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Alcatel phones are packing their bags for the Mobile World Congress. The press conference has the tag line “Light Up” and will start in the morning of February 27 in Barcelona. According to rumors, Alcatel will launch 5 smartphones which will...

It’s best if you never have to, but if you do need to take apart your Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 at least now you have a guide. And as it turns out, it’s not that much of a hassle. Most components (including the aluminum back cover) are not secured by...

The Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband or the Federation of German Consumer Organisations claims WhatsApp’s changed privacy terms in August are illegal. Back in the summer the messaging platform passed a statement that it starts to transfer some...

It turns out that the Motorola Nexus 6 and HTC Nexus 9 are getting the cold shoulder on the Android 7.1.2 update. That was confirmed to DroidLife by a Google employee. Android 7.1.2 is the next planned update and will be out in a few months with...

The Moto Mods platform that Lenovo introduced alongside the Moto Z line is certainly an intriguing concept. But like most proprietary tech solutions, it can only ever be as good as its third-party support. In an effort to address this, the Chinese...

You can now download the carrier-branded Android 7.0 Nougat firmware for the Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge thanks to Vodafone. The carrier released the firmware for the flagship pair in France and Germany days ago but if you know your way around...

With leaks poring in from an astounding number of industry sources, it is not uncommon to get glimpses of upcoming devices really early in their development cycle. However, few actually manage to linger in the rumor mill for almost a whole year,...

Oppo has launched yet another selfie-focused smartphone in India, this time it's the A57. The A57 has a 16 megapixel camera at the front with f2.0 aperture and Oppo's Beautify 4.0 software for visual enhancements. Other features include...

The Redmi Pro was an experiment by Xiaomi - it used a China-made OLED display and a dual-camera. Now its successor is on the horizon and a screen snap that (allegedly) shows its specs. The Xiaomi Redmi Pro 2 drops the dual camera but its single...

Samsung SDI will provide the batteries for the Galaxy S8 and a new report suggests they will have larger capacities than the S7 batteries. The Galaxy S8 will have a 3,250mAh battery and the Galaxy S8 Plus a 3,750mAh one according to the report....

The latest bit of online gossip by the popular leakster Roland Quandt has it that MobiCom-Debitel is looking to form long-term partnership with HMD Global, bringing the Nokia 6 to Germany in the forthcoming months. It will be following the Nokia...

The Oppo Find 9 is currently rumored to be made official sometime in H1 this year. Inline with that, a new rumor out of the company's home country of China is suggesting that the unveiling will take place in March. This is not the first time...

If you are in the market for a microSD card, you'll be glad to know that the 256GB SanDisk Ultra UHS-I microSDXC memory card is currently going for $119.95. Online retailer Amazon has the card listed on its website at that price, down from...

Verizon has started pushing out new updates to several phones on its network - the list includes the Samsung Galaxy S5, Note 4, and Note Edge, as well as the LG G4. The updates bring Android security fixes for January. No other changes are...

Launched back in November last year, the Meizu M5 and Meizu Pro 6 Plus smartphones have only been available in the company's home country of China so far. However, that's no longer the case as the devices are now available in Russia as...

ZTE has released a video teaser for an upcoming smartphone. Posted by ZTE India on its official Twitter account, the video doesn't reveal the name of the device, but does give an idea about its design. "Hello again, India!"...

Asus will formally unveil the Zenfone 3s Max smartphone next week. The device - which packs in a mammoth 5,000mAh battery - will be released at an event in India on February 7. It'll be available to purchase from both online and offline...

The Android Nougat update for Motorola's Moto Z family of phones - the Moto Z, Moto Z Force, and Moto Z Play - is now available in Germany. This was revealed by the German arm of the company in a tweet. Das Android 7 Nougat Update für die #MotoZ...

With today’s deal, you can grab an unlocked, International variant of the Galaxy S7 edge for $583.50 with prime shipping. This is the version that runs Samsung’s Exynos CPU and carries the model number SM-935F, which has proven to be marginally...

This is a really interesting case, so let’s briefly recap: Nextbit was a startup company that built a phone around a cloud feature that would allow seamless usage of apps and content that transcended between phone’s on-board storage and a...