2, a cheaper version of the Xiaomi Watch 2 Pro, even though Xiaomi is yet to announce the watch officially.

A couple of stores in Belgium are charging €200 for it, one in Slovakia has it priced at €250. We guess the former is the intended price as the Pro model can easily be found for €230 these days (it launched at €270 for the Bluetooth model and €330 for the LTE one).

Xiaomi Watch 2 in silver

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Google Gemini mobile app expands to more regions

Google Gemini is the new Bard and the mobile app is now expanding to more regions including Latin America, Africa, Asia Pacific, and Canada. The news was confirmed by Gemini product lead Jack Krawczyk who also shared that Google is working on bringing the service to Europe as soon as possible.

Google Gemini Android app

If you’re impatient to try out Gemini, you can sideload the Gemini app on your Android device. We can confirm Gemini works as intended in Europe with Google Assistant language set to US English. Do note that once you install and set up Gemini, it will...


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Xiaomi 14 European price revealed, Pro confirmed to stay in China

We’re inching closer to the global rollout of the Xiaomi 14 which is set for February 25 and we now have a rumored price for the device. The team at Techmaniacs uncovered the Xiaomi 14 pricing for Greece which will start at €1,099 for the 12GB RAM and 512GB storage version. For reference, last year's Xiaomi 13 launched at €999 for the 8/256GB trim.

This is a new RAM/storage trim as the Chinese 512GB and 1TB models come with 16GB RAM. Xiaomi 14 is expected to go on open sale from February 29. The new report also corroborates previous rumors that the Xiaomi 14 Pro will not make its way...


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Top 10 trending phones of week 6

The Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra extends its golden run, ending up as the most popular device in our database for the sixth week in a row. At this rate we are unlikely to see it overtaken at least until the MWC rolls in at the end of the month.

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The second placed phone is both a bit of a surprise and the most easily predictable one there is. You see the Galaxy A5x series have been a prominent fixture in our trending chart for years now, but the A55 is still weeks if not months away from announcement. However, you guys are clearly already paying close...


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OnePlus on why just 5 years of updates, Phone (2a) render was fake, Week 6 in review

Welcome to your week 6 recap. OnePlus defended its policy of giving its users 5 years of software updates (4 years of major OS updates, and 5 years of security support) over the 7 years of Samsung and Google. OnePlus is focusing on the quality of the software and its fluidity over what it deems a promise that misses that point.

A press image made the rounds this week, supposedly of Nothing's first midranger, the Phone (2a). It showed a phone without a Glyph interface and a similar design to the Nothing Phone (1). It turns out the render isn't of the Phone (2a) - Steve H. McFly (aka...


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Weekly poll: aluminum, stainless steel or titanium?

It was clear as far back as 2017 that metal is the preferred material for a phone body. But which metal? Aluminum is the default, Apple used stainless steel for a few years before switching to titanium and Samsung followed that move too.

Each has its advantages. Aluminum is cheap and light. Stainless steel offers great strength, but is too heavy. That may be why Apple had to switch to titanium – it’s more durable than aluminum but lighter than steel. For example, the iPhone 14 Pro Max weighs 240g, the 15 Pro Max is 221g.

Titanium is, of course, hard to work with and expensive, so it’s...


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Weekly poll results: the Realme 12 Pro+ has potential, the 12 Pro is a swing and a miss

If you compare the Realme 12 Pro and 12 Pro+, you will see only a few differences – however, the results from last week’s poll shows that these two phones couldn’t be more different. Neither of them is shaping up to be a hot seller, but the plus model is certainly the winner here.

Let’s start with the Realme 12 Pro as this will be short. Only 1 in 10 people are interested in this model, with 2 more that can be talked into getting one if the phone gets great results in reviews. For most, there are better mid-rangers that they can buy. Many are holding off until the likes of the Samsung...


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Google One now has more than 100 million subscribers

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has announced that Google One now has more than 100 million subscribers, and the company will be focusing on "building on that momentum" with the freshly launched AI Premium Plan offering features powered by Google's recently announced Gemini AI model.

We just crossed 100M Google One subscribers! Looking forward to building on that momentum with our new AI Premium Plan (launched yesterday) offering AI features like Gemini Advanced, plus Gemini in Gmail, Docs + more coming soon.
https://t.co/m7zAVop7P6 pic.twitter.com/sMdwJeq0iU— Sundar Pichai (@sundarpichai)...


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Deals: OnePlus 12 and 12R are now available in the US, Google cuts Pixel prices

Pre-orders are done and the OnePlus 12 series is now available. The flagship OnePlus 12 is available with a free storage upgrade, meaning that $800 buys you 16GB of RAM and 512GB storage. Try getting that out of Samsung or Google.

A quick overview of this Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 powered phone shows a 6.82” QHD+ display, a 120Hz LTPO panel with 10-bit colors. There’s also a 50MP main, 64MP 3x tele and 48MP ultra wide cameras with Hasselblad calibration. OnePlus brought back wireless charging (50W) to complement the wired charging (80W) for the 5,400mAh battery (30 minutes to full for the wired...


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Google Pixel phones may get adaptive display touch sensitivity

Android Police dug out an interesting string of code suggesting a new feature is coming to Google Pixel phones, called Adaptive Touch Sensitivity. Judging by the code itself, it may enable future and current Pixel phones to adjust the display's touch sensitivity depending on environmental factors, activity or whether or not a screen protector is applied.

In fact, the Pixel 8 series can already detect a screen protector and once you apply one, the system prompts you to boost touch sensitivity. But it looks like Google is ready to expand on that feature, which is found in the Android 14...


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