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Xiaomi phones have been frequently popping up on TENAA and other regulatory websites lately. The latest bit of info comes from the FCC, where Xiaomi devices got approved, and the same model numbers popped at Singapore’s Communications Authority. The...

The Nokia 8110 4G, which was made official by HMD back in February this year, is finally for purchase. The first market to get the device is Singapore, where retailer Lazada is offering it for SGD 98 ($73). Both yellow and black color options...

Oppo might relaunch its Find flagship series, but until then, the R lineup carries its best smartphones. The current star of the portfolio, the R15, was announced in March in three colors, later followed by a fourth Special Edition. Today we got...

The Motorola Moto G6 has been officially launched in India. The device carries a price tag of INR 13,999, which currently translates into around $210. It will be exclusively available through Amazon. The Moto G6 Play, on the other hand, will...

The BlackBerry Key2's debut is set for June 7 in New York City. We now learn that on the following day the phone will get a separate event for China, to mark its local debut. Sadly, apart of the Key2 moniker and event date and time, the...

Verizon has started pushing out a new update to Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 units on its network. Arriving as software version R16NW.T827VVRU1BRD4, it's a major update that brings Android Oreo. In addition to the usual Oreo goodies, the new...

Google is currently offering discounts on several of its products, including Pixel 2, Home, Chromecast, and WiFi. The company is throwing in a $150 store credit and free Home Mini for those who purchase a Pixel 2 XL. You can also save $30 on...

Update: The dual SIM Samsung Galaxy S8+ - international model (Exynos powered) - is also available at discounted rates. The same eBay retailer is offering this device for $530. Available color options include gold, black, and gray. Original...

The deluge of new phone announcements continues in what used to be a slow season in our line of work. For the third week in a row, we have a whole bunch of new releases, spanning all market segments. High up top, we have the Xiaomi Mi 8 - the...

Last week saw the peak of the hype before Xiaomi's 8 year anniversary event and this week the event finally revealed all Xiaomi had been working on. Xiaomi announced the Mi 8, the Mi 8 Explorer with an under the display fingerprint scanner and...

Remember when LG G6 and Samsung Galaxy S8 arrived with an unusually tall screen? Fast forward one year later and now its the norm. Yordan & Ivan discuss if a classic 16:9 ratio display or a tall solution is better? Yordan: If it ain’t broken,...

Xiaomi unveiled three new phones this week – the mainstream flagship, the “dressed to impress” model and a more compact, more affordable version. Now that you’ve had a few days to let their specs settle in, what do you think? The base Xiaomi Mi 8...

Plenty of commotion in the top 10 chart this week, mostly due to the eagerly-anticipated unveiling of Xiaomi’s new flagship device. The Mi 8 is only part of the story, as the Chinese OEM also took the wrappings off the Mi 8 Explorer and Mi 8 SE....

Mobile OSes went through a Cambrian explosion and then there was an inevitable mass extinction. The two survivors – Android and iOS – date back to 2007 and they completely dominate the field. Android is on 9 in 10 phones while iOS lives in...

Some of you have already ordered an HTC U12+, which received a warm welcome in last week’s poll. The amount of love wasn’t overwhelming by any means, but it seems like HTC has put together a solid phone. As expected, there were plenty of...

In Past Tense is our series of articles in which the GSMArena team takes you on a nostalgia-infused ride through the phones that impressed them the most through the years. Last time we had the first part of Ricky's story and now it's time for the...

Apple's World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) starts on Monday, June 4 and runs through June 8 in San Jose, CA. When Tim Cook and co take to the stage on June 4 10:00 am Pacific Time to start proceedings, some announcements will be a sure thing....

According to inside sources, the Chinese tech giant, ZTE, may soon pay up to $1.7 billion penalty after its April 15 trade ban. The company is estimated to have lost around $3 billion as around 25 to 30% of the hardware it uses is supplied by US...

New alterations of the vivo NEX have been popping out left and right. Just the other day, a second vivo NEX S version appeared in a Geekbench score sheet with Snapdragon 710 and got certified a day later. But now, a Chinese 3C certification report...

OnLeaks released some crisp renders yesterday of what is supposed to be the budget iPhone with 6.1-inch IPS LCD display. Today, we have a fresh new batch of the 6.5-inch variant, which leaves only one more to go - the compact 5.8-inch...