HTC launches One (M8 EYE), Desire EYE, and RE in India

HTC has launched a bevy of devices in India. The first of the lot is the new HTC One (M8 EYE), which was recently launched in China. The M8 EYE is essentially the same as the M8 with replaces the 4 UltraPixel camera on the back with 13 megapixel camera. The HTC One (M8 EYE) is priced at Rs. 38,990. Next is the HTC Desire EYE, which has a 13 megapixel...

Sony SmartWatch 3 arrives in the Google Play store

Sony SmartWatch 3 quietly made its way to the Google Play store. The Japanese manufacturer's first Android Wear device is listed as coming soon. The wearable gadget is priced at $249.99. The price tag positions the IP68 certified Sony SmartWatch 3 as a premium Android Wear offering - it costs as much as the Moto 360. The exact launch date of the smartwatch...

Samsung Gear S tipped to have its own plan on Sprint

According to a leaked Sprint Wireless internal memo, Samsung Gear S will be offered with its own plan when available. The wearable device features 3G connectivity and a SIM card slot. If you are brave enough to use the Samsung Gear S as your only gadget capable of making calls, Sprint will offer a "connected device" plan for $10 a month. The option...

Huawei Ascend Mate7 review: Stargazer

The Huawei Ascend Mate7 is the company's first phablet ready for primetime, with two credible midrangers in the Mate series giving Huawei the confidence to stand up to rival flagships. Never mind the digit in the title, the Mate7 is actually a 6" device...Source: http://www.gsmarena.com/huawei_ascend_mate7-review-1150.p...

iPhone 6 went on sale in China without much fanfare

Many were expecting China to be one of the initial launch countries for the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, but that didn't happen. Following the announcement of the devices, there was much speculation as to why Apple didn't receive timely certification from the Chinese authorities for the new phones. And though we might never know what took so long,...

Nexus 9 gets priced in the UK as Amazon starts pre-orders

The Google Nexus 9 tablet by HTC is now available for pre-order at Amazon UK. This comes mere hours after the big retailer listed the Nexus 9 for pre-order in the US. With this move, we get to find out how much the tablet will cost in the UK. It's £319 for the 16GB version, and £399 for the one with 32GB of storage. In both cases, we're talking Wi-Fi-only...

Sony Xperia Z4 specs reportedly leak, Z3X might not exist

Sure, the Xperia Z3 hasn't been out for that much time yet, but it's clear that Sony is already working on its successor. And it looks like we may have gotten a whole lot of details about the upcoming Xperia Z4. All of the following reportedly comes from the same tipster that accurately leaked the Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact a while back. So that lends...

New Android Lollipop developer preview and SDK now out

Google has now outed updated Android 5.0 Lollipop preview images for both the Nexus 5 and the 2013 Nexus 7. The new developer preview is based on build LPX13D. The original developer preview for what was then only known as Android L was announced back in June. The images were updated once in the meantime, in August, when they received support for...

Apple iPad Air 2 and mini 3 go on pre-order

Just as planned, the Apple store is back up today and it has some new goods to offer. The company's latest tablets are now available on pre-order and you can book your unit for next week shipment right away. The iPad Air 2 will start at $499 for the 16GB just as before. Just as on the iPhone, the 32GB version is now gone and the 64GB version will...

Motorola Moto X (2014) now just $50 with Verizon contract

Looking to get the latest and greatest Motorola smartphone? If you don't mind tying your next two years with Verizon now's the time to reach for your credit card. The largest US carrier has launched a promotion for the Motorola Moto X (2014), allowing you to get the 16GB version of the smartphone for just $50 upfront. Naturally, you will also have...

Samsung Galaxy Note Edge for Sprint passes through FCC

The Samsung Galaxy Note Edge is back at the FCC and this time it sports CDMA connectivity. The LTE bands that were certified reveal it's Sprints version dubbed SM-N915P. Previously we saw AT&T's version (SM-N915A) pass, T-Mobile's version (SM-N915T) did as well. This only leaves Verizon to round up the top four carriers in the US. The Galaxy Note...

Three UK will carry the new iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3

Apple iPad pre-orders start today and the UK is in the first wave of launches. You can get a 4G-enabled iPad Air 2 or iPad mini 3 from the UK section of the Apple store (they'll ship by next Friday) but in terms of carriers Three UK is the first to announce it will offer the tablet too. There are no prices as of yet, but the official no-contract pricing...

