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The Sony Xperia X Compact is now available to pre-order in the United States. The device is listed on Amazon, which is currently letting users pre-order it for $450 - the listed price is $500 but the retailer is offering a $50 credit at...

A beast of a chipset Apple has come up with for the iPhone 7. The A10 Fusion powers Apple's latest in a 'Battle of the Sevens' speed test of the usual type that the folks at PhoneBuff do. Well, if you've been following their tests, the results of...

The Huawei Mate 9 - which has been the subject of some rumors and leaks in the past few weeks - will be officially released on November 8, according to a new rumor out of the company's home country of China. The rumor also reveals pricing...

As you might already know, carriers and retailers in the US have already launched their Samsung Galaxy Note7 exchange programs - some of them have even started offering replacement units. However, if you own a unit purchased directly from Samsung...

Xiaomi has started sending out press invites for a September 27 event. While the invite doesn't explicitly reveal anything about the star of the event, the letter 'S' it features is enough to suggest that the Mi 5S will have the spotlight on that...

If you recall, Google announced Allo and Duo - new messaging and video calling apps - at its I/O conference this year. While Duo has already been launched, Allo is yet to be released. Although there no official word yet on when Allo will be...

After Canada, replacement Samsung Galaxy Note7 stock has begun arriving in the United States as well. Reports are pouring in that Best Buy has started notifying users that their new unit is ready for pick up. As is the case with Canadian units,...

Some iPhone 7 users are reporting that their phones are creating a whining sound from the back of the phone when the phone is performing some sort of stressful activity. One of the first reports was from Twitter user Stephen Hackett, who...

Apple is king of the hill - the two new iPhones occupy the leading positions in our Top 10 chart by reader interest. The smaller iPhone 7 still draws more interest than the bigger iPhone 7 Plus (despite its dual camera and whatnot). Stores were...

Apple famously killed the floppy disk drive on its computers, setting off a chain reaction that led to the death of this plastic-y predecessor of the SD cards. It's currently trying to do the same to optical discs too. But it's the disappearance...

Before you watch the video below, do this little exercise. If you have an iPhone around running the latest iOS 10, open the Music app and try to find the Shuffle or Repeat option. If you manage to find it, congratulations. If not, you will find the...

Apple's iPhone announcement event may be already left in last weeks archives, but the hype is still at an all-time high, especially now that the phone launched on the market. Everybody and their aunt appears to want a taste of Cupertino's latest and...

Leaks about the Nexus replacements are coming from multiple sources. The phones - branded Google Pixel - passed through Geekbench, they were certified and also some cases for them cropped up, even the screen panels. The benchmark doesn't reveal...

In what appears to be the first lawsuit related to exploding Galaxy Note7s in the US, Samsung has been dragged to court by a Note7 user who said the phone caught fire in his pocket causing him severe bodily injuries. The incident happened on...

Samsung has started sending out media invites for a September 19 event in India. The invite reveals that the South Korean company will launch a new Galaxy J series smartphone. While the invite doesn't reveal the name of the phone, the words...

With the iPhone 7 duo now officially out and already shipping to users, the hype is at an all-time high. Most are busy either waiting for a unit, praising the Cupertino genius or alternatively, mocking the lack of a 3.5mm audio jack and the AirPods,...

Google and HTC have really been mystifying Nexus fans over the last few months. At this point in time, we are quite certain that the latter will produce and out two smartphones for Google this year, originally codenamed Sailfish and Marlin. Beyond...

Google is testing a new feature for its Play Store app that will allow users to queue downloads until a Wi-Fi connection is available, saving them any extra data usage charges. Currently, the app just tells users to use WiFi when they try...

Sony has started rolling out the Android 6.0 Marshmallow update to its Xperia C5 Ultra smartphone. Carrying a firmware number of 29.2.B.0.122, the update is currently hitting the device's Dual variant (with model number E5533) in Italy. As is...

If you are planning to purchase the Android Wear-powered Fossil Q Founder, you'll be glad to know that Amazon is selling the model with stainless steel bracelet for just $191.75, which translates into a discount of $103.25 or 35%. There's,...