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Polar is a well-known brand in the wearables market and it just announced its first passive wrist wearable. Polar Loop is a direct competitor to the Whoop band, but it ditches the additional subscription model while offering 24/7 health and activity tracking.
Polar Loop in Night Black
Polar Loop features a textile band which comes in three launch color options - Greige Sand, Night Black, and Brown Copper, with six additional options also available. That’s attached to a stainless-steel buckle
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vivo announced the X300 series smartphones in China earlier this week and we got to have a quick look at the X300 and X300 Pro (no Ultra yet), complete with benchmarks and some on-location camera samples. The review units are on their way to the office for some of our more standardized testing, but in the meantime we figured we'd touch upon one of the other major developments from the... Read more ›
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Multiple brands have launched smartphones with Si/C batteries this year, enabling them to pack high-density, high-capacity batteries in smartphones without increasing their thickness. As a result, smartphones with 6,000+ mAh batteries are becoming common. Honor, too, launched a 7,200 mAh battery phone a few months ago, called the Honor GT Pro. And now, we hear the Chinese brand is planning to launch a smartphone with a 9,000 mAh Si/C battery.... Read more ›
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