Huawei's GPU Turbo tech arrives on Honor 10, currently in beta

Huawei unveiled new GPU Turbo tech (along with the Honor Play) earlier this month. The technology increases performance of a device by 60% while reducing its power usage by 30%. During unveiling, the company said the tech - which can be enabled on a device via a software update - will be made available to the company's other phones as well, from...

Xiaomi Redmi 6 Pro poses for official product photo shoot

The Xiaomi Redmi 6 Pro that's supposed to be announced officially in two days already feels like it's been out on the market for a while now. We know almost everything about the device except its exact pricing. Redmi 6 Pro in blue The last two leaks brought two batches of real-life pictures and press renders, showcasing the Redmi 6 Pro's design....

Latest update for some OnePlus phones ruins battery life, OP6 included

OnePlus has recently pushed an OTA update for a number of its devices - OnePlus 3/3T, OnePlus 5/5T and the first one to get it was, of course, the latest OnePlus 6. But while the latest update to Oxygen OS aims to fix some issues and deliver small features, it seems that it has also caused some headaches to a significant portion of the user base....

Chrome for Android gets ability to download news articles for offline access

Google has added a new and useful feature to its Chrome browser on Android. The functionality lets the browser save stuff like news articles when your device is connected to the Internet, so that they can be made available for offline viewing. Here's how the company explained the new feature in a recent blog post: When you're connected to free, unmetered...

Hacker bypasses iOS passcode and it's surprisingly easy

Passcodes have pretty much become the standard security measure of choice for most iPhone users. Even in the presence of more advanced biometric solutions, like Face ID, the sheer convenience and approachability of a four, six or even longer digit number, makes it the ideal fallback security measure. The way it works on iOS is simple, yet efficient...

HTC issues statement on U12+ shipment problems

The HTC U12+ pre-orders may have started shipping, but things aren't rosy for everyone who pre-ordered the phone. While those who placed their orders directly through HTC are reporting shipments have begun, those who went the Amazon route were recently being told the phone is on back order, and shipments won't begin until August. Now, HTC has come...

Samsung is reportedly testing Android Go-powered handset in multiple of countries

Samsung and Android Go? Yep, the initial rumors of Samsung trying out the stock Android experience on a low-end phone might turn out to be true after all. We've already heard about the device being prepared for the Indian market, but the latest piece of info coming from SamMobile suggests that the device will be coming in several other markets as...

Xiaomi Redmi S2 (Y2) review

Every new Redmi has a seemingly impossible task - be a better bang for your buck than the previous one. And cheaper, or worst-case scenario - same price. If it were any other maker, it would have been a hard no can do. But not Xiaomi. It keeps doing it against the odds and here is the Redmi S2 to prove it. Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/xiao...

Chinese MIUI 10 beta enables 1080p60 recording on the Redmi Note 5 Pro

The Chinese version of the MIUI 10 beta ROM for the Redmi Note 5 Pro includes an option to record 1080p video in 60fps, as confirmed by XDA Developers. It's entirely possible that this feature will make its way to global beta and eventually the final release. Ever since the phone was launched earlier this year, the Redmi Note 5 Pro video recording...

Google releases Measure app for all ARCore devices

Google has released its Measure app for all devices supporting the ARCore technology. The app is now available for download for free on the Google Play Store but you should first install the ARCore app to make it work. The Measure app is pretty simple and uses the camera on your ARCore compatible smartphone to measure the length or height of objects....

Panasonic Toughbook FZ-T1 "handheld" costs $1,600, has warm-swappable battery

Panasonic's Toughbook computers look more like suitcases than laptops - they are not pretty, they are not cheap, but they are so rugged that they are advertised for military use. A few years ago the company unveiled Toughpad tablets and now there's a phone. Well, the Panasonic Toughbook FZ-T1 isn't necessarily a phone, the press release calls it...

Moto Z3 Play with 6GB/128GB memory configuration and Onyx color outed in Brazil

Shortly after the announcement of the Moto Z3 Play held in Brazil, the company has decided to add a special edition Z3 Play to the portfolio and it's already available in Brazil. Moto Z3 Play Onyx color The device is essentially the same but with better memory configuration and comes in new Onyx color scheme. While the standard versions come with...

Garmin Forerunner 645 smartwatch launched in India

Garmin has launched the Forerunner 645 smartwatch in India. The watch is priced at INR 39,990 ($589), which is quite a bit more than the $450 US price tag. The Forerunner 645's main feature is that you can store up to 500 songs on the watch itself. These songs can then be streamed to your Bluetooth headphones, so you can leave your phone behind when...