YotaPhone launching in India today exclusively on Flipkart

The unique and rather interesting YotaPhone is launching today in India. The phone will be available exclusively through online retailer Flipkart and is priced at Rs. 23,499 ($382). The YotaPhone is a first of its kind device with a display on the front as well as the back. The display on the front is a 4.3-inch, 1280x720 LCD but the one on the back...

LTE capable iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 have proprietary SIM card

Apple's freshly announced iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 with LTE connectivity will be offered with proprietary SIM card solution. Dubbed Apple SIM, the setup will allow users to easily switch between carriers without worrying about changing the chip inside their slate. The feature will be available for select carriers in the United States and the United...

Sony will update entire Xperia Z line to Android 5.0 Lollipop

Following in the footsteps of Motorola and HTC, both of which made their plans public already, Sony has today let us know which of its devices are due to get upgraded to Android 5.0 Lollipop. The L release of Google's mobile operating system finally got named yesterday. And now we have some good news for owners of Sony Xperia devices - specifically,...

Apple iPad Air, iPad mini 2, and iPad mini get price cuts

Apple made the iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 official today at a special event. This, however, doesn't mean that their respective predecessors will not be sold anymore. In fact, the original iPad Air from last year and the iPad mini with Retina Display (also known as the iPad mini 2) will stick around and serve as cheaper alternatives to Apple's new...

Apple iPad mini 3 with Touch ID, gold color option unveiled

The third generation Apple iPad mini is official. It's called just "iPad mini 3," the Retina display is a given. However, it didn't get nearly as much attention as the iPad Air or nearly as many changes. It does get the Touch ID fingerprint reader though, which will work with Apple Pay. The screen keeps the size and resolution - 7.9" and 1,536 x 2,048...

Apple announces the iPad Air 2, it is thinner and faster

The Apple iPad Air 2 is only 6.1mm, making it the thinnest tablet yet. It's also now available in Gold as well as silver. The tablet is powered by a custom Apple A8X chipset, which is a version made especially for the iPad family. The TouchID fingerprint sensor from the iPhone is finally available on the iPad Air 2. The iPad Air 2 has a 8MP F/2.4...

iOS 8.1 unveiled on stage - Apple Pay, app permissions and more

Apple event featured a long portion on new software and the highlight of that was the announcement of iOS 8.1. Apple Pay is, of course, the headlining feature but there's more. Apple has changed how apps are handled - users can now check the permissions required by third-party apps and they can be disabled individually and re-enabled later. Also,...

Just on time: Apple iPad Air 2 images leak

Just as Apple and fans are gearing up for the event that's taking place in a matter of minutes one Weibo user by the name of Mrlee has leaked two images of what looks like the Apple iPad Air 2. The images show an iPad with the same design but with a TouchID finger-scanning button instead of the simple home button of old. Apple iPad Air 2 We're guessing...

Apple's event is starting soon, here's the livestream

Here we go again - Apple has another event starting up in its home base at Cupertino and lucky few go tickets to attend it live. Chances are you're not one of them but you can watch a livestream, or rather you have the opportunity to watch a livestream. Apple plays it elitist here, only Apple devices - be they Mac OS X or iOS - get to watch. Everyone...

Tegra K1 (Denver) and Nexus 9 benchmarked

The Tegra K1 comes in two versions - 32-bit and 64-bit - but they are more different than NVIDIA's naming scheme suggest. The one we've tested in the Xiaomi MiPad and that powers the NVIDIA Shield tablet is based on four Cortex-A15 cores. The one in the new Nexus 9 tablet, however, is the interesting one - it's based on NVIDIA's first custom processor...

Samsung Galaxy Note Edge to hit Russia and India this year

Samsung has made it clear that the Galaxy Note Edge is going to be a limited availability device, but at least two more markets may breathe a sigh of relief today. The company has said in an announcement the phone will start selling in India and Russia. In Russia, the phone will start selling some time between November and December for $1225 (RUB...

Sony adds Xperia Z1, Z2, M2 to AOSP, unveils unified kernel

Sony is enhancing its reputation as a ROM-friendly maker. It added AOSP code for the Sony Xperia Z2, Xperia Z1 and Xperia M2 to the SonyXperiaDev GitHub. The company denied making AOSP ROMs and this indeed isn't it - the camera and the modem have been disabled (so you can't make calls), really not a daily driver. Sony did announce unified kernels...

Apple's iPad event starts soon: what to expect

October 16 is here and Apple's event is hours away. The two new iPads are the hotly anticipated announcements but we're also likely to see new iMacs, the chances of new MacBooks are lower according to the rumor mill. The event will be held in Apple's Town Hall auditorium on the Infinite Loop Campus in Cupertino, California at 10AM PT / 1PM ET. iPad...

