Xiaomi wants to enter the US smartphone market by the end of the year, or in early 2019

As you may know, Xiaomi has been doing quite well in the smartphone space with its devices that offer great specs for their prices. However, the Chinese company has only been officially active in a handful of markets so far. One of the biggest omissions has been the US, but that's about to change if a new report from the Wall Street Journal pans out. According to Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun, the company is looking to finally enter the US market either towards the end of this year or in early 2019. Unfortunately no more specific details are available at the moment, but he did say he's aware of the...

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Apple reseller in Malaysia forced to cancel $50 iPhone sale when thousands of people showed up

A Malaysian retailer, Switch, had no choice but to suspend a clearance sale that it advertised to sell off some of its demo units including iPhones between the 5S through the iPhone 7. iPad Minis, iPod Touches, iMacs, Apple TVs, and MacBooks. All in all, there was probably a total of 200 Apple units altogether, and just 10 iPhone 5S devices marked at $50 with very limited quantities of a sub-$100 iPad, a sub-$150 MacBook Air, and a 24-inch iMac for $255 (which all sound way too good to be true). The problem here was that over 11,000 people showed up, according to a Facebook post, for a...

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Apple allegedly working on over the ear, noise-cancelling wireless headphones

Apple is said to be working on its own set of premium over the ear, active noise-cancelling wireless headphones and will be launching them by the end of the year. This was first revealed by KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi-Kuo and later confirmed by Bloomberg. According to Bloomberg, work on these headphones has been on-again-off-again for over the past year. The product has gone through multiple revisions and will likely be redesigned again before launch or may even be scrapped altogether, according to people familiar with the matter. Beats Studio3 Wireless powered by Apple W1...

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LG X4 smartphone announced in South Korea

LG has launched a new budget Android smartphone in South Korea, the LG X4. The phone is priced at 297,000 South Korean won ($275). LG X4 The X4 has a 5.3-inch display with a resolution of 1280x720. It is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 processor with 2GB of RAM and 16GB storage with microSD support. On the back is an 8MP camera and on the front is a 5MP camera. Other features include a fingerprint sensor with LG Pay support, LTE connectivity, Wi-Fi 802.11n, 3000mAh battery and Android 7.1.2 Nougat. The phone will be available in a choice of Black or Gold color options on...

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Samsung Galaxy A8+ (2018) to only get quarterly security updates

Samsung has updated the Security Updates page on its website. While some 2016 models -including Galaxy J1 (2016), J3 (2016), A3 (2016) - have been removed altogether, what's surprising is the recently launched Galaxy A8+ (2018) is in the 'quarterly security updates' section. This means the device won't get monthly updates. The Galaxy A8 (2018), on the other hand, sits in the 'monthly security updates' section. As for other changes, the Galaxy J2 (2018) and the Galaxy Tab Active 2 both have been added to the quarterly list. The Galaxy S9/S9+ flagships haven't yet made it to the list...

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New leak reveals HTC U12 will come with dual camera (12MP+16MP) and 256GB storage

Leakster @LlabTooFeR has shared key specs for HTC's next flagship (U12), revealing details like dual rear camera setup (12MP+16MP), 256GB storage, 8MP front camera, 3,420mAh battery, and Android 8.0 (full Treble support). HTC ImagineCPU SD845Display 5.99 QHD+RAM up to 6GBROM up to 256GBDual Main Camera 12mp + 16mp (Sony IMX3xx) Front Camera 8mpBattery 3420mahIP68HTC Face UnlockEdge Sense 2.0Android 8.0 + Sense 10Full treble support and A/B (Seamless) UpdatesSingle and Dual SIM version— LlabTooFeR (@LlabTooFeR) March 4, 2018 Other key specs like Snapdragon 845 SoC, 5.99-inch...

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