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The past seven days brought confirmation of the ongoing negotiations between the troubled HTC and Google. The Android maker agreed to acquire parts of the Taiwanese company’s smartphone business to boost its Pixel lineup in a deal worth $1.1 billion. Meizu and Huawei announced a couple of mid-rangers – the M6 and Maimang 6, respectively.…

For better of for worse, Apple is a trendsetter in the mobile world. It was for the better when it kicked off the screen resolution wars, but it made things worse when it killed the 3.5mm audio jack. In some cases, Android manufacturers genuinely try to compete, but sometimes they just blindly copy. When HTC…

As the new iPhone trio lived through its second week of existence, the initial hype is starting to wear off. Even the start of the sales of the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus on Friday didn’t help much and the Plus dropped from our top 10 chart. The iPhone X held on to the first…

Apple’s new iPhones support wireless charging – a feature that has been slowly gaining popularity in recent years. But the Qi standard has been kicking around the mobile world for about 8 years by this point, pioneered by the Palm Pre smartphone (and the Touchstone charger). Wireless headphones are nothing new – Bluetooth has been…

If you’re going to have an iPhone – and our poll shows that maybe you don’t – get the iPhone X. The iPhone 8 and 8 Plus barely registered on the charts – they didn’t improve enough, making them boring (not a great thing for an expensive phone). The voters liked the iPhone X, it’s…