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Samsung has begun firmware development for the Galaxy S8. This is right on schedule and is not necessarily ahead of schedule. This is about the same time that S7 firmware development started last year. Early on Samsung will focus on Rom development for use in China, France, Germany, Italy...

Earlier today we all got to laugh at the ridiculous and overly cautious fireproof return packaging that Samsung sent to the XDA office for shipping back review units. Hopefully this will be the last we hear of the Note 7. Samsung has already taken the device behind the shed and shot it now it is...

Earlier today Google hosted an event in Silicon Valley to launch a few new phones among other new products. The Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones were indeed the stars of the show. It seems that every year we see less and less surprises when it comes to smartphone releases. Pretty much all the info...

Samsung keeps on taking the hits. After the volatile Note 7 situation we found out that one of the senior executives of Samsung LSI has been arrested for attempting to sell confidential information to a Chinese competitor. The same exec is now being sued by Samsung. The documents that were...

We expect to see Google's new devices early next month. We have been seeing lots of leaks on these devices today and now it looks like we know what the specs will be. The specs were outed in a benchmark that hit the web earlier today. The device is listed as the "Google Pixel" on Geekbench. The...

The Xiaomi Mi Note 2 is expected to be the next flagship released by Xiaomi. Of course the phone is loaded with top notch specs. The specs have been leaked by way of a settings screenshot. It looks like the phone will include the Snapdragon 820 CPU from Qualcomm, 64GB of storage, and the phone...

HTC took a bit of heat when they released the HTC One A9 last year. The device made you do a double take. "Is that an iPhone you have there or an HTC One A9? I can't tell?" The dual white out antenna bands across the top and bottom rear of the device and round camera hole gave the device a...

The LG V20 will be announced in September. The V series is LG's more premium flagship series. The V10 was a great success and was one of my top favorite devices from last year. OnLeaks has put together some renders of the device based on blueprints provided to case makers. There is one big thing...

This seems to happen every year. No matter how tight lipped a company can be about their upcoming phones some one on the development team tests what they have created against a popular benchmark tool. Today we found out some important details regarding the specs of the upcoming HTC Nexus...

According to sources confirmed to have actually handled the Note 7 by 9to5google the new Nexus 7 will come with Gorilla Glass 5. The latest iteration of cell phone glass has already been announced by corning, but no one really thought it would be featured on the Note 7 since it's release was so...

Folks are getting hyped for the release of the iPhone 7, Note 7, and LG V20. I'm over here like when does the Nexus come out?! The next generation of Nexus devices should be here this fall, and until now they have been pretty well hidden and mysterious. Yesterday some leaks hit the web giving...

A while back some press images of the upcoming Note 7 leaked showing off Blue, Silver, and Black. While the colors looked great I was personally pretty bummed as I have grown quite fond of Gold on smartphones. I really went out of my way to order Gold on the Galaxy S6 Edge and somehow Verizon...

Earlier today some Galaxy Note 7 benchmarks hit the web. The benchmarks confirm that the new Samsung phablet will only feature 4GB of RAM. Rumors surrounding this device have been pretty united in stating that the device will arrive with 6GB of ram. While 4GB is for the most part plenty it can...

Evan Blass is well known for his dead on leaks. So far pretty much everything that has come out of his twitter account has been accurate. Today he announced "Galaxy Note 6/7 launch event is almost exactly two months away". This means we can expect the Note 7 or whatever they decide to call it to...

A new way to unlock your cell phone could possibly be coming to the Galaxy Note 7. Earlier this year Samsung released the Galaxy Tab Iris to the Indian Market. Samsung has applied for trademarks for "Galaxy Iris" and "Galaxy Eyeprint" in the U.S. and Korea. For now the best way to lock your...

The latest innovation in battery tech for smartphones has not been in the battery itself, but rather in the speed at which it that battery charges. OEMs have also increased battery sizes to try to improve battery life which has worked out pretty well. Most modern smartphones with some sort of...

Lenovo is expected to release the next generation Moto G at an event coming up on May 17. Today a leak confirms that the next gen Moto G will include two variants. Likely we will see a lower cost version and a normal priced version. The new leak confirms the lower end model will feature 2GB of...

I am just getting settled in with my Galaxy S7 Edge and already we have rumors and leaks emerging for the Galaxy Note 6. This device is said to launch earlier than normal. Some have suggested as early as July which is plumb ludicrous if you ask me. Give consumers a minute to breath Samsung! That...

Well it looks like the Galaxy S7 will retain its status as having the best display even after the HTC 10 comes along. Today Evan Blass tweeted out some specs for the upcoming device. Apparently the HTC 10 will feature a Super LCD 5 display instead of AMOLED. For some this won't necessarily be a...

Daaaaannnnnnnngggg Google! Back at it again with another build of Android. Earlier today Google released the first developer preview build of Android N. There is no mention of what the N stands for of course. Surprisingly we don't even get a number scheme! There are lots of new features here...