The BQ Aquaris X5 will be offered by O2 it the UK

UK's O2 is planning to start offering the BQ Aquaris X5 this December and it turns out this might very well be the first Cyanogen OS phone that you can buy on contract in the country, perhaps even the EU. And while the phone itself isn't really spectacular in any way, we do hope it catches some attention as it could potentially set the tone for a...

A whopping 12 million Fallout 4 copies (worth $750 million) shipped on launch day

Fallout 4, which came out on November 10 for Xbox One, PS4, and PC, had a record breaking launch. According to publisher Bethesda, a whopping 12 million copies of the game - which the company said represented "sales in excess of $750 million" - were shipped on the launch day. "Major retailers have informed Bethesda of the tremendous consumer interest...

Vivo X6 make a visit to TENAA for a quick photoshoot

The Vivo X6 is coming, no doubt about it. Despite hearing about the handset fairly recently, the alleged flagship has already managed to stir up a lot of commotion, going through the hoops with teasers about 4GB of RAM and an e-payment compatible fingerprint reader, rumors, PR shots and even unearthed certifications - a rather full set. The latest...

iPad Pro's Lightning port is USB 3.0-compatible, Apple confirms

Less than a week after an iFixit teardown for the iPad Pro revealed a USB 3.0 controller, Apple has confirmed that the tablet's Lightning port is compatible with the new USB standard, something which the company didn't advertise initially. This means that the iPad Pro will support transfer speeds of up to 5Gbps, which is more than 10 times faster...

Extended service plans are now available for the OnePlus X in India

Ever since the original OnePlus One, the Chinese OEM has been investing heftily in proper customer service. One prominent fruit of all the effort are the extended service plans that, much like Apple Care, offer some piece of mind that most accidents and damage to your beloved handset will be taken care of diligently in a certified service center....

OnePlus 2 starts getting OxygenOS 2.1.2 update

OnePlus has announced that it has started rolling out the OxygenOS 2.1.2 update to the OP2. The company says this is an incremental roll out, so if you own a OP2 smartphone and haven't received an OTA update notification yet, you'll have to be patient and wait for it. As for the update, it features improved UX for preview in Camera as well as performance...

Microsoft offering free Display Dock with Lumia 950 XL in US and Canada

Following a similar promotion in the UK and Germany, Microsoft is now offering a free Display Dock with each Lumia 950 XL in the United States and Canada, too. Interestingly, it was initially mentioned that the offer will be valid for the Lumia 950 as well, but shortly thereafter the references to the handset were removed. As for the offer, it'll...

Gionee GN8001 with 6-inch display and 3GB RAM receives TENAA certification

The Gionee GN8001 - which along with the Gionee GN5001L and GN5002 was certified by China's 3C earlier this month - has now passed through the country's Telecommunication Equipment Certification Center (TENAA). The listing on TENAA's website reveals that the device is powered by a 1.3 GHz octa-core processor, and sports a large 6.0-inch (1920 × 1080...

Galaxy S7 flagship duo rumored to be already under testing at AT&T

According to the usually reliable leakster @evleaks, the Samsung Galaxy S7 is already being tested in the US. Specifically, he said that two variants of the handset (SM-G930A and SM-G935A) - which should be the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge - are under testing at AT&T. AT&T already testing both Galaxy S7 variants (SM-G930A and -G935A), adding...

Huawei shows off batteries that can be charged to half capacity in few minutes

At the 56th Battery Symposium in Japan, Huawei showed off their new quick charging lithium-ion batteries that the company claims can be charged to half the capacity in just a few minutes. "Using next generation technology, these new batteries have achieved a charging speed 10 times faster than that of normal batteries," the Chinese company said in...

HTC One X9 with 5.5-inch display and 5UP front camera passes through TENAA

The HTC One X9 smartphone - which has been the subject of some leaks and rumors lately - has now been certified by Chinese certification and regulatory authority TENAA, revealing some of its key specs. The TENAA listing reportedly reveals that the device is powered by a 2.2 GHz octa-core processor, and sports a 5.5-inch (1920 × 1080 pixel resolution)...

Serious new vulnerability found in Chrome for Android

A new vulnerability has been found (and thankfully, contained) by Qihoo 360 developer Guang Gong who had been working on the exploit for three months before demonstrating it at the PacSec conference in Tokyo. The exploit worked by targeting the Chrome app's JavaScript engine and installed a BMX bike game. Without requiring interaction of the user,...

