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Let’s face it, pirating apps for their services is still a reality and likely will be for a while. In fact, pirating an app is not as difficult as you’d think. It’s especially easy on Android – find a modified version of the official app and log in...

While you may read more news about the Google Assistant and Amazon's Alexa, Microsoft's Cortana is also a virtual assistant that still exists. The company has slowly increased its reach by integrating it into more places than just Windows 10, and at...

The Honor 7C passed through TENAA last month on its way to becoming official, and today we've found out exactly when that will happen. The online-first Huawei sub-brand posted the image you can see to the left on Chinese social media. The...

WeChat’s parent company, Tencent, announced at a Two Sessions briefing in Beijing that the popular messaging and social media app WeChat has reached 1 billion accounts thanks to the spike in social media activity and messaging during this past...

Huawei has already confirmed that it's launching the P20 and P20 Pro at a special event on March 27 in Paris, and the P20 Lite has been leaking so much that it's clearly going to be a member of the family too. One thing we didn't have so far was any...

Nokia has announced a number of devices at the MWC last week including the re-booted classic: the Nokia 8110 4G, the Nokia 7 Plus, and the Nokia 8 Sirocco. Still, Nokia isn’t done announcing phones for the year as we’re not even past Q1 yet. A...

Microsoft has Patch Tuesday, Google has Patch Monday - the first Monday of the month, that is (unless it's a holiday in the US). So, as today is the first Monday of March, like clockwork the search giant has outed the newest Android security update...

As you may know, Xiaomi has been doing quite well in the smartphone space with its devices that offer great specs for their prices. However, the Chinese company has only been officially active in a handful of markets so far. One of the biggest...

A Malaysian retailer, Switch, had no choice but to suspend a clearance sale that it advertised to sell off some of its demo units including iPhones between the 5S through the iPhone 7. iPad Minis, iPod Touches, iMacs, Apple TVs, and MacBooks. All...

Apple is said to be working on its own set of premium over the ear, active noise-cancelling wireless headphones and will be launching them by the end of the year. This was first revealed by KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi-Kuo and later confirmed by...

LG has launched a new budget Android smartphone in South Korea, the LG X4. The phone is priced at 297,000 South Korean won ($275). LG X4 The X4 has a 5.3-inch display with a resolution of 1280x720. It is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon...

Samsung has updated the Security Updates page on its website. While some 2016 models -including Galaxy J1 (2016), J3 (2016), A3 (2016) - have been removed altogether, what's surprising is the recently launched Galaxy A8+ (2018) is in the 'quarterly...

Leakster @LlabTooFeR has shared key specs for HTC's next flagship (U12), revealing details like dual rear camera setup (12MP+16MP), 256GB storage, 8MP front camera, 3,420mAh battery, and Android 8.0 (full Treble support). HTC ImagineCPU...

The original Alto's Adventure, launched three years ago, was an unmitigated success. Players loved the simple yet exciting gameplay, wonderful visuals and a soothing soundtrack, resulting in millions of copies being sold across multiple...

Samsung announced the Galaxy S9 and the Galaxy S9+ and the duo snatched two of the top three places right away. The first dual-camera Redmi Note phone kept its high presence at second. Our popularity contest has the Asus Zenfone 5z at fourth. The...

The Mobile World Congress is the biggest gathering of phone makers in the world and the most interesting event of the year as far as phones go. It’s when we see many of the high-profile launches for the year... or do we? Did this year feel a bit...

In Past Tense is our latest series of articles in which GSMArena veterans take you on a nostalgia-infused ride through the years. Experience first hand how the industry evolved and how it shaped us, one phone at a time. How this tech...

Over the last few days we saw the new breed of Android royalty come onto the scene. Perhaps you've read the reports or perhaps you need to read reacap MWC 2018 recap. In either case, we have a simple question for you - what's the best flagship to be...

MWC 2018 wrapped up with plenty of new smartphones. Samsung introduced the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ on Sunday, followed by our benchmark reports, camera comparisons, photo samples. Sony unveiled the redesigned Xperia XZ2 and the Xperia XZ2 Compact...

The Xiaomi Mi LED Smart TV 4C has appeared on the Mi.com online store ahead of the March 7 announcement. Although the product page is not yet available, the television is visible in the store section, although actually on sale. The Mi...