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Shortly after introducing loyalty card integration and support for Uber, this mobile payment system now gets support for 44 new banks and credit unions.

A leaked screenshot possibly revealed an updated Pro version of the alleged Xiaomi Mi Note 2-series. It might come with up to 8 GB of RAM, up to 256 GB of storage and a faster 2.6 GHz processor. The question is: when will it be released?

Chinese media company LeEco today officially announced the Pro 3 smartphone. They did manage to pack an impressive 4.070 mAh battery into a 7.5 mm metal case but if you are looking for a headphone jack or a Micro-SD-slot look elsewhere.

Samsung announced that over 500,000 safe units arrived in the US, have been shipped to carrier and retail stores, and should be available for exchange starting today.

This Qualcomm Snapdragon 625-powered 5.5-inch Android handset will hit Canada as early as October 18 via Rogers, Virgin Mobile, and Fido.

This 10.1-inch convertible with a Wacom digitizer instead of a keyboard starts at $500 USD, coming with Android or Windows. Shipments are expected to begin next month.

This 5-inch handset runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow and is powered by a MediaTek MT6735P processor, next to 2 GB RAM and 16 GB internal storag, all for around $120 USD.

Apart from new pictures and a leaked video, today's rumors about this year's Google Pixel Phones also mention pricing. Starting at $649 for the smaller Pixel, they might not be your cheapest option.

Now it's official: Google is teasing the arrival of their next generation Pixel Phones that will not be sold as Nexus Phones anymore. The #madebygoogle hashtag and website want to make us believe that these phones were made by Google but we all know who really manufactured them, don't we?

As the first replacement units for the recalled phablets begin to arrive, Samsung has already scheduled the comeback of the Galaxy Note 7. According to a spokesperson for the company, sales will resume on September 28 in South Korea and other markets, as long as conditions allow.

Although it lacks water resistance and a high-end processor, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 650-powered Xperia X Compact has a top-of-the-line 23 MP main camera and can be currently pre-ordered from Amazon for $449.99 USD (unlocked), $50 USD down from the regular price.

Xiaomi published a teaser this past weekend pointing to the 27th of September as the release date for its next top of the line smartphone flagship, the Mi 5S. As a pimped up successor to the popular Mi 5 it might feature ultrasonic fingerprint technology and a Snapdragon 821 processor. Plus we heard some other rumors about other Xiaomi smartphones.

DigiTimes is reporting that the two HTC smartphones will be high-end and entry-level offerings with Snapdragon SoCs and fingerprint readers on each. Launch prices have not been confirmed.

The next flagship from LeEco could be the first consumer smartphone with 8 GB RAM, 256 GB of storage, 5000 mAh battery, and dual cameras. The official teaser aims to take some attention away from Apple's iPhone 7 series.

Two weeks after Samsung, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued an official recall of the Note 7 handsets sold locally as well. There are over 1 million units affected, including those sold by Verizon Wireless, AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, US Cellular, and even Best Buy.

This 8-inch slate arrived on the market in June 2015, powered by a quad-core Intel Atom SoC and running Android 5.0 Lollipop. Although not available via OTA, an official Android Marshmallow update has been finally issued by Asus and can be downloaded from its website.

Many manufacturers will take a break from making smartwatches, meaning there will be no new models this year. Some are waiting for the latest version of Android Wear, some want to wait and see what people expect from a smartwatch.

Microsoft's app "Outlook" for iOS and Android will get new calendar features: Automatically created icons, maps in the event details and publicly available calendars that you can subscribe to. And there's even more...

The two handsets now get firmware versions 27.3.A.0.122 and 27.3.B.0.122, thus receiving the usual Android 6.0 features - Doze mode, Google Now on Tap, granular permissions, and more.

AT&T subscribers who own these two handsets that were apparently stuck with Lollipop can finally move forward, as their devices receive Android 6.0. Unfortunately, there is little hope about an official Nougat update for them.

This 5.7-inch phablet has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 processor under the hood, next to 6 GB RAM and 256 GB internal storage, carrying a price tag of almost $800 USD in Taiwan.

Although the new 10.1-inch Galaxy Tab A has been around for a few weeks, the variant with S Pen is only available in Korea for the time being, with more markets expected to follow soon.

This 5.5-inch handset is powered by a MediaTek 6753 processor, having 3 GB memory and 32 GB internal storage, all for just $199.99 USD.

This official software update stops the device from fully charging, so even the units with a defective battery should no longer blow up.

Qualcomm is busy working on the successor to this year's Snapdragon 652 and information of next year's Octa-Core Snapdragon 653 could have been leaked on Weibo a few days ago. It is supposed to be built using the 28 nm process and will integrate four Cortex-A73 cores.

Tomorrow, Xiaomi is rumored to launch the Mi Note 2 smartphone. Pictures and almost all the specifications have leaked in advance however so let's take a look.

While the Zenfone 3 family of phones is still not available in the US, Asus has published two new videos promoting the camera features of the devices, which are supposed to launch in the last quarter of this year.

The leaked specs reveal that this handset is wider and taller than the Galaxy Note7, while its specs include the Exynos 7420 chip, 3 GB RAM, and 32 GB of expandable internal storage.

Since Pixel handsets running Nexus Launcher would not seem right, Google has also decided to rename this app to Pixel Launcher.

According to the benchmark database, this slate features 2 GB of memory and runs Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow, but nothing is official yet.

As previously rumored, this foldable smartphone is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 425, next to 2 GB RAM and 16 GB internal storage.

A new 7-inch Google tablet manufactured by Huawei is expected to launch later this year with 4 GB RAM, but nothing is official yet.

The wearable Moment is worn around the wrist, has no screen and works with haptic feedback. It is now possible to pre-order the device for 99 USD, deliveries will follow in March 2017.

According to the benchmark database, the specs of this upcoming 4.7-inch handset include a 1.5 GHz octa-core Qualcomm chip, 2 GB RAM, and 8 GB internal storage space.

A Snapdragon 821 processor, up to 6 GB of RAM and 256 GB of storage, a pressure sensitive display and Qualcomm's ultrasonic fingerprint technology indicate a major upgrade to the Mi 5 is in store.

The video shows a few things we did not know about this year's smaller Pixel or Nexus Phone like USB-C port and stereo speakers. The 5 inch Google phone will also have a headphone jack.

Google is seeing a lot of performance improvements and better battery life with Chrome 53 compared to last year's Chrome 46.

Apparently there are talks between Samsung, AMD and Nvidia to integrate more powerful graphics into the mobile Samsung silicon starting 2018. Samsung also wants to have a CDMA capable modem ready by then.

Apple does not want you to know about it obviously, but their recently announced AirPods seem to work with Android as well.

Not only Apple is bumping up storage in their tablets lately, Amazon also gives you twice the storage on its Fire HD 8 tablet. It also bumps up RAM and battery.

According to a German Huawei blog, Google might release a new tablet on October 4th of this year. It could be called Pixel 7P or Pixel 7 and retain the 7 inch format of its 2013 predecessor Nexus 7.

The patch is dated September 6 and, as usual, fixes various Android vulnerabilities that have been discovered recently.

As incredible as it may seem, this five-year-old slate with 1 GB RAM can run Android Nougat, although it will never get an official update.

The new handset is expected to show up next to the Redmi 4, packing a Snapdragon 820/821 processor and 4 GB or 6 GB of memory.

The new Qualcomm Snapdragon 820-powered handset has dual front screens, a metal body, complies with the MIL-STD 810G standard, and is the first smartphone to launch with Android Nougat on board.