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iQOO's new flagship lineup packs Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, gimbal cameras, and 120W fast charging

iQOO has unveiled the iQOO 9 Pro, iQOO 9, and iQOO 9 SE in India. The new flagship lineup offers powerful hardware. Read on to learn more.

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Vivo's sub-brand iQOO has refreshed its flagship lineup in India with the iQOO 9 series. iQOO saw success with last year's iQOO 7, which addressed most of the shortcomings of the iQOO 3 and emerged as one of the best affordable flagships in the Indian market. With the iQOO 9 series, the brand is taking things up a notch as it sets to lock horns with the upcoming OnePlus 10 series and other Snapdragon 8 Gen 1-powered flagships.

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ASUS launches the ROG Phone 5s series in Europe

ASUS has launched the ROG Phone 5s series in Europe, packing some minor upgrades over the original. This will also replace ROG Phone 5.

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ASUS launched the ROG Phone 5s series back in August, though international availability was a big question mark. The ROG Phone 5s series consists of two phones: the ROG Phone 5s and the ROG Phone 5s Pro, both of which act as replacements for the standard ROG Phone 5 and the ROG Phone 5 Pro/Ultimate, respectively. Both phones in the ROG Phone 5s series feature Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 888+ chipset, a higher binned Snapdragon 888 with the “Prime” core now clocked at up to 2.995GHz rather than 2.84GHz, and some additional performance optimizations to the Hexagon 780 DSP and Qualcomm AI engine. Now, both devices are available in Europe from the ASUS online store and selected retailers.

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ASUS refreshes its ROG Phone 5 with Qualcomm's faster Snapdragon 888 Plus

ASUS has launched the ROG Phone 5s series, a pair of flagship Android gaming phones with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 888 Plus chip.

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While there still aren't that many gaming phones on the market, there are a lot more options than there used to be a few years ago. If you want the best gaming experience on a smartphone, then you'll need look no further than the ROG Phone 5 from ASUS. It's a bit pricy, but it has pretty much everything you could ever want in a gaming phone. Besides the high price, the limited availability makes the ROG Phone 5 hard to pick up, so you had to act fast whenever it first went on sale in your country. If you're still looking to pick up the phone and are disappointed to find that it's out of stock, then you may be happy to hear today's news. ASUS is launching the ROG Phone 5s series, an upgraded version of the ROG Phone 5 series.

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Honor confirms its next flagship phone will have Qualcomm's Snapdragon 888 Plus

Honor today confirmed that its next flagship smartphone series will feature the brand new Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus 5G chipset.

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At the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus launch earlier today, Honor announced that it would soon launch a phone with the new flagship chipset. The company's Present of Product Line, Ms. Fang Fei, released a statement saying that the upcoming Magic3 series will feature the new flagship chipset.

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Qualcomm's Snapdragon 888 Plus brings faster CPU and AI performance to flagship phones

Qualcomm has just launched the Snapdragon 888 Plus. The latest flagship chip offers faster CPU and AI performance. Read on.

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Qualcomm unveiled its latest flagship chip, Snapdragon 888, in December of 2020. Since its launch, the new chip has made its way to many flagship smartphones such as the Galaxy S21 series, Mi 11, ROG Phone 5, Xperia 1 III, and iQOO 7 Legend, to name a few. While Qualcomm previously launched a single flagship chipset each year, in 2019 the company started a new tradition by giving a mid-cycle refresh to its flagship chipset in the form of a Plus variant. In keeping with this tradition, Qualcomm has now released the Snapdragon 888 Plus.