Verizon TravelPass lets you call, text, and surf overseas

Many changes in the mobile industry have been thanks to T-Mobile (mainly eliminating phone subsidies in the US). If you had told me just two years ago that Verizon was going to let you roam overseas for a reasonable cost, I would have called you a liar. Earlier this month, Verizon has announced TravelPass, which will let you use data, texts, and...

Samsung is reportedly close to becoming OLED display supplier for future iPhones

A new rumor out of South Korea says that Samsung and Apple are in advanced talks about the former supplying the latter with OLED display panels for future iPhones. A deal hasn't been concluded yet, but apparently that's very close to happening. As such, the Korean company is looking to increase its OLED panel output in order to be able to meet the...

128GB iPad Pro models ordered now only ship at the end of the month

It looks like Apple managed to somehow underestimate demand for the most expensive versions of its latest tablet, the iPad Pro. This is especially true in the United States, where ordering an iPad Pro with 128GB of storage (either in Wi-Fi-only or 4G LTE-capable iterations) will see you waiting until the end of the month for it to actually be shipped....

Chrome beta for iOS makes its debut with 3D Touch support

There's been a beta version of Chrome for Android up for grabs in the Google Play Store since 2013, and now it's finally available for iOS as well. As you might expect, the beta brings with it certain new features that aren't yet out in the stable version of the browser. That said, these may be responsible for some bugs, so only take the plunge if...

Moto X Pure Edition to receive Marshmallow update as well

Motorola received a lot of heat when people found out their beloved Moto E from last year was not going to receive any more software updates. Those who had a US carrier branded 2014 Moto X were also upset to learn their phone of just over a year of age was yet to be confirmed for a Marshmallow update. At one point, Motorola was the quickest to push...

Samsung's $99 Gear VR is headed to T-Mobile on November 27

Samsung's newest virtual reality headset (which confusingly is called Gear VR just like its past two models) has gone up for pre-order a few days ago. This 'consumer edition' as the Korean company likes to refer to it is the cheapest Gear VR yet, going for only $99. It will be out on November 20 at some online retailers, but what if you want to pick...

Gionee Elife S6 leaks in live, hands-on images days before unveiling

Gionee will announce the Elife S6 at an event on November 16, that much we already know from the Chinese company's own teasers. The S6 is shaping up to be very similar to the Elife S Plus that got official in India recently, except it comes with less RAM and a different design, employing metal. As we are just three days away from the big unveil,...

OnePlus X review: Straight Up

Meizu did such a wonderful job with the MX5 that we were pretty certain a Pro edition wasn't needed this year. As it turns out Meizu thought otherwise and is giving us a bigger and faster Meizu Pro 5, with refined design, blazing-fast chipset and better camera sensor. Source: http://www.gsmarena.com/one_plus_x-review-1337.p...

New leaked HTC One X9 render offers a better look at the device

Now that the HTC One A9 is officially here, fans are already aiming their sights at the next possible HTC phone. That might very well be the One X9, which, despite being a relative newcomer to the rumor mill, has already stirred up quite a fuss amongst prominent tech tipsters. What was initially portrayed as a Mediatek Helio X20 high-end device,...

Sony Xperia Z5 Premium now available in Europe

The Sony Xperia Z5 Premium is now available for purchase across (most of) Europe. The handheld, which pioneers 4K display resolution on a smartphone, has been listed on several of Sony's local websites as well as third-party retailers. The privilege of owning an Xperia Z5 Premium was never going to come cheap, and the cash you'll need to part with...

Vivo's upcoming X6 smartphone certified by China's 3C

The upcoming Vivo X6 smartphone, which has been the subject of various teasers and leaks lately, has passed what's known as China Compulsory Certification (3C). As you can see in the screenshot above, the certification information reveals that the device will be available in two variants: X6A and X6L. There's, however, currently no information on...

Apple Watch supplier confirms next iteration in works

The successor to the Apple Watch is currently being worked on, according to Barry Lam, chairman of Taiwan-based Quanta Computer, the company which assembles the wearable device for the iPhone-maker. Lam reportedly made the aforementioned comment recently during an an investor meeting, noting that the next-gen Apple Watch will perform better than...

Cyanogen to bring $75 phones to market, Marshmallow-based v13 coming next year

Cyanogen Inc. aims to pick up the ball that Android One dropped. Google's initiative for low-cost smartphones for developing markets underwent several changes and reportedly, it no longer lives up to its original mission. Cyanogen is working with multiple OEMs to develop a number of $75 devices targeting several markets. They promise high performance...

