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Oppo itself leaked the new R11s duo, but that page was a touch light on specifications. Good thing we have TENAA to fill us in on the details before the November 2 announcement. Oppo R11s Plus (photos by TENAA) The Oppo R11s and Oppo...

We’ve had many chances to gaze at the upcoming OnePlus 5T, but the clarity of this new image is better than what came before. It shows only the top half, but the new design is so symmetrical that the bottom will look fairly similar. The side...

There are two interesting bits of news for existing and future owners of the Xiaomi Mi Max 2 in India. According to one user on MIUI forum, Xiaomi is now rolling out nightly build of MIUI 9 to Mi Max 2 devices in India. According to...

Earlier this month we heard that the HTC U11 Life will cost around €400 and now a new rumor narrows down the price range and offers a few additional tidbits. A new image of the device shows off the “Brilliant Black” color option, which shows a...

MIUI was announced back in July, but Xiaomi needed more than three months to launch a stable global ROM. Days before the planned November 2 arrival, some Xiaomi Mi 6 units already started receiving the firmware. The MIUI V9.0.1.0.NCAMEI...

The Samsung Galaxy Note FE has now arrived in the Philippines, making it the third Asian market after South Korea and Malaysia to get the phone. Retailer MemoXpress is offering the device in the country. As you can see in the image above, the...

Analyst company Canalys published its report on the Chinese smartphone market in Q3. According to the data, Huawei, Oppo, and vivo are in the lead with 19%, 18% and 17% of all shipments, respectively. The overall shipments declined 5% to 119 million...

Oreo will soon be rolled out to the LG G6.The device has gone through Geekbench running Android 8.0. This indicates that the update is currently under testing. The phone was launched back in March this year, running Android 7.0 Nougat. No...

Last week Essential dropped the price of its PH-1 smartphone by $200, bringing the tag down to $499. But if you paid full price for it you'll now be compensated. The company is giving a $200 Friends & Family code to use towards a new Essential...

It was late last week when the Apple iPhone X went up for pre-order. And shortly after that, reports started pouring in that first orders for the device have already started shipping in the United States. Sprint became the first US carrier to...

AT&T has started pushing out a new update to Samsung's Galaxy S series flagship smartphones from last year. The update - arriving as version G930AUCS4BQJ2 for the S7 and G935AUCS4BQJ2 for the S7 edge - includes October security patch. In...

Several users of Google's new Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL phones are experiencing issues with Android Auto. Specifically, they say Android Auto crashes randomly while in use, and the only way to get it back up is to unplug and replug the handset into the...

The Google Pixel 2 is now available in more European countries. After Germany and the UK, the device - specifically, the XL variant - is now available for purchase in Spain and Italy from the company's official online store. As for price, the...

Week 43 brought more new hardware as Oppo announced their F5, while Sony brought forward the Xperia R1 and R1 Plus. All three are strictly mid-range affairs and their specs will hardly get the geeks' hearts racing, but they seem to offer good bang...

Paul When it comes to smart phones, I prioritize display size and quality first. You clearly have to balance size vs pocketability, which is why I’m a huge fan of the design trend of bezelless phones. The display is still the main way for...

These are exciting times for all smartphone enthusiasts - new phones are coming almost daily lately and two of these announcements had a serious impact on our trending phones chart this week. The Oppo F5 leaped straight to the top, becoming the...

You can now pre-order an iPhone X – but will you? It’s the first-ever iPhone with an AMOLED screen and the first to drop the Home button. This also makes it the first to feature advanced facial recognition – via its TrueDepth camera – and the...

Display aspect ratios are a hot topic this year as the hegemony of 16:9 is coming to an end – high end and some mid-range phones are switching to 18:9 or even wider en masse. But we have to remember that 16:9 did not always rule. We plotted the...

We asked you which Mate 10 is the right one for you and the result shows a preference but not quite certainty. The Huawei Mate 10 Pro edged out its sibling 36% vs. 28%. At €800 it is one of the more affordable flagships and it offers a good spec...

My daily driver is an iPhone 6s Plus, prior to this I’ve owned every iPhone since the iPhone 3G. I purchase my phones outright, cascade my old phone to my son and sell his to put towards the cost of my new phone - win win. But, much to the...