Top 10 trending phones of week 2

The Samsung Galaxy J7 has finally met its match. The long-standing champion has been dethroned by the Lenovo K4 Note, whose rise to the top took only 2 weeks. And for the first time in a long while the Galaxy J7 is the only J-series Samsung on the podium - the J5 has been pushed off by the newly-launched Xiaomi Redmi 3. The Galaxy S6 has kept its 5th spot from last week, but the Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 is dangerously close, so nothing's guaranteed for next week. The occasional podium finisher Galaxy J2 has slipped yet another spot compared to week 1, and is now in 7th. A similar faith has been shared by the Galaxy Grand Prime, which we find in 8th this week. The Apple iPhone 5s, which we thought was a one-off entry last week, seems to be here to stay, occupying the same 9th position. The Galaxy Note5 is the last to make the chart, with the Galaxy A5 giving it a hard time, but not hard enough. .news-item .n-left { float: left; width: 25%; text-align: center; } .news-item .n-right { float: left; width: 75%; } .news-item a { padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0; } #review-body .news-item .n-right h2, .reviews-item .n-right h2 { clear: both; padding: 0 0 3px 0px; font: 400 19px Google-Oswald, Arial; margin-top: -4px; } .n-right p { margin-top: 25px; line-height: 155%; } .news-item { padding-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; border-top: 1px solid #ccc; } .news-item p { margin-left: 0; } .n-right h2 .phone-name { display: inline-block; width: 325px; overflow: hidden; vertical-align: text-bottom; } .n-right h2 a { text-decoration: none; color: #000; } .flat-button{ text-align:center; text-decoration: none !important; font: 400 22px Google-Oswald,Arial !important; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 150%; padding: 20px 60px !important; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-radius: 5px; -moz-border-radius: 5px; border-radius: 5px; margin: 10px 0; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; -ms-transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; -moz-transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; -o-transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; color: #fff !important; } .flat-button-1 { background: #0CADA7; } .flat-button-1:hover { background: #0A948F; color: #666666 !important; } .flat-button-2 { background: #FF7E47; } .flat-button-2:hover { background: #EE7440; color: #666666 !important; } .n-right .rank-info { display: inline-block; font-family: "Google-Oswald",​Arial,​sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 100; } .n-right .rank-info .current-rank { font-size: 23px; } .circle { background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #8fb28f; border-radius: 50%; height: 23px; width: 23px; display: inline-block; margin: 0px 10px -1px 10px; } .arrow { width: 0; height: 0; border-style: solid; display: inline-block; margin: 0px 10px -1px 10px; } .arrow-up { border-width: 0 15px 25px 15px; border-color: transparent transparent #0cada7 transparent; } .arrow-down { border-width: 25px 15px 0 15px; border-color: #ff7e47 transparent transparent transparent; } Lenovo K4 Note RANK: 1WAS: 3 specs gallery Samsung Galaxy J7 RANK: 2WAS: 1 specs review Xiaomi Redmi 3 RANK: 3NEW IN specs gallery Samsung Galaxy J5 RANK: 4WAS: 2 specs review Samsung Galaxy S6 RANK: 5WAS: 5 specs review Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 RANK: 6WAS: 10 specs review Samsung Galaxy J2 RANK: 7WAS: 6 specs review Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime RANK: 8WAS: 7 specs review Apple iPhone 5s RANK: 9WAS: 9 specs review Samsung Galaxy Note5 RANK: 10WAS: 8 specs...

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Samsung said to launch Gear S2 and Gear VR in India this month

The Samsung Gear S2 smartwatch is expected to launch in India this month, according to a new report. The wearable device was unveiled at the end of August 2015 ahead of the year's IFA show, and went on sale in the US a couple of months later. The report, however, contained no information on the exact launch date as well as the official price at which the smartwatch will be available in India. Also not revealed was whether or not all variants of the device will be available for purchase in the country. Along with the Gear S2, the South Korean company will also launch its virtual reality headset - Gear VR - in the Asian country, the report noted. The report comes just a day after Samsung announced that it will launch the dual SIM variant of the Galaxy Note5 smartphone in India on January 17, which is...

