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OnePlus Nord compromises detailed, reaching 160Hz, and more tech news today
July 25, 2025
1. Mid-range heats up
OnePlus Nord reviews dropped this morning, and the focus is on compromises: is it worth saving that $200 from the OnePlus 8, or should you just get a flagship with all the bells and whistles? (That is, assuming you can get it, given it’s not yet slated for US release.)
Common themes are emerging– here’s what we’ve picked up from around the review scene:
The best mid-rangers are wildly different:
2. YourBest of Android Reader’s Choice winner(after 45,000 votes) is the OnePlus 8 Pro (Android Authority).
3.Lenovo Flex 5G review: Insane Windows laptop battery life, at a $1500 cost (Android Authority).
We asked, you told us:2019 was the worst year in smartphone history(Android Authority).
ASUS ROG Phone 3has a hidden 160 Hz screen mode(Android Authority).
6.Apple now sells a $129 Thunderbolt 3 Pro cable. The weird thing? It’s not cheap but there’s no competing option that offers the same for less (The Verge). USB-C is quite the mess.
7.Massive Nintendo leakreveals early Mario, Zelda, and Pokémon secrets. This is all about classic games that never were, well worth a look (Polygon).
- “Intel’s decision to consider outsourcing manufacturingheralds the end of an era in which the company, and the US, dominated the semiconductor industry.” (Bloomberg).Mark Cuban chimed in, too (Twitter).
9.20 years ago, Steve Jobs built the ‘Coolest Computer Ever.’ It bombed (Wired).
- Roundup of the manytrailers unveiled this weekend during Comic-Con@Home(Ars Technica).
11.Apple eyes new streaming strategyafter Tom Hanks drama breaks records (Fast Company).
12.The North Poles of Jupiter’s moon Ganymedeprobed, for the first time ever (nasa.gov).
Here’s a list of50 authors with 50 sci-fi stories shorter than novels(blogspot). Plusdiscussion here(HN).
“Why do mountains have peaks instead of having “flat tops”?” (r/askscience).
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