Week 31 in review: Black Shark 2 Pro, Galaxy Tab S6 and MediaTek's gaming SoC

The mid-summer rarely brings a lot of high-profile announcements, but we got two premium products this week alone.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 slate and the Black Shark 2 Pro gaming smartphone officially began their journeys today.

Yet our most read story was not about a device, but a technology. Oppo's new Waterfall display with nearly 90-degree curved panel promises to bring us yet another step closer to the all-screen future and clearly got you very excited. It looks awesome and we might get to see it as early as next year in one of Oppo's flagship models.

We got plenty of leaks too - the Huawei Mate 30, the Nokia 9.1 PureView and the Pixel 4 duo all made headlines this week. Of course, the Galaxy Note10 was the most frequent visitor to our news section - the new Samsung flagship now just three days away from its official debut.

Oh, and global market researches point at Samsung as the top smartphone manufacturer for yet another quarter.

The vivo Z5 got unveiled in China offering pretty nice specs for the asking price, while MediaTek introduced its first two gaming chipsets - G90 and G90T. Preliminary benchmarks show that the chips are more powerful than Qualcomm's Snapdragon 730, which is downright impressive given that MediaTek is aiming at the low-cost devices.

See you next week with the most exciting news from the mobile industry.

Oppo showcases Waterfall screen with extremely curved edges

The curves on the side of the screen are 88 degrees, bringing the screen-to-body ratio even closer to 100%.

Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 with improved S Pen and UD fingerprint reader announced

It also has an ultra wide-angle camera.

Huawei Mate 30 camera to have two 40 MP shooters

It will have an RYYB layout and Cine lens features during video shooting.

Black Shark 2 Pro unveiled with Snapdragon 855+, UFS 3.0 storage and 4,000 mAh battery

Top of the line specs and more color options for the latest Black Shark gaming phone.

Nokia 9.1 PureView will come with Snapdragon 855, 5G and a better camera

Light is helping with the camera development.

Google reveals Pixel 4 will have face unlock and motion gestures

Includes iPhone X-style secure facial recognition system as well as advanced motion gestures.

Samsung Galaxy Note10+ specs sheet surfaces, pre-orders begin on August 7

Yep, no 3.5mm jack but there's a microSD card to keep you comfort.

Watch the first foldable phone, the Royole FlexPai go through a torture test

It bent the the wrong way.

Google researchers find six critical iOS vulnerabilities, five of them already patched

You should update to iOS 12.4 right now.

Samsung Galaxy Note10+ 5G appears in final render with August 23 release date

The Galaxy Note 10 family will be announced next week in New York City.

Samsung remains the top smartphone manufacturer in Q2 2019, Huawei and Apple follow

US sanctions have hurt Huawei just a little.

vivo Z5 goes official with Snapdragon 712 and 48MP main camera

It also carries a 4,500 mAh battery that can charge your other devices as well.

MediaTek G90 outperforms the Snapdragon 730 in AnTuTu and Geekbench

MediaTek might be onto something here.

Samsung Galaxy A90 5G passes by Wi-Fi Alliance

The device will also come in a 4G version.

Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2 leak shows it in all colors

Expect three different hues for the upcoming smartwatch.

Samsung Galaxy Note10+ 5G shows up on 3C with 25W charger

The 5G variant might settle for slower charging than the standard Galaxy Note10+ model.