Top stories of 2022: Q1

Welcome to our recap of the top news articles of 2022. We will now be looking back on the most popular stories from the first quarter of the year with each subsequent quarter getting its own story.

In Q1, we got a few major announcements. Samsung's Galaxy S22 series launched in February. The Galaxy S22 Ultra was the biggest announcement (metaphorically, and literally). It brought back the built-in S Pen, and the squarer Galaxy Note design, while simultaneously bringing refinement to the battery and cameras.

The Galaxy S22 and S22+ got bumped up to a new 50MP main camera and brought back the glass on the back. The Galaxy S22 series adopted the Exynos 2200 but also got the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 in some markets.

Other Snapdragon 8 Gen 1-powered phones began arriving in Q1 - the Honor Magic V was the first foldable with the new chip, while the Realme GT2, iQOO 9 and 9 Pro, Oppo Find X5 Pro, Motorola's Edge 30 Pro and Edge Plus 2022, nubia's Z40 Pro, Honor's Magic4 series, OnePlus' 10 Pro also joined the party.

On our part we marked the official start of ArenaEV.com - our electric vehicle-focused project. Nearly a year on wWe're happy to say that ArenaEV is going strong!

On the PC side Intel unveiled its new 12th gen processors with a hybrid architecture, and Apple announced the M1 Ultra SoC with a 20-core CPU, and up to 64-core GPU.

Those were just some of the highlights of Q1 but you can find the full list of major stories below.