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  • Xiaomi to launch in-house Pinecone chipset on February 28

    Xiaomi working on a chipset is no news for the fans of mobile technology. The company even created a Weibo page for Pinecone – the alleged name of its in-house SoC. But now the Mi fans have something to really be ecstatic about – there is a date for the unveiling of the mystical Pinecone…

  • Just in: ZTE Blade V8 Pro hands-on

    At CES, ZTE was prepared to ‘one-up’ the Honor 6X on the same day the Huawei-owned company held its press event for its $250 dual-camera smartphone. The ZTE Blade V8 Pro is the first of the ZTE’s ‘Blade’ lineup In the US. Due to growing demand of ZTE’s Blade smartphones, the phone maker has decided…

  • Best Apps and Games of the Week

    Amazon Chime Amazon Chime is an enterprise communication tool that let you plan your meetings, make sure they start on time, see who all are participating, send them messages with attachments, see the contents of the meeting within the app, and more. iOS • Android Batman: Arkham Underworld Arkham Underworld is the newest mobile game…

  • Counterclockwise: the rise and fall of Galaxy S, Lumia, Xperia Z and others

    It has been a while since we last took a trip down memory lane, but the impending Mobile World Congress sparked some memories. The MWC has been the traditional stomping ground of the Samsung Galaxy S phone. Last year, it was the Galaxy S7. The year before was the Galaxy S6. Three years ago, Galaxy…

  • Sunday Q&A

    Welcome to the week 7 edition of our Sunday Q&A. This week we talk the Samsung Galaxy S7 edge Nougat update, the resolution vs pixel size debate and benchmarks. Ravi: With the release of the Huawei Mate 9 and the Cortex A73 cores inside it, the mighty Kryo cores inside Snapdragon 82x chips finally had…

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