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Most people wouldn’t think to customize their phone further than choosing a wallpaper and a ringtone, but then there are some tinkerer's that go over the top just for fun. Take Core Down, aka Marc, from the WindowsArea forums – his Lumia 520 has a...

When last we heard of ZTE's future plans, the Chinese OEM (well, actually its Nubia sub-brand) was working on a successor to the high-end Nubia Z9, dubbed the Nubia Z11. The handset was said to build upon the success of its predecessor with an even...

Last week, Xiaomi took the wraps off its latest Redmi 3 smartphone in China. For roughly $100, the phone offers excellent value on paper, so it's understandable if you want to see more of this phone. Well, not to worry, because Xiaomi uploaded a...

Windows 8 has been around for well over three years now, but it might not be here much longer. The stage on which Metro design made its first debut, but it was also plagued by a lot of serious problems from the very start. Most who have...

The Apple Watch - which launched in April 2015 - constituted more than 50% of the smartwatch shipments last year, according to new data from Juniper Research. On the other hand, sales of Tizen-powered Samsung Gear S2, which was launched in...

Investment firm Piper Jaffrey has adjusted its estimate for Apple's current quarter iPhone shipments. Down 12%, the projected figure for the quarter ending in March (Q2 2016 by US policy) is now 55 million units shipped, as opposed to the previous...

Mobile gamers may well be aware of The Room series, available on iOS and Android. The first two games in the series received widespread acclaim for their intricate puzzles and beautiful level design. The developers recently released the third...

The Microsoft Lumia 950 price in the UK slipped a little lower, now resting at £410 (the previous cheapest price point was £420). The big Lumia 950 XL actually went up a bit to £450 (up from £440). That's on Amazon UK and it is way lower than...

If you're an HTC One A9 owner as well as a fan of CyanogenMod builds, you'll be glad to know that Cyanogen has released the Android 6.0-based CM 13 nightly build for the device, although only for the GSM model. Agreed, the One A9 already...

The rumored pink color variant of the Sony Xperia Z5 has been made official by the company. Sony was already teasing a pink Xperia device for the last few days, and we were expecting it to be the Z5. "The new variant uses the same frosted...

The Samsung Galaxy J1 successor, which has allegedly already cleared the FCC hurdle in the US, will come in at-least black, white, and gold color options, according to new renders leaked by the usually reliable leakster @evleaks. The...

If you own a Motorola Moto X (2014) on Verizon, here is some good news: the carrier has started allowing bootloader unlocks on the smartphone. The news came courtesy of Motorola Forums Manager. "Hey, everyone. Just wanted to let you know that...

The Motorola Nexus 6 has received a price cut in the US, where Amazon is now selling the 32GB variant for $250 and he 64GB model for $300. If you recall, this is the same deal the retailer had offered around Christmas last year. A quick look...

LG has announced that its K10 smartphone, which was unveiled at this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) along with the K7, will go on sale this week. The device will be available for purchase in South Korea starting January...

Chinese smartphone makers sometimes like to launch their flagships in two different iterations, differently priced based on how much RAM and internal storage they pack. And now Xiaomi seems determined to take this to a new level, if a new rumor out...

A couple of days ago a report came out saying that Apple was working on a tool that would make it easier for people to switch from iOS to Android. Yes, you read that correctly, and no, it didn't seem to make much sense. Why would Apple make it easy...

Despite basically pioneering the concept of a smartphone with a built-in fingerprint scanner with the Atrix 4G back in 2011, Motorola hasn't been quick to jump back on this train last year, when such sensors have been featured in pretty much every...

Vertu and Bentley are repeating history with a new smartphone collaboration. While the first Vertu for Bentley device was based on the original Signature Touch from 2014, the new one presented today is actually just a rebranded second-gen Signature...

Seemingly wanting to confirm that "better late than never" saying, Verizon has only now decided to release the Android 5.1.1 Lollipop update for its version of the Samsung Galaxy Note 4. The flagship phablet from 2014 has actually been on the...

Today WSJ is reporting that Amazon is soon going to launch a smaller, more portable version of its Echo wireless speaker. The Echo became available last year, and it pairs a speaker with Alexa, Amazon's very own personal assistant. The Echo,...