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According to a new report, Samsung has started working on the Oreo update for its Galaxy S8 series of smartphones. The update could carry firmware version of G955FXXU1BQI1 and G950FXXU1BQI1 for the S8 and S8+, respectively. While there's no...

Today Samsung has proudly announced that it's received more pre-orders for the Galaxy Note8 in the US than for any of its six predecessors. This means it's already shaping up to be the best selling Note ever, and it's not even in stores yet - it...

The YouTube app for Android is starting to support HDR videos on select devices. Google is currently rolling out the new feature. You'll be able to see videos shot in HDR displayed with HDR in the app if you own a Google Pixel (or Pixel XL), Samsung...

The latest handset to go through the teardown procedures performed by the folks at iFixit is Samsung's new flagship, the Galaxy Note8. It's managed to fare much better in the repairability department than the recently torn down Essential Phone, but...

The upcoming vivo X20 will be powered by a Snapdragon 660 chipset and offer facial recognition that will be able to unlock the device within 0.1s. vivo itself confirmed the Face Wake (as it calls it) feature officially through a teaser on its...

The Google Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL will likely be powered by a Snapdragon 835, instead of a Snapdragon 836. Apparently Qualcomm has been forced to delay the upgraded chipset until the beginning of next year. Snapdragon 836 is still likely coming,...

Xiaomi's co-founder Lin Bin is at it again, teasing the maker's upcoming smartphones. In his latest post on Weibo he asks if we want the Mi Mix 2 or a larger version of the Mi 6. The teaser comes accompanied by an image of the Mi Note 3. So the...

WhatsApp has updated the stable version of the app with a couple of features that it added to the beta version a while back. Users can now enjoy PiP video calls and have text-only Status messages. We have already discussed the text-only status...

A new Samsung smartphone has been certified by the WiFi Alliance (WFA). The listing reveals the device carries a model number of SM-G892U, and runs Android 7.0 Nougat out of the box. The model number (SM-G892U) is similar to the one that the...

At the start of August BlackBerry launched the Keyone Black Edition model, with India becoming the first market to get it. Besides being all black, the variant also has better memory configuration (4GB/64GB) compared to the standard Keyone. The...

Samsung has officially confirmed the Galaxy Note8 India launch date. In a press release, the South Korean company revealed the device will debut in India on September 12. The event is set to begin 12:30 PM (IST), and those interested can...

Samsung has started pushing out a new update to its Galaxy J7 Prime smartphone. Currently hitting units in India, the update brings along Android Nougat OS (version 7.0). It carries a firmware version of G610FDDU1BQH9, and weighs in at...

Updated: The Sony Xperia X and X Compact have also started getting the September security patch. The update - which is currently rolling out in several markets across the globe - bumps the build number from 34.3.A.0.217 to version...

A new BLU smartphone has leaked. Dubbed S1, the device is listed on Sprint's coverage website, strongly indicating it will be made official soon. This would also make the S1 the first BLU device to work on Sprint. While Sprint doesn't reveal...

Now that Samsung's Galaxy Note8 is starting to ship to eager customers who've pre-ordered it, it's time for the JerryRigEverything YouTube channel to give us the results of its traditional scratch, burn and bend test. The Note8 is the latest device...

Wondering which of the big four US carriers has the top mobile data speeds? Wonder no more, for Ookla, the company behind the Speedtest.net service has published a new report today telling us just that. According to the speed tests performed on...

Only yesterday we saw an array of renders of the expected Huawei Mate 10 made with factory CAD and dimensions data and today we see the first alleged live picture of the device. The picture, shown below, reportedly contains the Huawei Mate 10...

Here's the first video of the vivo X20. It doesn't divulge much in terms of specs or features but does show the phone from both sides (we have seen it in stationary form). Meanwhile a slide seems to confirm that the phone will have 24MP...

HTC hasn't been financially successful for awhile now and it seems it's now fully in danger of being consumed by a bigger company. In this case the rumors point to Google as the interested party. Apparently talks are being held between Google and...

Samsung just announced the Galaxy C8 for the Chinese market. It has a dual camera capable of Dual Photo - a mode which let's you capture a photo and later adjust where the focus is. There are a total of three cameras on the Galaxy C8 - a duo of...