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Xiaomi is looking to open a physical store in Milan soon. The maker posted a "Ciao! Italia" picture to its global Facebook page (and subsequently deleted it) indicating its intentions. The brick and mortar store in Milan will follow those in...

The mobile payment game is heating up with a new competitor – Huawei Pay. The tech is already established in its home country of China, but now the company has signed a deal with China’s UnionPay to bring the service worldwide. The first overseas...

Meizu is planning to commemorate its 15 years of operation with an anniversary phone, called Meizu 15 Plus. We’ve already seen plenty of leaks, but now the phone arrived in its first live images. The phone will come with non-existent bezels on three...

According to people familiar with the matter, Verizon is no longer considering selling Huawei phones in the US following pressure from the US Government to avoid the Chinese handset maker. The government is also pressing Verizon to end any...

In the three months ending December 2017, Apple saw a healthy increase in market share in key markets, lead by the iPhone X. Despite slowing sales in the US, the UK, France and Italy, Apple saw an increase in Spain, Germany, Australia, Japan and...

Back in September Google and HTC announced a $1.1 billion deal. The phone manufacturer is receiving the money in exchange for some of its employees and access to its intellectual property. The agreement was approved by the Taiwanese Investment...

Sharp has introduced a new Android One phone – the Sharp Android One S3 for Y! Mobile. This is a fairly compact device with a dust and waterproof body. It even underwent some MIL-STD style shock testing by dropping it from 26 directions onto...

HMD unveiled its third version of the reborn Nokia 3310 – but this 4G model is an odd duck. It’s LTE connectivity is a boon and it has Wi-Fi, which can be used to create a hotspot to share the data connection with other devices. It’s odd,...

HMD ticked another phone off the Oreo update list – the Nokia 5. Meanwhile, the Nokia 6 update has expanded to people with the TA-1021 model (the global one). If your Nokia 5 hasn’t notified you of the update, you can check manually. Do keep in...

The MIUI 9 global rollout continues. We reported that 40 devices will get the new user interface, including some very old phones. And now one of those, the Xiaomi Redmi 1S, is updating to a stable MIUI 9.2.2.0. There is a catch though - the OS stays...

Just days after the information that LG G6 will hit the shelves in Raspberry Rose, two more color options were announced by the Korean manufacturer. The flagship will be accompanied by the affordable Q6 in Moroccan Blue and Lavender Violet, the...

Samsung has officially announced the arrival of its mobile payments service Pay in Mexico. Yes, officially. That's because the service has been available in the country since November last year. With this, Mexico has become the second Latin...

The officially-discontinued Verizon Wear24 smartwatch has received another price cut, bringing it down to $50. It's listed on TechRabbit's website for $99.99, but the tag comes down to $49.99 upon using the coupon code TRWEAR50 at...

The Sprint MVNO has announced that it will begin offering certified pre-owned iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus handsets at $350 for a 32GB iPhone 7 or $350 for an iPhone 7 Plus, also with 32GB of storage. By comparison, a new iPhone 7 goes for $550 and a...

There’s great news for you Razer Phone owners who love to consume Netflix content. A new firmware update will be hitting Razer handsets today which will take full advantage of the phone’s HDR10 capabilities for streaming Netflix. Enjoy supported...

The mythical iPhone SE 2 has been rumored since last summer, supposedly coming to cement Apple's domination in the 4" smartphone space in 2018. Now though one analyst casts some doubt on that being an inevitability. Ming-Chi Kuo, perhaps the...

It's only been a few months since the release of Xiaomi's stunning Mi Mix 2, but apparently the company is almost ready to unveil its successor. This will be called Mi Mix 2S, and not Mi Mix 3, allegedly, and that should give you a good idea about...

Asus is not a large manufacturer by sales volume but its update track record is decent if not quite the best. The company has just started delivering the latest Android Oreo to its Zenfone 3. Both the ZE520KL with a 5.2” screen and the more...

Multiple clues point to Sony using an OLED display for its upcoming flagship, now new info from the supply chain suggests this will be sourced from LG Display. Sony already uses LG OLED panels for its successful line of premium TVs. "Sony is...

Various analysts are cutting their forecasts for iPhone X shipments, Nikkei Asian Review is just the latest to chime in – it predicts a 50% cut in Apple’s original production target. That works out to 20 million units, which is slightly better than...