Microsoft has given select Surface Pro 4 models a price cut in the United States. Specifically, the Core i5 variants are now available for $100 less than their usual price.

The Core i5 Surface Pro 4 with 4GB RAM and 128GB storage is now listed for $899 on the Redmond, Washington-based company’s online store. Similarly, the 8GB/256GB variant is being sold for $1,199. The deal is available until March 26.

In case you aren’t already aware, the Microsoft Surface 3 is also being sold at discounted rates in the…

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Music streaming company Spotify has announced that its Windows Phone app will no longer receive any official updates. Of course, you’ll still be able to use the app but without any new features, improvements, or fixes – the app was last updated in February this year.

“We can confirm Windows Phone 8.x is no longer supported. You can still use our Spotify application on the associated devices but it will no longer receive any further updates and download the application. We apologize for the inconvenience,” Spotify said.

When asked about Spotify for Windows 10, the company said, “Regarding Windows 10, we can’t say at the moment if or when any specific release will be out, but as soon as there is something new, you will receive a notification on your device that an update is available and prompted to download…

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A new Windows 10-powered smartphone has received certification from the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG). The listing reveals that it’s a Vaio device manufactured by Taiwan-based company Quanta Computer.

As you might already know, Vaio announced Windows 10-powered Phone Biz last month in Japan, where it is set to go on sale next month. However, it is less likely that the new phone is the Phone Biz given that both carry completely different model numbers – VPU051C11N and VPB0511S, respectively. And not to mention that the company has already confirmed that it currently has no plans to launch the Phone Biz in the US.

A Quanta MTP8952 phone powered by Snapdragon 615 and sporting a 4.7-inch 1080p display was spotted at GFXBench late last year. However, that’s not enough to speculate the MTP8952 is the same device that has been certified by Bluetooth…

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These are some of the best apps and games that came out this week.

Waze 4.0

Waze gets a brand new interface in version 4.0 on Android, which makes the app easier to use. There are now fewer taps involved in starting navigation and sending locations and directions. The update also boasts of significantly reduced battery consumption.

Android

Viki

Viki is a Wikipedia app for iOS that presents the pages in a beautiful layout that make reading long Wikipedia articles easier on your eyes. The app also shows articles related to your location, and you can also bookmark articles and maintain a history.

iOS

Reuters TV

The Reuters TV app is now on Android. The app presents all the day’s news in a series of short video clips that play one after the other. You can choose the duration (the default is 15 minutes) and the entire series of clips spans that selected duration. It’s a great way to get an overview of all the events in quick, bitesize portions.

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DIRAC

DIRAC is a fast-paced action game from Mediocre, developers of Smash Hit, Sprinkle, and Does not Commute. In DIRAC, you join dots of the same color, whether it’s red or blue. The dots keep coming and you have to be quick to quickly connect them to get rid of them. If you simply connect them you get rid of those dots but if you join them in a chain then all the dots within, regardless of the color, disappear. If you let too many dots escape then the game is over.

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Telepaint

Telepaint is a fun retro-style puzzle game. You have to find all the keys in the level to reach your goal. You can control the character’s movement but you can tap on two portals to join them and teleport the character around the level. You have to avoid the traps and find all the keys before you reach your goal. The game’s art style and music makes it all that much more…

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We’ve been though it a lot – the Samsung Galaxy S5, as all Galaxy S’s before it, had a user-replaceable battery, and the S6 didn’t, which sucks. Not only that, it actually had a smaller battery than the model it replaced.

The first part of that story doesn’t seem likely to change, as design constraints have been forcing manufacturers to seal batteries inside devices, not just smartphones. Well, good thing then, that Samsung actually fitted a higher capacity power pack inside the Galaxy S7 than it did in the S6. It is, in fact, the most juice a vanilla Galaxy S-series model has had – specialty editions like the S6 active and S6 edge+ don’t count.

The Galaxy S7 has a 3,000mAh battery, which is the most that 5-inch (or thereabout) smartphones have these days, matched by the latest Xiaomi Mi 5. The current, and likely last of its kind, Sony Xperia Z5 packs 2,900mAh of juice, mated to a marginally larger 5.2-inch display.

The LG G5 has a 2,800mAh cell for an even larger 5.3″ screen, while the outgoing G4 relies on the same 3,000mAh capacity to power a 5.5-inch display. Yes, both LG smartphones are bigger, but who’s to blame if the company doesn’t have a flagship offering close to the 5″ mark? In their favor though, both models feature a removable battery. Now, LG does make the Nexus 5X, and that’s a flagship of sorts with a 5.2-inch display and a 2,700mAh cell.

The iPhone 6s, on the other hand, has a lowly 1,715mAh battery to feed a 4.7-inch display.

It’s what the Galaxy S7 does with its 3,000 milliamp hours that actually matters, though, as we’ve seen plenty of impressive specsheets that couldn’t transfer into reasonable battery life. So as usual we carried out our array of battery tests, and while the summary can be found in the review, we’ll get into a little bit more detail in these few paragraphs here.

