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MWC 2018 wrapped up with plenty of new smartphones. Samsung introduced the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ on Sunday, followed by our benchmark reports, camera comparisons, photo samples. Sony unveiled the redesigned Xperia XZ2 and the Xperia XZ2 Compact...

The Xiaomi Mi LED Smart TV 4C has appeared on the Mi.com online store ahead of the March 7 announcement. Although the product page is not yet available, the television is visible in the store section, although actually on sale. The Mi...

The Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy A8 Enterprise Edition models have arrived in Germany. The former will be available in the country starting April, while the latter has gone on sale already. They carry a price tag of €849 and €499, respectively....

In a blog post today, Microsoft announced a new version of Skype is being released with optimizations for devices running Android 4.0.3 to 5.1. The updated app hasn't started rolling out yet - that'll happen in the next few days, the company...

Introduction I’d been thinking about buying a drone for a long time. On a recent holiday in Thailand, as I was bouncing around on a quad-bike trying to film the rest of the family, I knew drone footage would look an order of magnitude better. A...

For most people, the ideal weight of a phone is between 140g and 170g. We were surprised to see how many people commented on our poll that “lighter is better”. There’s a sort of stigma around light phones – the heavier handsets just feel more...

In Past Tense is our latest series of articles in which GSMArena veterans take you on a nostalgia-infused ride through the years. Hi, my name is Victor, 27 years old and a reviewer/editor/developer at GSMArena for over three years now. As a 90s...

According to some new commits that were discovered by XDA-Developers Android P might be bringing a new feature to the stock dialer app. This commit was part of a new set of commits that were added to AOSP from a Sony Engineer. This new feature...

Just yesterday we told you guys about a $100-off deal that was going on at the online Google Store for the Pixel 2 XL. However, there is an even better deal if you’re looking to score the larger Pixel 2 XL for activating on Verizon. The deal does...

Samsung has released its latest television commercial on YouTube, one that is likely set to air during the 90th Annual Academy Awards on ABC this Sunday. The ad features two TV actresses: Issa Rae and Constance Wu throughout various scenes...

Securities firm JP Morgan has reduced its production estimates of the Apple iPhone X by 25% from 20 million in Q1 to 15 million. Meanwhile, analyst Narci Chang also lowered estimates by 44% from 18 million units to 10 million for Q2. When it...

Oppo has already started teasing its upcoming R15 earlier today, and now a new rumor out of its home country of China gives us a key detail regarding its specs. According to a source that's been reliable at times in the past, the Oppo R15 will...

Remember Amazon's amazing Super Bowl ad in which Alexa lost its voice? Well, funny story: today that scenario became reality. Thanks to a widespread server outage, the retail giant's virtual assistant has become unresponsive. Some can't get it to...

According to a recent survey by IDC, the Apple Watch was the highest selling smartwatch in the last quarter and the entire year of 2017. Apple shipped an estimated 8 million units in Q4 of 2017 compared to 5.1 million in the same quarter in 2016....

The HTC Desire 12 will get a larger, more powerful sibling – the Desire 12 Plus. With 18:9 screens, both phones will bring HTC’s new premium design to the low end. The Plus model will have a 5.99” LCD screen (up from 5.5”), but keep its 720 x...

Sony unveiled its latest design language at the MWC, called Ambient Flow. The Xperia XZ2 and XZ2 Compact return to the curvy backs of Sony’s earlier designs. Need a refresher? This video traces Sony’s design language from 2012 to today. It starts...

The Harry Potter franchise is still going strong and a new game is coming this Spring. The Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery is an RPG game that sees you going to the famous school for witchcraft and wizardry. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Myster...

Xiaomi already confirmed that a Mi Mix 2s is arriving with Snapdragon 845 on March 27. The manufacturer teased the phone’s AnTuTu score in the latest official poster. Earlier today Xiaomi posted a video on its Weibo account, asking “how fast is your...

In the first weeks of the new year, Meizu introduced the long-awaited M6s. The phone came with a fingerprint scanner on the side, a software home button called Super mBack and unique Exynos 7872 chipset. The midranger was announced with 3 GB RAM and...

MWC 2018 was a place where all the major companies had something to say or unveil, including ZTE. The manufacturer’s smartphone brand nubia will drop the Nubia UI and will switch to stock Android for its global devices. The primary reason is users...