Unlocked 64GB Nexus 6P now just $420 on Amazon and Best Buy

If you're after a Nexus 6P it's always good to be on the lookout for discounts, as these seem to be on quite often. Well, right now is one such moment. Amazon and Best Buy in the US are offering the 64GB storage version of the Huawei-made better Nexus from last year for $420 minus a cent - $129 off its usual price. There are a few details worth noting...

iPhone 7 mockups caught on video - high quality closeups this time

With the Galaxy Note7 now out of the way, the next iPhone will be the sole major source of leaks for the weeks to come. Not that Apple has managed to keep a lid on it up until now, on the contrary. There's a new episode today, and this one comes in the form of a video, where three different mockups are presented - supposedly the regular iPhone 7,...

Android dominates Indian smartphone OS market with whopping 97% share

Android's share of the Indian smartphone OS market jumped to a whopping 97.1% in Q2 2016, according to market research firm Strategy Analytics. The figure stood at 90% in the year-ago quarter. In terms of smartphone units, India saw 29.8 million Android phones getting shipped in Q2. This compares to a total of 30.7 million smartphone units shipped...

Samsung Gear IconX US launch delayed to August 19

Samsung has pushed the US launch of its Gear IconX wireless earbuds from August 14 to August 19. This means that the accessory will now be available in the country on the day when the Galaxy Note7 and the Gear 360 virtual reality camera are set to go on sale. In case you missed, the Gear IconX is already available for purchase in several other countries...

Asus releases the Zenfone 3 in Malaysia - the entire range of models

Asus has just launched the Zenfone 3 range of smartphones in Malaysia. Announced two months ago, the Zenfone 3 is only now starting to become available, with a couple of models first listed in Thailand the other day. Back to Malaysia though, where the company held its Zenvolution event today. The press was reminded again of the phones' features and...

Samsung Galaxy Note7 and Lens cover: testing the add-on lenses

Phones with an optical zoom lens are a novelty, but people want flexibility, so add-on lenses were born. There are plenty, but since the Galaxy S7 Samsung has been making its own first-party product - the Lens cover. Naturally, there's a version for the Samsung Galaxy Note7 and we got to spend a day with it. The cover The Lens cover itself makes...

CREO Mark 1 gets $90 price cut for a week

The CREO Mark 1, which is already one of the cheapest QHD phones in the market, will be available at a discounted rate starting next week. The device, which usually carries an INR 19,999 ($300) price tag, will cost just INR 13,999 ($210) from August 8 to August 15. The price cut is to celebrate India's 70th Independence day. To refresh, the Mark...

Samsung Galaxy On7 (2016) Exynos variant spotted on Geekbench

Over a month after a GFXBench listing revealed Snapdragon-powered Samsung Galaxy On7 (2016), an Exynos variant of the upcoming device has been spotted on another benchmarking website Geekbench. The Geekbench listing reveals Exynos 7870 chipset, 3GB RAM, and Android Marshmallow version 6.0.1. The device carries a model of number of SM-G610F, which...

Buy a Galaxy, get a Galaxy free on T-Mobile, today only

T-Mobile is offering a BOGO deal on a number of Samsung Galaxy flagships, new and slightly older. Those include the Galaxy S6, S6 edge, and S6 edge+, the Note5 and the S7/S7 edge. A whole bunch of Galaxies: S6, S7, S6 edge+, and S7 edge Naturally, there are terms and conditions, and the main one is you need to activate a new line. Both devices must...

HP Elite x3 expected to be available for online orders in US early next month

The Windows 10-powered Elite x3 is "anticipated" to be available for online orders from HP's official website in the United States early next month (September 5 to be precise), according to a company spokesperson. The device, as we already know, will carry a $699 price tag in the country. A bundle containing a desk dock as well as a "premium headset"...

Unlocked LG G5 currently available for just $410 in US

If you are an LG fan and are in the market for the company's latest flagship smartphone the G5, here is a deal for you: the device (unlocked model) is currently available for just $410 in the country. Specifically, an eBay seller by the name of 9tronix is currently offering the phone at that price. A quick look at listings on LG's official retail...

alcatel Idol 4 now available for purchase in US

As scheduled, the alcatel Idol 4 is now available for purchase in the US via Cricket Wireless. The carrier is selling the device for $199.99 - the price, as you might already know, also includes a virtual reality headset. To refresh, the Idol 4 is powered by a Snapdragon 617 chipset and sports a 5.2-inch full HD display. RAM options include 2GB and...

