Iphone

Surveys of sales through carrier stores suggest that last year’s iPhone 7/Plus is outselling the new iPhone 8/Plus in the U.S. and UK. The claim is made by KeyBanc Capital Markets analyst John Vinh in a client note.

iPhone 8 sales will be limited by those waiting instead for the iPhone X, but KeyBanc says that two other factors are at play …

First, the price-cut on the iPhone 7, reports Reuters. Those who wanted a new iPhone this year but didn’t want to pay $999+ for the flagship model, are seeing a big price difference between what they see as two similar models.

“Many respondents indicated that a meaningful portion of customers are buying iPhone 7 in lieu of the new iPhone 8, given the lack of significant enhancements in the new phone,” Vinh wrote.

While iPhone 8 starts from $699 in the United States, iPhone 7 is retailing from $549 after a price cut.

Vivo 7plus

Vivo entered the growing smartphone market in Pakistan with the launch of its flagship device Vivo V7 Plus earlier this month.

The Chinese company sent in a testing device for the review purpose. Before proceeding with our review, here are the specs:

Vivo’s latest flagship device is nearly a 6-inch phablet with narrow bezels and a FullView display with 84.4% screen to the body ratio. The one we received was in Matte Black  colour. The phone is powered by a 1.8GHz octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 along with 4GB RAM, 64GB of internal storage with the option of an expandable memory of up to 256GB via microSD card.

Samsung S7

The Samsung Galaxy S7 unlocks a Galaxy of technology that takes your smartphone experience to a new level. The bigger, more stunning screen completes the slimmer design.* Why not have a phone that’s water resistant, too? Galaxy S7 withstands splashes, spills and even dunks.** Capture the moment like a professional with dual–pixel technology, offering faster autofocus* and low–light sensor. Combine that with a longer–lasting battery*** and expandable memory,+ and you have a device that’s more than a smartphone. It’s a Galaxy. The Galaxy S7 comes in 32GB. Available in Black Onyx or Gold Platinum. (Subject to availability)

Huawei P10

NETWORK	Technology	GSM / HSPA / LTE

LAUNCH	Announced	2017, February
	Status	Available. Released 2017, March

BODY	Dimensions	145.3 x 69.3 x 7 mm (5.72 x 2.73 x 0.28 in)
	Weight	145 g (5.11 oz)
	SIM	Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

DISPLAY	Type	IPS-NEO LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
	Size	5.1 inches, 71.7 cm2 (~71.2% screen-to-body ratio)
	Resolution	1080 x 1920 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~432 ppi density)
	Multitouch	Yes
	Protection	Corning Gorilla Glass 5
		- Emotion UI 5.1

PLATFORM	OS	Android 7.0 (Nougat)
	Chipset	HiSilicon Kirin 960
	CPU	Octa-core (4x2.4 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A53)
	GPU	Mali-G71 MP8

MEMORY	Card slot	microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)
	Internal	32/64 GB, 4 GB RAM

CAMERA	Primary	Dual 20 MP + 12 MP, f/2.2, OIS, Leica optics, 2x lossless zoom, phase detection and laser autofocus, dual-LED (dual tone) flash, check quality
	Features	Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, HDR, panorama
	Video	2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, check quality
	Secondary	8 MP, f/1.9

SOUND	Alert types	Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
	Loudspeaker	Yes
	3.5mm jack	Yes
		- 24-bit/192kHz audio - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

COMMS	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, WiFi Direct, hotspot
	Bluetooth	4.2, A2DP, LE
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
	NFC	Yes
	Radio	No
	USB	2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector

FEATURES	Sensors	Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
	Messaging	SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM
	Browser	HTML5
	Java	No
		- Fast battery charging - XviD/MP4/H.265 player - MP3/eAAC+/WAV/Flac player - Document viewer - Photo/video editor

BATTERY		Non-removable Li-Ion 3200 mAh battery

MISC	Colors	Mystic Silver, Rose Gold, Graphite Black, Dazzling Gold, Dazzling Blue, Greenery
	Price	About 500 EUR

TESTS	Performance	Basemark OS II: 3393 / Basemark OS II 2.0: 2910 Basemark X: 39433
	Display	Contrast ratio: 1423:1 (nominal), 3.379 (sunlight)
	Camera	Photo / Video
	Loudspeaker	Voice 67dB / Noise 70dB / Ring 83dB
	Audio quality	Noise -93.0dB / Crosstalk -93.5dB
	Battery life	Endurance rating 75h