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The new Apple Watch Series 3 touts LTE-connectivity. Interestingly, it uses its screen as an antenna. The good news is that this did not negatively affect the watch’s repairability. In fact, iFixit rates it at 6/10, same as the Series 2. Not much...

The foldable Galaxy X phone missed its rumored Q3 launch and certainly did not come out ahead of the Galaxy Note8. It is still busy collecting certifications – from the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth authorities and now one from South Korea’s equivalent to the...

HMD started expanding its lineup from the middle down – 6, 5, 3 and soon the Nokia 2. According to Nokia Myanmar’s Facebook account, the new entry-level phone will launch in November. This is for the Myanmar launch, but there's no indication that it...

Apple told suppliers of iPhone X components to reduce shipments, according to Taiwan-based insiders. Only 40% of the expected amount is shipped for the initial launch of the new Apple flagship, the sources confirmed. Some manufacturers, though,...

The past seven days brought confirmation of the ongoing negotiations between the troubled HTC and Google. The Android maker agreed to acquire parts of the Taiwanese company's smartphone business to boost its Pixel lineup in a deal worth $1.1...

For better of for worse, Apple is a trendsetter in the mobile world. It was for the better when it kicked off the screen resolution wars, but it made things worse when it killed the 3.5mm audio jack. In some cases, Android manufacturers genuinely...

As the new iPhone trio lived through its second week of existence, the initial hype is starting to wear off. Even the start of the sales of the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus on Friday didn't help much and the Plus dropped from our top 10 chart. The iPhone...

Apple’s new iPhones support wireless charging – a feature that has been slowly gaining popularity in recent years. But the Qi standard has been kicking around the mobile world for about 8 years by this point, pioneered by the Palm Pre smartphone...

If you’re going to have an iPhone – and our poll shows that maybe you don’t – get the iPhone X. The iPhone 8 and 8 Plus barely registered on the charts – they didn’t improve enough, making them boring (not a great thing for an expensive...

The ever expanding list of Android Pay supported banks/financial institutions has been updated yet again. This time, a total of 24 new names have been added, including Bank of Idaho, Beehive Federal Credit Union, Citizens Bank (WI), Community...

It has come to light that T-Mobile has pushed out a new update to Samsung Galaxy Note8 units on its network. Arriving as version N950USQU1AQ15 and weighing in at under 200MB, the update includes some stability improvements related to the Navigation...

Looks like the Huawei Mate 9 could be receiving the Oreo update soon. The device with Android 8.0 on board has been spotted listed on benchmarking website Geekbench. For what it's worth, this is not the first time we are hearing about the...

A new Gionee smartphone has been spotted on the website of China's TENAA. Listed as Gionee GN5007, the device is powered by an octa-core SoC with 1.4GHz processor, and sports a 6-inch display with 1440×720 pixel resolution. RAM is 4GB, while...

Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi managed to sell over 1 million smartphones in 48 hours during online festive sales in India, carried out by retailers Flipkart and Amazon. If you break it down, that's 300 smartphones per minute on...

Samsung’s Bixby digital assistant - dubbed Bixby Voice - debuted shortly after the arrival of the company's Galaxy S8 series smartphones. It was first launched in the company's home country of South Korea, following which it arrived in the...

The Nokia 8 variant with 6GB RAM and 128GB storage was recently spotted in documents of the US FCC. And now, according to a new report, the model has been officially confirmed by HMD. The report notes the company has confirmed the variant...

The iPhone 8 and 8 Plus have dominated the camera game according to DxO’s latest camera testing procedures with scored of 94 and 92, respectively. The Sony Xperia XZ Premium was also reviewed by the camera reviewers and scored 83 points....

Last week, Verizon sent notifications to about 8,500 customers which comprised of about 19,000 cellular lines in 13 states, that they would be disconnected as of October 17. The reason for this is that these subscribers were using too much data...

You can now get the Essential PH-1 (hands-on here) from Best Buy retails stores in the United States. The blue and yellow retail store’s preorder period is over and you can now place an order for the Black Moon version of the Essential Phone and you...

Oreo is Android’s latest version release, and as with every release, there are always going to be kinks and issues that need to be ironed out in the following maintenance update. A considerable amount of users have been reporting that the Google...