The Snapdragon 865 is Qualcomm’s latest flagship mobile chipset, aside from the Snapdragon 865 Plus. Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 800-series inevitably end up powering the vast majority of each year’s premium smartphones and 2020 is no different. If you’re planning to pick up a high-end smartphone, it’s probably going to be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865. The chipset brings familiar improvements. Qualcomm touts best-in-class performance across all the key areas, including sustained CPU, GPU boosts, and amazing gaming features, as well as cutting edge AI and 5G performance.

ZTE Grand X Max 2While its far from perfect in terms of build quality and camera, it's really hard to fault the Grand X Max 2 give its price. The Max 2 exceeds where it needs to with a beautiful display, great battery life, and an excellent software experience. If you're on Cricket Wireless and looking for a large affordable smartphone, you'll have a hard time finding anything that comes close to this phone in terms of performance and value.

Decking out your entertainment center shouldn’t break the bank. Unfortunately, a top soundbar and subwoofer can run you thousands of bucks — but there’s another way. If you don’t mind a high-quality refurb, today’s deal could be the answer. Powerful, room-filling, high-performance surround sound. Polk Audio is a big name in the industry, so this high-end equipment is ideal to enhance your music or movie experience. Your playlist will have never sounded so good.

Let’s start by giving you one fact: Motorola was founded in 1928. It’s not easy to stay alive in this industry for that long. Needless to say Motorola is a historic tech company by now, as well as one of the most important mobile pioneers and a very praised Android manufacturer. There are plenty of factors that have helped it stay alive in this competitive market, and it’s not only their awesome handsets like the Moto X, Moto G and others.

TL;DR Yet another set of Google Pixel 6 series renders have leaked. More noticeably, side-on shots showcase just how large the phones’ camera bump is. Google will launch both devices on October 19. Thanks to the plethora of leaked images and Google’s teaser shots, you’re probably used to the Google Pixel 6 and Google Pixel 6 Pro’s design. However, a new set of renders highlights one particular feature of the flagship duo — the rear camera hump.

Update, April 20: Huawei has since dismissed all rumors suggesting this camera was only “certified” by Leica, reasserting that it was in fact co-engineered and that “Leica has absolutely been involved in the development of the camera-module of the P9 and P9 Plus.” Here’s the official statement: The P9 and P9 Plus were co-engineered between Huawei and Leica. This is the first collaboration between the two companies following a long-term partnership that was announced in February.

Over the last couple of years, the focus on application permissions has been slowly but steadily gathering traction. This is great news because Android app permissions are the best way to determine what an app is doing without ripping the app apart Ron Amadeo-style and literally looking at what the app is doing in the code. Unfortunately, this has also created a new source of paranoia as users look at a permission that an app needs and immediately think of the worst case scenario which isn’t necessarily the correct mindset either.

TL;DR Barnes & Noble has unveiled its latest Nook tablet. It has a 10.1-inch display, 32GB storage, and only costs $129.99. The tablet is available to pre-order now and will be released on November 14. Barnes & Noble has just unveiled the Nook 10.1 tablet (via The Verge). And for $129.99, it fits nicely into the budget end of the tablet spectrum.  The tablet has 32GB storage which can be extended by up to 256GB with a microSD card, along with a 10.

We’ve rummaged through the funniest podcasts, new and old, and come up with a list of ten of the best comedy podcasts you can listen to today. Be sure to read to the honorable mentions at the bottom if you’re looking for even more podcast hilarity! Best comedy podcasts How Did This Get Made? Topic: Comedy, Film Frequency: Bi-weekly Length: 90 minutes For anyone with even a passing interest in movies, How Did This Get Made?

Given that we’ve just made it through 2017’s big batch of flagship launches relatively recently, there’s that inevitable allure to upgrade our current “boring” handsets for something cutting edge and fresh, even if our wallets scream that we shouldn’t. Fortunately, there are plenty of ways to breathe new life into even an older handset. Here are just some ways that you can give your smartphone a makeover. Grab a new skin or case Perhaps the best place to start when making your phone feel new again is by changing its actual appearance or feel.