Huawei’s P9 will finally be made official at an event on April 6, which is this Wednesday. The grand unveiling follows leaks upon leaks that we’ve seen of the device over the past few weeks. In fact, its back side got portrayed in all its glory mere hours ago, complete with Leica branding for the camera and new Huawei text-only logo on the lower side.

And now we’ve got a leaked list of specs for the P9, probably the last one before it gets official. It comes courtesy of a benchmark run, though it’s not AnTuTu this time (like last month), but GFXBench.

Interestingly, the specs revealed…

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Love watching torture-test videos of the newest smartphones? Then you’ll definitely enjoy this one. Coming just a few days after the first such video for the iPhone SE is a new one, with a slightly different focus. While last week we’ve shown you how Apple’s latest 4-inch device has managed to withstand scratching, burning, and bending, this time around it faces an almost entirely new set of challenges.

The common thing between the two videos is the bend test, though today’s showing is a lot more scientific. We don’t just get a ‘pass’ or ‘fail’ evaluation, but we find out that the iPhone…

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Earlier today we found out that the upcoming Meizu m3 note is going to cost CNY 1,099 ($169 or €148 at the current exchange rates), and now it’s time for another bit of news regarding a Meizu smartphone.

This one is called the MX5E, and it’s actually a new variation of the MX5 that has been released last year. It’s slightly lower-end and also cheaper by a little, in fact.

Meizu has launched the MX5E in China without an official announcement or anything of the sort. It can be found in stores starting at CNY 1,399, which is about $215 or €189. Apparently that’s CNY 100 ($15, €13)…

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Microsoft is testing a new service called Outlook Premium. Currently, you can only get it if you receive an invite (if you want one, you can request it here).

Outlook Premium gives you five personalized email addresses (using a custom domain of your choosing), an ad-free inbox, and improved calendar sharing. For those who have invites, it’s free for the first year. Following that, Outlook Premium is priced at $3.99 per month.

This may also be launched as a free add-on for Office 365 subscribers at some point in the future, after the testing phase has concluded. Yet if you’re…

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