Samsung is working on refreshing the Galaxy J2 from last year with a new, 2016 version. We’ve seen this upcoming model in the Geekbench database yesterday, and that has revealed a couple of its specs. Now though the Galaxy J2 (2016) has also been spotted at AnTuTu, another Android benchmark.

This means more of its specs have been outed. The phone will feature a 720p touchscreen, an 8 MP rear camera, a 5 MP selfie snapper, and 16GB of built-in storage. Interestingly, this prototype got benchmarked sporting 2GB of RAM, whereas the one from yesterday only has 1.5GB. This probably means…

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Lenovo has been one of the slower companies when it comes to updating its products to Android 6.0 Marshmallow, but the Chinese smartphone maker isn’t stopping. Following the release of the update for the A7000, K3 Note, and Vibe P1 over the past few months, today Lenovo has started sending out the Marshmallow bits to the Vibe S1.

So far the update has been spotted in the United Arab Emirates and India, but it’s sure to make it to other territories in due course. Your phone will pop up a notification once the new software is ready to download and install.

That said, you might want to…

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Sony is currently in the process of getting ready to release the three members of its Xperia X family, which were unveiled at MWC in February: the Xperia X, X Performance, and XA.

As part of those preparations, the Japanese company has uploaded a lot of videos about these three devices to its YouTube channel today. Some are official ads which you’re undoubtedly going to see on a TV station near you in the future, while others are design stories, and some focus on specific features of the phones.

The Xperia X Performance leads the way with a design video:

The Xperia X has its own…

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So far almost every rumor that’s talked about the upcoming iPhone 7 has mentioned that Apple’s next smartphone will get rid of the 3.5mm headset jack, instead relying on the Lightning port for audio transmission. This has been repeated so many times that by now it’s pretty much accepted as fact – but that may not have been wise, as it turns out.

Today a leaked shot purportedly showing the iPhone 7’s innards comes to contradict all of those previous reports. That’s because the part shown does in fact feature the connection to the 3.5mm headset jack, even if overall it looks pretty different…

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We’ve been waiting for too long for HTC’s upcoming smartwatch to “turn the industry on its head”, as the company’s CEO once said. First it was tipped to arrive in February. That then turned into April, which came and went without an HTC smartwatch announcement.

So you may be wondering what’s going on. Well, it turns out that the wearable’s release has been pushed yet again – this time to early June.

According to famed leakster Evan Blass (also known as @evleaks), the watch will be out during the week that starts on June 6 and ends on June 12. Unfortunately no other details have been…

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Samsung has started rolling out the Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow update to the Galaxy Tab S2 8.0 in the UK. The update, which bumps the firmware version to T710XXU2CPD9, also brings along the Android security patch for the month of April.

What’s worth mentioning here is that units with model number SM-T710 (WiFi version from 2015) are currently receiving the update. As always, you can either wait for the update notification, or manually check for the update by heading to your device’s Settings menu.

This comes around a week after the Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 from last year started receiving…

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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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The evolution of Samsung smartphones and the sophistication of their hardware design has carried over to the company’s marketing department. The latest batch of Galaxy S7 ads is tastefully made and is quite enjoyable to watch. Gone is the tacky way that Samsung did its advertising, generally by mocking its competitors.

The latest three ads manage to tell a story in a beautiful way and, as you can imagine, the Galaxy S7 is at the core of it.

The ads boast the phone’s water resistance, Samsung Pay, and the S7’s camera low-light prowess. Check the videos below.

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HTC has just announced the Desire 830 for the Taiwanese market. The phone replaces the Desire 820 in the company’s mid-range offerings and is made from plastic. Audio lovers will be glad to know that BoomSound speakers are present and are on the top and bottom of the phone’s 5.5″ 1080p display.

The Desire 830 measures 157.5 x 78.9 x 7.79 mm and has the sides, speakers as well as the camera ring in an accent colors. Currently, HTC offers the phone in blue and red colors.

Regarding specs, the Desire 830 sports a MediaTek Helio X10 chipset with a 1.5GHz octa-core CPU, 3GB of RAM…

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If you’re a virtual reality enthusiast in India, and are planning to purchase one of Samsung’s newest flagship smartphones, here’s a deal for you: the company is offering heavy discount on its Gear VR headset to those who purchase the GS7/GS7 edge this month.

The deal brings down the price of the headset to just INR 990 (around $15). This compares to the INR 8,200 (around $125) price tag the headset carries on Flipkart (although it’s currently out of stock there) and INR 13,787 (around $210) tag on Amazon India.

The offer is available on purchases made within May 1 and May 31, with…

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