OnePlus denies rumors of shipping refurbished phones

It seems there have been a few complaints recently where people said they have received refurbished phones from OnePlus One. After the issue got escalated a bit, the company decided to speak on the matter to put it to rest. In a forum post, OnePlus talks about the seven incidents where the buyers reported receiving a seemingly refurbished unit. The...

Meizu to unveil a new smartphone on December 8

Confirming recent rumours, Meizu has announced that it will unveil a new smartphone on Monday, December 8. In an interview with Chinese portal ZOL, the company's VP Li Nan referred to the device as a "quality smartphone" aimed at young people. Although Lan didn't provide any more details, it is highly likely that the device in question is the much...

Week 49 in review: Galaxy S6, next-gen Moto E, HTC flagship

Week In Review is back to recap all the major announcements of the week, which you might have missed. The past Week 49 gave us a glimpse into the specs of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S6 as well as the second generation Moto E. Meanwhile, Android 5.0 Lollipop launched for the Galaxy S5 in Europe. The rumor mill is also quite active this week, as we...

Counterclockwise: Lumia 620, iPhone, Yotaphone, Gingerbread

We take some time over the weekend to talk about the past - welcome to Counterclockwise. The year is almost over and we're in a lull between Black Friday and the end-of-the-year holiday shopping craze. But this period back in the day has seen some major sales... of company's offices. Several important announcements were made too, including the iPhone...

Android 5.0 is now seeding to Moto G (2013) in India

Android 5.0 Lollipop is now seeding to Motorola Moto G (2013) smartphones in India. The latest OS version is seeding to dual-SIM Moto G XT1033 devices over-the-air. The new Android build arrives a couple of days after the manufacturer updated its Motorola Update Services app on Moto G devices in India, and a tad over two weeks after the initial soak...

Xiaomi will hold a launch event in China on December 9

Xiaomi sent out media invites for a December 9 launch event in China. They contain a rather mysterious message, whose rough translation from Chinese means "Up In The Wind Together." We don't know what will the Chinese tech giant announce early next week. A previously leaked, budget-friendly LTE tablet with 9.2" 720p display and 64-bit Snapdragon 410...

Samsung announces its press conference for CES 2015

Following Sony, Samsung is the second mobile device maker to officially unveil its schedule for CES 2015. The huge trade show is fast approaching, as we're now exactly one month away from its debut. January 5 is when Samsung will hold a press conference at CES, starting at 2 pm Las Vegas Time. This will be followed by a keynote address by BK Yoon,...

Gionee Elife S5.1 review: Johnny Slim

Last time we met, Gionee had quite a flagship to show off. Looking extra sharp and more than decently equipped, we deemed it capable of getting users interested well beyond the traditional Asian markets. Some months later, Gionee has toned...Source: http://www.gsmarena.com/gionee_elife_s_51-review-1175.p...

Xiaomi Redmi 1S will be on sale in India again on December 8

Xiaomi launched the first flash sale of its Redmi Note phablet in India earlier this week, and that went incredibly well. Since the Chinese company has gotten us used to selling only one model at a time, we weren't expecting any other Xiaomi smartphone to become available for purchase soon. But it looks like things have changed, as Xiaomi is now getting...

Strategic Analytics: Apple ruled the LTE device market in Q3 2014

With the end of September Apple marked another quarter with top results in terms of LTE device revenue. The report issued today by Strategic Analytics also puts Samsung and LG very close by the California tech giant, but more surprisingly two Chinese manufacturers - OPPO and Vivo are also on the list. And it is not that the list is overly long - it...

Unannounced Lumia RM-1069 and Nokia RM-1110 spotted in records

A couple of Lumia phones, dubbed RM-1069 and RM-1110, have been approved by the Indonesian certification authorities. While the RM-1069 bears Microsoft's branding, the RM-1110 still bears Nokia moniker, which is kinda odd. The best guess is that it's a feature phone and not a Windows Phone. Although details are scarce at the moment, especially for...

HTC One M8 and M7 GPe are getting Android Lollipop today

After a two week delay on the initial release date, today is the day that HTC's Google Play edition One M8 and M7 handsets finally receive the long anticipated Android Lollipop update. Users are already reporting, that they are receiving that over-the-air. The new version is rather surprisingly a LRX22C build, based on Android 5.0.1, so it appears...

Samsung G925F specs from AnTuTu may detail the Galaxy S6

The Galaxy S5 fell below Samsung expectations and now all eyes are on its replacement - the Galaxy S6. We've already heard some murmurs about the specs, but now there's something more solid, an AnTuTu screenshot. The screenshot confirms the Samsung-made Exynos 7420 chipset. It has eight cores in total, half Cortex-A57, half A53, all of them 64-bit...

