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We're gearing up for the full review of the Samsung Galaxy Note7, but we're still pumped up from the event yesterday, so we put together a short video. It begins, of course, with the iris scanner. This unit wasn't set up for us, but you can see...

Xiaomi gathered a big crowd of onlookers when it unveiled the Redmi Pro and those gathered won't have to wait much longer. Initially the launch in China was scheduled for the 8th (next Monday), but it seems that it has been pulled up. Promo...

In a move that clearly won't benefit its smartphone sales numbers, BlackBerry is today making a whole suite of applications available to any device running Android 6.0 Marshmallow. This is called BlackBerry Hub+ and it's comprised of the BlackBerry...

Samsung Galaxy Note7 was announced yesterday and many carriers have already detailed their pricing and availability. And while the new Note won't ignore Europe as it did the last year, it will still go on sale there two weeks post the US...

Polar has just announced its latest M600 Android Wear smartwatch. Meant to appeal to the outdoor types, the Polar M600 has plenty of activity tracking features and will last more than 48 hours on a single charge, Polar claims. The M600 features a...

Xiaomi is partnering with Flipkart to launch the Redmi 3s in India. The phone is split in two versions: 3s and 3s Prime. Note that this has nothing to do with the Redmi 3 Pro and even the 3s isn't quite the same. The Xiaomi Redmi 3s Prime is...

You know how the Samsung Galaxy Note7, announced yesterday, isn't supposed to be available for purchase until August 19 in the US and September 2 in Europe? Well, not so in Dubai, where one customer has already gotten his hands on one - a proper...

Android 6.0 Marshmallow continues to grow and last month it cracked 15%. It's still miles behind KitKat (29.2%) and Lollipop (35.5%), but the gap is closing. All versions prior to 6.0 lost numbers, with pre-KitKat versions still powering one in...

Oppo's camera-centric F series has been growing fast since the original F1 came out in January this year. We were surprised to see Oppo make haste with a successor of the "Selfie Expert" but they seemed to have a point. The Oppo F1 Plus was an...

Great news for owners of the Honor 5X who don’t particularly care for EMUI, Huawei's heavily skinned Android UI. If you are an Android tinkerer and love the world of flashing ROMs on your bootloader-unlocked device through a custom recovery, here’s...

The Oppo F1s is now official and takes over the company's "Selfie Expert" banner from the F1. The phone carries a 16MP front-facing camera (no LED flash here, though) with a 1/3.1-inch sensor and f/2.0 aperture. Selfies come out even better...

The wearable market lately shows much promise in smart wearable technology adoption. “Basic bands” are defined as “devices serving a specific set of purposes that act as accessories to smart devices, are designed to be worn on the body and not...

The notable absentee from the Moto Z lineup, the Moto Z Play, has started surfacing here and there, and it's gotten Bluetooth certification recently. So, yes, it will support Bluetooth like every phone this past decade. More importantly, the...

As promised, Microsoft has started the rollout of the Windows 10 Anniversary Update today. This will be going out in stages to all computers running Windows 10 (and that's more than 350 million devices as of the end of June). Because of the slow...

Today has been all about the Samsung Galaxy Note7, finally announced this morning at Samsung’s Unpacked event in NYC. Even as we expect the Note7 to be successful as well, research firm Strategy Analytics says that an estimated 13.3 million Samsung...

In the wake of the Galaxy Note7 announcement, T-Mobile US will be reportedly offering a very special offer to newcomers. Starting tomorrow, T-Mobile may be slashing $200 off the prices of the Galaxy S7, Galaxy S7 edge, and the Galaxy Note5. The...

HTC posted unaudited financial results for the Q2 2016 and the company boasts a 27% increase in revenue over the previous quarter on the back of the HTC 10 flagship and the Vive VR headset. The revenue for the period is $598.4 million (NT$18.9...

Today is Note7 day - only if you've been living under a rock you don't already know that Samsung's latest flagship phablet got official. We have already told you when you can expect to purchase (and pre-order) it in the US, but what about...

The S Pen is the signature feature (we couldn't resist) of the Note series and it's better than ever on the Galaxy Note7. Samsung wants to make sure we know it and has published some details on the stylus that's not really a stylus. For...

Riding on a wave of rumors and hype, the Samsung Galaxy Note7 has landed. The new flagship will help Samsung venture deeper into several market segments. The Note7 is tough. It's the first Note to be waterproofed - IP68 rating certifies it for...