Google Chrome for Android soon to get a new Explore UI when opening a new tab

Google is testing a new "Explore" feature on its Android Chrome app and the good news is that you can test it out by yourself without needing to install Chrome Beta or Chrome Canary. The feature introduces a new layout when opening a new tab that will help you explore topics and websites based on your interests and browsing history. Here's how it...

Asus will announce two new Zenfone Max phones in India

Yesterday Asus scheduled an event for a new smartphone launch on October 17 in Delhi, India and we may have a lead on which phone the Taiwanese company is preparing. According to an unnamed source, the event will be all about two smartphones, not one. The report claims that Asus will be doing a follow-up of the successful Zenfone Max Pro with two...

HTC's Exodus blockchain smartphone to be announced on October 22

HTC has had a blockchain-based smartphone in the works for several months now and it even talked about some tidbits in a recent announcement but everything seemed pretty vague. Luckily, we don't have to wait too long as the so-called Exodus smartphone is coming as early as this month. It looks like the company is keeping its promise and will deliver...

Samsung Galaxy A9 (2018) hands-on review

The world's first quad camera smartphone. Kind of has a ring to it, doesn't it? Depending on how you tally up the snappers, that statement is true and unquestionably so, if you only consider the rear camera setup. Frankly, we can't exactly say we are too surprised. It was more or less a matter of time. But, if we had to place some predictions, our...

This is what Samsung's first ODM device, the Galaxy A6s, looks like

Rumors about Galaxy P-series launching in China have been thrown around lately as well as an unknown Galaxy phone codenamed "Phoenix." The latest leak coming from Weibo appears to be all about the latter, assuming the Phoenix and the P30 are not the same device, although we are pretty sure that's exactly the case. Anyway, the leaked photos reveal...

LG opens up pre-orders of the V40 ThinQ in the US earlier than expected

The LG V40 ThinQ was unveiled two weeks ago and historically, the company has been opening up pre-orders a month after the announcement. This time around, however, LG says that the feedback from customers has led to the decision of launching the pre-orders sooner. So now, the handset can be found in the US with a price tag of $949 ($920 at T-Mobile)...

Our iPhone XS Max video review is up

With the release of the new iPhone XS Max that follows the design language from last year's iPhone X, a lot of people were concerned about the pricing of the phone. And that's quite understandable - at $1,099 MSRP for the base model with just 64GB of storage, the XS Max is the most expensive smartphone ever released by Apple. But what gives? We take...

Midnight Black Samsung Galaxy Note9 now available in the US

Samsung recently announced a new brand new color option for the Galaxy Note9 with a light gray S Pen that's exclusive to Best Buy in the US and it's called Cloud Silver. Before that, only Lavender Purple and Ocean Blue (the true Best Buy color scheme) were the only two color options after Samsung's initial launch of the Note9. Although it isn't a...

Verizon Google Pixel 2 XL discounted by $300 at Best Buy

Google just unveiled the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL earlier this week and you know what that means: last year's Pixels will get frequent discounts. If you're not really blown away by the Pixel 3 XL and its large notch or if you find its $799 starting price too high this could be a nice option if you're due for a new phone at Verizon. Google Pixel 2 XL...

OnePlus 6T will have improved navigation gestures, "a whole new UI"

The OnePlus 6T is coming this month and that's not a secret, what with the company itself releasing various teasers and slowly confirming some of its features. Today its resident software expert and user experience lead were interviewed for the official OnePlus forums, and they revealed a couple of new tidbits. First off, you should expect to see...

Meizu X8 goes on sale on October 15, Snapdragon 710 in tow

Meizu announced a bunch of new smartphones in September, and the X8 is among them. It's one of a few currently unveiled devices that have a Snapdragon 710 chipset at the helm, and it will be available for the very low price of around $230. Speaking of which, the Chinese company is finally ready to start selling the X8. It will become available on...

Huawei Watch GT specs and more images mistakenly outed by official website

Huawei inadvertently published some information about its upcoming Watch GT on its website, mere days before the official launch happening on October 16. The page has since been taken down, but the folks over at TechAndroids were quick enough to pull a few images and all of the important details. The new smartwatch will have a 1.39-inch 454x454 AMOLED...

