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As we say goodbye to 2017, we’re already curious to see what 2018 will bring. It’s too early to tell what the big trends in smartphones will be this year but we might have an inkling. For example, most flagships – and even many mid-rangers – have...

Gartner forcasted that 310.4 million wearable devices will be sold worldwide in 2017, an increase of 16.7% over 2016. Sales of wearable devices will generate revenue of $30.5 billion in 2017. For a category that supposed to be dying that isn’t...

If you are rocking a Huawei P10 or P10 Plus, and are waiting for the Oreo update, here's some news for you: the company has launched a beta testing program for the update in Europe, and is currently looking for participants. As per the...

Oreo for HTC U11 started rolling out mid-November last year. The update first arrived in the company's home country of Taiwan, with units in the US getting it around a couple of weeks later. However, Europe hasn't been lucky as units in the...

Essential has started pushing out a new update to its PH-1 smartphone. Carrying a build number of NMJ88C, it's mainly a security update that brings along Android fixes for the month of January. We're rolling out a software update (build NMJ88C)...

Google has revealed that it sold more than one Home series product every second since the Home Mini began shipping in October last year. That roughly translates into a total of around 6 million units. There was, however, no information on...

The LG Tribute Dynasty, user manual for which was spotted late last month, has been launched. The device is powered by a Mediatek SoC with octa-core CPU, and sports a 5-inch HD display. The device comes with 2GB RAM and 16GB internal memory....

Looks like the Android 8.1 update has brought along some annoying issues for users of Google's Pixel and Nexus branded devices. A large number of reports on Reddit as well as the company's own online forums indicate users are facing swipe-related...

Recently, OnePlus cancelled the roll out for the OnePlus 5 Oreo (stable) update due to bugs. That build was arriving as Oxygen 5.0. Now, the company has announced that the roll out has resumed. As for difference between the two builds, the new...

A new app from LG has been released on the Google Play Store. It's a mobile payments application, but confusingly, it carriers not one, but two monikers: LG Wallet and LG Pay. As you can see in the screenshot above, for me, the listing says...

On January 17, Meizu will unveil its latest smartphone, the M6s. Incidentally, this will be the first model to bear the new mblu brand, at least in China, where the Blue Charm line got spun off into its own division. The same phone will thus also be...

At IFA 2017 we saw alcatel unveiling four new phones, all of them falling in the affordable or midrange brackets. We haven’t seen a flagship since the Idol 4s with Windows Phone which was launched 18 months ago. Yet, evleaks posted a photo that...

Earlier this week, Oreo arrived on the OnePlus 5T with OxygenOS Open Beta 1. However, the update was pulled shortly after due to a bug. Well, the good news is that the company has issued a fix for the bug and the rollout has resumed. A moderator...

The HTC Edge Launcher is a feature that debuted with the HTC U11+ and lets users access a host of applications and functions by squeezing their phone and getting a carousel of icons. It is an expansion of the Edge Sense feature launched earlier last...

Energizer is famous for making batteries, but the company dabbles in phones as well. Mostly feature phones, but a few Androids as well and the new Energizer Power Max P600s is its best effort so far. The phone is built around a 4,500mAh battery,...

Yesterday it was revealed that the large majority of the devices that we use powered by Intel, AMD and ARM processors are vulnerable to attacks via two security flaws - named Meltdown and Spectre. These are serious vulnerabilities and the whole...

Back in September this year, Huawei confirmed Oreo is coming to the Honor 8 Pro and promised a December release. That didn't quite happen, but at least now Oreo beta has started hitting Honor 8 Pro units. The Chinese company has been...

Google has already started rolling out the January update to Pixels and Nexuses, and we know it includes security patches for a lot of vulnerabilities ranging from high to critical. What we didn't know so far that there are some anti-aging...

What do you do when the bezels on your phone are already very slim? Well, not much. This side-by-side comparison of screen protectors meant for the Galaxy S8+ and Galaxy S9+ shows barely any difference. Okay, the bottom bezel appears slightly...

Teardown and durability test expert Zack from JerryRigEverything, decided to hand out awards to the phones that impressed him the most with their durability and ease of repair. JerryRig gives the Most Durable Smartphone of 2017 award to the Nokia...