Google Nexus 6 to launch in 28 countries this year

With the Nexus 6 now official, Motorola has detailed the phone's availability. The latest Nexus flagship is going to be available for purchase in 28 countries across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific, including India. However, that's as far as Motorola has gone in terms of specifics. The Nexus 6 will make its debut outside the US by the end of...

Live photo of Oppo N3 reveals a fingerprint reader on the back

We've seen numerous leaks about the Oppo N3, all of which focus on its camera - the rotating 16MP shooter is indeed the defining feature of the upcoming Oppo camera phone but the closely cropped teasers were concealing the fingerprint reader on the back. A live photo of the device shows the back in its entirety and reveals the alleged fingerprint...

HTC One, One (M8), One mini and mini 2 to get Android 5.0 Lollipop

HTC has responded a lot of questions on Twitter about its plans about Android 5.0 Lollipop. The new version of the OS was detailed a while ago, but its official premiere was yesterday with the Motorola Nexus 6 and HTC Nexus 9 devices. Understandably, many HTC users began asking about Android 5.0 Lollipop updates and HTC was eager to share its plans...

Samsung announces the Exynos 7 Octa, is the old Exynos 5433

Samsung announced an interesting move today by renaming its Exynos 5433 chipset to the Exynos 7 Octa. The chipset is powering one of the versions of the Galaxy Note 4 and was previously known as the Exynos 5 Octa (5433). Apparently Samsung thought its first 64-bit chip deserved better treatment than that. With the Exynos 7 Octa, the company is going...

The Nexus 6 is water resistant, like the Moto X (2014)

The Motorola-made Google Nexus 6 has been granted some water resistance, matching the Moto X (2014). And although Google doesn't point the water resistance out on its product page for the Nexus 6, Motorola does. Under "water resistance" on Motorola's page it just says Yes which doesn't give a clear indication of what liquid torture the Nexus 6 can...

Samsung Galaxy S5 Google Play Edition pops up yet again

Samsung Galaxy S5 Google Play made another cameo. This time around, the yet to be revealed smartphone appeared on the official Android page, which was updated to mark the launch of version 5.0 Lollipop. Samsung's flagship smartphone with stock Android quietly showed up amongst the plethora of devices that are available with stock version of the OS....

Puls by Will.i.am is a wearable that can make calls

As expected, the popular musician Will.i.am launched his own wearable device. Dubbed Puls, the bracelet-like gadget is presented as a smart cuff, not a run of the mill smartwatch. Puls by Will.i.am has 3G connectivity and a SIM card slot. Like the Samsung Gear S, the wearable can make phone calls among its other talents. The device will be capable...

Lenovo will establish a new smartphone company in China

Lenovo announced that it will establish a new company for smart devices in China. Set to open for business on April 1, 2015, the new venture by the Chinese tech giant will take on the likes of Xiaomi by focusing on an internet-based business model. The move aims to give Lenovo a piece of the rapidly emerging consumer mobile device market in China....

iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 get confirmed by Apple

Just as Google was busy announcing its new Nexus family, Apple managed to confirm the names of the two new tablets that it will introduce at its special event tomorrow. They will be the iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3, the latter being the successor to the iPad Mini with Retina Display from last year and thankfully returning to a more concise naming scheme....

Motorola details which of its devices will get Lollipop

The Nexus 6 will be Motorola's first product to ship with Android 5.0 Lollipop preinstalled, but what about the smartphone maker's previous wares? Fret not, for Motorola plans on updating quite a few handsets to the latest version of Android. And while it hasn't provided any indication as to when we should expect the updates to start rolling out,...

Google unveils Android 5.0 Lolipop as an official name

Along with the announcement of the Nexus 6 and the Nexus 9 today, Google also announced that the next iteration of their mobile OS, which we so far knew under the codename Android L, will actually be called Android 5.0 Lolipop. Android Lolipop one of the top picks of the rumor mill, but another not so distant possibility was also Lion, which seemed...

Google Nexus 6 is official with 6-inch QHD screen and S805

Without any sort of special event, Google has just announced the Motorola-made Nexus 6 smartphone running Android 5.0 Lollipop. The phone features a 6" 2560 x 1440 pixel display, which gives it a pixel density of 496ppi. The premium display is backed up by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 chipset with a 2.65GHz quad-core Krait 450 CPU inside and 3GB of RAM....

HTC-made Google Nexus 9 announced with Tegra K1 chip

As expected, today Google announced its latest tablet - the HTC-made Nexus 9 tablet. The tablet runs on Android 5.0, which has just been confirmed to be called Lollipop and packs a 9" IPS LCD with the unusual for Android 4:3 aspect ratio and a resolution of 2048 x 1440 pixels. It's powered by the Nvidia Tegra K1 chip with a 2.3GHz CPU, the very potent...

