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The faulty battery packs that caused some Samsung Galaxy Note7 units to explode during charging, forcing Samsung to announce a global recall, were manufactured by the South Korean company's own SDI subsidiary. Reports out of Samsung's home...

OnePlus revealed that the company will be merging its global Oxygen OS and Chinese Hydrogen OS, in an interview with xda-developers. Hydrogen OS is the company's ROM exclusively for the Chinese market, featuring a skinned UI more in tune with the...

Right on schedule, today HP has started selling the Elite x3 Windows 10 smartphone through its online store in the US. The device can be yours for $799 with the desk dock being included in the package. Needless to say, for that amount of dough...

Sony has slashed the prices of its Xperia X and Xperia Z5 Premium Dual smartphones in India. The former is now listed on the Japanese company's India website for INR 38,990 (around $585), down from its launch price of INR 48,990 (around...

Huawei will launch the Mate 9 at some point before this year ends, and when it does we'll see yet another dual rear camera arrangement on it. However, unlike what happened on the P9, P9 Plus, and Honor 8, it looks like the Mate 9's dual rear cameras...

Nevermind the upcoming Pixel and Pixel XL phones, Google could be adding a second Pixel-branded tablet to its roster soon, to complement the 10-inch Pixel C launched last year. From Evan Blass (a.k.a. @evleaks) comes news of an in-development...

Smart keyboard and prediction tech company SwiftKey has pushed out a new update to its app, bringing a couple of emoji-related changes, including support for Android N emoji. Yes, the update brings support for all the new emoji that Android...

The selfie-obsessed Sony Xperia C4 from last year has a front-facing LED flash so you can capture your face even in pitch darkness. The version with support for US 4G LTE bands arrived in stores last October, and was priced at $275 unlocked. Now,...

Today a new software update has started rolling out for the OnePlus 2. The Chinese company warns that, as usual, the push will be an incremental one, so it might be a few days before every single OnePlus 2 unit out there receives the coveted update...

HTC is continuing its teaser campaign for the upcoming Desire 10 phones that it's expected to unveil on September 20. According to past leaks and rumors, there will be two mid-rangers launching on that day - the Desire 10 Pro and the Desire 10...

LG is making the V20 official at an event in San Francisco tomorrow, so by now you'd expect us to have found out everything there is to know about it through dozens of leaks and rumors. Well, yes and no. We've had plenty of supposed sightings of...

Remember Alcatel's recently unveiled Android-running standalone VR headset called Vision? Of course you do - how could you forget one of IFA's most surprising revelations? In case you're interested in more details regarding the Vision, don't forget...

The iPhone 7 Plus has allegedly ran the GeekBench multiplatform testing suite and managed a single-core score of 3379 points. That's 10% more than what the phone managed back in July when it first appeared on the benchmark's database. However,...

If you own the Samsung Galaxy Note7-compatible Gear VR, you should refrain from using the headset with the smartphone until you get the latter replaced. That's what Oculus - whose technology powers the VR headset- is saying. "Samsung has...

Reliance Jio has really been blowing up lately and understandably so. The company recently announced its plans to offer really competitive tariff plans in India, generally priced lower than the competition. Reliance's main concept seems to be to...

A new Meizu smartphone has been announced. Dubbed Meizu M3 Max, the device is powered by a MediaTek Helio P10 chipset with octa-core 1.8GHz CPU and Mali T860 GPU, and sports a 6-inch full HD display. It comes with 3GB RAM and 64GB of...

A total of 2.5 million Samsung Galaxy Note7 units were shipped before the company announced a global recall for the phablet over battery fire hazard. Obviously, the step will have a strong financial impact on the tech giant, but just how much the...

According to a new rumor out of China, Meizu's Flyme 6 OS will make its debut alongside the Chinese company's Pro 7 flagship smartphone next week - September 13 to be precise. The Flyme OS is already due for a refresh - the version 5 of the...

If you are in the US, and are planning to purchase the Sony Xperia X, you'll be glad to know that most major retailers are currently offering the handset for $450, which is $100 down from the phone's price tag when it was launched in the...

If a couple of recent leaks are to go by, the Xiaomi Mi Note 2 - which has already been the subject of several rumors and leaks - might be made official as early as next week. The first leak, which comes courtesy of a Weibo user, reveals a September...