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Today is a big day for vivo, as the Chinese company has unveiled the market ready version of its APEX concept smartphone, which shocked and awed the world at MWC in February. And while the vivo NEX S is the new flagship device, the NEX A comes to...

vivo's APEX concept has just turned into a real commercially-ready smartphone - two of those, in fact. The more premium model is called NEX S and offers flagship internals and several unique features. The NEX S achieves an impressive...

Lenovo Z5 debuted last week, following an extensive teaser campaign that unfortunately didn't quite align with the final product. Despite what the Chinese company's marketing had us believe initially, the Z5 has a notch, and while its bezels are...

According to data from analytics firm Counterpoint, Samsung is the global leader in both smartphone and phone shipments for Q1 of 2018. In terms of smartphone market share, Samsung managed to ship 78m phones - 22% of the 360m total in the three...

Apple has released the second iOS 11.4.1, macOS 10.13.6 and tvOS 11.4.1 developer betas for testing with the public beta expected to arrive within a few days. The beta release is of a bug-fixing and performance-enhancing nature and doesn't bring...

After bringing us its flagship Mi 8 trio, Xiaomi is now refreshing the other end of its portfolio by bringing the Redmi 6 and Redmi 6A entry level devices. The Xiaomi Redmi 6 is built around a 5.45-inch HD+ (720 x 1440) IPS display with...

Apple released the iOS 11.4 update late last month. The update included many new features and changes, but it appears to have also brought along a serious problem. A large number of those who updated their devices to iOS 11.4 are complaining about...

The newly-unveiled Nokia 5.1 has been certified by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the US. In total, four models have received green light from the agency, including TA-1088, TA-1081, TA-1075, and TA-1061. While the TA-1088 and...

The Oppo Find X has caused plenty of excitement lately and we can understand why. This is the first proper flagship smartphone from Oppo in quite some time and now the company's official Weibo account brought confirmation about some of the key...

Facebook has launched a new feature dubbed Memories. It lets you access all memories/moments/life events that you shared on the social network from a single place. The company says there can be several sections on your Memories page,...

Back in January this year, the LG Aristo 2 launched on MetroPCS. Then last month, there were reports/rumors that the Aristo 2 Plus is coming to T-Mobile sometime this year. Well, it's now officially confirmed the PLUS variant is launching this...

The Sony Xperia XZ2 series has received a new price cut in the US. While the Xperia XZ2 is down $100, you can save $50 on the Compact variant. Major retailers including Amazon, B&H Photo, and Best Buy are all offering the discount. So you can...

A gaming laptop usually has flashy lights and exaggerated hardware features like a chrome hinge or flared cooling vents. Well, not this time – Lenovo has announced an updated lineup to its Legion gaming laptops which offer an aesthetic that you can...

According to a new report from Korea, Huawei has placed orders for 6.9" AMOLED panels with Samsung Display. These are intended to be used in a device launching in the fourth quarter of this year or the first quarter of 2019. That timing makes us...

Asus has released the Zenfone 5Q in the US today. That's rather surprising because last we heard anything about it, it was supposedly launching in late July. Anyway, we're not complaining here - we wish all phones would become available sooner than...

In a report spanning a nine month investigation, Amazon has been accused of a few wrongdoings concerning assembly workers. The report has found that workers in a Foxconn-owned factory that assembles Kindle's and Echo speakers are overworked and...

EE just became the first UK carrier to support Smart Number technology. It allows you to use your iPhone’s number to make calls or send texts with an iPad or an Apple Watch or even a Mac or an iPod. You need a “main” device – iPhone 6 or newer,...

The Kirin 659 shows up in many Huawei and Honor phones, but it’s getting long in the tooth. HiSilicon is reportedly working on a followup, the Kirin 710, which as its less than subtle name suggests will be a competitor to the Snapdragon 710. The...

Vodafone has just announced the Smart N9 and Smart N9 lite. These are two phones with a no-frills set of features and reasonable prices. Both devices use near stock Android 8.1 Oreo (the Smart N9 Lite uses the toned-down Android Go Edition) with...

Asus cherry-picked the best Snapdragon 845 units, the ones that can clock up to 2.96 GHz. This binning process gives the ROG phone a 200 MHz advantage over other flagships and gaming phones. To keep the faster chips cool, Asus put a copper heat...