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Every now and then Pete Lau, CEO of OnePlus, takes to the forums to talk about design decisions made while building each successive phone. In the latest, he tries to define “honest industrial design”...

Asus is going straight at Xiaomi with its new Flipkart-exclusive Zenfone Max Pro M1. Built around a 6-inch 18:9 IPS LCD and 5,000mAh battery, the Zenfone Max Pro M1 has a dual camera on the back,...

Along with the Meizu 15 trio, the company unveiled a new version of its OS – Flyme 7. It will be available out of the box on the new phones and many of the older devices will be updated to it (the...

It's just a couple of days until Xiaomi takes the stage and makes its Mi 6X official but by that time we may already know all there is to know about the phone. Today, the Xiaomi Mi 6X was listed...

With posters showing that the Nokia X will be unveiled on April 27 (which is this Friday), HMD is completing the required certifications to launch the phone. Which is despite doing the simple math...

SwifKey's Android app has received a new update. Primary among the changes that have been introduced is support for five new languages, including Alsatian, Fongbe, Norman, Urdu (English), and...

Google has added a new feature to Android Auto: ability to access full contact list. The announcement came in the form of a post on the company's official forum. "Starting today, you can now...

We usually don't review storage devices here but when SanDisk reached out to us to review their 400GB Ultra microSD, it was hard to say no. Although large capacity microSD cards are not particularly...

This week Motorola unleashed a whopping 6 new models split into two groups – the G6 and the E5 cliques. Which one (if any) is your favorite? The Moto G6 Plus boasts Dual Pixel autofocus on its...

Among other things, for a smartphone to be bang on trend these days it needs, a tall 18:9 display with minimum bezels (with a notch thrown in for good measure), a superb camera system and Artificial...

Phone makers have converged on one design for premium models – a metal frame sandwiched between two panes of glass. It’s a practical choice, the metal gives rigidity to the thin, long phones while...

Meizu unveiled a trio of phones with an interesting selection of chipsets. The top two models use Samsung-sourced Super AMOLED screens with 16:9 aspect ratio, bucking the trend of taller screens....

Hi, I’m Vlad, the evening shift guy around here (insert vampire joke if you must). I’m 33 and have been with GSMArena for almost four years now. My phone journey started when I was 15 years...

The future of gaming phones proved to be a more divisive topic than we anticipated – the final result is nearly even, a 47/53 split in favor of “no, gaming phones do not have a future”. At least some...

Nokia is giving away free Google Home Minis with the purchase of a Nokia 6 (2018) (a.k.a. 6.1), Nokia 7 plus, and Nokia 8 Scirocco in the UK and Ireland. To redeem the smart speaker, you need to buy...

New day, new info on the seemingly inevitable, yet never actually happening, Android 8.0 Oreo updates for the Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 edge. This time it's courtesy of the Samsung-run Turkish website...

The LG Q7 is methodically gathering the certifications needed before official launch. After it became clear a couple of days ago that it's been certified in Russia alongside the G7, the Q7 has now...

Xiaomi's model lineup is looking more confusing by the day, particularly in the lower end, and a new device revealed on TENAA isn't going to help. The Chinese regulator has certified a smartphone...

Verizon has started pushing out a new update to LG V30 units on its network. The update arrives as software version VS99620b, and brings along multiple changes, including ThinQ branding and AI...

If you are in the US, and are looking to purchase a dual SIM variant of Samsung's Galaxy S9 smartphone, here's a deal for you: a Top Rated Plus eBay seller is offering the device for...