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After announcing the Marathon M5 lite last month, Chinese smartphone manufacturer Gionee has unveiled a mini variant of its Marathon M5 smartphone. The device is powered by a Mediatek MT6580 SoC and sports a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixel resolution) IPS...

Lenovo has launched its Vibe X3 smartphone in India, which will be the company's flagship device in the market. The phone will be available through Amazon for INR 19,999 ($293). The Vibe X3 puts a lot of focus on the audio quality aspect. The...

Google has started pushing a new update to its Hangouts for Android app that bumps the version to 7.0 and brings along new features like quick replies and conversation shortcuts on home screen, as well as some design tweaks. With the new update,...

The Windows 10 Mobile variant of Xiaomi's Mi 4 smartphone has started receiving a new firmware update, which majorly includes bug fixes as well as some improvements and enhancements. As per the change log, the update fixes various issues such...

Just a couple of days ago, Samsung announced the global launch of the Gear S2 Classic New Edition, with China becoming the first country where the device was released. Now, the premium Rose Gold and Platinum finish watches are on sale in the US,...

Back in September last year, there were reports that Samsung is planning to launch an Apple-like phone leasing program for its Galaxy smartphones. And now, a new report from the company's home country of South Korea is suggesting that the program...

Update: The gold color variant of the Huawei-made Google Nexus 6P has also received a $50 official price cut. Just a couple of weeks after Google slashed the price of its LG-made Nexus 5X smartphone in the US by $30, the device has received...

As scheduled, the BlackBerry Priv is now available for purchase from T-Mobile in the United States. The Android-powered device is in stock at the magenta carrier's online as well as physical stores. As for the price, you can purchase it on...

A new Transport SDK will bring integration for partners to use Waze’s maps. Even though Waze is owned by Google, the map experience is completely different on either navigation app. This new SDK for Waze will let app-developers access maps with...

Many owners of the LG G4 have complained about a bootloop issue, but so far without receiving any assistance whatsoever from the Korean smartphone maker. Well, that's finally changed. LG has now acknowledged the bootloop issue, and after a...

Last we heard anything about it, the upcoming Microsoft Lumia 650 was supposedly delayed until mid-February (from its initial launch time frame of early next month). Now though, as you wait for it to finally become official after a huge number...

The second-generation Apple Watch is planned to enter mass production in the second quarter of the year. The information comes from sources in the upstream supply chain, cited by DigiTimes. According to the sources, Quanta Computer is going to be...

The mobile market has definitely changed a lot in the past few years and while many big-name players might not appreciate the influx of new brands and increasingly more affordable offers, there seems to be no end in sight for the ongoing smartphone...

HTC has brought back its Holiday discount program, just for a day (ends on January 26 at 11:59 PT time). And yes, it is US-only again. Here's the spread: 30% off for purchases over $650 20% off over $500 10% off over...

With MWC 2016 around the corner, the rumor mill is already exploding with info on the next wave of flagship offers, like the Samsung Galaxy S7 and the LG G5. We are quite confident that the aforementioned pair will make a debut appearance soon, but...

In late 2014 the UK lost Phones 4U, a well-known phone retailer. Now Dixons Carphone (a merger between Dixons and Carphone Warehouse from 2014) will close 11% of its UK stores, totaling 134 stores. That's not bad news though. The company says it...

It's officially official folks, Xiaomi's second launch for 2016 will be the Xiaomi Mi 5 and that's happening on February 24. This has been confirmed by a Xiaomi co-founder and now by Global VP Hugo Barra and India Head Manu Kumar Jain. Both of...

It is no secret that Sony has been struggling on the mobile market for quite some time. But thankfully for the Japanese giant, its business extends far beyond the mobile realm and there are a lot of other company branches that are actually doing...

Asus has revealed yet another Zenfone 2 variant, this time boasting an updated Intel chipset. The refreshed Asus Zenfone 2 Deluxe Special Edition packs an Intel Z3590 chip with quad-core CPU running at 2.5GHz. There's 4GB of LPDDR3 RAM and 256GB of...

The vivo Xplay5S, which is said to be the successor to the Chinese company's Xplay3S smartphone, will be powered by Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon 820 chipset and will have 4GB of RAM. This was revealed in an Antutu listing of the device. If...