HMD is busy resurrecting old Nokia brands, the latest of which is the premium Sirocco line. Model number TA-1005 was just trademarked as Nokia 8 Sirocco. A logo bearing that inscription was found earlier this month. The name is a throwback to the...
Even Samsung’s foundries have been roped into making Bitcoin mining hardware now. The design for the ASIC (Application-Specific Integrated Circuit) was completed last year and it went into mass production this month, according to The Bell. These...
Update: turns out this is not an official store. Xiaomi is expanding its European presence eastward – a Xiaomi store will open in Romania in less than two weeks, following Spain and (more recently) Italy. The announcement was made on Facebook and...
This could be interesting – a Sony Xperia Compact with a tall aspect ratio screen. This is just conjecture based on dimensions from an FCC certification, but the numbers are lining up beautifully. The Xperia in question has a 5” screen (126mm)...
The Galaxy S9 will be a generation for refinement rather than revolution. The exterior design of the new phones has barely changed – comparing CAD schematics for both makes it plain to see. For the most part, the S9 phones – both the small...
The OnePlus 5T may be the company’s latest device, but it is also the last to receive Oreo. The beta testing is complete and OxygenOS 5.0.2 is rolling out over the air. The update brings a new design for Quick settings as well as new versions for...
Phone storage is an often overlooked factor in performance, but JEDEC has the cure for slowness – the new UFS 3.0 standard. It promises up to 2x the bandwidth while using lower power to boot. A single lane can carry up to 11.6 Gbps, twice what...
Nikkei Asian Review reported that Apple will halve iPhone X orders, based on information from the supply chain. The predicted number didn’t quite line up with other estimates and it seems that the component suppliers themselves are hearings...
OnePlus posted an infographic detailing its busy 2017. The company’s revenues doubled to $1.4 billion as phone sales grew 55% compared to 2016. OnePlus sells its phones in 32 countries and supports 24 languages and it had the #1 selling phone on...
The mobile payment game is heating up with a new competitor – Huawei Pay. The tech is already established in its home country of China, but now the company has signed a deal with China’s UnionPay to bring the service worldwide. The first overseas...
Sharp has introduced a new Android One phone – the Sharp Android One S3 for Y! Mobile. This is a fairly compact device with a dust and waterproof body. It even underwent some MIL-STD style shock testing by dropping it from 26 directions onto...
HMD unveiled its third version of the reborn Nokia 3310 – but this 4G model is an odd duck. It’s LTE connectivity is a boon and it has Wi-Fi, which can be used to create a hotspot to share the data connection with other devices. It’s odd,...
HMD ticked another phone off the Oreo update list – the Nokia 5. Meanwhile, the Nokia 6 update has expanded to people with the TA-1021 model (the global one). If your Nokia 5 hasn’t notified you of the update, you can check manually. Do keep in...
Multiple clues point to Sony using an OLED display for its upcoming flagship, now new info from the supply chain suggests this will be sourced from LG Display. Sony already uses LG OLED panels for its successful line of premium TVs. "Sony is...
Various analysts are cutting their forecasts for iPhone X shipments, Nikkei Asian Review is just the latest to chime in – it predicts a 50% cut in Apple’s original production target. That works out to 20 million units, which is slightly better than...
Nokia has partnered with 30 carriers to build out the next-gen mobile network with its latest ReefShark chipset. To be clear, this is part of the carrier architecture, not what goes in the phone. But it’s quite something and should deliver a...
When you cross two expensive brands you get a hybrid with an even bigger price tag. We don’t know what it says on that price tag in the case of this special edition iPhone X for Bentley. It’s a limited edition, you can see that the unit in the...
Many are skittish about leaving their pricey flagship in the nude, especially ones with glass backs like the Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+. Which is why the likes of dbrand are quick to offer something to cover it up, sometimes too quick. So...
Xiaomi unveiled the new generation of its Android TV box, but not much seems to have changed. The Mi Box 4 comes with a refreshed chipset but still runs Android 6.0. The chipset is an Amlogic S905L and the major addition compared to the old one...
Maybe Qualcomm, Apple, Samsung and others are right to chase after decreasing nanometers year after year. Our poll showed this is the leading sign of a popular system on a chip, garnering 15% of the votes. Building a chip on a lower nanometers...
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