Oppo A3 makes it out of China, available in Taiwan starting June 23rd

Back in April this year, Oppo announced a notch-totting mid-range smartphone dubbed A3. The device has only been available in China so far. But that changes now, as Oppo has confirmed the Taiwanese launch of the phone. The handset will go on sale in the country starting tomorrow (June 23), and it will be available through both online and offline...

Galaxy S10 to ditch the iris scanner for an in-display fingerprint and facial recognition

Even though the Galaxy S10 and S10 Plus are far from being released and will likely hit the market sometime in Q1 2019, the Korean media, The Bell has some interesting info regarding Samsung's future flagship devices. According to sources, Samsung is going to ditch the iris scanner leaving the rumored Note9 to be the last Galaxy device to offer the...

Mi Pad 4's advertising images leak along with its pricing

The Mi Pad 4 has been leaking like crazy for the past few weeks, which is rather normal since the announcement should be held next week. The latest leak reveals the Mi Pad 4's design featuring fairly thin bezels and its price. Mi Pad 4 images You can see from the advertising images that the Mi Pad 4 will be a reasonably compact tablet with 8-inch...

Samsung Galaxy S9/S9+ on T-Mobile finally getting new security update

Back in April, T-Mobile temporarily put on hold the roll out of a Galaxy S9/S9+ security update over bootloops. Sadly, neither the roll out resumed, nor a new update arrived. However, there's good news for users now: the carrier has started pushing out a new update. As you can see in the screenshots above, it's a security update that brings along...

Weekly poll results: vivo NEX S and A are a hit with fans

The vivo NEX S and NEX A struck a chord with fans - the "both are great" option in last week's poll topped 51%. Even so the favorite is clear - the S by itself got 30% of the vote while the A alone got only 2%. Still, that's as positive a result as vivo could have possibly hoped for. The phones were commended for getting many things right. There...

Qualcomm going back to TSMC for its 7nm chips, production starts later this year

According to people familiar with the matter, Qualcomm is reportedly going back to TSMC for the production of its 7nm Snapdragon 800-series chipsets, instead of Samsung. This is actually the second time we hear about that, so there's a strong reason to believe the rumors. TSMC has been a partner with the American fabless firm for many years until...

FCC filing reveals seven Fossil Group smartwatches running Wear OS

This piece of news is a good indication that Wear OS is alive and well. Watchmaker Fossil has submitted an FCC filing for seven new smartwatches equipped with NFC radios. Although the filing does not have any images, there are still a couple of things we can point out. We've Fossil sell Android Wear (now Wear OS) in the past but this filing is proof...

Asus Zenfone Max Pro M1 with 6GB RAM and 16MP selfie shooter spotted on Flipkart

The Asus Zenfone Max Pro M1 was unveiled back in April this year as a Flipkart exclusive in India. It comes in three variants: 3GB RAM, 4GB RAM (both with 13MP+5MP back and 8MP front cameras), as well as 6GB RAM model (with 16MP+5MP main and 16MP selfie snappers). While the 3GB and 4GB RAM variants went on sale in May, the 6GB model has remained...

New Sony Xperia (H8616) spotted with 18:9 display, Android P

A new Sony Xperia smartphone has been spotted. The device - model number H8616 - has been revealed in a user-agent profile listing. A couple of other key details revealed by the UAProf listing include 3840x1920 screen resolution and Android 9.0 OS. There's no confirmation on exactly which Xperia model the H8616 is. Reports say it could be the XZ3...

Asus ROG Phone US arrival confirmed as listing pops up on company's US site

Asus announced its gaming-focused ROG Phone earlier this month, without revealing the launch markets or pricing info. Cut to this week, and there were reports that India will be getting the phone. But what about the US? Well, good news. The US launch looks almost confirmed as the Taiwanese company's US website now has a dedicated page for the device....

BlackBerry KEY2 comes mid-July to the US, pre-orders start on June 29

BlackBerry KEY2 is what old school physical keyboard fans have been waiting for. The device combines modern hardware with a physical keyboard offering expanded functionality allowing for a full-fledged 2018 experience. Pre-orders in Canada, China, UAE, the UK have already started and the US market is soon to follow. The handset will be available...

vivo Y81 launched in Taiwan with Helio P22 chipset and 3,260 mAh battery

The vivo Y81 has been popping up in some certification websites for the last couple of weeks until it finally launched today in Taiwan. The mid-range device from vivo features almost the same hardware as the launched in May vivo Y83 but with slightly different memory configuration. The Y81 comes with the well-known Helio P22 SoC with an octa-core...

