Deal: Razer Phone is $100 off for a limited time

The Razer Phone has recently started receiving the long-awaited update to Android 8.1 Oreo, and it's expanded its availability in the US. To add to that, here's some more good news related to it. Starting today and for a limited time, you can pick up a Razer Phone from its maker's official US online store for just $599.99. That's exactly $100 less than its normal price of $699.99. To take advantage of this deal, just order the handset from Razer and, upon checkout, apply the coupon code "120HZ". That playfully reminds you about one of the Razer Phone's unique features - its high refresh...

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Samsung Galaxy A6 and A6+ CAD-based renders and videos leak

The upcoming Samsung Galaxy A6 and A6+ have been leaked today in renders based on CAD schematics. Each model gets a render video as well. These two models should launch soon, as the successors to the Galaxy A5 (2017), further cementing the Korean company's new naming scheme for mid-rangers which uses even numbers this year, as seen in the Galaxy A8 (2018) and A8+ (2018). Perhaps bafflingly, the source of these leaks claims that the A6 and A6+ might be sold under the Galaxy J8 and J8+ monikers in certain markets. If that pans out, Samsung would only add to the growing branding confusion in...

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Huawei P20 Pro and P20 lite are set to launch in India on April 24

Following a teaser on social media which was outed a few days ago, Huawei's arm in India is now sending out press invites for a big unveiling on April 24. On that occasion, the P20 Pro will be announced for the subcontinent, and it will apparently be joined by the P20 lite, but not the P20. With its three rear cameras, the P20 Pro really took the mobile world by storm this year, delivering excellent performance even in low-light scenarios. While it is impressive, don't expect this smartphone to be anything but cheap, as it retails for €899 elsewhere. That currently translates into INR...

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LG V30 finally gets Oreo in Italy, ThinQ AI features too

The saga of the update to Android Oreo for LG's V30 continues. It's been many months since the company first released the new software in its home country of Korea, and today this has finally arrived in another market - Italy. LG's Italian arm is proudly boasting about the rollout, which has started today. Not only will V30 units sold in Italy unlocked and through Vodafone receive the new Android iteration, but also the ThinQ AI features that debuted at MWC alongside the V30S. V30 models sold by other carriers in Italy will get the update at some point in the future. Under the ThinQ...

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Honor 10 pricing and availability details leak

Tomorrow in China the Honor 10 is set to finally become official, following a few days of intensive leaks. This will be the Huawei sub-brand's new top of the line device, complementing the bigger Honor View 10 in its roster. One thing that hasn't been outed so far is how much the Honor 10 is going to cost, yet thankfully today a new rumor from China covers that aspect, alongside the phone's release date. The Honor 10 is expected to go on sale in the mainland on April 27 at 10:08 AM local time. You'll have three versions to choose from. The entry-level model sports 4GB of RAM and 64GB of...

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Amazon launches 'Internet', a low-resource web browser for Android

Amazon has announced a new web browser for Android called Internet. Internet is meant to be a basic, low resource browser for budget Android smartphones. Fittingly, it is only available right now in India where budget smartphones are hugely popular. Internet is fairly basic, in which it really has only a handful of features. The homepage shows you your frequently visited websites and some trending news stories, much like Chrome. You can open multiple tabs and also use private browsing to not save your browsing history. And that's pretty much it, really. The whole browser is just 2MB in...

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Zenfone Max Pro M1 will have a 5,000 mAh battery, "pure" Android Oreo

Additional details of the Asus Zenfone Max Pro M1, the first phone of the Asus-Flipkart partnership, have emerged. The phone will live up to its name with a 5,000 mAh battery, which should last a long, long time with the 14nm Snapdragon 636 chipset. Asus Zenfone Max Pro M1 will run "pure" Android Oreo The phone will feature a 6" screen with an 18:9 aspect ratio and will run "pure Android Oreo", though we're not 100% sure if this means Android One or not. The memory will feature up to 6 GB of RAM and up to 64 GB storage (suggesting a 4 GB / 32 GB version). The good news is that there...

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Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) now receiving Oreo

The Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) is receiving the Android 8.0 Oreo update ahead of schedule. The update weighs in at 1.2 GB and besides bumping the Android version, it also ups the Samsung Experience to version 9.0. This version improves the keyboard, brings standard emojis, GIFs and stickers, improves Bixby automation features and Color Lens. We covered the changes here. Android 8.0 Oreo update for the Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) The update seems to be rolling out in Russia and Romania and should expand to other countries in due time. Source

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Does the Moto Z3 Play have a side-mounted fingerprint scanner?

