Who said IFA 2018 isn’t about phones? | #PNWeekly 320

Nine Android phones have launched and we expect more to come along soon. We also cover Xiaomi's OPPO Find X and other mobile tech news in our show!

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BLU Vivo XI+ debuts as company relaunches with streamlined approach

Last week, the company made promises to be a better phone maker. It continued to make those promises with the launch of the Vivo XI+.

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Data siphoning by Chinese ad sellers continues on in Asia

The Singtech P10 features firmware linked to a Taiwanese company that sucks up all sorts of personal data and then sells ads against it.

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BLU Products reaches settlement with FTC after putting users’ personal data at risk for years

Even though BLU failed to protect the privacy and security of its users' personal information for a pretty long time, also lying about the company's practices, the FTC is not imposing a financial penalty on the smartphone vendor yet.

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BLU Vivo XL3 and XL3 Plus are properly announced and up for grabs starting at just $110

Amazon has the freshly unveiled BLU Vivo XL3 and XL3 Plus smartphones available for discounted prices of $110 and $130 for a limited time only.

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BLU Vivo One Plus comes with 2:1 screen, huge battery, otherwise unimpressive specs

With a terrible name, ancient pre-installed software and modest features all in all, the BLU Vivo One Plus is likely to be saved by a killer price point.

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Catastrophic BLU Life One X2 bug is finally fixed, Life One X3 quietly unveiled

If you've resisted the temptation of doing a BLU Life One X2 factory reset to bypass a recent password request, there's now a way to gain back access.

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Software update completely shuts out BLU Life One X2 owners from their phones

Software updates are usually a reason of joy for users of low-cost phones like the BLU Life One X2, but not when they add random passwords at boot time.

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