Huawei Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro pricing in Europe leaks

As we get closer to the big launch event for Huawei's Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro, which is taking place on October 16, more and more details about the duo are starting to leak out. Just yesterday a huge trove of information got revealed, including how much the Pro model would cost in the UK. Now it's time to jump across the English Channel and find...

vivo z3 with Snapdragon 710 to arrive on October 17

They just keep coming - October is already densely packed with new smartphone releases and manufacturers don't show any signs of slowing down either. Now a leaked poster from vivo reveals the launch date of a new smartphone from the Z-series - Z3 to be exact - on October 17. Of course, the Z3 is going to be a China-only device unless the company...

Asus schedules an event for October 17 in India

"Techtober" is just starting and while we thought that all brands have already scheduled release dates for their new phones, Asus just caught us off guard and sent out invites for a venue on October 17 in Delhi, India. The event will start at 12:30 PM local time and looking at the poster, we assume it's going to be an entirely new smartphone from...

Xiaomi Black Shark 2 showcased in a leaked hands-on video

It's no secret that Xiaomi is prepping to announce a follow-up to the Black Shark gaming smartphone released back in April all thanks to the TENAA listing that popped up last month. The company even set up a landing page for the first or the second generation but our bet is on the latter. Luckily, we don't have to wait too long to see how it looks...

Grado announces its first pair of wireless Bluetooth headphones

Grado Labs, a 65-year old American company known for making high quality open back headphones with a classic design, have announced their first pair of wireless headphones. Called the GW100, the headphones are the first pair of wireless headphones to feature an open-back design. This gives the GW100 the classic Grado design while also letting you...

Fortnite is now available for download on any Android device

Epic's Fortnite is now available to download for all Android devices without having to get an invite. Users with compatible devices can now head to fortnite.com/android and download the installer. The installer will then download the game files and install the actual game. You can uninstall the installer after installing but you need it to get updates...

Samsung W2019 flip phone appears on TENAA

Samsung introduced the W2018 flip phone back in December 2017 with a variable aperture that later made its way to the Galaxy S9 and the Galaxy S9+. This year, the phone, codenamed as Project Lykan, will have a dual main camera setup and will keep the design with two screens and T9 keyboard. Samsung W2019 The new phone, codenamed SM-W2019 looks like...

Sony Xperia XZ2 is now receiving Android 9.0 Pie

After a couple of smartphones like the Essential PH-1, OnePlus 6 and all of the Pixels received the update, it's now Sony's turn to serve some delicious Pie to one of its flagships - the Xperia XZ2. Screenshots from the update We assume the OTA update is only available to some markets and will gradually roll out to the rest of the countries. The...

Foxconn Q3 revenue hints at solid iPhone XS sales

Apple wants to switch from Taiwanese to Chinese suppliers to optimize expenses, but until that happens, the companies from the small island will keep posting impressive revenue. Such is the case with Foxconn, the primary iPhone XS, and iPhone XS Max supplier - it reported 30% jump in September revenue to T$585 billion (nearly $19 billion), extending...

Oppo R15x leaks with specs and prices through an online retailer

A mysterious trio of smartphones appeared last month on TENAA and looked a lot like a toned-down version of the existing Oppo R17. However, a few weeks back Oppo teased an upcoming new series of smartphones, which threw us off guard. Luckily, an unexpected store listing is here to clear the air with full specs, prices and even the name of the handset...

Honor Play starts receiving Android Pie Beta

Yesterday EMUI 9.0 was introduced in India and although it will be officially out of the box on October 16 at the Mate 20 launch, other Huawei smartphones already started receiving the Beta. Latest info comes about the Honor Play with its serial number COR-L29, offered mainly in Europe and Middle East. The phone is eligible for the 9.0.0.110 build...

Honor 8X hands-on review

Honor and its increasingly distant Huawei parent have mostly adopted the practice of over-saturating the market with a plethora of extremely similar models. It's perfectly understandable if you get confused at times. We frequently find ourselves puzzled by "different, but same, but different" devices. Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/honor_8x_...

Oppo announces Hyper Boost technology for mobile gaming optimization

Oppo promised and delivered a new GPU boost technology for its smartphones. At an event in Shanghai, China, the company introduced Hyper Boost with 100 times faster adjustment of the hardware frequency. The manufacturer worked with Tencent, Netease, Unreal, Unity, and others to implement the optimization to the Top 100 mobile games through component...

Canalys: Online smartphone sales in India reach 35% in Q2 2018

Canalys published its detailed analysis of the smartphone market in India. According to the company, 35% of all sales were done online, growing over 65% year-on-year. The total amount of devices is more than 12 million units, which although not much as an absolute number, shows massive improvement in the online habits of Indian consumers. The leading...

