Fancy a water-resistant 5.2-inch LG V20? Move to Japan, and get the V34 on AU

It’s hard to imagine an Android smartphone looking better on paper than the LG V20 this holiday season. The non-modular Snapdragon 820 powerhouse appears to have it all, from a robust exterior to an ingeniously removable battery, sharp display, copious RAM count, dual rear camera, wide angle lens selfie shooter, Hi-Fi Quad DAC audio, and even pre-installed 7.0 Nougat software.Wait a ...

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Red HTC 10 may be a KDDI au exclusive

We heard that the HTC 10 would break outside of the pallid phone palette that other manufacturers have stuck to for a long time. You know what we’re talking about. Black. White. Gold. Oh no, not … roooooose goooold. But hey, a strong, bold red wouldn’t be bad on this shiny new phone, right?Well, ePrice ...

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Japan’s first Firefox OS phone may be best-looking yet

Upstart smartphone platforms have their work cut out for them. The market has become increasingly a three-man race, with Android, iOS, and Windows Phone succeeding while past players like BlackBerry fade into the background. Getting a foot in the door there is a huge obstacle, and platforms like Sailfish, Ubuntu, and Firefox OS continue to struggle to do so. Among them, Firefox OS has had the problem of being largely targeted at users who needed quite basic phones, and much of the hardware that’s ...

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HTC’s new J Butterfly is the waterproof One (M8) you always wanted

HTC has been on a roll of positive results this year, something that we’ve all wanted to happen as this is one of the last remaining smartphone pioneers of our time. The HTC One (M8), and the legacy left by last year’s HTC One have been ...

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