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KGI Securities' Ming-Chi Kuo has outed a report suggesting iPhone 7 Plus sales surpass Apple's expectations. One of the possible explanations, according to Kuo, is the Galaxy Note7's battery problems. Apparently, Samsung's problems with limited...

For all whopping success with smartphones, Google never managed to get huge in the laptop realm. The long-standing Chromebook program can attest that this is not due to lack of trying, but for one reason or the other (and many have been cited over...

We are now only hours away from the official unveiling of the Xiaomi Mi 5s. And if you have been keeping up with the rumor mill, then you likely know already that it is more or less an upgraded version of the company's current flagship offer....

The Xiaomi offices are popping champagne - the Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 became India's #1 bestselling phone online. One in every nine phones ordered online in the country were a Note 3, which means one every 7 seconds. Until September, more than...

The Note7 units that Samsung replaced may not be as perfect as Samsung hopes they would be, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. Consumers in South Korea are reporting that their replacement Note7 units are overheating and losing...

Roku has announced five new media streaming devices, which will be available alongside the Roku Streaming Stick that was launched back in April. The first two are the Roku Express and Roku Express+. These are compact little devices that...

Google has a pair of devices on the way and after an avalanche of conflicting rumors, we can safely say that these will come courtesy of HTC, bear the Pixel and Pixel XL monikers (no Nexus branding) and likely arrive on October 4. Completed by...

Update: Samsung Galaxy C9 has been spotted on AnTuTu as well, with the listing revealing full HD display, 64GB storage, 16MP rear camera, and 16MP front shooter. Other specs, including Snpadragon 652 SoC, 6GB RAM, and Android 6.0.1 were...

Fruit Ninja - one of the most popular games from the dawn of the smartphones is getting a big screen adaptation. New Line Cinema now owns the rights for the brand and has ordered a script. The actual Fruit Ninja script will be written by J.P....

Several alleged images of Xiaomi's soon to be unveiled Mi 5S smartphone have leaked online, revealing its design as well as availability details. The first image (shown below) clearly shows the device with a circular iPhone-like home button, only...

Over a week after a Samsung Galaxy S7 edge burning incident came to light, a woman from the Philippines claimed that her unit also heated up and started emitting smoke while it was being used by her daughter. They immediately splashed water on...

If you are an Asus fan in the US and are in the market for a smartwatch, here's a deal for you: the Asus ZenWatch 2 with metal band is currently going for $130 in the country. Amazon has the wearable device (1.45-inch model) listed on its...

If you recall, Samsung confirmed over a week ago that it will resume sales of its Galaxy Note7 smartphone in South Korea on September 28. That, however, is not happening now, as the relaunch has been pushed back. The tech giant said yesterday...

Google has given its Chromecast Audio dongle a price cut in the US. The device, which usually carry a price tag of $35, is now available for $25 on the Google Store. Aside from Google's own Web store, Best Buy as well as the retailer's eBay...

Around a week after pre-orders for it went live in the country, the Sony Xperia X Compact is now available for purchase in the United States. Amazon is selling the handset for $500, and all three color variants are available. It's worth...

Allo Google finally launched its latest messaging app Allo. Available on both Android and iOS, the app is mobile only and will use your phone number to authenticate rather than a Google account. Allo also includes the Google Assistant, a...

The iPhone 7 Plus may have surrendered the second spot, but its smaller bro is still keeping the family on top of our weekly trending phones chart. You may have guessed it, the silver goes to the Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016), and joining them on the...

When you're as big as Apple, you can get away with almost anything, including murder… OK, that might have come off sounding a bit wrong and quite extreme. However, it is a fact that Apple already has a track record of pushing its tech vision of the...

The iPhone 7 got released last week and this week we've been dealing with initial impression stories. Whining coils, scratch tests, home buttons inoperable with gloves on, Intel chips inside - the sort of things no keynote prepares you for. Then...

Microsoft has started pushing out a new update to its Lumia 550 Windows 10 Mobile smartphone. Carrying a firmware version of 01078.00042.16352.50012, the update is hitting unlocked Lumia 550 units, but - sadly - doesn't include an official...