Entry-level LG X2 with 5-inch display and 8MP camera launched for $175

LG has launched a new smartphone, dubbed X2. It's an entry-level smartphone that's powered by a Snapdragon SoC with quad-core 1.3GHz processor, and sports a 5-inch HD display. The device comes with 2GB of RAM and 16GB of storage. There's an 8MP camera on the back, and a 5MP shooter on the front. Measuring 144.8x71.9x8.2mm and weighing in at 152g, the phone runs runs Android 7.1.2 Nougat and packs in a 2,500mAh battery. On the software side, there are features like 'Auto Shot', which recognizes faces automatically when you take a self-portrait, and 'Quick Share', which lets you...

Huawei Honor 7s launches in the UK at £99

The Huawei Honor 7s was unveiled a month ago and today it makes its UK debut. Priced at just £99, this phone brings Android 8.1 Oreo (with EMUI 8.0), dual SIM connectivity and a dedicated microSD slot. Only the Black color option is available today, you can find it at HiHonor, Argos and Three. Blue and Gold versions will launch later on. A quick introduction to the Honor 7s. It has a 5.45" screen with a tall aspect ratio and 720 x 1,440 px resolution. It runs Oreo on a quad-core processor with 2 GB of RAM and 16 GB storage. Europe gets the version with a 5 MP selfie camera (not...

Xiaomi Mi 6X Hatsune Miku Edition officially arrives

Xiaomi and Vocaloid are partnering once again in releasing a Hatsune Miku phone after last year's Redmi Note 4X teal version. This time they introduced the Mi 6X Hatsune Miku Edition in turquoise color. As expected, the phone has the character engraved on the back, while on the inside it is the version with 6 GB RAM and 64 GB storage. The promo Hatsune Miku edition is limited to 5,000 units with some incentives for the biggest fans. In the retail box you can find a turquoise 10,000 mAh power bank with the character on it, a semi-transparent case with Hatsune Miku in color and a...

Samsung Messages bug may share your entire gallery without permission

Users of Samsung's Messages app are facing a weird issue. Several of them have confirmed their entire galleries of photos has been sent to a random contact, and the scary part is the whole process happened without leaving a trace (meaning the sent photos didn't show up at their end). So... S9s have been sporadically sending the entire contents of one's gallery to a contact via SMS, and it doesn't show up on your side. Might be worth checking logs on your carrier's site, because it happened on my T-Mobile Note8 Last night around 2:30 am, my phone sent her my entire photo gallery over...

Google Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL design leaks in full

Google is preparing to launch its 2018 flagships, usually debuting in early October. Yet we don't have to wait another three months to know what they'll look like as some renders filled us in today. . The images and video confirm that the Google Pixel 3 will have a normal forehead, while the Pixel 3XL variant will implement the infamous notch. Dimensions of Pixel 3 XL notch and chin Both phones are also pictured with only one camera on the back, suggesting Google is still not joining the trend of dual and triple cameras. Google Pixel 3 renders The Google Pixel 3...

Meizu 16 may launch sooner than expected

So far, there have been expectations of an August launch for the Meizu 16 series of smartphones. However, the latest development suggests the devices may arrive sooner than that. In an interaction with the Meizu community, the Chinese company's founder and CEO Jack Wong has said the series will be launched as soon as possible. If you read between the lines, an August launch is still possible (after all 'as soon as possible' doesn't guarantee a particular time frame). But given that Wong's response came after community members told the CEO that they are fine with a mid-August launch,...

Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon Wear 2500 chipset for kids' smartwatches

Qualcomm finally updated its wearable chipset line-up, but the Snapdragon Wear 2500 chip raises a few eyebrows. The press release makes it very clear that this targets kid-oriented watches and it doesn't really seem like something designed for premium watches (maybe that's coming later?). The processor is still based on ancient Cortex-A7 cores - four of them - so not much has changed on this front. Qualcomm claims that the new chipset is 14% more power efficient, which is nice until you consider that it replaces the Wear 2100 (introduced in 2016), which was based on the Snapdragon 210...