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Are you an Android user wishes your phone had a huge notch in the display, a la the iPhone X? Chinese OEM Oukitel has you covered. Their new U18, available for pre-order today, is a USD $159 Android alternative to Apple's flagship. However, this notch lacks any obvious utility beyond aesthetics.

The Huawei P11, or P20 depending on who you ask, has been confirmed to be set for a March 27 launch, at an event scheduled to hold in Paris.

The HTC U11, starting today, will see a price slash that shaves $100 off its regular retail price. The deal ends on February 15.

An unknown Sony Xperia device has made its way over to FCC with a 5-inch display and measurements that point towards an 18:9 display ratio.

OnePlus has released a report that points towards a significant growth in its sales numbers, with smartphone shipments seeing a 55% year-on-year growth and revenue said to have doubled.

Apple confirmed that the US Government has asked questions regarding intentional throttling of old iPhones and reaffirmed that it would not degrade the customer experience to force upgrades.

The Helio P70 made a huge splash in the waters last week when it was benchmarked. It looks like we'll be getting a device powered by the SoC as early as next month, as an announcement by Ulefone claims the company's upcoming T2 Pro smartphone will feature the chipset.

Sony has apparently struck a deal with LG, one that will see future Xperia flagships feature LG's OLED display panels.

Live images of Meizu's upcoming 15 Plus have surfaced, showing a device with nigh-nonexistent bezels and what appears to be a lack of a visible fingerprint sensor.

Although the new stable MIUI ROM for the Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 carries the build number 9.2.4.0, it still uses a Marshmallow core. Sadly, it seems that this Snapdragon 650-powered handset will never get Android Nougat.

Although Google Assistant has been around for a while, it still lacks the ability to use a custom hot word, something that Motorola's Moto Voice introduced back in 2014. Fortunately, it looks like this issue will be fixed soon.

The direct successor of the 5.5-inch ZenFone 4 Max has just received its WiFi certification on January 26. The upcoming handset will obviously launch as the ZenFone 5 Max and runs Android 8.0 Oreo.

Thanks to improved focus and machine learning, Google has been able to remove 700,000 bad apps from the Play Store, 99 percent of which were caught before being installed by any users.

Google has officially welcomed the talent that it purchased from HTC for US$1.1 billion. The team from HTC has been behind the development of the Pixel and Pixel 2 smartphones and will continue to design and develop future Pixel devices.

Xiaomi may be set to announce the launch of the Mi Mix 2S, an update to the Mi Mix 2 that was released back in September, and it could be the first device to feature the new Snapdragon 845.

Vivo's upcoming flagship, the Xplay 7, could be the first device to feature 10 GB of RAM. That's impressive, by all means, by we're not sure how useful it would actually be.

A study by Chinese analytic firm Jiguang has provided data that throws some light on the demographical userbase of Xiaomi and Huawei smartphones in China.

HMD Global Chief Product Officer Juho Sarvikas has recently confirmed that the Nokia 2 will jump straight to Android 8.1 to get advantage of the memory optimization features, but the Nokia 3 will also receive the first Oreo beta soon.

The Mi 7, Xiaomi's next premium device, is set for a post-MWC announcement. The device has also been touted to launch with a price tag close to the $500 mark.

The device that arrived at FCC features the ID code SRQ-ZTEBLADEV9 and its specs confirm some of the previous leaks, such as 2 GB/3 GB RAM and 16 GB/32 GB storage variants. Fortunately, the operating system pre-installed is Android 8.0 Oreo with January's security patch.

The BLU Pure View was silently introduced last week on Amazon with an 18:9 display, 5V/2A quick charge, face unlock, and a dual front camera setup onboard. However, this 5.7-inch handset is only powered by the outdated MediaTek MT6753 octa-core processor.

New predictions from KGI Securities reveal more details about the upcoming iPhones this year. The new report reiterates earlier predictions and outlines the display and component suppliers for the 6.1-inch model while also predicting the RAM and battery capacities of the other models.

An APK teardown of the Settings APK in Note 8 Oreo builds reveals a new biometric authentication called 'Intelligent Scan' that could probably feature in the upcoming Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus. The APK teardown further reveals that the new dual-camera setup in the S9 Plus could enable depth-sensing stickers that can be added to photographs.

