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Vivo has launched its flagship NEX S in India. Simply called NEX for the Indian market, the phone will be available for purchase on Amazon and Vivo online store starting July 21 for INR 44,990 ($651). The NEX S' claim to fame is its...

The Oppo Find X and its amazing slide out mechanism have made their way to Pakistan. The phone will be available throughout the country in brick and mortar stores. The price is PKR 129,999 ($1,000/€870), availability is set for August 4. That’s a...

Honor just sent out invites for its upcoming IFA event scheduled for August 30. The invite promises a new device launch and given the timing we'd expect it to be a major one. Since the Honor 10 flagship is already official and rumors about...

Pete Lau, OnePlus' CEO, sat down and answered some questions from fans. Only the first part of the interview is published, but it gave us some interesting insight about behind the scenes and how the company develops a phone. One thing that...

HMD Global finally announced the Nokia X6 for the rest of the world under a new name - Nokia 6.1 Plus. And it was Hong Kong that got the handset first as reported last week. Nokia 6.1 Plus in Black and White The Nokia 6.1 Plus features...

Taiwanese manufacturer HTC is calling it quits in India, according to a report by Economic Times. Several of the company's top management, including country head Faisal Siddiqui, sales head Vijay Balachandran and product head R Nayyar have put in...

Sharp brought two new phones to Europe – the Aquos C10 and the Aquos B10. The C10 is the better-specced of the two and is a variation on the Aquos S2. Its battery is a bit of a concern, though, while the B10 has no such issues. Sharp Aquos...

VLC just got an update for iOS app, bringing the version to 3.1.0. According to the changelog, VLC for iOS now offers Chromecast support. It means you can finally stream content on VLC at your TV via the Google dongle. The app update also...

Sony just pushed a minor update to a number of its smartphones. Users still on the Xperia X and X Compact should see their build number bumped from 34.4.A.2.85 to 34.4.A.2.97 and have the July security patch now. Screenshots from the...

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has written an open letter in response to the European Union's Competition Commission' €4.3b fine from yesterday. In a lengthy address he says that the "decision rejects the business model that supports Android, which has...

Gorilla Glass SR+ got a sequel – Gorilla Glass DX and DX+. While these are being used mostly in smart wearables, Corning says they are working on versions of these materials that can be used on phones as well. The DX and DX+ follow the Gorilla...

The Nokia 3.1 was announced back in May and it's now gradually being rolled out across the globe. Today it's India's turn to open pre-orders and HMD Global is offering some incentives to boost the phone's early sales and make it more...

BlackBerry Key2 arrived in early June and most major markets are getting it this month including the US and Canada. Which frees up R&D resources to focus on the next project - the just leaked Lite version of the phone, which should come as soon as...

Two weeks ago, we heard that the Nokia X6's first appearance outside of China will be Hong Kong. However, the device might actually end up going to Taiwan first according to Nokia's official Facebook page. The post says the phone will run...

The Xiaomi Mi Max 3 was teased on Weibo and also showcased in press renders by Lin Bin, company founder. Today everything was officially unwrapped at an official event so we get to see the full picture. It has a 6.9” screen with Full HD+...

Today, Corning has announced a new version of Gorilla Glass, the sixth version, to be precise. Corning’s scientists were able to engineer “an entirely new material” that would better survive multiple drops. Tests show that Gorilla Glass 6 survived...

The latest version of the Android P Developer Preview 3 (Beta 4) is now available to download for the OnePlus 6. A OnePlus forum post has outlined all the changes made to this version of the Developer Preview, which does lag a little behind the...

During the nova 3 launch event today, Huawei's consumer products boss Richard Yu was happy to report that his company has really outdone itself when it comes to smartphone sales this year. As of today Huawei has already sold 100 million...

Huawei sub-brand Honor is announcing that two exciting new features are headed to its current flagship offering, the Honor 10, next month. One of those is the already widely publicized GPU Turbo, while the other is Automatic Image Stabilization...

A couple of interesting bits of information coming out this week regarding Instagram. The company is finally working on incorporating a token-based two-factor authentication system in its app. This was discovered by an engineer within the app's code...