Microsoft’s upcoming mid-range smartphone, the Lumia 650, has been in the news a lot lately, along with a couple of possible siblings – the Lumia 750 and 850.

And now thanks to an alleged leak originating at a smartphone distributor in the Czech Republic, we may know how much the Lumia 650 is going to cost, at least in Europe.

The phone will apparently be priced at CZK 5,491 in the Czech Republic, SIM-free and unlocked of course. That currently translates into $222 or €203. Though given the exchange rate situation, if it ever launches in the US we expect it to be less than $199 unlocked. And in the Eurozone its price could be something like €199.

The Lumia 650 will reportedly feature a 5-inch 720p touchscreen, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 210 chipset, an 8 MP main camera, a front-facing speaker, LTE, and a 2,000 mAh battery. It will run Windows 10 Mobile, naturally. The handset might become official at MWC next month.

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Google is launching a new promotion for users of its Android Pay system. It’s called Tap 10, and it’s all about making sure you use Android Pay as much as possible. By paying for stuff using Android Pay, you can win stuff such as free songs from Google Play Music, as well as a Chromecast.

The more you tap and pay (at brick-and-mortar stores), the more free things you get. Each tap nets you a free song from Play Music, and when you reach ten taps you get a free Chromecast – that’s a $35 value.

Caveats? Sure. First off, to play the Tap 10 thing, you first need to see it in the Android Pay app. Currently, some people do, others don’t – it’s unclear why exactly. On the other hand, the promo does run until February 29, so that’s plenty of time for Google to get it together. When it does work, the promo shows up as a card in the Android Pay app. Tapping on it will bring you to the UI you can see in the screenshots above.

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