PlayStation Vue arrives on Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick; Chromecast support coming soon

Sony's Internet TV service PlayStation Vue, which was already accessible through the PS4, PS3, iPad, and iPhone, is now also available on Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick. Support for Chromecast is also arriving soon. The Japanese company has also slashed the prices for the service's Core and Elite packages by $5 - the former is now available for...

Watchmaker Fossil Group acquires wearables company Misfit

US watchmaker Fossil Group has announced that it will be acquiring startup company Misfit for $260 million. Misfit's current CEO and co-founder, Sonny Vu, will become the CTO of connected devices for Fossil Group. Misfit is a wearable device manufacturer, maker of fitness trackers such as the Misfit Shine and the recent Misfit Shine 2. Fossil plans...

Xbox One update brings new UI, backwards compatibility

Microsoft has started rolling a major update for the Xbox One, which brings with it two new features, the New Xbox One Experience, which is based on Windows 10, and Xbox One Backward Compatibility. The New Xbox One Experience brings with it a new Dashboard and a new Guide. The focus here is on making everything faster, not just performance wise but...

Apple reportedly planning to add peer-to-peer payments capability in Apple Pay

Apple is planning to add a new feature in Apple Pay that will allow users of the mobile payments service to quickly send/receive money to/from their contacts, according to a latest report from Bloomberg. As per the report, the Cupertino-based company - which sold over 230 million iPhones last year - is already in talks with banks about the said peer-to-peer...

Facebook testing Snapchat-like ephemeral messaging feature in Messenger

Facebook is currently testing a new Messenger feature in France that allows users of the chat application to send ephemeral messages that vanish after one hour. The feature can be turned on and off simply by tapping the new hourglass icon (see image below) included in the app. "We're excited to announce the latest in an engaging line of optional...

Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 Pro passes through TENAA

Nearly a couple of weeks after it had its metal back leaked, the Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 Pro smartphone has been spotted listed on the website of Chinese certification and regulatory authority TENAA. The leaked image we saw last month indicated a fingerprint scanner at the back and a metal construction. The images included in the TENAA listing (shown...

Apple is shutting down Beats Music service on November 30

Just over a year after acquiring it for $3 billion, Apple has announced that it's pulling the plug on Beats Music - the subscription streaming music service will shut on November 30. All Beats Music subscriptions will be cancelled on the aforementioned date. The Cupertino-based company, however, is encouraging users to make a switch to Apple Music,...

Some BlackBerry Priv pre-order shipments are getting delayed

A couple of days ago, it was revealed that new BlackBerry Priv orders (placed through the company's online store) won't be delivered until November 23, and now, it is being reported that some pre-order shipments, too, are experiencing delays. The company is saying that the pre-orders in question will arrive no later than November 24. "This is a follow-up...

YouTube Music app now out for Android and iOS with free 14-day trial of premium features

The YouTube Music app that was announced last month alongside the YouTube Red subscription service is now live in both the iTunes App Store for iOS and the Google Play Store for Android. Just like its name implies, YouTube Music is all about listening to music that's on YouTube. Everything in the app is designed for this purpose, so, for example,...

Verizon launches own-brand Ellipsis 10 tablet

To follow up on the original 7-inch Ellipsis from 2013, Verizon has today unveiled a new own-brand tablet called Ellipsis 10. As its name states, this is a 10-inch tablet, and it runs Android 5.1 Lollipop. It has 1,920x1,200 resolution, a 5 MP rear camera, a 2 MP front-facing unit, a 1.5 GHz quad-core processor, "angular firing stereo speakers",...

Xiaomi tops device sales in China for Singles Day online shopping event

Singles Day is China's Single awareness day because of all the 1s in the date (11/11), but also doubles as a couples' if you think of all those digits like "you're my only one". As if this was not enough, Singles Day is also China's biggest shopping day of the year. Deals and sales fly every which way and many of them can be found online. Xiaomi...

Moto X Style and Moto X (2nd Gen) start receiving Android 6.0 update

Motorola has started the rollout of its first Android 6.0 Marshmallow updates today. They are headed for the Moto X Style and the Moto X (2nd Gen). However, the updates will make it to the handsets in stages, as the rollout seems to be a very slow one. For now, only Moto X Style units purchased in Brazil and India are set to taste the new treat,...

iOS App Store finally gets Firefox

Apple tends to be more restrictive of what apps are available to iOS users. Especially when they pose a threat to customers using them instead of core applications. For example: Chrome, Google Maps, and Google Photos all have an associated counterpart on iOS: Safari, Apple Maps, and Photos, respectively. Mozilla has taken a long time to embrace the...

