"Stamp" could be Google's take on the popular "Stories" format

Whether it's your particular cup of tea or not, the "Stories" format appears to be working well and thus here to stay, at least for the foreseeable future, that is. Especially now that Google is reportedly gearing up to release its own take on the polarizing social media format. "Stamp", as per a Wall Street Journal report is Google's name of choice...

Nokia 2 FCC report surfaces, complete with photos and dimensions

The Nokia 2 has been frequenting the rumor mill for quite some time now. Crude drawings, renders, benchmark leaks and even live photos - the budget handset has pretty much gone through the entire leakster agenda at this point. Still, there are a few pieces left in this particular HMD puzzle - even fewer now that the handset officially cleared the...

iPhone 8 display assembly spotted in the wild, no Touch ID in sight

Last we heard, the highly anticipated anniversary iPhone 8 is still on track for a September announcement and a very limited November-December initial release. That hopeful report was quickly followed up by reputable industry insider tips that production of the Apple crown jewel has indeed started, meaning part leaks are inbound as well! iPhone 8...

New Philips S310X pops up on TENAA

Philips has been keeping a rather low profile on the smartphone scene lately. In fact, to the best of our knowledge, the Dutch company's last Android handset release dates back to the end on 2015. This might change soon, as a mysterious Philips S310X recently passed through the TENAA Chinese certification authority. Typically, this is indicative...

Now T-Mobile Alchemy leaks: dual-rear camera setup and stock Android

Looks like the REVVL T1 isn't the only smartphone T-Mobile is currently working on. A new leak reveals the magenta carrier is also working on another phone, dubbed Alchemy. The leaked image for the device shows a textured back, dual rear-camera setup, rear-mounted fingerprint sensor, as well as speaker and carrier logo towards the bottom on the back....

Leaked image shows 3,300mAh Galaxy Note8 batteries

Earlier this week, the usually reliable tipster Evan Blass (@evleaks on Twitter) shared detailed spec-sheet for the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Note8 smartphone. The leak revealed a 3,300mAh battery for the phone. Now, an image which is claimed to show a couple of Note8 batteries has surfaced online, confirming the 3,300mAh capacity. Here's a closer...

Grab Huawei Honor 8 for as low as $259 ($140 off)

If you are a Huawei fan in the US, and are in the market for a new smartphone, you might want to checkout the deal Amazon is offering on the Honor 8 smartphone. The carrier is selling the device for as low as $259. Specifically, white and blue color models that have 32GB storage are being offered for $259, which - if you compare - translates into...

SHARP AQUOS S2 officially coming on August 14, will be announced Aug 8

Do you remember the SHARP AQUOS Crystal? It was a smartphone made by the Japanese electronics maker in 2014 which incorporated a display that cut really close to the edges of the phone itself. The phone would make it to Sprint and Boost Mobile in the US with mid-range specs. Since 2013, Sharp has made a total of 28 full-screen smartphones, mostly...

LTE-enabled Apple Watch Series 3 said to debut by the end of the year

A report from Bloomberg cited "person/persons familiar with the matter" four times, so we will approach this story with the deserved amount of skepticism. According to the report, Apple could be releasing an LTE-enabled Apple Watch alongside the iPhone 8 or toward the end of the year. But according to "another person familiar with the matter" (from...

Netflix adds support for HDR on Sony Xperia XZ Premium

Netflix has added support for HDR streaming on the Sony Xperia XZ Premium. The device has now been listed on Netflix support page for HD enabled mobile devices, alongside LG G6. The Xperia XZ Premium was launched earlier this year with a 4K HDR display. At launch, it only had support for Amazon Prime Video HDR support but Netflix support was absent....

T-Mobile REVVL T1 leaks again, this time courtesy of the carrier itself

Back in May a leak told us to expect a new line of own-brand Android smartphones from T-Mobile to land at some point this year. It would be called REVVL, and the first device in the series was going to be the REVVL T1. Today the existence of this upcoming handset was confirmed by T-Mobile itself, because someone working for the carrier uploaded the...

LG's rugged X venture is now out in the US unlocked too

LG announced the rugged X venture in May, and a few days after its unveiling it became available at AT&T. So far that's been your only option for purchasing the X venture in the US, but that's finally changed. The handset can now also be grabbed from Amazon in unlocked form, with official US warranty, the likes. If you're interested you'll need...

YouTube Music finally allows offline saving of songs, albums, and playlists

YouTube Music has added an incredibly useful feature today, one that amazingly hasn't been in all this time. We're talking about proper support for saving stuff offline. Up until this point, YouTube Music's only option in this realm was an auto-generated "offline mixtape", which was created "based on your previous listening history". In other words,...

