According to a new report citing the ever-present “people familiar with the company’s plans”, Google will hold a special Nexus-themed event on September 29 in San Francisco.

On this occasion the newly-rebranded search giant will introduce us to the new LG Nexus and the Huawei Nexus (purportedly pictured below). These devices have been leaking a lot lately, which you’ve probably noticed.

LG’s offering has been said to be the successor to the same company’s Nexus 5 from 2013, while the Huawei Nexus should be a more bearable (read: smaller) interpretation of last year’s Nexus 6 phablet by Motorola.

This will be the first Nexus phone for Huawei, a company that clearly wants to use it as a way to gain brand recognition and favorable sentiments in developed markets. On the other hand, this will be the third Nexus for LG, by now quite the veteran in this respect. The two Nexus handsets will be released running Android 6.0 Marshmallow of course.

The new report doesn’t say anything about pricing, unfortunately, but it does reiterate this previously rumored unveiling date, serving as one more confirmation that it’s actually going to be the big day. Do keep in mind that Google has declined to comment on this information, so there’s still a slim chance it’s not entirely accurate (and plans can…

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The Huawei G8 isn’t exactly a mystery, having been first made official a few weeks back, but today we got confirmation that it will launch in Europe in the future. Not only that, we also know how much it will cost: €399 SIM-free and unlocked.

Huawei may choose to sell it through its own European online store, which opened recently with the launch of the Honor 7. That said, it’s still unclear when European customers will be able to nab a G8.

The G8 is part of what can best be described as Huawei’s most-premium mid-range line of smartphones, if that makes any sense. It’s not high-end (there’s the Mate S for that), but it could come with just enough power for most.

The Huawei G8 has a 5.5-inch 1080p touchscreen, a 13 MP rear camera with dual-LED flash, a 5 MP selfie shooter, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 SoC running things (with a 1.7 GHz octa-core Cortex-A53 CPU), dual-SIM functionality, 4G LTE support, and a 3,000 mAh battery.

In Europe we’ll see only the version with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of built-in storage (which is expandable). It will be offered in three color variations – dark silver, white, and gold. It runs Android 5.1 Lollipop with Emotion UI 3.1 on top.

The phone’s screen is a 2.5D curved affair, and on its back there’s a fingerprint scanner with support for scrolling, zooming, and other gestures. The G8 has an all-metal…

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Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 is the Korean giant’s latest entry into the market for premium full-size tablets. Launched alongside a compact variant with 8″ display, the ultra-thin newcomer is aimed squarely at Apple’s iPad family in its segment.

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