Google to shut down Android Wear's "Together" on September 30

A new update to the Android Wear companion app confirms that Google will cease to continue service of the "Together" feature which was only out for almost a year. The feature will no longer work after September 30 as Google mentions in a pop up message. ‘Together' is a watch face that allowed you to send messages to others using the same watch face....

PhoneBuff performs head-to-head drop test of the Moto Z Force and Galaxy S7 active

The closest competitor to the Samsung Galaxy S7 active is the newly released Lenovo Moto Z Force Droid Edition, available exclusively though Verizon. The S7 active remains an AT&T exclusive device as well. These phones both claim they have shatter proof displays which can withstand drops of up to 5 feet high onto flat surfaces. PhoneBuff performed...

Official renders of the Meizu M1E leak a few days before official announcement

Chinese smartphone maker Meizu has recently sent out invitations for a press event set for the date of August 10. The device said to be unveiled is the Meizu M1E. The smartphone has a strikingly similar frontal design to another major smartphone maker. Not a huge surprise there. The device's render below looks like the images that were leaked earlier....

Lenovo Vibe C2 Power ups the battery capacity to 3,500 mAh

Today in Russia Lenovo unveiled the Vibe C2 Power, an enhanced version of the Vibe C2. It's a bit odd that the Chinese company is already launching a slightly better iteration of a model that only got official last month. Anyway, the new Vibe C2 Power comes with a spacious 3,500 mAh battery, an improvement of 750 mAh compared to the vanilla C2's...

Verizon will offer both 2016 HTC Nexus handsets

At this point, after many leaks on the matter, it seems pretty clear that the 2016 Nexus lineup will consist of two smartphones, both made by HTC. The smaller, 5-inch model has been referred to by its codename Sailfish, while the 5.5-inch handset goes by Marlin. Both should have pretty much the same high-end specs, save for screen size, resolution,...

Samsung Gear 360 hands-on: visit New York in VR

Samsung has plunged into VR, but it faces the same problem as anyone else in this space - lack of content. Worse, lack of user content. It's easy to shoot a photo or a video and watch it on your TV, but how do you capture something to view on the Samsung Gear VR headset? The Samsung Gear 360 camera, of course! With two fisheye lenses you can snap...

Samsung Galaxy Note7 goes on pre-order in Europe, costs €849

While the USA will be getting the hot Galaxy Note7 on August 19, Europe has to wait two more weeks to September 2. The official pre-orders across the old continent will kick off August 16, but there are lots of retailers that jumped the gun and listed the phablet. We were able to find quite a few retailers in Germany to have opened their pre-order...

7 Doodle Fruit Games now available in the Google app

Google is marking the start of the Olympics in Rio with an updated Google app for Android and iOS. If you tap on the fruity doodle on top, you'll get to choose between 7 tiny games. Those are all some fun games with fruits that last no more than a minute. If you want to play them, you have to own an Android or iOS device and get the updated Google...

Christoph Waltz advertises America, correction, Galaxy Note7

Samsung Galaxy Note7 is officially out and will soon ship to its fans. Of course, Samsung is now busy advertising the phablet and the company is rather good at hyping people about its products. This new Galaxy Note7 ad has Oscar-winner Christoph Waltz advertise to Americans and explain why they need the new Note. It's absolutely over the top, sugar-coated,...

Asus to hold Zenfone 3 press event in India on August 17

Slowly but surely Asus is launching the Zenfore 3 and its brethren across Asia. The latest market to offer the Zenfone 3, Zenfone 3 Ultra and Zenfone 3 Deluxe will be India. Asus is holding an event on August 17 to make the official announcement. According to the company's invite, the "Z3Nvolution" event is going to be centered around the Zenfone...

Honor 7 Lite (5c) review: Lite and dark

Like a deja vu all over again, we loved the Huawei P9 lite and it's back for more. Except this time, it's the Huawei Honor 7 Lite - though the differences are pretty slim. Source: http://www.gsmarena.com/huawei_honor_7_lite_5c-review-1469.p...

Meizu M1E leaks again, this time in black

A few days ago, we came across a few leaked shots of a rather suspicious-looking Meizu phone. After some digging, we came out fairly confident that handset, codenamed ME1 could indeed be the first in a brand new Meizu E family. Today offers quite a bit of extra info on the handset in a total of three leaks. First off, the M1E was featured in another...

Apple releases iOS 9.3.4 security update

Before iOS 10 rolls out next month, Apple has snuck in what is possibly the final iOS 9 update. The iOS 9.3.4 available right now for all the compatible iPhone and iPad models is mostly a security update, so don't expect any noticeable changes. The update fixes one issue in particular, a memory corruption issue, which was addressed through improved...

