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Do recent smartphones feel more expensive? It’s more than just your gut feeling, data by GfK shows a record rise in the average selling price (ASP) of phones for the third quarter of this year - it's up by 7% compared to the same period last...

Vodafone UK will begin accepting Apple iPhone X pre-orders on October 27 and is going to give 1,000 customers a free pair of AirPods. A few conditions apply, though. First you need to register your interest to buy the iPhone X through...

Google has quietly started updating the Photos app on the Google Pixel and Pixel XL with the new Google Lens feature. Google Lens in Photos can detect objects and places in your photos and give you more information. It can also detect phone...

The Oppo R11s has mostly managed to avoid the paparazzi but it slipped up by leaving its specs at AnTuTu. Here are some of the changes that this wide-screen upgrade will bring. For one, the screen switches to 1,080 x 2,160px resolution – the 18:9...

Users are reporting yet another issue with display on the new Google Pixel 2 XL. Called a “black smear” issue, the problem manifests itself as a blur or smear whenever a dark color object moves on the screen and leaves a temporary trail...

Huawei has shipped more than 100 million phones in the first three quarters of 2017, marking a very impressive 19% increase over the same period last year. In the period from January to September Huawei managed to beat Apple's shipments to become...

Apple Pay has now expanded to Denmark, Finland, Sweden and the United Arab Emirates, as promised earlier this year. The addition of Sweden, Denmark and Finland leaves only Norway from the Scandinavian region to receive Apple...

The Motorola Moto X4 debuted back in August at this year's IFA conference and Europe was the first market to get it. The device's India debut was first set for early October, but has since been pushed back to November. There has been no official...

As scheduled, the Nokia 7 went on sale today in China, and the device immediately went out of stock. This indicates there's a strong demand for the device in the country, although we are unsure how many units were available. The phone managed...

HMD is launching a new Nokia phone in India at the end of the month – October 31. The “save the date” emails went out, but they are vague about which device will be featured. It’s labeled only as “the next milestone for Nokia phones”. It could be...

Shortly after Google said it's investigating the screen burn-in issue with the new Pixel 2 phones, another Pixel 2-specific issue has come to light. Basically, a large number of users are reporting that their units are making 'clicking and high...

The Samsung Galaxy S9 has already been the subject of a handful of rumors, and things are only expected to heat up from here. A patent filed by the South Korean company in its home country suggests the next-gen Galaxy S series of devices may come...

Update: The Samsung Galaxy S6 edge has also started getting the October security patch. Arriving as firmware version G925FXXU5EQI8, the update is currently hitting units in the UK. Original story follows: Samsung has started pushing out a new...

If you are currently signed up for Apple’s iPhone Upgrade Program, you’ll be happy to know that you can start begin the pre-order process ahead of Friday, the day the iPhone X officially goes up for pre-orders in the US. PSA: pre-approval for...

The MTA (Metropolitan Transit Authority) Committee has announced a new contract for the New York City Transit system to receive a technological update. This $573 million deal would hire the same company who developed the London Underground and...

Another year, another Google phone shipping fiasco. The original Pixel and Pixel XL were almost impossible to find in stock for months after their launch, and while the new Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL don't seem to be having issues on the same order of...

We are now fast approaching the start point for iPhone X pre-orders. These will go live on Friday morning, and Sprint is the first carrier to reveal the deal it's prepared for would-be iPhone X owners. It's a pretty nice sounding affair, but not...

Last year OnePlus went from its normal release cadence of one high-end smartphone per year to two, when it surprisingly revealed the OnePlus 3T in November. And it's starting to look increasingly likely that the Chinese company will do the exact...

The Xiaomi Mi A1 showed us that people take great interest in a Xiaomi smartphone running stock Android. Xiaomi Mi 5X owners got the chance through a stable Android One ROM courtesy of the Mi A1. Now the Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 and Redmi Note 4X are...

Samsung is rolling out the Android 7.1.1 update to the Galaxy J5 (2016) in Poland and possibly elsewhere in Europe, as expected. In addition to what Android 7.1.1 brings on its own, Samsung has included its latest Experience 8.5 into the...