Best Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P cases: Protect your new Google devices

Google's Nexus 5X and the Nexus 6P were announced after much speculation during an event in San Francisco at the end of September 2015. The Nexus 5X is a 5.2-inch smartphone with a metal frame and a exchangeable polycarbonate rear, while the Nexus 6P is a 5.7-inch handset with a full metal body. Both feature rear fingerprint sensors and they both come with USB Type-C for faster charging and data transfer. They are good looking devices...

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Battery boom: Acer Zest Plus phone crams in 5,000mAh for two-day life

It's not often we see an Acer phone - as most of them don't end up in the UK - but the just-announced Acer Zest Plus has got one really big thing going for it: a massive 5,000mAh battery capacity. That's more capacious than even the likes of the Huawei Mate 8's 4,000mAh. Expect a day and a half of use from that beast, so this Acer could potentially power through to two full days' use. There's also fast charging for quick top-ups. Thing...

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Microsoft only sold 2.3 million Lumia phones over the last three months

Microsoft has post its third-quarter fiscal results for 2016, and one thing is clear: its phone business isn't doing so hot. The company made $3.8 billion in net income on $20.5 billion in revenue, both of which are down year-over year. Speaking of things going down, Microsoft only sold 2.3 million Lumia devices in the period that ended on 30 March. That's a whopping 73 per cent drop from 8.6 million in the same period last year....

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Lenovo's Zuk Z2 Pro is an Android phone that syncs with Apple's iCloud

Lenovo-owned Zuk has unveiled a follow-up to the Z1: the Z2 Pro phone. It has a 5.2-inch 1080p Super Amoled display, runs the top-of-the-line Snapdragon 820 processor, includes a whopping 6GB of RAM, and offers 128GB of storage. It also has a 13-megapixel rear snapper with optical image stabilised, as well as a 3100mAh battery, and it plugs in using USB-C with USB 3.1 support. In other words... this is most definitely a flagship device. It's...

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The next Moto smartphone could be launched on 9 June

There's been a jump in leaks and rumours surrounding the next Moto handset, thought to be a fourth-generation Moto G or a potential Moto X, as the company looks to update its offering. Motorola's mobile arm is now owned and run by Lenovo, and a possible timeframe for the launch of the next Moto handset could have been revealed at the launch of the Lenovo Zuk Z2. According to reports, Lenovo CEO Yang Yuanqing said that Motorola...

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Motorola Moto X (2016): What's the story so far?

Motorola announced a flurry of new smartphones in 2015, including the fifth generation of Moto G and three models of the Moto X. Yes, not one but three, plus a special edition one. The Moto X Play and the Moto X Style graced us with their presence at the end of July 2015, while the Moto X Force appeared a little later in October. Despite only a few months passing since the Force however, rumours for a new Moto X have already started. We...

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Honor V8 flagship leaks with Huawei P9 duo cameras and QHD display

Honor, the Huawei sub-brand, looks set to unleash a new flagship smartphone after plenty of specs have leaked including the Huawei P9's dual-camera system. The Honor V8, in two forms, has appeared on a Tenaa listing where plenty of specs were given away. Honor is a brand that offers affordable handsets with decent specs, or mid-range in the case of the 5X. In the case of the Honor V8 variants it looks like we can expect some impressive...

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HTC 10 vs One M9: Which is better?

HTC announced a new flagship, the HTC 10, at the beginning of April. It's a new start for the company's flagship smartphone, dropping both the One name and the M designation. It comes in to right the wrongs of the HTC One M9, a phone that took an awkward skew for HTC at a time when it needed a new hero. But that's now old news and we're looking at a fresh new phone. We've pitched the HTC 10 up against the HTC One M9 so you...

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Samsung Galaxy Note 6 release date, rumours and everything you need to know

Samsung has already announced two flagship smartphones this year but chances are that won't be the last we hear from the company and its smartphone arm before 2016 is out. The Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge both debuted at Mobile World Congress in March, but rumours began floating around for the company's larger smartphones before the event in Barcelona was even confirmed. Now it's well and truly over and...

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Samsung Galaxy S8: What we want to see

Samsung announced the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge at Mobile World Congress in March. The two devices have received huge amounts of praise for their designs, powerful specs and great cameras. No smartphone is perfect though. There will always be a few specs in the rumours that never see the light of day, leaving some disappointed and wanting more. Rumours are few and far between for the Samsung Galaxy S8 just yet but it's likely they will pick...

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Microsoft Surface Phone might be first to bring 8GB of RAM and Snapdragon 830

The Microsoft Surface Phone could come packing some world-first specs that blow away anything out there right now. Namely that's 8GB of RAM and a Qualcomm Snapdragon 830 CPU. Before getting too excited know that these claims are based on a Windows 10 compatibility listing. Found on Microsoft's minimum hardware requirements page is a list of compatible chipsets for Windows 10, and here Forbes found the MSM8998. This is thought to be Qualcomm's...

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Android 6 Marshmallow update: when can I get it?

Update: The LG V10 is now getting the update to Marshmallow for those on AT&T as well as athose on Verizon and T-Mobile. While the Honor 5X is also in for the update soon, according to the company. Android Marshmallow is here (for some). There are battery life improvements, greater app permission controls, standardized support for fingerprint scanners, more granular volume controls, USB-C support and new Google Now features, all...

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