The Moto Z3 Play is due for announcement soon and we've already got a well-rounded idea of what to expect from it. That's in large part to an appearance at the FCC which gave us an idea of the specs, and some case renders that gave us an image to go along with those specs. Today we get an even better-looking image from Poetic Cases, which already offer their Karbon Shield case for the Moto Z3 Play. The images of the case reveal the phone's front, occupied solely by the 18:9 display, and the back, housing the dual-camera module. Case render, source - Poetic Cases What's...

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Honor 10 will have a 3.5mm audio jack like the P20 Lite and Honor View 10

The Honor 10 is no stranger to the rumor mill, but there still are new details coming to light every day. The phone will use the same 5.84" LTPS display panel as the Huawei P20 Lite, including the notch. The selfie cam in that notch should be the 24 MP module from the P20 and P20 Pro (the Lite model comes with 16 MP). The mix of features continues with a 3.5mm audio jack, unlike the Huawei P20 and P20 Pro. Unfortunately, the Honor 10 will miss out on expandable memory - it will not have a microSD slot like the P20 Lite and Honor View 10 do. It will use the Kirin 970 chipset, however,...

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Meizu 15 Plus will pack an Exynos 8895, as per AnTuTu

The Meizu 15 and 15 Plus are due in a few days, on April 22 but despite a few leaks and a visit to the TENAA, we still didn't know what chipset they'll use. Didn't know, that is - at least for the Meizu 15 Plus - thanks to an AnTuTu listing. The bigger of the two will use a Samsung-made Exynos 8895, like the one in the Samsung Galaxy S8. The Meizu 15 Plus also packs 6GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. The final details are the Android version - an aging Android 7.0 Nougat - and the screen resolution - a conventional 16:9 2560x1440px. Outside of the AnTuTu listing we've gathered that the...

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OnePlus crowdsources the ad for the OnePlus 6

OnePlus has a history of weird ads and now it wants your feedback to make them better. The company is taking suggestions for what it calls The Never Settle Film and here's version 1 of it: The best suggestions will be picked out and a new version of the film will be posted. It will be used to launch the upcoming OnePlus 6. This process is supposed to mimic the way OnePlus designs its phones - through community feedback. Of course that's the optimistic way of looking at it as the people in the YouTube comments that are suggesting a OnePlus X2 are bound to find out. Or those who don't...

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Oppo A3 with Helio P60 and a 6.2" 18:9 screen visits TENAA, Geekbench

The Oppo A3 leaked in some detail, including a MediaTek Helio P20 chipset. This has now been confirmed thanks to TENAA and Geekbench results. The phone is set to have a mid-range price - CNY 2,000 or $320/€260 - so this is an impressive performance per dollar. For comparison, the Oppo R15 uses the same chipset but costs at least 50% more. A respectable Geekbench score by the Oppo A3 Plus, TENAA shows that this is a similar phone with a 6.2" screen with 18:9 aspect ratio and 1,080 x 2,160px resolution. It's an LCD like the Oppo F7, though, not AMOLED like the R15. The device will...

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Samsung posts lowest ever fourth quarter in China, relegated to second in India

Samsung is the world's biggest smartphone vendor but is seeing its shares in the biggest smartphone markets of China and India diminish. In the final quarter of 2017 Samsung captured just 0.8% of the smartphone market in China, compared to 20% five years ago. According to information by Strategy Analytics, that translates to 9.8 million shipped smartphones - the first time Samsung's shipments have dipped below 10 million. To paint a picture of Samsung's 2017 in China - it captured 3.1% in Q1, 2.7% in Q2 and 2% in Q3 - and ending with the aforementioned 0.8% in Q4. Market experts...

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LG G7 and LG Q7 get certified in Russia

Both the LG G7 ThinQ and LG Q7 have applied for a certificate with the Russia-based EEC (Eurasian Economic Commission) and have been approved. The certifications don't do much in the way of revealing specs, but they do signify that LG is close to releasing both phones soon, and that Russia will be one of their key markets. The only bit of information that we get from the certifications is that both the LG G7 ThinQ and the LG Q7 are running Android 8.1 out of the box. What we know about the LG G7 ThinQ is how it will look and that it will be announced on May 3. Some press...

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Casio announces PRO TREK WSD-F20A Indigo Blue smart watch

Casio has announced a new variant of its PRO TREK smart watch. The WSD-F20A comes clothed in an Indigo Blue color scheme along with a more cost-effective price. Available in the U.S. this May $399 (MSRP). Availability in other markets is not known at this time, seeing as all the other variants are available internationally we expect it to be only a matter of time before it's available. Powered by Google's latest Wear OS the WSD-F20A earns its outdoor smarts through the provision of GPS and onboard full-color offline maps. Casio's USP is that it's actually packing dual 1.32 inch...

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