BlackBerry Passport review: Ticket to ride

Canadian manufacturer BlackBerry looks to bring its no-nonsense smartphone approach in a form factor that is.unusual, to say the least. It's a company that's no stranger lately to being in the red for quarters on end and the Passport is yet another attempt by...Source: http://www.gsmarena.com/blackberry_passport-review-1149.p...

Google Nexus 6 and Nexus 9 European pricing pops up

The Nexus-related leaks today just keep on coming and the latest one refers to the Motorola-made Nexus 6 and HTC-produced Nexus 9 pricing. The pricing details in question originate from German retailers Media Markt and Saturn. The Nexus 6 will be available in two color and storage options. Both the 32GB and 64GB models will be available in black and...

BlackBerry Classic specs detailed, small update over Q10

The new BlackBerry CEO trying to bring the company back to its roots where it had hardware keyboards and success. The unusual BlackBerry Passport is part of that strategy but the mass-market piece of the puzzle is still not official - the BlackBerry Classic. We've seen the device in the CEO's hands and leaked photos with some specs, but now the entire...

LG unveils optically stabilized 20.7MP camera module

The Korea Electronics Show had an interesting entry - an optically stabilized 20.7MP camera from LG. Of course the company demonstrated only a camera module but it's not hard to imagine it will end up in the LG Optimus G Pro 3 and LG G4 before long. The camera module features improved image stabilization compared to the OIS+ tech used in the LG G3....

Samsung Galaxy Golden 2 manual shows high-end specs

Rare as they might be, flip Androids do exist, the Galaxy Golden is even getting a successor as per a recent leak. The Samsung Galaxy Golden 2 is actually a pretty high-end device though it's headed to China Telecom so you may never see one in person. The new device upgrades the screens, which were the most disappointing part of the original Golden....

Oppo N3 new teaser released, hints for smart camera rotation

Oppo is going to make the Oppo N3 cameraphone official on October 29, but the company has been teasing it via the social networks for quite a while. We are already familiar with its build options - stainless steel or aluminum-lithium alloy. Lots of previous rumors and leaks also shed some light on the Oppo N3 specs - a 5.9" 1080p display, Snapdragon...

Nexus 6 sized up against the iPhone 6 Plus in a photo

The Motorola Nexus 6 popped up in a leaked render yesterday and now we get to see the phablet again, this time compared to the Apple iPhone 6. In the photo, you can see just how large the Nexus 6 is compared to the 5.5" iPhone 6 Plus. The Motorola-made phone is slightly taller and wider, but it has a 5.9" QHD display and front-facing speakers to show...

Nexus 6 and Nexus 9 rumored to be launching tomorrow

If the latest rumor on the matter is to be believed, tomorrow we'll be treated to the official announcement of both the HTC-made Nexus 9 tablet as well as the Nexus 6 phablet by Motorola. But don't expect a big event or anything like that - they'll apparently be introduced via a blog post by Google. This reportedly has to do with the fact that Android...

Droid Turbo gets leaked press pics, official unveiling date

Verizon has just started sending out press invites for an event it will hold on October 28. As you can see, these plainly state that during that event the next Droid-branded handset will be unveiled. Furthermore, the carrier has recently reactivated its Droid Does website, which is currently counting down to October 28. So it's pretty clear that the...

Sprint leases existing customers an iPhone 6 for $5 per month

If you're already the carrier's customer, Sprint will now lease you an iPhone 6 for just $5 per month if you so wish. The iPhone 6 Plus can also be had, though for $10 each month. The arrangement is meant to keep existing customers happy, after a series of moves that were aimed at attracting new ones. If you use this new and rather cheap method of...

Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 phablet will be powered by Snapdragon 615

The successor to the Redmi Note is in the works - alleged back panels of the Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 have leaked alongside basic specs and price for the phablet. The Redmi Note 2 will keep the 5.5" screen though the bezels got bigger and the device now measures 159 x 82mm, up from 154 x 78.7mm for the current model. It's not clear if the resolution will...

Huawei Honor Holly launches in India with a 5" 720p display

Huawei officially revealed the Honor Holly for the Indian market. With the affordable smartphone, the Chinese company is offering an alternative to the recently launched Android One initiative. Paying the $118 (INR 6,999) price for the Huawei Honor Holly gets you a 5" 720p display and dual-SIM functionality. The phone also features a MediaTek chipset...