The media has been quick to jump on the catastrophic string of events that followed US President Donald Trump's inclusion of Chinese tech giant Huawei onto the "Entity List". First Google, with the looming threat of blockage of access to its vital Android and Google suite services; Intel, Qualcomm and
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It has been nothing short of terrible timing for Huawei sub-brand Honor. Just days ahead of the Honor 20 Launch in London, companies across the United States announced sanctions against the Chinese telecommunications giant. The Honor 20 series of smartphones includes the Honor 20, Honor 20 Pro and Honor 20
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The trade feud between the United States and China has come to a head with the US adding Huawei to its "Entity List", which is a group of companies that American companies are banned from doing business with, unless express government approval is obtained. Reuters reports that American technology giant
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Samsung has announced the availability of the SGD 248 Samsung Galaxy A20 on the 25th May 2019, and the SGD 498 Galaxy A70 today (18th May 2019). Aimed at a budget-conscious audience, the new A-series devices delivers features that meets the varied demands of modern users. The Samsung Galaxy A70
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Notches, hole-punches, but Asus baulks all smartphone selfie-camera trends we've grown oh-so-tired of. Instead, Asus uses a flipping mechanism to solve the issue that so many smartphones have gone to great lengths to resolve. The Asus Zenfone 6 with a radically new flipping camera mechanism. Image: Asus Flipping cameras are
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After a spate of high-profile defects affecting review units, Samsung pulled its Galaxy Fold smartphone indefinitely. Set to launch at a retail price of USD 1,980, the foldable phone was plagued with issues especially concentrated around its screen. The Samsung Galaxy Fold. Image: Samsung Korean outlet Yonhap News reported just
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Raising the bar for entry-level smartphones at an astonishingly affordable price-point of SGD 338, the Honor 20 Lite is the first to arrive of the Honor 20 series - soon to be joined by the highly-anticipated Honor 20 and Honor 20 Pro smartphones. With a focus on design and camera
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The Oppo Reno, instantly recognisable with its slanted extending top tray, has been launched in Singapore. At the event, Oppo reinforced its focus on creativity with a first-ever partnership with top creators in the local scene. Mr Dylan Yu, Marketing Director; Mr Chris Wei, Reno Product Manager; Mr Moon Yue,
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Plagued by issues since its launch, the Samsung Galaxy S10's teething problems have encompassed everything from fatal facial-recognition security flaws to slow ultrasonic fingerprint scanning; from slower memory configurations, to the re-using of the same camera modules from its predecessor (which didn't do too well against the iPhone XS and
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LG Mobile, with its strong commitment to high-quality audio on its devices, has collaborated with local audio retailer and community space Zeppelin & Co. to host HEAR V OUT. The first of its kind, HEAR V OUT intends to showcase the incredible sound quality of the LG V40 ThinQ flagship
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LG had earlier teased the TOF cameras on the G8 ThinQ, touted to enable greater resolution in its depth-sensing capabilities, amongst other potential applications. Recently launched, the LG G8 ThinQ bears great similarities to its predecessor the LG G7 ThinQ in form and in function, but with a few additional
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In the battle of smartphone technology, to be first isn't necessary to be best. Samsung, the world's foremost smartphone manufacturer, is slated to launch its S-series devices during its Unpacked event in San Francisco on 21 February 2019 3am SGT (20 February 2019 11am PT, 2PM ET, 7pm GMT). That's
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It is common knowledge that Huawei offshoot e-brand Honor has been a large part of the group's meteoric success in 2018 - notably overtaking Apple in aggregate sales figures. Rebranded, redesigned and reinvigorated with new technology, the Honor View20 was launched in Paris days ago. Today, it arrives in Singapore
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At SGD 349, the ASUS ZenFone Max Pro (M2) pits itself against a whole field of entry-level smartphones like the Honor 8X (SGD 348), the Huawei Nova 3i (SGD 398) and the Samsung A7 (SGD 383). With such strong contenders, the ZenFone Max Pro (M2) pushes its edge in battery
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Ah, 2018. The year of notched smartphones, privacy scandals and artificial intelligence - you brought us plenty of political contention, healthy scepticism about our digital privacy, To close 2018, I've come up with my top three picks from this year's innings. These are personal choices, so they can be subjective.
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The long-awaited OnePlus 6T has finally launched 11 PM SGT today, 29th October 2018. The OnePlus 6T is wildly different from the OnePlus 6 launched in May earlier this year, both on the outside and within. The OnePlus 6 was wildly successful, selling 1 million units in three short weeks,
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Xiaomi, a Chinese smartphone manufacturer responsible for a swath of high-performing budget devices, has debuted its new 2018 flagship. The Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 succeeds the Mi Mix 2s launched earlier this year. [caption id="attachment_134195" align="alignleft" width="650"] The manually-operated camera slide-out on the Xiaomi Mi Mix 3. Image: Xiaomi[/caption] Long
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You're looking for a new phone but held out due to the exorbitant price tags of the more expensive flagships. The iPhone Xs costs SGD 1,649, but perhaps it was too small for you, or too little of an upgrade from last year's iPhone X to justify such a high cost.
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At an event in Los Angeles, Razer has announced the sophomore release of its lauded Razer Phone mobile gaming device. Pioneering the gaming phone market category in 2017 with the original Razer Phone, Razer has gone on to champion mobile esports and mobile gaming entertainment. With the Razer Phone 2, Razer
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Just launched globally, Google has announced the availability of the Pixel 3 (SGD 1,249/USD 799/GBP 739) and Pixel 3 XL (SGD1,399/USD 899/GBP 839) smartphones here in Singapore at an event earlier today. The two new phones retain the characteristic two-tone finish but are a step up from the previous generation
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