OnePlus 6 breaks vague sales records while scoring launch-day update with notch-hiding option

Thanks to the first OnePlus 6 software update, released as the phone's global sales were opening, early adopters will be able to hide the notch right out the box. Also, shoot super slow motion video.

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OnePlus 5T breaks launch day sales records, lacks Project Treble support

With or without Project Treble, the OnePlus 5T, 5, 3T and 3 will all get Android 8.1 "later." In the meantime, the 5T is shaping up like a smash hit.

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Samsung celebrates one million Galaxy Note 8 sales in Korea alone

After a raucous pre-order start, the S Pen-wielding Samsung Galaxy Note 8 achieved the one million Korean sales milestone in 48 days total.

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Xiaomi starts Western European expansion after another month of 10 million+ global sales

Xiaomi is having a pretty great year in terms of global smartphone volume, and so it's definitely no surprise to see the Chinese OEM expanding to Spain.

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Big in India: Xiaomi sold 1 million smartphones on Amazon and Flipkart in just 2 days last week

Flipkart and Amazon's recent promotions in India further raised Xiaomi's regional profile, making us wonder if perhaps Samsung's domination is in danger.

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Premium OnePlus 5 easily passes durability tests, gets off to flying start at box office

Already hailed as the company's fastest selling device ever, the freshly released OnePlus 5 also shines in typical durability experiments.

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Samsung US talks up early Galaxy S8/S8+ demand as Korean pre-order scores are updated

Samsung's hot new Galaxy S8 and especially S8+ are unsurprisingly far more popular than the S7 and S7 Edge both in the US and Korea.

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Samsung officially forecasts rising profits for Q1 2017, nearly breaking all-time records

Even with the Galaxy Note 7 out of the picture, the Galaxy S8 not yet released and the S7 getting a bit long in the tooth, Samsung made a boatload of money.

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Apple A10 chipmaker TSMC reports record Q3 profit, and it’s all thanks to the iPhone 7

60 million unit shipments by the end of the year? 70? 80 or more? It’s still hard to forecast iPhone 7 numbers with any precision, especially after so many conflicting reports and signs, not to mention Apple’s unusual decision to keep opening weekend scores under wraps.As such, ...

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Apple sales records, Blackberry security, and we get stuff wrong | Pocketnow Weekly 211

Juan’s review of the Alcatel Idol 4S is LIVE, but what did Juan get wrong in his review? Apple sells it’s billionth phone while sales decline. Blackberry delivers the “world’s most secure Android smartphone”, but can we trust that claim in the light of recent encryption issues? Those stories, and we’ll tackle your viewer emails! Make sure you’re charged and ready for episode 211 of the Pocketnow Weekly!Watch the live video broadcast at 2:00pm Eastern on July 28th (click

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Xiaomi crosses 110 million global Redmi phone sales, beefs up offline presence in India

Xiaomi turned six a few months back, and will soon celebrate half a decade since its first ever handheld went on sale, but Global VP and former top Googler Hugo Barra wants to draw attention today to a slightly younger, super-successful family of low-cost smartphones.Apparently, no less than 110 million Redmi devices were sold around the world between August 2013 and now, equating to an average of 1.21 units per second. So, yeah, in the time it took you to read my headline and these introductory words, Xiaomi hawked another four or five Redmi-series phones. And an extra one just now.Of ...

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