Archos takes the wraps off three low-cost Oxygen tablets with Marshmallow

Posted on by Adrian Diaconescu

It’s not unusual to see tech companies, especially little ones, jump the gun ahead of crowded events like CES or MWC to score their new products a few minutes of fame. But five days in advance of the Mobile World Congress’ start feels way too early, and yet, Archos has already unleashed upon us its latest trio budget-conscious Android slates.These are called 70 Oxygen, 80 Oxygen, and 101b Oxygen, and obviously range in size from 7 to 10.1 inches. You’d traditionally be looking at the largest model to pack the most punch, but in fact, the three tabs all sport the same exact ...

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Crazy Samsung Galaxy S7 unboxing videos tease phone’s launch … with a llama

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

Has the stress of organizing a major smartphone launch gotten to Samsung’s head? We understand – there’s a lot of pressure on you when you’re on top and the world’s looking at you to deliver smash hit after smash hit – and sometimes that kind of strain can manifest itself in … interesting ways. In advance of Sunday’s MWC Unpacked event, where we’re expecting Samsung to formally announce the Galaxy S7,

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Maybe the LG G5 actually won’t have a V10-style secondary screen

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

LG sure loves the idea of giving its smartphones some interesting, and downright unusual displays: starting with the V10, and continuing most recently on the new X screen handset, that’s meant a full-sized panel with a secondary banner/ticker/auxiliary screen on top. But while this is clearly something the manufacturer’s still interested in, will we see the flagship G5 launch with its own secondary screen? Early ...

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Samsung may already be teasing the rumored Gear 360 panoramic VR camera

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

With MWC so close over the horizon, and some of its big flagship devices having leaked as thoroughly as they have, it’s easy to start getting a little cynical: why look forward to the expo when we already know what we’re getting? But that would be a foolish position to take, and for as much as we may think we know about the new hardware about to make its debut, we’re nearly ...

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Four more LG ‘specialist’ phones in the works: X max, X speed, X style, and X power

Posted on by Adrian Diaconescu

The past 48 hours have brought both good and bad news for LG fans who counted on seeing more than just the G5 showcased at the 2016 Mobile World Congress, as the mid-range X cam, X screen, and Stylus 2 phones were pre-announced, while the LG Pay digital wallet service stumbled

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Stylus-wielding Huawei Matebook apparently confirmed for MWC launch

Posted on by Adrian Diaconescu

Of all the high-profile Mobile World Congress exhibitors that confirmed their presence at the Barcelona trade fair lately, Huawei was probably the most secretive, supplying us with a date and merely teasing the global coming of a “new device.”Okay, but what kind of new device? Smartphone? Smartwatch? Fitness ...

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Blass sees the LG G5 and it has a second screen

Posted on by Jules Wang

Update: The story has been revised to reflect that Blass was not specific in calling out the “Second Screen”-branded feature as found on the V10.The demonstration tables will be packed with many different devices at LG’s pad in Barcelona during Mobile World Congress. Thing is, we’re all fixated on what the flagship, the G5, will give us. It’s a device that’s taken a departure from previous ...

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LG Pay doesn’t look like it’s coming to MWC, after all

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

We’ve been looking forward to LG stepping up to join the likes of Samsung and Apple with its own mobile payment solution since rumors first started brewing last fall, and with the leak of a physical Coin-like electronic payment card just a couple weeks back, things were looking like they were nicely falling into place for a possible MWC debut. LG’s MWC event is set to explode upon Barcelona in just another six days, with the flagship G5 headlining the festivities. And while the G5 will be joined by plenty ...

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ZTE joins the growing ranks of smartphone companies with February 21 MWC events

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

Are you a smartphone manufacturer coming to MWC in Barcelona next week? Do you want to get your new product out in the public eye before it’s lost in the noise of the week’s ongoing showcase? What you want to do, see, is throw yourself a press event a press event the day before MWC 2016 formally gets started on next Monday, February 22. That’s why we’ve seen some of the biggest players in the business lining up to beat the crowds with February 21 announcements: LG, Samsung, ...

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New batch of Galaxy S7 renders shows off Samsung’s color palette

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

After all the waiting, all the rumors, and all the speculation, Samsung’s next smartphone flagship is nearly ready to launch: by this time next week, the Galaxy S7 will be upon us. Even at this late date, though, we’re still picking up new information about Samsung’s possible plans, most recently in the form of some pricing rumors. This morning we find ourselves playing catch-up ...

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Forthcoming low-cost Samsung tablet leaked in full – Galaxy Tab A or Tab E 7.0?

Posted on by Adrian Diaconescu

As crystal clear as everything looks on the Galaxy S7 speculation front with less than a week left until the “next big thing’s” announcement, it’s practically impossible to predict exactly what Android tablet or tablets will be chaperoning the premium phone at MWC in Barcelona.We’re expecting an onslaught of 7 to ...

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Lenovo teases ‘gorgeous new device’ for MWC, probably a global Lemon 3

Posted on by Adrian Diaconescu

It’s probably way too late for any mobile-involved company to start building up buzz around products set to be unveiled at MWC next week, and hope they’ll magically steal the spotlight away from the long-in-the-rumor-mill Samsung Galaxy S7, S7 Edge, and LG G5.But there’s plenty of room under the Barcelona sun for Lenovo to score its mysterious upcoming “knockout” 15 ...

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Windows 10 Mobile-powered HP Falcon may actually be Elite x3

Posted on by Jules Wang

We already knew that the Falcon would fly, but it seems that it’s undergoing a change of call letters.The HP Elite hardware lineup has usually featured Windows playing on a fairly large canvas. Our picture above is one from our hands-on of the ElitePad back in 2012.But Evan Blass says that the third time around, it’ll be on a smartphone.Windows 10 Mobile-powered HP Falcon is coming to market as the HP Elite ...

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LG takes what its learned and applies it to midrange X cam, X screen

Posted on by Jules Wang

Forget about the G5 (and the G5 Lite) for just one second. Maybe even forget that the budget-minded K series is around.LG has just launched its two-pronged X series to redouble its mid-range efforts. It’s going about it by breaking some naming conventions: we’re dealing with the X cam and the X screen. Both ...

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