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The Galaxy S6 has been criticized for only offering about 23GB of usable free space on the 32GB model. Some people will want to opt for a higher capacity phone in order to make do without a micro SD card slot. The problem herein lies with...

At the beginning of November we spotted a new Oppo smartphone getting certified by TENAA, China's equivalent of the FCC. It was called A53, and we assumed it would get official soon after that. And now it has been listed on Oppo's Chinese...

If you are eyeballing a new, shiny iPad Pro, then chances are you have already prepared yourself to part with a substantial amount of cash. We doubt that any sale will make the 12.9 inch Cupertino monster a bargain any time soon, but it can still...

Nearly six months after the Gionee Marathon M5 was unveiled, a Plus variant of the smartphone will be made official. According to a teaser (shown below) posted by the Chinese smartphone manufacturer, the unveiling is set for December 21 in the...

And the long wait is over – the vivo X6 and vivo X6Plus are official, coming with lovely metal bodies and AMOLED displays. They have 5.2" and 5.7" screens as is the current norm of phone and phablet as a flagship duo. vivo X6Plus Measuring a...

Remember the Asus Zenfone 2 Deluxe? Well, it's not the only one that got the fancy treatment, the latest phone in the line is the Asus Zenfone Selfie Limited Edition. There have been such editions for the Laser and Zoom too. Anyway, the Zenfone...

Last month, Swiss watch maker Swatch unveiled its NFC payments capable Bellamy watch, which the company said will first be available for purchase in China, followed by other countries including the US and Switzerland. While Swatch has already...

BlackBerry has announced that it will stop all its operations in Pakistan, and will exit the market. In a blog post related to the matter, the company revealed that back in July this year, the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority sent out...

Nokia has been absent from the smartphone scene for quite some time now – a fact that many fans know all too well. But, as CEO Rajeev Suri has confirmed, it is not a withdrawal, but rather a timeout that should end in Q4 2016 when the agreement with...

When Microsoft completed the acquisition of Nokia's Devices & Services division last year, several devices including smartphones, smartwatches, as well tablets were reportedly cancelled. However, one of those devices - the Mercury tablet - has now...

Microsoft has announced its two new flagship devices, the Lumia 950 and the Lumia 950 XL in the Indian market. Both phones will be available in the dual SIM configuration. The 950 duo are the first phones from Microsoft running the new...

If you're in the US, and are planning to purchase the Samsung Galaxy S4, S5, or S6, here is some good news: AT&T's no-contract subsidiary Cricket Wireless is running a Cyber Monday promotion wherein the aforementioned devices are being offered at a...

You can now get BlackBerry's debut Android smartphone gold plated for a more premium look. Karalux - a company based in Vietnam, where the Priv set to go on sale this weekend (December 5) - will get the job done for you. "Unlike the previous...

While notorious file-sharing website The Pirate Bay has been blocked in several countries around the world, it will remain accessible in its home country of Sweden, at least for now that is. A Swedish court has ruled that it can't force ISPs to...

After the Y37A and Y51A, two more vivo smartphones have been certified by the Chinese regulatory agency TENAA. These devices carry a model number of Y51 and Y51L, respectively. Specs-wise, the Y51 is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core CPU, and...

Opera Max Opera Max is a data compression app for your Android phone. The app monitors all the data going through the device (except for the encrypted stuff) and then compresses it to reduce data consumption on your end. This previous worked on...

Sony Xperia Z5 Premium is quite special because of its 4K display, but most of the time it runs an upscaled 1080p interface. We know Sony for its optimizations and we’ve seen Xperia phones does impressively in our battery life test. Yet the hot...

You know the week was busy in the mobile realm when there are more than a couple of freshly announced devices for us to add to the database. If you were too busy to keep up with the news, don't worry, here's a quick roundup of the new tech you might...

Well, the Sony Xperia Z5 Premium is finally here and with units already hitting international markets you can finally see for yourself what 4K looks on a mobile phone. What Sony did with the handset is definitely groundbreaking, there's no denying...

In this edition of our weekly Top 10 trending phones chart, we finally witness the Samsung Galaxy J7 get dethroned. The Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 enters the chart this week, and storms straight to number one mere days after its announcement. Long-time...