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Xiaomi Redmi 5 Plus

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NETWORK Technology GSM / CDMA / HSPA / LTE LAUNCH Announced 2017, December Status Available. Released 2017, December BODY Dimensions 158.5 x 75.5 x 8.1 mm (6.24 x 2.97 x 0.32 in) Weight 180 g (6.35 oz) Build Front glass, aluminum body SIM Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) DISPLAY Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors Size 5.99 inches, 92.6 cm 2  (~77.4% screen-to-body ratio) Resolution 1080 x 2160 pixels, 18:9 ratio (~403 ppi density) Multitouch Yes Protection Corning Gorilla Glass (unspecified version) - MIUI 9 PLATFORM OS Android 7.1.2 (Nougat) Chipset Qualcomm MSM8953 Snapdragon 625 CPU Octa-core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53 GPU Adreno 506 MEMORY Card slot microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) Internal 64 GB, 4 GB RAM or 32 GB, 3 GB RAM CAMERA Primary 12 MP (f/2.2, 1.25 μm), phase detection autofocus, dual-LED dual-tone flash Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, face/smile detection, HDR, panorama Video 1080p@30fps Secondary 5 MP,

Huawei Mate 10 Pro review

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Introduction: Instead of marching in lockstep, the Huawei Mate 10 and Mate 10 Pro will be chasing each other from one place to the next, quite unlikely to catch up except in a select few regions. It's not a parade then, it's a pursuit and therefore more exciting. So, which one would you pick? The super-sharp Mate 10 or the have-it-all-but-not-quite Mate 10 Pro? The former had its primetime slot already, it's now the Pro's turn to take the spotlight. The Mate 10 Pro is quite different from the regular model, coming with a 6" 18:9 AMOLED screen with even slimmer bezels, a water-tight body, faster LTE, more RAM and storage and a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner. The upgrades come at a bitter price though, costing the Mate 10 Pro the QuadHD screen resolution, the audio jack and the memory card slot. The new Kirin 970 with the hyped Neural-Network Processing Unit (NPU) is shared among the two to hopefully set the standard in machine-learning-driven hardware accelera

Honor 7X review

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Introduction: Huawei is the latest manufacturer to join the 18:9 ratio hype with its subsidiary brand Honor after plenty of companies keep introducing phones with tall screens. The Honor 7X was just launched in China and we already have first-hand impressions of the device. Huawei has upgraded the chipset compared to the Honor 6X and there is a Kirin 659 ticking inside the new device. It's not a high end chipset, mind you. Performance-wise it should be quite similar to the Kirin 658 as seen in the popular mid-ranger Huawei P10 Lite. The screen on the Honor 7X  is also visibly different from the Honor 6X's - now it has 18:9 ratio and 2160 x 1080 pixels for resolution, or Full HD+ as some already call it. The cameras are still dual but positioned in a horizontal setup. Some might say they even look like Minion eyes. Huawei is not rushing with ditching the headphone jack, it's still down there. Huawei Honor 7X.Body: metal and glass;Screen: 5.93" LTPS-LC

Huawei Y6II

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NETWORK Technology GSM / HSPA / LTE LAUNCH Announced 2016, September Status Available. Released 2016, September BODY Dimensions 154.3 x 77 x 8.5 mm (6.07 x 3.03 x 0.33 in) Weight 168 g (5.93 oz) SIM Dual SIM DISPLAY Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors Size 5.5 inches, 83.4 cm 2  (~70.2% screen-to-body ratio) Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~267 ppi density) Multitouch Yes - EMUI 4.1 PLATFORM OS Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) Chipset HiSilicon Kirin 620 Qualcomm MSM8952 Snapdragon 617 - CAM-L32 only CPU Octa-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53 GPU Mali-450MP4 Adreno 405 MEMORY Card slot microSD Internal 16 GB, 2 GB RAM CAMERA Primary 13 MP, f/2.0, 28mm, autofocus, LED flash Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, HDR, panorama Video 1080p@30fps Secondary 8 MP SOUND Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones Loudspeaker Yes 3.5mm jack Yes COMMS WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot Bluetooth 4.0/4.1, A2DP, LE GPS Yes, with A-G