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2019 is shaping up to be a big year in the smartphone world, with the first commercially-available 5G handsets expected to launch, alongside a slew of other updates. Samsung is no stranger to launching a number of products in quick succession, but 2019 looks set to be a bigger than …

Over the last few weeks we’ve been running a promotion with HMD Global, giving away some brand new Nokia phones each week in the lead up to Christmas. Last week we ran our last round, to give away a Nokia 5.1 and Nokia 6.1 handset to two lucky winners. Now, …

Telstra and Boost Mobile have quietly added ZTE devices to their line up of budget devices with the Telstra Essential Smart (ZTE A125) and Boost Jett (ZTE B125). Both the devices, which are budget 4G enabled devices, look similar in design and specs which aren’t too bad and certainly could …

At this stage of the year we are talking a lot about the Samsung Galaxy S10 and it’s upcoming release but we often fail to miss an important note: there is nothing at all wrong with the Galaxy S9 which was released just nine months ago. For those in the …

Last year OPPO demonstrated how far they have come taking out the Canstar Blue award for “Most Satisfied Customers – Smartphones”. This year, building upon that success they have won it again with near top marks in all categories. Canstar are a financial comparison site, with their yearly awards given …

The first punched-hole display smartphones have been announced and it looks to be the trend for 2019 with Samsung looking to continue to notch solution into their Galaxy S10 series of phones. We have seen rumours and CAD leaks demonstrating the oval punch out in the display for the Galaxy …

It’s been a long time coming, but it’s finally happening. HMD Global has announced the availability of the Nokia 8 Android Pie beta. Announced by head of product for HMD Global, Juho Sarvikas, on Twitter. The delayed update to Android 9 for the Nokia 8 was acknowledged by Mr Sarvikas …

Partnering with a high-end sports car company seems to be the new thing for manufacturers, Huawei have partnered with Porsche for some time, while OPPO went with Lamborghini for their Find X launch, now OnePlus has chosen luxury sports car maker McLaren for their partnership, producing the OnePlus 6T McLaren …

It seems brand awareness building is afoot, with smartphone camera maker OPPO announcing a new partnership today with the Melbourne Stars cricket team. The partnership sees OPPO coming on-board as the club’s Co-Major and Official smartphone brand for both the men and women’s teams. OPPO says they see an exciting …

Earlier today we reported on Samsung officially announcing their first Infinity-O display phone- the A8s. Just hours before in Hong Kong Huawei’s sub-company Honor unofficially announcing a phone with a similar display, making it the “world’s first in-screen camera smartphone”. In what is, for us here in Australia, a teaser …

We have seen quite a few leaks of Samsung’s notch solutions in previous weeks and the first phone said to be sporting them was the Galaxy A8. Overnight in China Samsung introduced the world to the Galaxy A8s and the Infinity-O display. The Samsung Galaxy A8s is not meant to …

The information surrounding the launch of Pixel 3 Lite and Pixel 3 Lite XL handsets is solidifying with 360-degree CAD renders appearing overnight. While we’ve previously seen the Pixel 3 Lite, this is our first ‘look’ at the larger Pixel 3 Lite XL (that’s an odd way to name it, …

On the first week of our Nokia giveaway, we had a brand new Nokia 8110 4G to give away, and last week, we gave away a Nokia 2.1 and 3.1 to two lucky winners. In our third and final week of giveaways before Christmas, we’ve got two of HMD’s best …

At Qualcomm’s tech summit this week OnePlus announced that they would be the first in Europe to release a phone with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 855 and X50 5G modem. Now it also appears that OPPO are also testing 5G phone solutions with the same chipset. Earlier this year OPPO released a …