Xiaomi is holding its Beijing event in a week, on May 10, where the company will announce the Mi Max smartphone and the Mi Band 2. Photos of the two have emerged showing the devices beforehand.

The Xiaomi Mi Max will feature a flat, metal frame and the traditional for the company capacitive buttons under the screen. The specs of the phone include a 6.4″ 1080p display, a Snapdragon 650 chipset with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of storage.

The camera duo is a 16MP snapper at the back and a 5MP at the front.

As for the Mi Band 2, it will feature a similar design to its predecessor, but with…

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Looks like Samsung may soon update its ‘Galaxy A’ line-up of smartphones with a new member. A device carrying a model number of SM-A430U has been spotted on India’s import tracking website Zauba, with reports alleging that it’s the Galaxy A4.

Given the fact that the South Korean company usually follows a set format for model numbers (for example, the second-gen Galaxy A3 is A310F, Galaxy A5 is A510F, and Galaxy A7 is A710F), if anything, A430U is enough to suggest that it could very well be the Galaxy A4.

Sadly, the Zauba listing doesn’t reveal anything else, especially in terms of…

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Kickstarter star Nextbit Robin has been available through the company website for some time. Starting today, the phone will also be available through Amazon in the US.

As an introductory offer, the phone is being sold at $299, a cool $100 off from the usual price. The offer is only available from May 4 till May 10. Both the colors are available for purchase.

Source • Amazon

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The Huawei G9 Lite is now official in China, alongside the MediaPad M2 7.0 tablet.

The Huawei G9 Lite is a localized version of the P9 Lite for the Chinese market. As such, it sports a 5.2″ 1080p screen and is powered by the company’s Kirin 650 chipset with a 2.0GHz octa-core CPU and 3GB of RAM. The same configuration is also present on the Honor 5C. Internal storage is 16GB and is expandable.

Huawei has included a fingerprint reader on the back of the G9 Lite and above it, there’s a 13MP camera. The front holds an 8MP snapper with f/2.0 aperture. The phone’s battery is 3,000mAh and…

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The Pebble Time Steel smartwatch has received a solid price cut in the United Kingdom. The wearable device – which was launched last year, and is a more premium version of the standard Pebble Time – is now listed for £139.99 on Amazon UK.

This means the deal saves you a total of £60, as the timepiece is being officially sold by the company for £199.99 in the country. A quick look at the Amazon listing reveals that the discount is available on all three color variants – black, silver, as well as gold.

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If you recall, we told you about the availability of T-Mobile LG G3 Marshmallow update last week, although it was only available through LG’s desktop software at that time. The good news is that its over-the-air roll out has begun as well.

The change-log posted on the magenta carrier’s website, however, doesn’t reveal much about the update, except that it bumps the software version to D85130d, and brings Android Marshmallow (version 6.0 as we learned last week) as well as some WiFi calling-related improvements.

As is the case usually with OTA roll-outs, it may take some time before…

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If you’re planning to purchase Nextbit’s cloud-focused Robin smartphone, here’s some good news: starting midnight PDT May 4, the device will be available on Amazon for $299, down $100 from the $399 price tag it usually carries.

The sale, which comes around a week after Nexbit launched the phone on Amazon, ends May 10. The handset, which comes with cloud storage integrated into its customized Android OS, recently received a major update that brought along Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow as well as the most recent security patches.

Via | Amazon

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For those who are eagerly waiting for the next-gen Mi Band from Xiaomi, there’s some bad news: the wearable device’s launch has been pushed back. This was announced by none other than the Chinese company’s CEO Lei Jun on Weibo.

The Mi Band 2 was set to be made official on May 10, alongside the Mi Max and MIUI 8.0. While Xiaomi might still go ahead and unveil the device as per the schedule, the release has been delayed by a month, as noted by Jun in his post.

As you might already know, the device – which Xiaomi officially started teasing early last week – differs from its successors…

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Google has released the Android platform distribution numbers for the month of May, revealing that the latest iteration of its mobile OS – Marshmallow – is now powering 7.5% of all active Android devices worldwide.

That’s quite a notable jump for Marshmallow given that its share was 4.6% last month. Lollipop, meanwhile, held on to the top spot with 35.6% share, slightly down from 35.8% in April. KitKat also saw a decrease in share from 33.4% last month to 32.5% this month.

All the other previous iterations including Jelly Bean, Ice Cream Sandwich, and Ginger Bread also saw their…

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Pre-orders for two of the three members of Sony’s Xperia X family are nothing new in Europe, at least when it comes to the UK – we’ve seen these launching back in March. But those only cover the Xperia X and XA, since the X Performance will not be sold in the UK (or Germany).

If you’ve been anxious to find out how much the top of the line X Performance (pictured below) is going to cost, you’ll be happy to know that this information is finally public. The price for a SIM-free and unlocked unit in Europe is set at €699 in France and the Netherlands, and €729 in Italy and Spain.

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