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The budget-friendly Galaxy J series just got a new member – the Galaxy J2, which was officially launched in Bangalore today. It is the fourth member of Samsung's "J" line and can be best summed up as a device by 'Make in India' and 'Make for India',...

Sony has announced the new A7S II, the successor to last year's excellent A7S, which redefined low light photography with its incredible high ISO performance. The A7S II improved upon several key aspects while maintaining what made the original so...

Charge-masters at Zerolemon unveiled a battery for the LG G4, one with 8,500mAh charge. That's nearly triple what you get out of the stock battery (3,000mAh). However, LG's G-series phones pose a challenge – the back buttons. Zerolemon had to add...

Gionee has announced that it will be partnering with Foxconn and Dixon to start manufacturing devices in India. The company will be investing $50 million in the next three years for this venture. The Foxconn facility in Andhra Pradesh will be...

When T-Mobile launched its native video calling feature last week, it was only available on the Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ and Galaxy Note5 smartphones, although the carrier said that the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge will get it the following...

After revealing that the Moto X Force will be launched in the US (exclusively by Verizon) as the Droid Turbo 2, the usually reliable leaker @upleaks has also shared some information on their launch date. DROID Turbo 2=Oct, X Force=Dec? Hmm…—...

Wikipedia for Android has received an update, bumping it to version 2.0.110. Among the new features the update brings, the most notable is the ability to let users see previews of links. The updated app now lets you see a preview of the...

It's official, straight from a Google engineer: the upcoming Android 6.0 Marshmallow release will not come with a built-in dark theme. Many people have been hoping to see a darkened version of the Material Design UI in the final Marshmallow...

The now-discontinued Google Play Edition program used to pair the flagship smartphones from Android device manufacturers such as Samsung and HTC with stock Android from Google. That, however, turned out not to be a very enticing proposition for...

It was just a few hours ago when we told you about the first beta of iOS 9.1 becoming available for developers to tinker with. And here we are now, not one day later, and the first public beta of iOS 9.1 is already up for grabs. This is the...

Cricket has announced the HTC Desire 520 today. The mid-range smartphone will go on sale at the carrier as soon as tomorrow, and it will be priced at $99.99 without any long-term contract requirement. The phone will be exclusive to Cricket. The...

Just yesterday we saw an unknown Samsung device getting benchmarked sporting an Exynos 8890 chipset. The device in question was codenamed Lucky. According to a new report, this is in fact the codename for the Galaxy S7. Since 7 is considered a...

HTC's next top of the line smartphone has been in the rumors a lot lately, and we already know it's going to be sold as the One A9. Its codename was Aero, and we may have already seen it in a leaked image. As for specs, we now have a much better...

The wait is almost over if you're a big fan of Microsoft Office. The next version of the productivity suite now has an official release date, thanks to a Microsoft announcement. Office 2016 for Windows will become available on September 22. It...

Verizon is set to update its Droid-branded lineup at some point before the end of the year. So far we've heard pretty conclusively that what's known internationally as the Moto X Play will be sold by the carrier under the Droid Maxx 2...

Google is announcing that Android Pay will start rolling out in the US today. The new payment scheme was made official at Google I/O a few months back, and now it's finally becoming available. The company warns that the rollout will be gradual...

Today marks a big step forward for Jolla and its ambitious Sailfish mobile OS project. The new version 2.0 of the platform appears is already available to early access users. So, if you own a Jolla phone and participate in the beta program, which...

Tizen found some success with the Z1, now the successor, Samsung Z3, is nearing launch. The project is reportedly overseen personally by the Vice Chairman of Samsung Electronics and passed through the FCC yesterday. Of course, the US is probably...

The only thing that’s changed is everything. Apple’s iPhone 6s/6s Plus marketing slogan is about as true as they come. Certainly more believable than that other catch phrase “most advanced smartphones in the world”. Only, the changes being...

As is usually the case with iPhone and iPad announcements, Apple stayed mum about the amount of RAM that inside its latest products. Now, we don't have to wait for teardowns to reveal this information thanks to an Apple Support employee. He has...