Month: April 2017

  • Top 10 trending phones of week 17

    Fifth week in a row the Galaxy S8 stands tall at the top in our weekly interest chart. The other two handsets on the podium are unchanged over last week – Xiaomi Mi 6 follows second and the Galaxy J7 Prime stays in third. The Galaxy S8+ retains its fourth position as well, but the…

  • HTC U 11 shows up on GeekBench, numbers are promising

    HTC’s next flagship, the U 11 (because why not) is due to be announced on May 16, and sure enough the phone has appeared on GeekBench. Or at least that’s what HTC CBP is supposed to be. This HTC CBP device that was put to the test is powered by the Snapdragon 835 (a.k.a. MSM8998)…

  • Sony publishes financial report for 2016 fiscal year, mobile division in the black

    Sony Corporation has published its financial report for the 2016 fiscal year ending on March 31. Net income is listed at JPY 73.3 billion ($676 million) – practically halved year on year. However, Q4 figures are a marked success compared to last year’s numbers for the same period – with a JPY 27.7 billion ($244…

  • New Asus ZenPad 10 update adds bundled notifications switch

    The Asus Zenpad 10 (Z300M) from last year has started receiving a new update. Arriving as version 5.3.6, the update brings along several changes, including new Google security patch. Things that have been added include bundled notifications switch, Game Genie, and lock screen wallpaper slideshow. As for stuff that has been removed, the list includes…

  • Some Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+ units are randomly restarting

    Samsung’s latest flagships – the Galaxy S8 and S8+ – might have broken many previous records, but the picture is not all rosy. The devices have had their share of problems as well. First it was the red-tint issue (for which the company recently issued an update), and now, it has come to light that…