BlackBerry’s Android-powered Priv smartphone has received a price cut in Canada, where carrier Bell is currently selling the device for CAD 299.99 on a regular two-year contract.

Other local carriers like Rogers and Telus are currently selling the handset at higher rates. What’s worth mentioning here is that Sasktel is also offering the Priv for CAD 299.99 as part of a limited time offer but the listing reveals that the device is currently out of stock online.

For those interested in purchasing an unlocked unit instead, BlackBerry has the device listed on its website for CAD 899.

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We already told you that Oppo is expected to unveil a couple of big things at MWC, with one of them being a “groundbreaking power solution.” While Oppo hasn’t provided any more details as yet, it’s now being said that the company is planning to unveil the next-gen VOOC tech.

As you might already know, VOOC is a fast charging technology developed by Oppo that is claimed to be capable of charging the phone’s battery from zero to 75% in only 30 minutes. While the current VOOC technology works as a wired charging solution, the new report says Oppo could announce wireless VOOC flash charging at MWC.

This means that you’ll be able to take advantage of the technology by just placing your Oppo handset on a wireless charging board. Needless to say, this hasn’t been officially confirmed by the Chinese company, so take it with a pinch of salt. Oppo’s MWC press event is on February…

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Back in December last year, Samsung said that its mobile payments service Samsung Pay will launch in China “as soon as early 2016”. Now, the South Korean company has announced that the launch will happen in the month of March, although no specific date was mentioned.

The China launch will be followed by rollout in Australia, Brazil, Singapore, Spain and, the UK later this year. The company has also added Canada to the launch roadmap. For those who missed, recently-leaked promotion material revealed that the service will also be available in Russia soon.

Samsung also revealed that around five million registered Samsung Pay users processed over 500 million dollars in the first six months. The mobile payments service is currently available in the company’s home country as well as the United…

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Back in October last year, Motorola announced a list of devices that the company said will receive the Android Lollipop update. The list included the DROID Ultra/Mini/Maxx. However, it has now been announced that these handsets won’t be receiving the update.

The announcement was made by Motorola’s senior director of software product management David Schuster on Google+. “We know how important software upgrades are to our customers, and we’re very sorry that we are unable to provide the upgrade,” he said in the post.

Schuster, however, said that the company is compensating for this by offering DROID Ultra/Mini/Maxx users discounts on the Droid Turbo 2 and Maxx 2 – the former will be available for $524 ($100 off), while the latter will cost $334 ($50 off).

The offer expires on Thursday, May 19, and the promo code must be redeemed by Thursday, June 2. For more details, head to the Source 2 link below.

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