Just a few days after it went on sale in the US, the new ‘consumer version’ Gear VR headset is already sold out at third party retailers – while Best Buy is now listing the device as ‘sold out online’, Amazon says it’s ‘temporarily out of stock’.

However, those planning to purchase the $99 headset aren’t completely out of luck as they can still head to the South Korean company’s US website to purchase it. It’s also worth mentioning that T-Mobile has also confirmed it’ll begin carrying the device through its stores later this month.

The company is “working hard to fulfill all orders as quickly as possible,” a Samsung spokesperson said.

The headset also recently went up for pre-orders in Europe, where Germany became the first country where Samsung has the device listed on its local website – price tag is €99 and shipping timeline is early December.

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Multiple leaks revealed that Samsung is working on a variant of the Samsung Galaxy J1 smartphone. The device appeared on GFXbench, Zauba, and Spreadtrum databases carrying the name Galaxy J1 mini.

Starting with GFXbench, the listing reveals a handset carrying the model number SM-J105F, and sporting the Spreadtrum SC8830 chipset with quad-core 1.5GHz CPU; 4.3-inch 800×480 pixel display, 1GB RAM and 8GB of storage. The camera setup features 5MP/VGA snappers and the whole thing is running on Android 5.1.1 Lollipop.

A device with same model number was also listed on Zauba (a website which tracks India’s import and export), although with a 4-inch display. We are willing to trust these documents on the screen size as benchmarks often get those wrong. The Zauba listing also revealed a price tag of INR 3,368 (around $50).

Finally, what associates the SM-J105F with the Galaxy J1 mini moniker is some code that can be found on Spreadtrum’s own website (see screenshot below).

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Lenovo has launched the new Vibe S1 in India. The phone will be sold exclusively through Amazon.

The Vibe S1 is a mid-range smartphone, with a metal frame and Gorilla Glass on the front and back. It has a 5.0-inch 1080p IPS LCD, MediaTek MT6752 processor, 3GB RAM, 32GB storage, 13 megapixel rear camera, 8 megapixel front camera with 2 megapixel secondary depth sensor, dual SIM, LTE, 2420mAh battery, and Android 5.1 Lollipop.

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After the UK, Microsoft has now sent out invitations to Windows Insiders in India for Lumia 950/950 XL launch event in the country, which will be held in both Mumbai and the country’s capital city of New Delhi at 6PM on November 30.

Like those attending the December 2 launch event in Manchester and London, Insiders who attend the India event will also be able to purchase the Windows 10-powered flagship smartphones. Here too, the sales package will include a Microsoft Display Dock.

If you aren’t in the know, both Lumia 950 and 950 XL are now available for purchase in the US – while the former is an AT&T exclusive in the country, the latter won’t be available subsidized on any…

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While we were expecting it to be called the Redmi Note 2 Pro all this while, turns out the new Xiaomi smartphone – which is scheduled be unveiled at an event on November 24 in China – will instead be called the Redmi Note 3.

This was revealed by Xiaomi itself in a teaser image (shown above) posted on its official Weibo account. So, we’ll see the successor to the Redmi Note 2 smartphone – which was released back in August this year – being made official tomorrow.

Xiaomi President Lin Bin also recently posted a teaser image of the device on his Weibo account, revealing a metal design and fingerprint sensor on the back.

From what is known till now, the handset will be powered by MediaTek’s MT6795 (Helio X10) chipset, and sport a 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) display. It will come in 2GB/16GB and 3GB/32GB memory configurations and feature a 5MP/13MP camera combo. Weighing in at 165.97g and measuring 49.98×75.96×8.75mm, the smartphone is rumored to pack in a large 4,000mAh battery.

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The 18.4-inch Samsung Galaxy View tablet, which went on sale in the US earlier this month, has received a decent price cut in the country – the device is now selling for $499.99, down from its launch price of $599.99.

The tablet is available for purchase directly from Samsung, as well as third party retailers like Amazon, Best Buy, and B&H Photo. While the official listing shows both black and white color options as available, third party retailers are currently only selling the black variant.

Specs-wise, the device is powered by an Exynos 7580 chipset with 1.6 GHz octa-core Cortex-A53 CPU, and sports an 18.4-inch 1080p touchscreen. It comes with 2GB RAM, 64GB of expandable storage, 2.1 MP front shooter, 5,700 mAh battery, and Android 5.1 Lollipop.

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We already know that vivo is holding an event on November 30 (teaser shown below) at which the X6 smartphone – which has already cleared TENAA – will be unveiled. Now, just a week before the event, another vivo handset dubbed X6 Plus has been spotted listed on TENAA’s website.

While the TENAA listing reveals that the smartphone – which is already 3C certified in China – will come in two variants: the vivo X6Plus L and X6Plus D, it unfortunately does not include any specifications or images of these models.

Rumors say that the X6 Plus will be powered by a 10-core MediaTek Helio X20 chipset, and sport a 5.7-inch (1440 x 2560 pixel resolution) display. It is expected to come with 4GB RAM and 32GB internal memory, pack in a 4,000mAh battery, and feature a 21MP rear and 12MP front camera. Needless to say, none of these has been officially confirmed, so take it with a heavy dose of salt.

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Google and Huawei just can’t seem to catch a breath. After the bend test videos and the more recent glass shattering, the Huawei manufactured Nexus 6P seems to be having another issue: poor microphone quality.

Users are reporting that the other person on the call is unable to hear them properly. This happens in regular voice calls and also in VoIP calls, such as in Hangouts. Some have reported it only in speakerphone mode and others in both speakerphone and earpiece mode. The issue seems to be widespread enough, with people on Google Forums, xda-developers, and on reddit having the same issue.

Google is currently aware of the issue and is investigating it further.

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The LG Nexus 5X comes with Doze, the new Android feature that promises to extend standby time by being smart about when it lets apps run in the background. To be fair, the old Nexus 5 will get the same feature after the update, but its replacement has two hardware improvements that software updates can’t make up for.

The first is the bigger battery – 2,700mAh – and the second is the newer chipset, Snapdragon 808, built on a 20nm process instead of the 28nm process used for the Snapdragon 800.

The new Nexus 5X significantly improves the talk time over its predecessor and indeed posts and above average of 17 hours. We’ve seen much better performance, the Moto X Style (S808, 3,000mAh) went over 22 hours, and worse – the LG G4 (S808, 3,000mAh) couldn’t quite make it to 17 hours.

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The winning streak of the Samsung Galaxy J7 goes on for another week and the largest phone from the affordable J-series has now been on top for a total of, well, 7 weeks. And you may have guessed the runner-up too – the Galaxy J5 has accompanied its big bro on more than one occasion.

The Sony Xperia Z5 joins them on the podium, kicking the OnePlus down to 5th. It’s another Samsung Galaxy J-series member, the J2, that squeezes in between those two in fourth spot.

Further down the ranks we can find the Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime in 6th – hardly a week has passed without it in the chart. The Galaxy Note5 places seventh, gaining two spots over last week’s position. The Galaxy S6 is again one behind its phablet sibling. Motorola’s Moto G (3rd gen) has climbed one spot into ninth, while the iPhone 6s returns to the chart in 10th.

As always, feel free to follow the links below to find out just why these 10 smartphones were the most popular ones in the past week.

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