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Welcome to your recap of the week's hottest tech stories. Week 16 of the year marked the first live encounters with the Galaxy Fold across the web (and here at GSMArena HQ) and it didn't take long for the first issues to arise. Several of the...

This week we saw the Samsung Galaxy S10 5G claim the title of "Best selfie camera", at least according to DxOMark. The phone's rear camera matched the score of the Huawei P30 Pro, which previously ruled alone. This along with the results from last...

When we received an invitation to give the Samsung Galaxy Fold a try, we immediately jumped the plane and headed to Samsung’s office. There, an Astro Blue unit was waiting for us, and we already shared our initial impressions of the device. Now,...

The Oppo Reno 10x zoom prevailed in last week’s poll, beating the Samsung Galaxy A80 by a healthy margin. The rivalry between these two goes beyond selfie camera vs. rear camera, though these are clearly major parts of the phones’ identities. The...

With the dawn of 5G upon us, we wanted to look at how quickly new networks are adopted. The first 2G networks appeared in 1991 then the first commercial 3G networks came alive in 2001 (but wouldn’t reach Europe and the US until 2003). We’ll use...

The Lenovo Z6 Pro which is all set to be unveiled on April 23 has already appeared in a live image and a render showing off its back. Today, we get to see the fascia of this smartphone in a video. Previous leaks hinted at the Z6 Pro coming with a...

Qualcomm unveiled the Snapdragon 730 only a couple of weeks ago, but a 735 appears to be on the timeline as well. What looks like an internal document details the future chipset's key specs. The chip will allegedly be built on a 7nm...

Xiaomi's sub-brand Redmi recently shared a video teasing the 4,000 mAh battery on the upcoming Redmi Y3. Now, the company has posted yet another teaser which reveals the phone's design. The video shows the textured back of the Y3 which is home to...

The Asus ZenFone Lite (L1) and ZenFone Max (M1) which were launched in India last October have received a price cut in the country. The Lite L1 is now down to INR4,999 ($72) from INR5,999 ($86), whereas the Max M1 is down from INR7,499 ($108) to...

Last week, Samsung rolled out the Android Pie update for the Galaxy J6 in Italy and Brazil. Now, this South Korean tech giant has expanded the rollout of this latest version of Android to India. This update, bearing version number...

DxO Mark has published an update to its LG V40 ThinQ review bumping the overall score to 94, 1 up from the original result from a few days ago. The correction is due to an error they discovered in one of their tests. The sub-score that's changed...

Huawei detailed some of the features available on its latest of the EMUI Android skin. As of this post, four Huawei devices are in the EMUI 9.1 Beta testing phase. The new version brings updated icon design, refined gesture controls, a new file...

OnePlus CEO Pete Lau has said that the company will announce the date of its next launch event on April 23. Lau hasn't revealed what this event will be about, but it's safe to say that it's going to be about the company's 2019 smartphones. Stay...

We've had the team's hands on the Samsung Galaxy Fold pretty much non stop ever since it arrived a couple of days ago and as we settle in for the weekend, we decided to gather a few early impressions of the novel gadget and share them with...

LG submitted a patent for a smartphone that features basic sketches of the device, outfitted with three rear cameras and three front-facing cameras. The patent was registered with the WIPO (World Intellectual Property Office) and went live on...

Over the past couple of days, the Huawei Mate 20 X 5G has made headlines as Huawei prepares at least two 5G devices for this year. After seeing a photo of the 5G version’s retail packaging, a hands-on video of the device has been uploaded to YouTube...

Amazon is now offering the option to US customers to access Amazon Prime Music service without having a Prime membership or Amazon Music Unlimited subscription. But before you rush to try the service, it comes with quite a few caveats. First of...

BlackBerry had previously launched the BlackBerry KEY2 Red Edition with a few key differences (no pun intended) over the standard KEY2 version that’s currently available. BlackBerry is announcing the device's US availability. For starters, this...

We got another durability test video from JerryRigEverything and this time the Huawei P30 Pro is the unfortunate victim. The handset went through the usual scratch, burn and bend tests and survived it all even if it got a scar or two. The back...

Apple’s iOS 13 is going to bring several overhauls over previous versions with system-wide dark mode, undo gestures and special iPad features like multiple windowed apps. Today news broke out that Apple is also working on merging its Find my iPhone...