Huge Huawei Mate 20 Pro leak outs all details, including UK pricing

Huawei is preparing a big event in London for the unveiling of its Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro smartphones (and possibly even a Mate 20X gaming handset) next week. But today a huge leak out of Germany may have spoiled everything that's going to be presented on stage regarding the Mate 20 Pro. Some new official-looking press renders were leaked too, alongside...

iOS 12 is now on 50% of devices, Apple reveals

About a week ago a third party analytics firm told us that iOS 12 was already running on 47.54% of compatible Apple devices, a very short time after its release. Today the Cupertino company itself has published official adoption data. As of October 10, iOS 12 was installed on 50% of all compatible devices, and 53% of devices introduced within the...

Verizon will sell a special version of the Nokia 2.1 soon

Nokia is making inroads into the US, it seems, after HMD Global hired a team to expand the presence of its phones over there. Some of its smartphones can already be purchased unlocked in the States, but soon you'll be able to buy one from Verizon. We're talking about the Nokia 2.1V, which will be a special version of the 2.1 built for the carrier...

Asus Zenfone 4 Selfie gets updated to Android 8.1 Oreo

Asus is today releasing the update to Android 8.1 Oreo for two versions of the Zenfone 4 Selfie launched last year. We're talking about both the ZD553KL and the ZB553KL. The good news has been announced by the company on its official forums. For both phones, the new software version is 15.0400.1809.405. After installing the update you'll be on Android...

Huawei Enjoy 9 Plus and Enjoy Max go on pre-order on October 15

Yesterday a leak revealed that Huawei was getting ready to sell the already announced Honor 8X Max as the Enjoy Max in some markets, and today it's become clear that one of those is China. Over in the company's home country, the Enjoy Max will go up for pre-order alongside the Enjoy 9 Plus on October 15 through Suning, a local online retailer. The...

Honor 8X hands-on review

Honor and its increasingly distant Huawei parent have mostly adopted the practice of over-saturating the market with a plethora of extremely similar models. It's perfectly understandable if you get confused at times. We frequently find ourselves puzzled by "different, but same, but different" devices. Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/razer_pho...

Xiaomi Black Shark global website hints at international launch

Xiaomi's first gaming smartphone, the Black Shark, was a success according to the tech media or at least by those who were able to get a hold of the handset for a full review. After all, the availability is pretty limited and the phone can only be found in China. But judging from the new landing page that Xiaomi has set up, things might change soon....

The Honor 8C is a budget phone with a 6.26" screen, solid CPU and 4,000mAh battery

The Honor 8X was introduced in Europe, meanwhile the Honor 8C was unveiled in China. It's available for pre-order now and is coming out next week. The price is CNY 1,100 for the 4/32GB model - that's $160/€140/£120 (the 8X is £225 in the UK). There's also a 4/64GB version for CNY 1,400. Honor 8C in Magic Night Black, Platinum Gold and Aurora Blue...

Tim Cook visits China, tries to help with disappointing iPhone XS sales in the country

Apple's CEO, Tim Cook, is currently in China attending meetings and will reportedly try to help the local Apple branch to boost its sales after a disappointing iPhone XS launch. Still, one of the main reason for visiting the country is to strengthen the company's relationship with Shanghai. The CEO met with the secretary of the Chinese Communist...

EMUI 9.0 arrives in India with market-specific features

Huawei teased the EMUI 9.0 based on Android Pie behind closed doors at IFA 2018 in Berlin. The new user interface will be officially introduced to the global audience at the Huawei Mate 20 launch in London next week, but the marketing departments all over the world already started with the local introductions. Latest info comes from India where the...

vivo Z3i is a rebranded V11i in China

vivo released the V11 in Inda back in September and it's now stepping out of the country as vivo Z3i in China. Essentially, the V11 (also know as V11i and the Z3i are the same but there are some small details that set those two apart. We've got the same MediaTek Helio P60 chipset on board but instead of offering two memory options, the Chinese have...

Honor Magic 2 appears in official video teaser

Honor teased the Magic 2 slider smartphone at IFA 2018 and promised it will arrive before the end of the year. We already saw the official teaser with the announcement date of October 31, but a video teaser, likely an ad for the Chinese TV, just popped up on social media, giving us one more glance of the upcoming device. The video is keeping it simple...

