Lots of people love large smartphones, but not if they’re too large. Google learned this the hard way when it launched the 6-inch Nexus 6 and its smartphone sales started to fall, but Sony isn’t paying attention. New images reveal the Japanese company is working on a new Xperia C series smartphone with a front-facing LED flash and

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Bang & Olufsen’s Hi-Fi audio module, one of the most exciting “Friends” we’ve seen so far for the new LG G5, may not be available in the U.S. LG has removed all mentions of the device from its G5 webpage for U.S. visitors, as well as a number of other countries. The Bang & Olufsen Hi-Fi

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If you’re getting frustrated with your productivity or workflow at the computer, you might need to get your computer to work with you better. Scapple is a free-form mind-mapping application that makes it effortless to record your ideas and tease out connections between them. And for a limited time only, you can get it for

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Samsung has rolled out its first software updates for the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge to fix problems some users have experienced with touch input. The release also delivers a new “shape correction” feature for the Camera app that hopes to prevent distorted images. This update, which sports build number XXU1APD1, is currently rolling

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HTC is set to announce its new HTC 10 smartphone on Tuesday, but you don’t need to wait until then to find out what it’s going to look like. The leaked ad below reveals the handset’s pretty new form factor a full day early. We’ve already gotten a glimpse at the HTC 10 in a

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The HTC 10’s Sense 8 user interface could be just as exciting as the device itself is shaping up to be. According to new leaks, HTC has packed in a new “Freestyle UI” feature that gives users more control over their home screens, and allows pretty stickers to serve as app shortcuts. Isn’t it annoying

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Slipping on headphones doesn’t mean you have to slip under the radar. These high-performance headphones will take you front and center to music that might as well be live. They’re super comfortable, can bend and fold as you wish, and look incredibly stylish all the while. Plus with universal ControlTalk for any smartphone, you can

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It’s not difficult to predict what Samsung’s Galaxy Note refresh will bring each year; it typically ends up being a larger, slightly more powerful version of the latest Galaxy S that launched months earlier. But every so often, Samsung surprises us with something completely new. According to one report, that will be an iris scanner for this

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BlackBerry’s switch to Android may not have done much to boost its smartphone sales so far, but the Canadian company isn’t ready to give up yet. CEO John Chen has promised that BlackBerry has two mid-range Android devices lined up for 2016 — one of which will feature a physical keyboard like the Priv, while the

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Although Apple’s Swift language might be open source now, the last place you’d expect to see it is on Android. But according to some sources, Google is considering making Swift a “first class” language for the iPhone’s biggest rival. Swift has been widely praised since Apple introduced it in June 2014. It was voted the

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