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The handset shown in Barcelona today is the first one to run BlackBerry 10 OS and to pack a slide-out keyboard, as well as a curved touchscreen.

Today BlackBerry officially announced the Leap, a 5-inch smartphone with dual-core processor. As with all BB 10 OS devices, the Leap can also run Android apps.

Over at MWC 2015 in Barcelona, Silent Circle announced two new devices, the Blackphone 2 handset, and the Blackphone Plus tablet. The main feature of the new devices is an ultra-secure operating system.

The Taiwanese fabless chipmaker presents two new 64-bit processors for mobile devices and a new standard that will simplify resource sharing between gadgets.

The two new handsets will hit the market next month and Samsung hopes they will perform much better than the Galaxy S5 and even the company's best seller so far, Galaxy S4.

This 4-inch Windows smartphone is Windows 10-ready, has low specs, but promises to run better than Android smartphones with similar hardware, and will hit the market next month.

These two new Windows Phone handsets are both upgradeable to Windows 10, come with a one-year subscription to Office 365 Personal, and target the low-end segment of the market.

This new 5-inch handset packs a Corning Gorilla Glass 3-protected IPS Zero Air Gap display, 13 MP main camera, a 64-bit MediaTek processor, and loaded with Android 5.0 Lollipop.

The hotly anticipated HTC flagship doesn't bring many changes from its predecessor, but the improvements are obvious.

The two new Exynos-powered flagships sacrifice removable battery and expandable memory in favor of metal-and-glass design.

Unlike most previous Ubuntu smartphones, Meizu's MX4 Ubuntu Edition is packed with flagship-tier hardware.

The second generation drops the dual SIM capability, but brings 4G LTE connectivity, a larger screen, a faster processor, as well as more internal storage and Android 5.0 Lollipop on top.

The new owner of VAIO, the Japan Industrial Partners investment fund, is allegedly gearing up to officially announce the first VAIO smartphone in the history of the brand.

The industry’s first 128 GB ultra-fast UFS 2.0 embedded memory for next-gen high-end smartphones has just entered mass production.

Sony announced today a new entry-level smartphone called the Xperia E4g. The LTE smartphone will be released in April at prices starting at 120 EUR.

Microsoft is apparently working on an updated version of the Lumia 635 that comes with 1 GB RAM. The updated handset is said to be unveiled next week at MWC 2015.

T-Mobile USA recently published a photo teaser of the upcoming Galaxy S6. The photo confirms that the smartphone will feature a curved display and a metal frame.

LG has officially announced four new mid-range Android smartphones called the LG Joy, Magna, Leon, and Spirit.

A new Samsung Galaxy S6 video teaser from the South Korean manufacturer emphasizes the metal build of the upcoming flagship. The Galaxy S6 will be officially unveiled at MWC 2015 on March 1st.

The new Snapdragon 415, 425, 618 and 620 transform once-premium features such as 64-bit support, LTE and Wi-Fi 802.11ac into baseline standards.

HTC confirmed today that the One M9 will be officially introduced on March 1st at the Mobile World Congress 2015 in Barcelona. The smartphone is rumored to come with a 5-inch fullHD display, a Snapdragon 810 chip, and a 20.7MP primary camera.

A new rumor claims that the official unveiling of the LG G4 is planned for the month of April. On the first day of March, two major Android flagships are expected to be unveiled, the Samsung Galaxy S6, and the HTC One M9 Hima. By unveiling the G4 later in the year, LG plans to distance its device from competing products.

Samsung's proprietary launcher is expected to be considerably revamped for the company's new flagship smartphone whose release date was deduced using the employees' holiday schedules.

Support pages for the upcoming flagship have been spotted yesterday, but they are no longer available.

The second iteration of Motorola's budget smartphone has a 4.5-inch display, Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 processor, 4G LTE connectivity, and comes loaded with Android 5.0 Lollipop.

Without too much fanfare, today Sony unveiled the Xperia Z4, a new Android smartphone. The main highlights of the entry-level device are a 5-inch display, a quad-core 1.3GHz processor, and Android 5.0 Lollipop.

The first leaked Sony Xperia Z4 benchmark result has arrived: the upcoming Sony flagship has been spotted in the Geekbench database, along with most of the hardware specs. The highlights include an octa-core Snapdragon 810 chipset, 3GB of RAM, and Android 5.0.2 Lollipop.

Microsoft started sending out invitations for a press event that the giant will hold on March 2nd in Barcelona at the 2015 edition of the Mobile World Congress. Windows 10 for smartphones is likely to be the main highlight, but new Lumia handsets could be announced as well.

Chinese smartphone manufacturer OnePlus announced that the One will start being available for purchase without an invite on every Tuesday. The promotion applies to all markets except India, where the OnePlus One will be available to purchase invitation-free only on February 10th.

New screenshots of the Windows 10 Technical Preview for smartphones have surfaced online, allowing us a sneak peak at some previously undisclosed features.

The successor of the Sony Xperia E1 has been spotted on the website of a Spanish retailer. The main highlights of the updated entry-level smartphone include a quad-core processor and 1GB of RAM.

The 4.5-inch BQ Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition hits the European market for 169.90 EUR starting next week through a series of Flash Sales.

The race towards thinner and thinner smartphone continues. Chinese smartphone manufacturer Gionee announced that it will unveil a new ultra-thin smartphone on March 2nd at MWC 2015.

OnePlus CEO Peter Lau announced that the company's own custom Android implementation called Oxygen OS will reach OnePlus One owners on February 12. Upcoming OnePlus smartphones will launch with Oxygen OS preinstalled.

The rumors about the upcoming Galaxy S6 version with curved-edge display were true.

The back cover of a golden HTC One M9 aka HTC Hima has been leaked online, allowing us a sneak peak at the design of the upcoming HTC flagship. In addition, the source confirms the previously rumored specs for the HTC One M9 Plus.

Asus has officially unveiled a new affordable Android smartphone in Taiwan. The Asus ZenFone C comes with a 4.5-inch display and a dual-core Intel Atom processor.

Apple’s smartphone sales grew across the US, Europe and China during the Christmas quarter, overtaking Android handsets in the US for the first time since 2012.

Motorola announced that it the Moto X (2014) has already been pre-ordered by 1 million Chinese customers.

Kantar Worldpanel recently announced the results of a very interesting report: in the United States, Apple's iOS was on par with Google's Android during Q4 2014. In most countries, however, Android has a comfortable lead over iOS.

Rumors about the upcoming Galaxy S6 from Samsung just keep surfacing online. New colors, new payment system, faster hardware, these have all been subjects in the past month. Today it's time to take a look at what could be the design of the handset.