Windows 10 receives its first big update starting today

Today Microsoft has commenced the rollout for the first big update ever to hit Windows 10. The latest version of the OS brings with it a few new features alongside the usual assortment of bug fixes and performance enhancements. First off, you can use your Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 8.1 product key to activate Windows 10. Previously, you needed...

Xiaomi Mi Pad 2 gets benchmarked with Intel chipset

Xiaomi's Mi Pad 2 has been a very long time in the making, with rumors about it surfacing as early as last December. Yet here we are almost one year later and the tablet is still not official. That might change soon, however. The Mi Pad 2 has been certified in China this September, and now someone in possession of a prototype has decided to put it...

Apple iPad Pro gets its first batch of reviews

The Apple iPad Pro is now on sale and the first batch of reviews are already in. Our colleagues have shared their thoughts on the 12.9" tablet and, naturally, have compared it how it competes with modern laptops. The iPad Pro starts at $799 for the 32GB option, but if you want more storage as well as the Apple Pencil and Smart Keyboard, you're looking...

Walmart and BestBuy reveal their Black Friday offers

True, there are two whole weeks until this year's Black Friday on November 27, but the build-up to the one-day shopping frenzy has already started. BestBuy and Walmart have published their offers and there are a few items to grab your attention. Walmart will drop $100 off the iPad Air 2, though for a very specific Gold 16GB Wi-Fi only model and will...

Xiaomi Gemini (Mi 5) appears on Geekbench, will use Snapdragon 820

Xiaomi has chosen not to respect the de facto standard one-year update cycle for its Mi 4 flagship, instead pumping out differently-specced versions of it. The Mi 4i and Mi 4c were thus born, but successful as they may be, a proper high-end heir is called for. Apparently, what is going to be the Mi 5 lives an underground life as Xiaomi Gemini, as...

Acer's Predator 8 gaming tablet is now up for preorder at $300

Back in September at IFA 2015, Acer introduced two new interesting additions to its growing Predator lineup. To live up to their moniker, both devices were, as expected, gaming-oriented, evident by the sharp aggressive lines and red color palette. These were the Predator 6 phone and Predator 8 tablet. At the time both looked to be in a pretty early...

BlackBerry Vienna renders surface - bar form-factor, QWERTY keyboard

The BlackBerry Priv, the company's first Android-running smartphone, is yet to reach wide availability, but rumors have surfaced of a second smartphone by the Canadian company, running Google's OS. At this point codenamed Vienna, this new device is pictured in some early renders suggesting a more orthodox BlackBerry design, compared to the sliding...

Google improves Hangouts quality on the web

Google is rolling out an update to the web version of Hangouts that brings with it a handful of important changes. For one, calls will now start much quicker without the several seconds of delay with a blank screen that used to happen before. Second, Google has also improved the video quality, so now the videos look much crisper and stay that way...

iFixit tear down the iPad Pro to find out what your money goes into

We have little doubt that you've heard of Apple's "next big thing" by now - the iPad Pro and the most impatient among you might even be reading this article on its crisp retina screen, seeing how it has been available for purchase for a day or so now. The iPad Pro is big in every sense of the word. The Spacious 12.9 inch screen definitely fits the...

Firefox released an app that lets you try Firefox OS without flashing anything

In the middle of the battle of the mobile operating systems, Mozilla is still trying to become relevant. Firefox has released a new developer preview of its OS in APK form. Simply install it as a launcher on an Android phone and you can poke around Firefox's UI. You'll need to sideload the APK file found on Mozilla's website. This is a great way...

Samsung Exynos 8 Octa 8890 is official

Samsung has just pulled the wraps off its next-gen high-end chipset. The Exynos 8 Octa 8890 (quite a mouthful, we reckon it'll go by Exynos 8890 once it hits the streets) was unveiled in Seoul, and has a few firsts to show off. Manufactured on a 14nm FinFET process like the Exynos 7420 before it, the new chip marks Samsung's entry into custom-built...

Android Wear gets cellular data and calling support

Google has announced that Android Wear will be getting cellular support, which means compatible devices will now be able to use cellular data to access the watch functions even when the phone is not around. It also brings calling functionality, so now you can make and receive calls on the watch itself. This means the watch will no longer be dependent...