The Mi 6X will succeed the Mi 5X that doubled up as the Mi A1 last year. A new leak with live images of the supposed device has surfaced online.

A few weeks ago, a camera app revealed that the Nokia 7 Plus would be on HMD's lineup of smartphones for 2018. The device has made its way over to Geekbench, with the benchmark listing showing it powered by a Snapdragon 660, and running on Android Oreo.

The Helio P70 has made its way over to AnTuTu and it shines, with scores showing the chipset giving the Kirin 960 a run for its money.

The Essential PH-1 was one of our picks for best value smartphone of 2017, and it's cheaper right now, as Amazon has it listed at US$435. Not a bad deal for a device with a QHD display, 4 GB of RAM, 128 GB of storage, and a Snapdragon 835.

The Nokia 10 could feature a rotating penta-lens camera setup, if rumor on the street is to be believed. If HMD Global can pull it off, it will be the first major camera advancement for the brand since the Lumia 1020.

The new PowerVR Series8XT GT8540 GPU uses Imagination Technologies' Furian architecture and provides an 80 percent fill rate gain over its predecessor. Even more, it can feed up to six 4K displays at 60 fps simultaneously.

Although the Chinese market recorded a few quarterly drops in the past, 2017 was the first year ever to end with a negative smartphone shipments growth.

KGI Securities revealed some more information about what can be expected of iPhones in 2018. Alongside the details, the report also implied that the iPhone X will be discontinued than be discounted due to low sales. Apple watchers, however, say this is highly unlikely.

Qualcomm is facing a EU€997 million (US$1.2 billion) fine from the European Union for anti-competitive practices based around a five year contract (2011 - 2016) with Apple which imposed a financial penalty if Apple sourced 4G LTE modems from any of Qualcomm's competitors. Qualcomm is also being investigated for intentionally selling modems below cost price in order to force a competitor out of the market between 2009 and 2011.

Samsung is mulling to sell its Exynos SoCs to other smartphone vendors in a bid to boost its foundry utilization and increase its market share in the mid-range segment.

The in-display fingerprint sensor from Synaptics will be featured for the first time in the Vivo X20 Plus smartphone. This model comes with mid-range specs and will only be available in China at launch.

The HTC M9 was released way back in 2015, so it's something of a surprise to learn that it will be receiving the update to Oreo. An early March rollout is expected.

The Honor 7X was one of our value picks of 2017 and it has finally gone on sale on Amazon US. The device itself may cost just $200 but tax and handling fees bring the total up to $225.

Another device has exploded, this time a Moto G4 Play in Brazil. This would be the second case of this kind in recent times, as a Moto G4 also took the fiery route last month.

Huawei's upcoming P-series device was said to be the P20 but that may not be the case as a document showing the "Huawei P11" moniker as trademarked by the company has surfaced.

The LG G6 was launched on Android Nougat just over a year ago, and LG has confirmed that the European model of the device will receive its update to Oreo in June.

The Meizu 15 Plus will be Meizu's next flagship and it will feature top of the line features and a killer design.

Two months after the public build of Android 8.0 Oreo, the Nokia 8 flagship receives a beta of the Android 8.1 firmware. This update comes with cheese on top of the patty for the hamburger emoji, as well as many unspecified small improvements.

An Honor representative on Huawei's official forums has confirmed the list of Honor devices that will run on the Oreo-based EMUI 8.0, with the Honor 8 and V8 surprise inclusions, and the Honor 6X apparently set to miss out.

The Surge S2 will be Xiaomi's second attempt at creating an in-house SoC. Details of the chipset have leaked and it looks rather interesting, with performance values that we expect to trade blows with the Snapdragon 821.

The 5.5-inch BLU R2 Plus is now available via Amazon for US$179.99. Its specs include a MediaTek MT6753 processor, 3 GB RAM, and 32 GB internal storage.

The first 512 GB microSD cards are slated to launch this February with reading speeds up to 90 MB/s and support for 1080p video recording.

The Snapdragon 425-powered LG Aristo 2 comes with Android 7.1.2 onboard and only features 2 GB RAM and 16 GB internal storage. However, its price is far below the US$100 mark, so there is not much to complain about.

A Sony device, a few hours ago, made its way to FCC's certification bus stop, and there's reason to believe it will not feature a 3.5mm headphone jack.