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After being in the industry for so many years, getting excited about the new releases is becoming harder and harder. However, that doesn't mean there aren't phones that stood out. But my perspective has shifted. I picked five phones that, to me, are solid all-rounders, leaving little room for complaints instead of going for the most impressive hardware or flashy, cutting-edge tech.
Xiaomi 14 Ultra
I'm starting the list with Xiaomi's flagship for yet another year. The Xiaomi 14 Ultra doesn't offer any.
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Fact-checkers claim they had no idea the company was going to end their partnerships and are scrambling to figure out the financial implications of the move. Read more ›
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Zuckerberg was seen wearing a Greubel Forsey 'Hand Made 1' on his left wrist while making the announcement. Read more ›
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Physical game sales in the UK dropped by a massive 34.5 percent over the past year. Read more Read more ›
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Monster Hunter Wilds has kicked off the new year by announcing a second open beta test. Read more Read more ›
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Meta's Mark Zuckerberg says "community notes" will now moderate content. That already happens on Elon Musk's X. Here's how they work — and don't. Read more ›
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Meta's about-face on fact checking shows how Musk has remade the world in his image. Read more ›
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Meta rolled out a number of changes to its “Hateful Conduct” policy Tuesday as part of a sweeping overhaul of its approach toward content moderation. Read more ›
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Meta ends US fact-checking partnerships, sparking an emergency meeting by the International Fact-Checking Network. Read more ›
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Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Images As part of Meta’s sweeping changes to content moderation announced today, CEO Mark Zuckerberg says that the company will also be moving its content moderation teams from California to Texas to “help remove the concern that biased employees are overly censoring content,” he wrote on Threads. “We’re going to move our trust and safety and content moderation teams out of California, and... Read more ›
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said moving teams from California to Texas and other states would help address concerns of overcensorship on its platforms. Read more ›
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Research and development is underway to create robots that can hunt for signs of life in the vast oceans that exist under the thick ice shells of bodies like Europa. Read more ›
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Jar of Sparks, the Seattle-based "AAA" studio established by Halo Infinite head of design Jerry Hook back in 2022, has halted work its currently unannounced first title as it searches for a new publishing partner, and that's it's looking to "find all of our team new homes" as a result. Read more Read more ›
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The appetite for AI-derived drivel isn’t as strong as many publishers would have you believe, and demand for quality content is growing. Read more ›
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Mark Zuckerberg announcea Meta's shift to community notes, replacing fact-checkers and easing content restrictions. Read more ›
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Microsoft OneDrive is a cloud-based online storage service that lets you easily store, share, and backup files and photos. Here's how to get started. Read more ›
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NASA has announced two new approaches to the Mars sample return mission that could save billions of dollars and at least a year in the timeline. Read more ›
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Assassin's Creed Shadows features a rejig of the series' usual controls due to the addition of being able to go prone. Read more Read more ›
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The combined company, which will be called Getty Images, will be worth $3.7 billion, Getty said on Tuesday. Read more ›
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Former Annapurna Interactive staff - who departed the acclaimed video game publisher last September as part of a "mass exodus" - have reportedly established a new company and will be taking over indie label Private Division's portfolio, which was sold by Take-Two last year. Read more Read more ›
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Samsung is nearly ready to unleash the Galaxy S25 Ultra and that means all eyes are on the Korean giant at the moment. Just like all of our eyes were on the Galaxy S24 Ultra all year - it's our database's fan champion and was the most popular entry in it for the past year. But do you know which phone overtook it for the past month? You guessed it,... Read more ›
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Xiaomi is kicking off the new year with a Turbo phone - the Redmi Turbo 4. It’s the first phone to launch with the recently announced MediaTek Dimensity 8400 chipset, which Xiaomi customized and now calls Dimensity 8400-Ultra. Turbo 4 also matches the Redmi K80 by packing a 6,550 mAh silicon carbon cell with 90W wired charging. Redmi Turbo 4 brings Dimensity 8400-Ultra chipset and 6,550 mAh battery Turbo 4... Read more ›
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Samsung is coming off a strong year and will begin the new one with the launch of the new generation of Galaxy S phones – the S-series is a pillar for the company and its members rank among the best-selling Galaxy phones. The Galaxy S24 series outsold the S23 series by 28% in early 2024. The vanilla model accounted for 27% of S24 units sold, moving ahead of the S24+.... Read more ›
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This year, both Apple and Samsung are set to release slimmer high-end smartphones, and today a new report from Korea brings us some more details about them. The iPhone 17 Air will replace the iPhone 16 Plus, as for years now the Plus model in the line has been the worst selling. Interestingly, however, the iPhone 17 Air is now rumored to cost about the same as the iPhone 16... Read more ›
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vivo just launched a new smartphone - the Y200+. This is part of the incredibly convoluted Yxxx line, which has seen no less than six iterations in the Y100 generation. The Y200 family, has already one-upped it with seven members so far - that's eight with this one. So, the Y200+ launches as a theoretical update to the Y100+, except it's identical to that model in most respects, and where... Read more ›
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Samsung has today started rolling out the third public beta build of One UI 7 based on Android 15 to the Galaxy S24, S24+, and S24 Ultra in Germany. Naturally, the rollout should extend to the other places where the beta program is available within the next few days. The new build brings with it the January 2025 security patch level, and also fixes a bunch of issues, like making... Read more ›
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It's that time again when we at GSMArena talk about our favorite phones of the year. My colleagues already talked about theirs, and now it's my turn. But before I proceed, I'd like to mention that, as always, I've compiled the list of smartphones from the ones I got to use myself here in India for an extended duration, so there's always a chance that you may not see some... Read more ›
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Huawei took the wraps off its latest Enjoy 70 series device today in China with the Enjoy 70X. This is a midrange offering with a sleek design and a massive 6,100 mAh battery, which supports 40W wired charging. Enjoy 70X in Snow White and Spruce Green Enjoy 70X is built around a curved 6.78-inch OLED with FHD+ resolution and a 120Hz refresh rate. The panel houses a pill-shaped notch with... Read more ›
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Now that the noise from the fireworks and champagne has died down, we can look back at 2024. It was a great year for smartphones and you can read our 2024 Winners and losers series for a breakdown by brand or have a look at the favorite phones of our editors. What was your favorite flagship of 2024? We tried to narrow down the candidates to keep the list at... Read more ›
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iQOO's Z9 series includes two Turbo models - iQOO Z9 Turbo and iQOO Z9 Turbo+. Today, the brand added the third Turbo variant to the lineup, named iQOO Z9 Turbo Endurance Edition. The iQOO Z9 Turbo Endurance Edition isn't an entirely new phone but a Z9 Turbo with a bigger battery, the latest OS, and a new color option. It packs a 6,400 mAh battery (vs. 6,000 mAh on Z9... Read more ›
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