Gionee has quietly introduced the Elife S7 Maldives blue version for CNY 2,499 ($402) in China. The Elife S7 was already introduced in India last month for the same price. The new Maldives blue version is just another color variant of the Elife S7.

Stylish and slim form factor defining Elife S series has the new Elife S7 features a 5.2-inch Super AMOLED display with 1080p resolution and protected with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 layer. The Elife S7 powered by an octa-core 1.7 GHz Mediatek MT6752 SoC coupled with Mali-T760MP2 GPU and armed with 2GB of RAM. It features only 16GB of onboard storage and no memory card slot.

Camera setup includes a 13MP rear snapper with LED flash and a 8MP front-facing shooter. It supports dual SIM setup with dual standby feature and supports 4G LTE in both the slots. By default, it runs Amigo OS 3.0 based on the Android 5.0 Lollipop. Gionee has packed 2,750 mAh battery inside its latest flagship.

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Dell has started pushing out the Android 5.0.2 Lollipop update for the Dell Venue 8 7840. You can check if the update is available for download from the Settings app.

Like the KitKat version before it, Lollipop on the Venue 8 seems to be unadulterated and close to stock Android. According to Android Police, it does enable encryption by default, which we have seen in the past causes some drop in performance, but it remains to be seen if that holds true for the Venue 8 as well.

If you have the device, check if the update is…

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One of our European Galaxy S6 units has just received a small software update. The OTA has an Android version 5.0.2, which the device already received last month, but now comes with noticeable improvement to the phone's performance.

As some of you might remember, a lot of Galaxy S6 users have been reporting some severe memory issues and drops in performance. Samsung recognized the problem and promised to remedy it in future micro updates. Judging from the improved stability and speed of the unit, we can fairly safely state that the memory leak was handled after the update.

The package itself has a build number of G920FXXU1AODG and weighs precisely 138.32 MB. Its change log is quite vague, so we can't say for sure what improvements and fixes it brings, but, like we said, the Galaxy S6 is now a lot snappier.

If you have any more info on the OTA in question and the alleged S6 memory leak, be sure to let us know in the comment…

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Earlier this week, we learned from a source that the Oppo R7 will be aiming to compete with the Galaxy A7. However, if a latest report (which cites leaked images from an internal Oppo presentation) is to be believed, the Chinese company is actually targeting the Huawei P8 with its upcoming smartphone.

As clear from the image above, the R7 will carry a price tag of 2,999 Yuan ($483). This compares to the P8, which was released last month, and is priced at 2,888 Yuan ($465) in China.

The news comes just days after there were reports that two versions of the Oppo's upcoming smartphone (which are for China Telecom and China Mobile, respectively) have received network certification in China. The device is likely to be unveiled on May…

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The BlackBerry Leap smartphone, which was announced at the company's MWC 2015 press conference in Barcelona, has been launched in India. While its price was not revealed, it will be available for purchase in the country starting next week.

"The device will be an entry phone for these professionals who can then further subscribe to BlackBerry's other services," said BlackBerry India MD Sunil Lalvani. "It's not a low-cost device and is positioned in the mid-tier segment. We expect a good uptake of this device in the Indian market."

The global roll-out of the handset began in the UK last month, following which it was also made available for purchase in the US, France, and…

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Research firm ComScore has released its latest numbers for the US smartphone market revealing that Android is still the top smartphone platform in the country, although it witnessed a slight decrease in its market share last quarter.

Google's mobile OS claimed 52.4% market share in March, down from 53.1% it had claimed in December last year. Apple's iOS held on to its second position with 42.6% share, up from 41.6% it had in the previous quarter. Microsoft, BlackBerry, and Symbian rounded up the top five with 3.3, 1.6 and 0.1% market share, respectively.

As for smartphone manufacturers, Apple claimed the top spot with 42.6% market share, up 1% compared to last quarter. It was followed by Samsung, which claimed 28.3% share, down from 29.7% it had in December last year. LG, Motorola, and HTC rounded up the top five with 8.4, 5.0, and 3.8% market share, respectively.

Among smartphone apps, Facebook came in at the top spot, reaching 69.5% of the app audience, followed by YouTube (55.9%), Google Play (51.5%), Google Search (50.6%), and Facebook Messenger…

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Over an year after Blackberry announced that it will not renew the T-Mobile license to sell its products, the two companies are back together, with the Canadian company's Classic smartphone landing on the magenta carrier on May 13.

Following the news, BlackBerry CEO John Chen wrote an editorial about the company's new partnership with T-Mobile, saying that it "is an important step that does the right thing for both of our customers and shareholders."

While he said that the decision to part ways with T-Mobile was in the best interests of both companies at that time, he agreed that a lot has changed over the last year.

"So, a year ago, I couldn't have imagined this. But if being at the helm of BlackBerry has taught me anything, it's that a lot can change in a year," he said. "And that two strong-willed executives who say what we think, as we lead companies that are successfully doing things differently, can meet on common ground, especially when there is so much potential benefit for our shared customers."

He termed the new partnership as "an exciting one", although he confessed that "we may not always see eye-to-eye". He concluded by saying, "let's not forget what they say: the bigger the break-up, the better the…

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ZTE's Nubia sub-brand has mostly been confined to China so far, but that's about to change. The company is now busy establishing an online presence for itself in India, which signifies that Nubia's entry into the subcontinent is very close.

Recently Nubia has launched a few interesting smartphones, perhaps the most intriguing of all being the Z9 with its zero lateral bezels. This has only been official for a day or so, but apparently it's not the first handset that will launch in India.

According to some unnamed sources, that honor will go to the Nubia Z9 Mini, a device which was unveiled alongside the Z9 Max. While that will probably be sold in India too, the Z9 Mini should be the first Nubia phone on that market.

Pricing for the Nubia Z9 Mini in India is still a mystery, but keeping in mind that it costs CNY 1,499 in China ($241), it can't be much more expensive in the subcontinent when it does land. A price tag of around INR 16,000 seems plausible.

The Nubia Z9 Mini has a 5-inch 1080p touchscreen, a 16 MP main camera with LED flash, an 8 MP selfie snapper, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of expandable storage, and a 2,900 mAh battery. It runs Android 5.0.2 Lollipop underneath ZTE's Nubia UI 2.8, and it's powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 615 SoC, which comes with an octa-core Cortex-A53…

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