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We met with the Zopo Speed 8 at MWC, and it was our first encounter with the Mediatek Helio X20 chipset, which boasts a 10-core CPU. We now have a final unit at the office for some more tinkering, and you can see how we might be eager to run some...

ZTE has launched a new smartphone in the US. Dubbed ZTE Grand X Max 2, the device - which comes with a large 6-inch display and dual rear camera setup - is now available for purchase from AT&T's prepaid subsidiary Cricket. Other...

Announced this week, the Lenovo Moto G4 and Moto G4 Plus were quick to enter the Top 10 trending chart. And while the Moto G4 settled into a modest 8th spot the Plus shot straight to Number 1, knocking the Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 out of the...

Sony officially announced that the Xperia Z series is no more and the unofficial talk is that the other Xperia lines have been cut. Only the new Xperia X will live on. In a way, Sony has come full circle as the Xperia X1 was the first to bear that...

Last week we asked you to pick the Best Android smartphone from the 2016 roster and the vote was very definitive - the Samsung Galaxy S7 edge is the fan favorite by a landslide. The runner up is the HTC 10, which along with the S7 edge left all...

In one of the busiest weeks of late we saw the announcement of the 4th generation Moto G, now in three flavors. The Moto G4, Moto G4 Plus and Moto G4 Play became official on Tuesday and we also got a chance for a brief hands-on. We were also...

Oculus pushed an update to its games store that requires users to have a Rift connected to download games. Previously, one could download any of the Rift exclusive titles from Oculus' store even without owning a Rift, which enabled users to run...

Outside of the typical monthly schedule, which brings in the latest Android security patch, Samsung has released new firmware updates for the current flagships Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge. The timing is extraordinary, but then so is the nature of...

Cricket Wireless is now offering the Microsoft Lumia 640 for $29.99 with a new activation. That number changes to a nominal $9.99 if you bring your number from another carrier. If you go for the more recent Lumia 650, you'll need to pay $119.99...

Apple's CEO Tim Cook is on an official visit in India, meeting up with the government and carriers to talk about the company's future in the country. Amidst those talks he went for an exclusive interview on NDTV, where he shared Apple's plans for...

Samsung has partnered up with Ant Financial Services Group, the Chinese company behind the Alipay online payment service. The collaboration will now allow payments with users' Alipay accounts on select Samsung smartphones. Users need to...

Apple may be going to LG as a primary supplier of dual-camera modules for initial batches of the iPhone 7, Japanese analysts from Nomura Securities have been quoted as saying. Sony, which was originally meant to be the main vendor, is facing...

Just a few hours ago AT&T announced a big expansion of its Buy One, Get One free (BOGO) offer, which is now available for a whopping 12 smartphones. Notably absent from that list, however, are any Apple devices. Not to worry, though. If you don't...

ZTE's nubia sub-brand has already announced the Z11 mini, the first member in its Z11 family. And earlier this month we've seen the other two devices in the line getting certified for sale in China by TENAA. So both the Z11 and the Z11 Max should...

Xiaomi is officially getting into the drone business. The Chinese company has announced an event for May 25, which is next Wednesday. At this event it will present its first ever drone, which we assume will be called something along the lines of Mi...

After a few delays, it looks like Google's much-hyped Project Ara modular smartphone is almost ready to ship. The device will be out for developers to try sometime this fall, while consumers will be able to get their hands on it at some point next...

That Pro 6 or Pro 7 with a double curved touchscreen isn't the only device that Meizu is going to launch at some point in the second half of this year. It will be joined in the Chinese company's portfolio by the MX6, obviously the successor to the...

LG has announced that its flagship device, the modular LG G5, will go on pre-bookings starting May 21 in India. The pre-bookings will go from May 21 till May 30. Customers eager to buy the phone will be able to pre-book from retail outlets, LG...

The teasing of the ZUK Z2 by high-ranking company officials continues. After the render shared yesterday by a Lenovo VP, today it is the ZUK CEO that took it to Weibo to share that the Z2 will be powered by Samsung's Exynos 8890 chipset (best known...

AT&T's had quite a few Buy One, Get One free (BOGO) deals this year - be they for the Galaxy S7 or LG G5, for example. But today the carrier has announced an unprecedented expansion of its BOGO deal, which now covers a whopping dozen smartphone...