Lenovo K3 - the $100 phone to compete with Xiaomi's Redmi

Today Lenovo unofficially unveiled a new budget smartphone with a rather silly code name - Lenovo K3 "Music Lemon". The device appeared on JD, one of China's largest retailers, and it seems it will be offered exclusively by them only online, much like Xiaomi handsets. The reasons behind such a marketing strategy are plentiful, especially for budget...

XOLO launches Omega 5.0 and 5.5 Android smartphones in India

XOLO has launched two new budget smartphones in the Indian market called the Omega 5.0 and the Omega 5.5. The Omega 5.0 has a 5.0-inch 720 display, 1.4 GHz octa-core MTK6592M processor, 1GB RAM, 8GB memory with microSD support, 8 megapixel Sony EXMOR R sensor on the back and 2 megapixel camera on the front and 2100mAh battery. The Omega 5.5 has similar...

OnePlus One will have Cyanogen support in India after all

The developers from Cyanogen spoke up about the controversy surrounding the lack of future support for their ROM on OnePlus One handsets sold in India. As it turns out, the company will continue pushing over-the-air updates for all global OnePlus One devices, including those in India. The news arrives a week after OnePlus officially announced that...

T-Mobile's HTC Nexus 9 gets delayed indefinitely

The HTC Nexus 9 was supposed to arrive at T-Mobile sometime in early December, last we heard anything about this subject. Well, it's early December now, and the tablet is nowhere to be found at the magenta carrier. There's a reason for that, as it turns out. According to a leaked internal communication from T-Mobile, the launch of the HTC-made Nexus...

Oppo Find 7 goes up for pre-order in the UK

The Oppo Find 7 has amazingly found its way to the UK, more than eight months after its introduction in March. The Find 7 is now up for pre-order at Amazon's UK branch, and it starts at £319. That amount will net you the 16GB version, and both black and white models are listed. If you need more built-in storage, then you can go for the £379 32GB Find...

Samsung Galaxy A5 makes its debut in Russia

The Samsung Galaxy A5 is the bigger of the two A series smartphones that were announced in October. So far it's made its debut in China, and today it arrived in Europe - though only in Russia for the moment. Over there it's already up for grabs, the price being RUB 23,990 - around $440 or €354 at the current exchange rates. In China it was $420, so...

Snapdragon 810 issues may delay next generation flagships

Qualcomm's Snapdragon SoC solutions have had a long track record of delivering the performance needed to power a lot of current and former flagship mobile devices. Some of the largest players in the business, like Samsung and LG rely heavily on the chip manufacturer to deliver high quality chipsets in ever-growing quantities to satisfy consumer demand...

Apple iPhone 6 Plus holds 41% of all phablet sales in US

The phablet form factor has been gaining traction quickly. Last year it represented a mere 2% of all running handset and now it has managed to increase that share five-fold. In 2014 phablet sales represent a respectable 10% of all smartphone sales and the iPhone 6 Plus definitely deserves some of credit for the growth. With a whopping 41% share of...

HTC new flagship Hima to pack Snapdragon 810, 5" 1080p screen

Just few days ago we reported about HTC One M9's rumored specs - a 5.5" QHD display, Snapdragon 805 chipset and a 16MP rear camera with optical image stabilization. Other rumored specs include 3GB of RAM and 3,500 mAh battery. Today, @upleaks reports HTC won't be using the M codenames anymore and the next flagship is now known as Hima. He reports...

Apple to launch new 4" iPhone next year

It's been months - months! - without an "iPhone mini" rumors, but here they are again. This time the info comes from Taiwan and allegedly quotes parts suppliers for Apple, who claim that next year the company will unveil a new 4" iPhone. The iPhone 5s (and 5c to some extent) has been holding down the fort for fans of small phones since Apple doubled...

Meizu MX4 Pro scores 6.7 million registrations in China

The Meizu MX 4 Pro was officially announced late last month and in now seems that the Chinese manufacturer is almost ready to ship the new device. The company posted a promotional banner boasting, that 6.7 million customers have registered their interest in the Meizu MX4 Pro device. The headset bears a lot of visual resemblance to the Meizu MX4 but...

Samsung E700 info reveals 720p screen, 1.5GHz processor

Some more details about the Samsung SM-E700 have surfaced, this time from Samsung itself (through a User Agent profile). The phone will probably launch as the Samsung Galaxy E7 and will be a cheaper alternative to the Galaxy A7 phablet. The new info reveals 720p resolution for the 5.5" screen (267ppi). The processor will be clocked at 1.5GHz and will...

