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Earlier today HTC took the wraps off the One A9, its latest upper-midrange smartphone. The handset is already up for pre-order in the US, and will become available at the beginning of next month (including in other markets, though pricing varies...

We didn't know it at the time, but a few weeks ago with its new Nexus devices Google started a trend. And not a good one if you happen to live in Europe. See, the new Nexus 5X, for example, happens to be way more expensive in Europe than it is in...

HTC One A9 is the company's latest smartphone and the first non-Nexus to launch with Android 6.0 Marshmallow. The handset is supposed to freshen up the HTC portfolio and give another chance of the otherwise struggling One lineup. The HTC One A9...

Update: HTC One A9 is now official. HTC is ready to unveil its latest smartphone offering the One A9. The company is holding a very special launch event in Barclays Center in New York. In addition to the HTC One A9's announcement, the company...

Meizu started a smartphone exchange campaign yesterday offering OnePlus 2 owners the chance to swap their phone for a new PRO 5. In order to participate, you have to fill out a form telling Meizu why you want to "#TurnTheHeatOff" - an obvious...

Lenovo has been really invested in its new ZUK sub-brand, determined to do all it can to spread the word and win some vital market positions. Of course, the ZUK Z1 is front and center stage in this initiative and to make the budget-friendly handset...

A new Galaxy model - SM-W2016 - was spotted within the GFX database. It is powered by the high-end Exynos 7 Octa chipset with an octa-core processor, Mali-T760MP8 GPU and 3GB of RAM. The internal storage of the W2016 is 64GB and its camera duo is...

Last month, Micromax subsidiary Yu said it's planning to launch what it called "the most powerful smartphone ever," and now the company has released a teaser image confirming that the device - called Yutopia (internally code-named Project Achilles)...

Apple's newest iPhones - the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus went up for pre-orders in South Korea yesterday. Such was the fan frenzy that all the pre-orders were snapped up within minutes. The country's three mobile carriers - SK Telecom, KT, and LG...

Last week, there were reports that the Huawei Mate S - which was made official at this year's IFA last month - will be launched in Malaysia on October 22. However, it has now been confirmed that the launch will happen around a week later - on...

A total of 6.5 million people are now paying to use Apple's music streaming service, according to the Cupertino-based company's CEO Tim Cook, who made the revelation at a technology conference yesterday. He also revealed that an additional...

In an apparent effort to create maximum hype around its upcoming One A9 smartphone, struggling Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer HTC is pitching the device as a good alternative to Apple's iPhones. In a recent letter to employees, CEO Cher...

Sony announced earlier this month that its Concept for Android initiative - which was launched earlier this year - will allow 10,000 Xperia Z3 and Xperia Z3 Compact owners to beta test Android 6.0 Marshmallow. Well, that concept Marshmallow build...

Consumer Reports decided to check out the recent claims of battery life parity between the two chipsets found on the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, and found out the difference is next to negligible in real world usage. In case you're not aware, the...

The successor to last year's LG G Vista has been announced by AT&T. Dubbed G Vista 2, the device is powered by an octa-core processor (should be Snapdragon 615), and sports a 5.7-inch 1080p display. It has 2GB RAM and 16GB expandable internal...

During the halftime of Monday Night Football, Disney and Lucasfilm released the latest trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The blockbuster will descend upon movie screens worldwide on December 18. The action packed trailer gives...

While the Lumia 950 XL has already been there for quite some time, its smaller sibling - the Lumia 950 - is now also listed on the US Microsoft Store website. As you can see in the screenshot above, there are two listings for the device: one...

Waze has received its first big update since Google acquired it. The design has been altered, the user experience simplified, and, perhaps most importantly, battery consumption has apparently been improved. The new version, Waze 4.0, is already...

Ever since Apple launched the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus with 3D Touch, a lot of the talk in the mobile world has been focused on this feature. Alternatively called Force Touch in Apple's MacBooks, it lets different pressure levels applied to a...

The Nubia Z9 Max and Nubia Z9 Mini have been out since April, and now, half a year later, it looks like ZTE felt it was time for an upgrade. So the Chinese company has apparently been working on refreshing these two models somewhat, without changing...