Meizu launches the M6 in India without any announcements

The Meizu M6 isn't a new phone by any means as it was launched eight months ago in China but every now and then, the company outs a device in India as well. Today, the M6 arrives via Amazon India without any press release or launch event. If this is the same model as the Chinese one, the device features the low-end MediaTek MT6750 chipset featuring...

Car and phone makers get together to define an NFC standard for unlocking cars

The Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC), the organization behind MirrorLink, has published the first specification of Digital Key. This would allow you to unlock supported cars with your phone over NFC and start the engine. Work on version 2.0 is already underway with Apple, Samsung and LG on board, as well as chip makers Qualcomm and NXP and a number...

Another semi-modular bezel-less smartphone design surfaces, this time from Samsung

Some users may say that we don't need thinner bezels than we already have on the vivo NEX or Oppo's new Find X, for example, but most of us will never get enough of that sweet screen space. Samsung belongs to the latter and has a way of tackling the technical issues that may arise with ultra-thin bezels. We had already done a piece on Huawei's approach...

JD's 618 Shopping Festival in China breaks records, Honor phones ride on top

JD.com just ended its country-wide 618 Shopping Festival in China, which ran from June 1 to June 18 and took in a record-breaking CNY 127.5 billion (that's about $20 billion). A big chunk of that was Huawei's Honor phones. The sub-brand was the top earner in terms of single day sales on June 18. Honor was also #1 in sales for the whole period of...

Bose noise-masking sleepbuds now on sale for $250

After going through an Indiegogo campaign, the Bose soundbuds are now on sale across major retailers for $250. The Bose soundbuds are a unique sort of product and a departure from the usual audio equipment that the company is known for. Despite the fact that they look like wireless Bluetooth earphones, the soundbuds don't actually play music. What...

IGTV is a vertical video platform from Instagram to go against YouTube

Instagram is trying to bring a whole new concept to the world of video sharing platforms with its so-called IGTV network. It aims to work just like regular TV but with vertical videos. The Android app is already available on Google Play and it's gaining traction while Instagram has already reached 1 billion users, so we can assume it's going to be...

Nokia X6 India launch confirmed as support page goes live on company's local website

The Nokia X6 - company's first notch-totting smartphone - has managed to generate a lot of user-interest, not only in China (the only region where the device is currently available) but in other markets around the world as well. This resulted in HMD effectively confirming that the device will get a global launch. However, since then, the company...

LG Stylo 4 launched with 6.2-inch display, Android 8.1 Oreo

LG has launched a new smartphone in the US. Dubbed Stylo 4, the device is powered by Snapdragon 450 SoC with octa-core, 1.8GHz processor, and sports a 6.2-inch display of 2160 × 1080 pixel resolution. RAM is 2GB, while internal memory is 32GB. The handset features a 13MP rear camera and a 5MP front shooter. The phone comes with Stylus Pen (as the...

HTC U12+ review

In this industry, trends tend to be the determining factor for smartphone companies who aren't sure which direction to take. Of course, in this case, the trend we're referring to in the controversial notch that Apple has blessed the smartphone industry with. Not HTC though, although it hasn't brought a notched display onto its flagship this year,...

Xiaomi confirms Snapdragon 660 chipset for Mi Pad 4

Turns out the rumors were true, as Xiaomi has confirmed that the upcoming Mi Pad 4 tablet will indeed be powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 660 SoC. The confirmation came in the form of a teaser image shared by the company's official Weibo account. The Weibo post also mentions "smart game acceleration," which likely suggests the device will also feature...

Smartphone World Cup: Groups G and H

These are the last two groups, the group stage will end this weekend and we'll kick off the Round of 16. As a reminder, you can vote once per day, the top two phones of each group move forward (but it's single elimination from then on). Group G This group sees two rival neighbors face off. The LG V30S ThinQ is looking good after its sibling, the...

Meizu launches the M6 in India without any warning

The Meizu M6 isn't a new phone by any means as it was launched eight months ago in China but every now and then, the company outs a device in India as well. Today, the M6 arrives via Amazon India without any press release or launch event. If this is the same model as the Chinese one, the device features the low-end MediaTek MT6750 chipset featuring...