New iPhone SE is coming in early 2018, rumor says

The iPhone SE was launched in March of last year, so by now it's gotten pretty old. Thankfully though, Apple hasn't forgotten the smallest of its smartphones and is preparing a refresh of the model. According to the latest rumor on the matter, the new iPhone SE will hit the streets in the first quarter of next year (so before the end of March) -...

Huawei Mate 10 or P11 will be sold by AT&T next year

Back in March we heard that Huawei could be in talks with AT&T about the carrier offering the Chinese company's top of the line mobile devices. And today a new report confirms those talks did in fact take place. Furthermore, it claims that "AT&T has tentatively agreed to sell Huawei's upcoming flagship smartphone in the US in the first half...

ASUS ZenPad 3S 8.0 arrives on Verizon with a new name

In the end of the May, ASUS held an event at Computex in Taipei and the new ZenPad 3S 8.0 tablet appeared at the booth. Fast forward two months and the slate arrives in the United States on Verizon with a new name - ASUS ZenPad Z8s. The retail price is $249.99, but there are cheaper ways to have it tied to a contract with the carrier. The ZenPad...

Samsung Galaxy J5 (2017) review: Just the job

Segmentation at its finest in the Samsung smartphone lineup. That's how we have the entire alphabet of series with a handful of models in each of them. Near the bottom of the food chain, which is in no way sorted alphabetically the hugely successful J series is the place to get good value for money and the Galaxy J5 (2017) is ready to oblige. Source:...

Google Pixel 2 leaks in blurry image, shows its big top and bottom bezels

If you love bezels, you surely liked what Google did with the original Pixel and Pixel XL last year. And, it turns out, you'll also very much enjoy the 2017 edition of the Pixel - let's call it the Pixel 2. Like in 2016, this will be the smaller of the duo. As you can see from the newly leaked image below (blurry as it may be), the top and bottom...

You can now buy the Essential phone at BestBuy

The Essential is finally available for purchase, sort of. The phone has popped up on BestBuy in both Unlocked and Sprint flavors. Interestingly the unlocked is cheaper than the supposedly subsidized Sprint one ($699.99 vs $749.99). You can get the phone in either Black Moon or Pure White. Essential PH-1 on BestBuy As for when it will start shipping...

Lenovo is dropping the Vibe Pure UI for stock Android

In five days the K8 Note will arrive in India and it will be the first Lenovo smartphone without the Vibe Pure user interface and will ship with stock Android instead. The company is dropping the custom UI for all its future phones as well, head of product marketing at Lenovo confirmed. According to Anuj Sharma, the move is following customers demand....

LG V30 prototype caught in the wild

Someone had hands-on time with an engineering sample of the LG V30 and managed to take a photo. It's a photo of the front, but there's not much to see - the 6" P-OLED display is surrounded by very little in the way of bezels. Note the 2:1 "FullVision" aspect ratio. The screen is behind Gorilla Glass 5 and promises 148% sRGB coverage and 109% DCI-P3,...

Meizu Pro 7 shows up on Geekbench with a Snapdragon 835

Meizu announced the Pro 7 and Pro 7 Plus just last week, making them the first MediaTek Helio X30 smartphones globally. The Pro 7 comes with either the Helio X30 or the Helio P25 and the Plus sports only 10nm Helio X30 chips. But a new leak raises eyebrows - is Meizu planning a Snapdragon 835 model? A Meizu Pro 7 has gone through Geekbench running...

Huawei names Mate 10 slim bezel screen EntireView Display

The latest trend of naming screen technologies reached Huawei. The company trademarked the name EntireView Display for the Mate 10 screen that is going to be launched on October 16. This is the third major manufacturer that patents a nickname for its screens after LG with FullVision and Samsung with Infinity Display. The Huawei Mate 10 is coming...

OnePlus puts a hold on OxygenOS 4.5.7 for the OnePlus 5

Three days after releasing the update, OnePlus has put a hold on the rollout of the OxygenOS 4.5.7 for the OnePlus 5. The rollout was stopped after several early adopters complained about stuttering issue in games. The company confirmed this in a reddit thread as well as on its original forum post for the update announcement. The company will be...

Latest OnePlus 3/3T Open Beta brings 'parallel apps' feature

A new OxygenOS Open Beta update has started hitting the OnePlus 3 and 3T smartphones. Aside from improvements and optimizations, the update brings along an interesting new feature: support for "parallel apps". It lets you run a parallel version of the same app using a separate account. The feature supports Facebook, Twitter, Whatsapp and Instagram...

