Week 42 in review: It's raining phones

It rarely gets as exciting in the mobile world as week 42 of 2018. We saw so much new hardware that it was almost impossible to keep track.

Of course Huawei's event was the most interesting, delivering 4 flagship phablets as well as a couple of wearables. The Mate 20 lineup dominated the headlines and took over our trending chart.

Nokia delivered an exciting upper mid-ranger too - the X7 or 7.1 Plus as it will be known in most markets. Lenovo's S5 Pro and K5 Pro also got your attention and so did Vertu, which returned from the dead to bring the new Aster P.

In other news Xiaomi kicked the Mi Mix 3 hype train in full gear, confirming some key specs of the phone. OnePlus is not to be outdone too, giving us bits and pieces of the 6T ahead of its October 30 launch.

If you haven't been around this week and think you might have missed something - check out the list of our most popular article below to get you up to speed.

7.2" Huawei Mate 20 X targets gamers, Mate 20 Porsche Design is all about looks

The Huawei Mate 20 X has a 7.2" OLED screen, Mate 20 Pro's camera, better cooling and larger battery for €150 less.

Nokia X7 goes official with S710 chipset, 6.18" PureDisplay and Zeiss dual camera

Pre-orders in China open today, shipping is next week. The price is much lower than we expected yesterday.

Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 officially arriving on October 25

The phone is teased with a slider camera on Weibo by the company.

Huawei Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro official: Leica triple camera, Kirin 980

The Pro features 40W wired charging, plus wireless charging in both directions! Also, a revamped P20 Pro camera, in-display FP reader and more.

Video shows Xiaomi Mi Mix 3's face unlock feature

In the video the phone unlocks a laptop using Windows 10's Dynamic Lock. Check out how quick the face unlock is.

Xiaomi officially confirms: Mi Mix 3 will have 5G support and 10GB of RAM

Mi Mix 3 is going to score a few world's firsts.

Huawei Mate 20 to arrive with a 40W fast charger

The info is coming from China just a day ahead of the official launch of the phone.

Huawei Mate 20 Pro camera samples: testing out the new triple camera

We took a quick photo tour of London and while it was foggy, we managed to test the zoom capabilities of the Leica camera.

Nokia 7.1 Plus teaser images released, the unveiling is tomorrow

The Nokia 7.1 Plus, aka Nokia X7, brings a larger display, improved cameras and a faster chipset compared to the Nokia 7.1.

Huawei Mate 20 phones: prices and availability

Huawei unveiled four new flagships today. Three of them you can buy today, the large gaming phone arrives next week.

AnTuTu lists September's top 10 best performing Android phones

The Asus ROG Phone comes out on top with its overclocked Snapdragon 845 chipset.

Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 camera samples and teaser video appear

Lin Bin posted two images revealing the quality of edge detection and the performance in a low-light setting.

Palm is back with a 3.3-inch device that's billed as a companion for your smartphone

Palm's oft-rumored new smartphone isn't a smartphone at all.

Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 will have 1080x2340 screen resolution

This comes straight from the company, along with another confirmation of a model with 10GB of RAM.

Lenovo S5 Pro and K5 Pro official with dual cameras, stereo speakers, large batteries

Both are powered by Snapdragon 636 chipsets and both support fast charging. The S5 Pro has an infrared 3D face scanner on the front.

Why Huawei's NM cards mean you don't get to expand the Mate 20 storage

Let's look at the possibilities of NM cards becoming a trend and why that won't happen anytime soon.

Get your zoom ratios right, Huawei!

Why is that a foreign concept in the smartphone world and why on earth are makers downplaying the zoom ratio of multi-camera setups?

OnePlus 6T will have a special night mode for better low-light photography

This info supposedly comes directly from a OnePlus representative.

Vertu comes back to life with Aster P Android smartphone

The 5" phone arrives with exquisite design and a $4,200 price tag.

Huawei unveils Watch GT and Band 3 Pro smart wearables

The Huawei Watch GT offers up to 30 days of battery life.

Samsung Galaxy W2019 will have two 4.2-inch screens, 3,000mAh battery

Samsung's China-exclusive flip phone's display and battery were revealed by the TENAA.

Samsung Galaxy Note10 to come with a 6.66" display

Instead of "The Beast", the phone is code named "Da Vinci". The Galaxy S10+ will reportedly have a 6.44" display, so the Note has to go bigger.

Google Pixel 3 XL teardown reveals Samsung-made screen, loads of glue

The experts at iFixit are at it again, giving it a 4 out of 10 repairability score.

RED Hydrogen One smartphone infographic reveals key specs and features

The infographic reveals battery capacity, design details and key features.

OnePlus 3, 3T, 5 and 5T Android 9 update delayed

The OnePlus 6T will ship with Android 9.0 Pie out of the box, though.