Sony effectively asking Xperia XZ2/XZ1 users facing display issues to just deal with problem

There have been a significant number of reports from users of Sony Xperia XZ1 series of smartphones about a display-related issue where horizontal lines and white dots show up when touching or rubbing the screen with a finger. Similar complaints have been put forward by some Xperia XZ2 series users as well. The Japanese company has come out with...

Xiaomi Redmi 6 Pro appears in press renders, notch included

Just a few days left until the official Redmi 6 Pro launch and we already know most of the specs and the overall appearance, but the latest batch of renders gives us a nice image to go along with the specs. Redmi 6 Pro in different colors The colorful press renders reveal more about the design and show the handset from every possible angle. Unfortunately,...

ZTE nubia Z18 real-life picture shows no notch, impressive screen-to-body ratio

nubia's upcoming flagship, the Z18, has leaked over the past few months showing an impressive screen-to-body ratio and a small notch housing the front camera, just like the Essential Phone. However, the latest real-life photos suggest otherwise. The ultra-thin side bezels are nothing new to the smartphone world but when a company achieves a slim...

Alexa is coming to Spain and Italy later this year

Amazon's Alexa will launch in Italy and Spain by the end of year. Amazon has released the Alexa Skills Kit to developers to build voice experiences in Italian and Spanish. The move aims to build up a number of Alexa skills and voice commands for the Italians and Spanish before the Echo smart speakers launch in the two countries later this year. The...

Smartphone World Cup: Groups E and F

We have two more groups from our Smartphone World Cup today and we'll publish the final two groups tomorrow. Also, we've closed voting on Groups A and B, the results from them are below (A in particular was quite a surprise). Group E The Apple iPhone 8 Plus has many improvements under the hood, but the shell dates back to 2014's iPhone 6 Plus with...

TouchPal keyboard now with AI for more interactive typing experience

TouchPal has been a pioneer when it comes to features in the Android keyboard world that are now available on most touch keyboards. But along with the usual stuff, TouchPal Pro now has an AI assistant that helps with typing, making plans and stay on top of your meme game. The assistant is called "Talia" and delivers suggestions in the form of a bubble...

Google Home products now available for Austria, Ireland, and Spain

Google Home products are making a new home in three European markets: Austria, Ireland, and Spain. The Google Home, Home Mini, and Google Wi-Fi are all available from the Google Store. Back in May, a Spanish retailer briefly listed all three of the products just mentioned before quickly taking down both Google Home speakers. This "leak" meant that...

Huawei may be preparing a Kirin 1020 chip, twice as powerful as the Kirin 970

Huawei is one of the biggest smartphone manufacturers in the world and thus needs to become less reliant hardware produced outside the company. The in-house production should help bring the cost of devices down and maybe try to compete with Qualcomm's dominance in the mobile market. The latest news about an upcoming Kirin SoC might change all that....

Moto One Power first live images surface

Lenovo jumped the notch hype train with the Z5 flagship, announced earlier this month, but its more prominent brand Motorola is still lacking the infamous feature. This might change with the arrival of the Android One phone, supposedly called Moto One Power. The phone just appeared in hands-on photos with a dual camera setup, similar to what Apple...

Fortnite passes $100 million mark in just 90 days on iOS

Even though Fortnite has been criticized by a lot of gamers for being a PUBG copycat, but it is increasingly popular on PC surpassing Player Unknown's Battlegrounds and it appears that it's becoming an iOS sensation as well. In just three months after its launch, Fortnite reached another important milestone on Apple's App Store of $100 million in...

ZTE future still unclear after Congress disapproval

The Chinese telecommunications gear manufacturer ZTE might be in trouble after all. The company assumed it is in the clear after an initial deal to pay fines, replace its board of directors and hire a contractor to oversee company operations, but the US Congress thought otherwise. US Senators voted on Monday in favor of a sweeping defense policy...

Oppo Find X hands-on review

Love ‘em or hate ‘em, notches spread like an infection from one phone to another. Now there's a cure - pop-up cameras. The Oppo Find X is the second phone in as many weeks to feature one and it's even more elaborate than what we saw on the vivo NEX S. Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/oppo_find_x_hands_on-review-1782.p...

Apple releases beta 2 for iOS 12, tvOS 12, macOS 10.14 and watchOS 5 for developers

Apple has released beta 2 to developers of its flagship operating systems for iOS 12, tvOS 12, macOS 10.14 and watchOS two weeks after its World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) where it released the first beta's to developers. It's hard to predict when we'll see a public beta of the various OS's this early in the release cycle. It's more likely...