Xiaomi Mi 6 and Redmi Note 4X to get MIUI 9 on August 11

MIUI 9 was announced along with the Xiaomi Mi 5X last week and its official rollout is starting in a week. The first two phones to get it are the Xiaomi Mi 6 and the Xiaomi Redmi Note 4X and they will only have to wait until August 11. Two weeks after the first dispatch, on August 25, 12 other phones will get MIUI 9. They are the Mi Mix, the Mi Note...

Huawei BG2-U01 (MediaPad T3 7) 3g-tablet gets TENAA certified

Looks like Huawei is all set to launch a new variant of the MediaPad T3 7.0 tablet (that was launched back in May this year). Carrying a model number of BG2-U01, the tablet is powered by a quad-core 1.3GHz CPU, and sports a 7-inch display of 1024 × 600 pixel resolution. RAM is 2GB, while storage is 16GB. The device features a 2MP rear and 2MP front...

Sony G8441 spotted in benchmark listings, could well be Xperia Z1 Compact

A new Sony smartphone has surfaced on Geekbench. Listed as Sony G8441, the device is powered by Snapdragon 835 SoC, packs in 4GB RAM, and runs Android 8.0. The handset was also spotted in a AnTuTu listing a few weeks ago, revealing 32GB storage, 720p display resolution, and 8MP/8MP camera combo. Now, the Xperia XZ1 also features Snapdragon 835 SoC...

Nokia 8 camera interface leaks, second rear cam will have monocrhome sensor

Nokia 8 still has around two weeks until the official launch on August 16, but after a leak on Baidu, we know a bit more about the ZEISS camera setup from the UI. There will be two cameras, one with a monochrome sensor and the other with a conventional RGB one. As seen on the images, the interfacehas a sandwich menu in the top left corner from which...

New Samsung Galaxy Note8 image leaks

The usually reliable tipster Evan Blass (who goes by the handle @evleaks on Twitter) has shared a new image of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Note8 smartphone. The image is similar to the one Samsung shared as part of press invites for the device's unveiling, except that it gives a better look at the design as well as confirms the Galaxy Note8 moniker....

iPhone 8 might record 4K in 60fps

As we get closer to September, iPhone leaks are pouring our more and more. The most significant leak so far has been from Apple itself when unreleased HomePod firmware was leaked and later torn apart. Another new piece of information uncovered by iHelp suggests the iPhone 8's main camera could record 4K video at 60 fps. A screenshot of the code uncovered...

Google reportedly wanted to buy Snapchat for $30 billion

Snapchat, officially called Snap Inc., filed for IPO early on in March of this year. The company went public and would now has the capital of the public to lend financial support. However, a report from Business Insider says that Google verbally discussed the acquisition of Snapchat with Snap Inc. CEO Evan Spiegel. The offer was for $30 billion and...

LastPass doubles the price of its Premium tier, reveals how much Families will cost

In July, LastPass announced its upcoming family plan, detailing the features it would include but staying mum on pricing details. Today those have thankfully been revealed, although the LastPass Families plan still isn't available. When it goes live "later this summer", it will be up for grabs for $48 per year. That amount includes licenses for up...

Skype for Android gets themes, activity indicators, and chat sorting options

Less than 24 hours after it announced PayPal integration for its mobile apps, Skype has released a new version of its Android app. This is currently rolling out through the Play Store, and it's Skype 8.3. Once you get it, you'll notice three new features. First off, Skype now (finally) has two different themes you can pick from - they're descriptively...

Facebook Stories are ready to invade your desktop

Facebook Stories are like Instagram Stories, in that Snapchat's inspired them. But unlike Instagram Stories, Facebook Stories haven't been very successful since the launch in March. Almost no one is using Stories on Facebook, which is in stark contrast to the 250 million users of the feature on Instagram. So what do you think Facebook decided to...

Moto E4 Plus is now available at Verizon, up for pre-order unlocked elsewhere

Right on the previously announced schedule, today the Moto E4 Plus became available to order in the US. The phone is currently only actually in stock at Verizon, where you can have one for a prepaid plan if you shell out $129.99. That's the cheapest price right now. At the same time, big third party retailers have started pre-orders for the unlocked...

The new OnePlus 5 color will be Gold

OnePlus 5 is about to get a new color, a teaser suggested yesterday. It was always likely that the third option will be gold, since the color was mentioned in a TENAA listing before the phone was even announced, but today brought actual proof of this. We got a clue in the source code of the page for the Amazon India listing of the handset. The OnePlus...