Huawei cancels all Windows Phone plans

Huawei has announced it is dropping all plans to make future Windows Phone smartphones. The reason is quite simple - it didn't make any money from manufacturing Windows Phone devices. Huawei's spokesman went even further, stating that nobody has made any money from the Microsoft's OS. We guess it is referring to Microsoft's newest partners (Blu, Lava,...

Google Nexus 6 now available in the UK through O2

The Google Nexus 6, which was unveiled a couple of months ago, is finally available in the UK, where O2 has begun offering the smartphone through its sales channels. The smartphone is available on the company's Refresh tariff, which allows customers to upgrade their device at any time. Additionally, O2 is also running a special offer that will get...

Samples from Huawei Honor 6 Plus show off dual camera

Soon the HTC will get competition in the dual-camera market as the Huawei Honor 6 Plus is nearing its rumored launch date of December 16. To keep our interests piqued several camera samples, including comparison shots, made their way to the Internet. The Honor 6 Plus packs two 8MP cameras on its back, outdoing the original One (M8) though HTC has...

New photo of Ubuntu-powered Meizu MX4 emerges

Last week we mentioned that the release of an Ubuntu Touch version of the Meizu MX4 is now tantalizingly close. We should be seeing the new OS on the already familiar handset some time, early next year. Today we received an email with a new photo, showing the smartphone and what appears to be the Ubuntu Touch menu. It seems that everything is finally...

Moto G first generation getting Lollipop update soon

The Moto G 2nd Generation got the Lollipop update surprisingly quickly, quicker than some of the Nexus devices even. But the first generation owners may be feeling left out in the cold, especially considering it's not been long since they got their phones. Well, it seems they won't have to wait too long. Motorola has updated the Motorola Update Services...

Android 5.0 arrives on Samsung Galaxy S5 in Europe

Android 5.0 Lollipop is now seeding to Samsung Galaxy S5 handsets in Europe. The exact device model to receive the new build is SM-G900F. As seen already, Samsung Galaxy S5 runs TouchWiz-ed version of Android 5.0, so the user experience will not be dramatically different from the one in version 4.4. However, thanks to the brand new ART runtime, we...

Apple is on its way to a record quarter thanks to iPhone 6

According to research data gathered by Kantar Worldpanel ComTech through the month of October, Apple is on its way to a record quarterly performance. Unsurprisingly, sales of iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are the main reason for the impending achievement. The launch of the iPhone 6 product family led to jump in Apple sales in most major markets. The...

Samsung Galaxy A3 preview: First look

Until recently Samsung was known for its all-plastic smartphone shells. Pressured to evolve their product design, they came up with the Galaxy Alpha, super slim smartphone with an angular metal frame. But Samsung surely likes to spread its design...Source: http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_a3-review-1174.p...

Second generation Moto E has its specs rumored

There's already a second generation Moto G out there, so you might be expecting a successor for the even lower-priced Moto E to emerge any moment now. And you wouldn't be wrong, as it turns out. According to a new report from Greece, the second-gen Moto E will be made official "soon enough", and like the new Moto G, it will come with hardware improvements...

Huawei releases a new octa-core Kirin 620 chipset

Today Huawei has introduced a new addition to its own processor family. The Huawei Kirin 620 system-on-a-chip is definitely not a top of the line chipset, but is nonetheless a solid performer, designed for mid-ranged devices. The CPU has a 64-bit architecture and comes with 8 cores, clocked at 1.2GHz. It is a 28nm chip, based on the Cortex-A53 with...

The incredibly thin Vivo X5 Max to be announced on December 10

Last month we saw the Vivo X5 Max make the rounds through TENAA and now it seems that the official announcement is drawing close. The Chinese device is set to break the record for word's thinnest smartphone at only 4.75mm and dethrone the previous champion - Oppo R5. The TENAA certification that surfaced earlier gave away other Vivo X5 Max hardware...

Reseller lists OnePlus Two ahead of launch, reveals some specs

Just a day after OnePlus confirmed that the company's next smartphone, allegedly dubbed OnePlus Two, will be launched by Q3 of next year, Chinese resellers have started listing the device with complete specifications as well as price. According to online store Coolicool, the smartphone will sport a Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 processor, 5.5-inch display,...

Asus X002 with 64-bit CPU and LTE uncovered

Asus has had success with its Zenfone series and a new edition may have passed through TENAA and GFXBench. Known only as the Asus X002, the phone has a 5" 720p screen and a quad-core 64-bit processor. The phone runs Android 4.4.4 KitKat and is based on a MediaTek MT6732 chipset, which packs for Cortex-A53 cores at 1.5GHz and Mali-T760 GPU. The specs...