Nokia 3.1 Plus unveiled in India with a 6" screen, dual camera and larger battery

The new Nokia 3.1 Plus brings a roomy 6.0" screen to the entry-level Android One market. The Plus model offers dual camera photography, a fingerprint reader and, of course, a larger battery over its sibling, the Nokia 3.1. The screen has an 18:9 aspect ratio and keeps the resolution at 720 x 1,440px. So, it's not the sharpest, but the screen is bigger...

Samsung Galaxy A9 (2018) is the world's first quad camera smartphone

Samsung is introducing the world's first phone with a quad camera on the back - the Galaxy A9 (2018). It comes shortly after Samsung's first triple camera phone, the Galaxy A7 (2018), and builds on it with the addition of a telephoto camera. Between it and the ultra-wide angle camera, you can choose to focus on a detail or capture more of the scene....

OnePlus 6T in-display fingerprint reader will be optical, OnePlus confirms

OnePlus 6T's standout feature is undoubtedly the in-display fingerprint reader but just like everyone else out there, we are wondering if it's going to be any good. After all, the technology hasn't matured yet and makers need some time to perfect it to make it work just as good as a regular scanner. To clear some of the confusion, OnePlus just confirmed...

Watch the Samsung Galaxy A9 (2018) stream here

We have been hearing about a Samsung event called "4x Fun" for quite some time. Although we expected a smartphone with four cameras, we were quite impressed to learn that all of the sensors are actually on the back, lined in a vertical setup. The phone will be called Galaxy A9 (2018) and will be launched in Kuala Lumpur later today, and you can follow...

Huawei Mate 20 and 20 Pro Polish prices revealed

We are less than a week away from the announcement of the Huawei Mate 20 and 20 Pro on October 16 but rumors just don't seem to be slowing down. Today's one is all about prices and it comes from a Polish tech website that got a hold of the pricing for both handsets from a local carrier. According to Android.com.pl, the Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro will...

Lenovo to introduce S5 Pro with dual selfie cameras on October 18

Lenovo is adding a new device to its smartphone portfolio, the company has just revealed on Weibo. The Chinese manufacturer will introduce the new Lenovo S5 Pro at a dedicated event in Beijing, China in exactly seven days. The new phone will come with dual selfie cameras, raising the number of total snappers up to four, an upgrade from the regular...

Razer Phone 2 hands-on review

Everything about the Razer Phone 2 seems familiar, yet improved and refined. An experience quite similar to upgrading your computer's GPU or swapping your console for the next version - both notions which gamers are accustomed to and comfortable with. Still, the question remains as to whether the upgrade job was enough to mend all or at least most...

Razer Phone 2 unveiled with S845 chip, improvements to the screen and camera

Gaming has become a dominant form of entertainment and gamers tend to be early adopters of cutting edge tech. The new Razer Phone 2 is an entertainment powerhouse with unique features and various improvements over the original. Let's start with the gaming features. The screen is a 5.7" IGZO LCD panel with QHD resolution instead - Razer believes 16:9...

Watch the Razer Phone 2 livestream here

Razer was at the forefront of the new wave of gaming phones, unveiling its first Razer Phone about 11 months ago. Now it's time to bring out the new one - you can watch it happen live thanks to the livestream below. This is the YouTube stream, but this landing page also has a Twitch stream. Because of course it does, Razer knows its audience. The...

Honor 8X reaches the UK, now available for £225

The Honor 8X has become available in the UK today. The phone was announced last month alongside its huge sibling, the Honor 8X Max, and is expected to be out in many territories in the next few weeks. In the UK, only Clove seems to have units in stock at the moment, which it will gladly sell to you for £225 SIM-free and unlocked. You can pick between...

Honor 8X Max will be known as Huawei Enjoy Max in some markets

Huawei's sub-brand Honor unveiled the huge 8X Max last month alongside the smaller Honor 8X. Now it looks like the Honor 8X Max will be launched under a different name in some markets. Meet the Huawei Enjoy Max. The leaked press images of the handset were outed today by Evan Blass, aka @evleaks. As you'd expect in the case of a mere rebranding, the...

Nokia 7.1 Plus stops by Geekbench ahead of its announcement tomorrow

HMD Global is expected to make the Nokia 7.1 Plus official at an event tomorrow. Today someone in possession of a unit has decided to put it through the paces of Geekbench. As usual in such cases, this tells us a few things about the upcoming handset. First off, it's powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 chipset, as rumored countless times before....