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Before Andy Rubin started working on Android, he co-founded Danger Inc. - the maker of T-Mobile Sidekick smartphones. Matias Duarte, he who made Material Design, worked with Rubin at Danger and later worked on webOS before joining Google. We were...

In Past Tense is our series of articles in which the GSMArena team takes you on a nostalgia-infused ride through the phones that impressed them the most through the years. Growing in a family of phone aficionados, the most logical path for me was...

Notches have become the must-have design element of 2018 phones, but a few phones have resisted that movement. And, ironically, a flat, rectangular screen stands out in the 2018 flagship lineup. Don't listen to that "more screen, less bezel" talk...

Week 14 saw the Xiaomi Redmi 5 Pro being restored as the most popular device in our database. Last week it was denied the honor by the vivo v9, but that one lost some steam and is sitting in fourth now. Second place goes to the Huawei P20, which...

Introduction Beats Studio 3 Wireless headphones with Active Noise Canceling (Pure ANC) represent the peak of Beats consumer offerings. Now packing Apple's W1 chip, we've been using these for a while now to see how they perform. Beats...

Following up on last weeks' debate we discuss whether you should favor chipsets with more sheer performance or better power efficiency. Paul: "I feel the need, the need for speed" I conform to the adage of getting the fastest...

The first three months of 2018 saw announcements from most manufacturers, including powerful flagships and attractive mid-rangers. Winning specs races is one, but the true testament of success is else - it is fan love. So we though we'd go true...

In keeping with tradition Samsung once again introduced two hardware variants of its flagship Galaxy S9 phones. Most of the world gets units powered by Samsung's own Exynos 9810 chip, while US and China receive Snapdragon 845 chips...

The Huawei P20 Pro readily outshone its smaller sibling in last week’s poll – really, it was like the P20 was invisible. The Mate RS Porsche Design saw a good deal of interest, though we suspect its price tag will prevent widespread...

Essential is a unique case in the smartphone world. It was a startup smartphone company started by one of the founders of Android: Andy Rubin. The company went on to become a unicorn startup: a company whose valuation broke $1 billion even before it...

Spotify has sent invitations out to the press for an announcement that’s taking place in New York City. The event invitation only says “Spotify invites you to a news announcement. Morning of Tuesday, April 24 New York City”. The invitation has a...

The latest update for the Essential PH-1 brings the April security patch from Google. Additionally, the 127MB OTA update brings modem stability fixes, improved performance, general bug squashing, external game controller support, and Bluetooth 5.0...

Making a good smartwatch is no easy task. It's hard to retain traditional looks and deliver modern functionality and keep the whole thing usable. Lately we've seen more and more devices aim for the space between the simpler but long-lasting smart...

Emojis have become a huge part of popular culture in our hyper-connected world of technology. People are spending far more time using a smartphone than using a desktop or laptop computer these days. Even these days, it still isn’t simple to summon...

Last night, there were reports that Facebook Messages from Zuckerberg and other Facebook executives sent to users were mysteriously gone. Users don’t have to ability to delete sent messages, but those at the top of the platform did so anyway,...

Motorola has released a completely redesigned version of its camera app. The update comes out just in time for the impending release of the Moto G6 series but existing Moto users need not worry as the update is also rolling out to them. The first...

Nokia announced a bunch of smartphones for the Indian market at a special event that took place a couple of days ago. And today the first of those devices has already become available to purchase in the subcontinent. We're talking about the Nokia...

One of the main problems smartwatches face is their usually lacklustre battery life. So as an owner of such a device you're probably quite happy when it gets a software update that should improve its stamina. That's exactly what's happening...

Last year Apple held a small meeting for select media to basically confirm that it is working on a new Mac Pro. This was brought on by growing complaints with the Mac lineup, especially the Pro line, which constituted the MacBook Pro that had a...

After a bit of a controversy regarding whether it would be launched at all, and if so under what name, LG seems to have decided to call its next flagship G7 ThinQ. This was initially revealed through a leak a few days ago, and is now confirmed...