Unlocked Asus Zenfone AR is now in stock in the US

Less than 24 hours ago, the Asus Zenfone AR finally made its much anticipated debut in the US, when pre-orders started for the smartphone at Verizon. While Big Red will be the only US carrier to sell the Zenfone AR, there's also an unlocked version of the phone for the country - and this one has become available today. If you don't mind grabbing...

FC Barcelona Oppo R11 coming next week

Oppo is all set to announce a new variant of the R11 smartphone. The company has started sending out invites for an August 8 event, hinting that the phone's FC Barcelona Edition will be the star of the event. The new model is expected to carry same specs as the standard R11 phone, but the UI is likely to be FCB-themed and some club logos will likely...

Motorola launches Moto Hubs, exclusive chain of retail outlets in India

Motorola has announced that it will be opening a chain of retail stores across India. Called Moto Hubs, these stores will let customers do something they haven't for a while with Motorola devices in India: try them out before buying. Check out the #motohub now at:GIP Mall & Logix Mall at NoidaShipra Mall at IndirapuramXperia Mall, Korum Mall...

Nokia 8 may run Android 8.0.0 from day one

We've already seen plenty of benchmarks of the upcoming Nokia 8, which will finally become official on August 16. Some were even outed while there was still some confusion about the name of Nokia's first Android-powered flagship, namely whether HMD Global would go for 8 or 9. Now that the Nokia 8 moniker is pretty much set in stone, we may have uncovered...

Nokia 2 photo shows front and back, but no specs

Artist renderings sure are pretty, but some take artistic license. Photographs are better, so here's a spy shot of the Nokia 2, which seems to live up to the leaked illustration from a couple of weeks ago. Nokia 2 (leaked photo) Photo or not, this leak does little to fill in the blanks in the baby Nokia's spec sheet. We're expecting a 5" 720p screen...

iPhone 8 reportedly goes into mass production

The iPhone 8 has allegedly gone into production, which means the slew of component leaks should go up in plausibility. How many components could Apple's partners make before the launch in September? Analyst are fairly confident that the answer is "few". Even so, Apple was quite confident that Q4 will be a strong quarter and provided a high guidance...

alcatel Idol 5 images appear on FCC

The alcatel Idol 5S is now official, which made us suspect that the company might be skipping number 5, but the phone is apparently still being developed. The phone appeared on the FCC website, and its design was leaked in full glory. We also know this is the actual name since the manual was also updated. Looking at the device, we see some differences...

Samsung Galaxy Note8 to go on sale on September 15, Korean carriers execs claim

You know the what, how about the when? The Samsung Galaxy Note8 will be unveiled on August 23 but sales will start later - on September 15, a new rumor claims. That's for the South Korean market, which traditionally is among the first to get Samsung's latest flagships (the US launch will likely be at the same time). There will be a pre-order period...

iPhone 8 will have Smart Camera scenes, will support fast and wireless charging

Apple is helping developers get ready for the launch of iOS 11 and inadvertently revealed details of the iPhone 8. Devs already uncovered the design of the phone, now they dug up something cool for the camear too - smart scenes. Called "Smart Camera", the feature will automatically adjust the settings for a variety of scenarios: photographing babies,...

Android O could come out next week

Developer Preview 4 of Android O was released last Monday (July 24), and it was a release candidate. Unless any major bugs are uncovered, the final version will come out soon - perhaps as soon as next week. The Google Pixel and Pixel XL are first in line to get the new major OS version. It will bring Project Trebble, Autofill, Blob emoji and more....

Samsung Galaxy J7 Max preview: A closer look

The J7 Max is one of Samsung's continued attempts to compete in the mid-range market against the onslaught of Chinese devices. While previous attempts weren't particularly impressive, perhaps this time the company has managed to get the price to performance ratio right. We're about to see. Source: http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_j7_max-...

Moto G5 Plus deal (US): 32GB model is $30 off, 64GB model is $50 off

The G5S may be official, but the Moto G5 Plus got a price cut that makes them worth another look. The G5 Plus offers a 5.2" 1080p screen, Snapdragon 625 chipset with a 3,000mAh battery and a 13MP/2160p main camera. Compared to the G5S Plus, you get the same chipset and battery, but a smaller screen (vs. 5.5") and you miss out on the dual camera....

Samsung Galaxy S8 shipments exceed 20 million

Samsung has managed to ship over 20 million units of its Galaxy S8 and S8+ flagships, according to market research firm Strategy Analytics. The milestone was achieved in July. The research firm notes that the per day shipments of the flagship duo stood at 278,800 following its launch on April 21. So in total, the tech giant shipped 19.8 million units...