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T-Mobile is seeding the June security patch to the Galaxy S8 Active through its second Android 8.0 Oreo update. The device was upgraded to Oreo back in April. Meanwhile the LG V30/V30+ received a new update with "various bug fixes and system...

Meizu announced an entry-level phone called M6T back in May, and is now gearing to refresh its mid-range porfolio, according to a Chinese regulatory listing. The listing reveals a phone with a model number M816Q is approved, and connecting the dots...

OnePlus has been fighting an “oil painting” effect in its cameras for a while now – the OnePlus 5 and 5T have it, the OnePlus 6 has it too. So here’s a bit of good news: fixes are on the way. The 5/5T fix is already being tested through the Open...

Huawei is back at it again with the unusual patents in the smartwatch industry. After patenting a touch-sensitive bezel, gestures on the back of the hand and a gaming smartwatch, the latest information is for Bluetooth earbuds-charging pod. The...

Just last week, word broke out that the unlocked variant of the LG V35 ThinQ is about to hit the stores. Now pre-orders have gone live and they come with a nice bonus. Retailer B&H is currently accepting the pre-orders for the handset, and...

In under 10 days the Moto E5 Plus will launch in India. The phone (unveiled in April) boasts a 5,000 mAh battery and 15W TurboPower charger. It also has a large, tall screen – 6” 720 x 1,440 px – and runs Android Oreo out of the box. The E5 Plus...

September isn't that far off, so it's not implausible to see the next iPhone giving a go at popular cross-platform benchmark Geekbench. The device in question identifies itself as iPhone 11,2 and runs iOS 12 on 4GB of RAM (1GB more than the...

Huawei already launched its P20 series for all the flagship-thirsty fans. The upper-midrange portfolio is reserved for the Huawei nova series, and the third iteration arrived on TENAA last Monday. This week the nova 3 specs were fully unveiled by...

Samsung has announced its latest On Series smartphone, called Galaxy On6, in India today. The phone is a doppelganger of the Galaxy J6 (right down to the model name) and offers the same 5.6-inch 1480x720px 18.5:9 Super AMOLED display and Exynos 7870...

Another addition to the vivo portfolio has just been introduced in China. The vivo Z1i is an upgrade over the Z1 that was announced a month ago with a different chipset, more storage and better selfie camera. It also has a dual camera setup on the...

Last week, Samsung started sending out press invites for an Unpacked event that will see the debut of the Galaxy Note9. The invite image focused on the S Pen, indicating expanded stylus functionality. And now we have some news on what those...

As scheduled, a new, red color variant for the OnePlus 6 has officially arrived. The color option is called Amber Red, and has debuted in China, with sales beginning July 9. The new variant comes with 8GB RAM and 128GB storage, and carries a...

Facebook-owned photo and video sharing service Instagram is getting a new feature: ability to ask questions in Stories. The functionality is dubbed "ask a question," and has started rolling out at least for Android users. While asking a...

As scheduled this week Xiaomi announced the Redmi 6 Pro as the final piece of the Redmi 6 roster. Xiaomi also refreshed its tablet line with the Mi Pad 4, a slate with a Snapdragon 660, optional LTE and a superb starting price of just...

We've got some new additions to this week's ranking as well as a reshuffled podium. Finally, the Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro got dethroned by Oppo's latest flagship phone that created a lot of buzz for the past two weeks - the Find X. And it's not...

Even old sleuths like Sherlock Holmes know that a fingerprint can identify a person. Today, fingerprints are read multiple times a day – it’s routine – thanks to the readers on modern smartphones. But is that the best way for a device to know that...

We recently published our in-depth Xiaomi Mi 8 review, complete with a full set of tests: display, audio quality, performance, you know the drill. For the most part, it was business as usual, except for certain performance aspects. Even though...

Oppo and vivo found an innovative way to avoid having a notch on their flagships. But is that the most amazing piece of innovation lately or are these sliders just an unnecessary complication of the smartphone design? Ivan: “A Slider creates...

A couple of weeks ago we look at weird ways to mount a phone's camera. That inspired us to dive into weird form factors this week. Phone form factors generally fall into four categories - static, slider, flip and swivel. Static is the simplest,...

Mid-range phones are becoming increasingly popular for the last couple of years and it shows in our statistics. For the first half of 2018, five out of ten phones in our top 10 favorite smartphones are affordable devices. High-value offers have...