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Gaming phones have a tragic history – the failure of Nokia’s N-Gage and Sony Ericsson's Xperia Play is like an albatross around the neck of each and every new game-centric phone. Is it time to put that past failures to rest? It’s been 14 years since...

There are two kinds of people in the world – iOS fans and Android fans. Of iOS fans, more than double the number of people want an iPhone X than an iPhone 8 or 8 Plus. Analysts saw this coming when they forecast that the X will account for half of...

When a new flagship phone is announced, it’s not uncommon to hear “console-quality graphics”. And the contemporary consoles always have better graphics, why is that? A cynic might say “the SNES is a console too” but there’s more to it. A...

Following Wednesday’s launch of the new Razer Phone and our hands-on review, I’ve now had the opportunity to play with the Razer Phone and I’m left wondering if this is actually a true gaming phone? What follows isn’t a full review and test, that...

Google has made a change to the resolution options in the YouTube mobile app for HDR videos. The resolution now maxes out at 1080p, regardless of the display of your phone. Resolution options on the Galaxy Note8 Previously, the resolution...

A new Xiaomi device started receiving the MIUI 9 update recently. The Mi 5X is the latest to get the latest OS vers. The update is currently only hitting Chinese units though. There's currently no information on whether or not Mi 5X units...

You know how the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus are just meh - there's only so much life that a glass back and a bump in specs can breathe into a three-year-old design. Well, the iPhone X is anything but meh, and is in our office for...

The Samsung Galaxy S8 Active appears to be headed for Sprint, judging by a tweet by @evleaks. That would bring the number of carriers in the US to offer the rugged smartphone to 3 after the Active launched on AT&T and a recent post by the same...

The Nokia 2 was made official by HMD Global earlier this week at an event in India. And now, pre-orders for the entry-level device have gone live. Specifically, Russia has become the first country where the phone can be pre-ordered. As for...

Hardly an industry standard for testing, JerryRigEverything's torture routine has become a great source of insight on just how scratch and bend resistant you can expect your next phone to be. Well, in comes the X. The Apple iPhone X is the latest...

ZTE has confirmed that there will be a successor to the Axon 7 smartphone. The confirmation came from the Chinese company's US subsidiary in response to a user query on Twitter. In the tweet, the company also termed the Axon 7 as "incredibly...

Okay, so this one isn't an issue as much as a miscommunication. Despite Google's newest, premium Pixel smartphone shipping with an 18-watt USB Power Delivery 2.0 wall adapter, the phone's charging speed is capped at 10.5W. According to a test...

When Essential announced price cut for the PH-1 in the US recently, it was revealed that units in Canada will also get discounted, although exact details weren't available. Well, that changes now, as the company has officially announced price drop...

Back in September Samsung finally addressed a big pain point for many users of its flagship smartphones by letting them disable the Bixby button. There was a catch, however. While disabling the key did ensure that it wouldn't load the Korean...

Many people complain about how long it takes entities that aren't Google to update their Android devices to the newest versions of the OS. After the new release is already available on Pixels and Nexuses, a few months usually pass before the likes...

Today is iPhone X launch day. Following a pretty long wait from its initial unveiling in September, Apple's most expensive smartphone ever has become available across the world in the first wave markets. To celebrate the occasion, the company has...

We’ve seen the HTC U11 and its Plus-sized sibling HTC U11+ being launched, but both devices missed one key feature that most other 2017 flagships had - a dual camera. According to HTC President Chialin Chang, the company will implement it next year,...

Xiaomi just announced the Redmi Y1 and Redmi Y1 Lite and now another Redmi handset is on its way. A render of the Xiaomi Redmi 5 Plus appeared on Weibo, suggesting the device will have FullView display with 18:9 ratio, which would be a first for...

Right when Apple started shipping its flagship iPhone X, the company also announced its fiscal Q4 results. Cupertino reported a revenue of $52.6 billion between July and September, a 12% increase year-on-year. International sales accounted for 62%...

The Samsung Galaxy Note8 went on sale in the company's home country of South Korea towards the end of September. So it's been just over a month, and fresh reports say that over a million Note8 units have already been sold in the country.