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An unexpected billboard of a vivo V9 appeared in Indonesia last month, suggesting a new phone by the Chinese manufacturer is on its way. Today the company confirmed the rumor, sending us an official teaser for the phone. The V9 will be...

Samsung is now offering two different bundles for the Galaxy S9 and S9+ purchases placed on the official online store. You can choose between Power Upgrade or Ultimate Bundle. The Power Upgrade Bundle is of estimated value of $170 but...

LG has launched a budget smartphone called Zone 4 on the Verizon network in the US. LG Zone 4 The Zone 4 has a 5-inch, 1280x720 resolution display. It runs on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 chipset with 2GB of RAM and 16GB expandable storage....

Developers have found a new class in the latest Android P Dev Preview, which sets a minimum API version. If this is not met by an app, the OS pops up a warning message stating: "This app was build for an older version of Android and may not work...

Huawei is launching the P20 series on March 27 while the phone's specs and images leak little by little. The newest bit of information reveals the price and the memory configurations of the Huawei P20 and the Huawei P20 Pro for Western European...

Samsung launched the Galaxy S9 and the Galaxy S9+ at the end of February. TechInsights analyzed how much different components and manufactiring cost for the Plus version and reached a price of $379, which is $10 more than the Galaxy Note8, making...

Oppo R15 and R15 Dream Mirror Edition are now official. Just as expected, the phones pack notched tall screens, glass bodies, and dual-camera setups. Both R15 and R15 DME have notched 6.28" OLED screens of 1,080 x 2,280 px resolution, which means...

Sprint has started pushing out a new update to Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+ units on its network. Weighing in at over 1.5GB, it's a major update that brings along Android Oreo. pic.twitter.com/7taEFrvCHR— Leo Comitto (@peppermintisme) March 17,...

First its price fell to $790, then to $740, and now the Samsung Galaxy Note8 has dropped to an all time low of $699.99. A Top Rated Plus eBay retailer is currently offering the 64GB factory unlocked model at this price. As for available color...

Week 11 brought no change in the leaders of our popularity charts - the Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro leads from the Samsung Galaxy S9 duo and its non-Pro version. However, there was plenty of action below those with the vivo V9 making its top 10 debut...

The Sony WM-10 was the smallest casette-playing Walkman, the Sony HX80 is the smallest camera with 30x optical zoom, the Sony Xperia XZ2 Compact is the smallest Android with Snapdragon 845. What can we say, the company loves its petite...

Last time we chronicled the rise of Samsung's Galaxy S phones and we reached a critical point in its story - the first disappointing phone in the series. What happened is that Samsung designed the Galaxy S5 in a spreadsheet. It had great features...

In Past Tense is our series of articles in which GSMArena veterans take you on a nostalgia-infused ride through the years. Hi, I'm Paul, the veteran here at GSMArena Towers and my journey takes us on a slightly longer track when compared to...

When asked to pick between the two new Samsung flagships – the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ – you, our readers, didn’t hesitate to go with the Plus model. Interestingly, the larger size of the handset was not quoted as a positive, quite the opposite in...

Ivan: The notch gives character. When the Apple iPhone X came out in the Fall of last year we were split on "The Notch" and the controversy hasn't stopped ever since. I'm pretty sure most people (along with my colleague at the opposite...

Samsung's offering some serious discounts on accessories for the Galaxy S9 and S9+ in the US with two bundles in particular that bring massive savings - provided, of course, you actually need said accessories. The 'S9 Ultimate bundle' is...

We wrote about the open pre-orders of the Xperia XZ2 and XZ2 Compact in Europe last week, but those were third-party retailers' offers. Sony's launched its own pre-orders, with freebies and... you got the hint. A couple of Xperia XZ2s with...

Oppo is gearing up for an action-packed end of March. After the scheduled announcement of the F7 on March 26, the company's now revealed that the R15 is coming by the end of the month too too (likely an R15 Plus as well) - five days later on March...

LG will reportedly opt for an LCD panel for the upcoming G6 successor, Korean market analysts predict. It will be a measure aimed at keeping costs in check as OLED displays, their advantages aside, can be two to three times as expensive as...

Google Home is not yet available in Italy, but that might happen soon as the support for Italian language has arrived on the smart speaker. With this, the Home now supports a total of nine different languages. Those who tested the new...