Meizu giving away five M5 Note units

The Meizu M5 Note is a decent mid-ranger with an attractive design, and now you have the chance to get one for free by participating in the company's giveaway that will see five units get new owners. The rules are rather funny - you have to write your name on a sticky note, add #MeizuNotes and stick it on someone else's back. Then just take a picture or video and post it on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram (or all three, if you prefer) with the hashtag #MeizuNotes. The company will give five M5 Note devices to five lucky participants. The campaign was announced on Meizu's...

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Samsung Pay adds support for Visa Checkout

Samsung is teaming up with Visa to add Visa Checkout support to Samsung Pay. Visa Checkout is supported by hundreds of thousands of retailers and merchants around the world and works with a variety of cards, not only Visa ones. People with a Samsung Pay device with fingerprint authentication will see a Visa Checkout/Samsung Pay co-branded buttons on merchants websites, if they add support for Visa Checkout. If you're wondering how Visa Checkout differs from PayPal - it's meant for making purchases while PayPal is a service that on top of purchases lets people send money to other...

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Galaxy X arriving in Q3 2017, earlier than the Galaxy Note 8

A Chinese leakster well known for his tips about the already announced Galaxy S8 teased some more spicy information on the next big things from Samsung - the foldable Galaxy X and the Galaxy Note8. Samsung GALAXY Note 8 in Q4.:)— 萌萌的电教 (@mmddj_china) March 29, 2017 In a vague tweet mmddj_china suggested that Galaxy Note8 will be available in Q4 2017, leaving followers guessing is he talking about reveal or specific market launch. Minutes later in another obscure tweet he said that Galaxy X will arrive in Q3, meaning the foldable smartphone will...

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LG G6 to start shipping in UK on April 28

People in the United Kingdom finally have an idea when the LG G6 would be in stock and available for purchase. Clove UK has the G6 listed for £649 and expects stock to be available on April 28. CarphoneWarehouse has a registration page for the LG G6 but doesn't give an availability date. As for the rest of Europe the G6 will carry a price of €749 and will go on sale sometime in April. Source

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Samsung Galaxy S8 (with Exynos 8895) benchmarked

The Samsung Galaxy S8 had a busy night yesterday, but there's no time to rest - the first benchmarks are in, so let's see how the new flagship performs against the competition. Note that this is an Exynos 8895 unit, there's also a Snapdragon 835 version not included in these scores. Both should perform practically identically or so Samsung claims. We open up with a narrow win in AnTuTu 6 against the iPhone 7 Plus, which is still one of the best all-round performers. The performance increase from the previous Exynos chip is tangible and ahead of the Snapdragon 821 used by some of the...

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Garmin Forerunner 935 smartwatch is an advanced on-wrist coach

The new Garmin Forerunner 935 is a GPS-enabled smartwatch with advanced tracking features for your complex exercise routine - running, sprinting, swimming, biking, even triathlons are covered by this $500 watch. Its lightweight shell (49g) keeps out of the way and the battery lasts up to 2 weeks in watch mode. You can change teh QuickFit bands from the silicone ones to dressier leather or metal in between training. The battery lasts a full 24 hours in GPS tracking mode, so even if you go for a run every day, you will not have to charge the watch that often. And you'll get tons of data...

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