The Galaxy S7 does very well, to put it simply. Starting with voice calls over a 3G network, the S7 can outlast all of the above (well, we can’t be sure about the Mi 5 and G5 just yet). And even then, it’s the Galaxy S6 that comes closest, not one of the competing brands. The Xperia Z5 follows, at a distance of almost 5 hours behind the S7. The iPhone 6s fares rather miserably in this respect with less than 10 hours of talk time on a charge.

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Talk time

Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1 LTE
46:44h

Gionee Marathon M5
38:07h

Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro
33:20h

Huawei Ascend Mate2 4G
33:19h

Samsung Galaxy A9 (2016)
32:54h

Xiaomi Redmi 3
32:53h

Oppo R7 Plus
30:46h

OnePlus 2
30:29h

Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+
30:29h

Motorola DROID Turbo
30:09h

Microsoft Lumia 640 XL
29:46h

Microsoft Lumia 640 XL LTE
29:46h

Microsoft Lumia 640 XL LTE Dual SIM
29:46h

Microsoft Lumia 640 XL Dual SIM
29:46h

Huawei Honor 5X
29:40h

Samsung Galaxy Note5
28:34h

HTC One (M8) for Windows
28:34h

Nokia Lumia 1520
28:34h

Samsung Galaxy Note 4
28:31h

Sony Xperia Z4 Tablet LTE
28:25h

Sony Xperia Z5 Compact
28:23h

Huawei G8
27:44h

Samsung Galaxy S5
27:37h

Sony Xperia Z1
26:53h

Huawei Mate 8
26:45h

Samsung Galaxy S6 active
26:29h

Motorola Moto X Play
26:28h

Samsung Galaxy A7 (2016)
26:01h

Samsung P6800 Galaxy Tab 7.7
25:45h

LG G3
25:38h

LG G Pro 2
25:37h

LG G Flex
25:19h

Sony Xperia T2 Ultra
25:16h

LG G2
25:15h

Samsung Galaxy A7
25:12h

BlackBerry Passport
25:12h

Huawei Ascend Mate
25:12h

Samsung Galaxy A7 Duos
25:12h

Motorola Nexus 6
25:03h

Samsung Galaxy A8
25:02h

Samsung Galaxy A8 Duos
25:02h

Alcatel Hero
25:02h

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MWC 2015 brought plenty of high-profile announcements, but many Android fans are still waiting on HTC to announce its next move. It is no secret that the manufacturer has been struggling lately, but hopefully the 10 will have what it takes to put HTC back in the race. HTC fans also learned that the Taiwanese company secured a Nexus manufacturing deal with Google for three years.

Speaking of flagships, the Samsung Galaxy S7 and its edged sibling are once more making headlines. Now that the first batch of units is starting to reach eager fans, everybody seems to be busy either testing Samsung’s current crown jewel or wondering when theirs will arrive.

Another big announcement from the previous week is the developer preview of Android N, which came out of the blue. An early build of Google’s next mobile OS can already be tested out on various Nexus devices and there are quite a few additions to enjoy, like multi-windows support.

In other news, Samsung is constantly outing new devices, like the budget Galaxy J1 Mini, Galaxy TabPro S, a new Netbook 9 series of notebooks and soon, the Galaxy A9 Pro, allegedly with a removable battery.

To read the details on these and more, follow the links below.

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Samsung phones are harder to repair than ever before, iFixIt tears down the Galaxy S7
The guys over at iFixIt give a first-hand look at the Galaxy S7’s internals.

HTC 10 images show additional color options, including white front
The 3D render that leaked earlier showed a Silver back paired with a Black glass front.

HTC 10 leaks in brand new press renders and live images
The handset previously known as One M10 has been given the full leak treatment.

AnTuTu benchmark releases latest chipset rankings, Snapdragon 820 tops competition
The report features the top 10 performers in its database.

Samsung Galaxy S7 edge Dual Pixel autofocus tested against that of Canon 70D
Canon has been using Dual Pixel AF on its DSLRs for a while now, so who will win?

T-Mobile document leaks buy-one-get-one-free deal for Galaxy S7 and S7 edge
Leaked information points to an unbelievable deal from T-Mobile for the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge.

Samsung launches Notebook 9 series of Ultrabooks
Samsung has launched the new Notebook 9 series of ultraportable laptops. The series consists of four models, one of which has a rotating display.

Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 edge to allegedly launch in India next week
Should go on sale by the third week of March.

Samsung announces the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge in India
Pre-bookings come with a free Gear VR.

Android N features overview
Improved notifications, new doze and project svelte, settings app.

Samsung Galaxy TabPro S now available for purchase
You can get the Windows 10 slates through various retailers around Europe.

LeEco Le 2 gets a round of leaked images, has specs outed too
The Chinese smartphone maker best known for announcing the first SD820 device is working on its next big thing.

