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HMD has started pushing out a new update to its Nokia 2 smartphone. Weighing in at around 90MB, it's basically a security update that brings along Android fixes for the month of February. The February patch, as you might already know, has...

A new Sony smartphone has leaked through an HTML benchmark test. The device carries Xperia XZ2 moniker, runs Android 8.1 Oreo, and the 'screen size' section in the benchmark suggests the phone will feature an aspect ratio of 18:9. The leak...

If you recall a few days ago, someone in Vietnam accidentally received an Android Oreo update to their Galaxy S7 edge, complete with the same Samsung Experience 9.0 that is already rolling out to the Galaxy S8 and S8+. Well, it turns out that...

JerryRigEverything has performed another one of his durability tests on the BlackBerry Motion. We reviewed the BlackBerry Motion and praised it for its excellent build quality and sturdiness. Starting off with the scratch test: BlackBerry’s...

If you owned a Samsung phone in the past few years, chances are you used an emoji that looks totally different on an iPhone and might not convey the same message you wish to get across. A perfect example of this is the “rolling eyes” emoji,...

During its earnings call earlier this month, Google revealed that its device shipments doubled in 2017 compared to 2016, but as usual the company didn't give us any hard numbers. Thankfully, that hasn't stopped IDC, one of the big analyst houses,...

This year's Android update is reportedly codenamed Pistachio Ice Cream internally, though Google may choose to go with another moniker when it launches. Android P is expected to better accommodate handsets with an iPhone X-like notch at the top of...

We published our HTC U11+ review last November, and while we liked a whole lot about the fancy flagship, it generated some controversy around the display and battery test results. The article was based on the only retail unit available at that time...

Xiaomi will be launching the Mi TV 4 in the Indian market on February 14. The tv announcement will be made at an event alongside the Redmi Note 5 and Redmi Note 5 Pro announcement. The Mi TV 4 is the company's newest smart television....

Samsung is about to announce its next flagship the Galaxy S9, and a new fast wireless charger is expected to come along. According to a leaked user manual, the new pad will have two charging coils and will support fast charging up to 9V/1.67A, 9V/2A...

Counterpoint has revised its numbers and now says HMD sold 4.4 million smartphones in Q4 of last year. Neil Shah, an analysts at the company, says the 1% market share puts it just outside the Top 10 – Nokia is in 11th place. To put that in...

The HTC 10 for Sprint in the US is now starting to get the Android 8.0 Oreo update. The information was brought by HTC VP of Product Management Mo Versi. The HTC 10 launched on Android Marshmallow, was subsequently updated to Nougat and is...

A new computer-generated image has surfaced and it's claimed to be of the Xiaomi Redmi Note 5. Like the first one it shows a dual camera and a fingerprint scanner on the back and an 18:9 screen on the front with unbelievably-slim bezels. We use that...

Huawei announced its Mate 10 series back in October 2017 and ended some rumors about eventual renaming of its flagship Mate X. The moniker appeared again during the weekend in an application on the EU Intellectual Property Office website. The...

Before phones with the Snapdragon 845 chipset hit the market, Qualcomm is offering a taste of its performance with a Qualcomm Reference Design platform. The new chip uses new CPU core designs based on Cortex-A75 and A55. There’s four of each in...

Last week, Xiaomi ran a Twitter poll asking people to choose between MIUI 9 and Android One. As you may know, MIUI is the ROM that majority of the Xiaomi phones ship with while Android One comes directly from Google and is what you find on the Mi...

ZTE’s head honcho confirmed that the Axon 9 is coming this year and now some alleged images and specs have surfaced on Weibo. The phone both is and isn’t what we expected. A 6” AMOLED screen with QHD+ resolution – and 18:9 aspect ratio – was to...

The Sony H8266 is back in the spotlight – after Geekbench, AnTuTu was its next stop. This benchmark is more detailed in the specifications it records so let’s compare them to the specs we saw earlier. AnTuTu reports an 18:9 screen with 1,080 x...

Many manufacturers are already switching to Android Oreo and vivo is the latest company to do so. The manufacturer announced the first wave of devices to receive the 8.0 version, consisting of 7 phones from the X series - vivo X20, vivo X20 Plus,...

Xiaomi is making a phone announcement in India on February 14 that is expected to be the Xiaomi Redmi Note 5. But some sources point to a second phone announcement, parallel to the Redmi Note 5's - the Redmi Note 5 Pro. It's expected the Pro...