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We have known for a couple of months now that Samsung is planning on reselling a portion of its recalled Galaxy Note 7s. The bulk of the devices recalled with be recycled but some of them are going to be refurbished with new, smaller batteries and resold. Now according to …

Adding yet another layer of complexity to the company's already vast SoC offering, fabless chipmaker Qualcomm has released two new mid-tier SoCs to sate smartphone demand. The Snapdragon 630 and Snapdragon 660 Mobile Platforms which, the company claims, introduce a balanced cost, power and performance experience, are leveraging additional optimizations for …

One of the biggest stories of 2016 was the Apple V FBI encryption and privacy battle. At the time, the FBI wanted to force Apple into cracking an iPhone 5c used by a criminal but by doing so, Apple would be forced into creating a backdoor to its software, which …

Since releasing the iPad Pro's Smart Keyboard, buyers have encountered several issues, including keys sticking, repeating commands or generally becoming unresponsive. Occasionally the ‘smart connectors' on these keyboards also failed. It seems that these problems have been persistent enough that Apple has now had to extend the warranty on them, …

Ever since releasing the original ‘flagship killer' a few years back, OnePlus has generated a fairly large following. This year, the phone maker will be back with the OnePlus 5 and as we have come to expect from OnePlus, it will feature specs to match the likes of Samsung, with …

Over the last month or so, there have been plenty of reports of manufacturing issues for Apple's next iPhone. While the iPhone 7S was expected to still be on-track, it was starting to sound like the iPhone X would slip into 2018. Things appear to have picked up in the …

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Last month, we learned that Apple would soon be ending its long-running deal with UK GPU maker, Imagination Technologies. At the time, Apple said its plan was to start designing and producing its own GPUs for iOS devices, similarly to how it brought CPU design in-house a few years ago. …

This week, Apple held its quarterly financial report, showing a decline in iPhone sales during Q2. Despite the iPhone not performing quite as well as expected, Apple has still managed to rake in the cash, bringing in more than $11 billion in profit. Apple was previously expected to sell 51.4 …

While Europe and the US are still twiddling thumbs waiting for the arrival of the first new Nokia phones – the 3, 5 and 6 – India is already having a go at pre-ordering Nokia's (thus-far rumoured) flagship, the Nokia 8, on Pricebaba.com. It seems the Nokia 8 is the …

It looks like developer interest in the smartwatch is starting to die out as Google, Amazon and eBay have all quietly dropped support for the Apple Watch in some of their apps over the last few weeks. Smartwatches have been available on the market for several years now and while …

It looks like Apple is planning on diving further into ‘smart home' technology this year as reports this week claim that a Siri-powered Amazon Echo rival is on the way. The tentatively named ‘Siri speaker' would be a high-end smart home device that you can throw voice commands at but …

Update: One of Samsung's hallmark features for the Galaxy S8 is the all new Bixby AI assistant, which was created by the original team behind Apple's Siri. Unfortunately, Bixby Voice wasn't quite ready for the Galaxy S8's launch late last month, causing Samsung to announce a delay. It may be …

When Nokia reformed its mobile handset division under the name HMD Global, and announced its Android-based Nokia 3, 5 and 6 at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this year, it did not set a hard date on the release of its devices in local markets – except for China …

After months of rumours and leaks surrounding Apple's self-driving car plans, one has finally been spotted on public roads. A couple of weeks back, Apple secured permission to test its autonomous car technology in California and now, people have spotted it in action. As reported by Bloomberg today, Apple is …

It looks like the OnePlus 5 is on the way as this week, details surrounding the upcoming smartphone began to leak out, alongside an image of what the phone should look like. This particular image made its way on to the web via India Today Tech, whose claims to have …

Back in 2016, Google finally began implementing Android app compatibility into Chrome OS and while the list of supported devices was initially quite small, it has grown a ton so far in 2017. Back in January, we learned that Google wanted all Chromebooks released this year to feature Android app …

Back in March, Samsung officially revealed its future plans for the millions of Galaxy Note 7s it recalled in late 2016. After plenty of pressure from environmental groups, the company agreed to recycle as many parts as it could while also exploring the possibility of reselling refurbished units. Now, it …

It looks like Qualcomm may be teaming up with Samsung once again for its 2018 flagship system on chip (SoC) as reports this week indicate that the pair have reached a deal to have Samsung co-develop the Snapdragon 845 processor. Samsung has been working with Qualcomm for a while not, …

There have been tons of reports surrounding Apple's current augmented reality plans recently. Now it turns out that Apple is bringing in some help from NASA for its augmented reality glasses, hiring up those who also helped Microsoft with the Hololens. According to sources, Apple has has hired Jeff Norris, …

Things have been fairly quiet recently on the Google Pixel front recently but we are finally starting to get some new information. Reports this week claim to have found references to three upcoming Pixel devices in the code for the Android Open Source project, all of which will run on …

A couple of weeks ago, we first began hearing reports from analysts claiming that Apple's upcoming OLED iPhone would be delayed due to issues with production. Now this week, KGI is claiming that mass production may not happen until as late as October/November, missing the usual September time frame for …

There have been quite a few leaks regarding the next iPhone recently. Last week we saw a leaked design document and this week, images of what appears to be an iPhone 8 ‘dummy model' have appeared online. If accurate, then this could be our first early look at what Apple …

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ASUS went on to become the highest selling gaming laptop maker of 2016 and it looks like the company is making an early bid for 2017 too as the Core i7/GTX980M equipped ROG G752VY has had a huge £250 price cut. Right now, the G752VY is on sale at Laptops …

A couple of months have passed since Samsung announced its intent to field a lightweight laptop under the Galaxy brand, the Samsung Galaxy Book, and the company has begun delivering on its promise. If you are in the US, April 21st is the first day the devices are available for …

Update: Samsung has now confirmed plans to push out a software update to fix the Galaxy S8 ‘red tint' display issue that some early adopters are reporting. After the initial issue was reported, a Samsung rep did claim that the tint could be removed within the phone's settings menu but …

During its quarterly earnings call, held last night, Qualcomm revealed its plans to deliver a Windows 10 on ARM-based PC by the end of the year. While Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf was short on details about the device, he did state it would be a mobile PC – the “Cellular …