Android 5.0 Lollipop demonstrated on the Samsung Galaxy Note 4

We have seen Android 5.0 Lollipop being shown off before on the Galaxy S5 and the Galaxy S4. Now, SamMobile has managed to get their hands on the Lollipop ROM for the new Galaxy Note 4. If you have seen the images and videos for the S4 and S5 Lollipop ROMs, you know what to expect by now. The general look and feel of the UI is still very much TouchWiz,...

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 for Verizon gets Android 4.4.4 KitKat

Verizon unleashed Android 4.4.4 KitKat update for the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and while at it pushed a few bug fixes and some of its proprietary carrier apps. The update improves LTE data connectivity and touts enhanced voice performance. The Galaxy Note 3 now shouldn't experience issues with audio over Bluetooth when connected to a Wi-Fi network and...

Yotaphone 2 goes official in the UK, pre-orders start soon

Now this is what the Amazon phone should have been - the Yotaphone 2 went official with a 5" 1080p AMOLED on the front and a 4.7" e-paper display on the back. The dual-screened phone should become available in the UK later today (no price or shipping date info is available yet). Both the front and the back screens are protected with Gorilla Glass...

Ultra-thin Samsung Galaxy A7 passes through TENAA

Samsung Galaxy A7 made its way through TENAA in China. The upcoming smartphone is bound to become the Korean giant's thinnest Galaxy smartphone to date. The visit at the Chinese regulator reveals that Samsung Galaxy A7 has physical measures of 150.9 x 75.9 x 6.3 mm and weight of 133 grams. This means that the device is almost half a millimeter thinner...

The successor of OnePlus One will launch by Q3 of 2015

The successor of OnePlus One has been confirmed to launch by Q3 of next year according to the manufacturer's global director Carl Pei. Unsurprisingly, the next generation handset is referred to as OnePlus Two. The latest word on the device's launch falls right in line with a past report. However, we wish that the timeline wasn't as broad as the one...

Samsung Galaxy A3 and A5 prices in Netherlands, to arrive Q1 2015

Samsung's new A series devices - Galaxy A3 and A5 mark a significant step towards satisfying customer desires for more metal on Samsung handsets. These eagerly anticipated phones are the first affordable smartphones, produced by the Korean giant with a metal frame. However exciting this might be it turns out that new production methods are tough to...

Samsung Galaxy Note Edge will ship by Dec 12 in the UK

Clove UK has had the Samsung Galaxy Note Edge on pre-order for over a month now, but doesn't seem to actually be getting closer to shipping the unique phablet. Carphone Warehouse is the first UK retailer to come out with a delivery date - December 12. The retailer has exclusivity on the white version of the phablet and is offering it both on and off...

IDC: WP share to double by 2018, Android and iOS to fall

IDC has outed its traditional forecast report for the state of smartphone shipments for the next four years. This latest report comes as a amendment to the previous one issued in May, but you should still take it with a grain of salt considering the analyst company's track record of how accurate its long-term predictions are. Not to mention that the...

Lava Iris Win1 sales kick off in two days, costs €65

Now that Windows Phone is being free of license taxes for all sub-8" devices, it has become a really attractive OS to various manufacturers. But this has also lowered the prices of the Windows Phone smartphones as well. Lava Iris Win1 is the latest super affordable smartphone running on Windows Phone 8.1 that costs just INR 4,999 or €65. The handset...

Samsung may be working on an in-house GPU

Late last year we heard that Samsung may be designing its own processor core. That is yet to materialize, but now reports from Korean media suggest the tech giant is looking to make in-house GPUs too. The GPU will reportedly be ready by the middle of next year. It's not entirely clear if it will be combined into an all-Samsung chipset with the homebrewed...

Xiaomi Redmi Note sells out in 6 seconds on launch day in India

Xiaomi seems to have yet another successful product on its hands, as the newly launched Redmi Note sold out in a mere six seconds. That's 50,000 units being sold in six seconds on the first day of the phone going on sale. The Indian model of Redmi Note is priced at an attractive Rs. 8,999 ($145) and offers a lot of features, including a 5.5-inch 720p...

Downgrading to iOS 8.1 no longer possible

Nearly a couple of weeks after releasing iOS 8.1.1, which brought along several bug fixes as well as increased stability and performance improvements for the iPad 2 and iPhone 4S, Apple has stopped signing iOS 8.1. This means that you'll no longer be able to downgrade or restore to the previous firmware version. The change in the signing status of...