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Weekly poll results: Poco M2 Pro fails to impress fans of the original

Jul 19, 2020 | Smartphone

The original Poco F1 was born out of unique circumstances – Xiaomi managed to secure a cheap supply of flagship Snapdragon 845 chipsets and made an affordable, powerful phone, a true flagship killer. That was a lucky alignment of the stars that hasn’t quite happened since. Something else happened too – the Poco brand entered […]

Weekly poll: Poco F2 Pro costs more than the original but does more too – is it worth it?

May 17, 2020 | Smartphone

Few phones are cheered on by fans as if they were a sports team, but the original Poco was one of them. Now after two years of waiting it finally has a successor, but our initial reactions are a bit conflicting. The Poco F2 Pro may well be the cheapest phone to pack...

The new Amazon Echo improves upon the original, slashes the price

Feb 29, 2020 | Smarthome

Three years after the debut of the original, Amazon decided the time was right to refresh its flagship smart speaker, the voice-activated Amazon Echo. Generation two arrives to find a landscape littered with new competitors — not just the Google Home, but also...