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  • Xiaomi announces the Redmi Y1 and the Redmi Y1 Lite

    Xiaomi had an event today in India where two phones were introduced within a new smartphone series – the Xiaomi Redmi Y1 and the Redmi Y1 Lite. Both phones might be part of new series, but they are already familiar. The phones are the global versions of the Redmi Note 5A Prime and the Redmi…

  • India won’t get Nokia 7 anytime soon, HMD confirms

    HMD Global has confirmed that they currently have no plans to launch the Nokia 7 smartphone in India. The confirmation came directly from the company’s Chief Marketing Officer Pekka Rantala. His exact word were “Nokia 7 is designed for Chinese consumers, so currently we’ve no plans to bring it to India”. The phone was launched…

  • HTC U11 Life hands-on review

    Life is short… no, we mean Life is short for Lifestyle. The HTC U11 Life certainly enjoys fine living, but it won’t make you spend your life at work. Affordability, flagship looks and respectable specs were the goals HTC set for itself when designing this phone.

  • HTC enters the bezel-less race with the U11+

    It took HTC a while to get here, but it finally has a phone with a nearly bezel-free front. The U11+ has an 18:9 6.0-inch Super LCD6 of 1440x2880px resolution with Gorilla Glass 5 and no physical buttons on the front (the fingerprint scanner moved to the rear). On the back there’s a 12MP UltraPixel…

  • HTC U11 Life announced in two versions: Android One and Sense

    Alongside its new flagship, the U11+, today HTC has also unveiled a mid-range smartphone – the U11 Life. This comes in two versions: Android One and Sense. The latter runs HTC’s UI overlay on top of Android 7.1 Nougat, has Amazon Alexa pre-installed alongside Google Assistant, and will be available in North America. And the…

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