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There are some things you simply can’t expect to get from a $200 smartphone, like the latest software updates or durable hardware. Here is where Honor is tipping the bucket even further. We were told by Honor that it plans to update the Honor...

Cat has unveiled a new iteration of the S50 smartphone that it first launched back in 2014. The Cat S50c is made to be used on Verizon's network, and like all Cat-branded smartphones is incredibly rugged. The S50c is IP67 certified for dust and...

Back in October of last year, Sony told us that six of its devices would not receive updates to Android 5.1 Lollipop, instead jumping from 5.0 straight to 6.0 (Marshmallow). The Xperia C4 was on that list, so obviously we were expecting to see...

Google is launching a new promotion for users of its Android Pay system. It's called Tap 10, and it's all about making sure you use Android Pay as much as possible. By paying for stuff using Android Pay, you can win stuff such as free songs from...

Microsoft's upcoming mid-range smartphone, the Lumia 650, has been in the news a lot lately, along with a couple of possible siblings - the Lumia 750 and 850. And now thanks to an alleged leak originating at a smartphone distributor in the Czech...

Now that the Mate 8 is official, Huawei has switched to delivering the final touches for the upcoming P9. The successor to the P8 is probably due in a few weeks, and because of that we're seeing more and more leaks and rumors about it. Today's...

The Samsung Galaxy J3 was announced in November, and starting today you can already pick one up from Virgin Mobile if you're in the US. Furthermore, the handset will reach Sprint's other prepaid brand, Boost Mobile, on January 18, which is next...

After giving it a provisional nod back in October last year, UK's competition watchdog CMA (Competition and Markets Authority) has given a green signal to the BT-EE deal. Formally announced back in February 2015, the deal will see the British...

We're already anticipating LG's pre-MWC press event on February 21, when the company is almost certainly going to unveil the LG G5 flagship. And with this one, LG is adamant it won't lag behind Samsung in any way. An LG executive cited by Korean...

The Sony Xperia Z5 and Z5 Compact are coming to the US, but their fingerprint reader must have been confiscated by the TSA. You read that right, the US versions of Sony's flagships will lack the security-focused sensor. True, they will still...

A year ago the Coolpad ivvi K1 Mini was the "world's thinnest smartphone" at 4.7mm, now the company has another slender model – the Coolpad ivvi i Plus. At 5.5mm it's not as thin, but it upgrades several of the key specs. The phone has an...

Promo codes have been a long requested features by Android developers and it appears Google has finally decide to oblige and bake the functionality straight into the Play Store. In its current state, it is executed in a pretty straightforward...

Oppo F1 went official a few days ago and is already available in Vietnam. Oppo is also prepping a European tour in five countries to advertise the phone and meets with fans, bloggers and vloggers. Today Oppo announced the launch of the pre-order...

Xiaomi's exorbitant growth was bound to hit a wall at some point and this point was 2015, apparently. Falling short of even the most conservative forecasts, the company has only sold a total of 70 million smartphones, where initial expectation put...

Fujifilm announced four new cameras today, the X-Pro2, X70, X-E2S, XP90. The X-Pro2 is the successor to the X-Pro1 and the newest flagship in the X-Series of cameras. It has a new 24.3 megapixel X-Trans CMOS III sensor with X-Processor Pro image...

Just days after the 4G-capable Lumia 640 devices started receiving it in Poland, the Windows 10 update has started rolling out in Latin America too, where the Lumia 535 has become the first device to get the update. The update bumps the OS...

Market research firm NPD has released its December 2015 US retail report revealing that it was the best ever month of Microsoft's Xbox One as well as Sony's PS4 sales, although specific sales numbers weren't revealed. "As an indication of the...

The ZenFone Max smartphone from Asus went up for pre-orders in India early this month, and inline with the release date revealed then, it is now available for purchase in the country. The device was unveiled last year at the company's ZenFestival in...

Chinese company LeTV has revealed that it has managed to sell nearly 3 million Le 1s units in over a couple of months. The revelation was made by the firm's Senior VP Feng Xing. While that's no doubt impressive, what makes it even more...

In the wake of recent reports that a Dutch forensic team managed to decrypt emails on some of the BlackBerry's most secure smartphones, the Canadian company has issued a formal statement saying they don't have any information related to the method...