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Get close. With its focus on close-ups, the Motorola One Macro wants to secure a place in the niche. You'll find out in the test whether the smartphone's chic looks will convince you in your everyday life.
Mediatek Helio P70 | ARM Mali-G72 MP3 | 6.20" | 186 g

A smartphone with a cinema display and sub-par cameras. The Xperia 5 is not the first smartphone that Sony has released with a 21:9 display. We have already seen the Xperia 1 and Xperia 10 trying to distinguish themselves from their peers with this aspect ratio, and now Sony wants to persuade people that 21:9 is the future with the Xperia 5. Having such a tall display has proven practical in our experience, but the Xperia 5 falls short of expectations in some crucial areas, as our review will reveal.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 | Qualcomm Adreno 640 | 6.10" | 164 g

Brave Finn. After an excellent start of the 7-series, the Nokia 7.1 provided long faces in the test, because especially its battery life could not convince. With the Nokia 7.2 everything is supposed to get better and HMD Global is adding a thick scoop of battery performance, more memory and a triple camera.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 | Qualcomm Adreno 512 | 6.30" | 180 g

A display surprise. The Redmi Note 8 is another entry-level Xiaomi smartphone, but it's one that redefines the quality of displays we expect from sub-200-Euro (~$220) devices. The panel is bright, contrast-rich and even suitable for those who are PWM sensitive. The Redmi Note 8 is not all good news though, as our review unit will establish.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 | Qualcomm Adreno 610 | 6.30" | 190 g

Déjà vu. Notebookcheck.com reviews the Honor 9X, a midrange handset with a pop-up front-facing camera, a notch and punch-hole free 6.59-inch display and a HiSilicon Kirin 710F SoC among other features. Read on to find out in what area this latest Honor smartphone excels, and if it can maintain the company's reputation of selling competitively priced midrange handsets.
HiSilicon Kirin 710 | ARM Mali-G51 MP4 | 6.59" | 197 g

The pith of Münsterland. With a comparatively compact rugged smartphone, Gigaset wants to attract a further clientele and is focusing on a mixture of good equipment, large energy storage and sustainability under the "Made in Germany" flag. You can read in the test whether the recipe is convincing.
Mediatek Helio P23 MT6763V | ARM Mali-G71 MP2 | 6.10" | 279 g