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In Samsung Galaxy S23, 23 Nov 2023
Power is wasted when swapping. I've used more than 8GB and I'm not a power user. I like power savin...
In Samsung Galaxy S23, 20 Nov 2023
That's called swap and it isn't much of an upgrade. One day flash might be as fast as ram, but are ...
In Samsung Galaxy S23, 16 Nov 2023
I'm on a 12GB S20 and I'm reluctant to get this simply because of the ram cut. It's definitely a ...
In Motorola Edge (2023), 12 Oct 2023
168gr for a 6.6in? Motorola, you have my attention.
In Huawei Mate 60 Pro, 14 Sep 2023
If it was unlockable and had an android rom as an option, maybe a few custom roms, them that would be amazing!
In Xiaomi Mi 5, 13 Sep 2023
How's the battery life on Lineage 19 (android 12) compared to Miui?
In Huawei Mate 60, 08 Sep 2023
Cool! Thanks for sharing. How reliable do you think these numbers are? I'd love to see Huawei make a...
In Motorola Moto G84, 05 Sep 2023
This thing is looking real GOOD! Nice work Motorola.
In Fairphone 5, 01 Sep 2023
Back when I was on flagship level lcd screens I used to think like that too. Boy have I come a long way. In m...
In Samsung Galaxy S20 5G, 11 Aug 2023
Hey, thanks for sharing. I'm on the last Android 10 version BTK4. 6h sound ok. What's your estimate...

In news/blog articles

In Weekly poll results: most people prefer older fl..., 19 Nov 2023
Although I'm one of those that picks up older flagships, the poll doesn't tell the whole story. I neve...
In Redmi K70 runs Geekbench with upcoming Dimensity..., 17 Nov 2023
This is single core performance on par with sd8+g1 and multicore almost on par with sd8g2. Impressive.
In Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 brings 15% faster CPU, 50% mo..., 17 Nov 2023
I bet that they're comparing with the snapdragon 7S which is SLOWER than its predecessor. Just get the 7 pl...
In China Telecom unveils a Huawei Mate 60 Pro with ..., 15 Nov 2023
It I were into privacy I'd just use an app with built in encryption. Be it a gazillion bits and share the k...
In HarmonyOS Next is almost ready, will drop Andro..., 14 Nov 2023
I bet they'll drop support for the base OS but have a workaround in the form of a virtual android environme...
In Weekly poll: do flagship chipsets still matter?, 14 Nov 2023
If you're going to buy an older flagship make sure it's a TSMC fabbed one. That means stay away from s...
In Weekly poll: do flagship chipsets still matter?, 12 Nov 2023
I never buy new phones. I am very happy about the existance of flagship chipsets. I get a 2-3y old flagship for ...
In Introducing: GSMArena Battery Life Test 2.0 and ..., 09 Nov 2023
I'd like to see 1/2/3 year followup tests on the devices to at least get a few datapoints as to how well th...
In Introducing: GSMArena Battery Life Test 2.0 and ..., 09 Nov 2023
Do they still equalize the brightness of all the devices before running the tests?
In vivo X100 stops by Geekbench with its Dimensity ..., 04 Nov 2023
Who would have thought that Mediatek might be the first to catch up to Apple. At least judging by the Antutu lea...

In review articles

In Poco F5 / Redmi Note 12 Turbo long-term review, 13 Nov 2023
I don't know if this is relevant to anyone but my wife just upgraded to this phone from her previous Huawei...