Samsung announces own dual-pixel 12MP sensor
The sensor used in the Galaxy S7 was so far known to be Sony’s IMX260, but apparently Samsung has its own imager in production with the same capabilities.

Sony outs video detailing what’s new in its Android 6.0 Marshmallow update
Today Sony has uploaded a new video to its official…

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Considering the Samsung Galaxy S7 is the top phone by interest in our database, we think we already know the answer, but we’ll ask regardless – what do you think of the S7?

That is just the S7, we’ll be looking at the S7 edge very soon. Speaking of edges, the S7 has a 5.1″ QHD screen, flat just like the S6. This year there won’t be a 5″ curved screen option. We like the 2.5D Gorilla Glass, though, and the Always On feature is a nice perk.

The Dual Pixel autofocus of the camera is out of this world, even most DSLRs appear sluggish in comparison. The bright f/1.7 aperture combined with the larger pixels makes for excellent low-light shooting.

Samsung also corrected some omissions from last year – the microSD slot is back (yay, affordable storage!) and the phone is water resistant, Galaxy S5 users that held out are probably pondering an upgrade. Okay, you still can’t replace the battery, but at least this time the capacity is better.

What else? Samsung is still pretending USB Type-C doesn’t exist, perhaps USB experimentation is one thing from the S5 that Samsung does not want to bring back. The IR blaster seems to be gone for…

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The Samsung Galaxy S7 continues to reign in our Top 10 weekly chart. Samsung’s latest flagship drew the most attention from the new batch that launched at the MWC – the LG G5 is currently 13th, the Xperia X series barely made a blip.

The Galaxy S7 edge tumbled out of the Top 10, apparently the larger, curvier screen did not bring enough appeal. We already published our S7 review and the S7 edge review will be out soon!

The Xiaomi Redmi Note 3s are enjoying a burst of popularity, the both of them (MediaTek and Qualcomm versions). Combined, they will easily top the Galaxy S7 in popularity.

Below that are the Samsung Galaxy J7 and J5, which used to rule the land and, in fact, are still quite hot amongst our readers.

The Xiaomi Mi 5, a credible competitor to the S7 that is yet to ship to consumers, takes 6th place. It used to be 2nd, but the more affordable Redmi Notes elbowed it out of position.

Then there’s another duo from Samsung’s alphabet lineup, the Galaxy A5 and A7, the 2016 editions of the premium mid-rangers. These two are higher up the price ladder than the Js with metal frames and higher resolution screens (Super AMOLEDs across the board).

Rounding off the Top 10 is the Lenovo Vibe K4 Note – an affordably priced mid-ranger with a metal frame, 5.5″ 1080p screen, fingerprint reader and a 13MP camera with phase detection AF. We will have a review of the K4 soon.

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Microsoft’s Office suite hardly needs an introduction at this point. As one of the oldest and richest platforms around, it is more or less the standard when in comes to word editing and spreadsheets. However, the suite is actually quite a lot bigger than that and has more interesting software to offer, like OneNote – the free-form note taking app that, unlike Word and Excel, seems to be struggling for mass popularity.

It appears Microsoft has decided to put some extra effort in its OneNote product campaign with a new importer tool, aimed squarely at attracting existing Evernote users, by giving them a way to import all their work. The tool currently supports Windows 7 and later on PC, but once you sync everything, it will appear across all your devices, mobile too. An OS X version is also said to come shortly.

It is a pretty feasible strategy and could have even passed as a nice little time-saving gesture to prospective migrating users, were it not for the accompanying marketing campaign that openly takes a stab at Evernote’s services.

For one, Microsoft has really made sure to point out the fact that OneNote is free on any platform and in the entirety of its feature set, whereas Evernote has an optional “Plus” tier, which gives you access to things like offline access to notes on mobile and a 1GB/month data upload cap for $50 per year. While this is technically true, the points of choice within Microsoft’s comparison table is oddly favorable towards the US giant.

Truth be told, both platforms have their weaknesses and strong point. You might like OneNote’s free-form canvas approach, that allows you to write anywhere and pull and mix all sorts of content freely, but on the other hand, Evernote is arguably a lot better at saving, pulling and clipping web content and it has really been trying hard to branch out into the collaborative working area of the business market.

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Pre-orders of the Samsung Galaxy S7/S7 edge have already shipped, and the smartphones are also available for immediate purchase now, but the LG G5 is still nowhere to be found. A step in the right direction will be made on March 18, in the US at least, when BestBuy will start accepting pre-orders.

In all fairness, the date and retailer have been known since day 1, but now a landing page has cropped up on BestBuy’s website confirming the initial announcement. That said, there’s still no official word on actual availability, but April 8 has been sort of confirmed for the UK and Canada, so the US should be getting it around that time, though rumors of an April 1 launch have been heard.

One thing’s for sure, however, the G5 will ship with an extra battery and a charging cradle, to better make use of that modular design. The rest of the G5’s friends you’ll have to buy separately, though.

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