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Now the Sony Xperia C5 Ultra is receiving Android 5.1 Lollipop update

Just two days ago Sony surprised us by releasing the update to Android 5.1 Lollipop for the Xperia C4 smartphone. This was unexpected because previously the Japanese company said this device would jump from Android 5.0 straight to Android 6.0 Marshmallow, with no 5.1 update planned in between. And today it's time for a new handset to get the exact same treatment. According to Sony, the Xperia C5 Ultra was also supposed to go directly to Marshmallow. Yet an update to Android 5.1 for it is now rolling out nevertheless. In this case the new release is being sent to all the variants of the C5 Ultra, regardless of where they've been sold. When it comes to model numbers, that's the single-SIM E5553 and E5506, as well as the dual-SIM E5533 and E5563. Obviously though, as this is a staged rollout, you could need to wait a few days before it hits every device out there. If you own the single-SIM Xperia C5 Ultra, then after applying the update you will be on build number 29.1.A.0.87, while for the C5 Ultra Dual it's 29.1.B.0.87. Hopefully the release of these Android 5.1 updates won't delay the upcoming rollout of Android 6.0 Marshmallow for these...

Source: http://www.gsmarena.com/now_the_sony_xperia_c5_ultra_is_receiving_android_51_lollipop_update-news-16124.php

Poll results: Huawei gets best of CES 2016 award

Smartphone manufacturers have gradually started avoiding Las Vegas for high-end announcements, for better or worse. Apparently then whoever brings a flagship to CES, be it one already announced before, gets most of the attention. This has been the case this year, judging by the results in our poll from last weekend. Huawei gathered a total of 44% of votes, all thanks to the Mate 8, which has been official since late November, and the Honor 5X from a month before. Okay, that's not completely true, Huawei did bring to Las Vegas the entirely new MediaPad M2 10.0 tablet. And it was a tablet that surely brought Samsung to the second place in the poll. Despite bearing the Galaxy moniker, the 12-inch TabPro S runs Windows 10, and is a Surface Pro competitor. Whether it's solely responsible for Samsung's 27% result, or the Notebook 9 and Chromebook 3 had their say, we'll never know. Lenovo placed third with 12% of upvotes, but at least it brought a smartphone to the show in addition to all the ThinkPads, the Vibe S1 Lite. Two new smartphones from a just-conceived range meant 11% for LG in our poll, only marginally behind Lenovo, but in fourth...

Source: http://www.gsmarena.com/poll_results_huawei_gets_best_of_ces_2016_award-news-16097.php

New phones of the week

This week we got phones ranging from 4.5" to 5.5", each of them ranking high on feature and low on price. Xiaomi kicked things off with the Redmi 3, a phone that barely crosses the $100 mark, but brings an all-metal body, a 5" display, octa-core chipset and a surprisingly big 4,100mAh battery for its 8.5mm of thickness. A few days later the company launched the Xiaomi Redmi Note 3... no, not this one, this one. The 5.5" phablet aimed at the international market and swaps the Helio chipset for a Snapdragon 650 and upgrades the camera to 16MP along the way. On the other end of the size scale is the Samsung Galaxy J1 (2016), which tiptoed into official status. It has a 4.5" screen (Super AMOLED), a quad-core chipset and a 5MP camera. Its official price tag of $135 is $10-$20 above what can be found with a bit of shopping. The Lenovo Lemon 3 competes with the Redmi 3 with a 5" screen (with a higher resolution, 1080p) and a similar just-over-$100 price tag. It has a 13MP camera and the same Snapdragon 616 chipset. The Asus Live is another 5-incher. It's heading to Brazil where tech gets a hefty markup. The phone features a 720p display, 8MP camera, two SIM slots and a built-in digital TV...

Source: http://www.gsmarena.com/new_phones_of_the_week-news-16090.php

Samsung Gear S2 gets a $100 discount in the US

Samsung's Gear S2 smartwatch has received a price cut in the United States, where retailer Adorama is now offering a cumulative discount of $100 off the wearable device's listed price, which is $300. Those purchasing the device will receive a mail-in-rebate of $50. Plus, you can use coupon code 50OFFJAN to get the remaining $50 off, taking the total discount to $100, meaning you'll effectively have to pay $200. For more information on the offer, which ends January 20, head to the Source 2 link below. The Gear S2 is officially being sold for $300 in the US. Other third party retailers like Amazon are also selling the Tizen-powered watch at the same price. Source 1 | Source 2 |...

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