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1 week ago | 
phonearena.com | Preslav Kateliev |Preslav's approach
This story is sponsored by Baseus. PhoneArena's opinions in this article have not been affected in any way!Baseus is a popular smartphone accessory manufacturer that always has something new up its sleeve. Now, it’s the super-slim PicoGo magnetic power bank, available in both 5,000 mAh and 10,000 mAh.The PicoGo Slim and Ultra Slim power banks are compliant with the MagSafe standard, meaning they will magnetically stick to the back of your phone and charge it wirelessly — no tangled wires.
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1 week ago | 
phonearena.com | Preslav Kateliev |Preslav's approach
This story is sponsored by Beatbot. PhoneArena's opinions in this article have not been affected in any way!We live in the wonderful age of automation, which has shown us time and again that home robots can take over the work of boring and tedious tasks, and give us the gift of more free time.
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2 weeks ago | 
phonearena.com | Preslav Kateliev |Preslav's approach
Samsung Galaxy A26 vs Galaxy A25 IntroSamsung recently launched a new budget model that strives to give you the essential Galaxy experience at a stomachable price — the Galaxy A26 at $299. It's the successor to the Galaxy A25 from last year and you could say it's exciting. In today's market, flagships are so good that they barely improve year over year. But it's always great to see how good the tech in budget phones gets.
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3 weeks ago | 
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This story is sponsored by Back Market. PhoneArena's opinions in this article have not been affected in any way!Smartphones have gone a long way over the past 20 years. It used to be that the hardware was rapidly developing, and each year there was some major improvement — be it with the camera, the performance, battery life, or just a radical new design that you had to have. Nowadays, things have cooled down a little.
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3 weeks ago | 
phonearena.com | Preslav Kateliev |Preslav's approach
Samsung Galaxy A26 vs Galaxy A36 IntroSamsung's midrange Galaxy A series enjoys a pretty good reputation in the midrange market. They are not as costly as the big Galaxy S series, but come with AMOLED screens built with Samsung's expertise, even offering 120 Hz refresh rates. And the A26 starts at $299, showing that this is perfectly possible nowadays, unlike other manufacturers who make $700 phones with 60 Hz panels. OK then, which corners are cut?
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3 weeks ago | 
phonearena.com | Preslav Kateliev |Preslav's approach
Now, in 2025, a lot of us tech fans are kind of tired of hearing about it. Smartphones have full AI suites, capable of generating badly-looking images, summarize our notifications in incoherent ways, compose our text messages and emails to make us look even more lazy and jaded than we are, and not to mention all the apps in the app stores that claim they now “have AI”. To this day, in most smartphones, I find two features useful.
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3 weeks ago | 
phonearena.com | Preslav Kateliev |Preslav's approach
One UI 7 and Android 15 for its recent flagships — anything from the Galaxy S21 to Galaxy S24 series, FE models included. Yes, the Galaxy S25 launched with it, but it’s been months now and owners of the super-premium Galaxy S24 Ultra, or the Galaxy Z Fold 6 haven’t gotten a taste of the new Samsung software.
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3 weeks ago | 
phonearena.com | Preslav Kateliev |Preslav's approach
This story is sponsored by Holafly. PhoneArena's opinions in this article have not been affected in any way!An eSIM will act like a second SIM in your phone, so if someone from back home still dials your number — either because of an emergency or they simply don’t know that you are away — your main phone will still be active and will still ring, so long as your main plan provider has roaming partners in your destination (or, you can disable that).
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4 weeks ago | 
phonearena.com | Preslav Kateliev |Preslav's approach
IntroApple's iPad Air was recently updated. Not with fanfare or a huge announcement — just a silent drop, as the Airs now have an M3 chip inside. This is more probably due to Apple cleaning the M2 out of the production lines than anything. The screen, camera, speakers, and overall capabilities of the iPad Air M3 don't seem to offer anything new or upgraded.
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1 month ago | 
phonearena.com | Preslav Kateliev |Preslav's approach
IntroInstead of refreshing the now aging Nothing Phone (2), the UK-based tech startup gave us a pair of midrangers again. The new Nothing Phone (3a) and Nothing Phone (3a) Pro have distinctly different looks, but their internals are surprisingly similar. To the point one might wonder — is it worth to spend the extra money on a Pro?To be fair, it was a similar situation with last year's Nothing Phone (2a) and then Nothing Phone (2a) Plus.
