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This week in Android: Zoom’s fall, benchmark cheating and more
August 22, 2025
OnePlus has been slowly graduating from a disruptive little brand into a full-blown smartphone OEM. The upcoming OnePlus 8 series is set to go live on April 14th, just a few days away. Save yourself from some unexpected surprises by reading up oneverything we know so farnow. When that’s done, we exploredOnePlus’ pricing over the years, see how they went from budget to premium in anticipation of a new record high price for their next phone.
Zoom quickly became the hated king of video conferencing with afew security issues. Until things are patched fully, companies and governments are taking action.Google already banned the toolfrom its employees’ machines, and nowteachers in Singapore are banned from using it. As we say, as long as folks can hack into meetings, especially classroom meetings with children, maybe other tools are the answer. Speaking of, Google Duo is a solid tool for smaller groups, learn about Duo and others in our littleGoogle Duo vs Skype, WhatsApp and othersdiscussion.
We didn’t review any big phones this week, but we did take a deep dive on a new video platform and a set of gaming headphones. Check out our reviews of theRazer Kraken Ultimateand ourthorough look at Quibi.
Cheaters! We all know that phone benchmarking is a difficult task, one that can be gamed.MediaTek has made a statement about their exploitsof the leading benchmarking apps, their response comes off as “we all do it.” It’s a good thing we’ve got Gary on our team,SpeedTest Ghasn’t been hacked.
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