OnePlus 5 rumors: Everything we know about the upcoming budget flagship
OnePlus will unveil its new flagship handset, the OnePlus 5, on June 20. Here's what we're expecting to see.
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Google makes the best Android apps easier to find with Android Excellence
Google is highlighting the best Android apps with a new designation called Android Excellence, which will place the apps prominently in the Play Store.
Motorola's Z2 Play comes with a smaller battery, a higher price tag, and new Moto Mods
Motorola has launched the Z Play 2, the follow-up to last year's hit modular phone, with a better camera, smaller battery, and higher price tag.
Sony outs launch details for its Xperia XZ Premium flagship and futuristic Touch projector
You can preorder Sony's flagship Xperia XZ Premium phone for $800 on June 12, while you'll have to spend $1,700 to be one of the first people on your block to own an Xperia Touch projector.
Andy Rubin's Essential Phone is finally here and it's weird
The Essential boasts a 360-degree camera and a nearly bezel-less screen, and supports modular accessories—but a headphone dongle is required.
Google wants to solve the Android update problem once and for all with Project Treble
Google has provided a sneak peek at Project Treble, a major new Android O feature that aims to make it easier for manufacturers to deliver updates to their phones.
Intel concerned about name of John McAfee’s privacy phone
Intel has told a court that MGT Capital Investments has gone ahead with the announcement of the “John McAfee Privacy Phone,” even though the company that proposes to change its name to “John McAfee Global Technologies” has previously said that it did...
Samsung Galaxy S8 vs LG G6 Camera Shootout
Can the Galaxy S8's improved camera knock the LG G6 off its throne?
Low-cost Android phones to get iPhone features with new Qualcomm chips
Low-cost smartphones like the Moto G5 introduced a few months ago are now shipping with Qualcomm chips that will soon be outdated.
Qualcomm's Quick Charge 4 is coming in phones midyear
If you hate waiting for your smartphone to charge up, relief is coming soon. After some hiccups, Qualcomm's superfast charging technology, called Quick Charge 4, will be in smartphones around the middle of this year.
Apple's next iPhones may cut corners on memory due to price squeeze
Apple could cut the capacity of DRAM in its upcoming anniversary iPhones with the rising prices of storage and memory components hitting its profit margins.
NSA suggests using virtualization to secure smartphones
The U.S. National Security Agency is now suggesting government departments and businesses should buy smartphones secured using virtualization, a technology it currently requires only on tablets and laptops
Surface sales sag and Windows Phones fade, as Microsoft's hardware business takes a hit
Microsoft's device businesses took a hit this quarter, as Microsoft admitted during an earnings call that Surface sales were lower than expected and sales of its branded Windows phones would essentially end by June.
Acer's new Holo 360 is a 360-degree camera in a smartphone
The effort to grow in the virtual reality market has Acer chasing weird, but rather interesting, devices.
Fake heads and robot probes: testing smartphones prior to launch
On the shelves of a laboratory near San Francisco sit tanks and tanks of mysterious looking liquids. It's the Silicon Valley offices of UL, a product testing organisation previously known as Underwriters Laboratory, and these liquids play an importan...
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