If you recall, Lenovo was supposed to launch Windows 10 phones somewhere around mid last year. That, as we know, didn’t happen, but the Chinese company hasn’t given up the development of such devices. The proof came in the form of a Windows-powered Lenovo handset that just leaked.

Spotted at a Microsoft event in China today, the handset is clearly a phablet sporting a metal frame with rounded corners. The Lenovo branding is on the top-left and a button with Windows logo is at the bottom-center.

Sadly, nothing else – including the specs as well as pricing and availability – is…

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Watch out for flying Lumias, Carphone Warehouse is basically throwing them at people walking by. The Microsoft Lumia 550 costs just £20 for upgrades.

No, that’s not a typo – GBP 20, £20, 20 quid, whatever you want to call it. For new subscribers, the price is much “steeper” – £40 + £10 top-up.

You can read our Lumia 550 review to see if you’re wondering if there’s a catch. There isn’t, it’s just an entry-level phone that someone is selling at a loss.

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Well, this spoils the mystery – Oppomart published the details of the Huawei P9 and its friends, the P9 Max and P9 Lite.

Huawei P9

The Huawei P9 is the mid-sized option with a 5.2″ 1080p screen. It features special display RAM, which allows static content on the screen to be rendered while using very little power.

The metal-clad phone features a 12MP dual camera setup on its back, which has Optical Image Stabilization, which is a first (previous dual-cam efforts lacked OIS). The camera also has Laser focus, selfies are handled by a 5MP shooter.

The P9 is powered by a Kirin 950…

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In February, Samsung introduced 256GB storage chips for mobile devices and now it has started production of said chips.

Those chips use the latest UFS standard and will rival SATA-based SSDs that are used in computers – Samsung claims 850MB/s read speeds and 260MB/s writes (sequential).

Obviously, it’s too late for the S7, but perhaps the new Galaxy Note6 can make use of these high capacity chips? It doesn’t seem likely, now that Samsung re-introduced the microSD slot. After all, a 200GB microSD can be had for $80 ($60 on a good day).

Of course, they don’t have anywhere near the…

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Apple will hold an event in a few days (March 21), to announce the new iPhone 5se and likely an iPad Pro. Rumor has it that before that or maybe during the event itself, the company will demo a 4K video shot on the 5se itself. Apple employees are allegedly on location in New York shooting the footage.

The promo video itself is not so much of interest as is the 4K capability of the iPhone 5se camera. So far we’ve heard that it will use the Apple A9 chipset (same as the iPhone 6s), but will lack features like 3D touch.

So there were questions about just how many features Apple will drop…

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So far the most concrete rumor about the Meizu Pro 6 was the gobs of memory it will have – 6GB RAM and 128GB storage in the top configuration. It seems that the chipset will be something special too.

MediaTek held an event about its Helio line of chipsets and while it showed off the X20, its first chipset with a 10-core CPU, Meizu representatives came on stage to talk about the X25.

The MediaTek Helio X25 was co-developed with Meizu, which will have exclusive use of it and will put it in the Meizu Pro 6.

The chipset is basically an enhanced version of the X20. It has a three…

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Fossil has announced three new products in its range of wearable devices, including two new smartwatches and one activity tracker.

Fossil Q Wander and Q Marshal

The Q Wander and Q Marshal are the two new smartwatches, that join the existing Q Founder. Both watches are smaller and slimmer than the Q Founder.

The Q Wander is the more delicately designed of the two, with sculpted wire lugs and interchangeable genuine leather straps. It comes in multiple color finishes in 44mm size.

The Q Marshal is the more rugged of the two, with a blue-plated case and leather straps.

Both run…

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Google’s upcoming Android version – Android N – is internally being called as New York Cheesecake, or so it seems. This was revealed by the Android Police team which spotted the initials ‘nyc’ in the AOSP repository.

In case you don’t already know, previous Android versions like KitKat, Lollipop, and Marshmallow also had internal code-names – Key Lime Pie (klp), Lemon Meringue Pie(lmp), and Macadamia Nut Cookie (mnc), respectively. So, it’s least likely that New York Cheesecake or whatever ‘nyc’ actually stands for will be the final name for the upcoming Android release.

Meanwhile,…

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Sony has announced that its PlayStation VR headset will be launched in the month of October this year, and will carry a price tag of $399 (CAD 549). The announcement was made by the company during a press conference at the ongoing GDC event.

If you remember, Sony had promised that the launch would happen in the first half of 2016. “That is a bit later than the timeframe we previously stated, and I want to thank everyone for their patience and continued support,” the Japanese company said in a blog post.

As for the specs, Sony revealed that the headset features a 5.7-inch (1920 x…

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Instagram decided it needed to shake things up in order to compete with other image sharing networks. The image sharing app has decided it is going to restructure the way that users see their feeds stating that “…people miss on average 70% of their feeds… This means you often don’t see the posts you might care about the most.”

The idea is to keep users on your app as much as possible, and Instagram believes it can do it by mixing up your feed every now and again. This could be most effective when users don’t follow too many people and end up seeing the same 5 posts in the past hour…

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