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Parallel to Oppo's headline R7 and R7 Plus models launched a couple of weeks ago, the company had been working on a lower-end device in the face of the Oppo A51. The new midranger is nearing its launch, as evidenced by a certification from TENAA,...

A couple of months after Verizon started shipping Samsung's latest flagships - the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge, the carrier has rolled out the first update to the devices. It bumps the handsets to software version VVRU1AOD5. It's a minor...

In today's high-tech world, feature phones are a dying breed, but Microsoft still hasn't given up on such products. The fact is that they are still essential for a lot of developing markets and novice or non tech-savvy users. Consequently, feature...

LG has couple of smartphones lined up for release in the third and the fourth quarter of this year. That has been revealed as a few of them have been spotted at the Bluetooth Certification listings online. An unannounced LG smartphone with...

Back in November 2013, Motorola announced plans to bring Android 4.4 KitKat to its ATRIX HD smartphone, but the update never came. Now, the company has announced that it will not be upgrading the handset to KitKat, and will be compensating for it by...

The Samsung Galaxy Note 4 has topped the charts in customer satisfaction, leaving behind the Apple iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, according to a latest survey conducted by the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). The Note 4 - which was...

T-mobile has announced that it is all set to roll out the Android 5.0 Lollipop update to its version of the Sony Xperia Z3. According to a tweet (see below) sent out by T-Mobile's senior product manager, Des Smith, the OTA update should begin...

Unannounced Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 8.0 made its way through TENAA in China. The successor of Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 sports the model number SM-T715. Specs-wise, the Tab S2 features a 1.9GHz octa-core CPU (the chipset is likely to be an...

Another press photo of the unannounced Samsung Galaxy S6 Active made the rounds on Twitter, once again courtesy of @evleaks. The rugged variant of Samsung Galaxy S6 is expected to debut in the immediate future. This time around, the upcoming...

Well known luxury smartphone maker Gresso has added a new device to its Regal series. It's called Gresso Regal Gold, and, like most of this company's offerings, it's going to be a limited edition. Only 999 units will be made, each one coming with...

It's been so long since the Nokia Lumia 735 was first supposed to arrive at Verizon, that in the meantime the handset even changed its name. Despite being called Nokia Lumia 735 internationally, Verizon will launch it as the Microsoft Lumia...

Spanish phone maker BQ sure likes Ubuntu. Back in February, it became the first company to launch a smartphone running Ubuntu, and today we get word of a second device coming soon too. This will be called BQ Aquaris E5 HD Ubuntu Edition. Compared...

LG has announced that it will be providing official bootloader unlock tools for some of its handsets. Such actions are definitely not unheard of, but, it is always a nice touch when a manufacturer shows such love for third party developers. An...

Analysts have been increasing the expectations of the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge, the last one saying the duo will sell a whopping 70 million by the end of the year. Counterpoint Research has looked at actual sales numbers for April and estimates...

Gionee is all set to introduce its Elife E8 smartphone on June 10. Apart from bringing the 23MP rear camera snapper in the phone along with fingerprint sensor, the Elife E8 will also feature a new digital wallet service. As per the...

Blocks Wearables, the UK-based company which is developing the world's first modular smartwatch dubbed Blocks, has announced a partnership with chip giant Qualcomm. The wearable, whose early prototypes were first shown off by the company at this...

Just as promised, the Meizu m2 note was announced today and all eyes are on the impressive mid-range device, with a tantalizing price tag of only $160. But this might not be the only surprise Meizu has in store. The eagerly-anticipated successor to...

A new Motorola handset sporting model number XT1565 has received Bluetooth certification from the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG). Although there is no way to confirm this yet, the device could be the third-generation Moto E. The only...

Meizu just pulled the wraps off the successor to the popular m1 note. Priced equally to the predecessor at CNY999 (~$160), the new Meizu m2 note packs even more bang for the buck. The phablet is built around a 5.5-inch FullHD display, which...

The Project Zero 2 (formerly known as the Project Zen), which is said to be a larger version of the Galaxy S6 edge, will be called Galaxy S6 Plus, and will be announced in the coming weeks, according to new rumours that have surfaced. What's...