Sony’s US mobile unit has been relocated from Atlanta to the San Francisco Bay Area, and in the process, the company has also made an unspecified number of job cuts, according to a new report.

The report also says that, Kunihiko Shiomi, who was previously the head of the Japanese company’s US mobile development, has been made the unit’s president. This change in leadership happened back in January this year.

In case you don’t already know, Sony Mobile has been struggling in the US for quite a few years now. According to market research firm IDC, the company has had a share of less…

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Huawei and Leica announced in February they’ll be working together on advancements in mobile photography, and the upcoming P9 flagship will be the first to take advantage of the shared expertise. The interesting fact was revealed by Huawei’s deputy chairman of the board, Mr Guo Ping, at the Chinese company’s press conference where the annual financial report was made public.

We are going to launch our P9 flagship phone very soon and this is a product that we worked with Leica to produce.

Meanwhile, an image has surfaced, depicting the already familiar back of the P9 with the dual-camera…

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The OnePlus X has gotten a price cut on Amazon India, and now goes for INR 14,999 ($225). That is, the Onyx variant is discounted, both the Champagne (INR 16,999) and the Ceramic (INR 22,999) are still being sold for full price.

OnePlus X

The OnePlus X is the company’s smaller-sized model, which accompanies the self-proclaimed flagship killer OnePlus 2 (which as it happens also got a price cut a couple of weeks ago). The X features a 5-inch FullHD AMOLED display and is powered by the aging (but high-end nonetheless) Snapdragon 801, coupled with 3 gigs of RAM. A 13MP/8MP camera…

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Luxury specialists Karalux out of Vietnam are now offering a gold-plating service for the Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 edge, so you can upgrade from your last-year 24K-covered Samsung flagship.

Samsung’s switched from A7000 to A6000 grade aluminum, Karalux says, which has forced the company to introduce changes to its manufacturing processes. It now takes 6 hours over 10 separate stages to put some extra bling on an already premium device.

Gold-plated Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 edge by Karalux

The pleasure of owning a gold-plated Galaxy S7 costs VND 35 million ($1570),…

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If you still have a grandfathered unlimited plan with Verizon that you are still hanging onto for dear life, Verizon is sending out another wave of price increases for customers whose plans weren’t affected with Verizon’s price hikes back in November.

Just to reiterate, this price hike will not come to those whose monthly rates were already raised. This price hike is to come to customers whose rate was not affected by the first wave of increases. This time around, Verizon will up the rates of customers whose lines have fulfilled their contract.

I don’t blame Verizon, data is no…

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Windows phone models aren’t that many, which makes sense as the platforms has a market share of less than 2%. You might even say they are a select group of phones, each designed to occupy a niche of its own. So the Acer Liquid Jade Primo is a specimen of a rare breed.

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Yesterday we caught a video showing the BlackBerry Priv running Android 6.0 Marshmallow, and now we finally have a rough release timeline for it to speak of.

Last year BlackBerry promised to bring Marshmallow to its first Android smartphone in 2016, then this January that commitment was reiterated with details allegedly coming by the end of Q1. And sure enough, here we are in the first day of the second quarter of the year and we now know what to expect.

The new software will be arriving on a BlackBerry Priv near you either in late April or in early May. That’s still pretty vague, of…

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Around a month and a half ago Samsung started rolling out updates to Android 6.0 Marshmallow for the Galaxy S6 and S6 edge (pictured below), last year’s flagship smartphones. And now Verizon has finally caught up and commenced the same rollout for the S6 and S6 edge units it’s sold.

The update will make its way out in stages, so it could be quite a few days before it hits every S6 or S6 edge purchased from Verizon. Nevertheless, at least it is now on its way.

If you have one of these devices and haven’t received the update notification yet, you can obviously choose to manually check…

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An intriguing deal is apparently to be had if you want to purchase a new iPhone or Samsung smartphone and you head to Walmart to do the deed. The mega-retailer is said to be offering $100 off iPhones and $150 off two Samsung handsets, starting today and until the end of June.

The Apple handsets that qualify are the iPhone 6s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, as well as the new iPhone SE. The Samsung phones in question are the Galaxy S6 and S7. That said, keep in mind that not every store will have the exact same models on offer, but you should find at least some of the aforementioned handsets in…

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LG has come up with a very nice G5 reviewer’s kit and we just got ours. It’s a big colorful box with fancy hinges and a retro fastener. Within the promising looking package we found the retail LG G5, the LG 360 Cam, the LG Cam Plus module, and the LG Hi-Fi Plus with B&O Play.

We already had a very pleasant encounter with the LG G5, but it’s just now that we see its retail box and contents. We’ll be updating our review with the new test scores early next week.

LG G5 and Friends box

First up among the LG Friends we received, is the LG 360 Cam. It’s a standalone camera,…

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