Galaxy Note7 to have a 6GB/128GB version after all

All the way back in February, when the Samsung Galaxy Note7 was still months away, a rumor started that it would pack 6GB of RAM. It lived on in the months that came despite piling evidence against it, and after the announcement a few days ago, we now know for a fact that the phablet has just 4GB of operating memory. Only there might be more to this...

The Olympics Committee bans GIFs, Vines, and live streaming of the games

With the rise of livestreaming apps and GIFs becoming easier to produce, the Olympics Committee has updated its rules for the 2016 Games taking place in Rio, Brazil. Olympic Material must not be broadcast on interactive services such as "news active" or "sports active" [ban from putting the games as On Demand content] . additionally, the use of Olympic...

LTE outages around the world for Nexus 6 owners

No, it's not a carefully organized cyberattack. There seems to be something wrong with the Motorola Nexus 6 as of late. Many owners of the 6 inch Shamu have been experiencing LTE outages on carriers around the world. In the US, T-Mobile customers are the ones affected by this strange occurrence. The issues were reported to Google's Product Forums...

Moto Z Play stars in hands-on photo shoot

A couple of days ago the upcoming Moto Z Play got certified by China's TENAA, the country's FCC equivalent. This meant we got to see the first images of the device, low-quality as they may have been. Now though someone in possession of a Moto Z Play prototype has decided to create a photo session starring the unannounced smartphone, and make the...

HTC Desire 530 is now available online at Verizon

Last month the HTC Desire 530 became available in the US for the first time, both in unlocked form as well as through T-Mobile. And starting today Verizon is offering the handset too, even undercutting the magenta carrier on price. You can purchase the Desire 530 online from Big Red right now, or if you want to buy it from a store you need to wait...

Alleged iPhone 7 prototype clips leak left and right

Now that the Samsung Galaxy Note7 is official and the craze is dying down, at least on the rumor front that is, leakststers and tipsters have naturally refocused all their attention to Apple and its upcoming iPhone lineup. And now that September is drawing ever closer, we seem to be somewhat past renders and on to dummy models and potentially even...

Moto Z lands in the UK in early September priced at £495

The Moto Z and Moto Z Force have already gone on sale in the US, but so far they've been Verizon exclusives. Now if you live in the UK and are craving the Moto Z, here's some good news: we finally know when to expect it to become available over there. On the other hand, there's still no info on whether (or when) the Moto Z Force might be sold outside...

Microsoft drops the prices of Lumia 950 and 950 XL in the US, Lumia 640 down in the UK

It's no secret the public interest towards the Lumia 950 and 950 XL flagships is quite miserable. While there is nothing wrong with the phones, on the contrary - those are some great tools featuring iris scanners and Continuum, it's Windows OS that is just not interesting enough for the consumers. Anyway, Microsoft has been making various discounts...

Gear VR hands-on: refined and more versatile then ever

It is great to see that Samsung is still working hard on VR, as being a pioneer is becoming increasingly daunting and challenging in today's tech realm. And the Gear VR is just that - when it was unveiled alongside the Galaxy Note 4 at IFA 2014 in Berlin, it was more or less charting new ground. Sure, the parallels with Google's Cardboard experience...

OnePlus X is getting Oxygen 2.2.2 update, July security fixes in tow

OnePlus X is getting a new firmware update which employs all Google security patches up to July 1. It ups the OxygenOS version from 2.2.0 to 2.2.2. In addition to the security fixes, the patch updates the camera performance, SwiftKey keyboard, carrier name mapping, and fixes some issuers. Here is the full change log. Upgraded camera to version 1.4...

Apple Music goes out of beta on Android

Ever since it launched last year in November, Apple Music on Android has lived life as a beta software. That ends today, as Apple has finally released stable version 1.0.0 on the Play Store. On the surface, nothing really has changed. The vague update log on the Play Store only mentions "a variety of performance, playback, and stability improvements"...

Samsung outs detailed info on its Galaxy Note7 iris scanner

Now that the Galaxy Note7 is out, Samsung is busy promoting the phablet and its new features. The iris scanner is surely quite intriguing tech and many questions began piling up with the impeding launch. People that aren't familiar with the iris scanning process are asking how does this work, is it fast, safe, secure? Samsung is ready to answer all...

Nexus Sailfish specs spotted on GFXBench

If current rumors are to be believed, the next batch of Nexus devices will come courtesy of HTC and bear the codenames Marlin and Sailfish. The former has already been spotted in a Geekbench listing, which did reveal some of its alleged specs. Now its time for Sailish to get the leak treatment as well. Luckily, this time around, the info comes from...

