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Now that some pre-ordered Galaxy Note8 units have already started shipping, you may be wondering about the state of Daydream VR support on the new phablet. And you'd be right to wonder, for despite having all the necessary hardware for use with...

Microsoft's next Surface-branded device will become official on October 31 in London. On that day the company's Panos Panay will hold a keynote speech, as part of the annual Future Decoded event in London. Note that Panos Panay is usually the guy in...

At the moment, vivo is busy working on a "full screen" phone of its own. The Chinese smartphone maker has already shown us the outline of the vivo X20 in an official teaser last month, and in the meantime it's even been certified for sale by TENAA....

Just as expected, Huawei's online-only sub-brand Honor unveiled its latest smartphone today. The Honor V9 Play is a budget device that's meant to appeal to price-conscious consumers, but it didn't arrive alone - it brought along an even cheaper...

Huawei chose to skip IFA for the grand unveiling of its next flagship phablet, which it will announce at a special event of its own on October 16 instead. As we get closer to that day, we're starting to see more of the Mate 10, be that in official...

A new Xiaomi smartphone has been spotted on the website of China's TENAA. Listed as MCT3B, the device is powered by an SoC with quad-core, 1.4GHz processor, and sports a 5-inch HD display. RAM is 3GB, while internal memory is 32GB. The camera...

Samsung has started pushing out a new update to Galaxy J7 (2016) units in India. Arriving as version J710FXXU3BQHC and weighing in at around 1,030MB, the update brings along Android 7.0 Nougat OS. As clear from the change-log, the update...

Lenovo has announced the K8 and K8 Plus smartphones in India. Lenovo K8 Plus The K8 Plus is the cheapest Lenovo phone to have a dual camera system on the back. The main 13 megapixel camera is complemented by a 5 megapixel depth sensor,...

According to a recent report, Samsung has confirmed that the Gear S3 smartwatch will get the Tizen 3.0 update. This comes shortly after the South Korean company unveiled the Gear Sport, which runs Tizen 3.0 out of the box. Sadly, there's...

If you are a Motorola fan in the US, and are planning to purchase the Moto Z, you'll be glad to know the device is currently available at discounted rates in the country. Specifically, Amazon, Best Buy, and B&H all have the 64GB model listed for...

According to a new report from market research firm Counterpoint, Huawei has surpassed Apple to become the second largest smartphone company in the world. The Chinese firm achieved the feat consistently for the month of June and July. The...

Update: Well, the good news is that those who pre-ordered the Samsung Galaxy Note8 have started receiving their units. Reports say many of the AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, and Sprint customers as well as those who ordered directly from Samsung have...

Verizon has started pushing out a new update to Asus ZenPad Z10 units on its network. Arriving as software version 5.4.4, the update bumps the OS to Android Nougat (version 7.0), bringing features like multi-window mode and refreshed quick...

Android Oreo 8.0 has already hit the Google Pixel and Google Pixel XL. There is still question as to when Nexus devices will start to see the major Android update. After all, the last generation of Nexus devices (Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P) are on the...

Update: Google has also started pushing out the September security update to supported Pixel and Nexus devices. Factory/OTA images are also available on the company's official website, just in case you want to perform a manual install. Original...

Last year's flagship smartphone chipset from Qualcomm was the Snapdragon 820, which arrived in the first half. But then in the second half of 2016 we got the Snapdragon 821, an ever so slight improvement upon the 820. Will the same happen this year...

Remember the Kyocera Echo from 2011? While most of the world looked at it and decided it wasn't worth buying, ZTE apparently saw fit to take inspiration from that particular device, since it's about to launch a handset that's similar in some...

After many delays, the Essential Phone has finally started shipping. If so far you've been on the fence about buying one, here's a new detail that may or may not help inform your decision. The Essential Phone is almost impossible to repair. This has...

The Vivo X20 series appeared in several teasers and live images, but now we can report official photos of the phone. The next Vivo flagships appeared at TENAA’s website, giving us a pretty detailed look at their design. The Vivo X20 was joined by...

The LG G6 price has been decreasing steadily and the impeding launch of the V30 puts even more downwards pressure. We've seen the phone at some very low prices - $288 deal with a Verizon contract or $400 off contract (from eBay and it was a...