Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium up for pre-order in China, price lower than expected

The Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium is the company's top-tier smartphone packing the latest and greatest from the Japanese company, so it's only logical to charge a price premium. Yesterday we learned that its US price will be $999, which is the same as the base iPhone X and raised some concerns of how the device will do in emerging markets, for example. Well, it seems that the pricing of the XZ2 Premium in China is considerably lower, so it might actually be in a better position. The Xperia XZ2 Premium is listed on Sony's official website at CNY 5,699 ($855) and just for comparison, the...

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HTC details its Exodus blockchain-based phone, confirms Fall release

It's not the first time we hear about HTC's upcoming blockchain smartphone, also known as Exodus, and not to be confused with the Exodus cryptocurrency wallet. Today in an official announcement, the company says that we can expect the phone this Fall and it will serve as "the first cold wallet phone with key recovery." There's still not much information available, but there's a website up and you can sign up to receive the latest updates around the project. Still, since it's a blockchain-based product, we can assume some of its unique features. It should be able to store your...

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Huawei Nova 3 arrives with Kirin 970 and 6 GB RAM

Huawei will have an official launch event for the Nova 3 on July 18, where it will discuss pricing, but the company went ahead and unveiled its specs a week in advance. The new smartphone has Kirin 970 chipset with 6 GB RAM, tall screen and four cameras. Huawei Nova 3 in Purple Most of the Huawei Nova 3 specs were already known - a Cortex-A73 quad-cluster at 2.4 GHz for performance and four more Cortex-A53 cores at 1.8GHz for low-powered tasks. The RAM and storage are 6 GB + 128 GB, while the battery can hold 3,750 mAh charge and comes with Super Charge support for rapid...

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Facebook facing over $600,000 in fines in the UK for Cambridge Analytica scandal

Tuesday, reports surfaced that the United Kingdom's Information Commissioner's office has issued a fine to Facebook for $664,000 or about GBP 500,000. The office finds that Facebook lacked the privacy protections necessary to catch Cambridge Analytica before it was too late. The Washington Post reports that today's announcement of the fine is preliminary and the final amount could change going into further discussions between UK regulators and Facebook. A follow-up report is expected sometime in October. A statement from Facebook's chief privacy officer admitted that Facebook "should...

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Samsung Galaxy Note9 press render leaks showing striking similarity to the Note8

If you've been having trouble telling the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S9 apart (or the S8+ and the S9+) from the front, know that the situation won't be any different for you when you look at a Note9 next to a Note8. This has been revealed by the image you can see below, which is a purported leaked press render of the upcoming Galaxy Note9. And it looks a lot like its predecessor, at least from this angle. Sure, if you're a true smartphone connoisseur you'll probably notice that the bottom bezel is a little smaller than its predecessor's, and the corners ever so slightly more...

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Google Pay now supports boarding passes, event tickets, and peer to peer money transfers

Google finally decided to combine all of its different payment services into one this January, and Google Pay was born. Now the company is adding some much-requested features to the app. First off, Google Pay now stores your boarding passes and event tickets, alongside your cards. You just save them from the likes of Ticketmaster or Southwest and you'll always have them handy. Support for more issuers is coming soon - Eventbrite, Singapore Airlines, and Vueling have been name-dropped in the announcement. The tickets will live in the same Passes tab as your loyalty cards, gift cards,...

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