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Samsung Electronics sent out a press release, announcing its intention to improve the packaging of its products with more environmentally friendly materials. Starting from the first half of 2019, all phones, tablets, and home appliances will have...

The trend with cameras inside the screen started in the end of 2018 and looks certain to gain speed throughout 2019. Instead of hiding the selfie camera like some companies, Oppo has decided to go in a completely different direction - the company...

LG is preparing to announce a device with 5G, hover gestures, and Snapdragon 855 at MWC 2019. It will also showcase a foldable phone to the audience. This two news sound amazing, but it seems like not all countries will get the new handsets after a...

We don't normally review televisions here at GSMArena. However, as we review most of the other products Xiaomi releases, it's hard not to look at and be fascinated by what the company has been doing in the television segment for the past couple of...

The fourth week of 2019 saw the Xiaomi Redmi Note lineup dominate our popularity chart. The Redmi Note 7 and it's upcoming Pro version hold onto the first two positions, while the aging Redmi Note 6 Pro takes fourth. Even the the two generations...

It was a fascinating week with many interesting stories to talk about. Stories about the conventional - Galaxy S10 and Sony Xperia XZ4 leaks, Lenovo Z5 Pro GT on AnTuTu - and stories about concept phones without buttons and foldable phones. The...

The dream of a mobile device that's all screen dates back to the times of Isaac Asimov. We are getting there, but we need to get take a few more painful steps. Last week my colleague Kaloyan said bezel-less is not the way forward, but I think he...

For a while there we thought the Huawei Mate 20 X will remain confined to China and we'll never get a chance to spend quality time with it. However, a surprising change of heart by the Chinese company saw it enter Europe and here we are with a unit...

We had the opportunity to interview vivo about the NEX phones with a focus on their pop-up camera and the great notch debate. That aside, we also talked about smartphones in general and where they are headed in 2019 – foldable displays, punch hole...

The first flip phone dates back to 1996 – the Motorola StarTAC – that’s essentially the Jurassic Period of mobile phones. And at one point the hottest handset in the world was a flip phone (Motorola again with the RAZR V3). And now they are all but...

We’ve joked about it before – what if USB cables go the way of the 3.5mm headphone jack? Well, we’re not laughing anymore, Meizu and vivo were elbowing each other all the way to that particular finish line. In the end the Meizu Zero was announced...

First it was taller screens, then notches and now we have a new trend punch holes as the next stepping stone before all screen front panels become a reality. But how much of an improvement over waterdrop notches are they and is it worth holding your...

This was a contentious vote, but ultimately the vivo NEX Dual Display walked away with a positive mark in last week’s poll. It was close, though. It’s clear that having a second display is a cool feature, though not everyone is convinced it’s...

Apple's recent short movie "The Bucket" is said to be shot entirely on the iPhone XS but a closer inspection makes us rather suspicious if that's really the case. The end credits state that additional hardware and software was used, but some of the...

Apple has experimented a fair bit with the iPad line over the years, culminating with the new design and powerful internals on the pair of 2018 Pro models - iPad Pro 12.9 (2018) and iPad Pro 11. However, Apple's official store still carries the...

The scarce, but still exciting details come from Sundar Pichai himself. He recently took to Twitter to drop the May 7 to May 9 time frame, along with a familiar location - Shoreline Amphitheatre. The Mountain View, California spot has been the venue...

Juho Sarvikas, Chief Product Officer at HMD Global, already made it clear that Nokia will be attending this year's Mobile World Congress. The date is set for February 24 and apparently, the company is also planning a public stream, so anybody...

In case you are not in the loop on Xiaomi's latest escapades, these are very much focused on the recently-released Redmi Note 7 handset. In keeping with tradition, it is an affordable ($150 or so) phone, packing-in quite a bit of value, with specs...

With MWC right around the corner and Nokia's presence at the event already confirmed everybody is understandably looking at HMD Global with high expectations regarding the long-elusive and eagerly-anticipated Nokia 9. However, that might not be the...

In an unprecedented move, Samsung opened a public beta program for its Android 9 Pie update for its previous-gen flagships, namely the Galaxy Note8, S8, and S8+. For a couple of weeks or so this has been available in some markets, including the UK...