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Everyone was expecting the Mi A2 but no one saw the Mi A2 Lite tagging along. And while the Mi A2 is the follow-up of the original Mi A1, the Lite version can be considered more of a sidestep. Still, it has a handful of new features and design...

We wanted to like the BlackBerry KEY2, but it was priced too high to gain significant traction. TCL may have a fix for that – the manufacturer behind the BB brand has sent out “save the date” invites for an IFA event. It will be held on August 30...

The Oppo R17 was made official earlier today with a Snapdragon 670 chipset. But 3C says that there’s a Pro version coming as well, something that Geekbench just confirmed. What the Oppo R17 Pro brings is a Snapdragon 710 chipset – essentially the...

Xiaomi launched its Mi Pad 4 tablet back in June and we are already hearing rumors about a plus-sized Mi Pad 4 device. It's believed to be called Mi Pad 4 Plus and will be bumped up to 10" screen while the chipset will likely remain...

Reports from South Korea announced that Samsung is closing one of its two smartphone factories in China. The Korean giant will withdraw from the plant in Tianjin by the end of 2018 due to difficulties and slowing growth. Reuters said that...

Less than a few weeks ago, Samsung pushed an OTA update for its Gear S3 Classic and Frontier smartwatches addressing battery charging issues and adding overall stability to the Tizen software. It seems that the company is looking to patch the...

Oppo seems to have taken a new approach to keeping its unofficial phones a secret – it doesn’t. While the Oppo F9 will not be officially unveiled until the 15th (this Wednesday), the first promo video is already a fact. It stars Taiwanese...

In just over a week, Xiaomi will unveil the Pocophone F1, a phone that shares many of the flagship features of the Xiaomi Mi 8, while undercutting its price tag. And if you thought the unboxing video was a major leak, how about someone selling a...

Next year Samsung will celebrate 10 years of Galaxy S flagships and wants to make the anniversary phone outstanding. Previous reports suggested the Galaxy S10+ will have a triple-cam setup, later followed by leak about two selfie cameras. Today a...

Last month alcatel debuted the 5V with a notch and dual-camera main setup with an affordable price tag of $199.99. Today it follows that up by launching the even cheaper alcatel 7 exclusively on metroPCS. alcatel 7 The alcatel 7...

It appears HTC's next phone, the Android One-powered U12 Life, will launch with Android 8.1 Oreo and not Android 9.0 Pie. That means that the phone is due sooner rather than later. And the U12 Life will allegedly not be manufactured in house but...

Huawei's Mate series' launch is approaching and leaks are starting to pile up. We even know some of the key specs of the regular Mate 20 but we haven't seen it in a photo like the Mate 20 Lite. Alleged Mate 20 front panel The latest...

The JioPhone 2 was announced over a month ago but still hasn't made it to the retail stores. It's a well-connected featurephone and offers a significant upgrade over its runaway success of a predecessor so many will be happy to know that it's...

The Xiaomi Pocophone F1 is shaping up to be the worst kept secret ever - be that on purpose or otherwise. The phone to premiere Xiaomi's new POCO (or Pocophone, according to the leak) lineup has popped up again, this time in a crispy video unboxing...

Huawei is expected to unveil the Mate 20 series this fall and one of the devices in the portfolio already started leaking. The Mate 20 Lite appeared in images on TENAA, followed by full specs. Today we got a clearer view of the device thanks to...

It's been two generations since the exploding incident with the Galaxy Note7 but the disappointment still lingers at the back of our tongue. The rather successful Note8 helped us forget but questions about the recently launched Note9 reliability...

You might’ve thought Oppo is done with the surprises after the Find X unveiling, but the manufacturer just went one step further in introducing new technology in its smartphones. The R17 has just appeared on the company website with downright...

Fortnite for Android is the final piece of the puzzle that started out in September of last year with the release of the Fortnite Battle Royale mode on consoles, PC and Mac. Since then, the game got a release on iOS earlier this year in April and...

Smartwatches haven't quite been getting the same kind of interest as the early days, but is that because they are dying or have they just settled in and have become a part of our lives? Chip and Paul debate... Paul: Steady growth is the...

This Sunday we do something a little different. E-book readers don't exactly fall in line with our traditional topic list, but they still have a place in our personal field of interest and expertise. Oddly enough, there seems to be a vacuum of...