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As Android P introduces new iPhone X-like gestures, in this weeks Sunday Debate we deliberate which are better - hardware buttons or gestures? Paul: "Buttons still have their place" When it comes to this particular topic, I'm...

Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 AI Dual Camera - quite the mouthful right? Xiaomi was obviously out of ideas after launching the regular Redmi Note 5 and the Redmi Note 5 Pro in one month. Extremely awkward name aside, the phone is a slightly updated...

OnePlus will be five years old at the end of the year and it already has eight phones under its belt. Its strategy has (almost) always been “do one thing and do it well”. That’s what Apple did in its early years and it worked out great for them....

Hot on the heels of the Oreo OTA for the ZenFone 3 Deluxe (ZS570KL), released a couple of days ago, Asus is now widening the roll-out and bringing Android 8.0 to the ZenFone 3 Zoom as well. This is a rather joyous, even if a little bitter-sweet...

Now that commercial VR experiences are finally picking up in popularity and receiving wider acceptance and adoption, it seems like a pretty opportune time to start pushing the boundaries further with augmented reality as well. While definitely not a...

A couple of Nokia-branded HMD smartphones have started getting new updates. The devices in question are the Nokia 8 Sirocco and Nokia 2, and the updates they are getting include Android security fixes for the month of May. The Nokia 8 Sirocco...

Google's demo of Duplex AI calling system at this year's IO conference kicked up a storm, and it's refusing to settle down. First there were questions on the deceiving nature in which the AI system talks. Google answered those questions by...

Huawei has made sort of a habit out of quietly revealing its new Y-family devices, without any announcement or fanfare. While we do get that there's not a lot to rave about the Y5 Prime (2018), a little heads-up would still be nice, since we do like...

The Samsung Galaxy J4 and Galaxy J6 have been sticking to a pretty standard leak and rumor scenario so far. After a few benchmark listings and support page leaks, the two devices popped-up on a certification website, as well. So, it's pretty clear...

Just yesterday, we told you that Google Home can now play content from Play Movies &TV, and today, it has come to light that another feature feature has been added to the smart speaker: ability to navigate touch-tone menus. Yes, those "if ......

A new update recently started rolling out the BlackBerry Keyone. It's basically a security update that brings along Android fixes for the month of May. Currently, the update is hitting the unlocked units, so those who carrier models will have to...

Amid all the commotion around the Huawei Honor 10 and it's May 15 launch event, some less spectacular Honor news appears to have slipped under the radar. A new entry-level Honor Play 7 was unveiled on the local Chinese market, with an impressively...

If you are in the US, and are planning to purchase the Samsung Galaxy S9 or S9+, here's a deal for you: you can get the S9 for $520 and S9+ for $640. The promo is being offered directly by the South Korean company. Delving into details, the...

Updates being rolled out and then pulled due to issues has sort of become a new normal. From Xiaomi (earlier this year) to Samsung (quite recently), many big players pushed out major updates only to halt them "temporarily" to fix bugs. Talking of...

This week, Samsung released two new color options for the Galaxy S9 and S9+, Burgundy Red and Sunrise Gold. Unfortunately, the initial announcement of both color options didn’t specifically mention the United States market; only that more markets...

Just yesterday we learned that Xiaomi is going to be celebrating its 8th year anniversary soon and to do that, it will launch the Mi 8, skipping version 7 altogether and going with 8, a lucky number in Chinese culture. We also learned that Xiaomi...

Huawei's P20 Pro recently got put through the durability testing performed by Zack from YouTube channel JerryRigEverything. Things didn't go so well - the phone's glass shattered during the bend test, something that most handsets these days are able...

Epic Games has announced that the highly-awaited Android version of Fortnite, which released on iOS back in March, will be coming some time this summer (so from June to August). That was pretty much the extent of the information available regarding...

After a longer than expected wait, the LG G7 ThinQ was finally put for sale starting in its home country - South Korea. And according to the local press, the device exceeded the pre-order numbers of the previous G6 model. The new G7 ThinQ...

The vivo APEX concept impressed us during this year's MWC and now it has allegedly taken another step towards becoming an actual product. Leaked photos said to depict its market-ready version hint at nearing launch. With the push for higher...