Asus Zenfone 3 ZE552KL and ZE520KL now available in Thailand

The first of the countless Asus Zenfone 3 models are now available to purchase in Thailand. More specifically, the Zenfone 3 ZE552KL and the ZE520KL models have been listed online. The first one costs THB 14,900 (about $425) and that gets you a 5.5-inch FullHD Super IPS+ display, Snapdragon 625 chipset and a 16MP/8MP camera combo. Mind you, that...

Samsung Galaxy A4 certified by the Wi-Fi Alliance

Samsung Mobile has covered half the alphabet with product lines and each individual letter is getting quite busy too. The Galaxy A series may be expecting a new member, the Galaxy A4. The Wi-Fi Alliance put its stamp on a number of Samsung SM-A430 devices. The Galaxy A3 (2016) is A310 and the A5 (2016) is A510. The A3 and A5 from the year before...

Watch the Note7 event highlights in 360 degrees

If you missed the Galaxy Note7 launch event or just want to watch the highlights again, you can now do so in 360 degrees. Samsung has released a full 360 degree video of the event that shows the entire auditorium including the stage where the phone was being launched. To be honest, it isn't as cool as it might sound, considering most of the theater...

Xiaomi VR Toy edition unveiled, a sturdier Google Cardboard

Xiaomi unveiled its VR Toy Edition headset. It is fairly similar to Google Cardboard, but it's built with sturdier materials - Spandex and Lycra. Phones with screens ranging from 4.7" to 5.7" can be used and are secured in place with a zipper instead of velcro. Better still, it seems like Xiaomi has devised a way to adjust the phone's position. It...

Could there be a 4.6" OnePlus 3 mini, finally?

A mini version of the OnePlus 2 was rumored throughout its existence, and instead the OnePlus X was born, which wasn't exactly the same thing. Mini flagship lovers have been left out in the cold completely after Sony scrapped the Z-series and the Xperia Z5 Compact is the last one to cater to that demographic (plus the iPhone SE, but that's a different...

LG V20 will be unveiled September 6 in San Francisco

IFA events will kick off at the start of September, but it seems the LG V20 will not be visiting. Instead, LG has a 4-day event planned for San Francisco scheduled for September 6 and an event in Seoul on the following day. The LG V20 will be the guest of honor at both events. The press invites have been sent out with two taglines: "Play More" and...

Samsung Galaxy Note7 first benchmarks

The Samsung Galaxy Note7 is built on the S7 platform. This means the chipset is either Snapdragon 820 or an Exynos 8890 (which one you get depends on geography) and 4GB of RAM. Yep, there's no upgrade in RAM over the S7, despite the numerous 6GB rumors. Anyway, we just got an early unit that isn't 100% ready for a review. It's the Exynos version,...

ZTE launches ‘Project CSX' to crowd source ideas for a new smartphone

ZTE is the fourth largest smartphone manufacturer in the US and the second largest in the prepaid market. The Chinese phone maker announced plans for a new type of phone which will involve ZTE's new online ‘Z-Community'. The company will allow fans to become involved with the design process of a new smartphone. ZTE thinks it should listen to its...

New report suggests new iPhone may have 3GB of RAM

A report from DigiTimes outlines the memory chip industry in Asia and how it is currently preparing for an increase in demand for DRAM chips. The top three manufacturers of memory chips: Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron Technology have cut production of these chips in the first half of the year which have restricted supplies around the world. The following...

Xbox One S teardown yields 8 out of 10 repairability score

The new Xbox One S went on sale yesterday, as expected, and today the teardown experts at iFixit have done what they do best - take the thing apart. The Xbox One S comes with an improved GPU which supports HDR10, 2TB of storage (500GB and 1TB options will launch soon), HDMI 2.0a connectivity with support for 4K video at 60Hz, a redesigned wireless...

Gionee M6 Mini with 5.3-inch display and 4,000 mAh battery passes TENAA certification

Last month Gionee unveiled two new members of its M-series, which is comprised on smartphones having a huge focus on battery life. The M6 and M6 Plus do this too, the former sporting a 5,000 mAh battery, while the latter has a 6,020 mAh cell. With these two handsets, Gionee has cornered the market for 5.5" and 6" phones with huge batteries, but what...

We fondled the Samsung Galaxy Note7, here's the video

We're gearing up for the full review of the Samsung Galaxy Note7, but we're still pumped up from the event yesterday, so we put together a short video. It begins, of course, with the iris scanner. This unit wasn't set up for us, but you can see how it works - you see your eyes in a sort of night vision view. You have to roughly line up your eyes...