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OnePlus Nightscape vs. Gcam Night Sight: Which one is better?

Back in March this year, Huawei shook the tech world with its then-flagship smartphone, the Huawei P20 Pro. Most notably was its camera capabilities especially in challengingly low light conditions. Indeed, Huawei was ahead of the curve in night photography, where the phone would tap into the dedicated NPU to take stellar hand-held low shutter speed photos no matter how shaky your hands are. Certainly, this left a lot of users in awe. But we all knew it was a matter of time before other manufacturers catch up with the trend.

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Stock Android 9 Pie vs. OxygenOS Pie comparison: Which is better?

Android Pie hasn’t even made a dent in Android’s distribution numbers despite Google, Essential, and OnePlus being the first manufacturers to offer it. Google and Essential rolled out very close-to-stock versions of Android Pie, but OnePlus changed a bit of the UI and added some of their own additional features. Did OnePlus make this release of Pie better than Google? Or did they eat our Pie just as they had eaten our Oreo? Let’s find out.

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OnePlus 6 Review Part 2: Pocophone F1 Performance Comparison

Normally I would follow the first part of my review of the OnePlus 6 with a detailed breakdown of its performance as well as a software overview. But this year, Xiaomi has raised all of our eyebrows with a late entry, the Pocophone F1, to the market of the so-called flagship killers. This phone has had me very intrigued that I decided to pit it against its main rival, the OnePlus 6, in a separate test. In this article, we will discuss each phone’s merits and drawbacks in one of the most important aspects of a phone’s performance: UI fluidity, aka “smoothness.”

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OnePlus 6 Review Part 1: Premium vibes

Ever since OnePlus first made it to the smartphone business, they have always recognized as a fitting brand for the tech enthusiasts. Flagship specs at cheaper prices with some cut corners was the recipe of their success, along with an incremental bump in the price every iteration. This year, however, might be a little bit different. Introducing the OnePlus 6, the first OnePlus phone your dad might actually want to buy. Let’s get the specs out of the way first.

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Opinion: The Poco F1 is an excellent phone for the price but not a “OnePlus killer”

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you must have heard of the cheapest phone with a Snapdragon 845, the Poco F1. Launched in India for only ₹21,000 ($300 USD), it’s generated a lot of hype and has been dubbed a “OnePlus killer.” While it is a pretty good phone for the price, I think calling it a “OnePlus killer” is inaccurate.

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