Essential Phone will finally be available in Sprint stores starting tomorrow

The Essential Phone finally became available online in the US and Canada a few days ago, following multiple delays. But what if you want to see it in person before you buy? What if you want to play with it for a bit and then decide if it's worth your hard earned cash? Thankfully, Sprint has you covered. Starting on September 14 (this Thursday), the Essential Phone will be available in all of the carrier's physical stores. To celebrate this incredible achievement, Sprint is offering 50% off the handset for a limited time. You need to go with the Sprint Flex Lease scheme, and you'll...

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Quad-camera Huawei G10 (Maimang 6) gets official on September 22

How many cameras can you put in one smartphone? Huawei seems to think the current answer to that question is 4. That's how many cameras the upcoming Maimang 6 sports, as revealed by TENAA yesterday. The device we mistook for the Mate 10 is in fact the newest member of the Maimang series for China. These handsets are sold in other countries as the G line, with the Maimang 5 being rebranded to Huawei G9 Plus last year. So it stands to reason that the Maimang 6 would be called Huawei G10 outside of China (and that name neatly aligns, number-wise, with the P10 and Mate 10 to suggest it's...

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7 reasons to upgrade to the iPhone 8/8 Plus (and a couple not to)

So you have an iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus and after yesterday's keynote you are unsure if there's any reason to switch to the iPhone 8 or 8 Plus. Or maybe you're just looking to find how much of an upgrade the new models are. Either way you've come to the right place. We went through all differences between the new iPhone 8 Plus and found 7 solid ones to justify an upgrade over the 2016 to the 2017 iPhones. Design The iPhone 8 Plus has an all new glass back and one new color option. Apple promises that its new Ion-strengthened glass is the toughest yet on a...

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iTunes drops apps, books and ringtones in latest update

At some point of time we have all come in contact with the bloated mess that is iTunes. Over the years, the app has come to encompass all of Apple's services, from movies, music, apps, books, podcasts, ringtones, and more. But with the latest update, Apple has streamlined the app somewhat, making it far less cluttered. In the latest update rolling out to macOS and Windows users, iTunes has now lost support for apps, books, ringtones, iTunes U and Internet Radio. Going forward, you will only be able to manage music, movies, TV shows, podcasts and audiobooks. Apple recommends you now...

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Oppo R11 TFBOYS Edition shows that boy bands are alive and well in China

Some people like football, others like boy bands. We're not here to pass judgment, just provide the information. So here it is - the Oppo R11 now has a TFBOYS Edition. Never heard of TFBOYS? It's a boy band from China formed by TF Entertainment. The band consists of three members - Wang Junkai, Wang Yuan and Yi Yangqianxi - so there are three versions of the phone. Each bears the signature of one of the members, above an 18K gold-plated logo of the band. The retail box also features the logo and one of three colors for the "R11" label. The spec sheet is identical - 5.5" AMOLED...

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HTC is developing a U11 Life under the Android One program

A well-known Twitter user and leakster LlabTooFeR reported that the HTC Ocean Life is going to arrive as a part of the Android One program. Another leakster, Evan Blass confirmed the report and added an image of the alleged phone and the name HTC U11 Life. Alleged HTC U11 Life The U11 Life would lose most of the HTC apps and arrive with stock Android O labeled Sense 9.0_A1. The image shows the front of a device that looks a lot like the U11, although with much thicker bezels. Features that might carry over include EdgeSense, USonic, Zoe and HTC Camera. HTC Ocean_Life will...

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