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We're now knee deep into the busy season of smartphone announcements ahead of the holiday season. After Samsung, LG, Apple and Xiaomi revealed their fall flagships it finally came time for Google to unwrap its new Pixel hardware. But the Pixels...

Two out of three people like the Sony Xperia XZ1, according to our poll. That’s good news for Sony, it seems that the company has not lost its mojo. Better still, quite a few of you brought up its more petite sibling, the XZ1 Compact (but that’s the...

Google announced its new Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL smartphones earlier this week and we had a chance for a few brief hands-on moments with the two twos. There's only so much you can take pictures of on a venue floor and nothing beats spending more time...

Just when we thought we were finally beginning to make sense of Asus' Zenfone 4 lineup, the company has come up with another Selfie, the Zenfone 4 Selfie Lite. This one comes in addition to two existing Zenfone 4 Selfies, the ZD553KL and the...

High-end cinema camera manufacturer Red has announced the new Monstro 8K VV sensor for its Weapon series of cameras. The Monstro 8K VV will replace the previous Dragon 8K VV sensor announced last year. The new Monstro 8K seems similar on...

The under-display fingerprint reader may end up being replaced before it even becomes mainstream, at least in high-end smartphones, if a report by analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is right on the money. According to the paper, Android phone makers are looking...

Samsung's rolled out a small software update that fixes an "IMS Service Stopped" bug which has been affecting Galaxy A5 (2016) and A3 (2016) units. On the latter device, the patch comes with a bonus - apparently, Samsung's fixed another bug that...

Verizon and T-Mobile have released software updates for the Samsung Galaxy Tab E tablets bringing the OS version to Android 7.0 Nougat. Just Nougat, you say, when Oreo is already here? It's still something for an entry-level/lower-midrange tablet...

Within the last couple of weeks or so, we’ve heard about rekindled talks between T-Mobile and Sprint regarding a possible merger. Today, a new report from Bloomberg claims people “familiar with the matter” say that the merger is likely to be...

Yesterday the LG V30 became available from AT&T and Verizon, and today US Cellular is releasing the same top of the line smartphone too. Interestingly though, US Cellular is offering you both the vanilla V30 and the V30+, a model we thought would be...

Aside from all the stuff that Google announced already, there are apparently some surprises left buried in the software of the upcoming Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL. Case in point: the new phones will automatically switch to Do Not Disturb mode when...

Apple's iOS 11.1, which is currently in testing, obviously won't be a release as big as iOS 11, which launched last month. But it will still manage to pack some niceties, at least for emoji fans. Today, the company has officially revealed that...

Ladies and gentlemen, brace yourselves. On December 15, AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) will be no more. Oath officially announced the sad news today. Oath, by the way, is the Verizon subsidiary that holds the combined operations of Yahoo and...

Want a pure Android phone that doesn’t cost as much as a Pixel 2? Android One is seeing a resurgence as Xiaomi joined in with the Mi A1. The phone is perfect for those that like Xiaomi’s value for money hardware but have objections to MIUI. And...

Numerous users around the world have reported their iPhone 8 or 8 Plus opening up due to a swollen battery. At the time of writing reports include devices in China, Canada, Greece, Japan and Taiwan, forcing Apple to officially look into it. So...

The Essential Phone has been generally well received with the major exclusion of the camera performance. Users and reviewers have reported bad processing, slow response and underwhelming low light performance and Essential had vowed to fix it with...

The Mobile Choice Consumer Awards are held once a year and they allow Brits to vote for the favorite tech. The Samsung Galaxy S8 took home the Phone of the Year award as well as Best Camera Phone. Samsung also won Manufacturer of the Year. In...

Oppo's first 18:9 smartphone is nearing an official unveil. The Oppo F5, which has its focus on being a masterful selfie snapper made a new appearance thanks to an ongoing campaign in the Philippines. The phone's latest appearance is in the form...

Superman can relax, the Krypton has been renamed “BlackBerry Motion”. We had only seen the phone’s back, dressed up in BB’s favorite material – carbon fiber. Now we get a peek at the front as well thanks to a leaked official render of the...

Huawei's Honor brand has been announcing phones at a feverish rate lately and while the Huawei Mate 10 is the one we are most looking forward to, we may also see a new Honor 6C Pro soon. Up until now there has been an Honor 6C, otherwise known as...