After a week of voting, there’s a clear favorite for the best smartphone screen size. It falls somewhere between 5″ and 5.3″, where well-known flagships fall – LG G5, Samsung Galaxy S7, Sony Xperia Z5, Huawei P9 and many more fall in that size range, which took half of the votes.

The other half is almost evenly split between the sub-5″ genre and the 5.4″ to 5.7″ segment, with a preference for the larger phones. The 5.8″ and over juggernauts scored a lowly 6%, showing actual consumer demands lag behind the ambitious sizes that Android manufacturers are pushing.

Apple iPhone…

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The Samsung Galaxy J3 (2016) has surrendered its number one spot in our Top 10 trending chart this week, making way for the Xiaomi Redmi Note 3. The Chinese phablet powered to the top after being way down in 7th just two weeks ago.

Meanwhile, the world has stood still for most of the others, especially in the middle of the chart. We need to scroll down to number 7, to find the Galaxy J7 (2016) move 2 spots up from it’s last week’s 9th.

The Galaxy S7 edge has slipped into 8th, where it normally stands – last week’s 7th was a one-off. The Lenovo Vibe K4 Note inches ahead, after…

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The HTC hype has been real lately, so we bring you our latest giveaway where you can enter for a chance to win an HTC 10, courtesy of our friends over at Spigen. They will also toss in a case bundle for the lucky winner!

The HTC 10 has been getting a lot of hype lately. HTC did a great job of building it up with its later-than-usual release and months of teasing prior to that. The HTC 10 really is a compelling little phone which definitely stands up with the other competitors.

The HTC 10 unit will be provided by Spigen and will be fulfilled once it becomes available in…

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Three of the Big Four carriers in the US have already rolled out Marshmallow to the HTC One M8 and M9 units on their network. So we can say the Marshmallow update for AT&T-branded M8 and M9s is already delayed.

Worse still, it has been revealed that the update has been hit by further delays. The revelation was made by the Taiwanese company’s VP of Product Management Mo Versi on Twitter.

HTC One M8 & M9 AT&T owners – there’s been a slight delay on M OS. We’re in lab but looking at approval within the next couple weeks.— Mo Versi (@moversi) April 29, 2016

The reason behind the…

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Waiting for a Xiaomi smartwatch? Well, your wait is over, and you know what, it costs only $46. Whaaat? Not so fast – it’s not actually the one most of us are waiting for – it’s for kids, silly. Yes, Xiami has launched a kid-focused smartwatch dubbed Mi Bunny (cute, isn’t it?).

The device offers connectivity options including WiFi and Bluetooth, along with GPS/GLONASS tracking. It also features an SOS button pressing which sends the GPS location of the device along with a few seconds of audio recording.

Also known as the Mitu Watch, the device sends alerts when the wearer moves…

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After being the most popular Windows Phone device for almost 3 years, the Lumia 520 has finally been dethroned. According to latest data from market research firm AdDuplex, the Lumia 535 has now claimed the top spot.

The Lumia 535 now has a market share of 12.5%, ahead of 11.3% claimed by the Lumia 520. The Lumia 630, 640, and 635 round up the top-5 with the first two claiming 8.3% share each while the latter claiming a share of 6.3%.

The report also revealed some other interesting statistics. For example, Microsoft manufacturers over 97% of WP devices now, with around 80% of them…

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Microsoft has dropped hints that the ‘double tap to wake’ feature – which, gives you an alternative for using the unlock key to wake up your phone – could be added to the Lumia 950/950 XL smartphones.

Replying to a user query on Twitter about bringing the feature to the Windows-10 powered flagship device, Microsoft’s Gabriel Aul said that it’s a common request, and asked the user to upvote it in Feedback Hub.

@RayVanEe Double tap on 950 is a common request, upvote it in Feedback Hub!— Gabriel Aul (@GabeAul) April 29, 2016

While that’s certainly not a confirmation per se that the…

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Remember musician will.i.am’s Dial smartwatch which was unveiled back in February this year? Well, the timepiece is now available to pre-order – Three UK currently has the device listed on its website with an estimated delivery date of May 13.

As for the price, it’s available on a 2-year contract where-in you’ll be required to pay £49.00 up front, followed by a monthly payment of £24.00 for 24 months. The plan includes 500MB data and 100 minutes of talk time each month. Of course, there are other plans as well.

To refresh, Dial is the musician’s second attempt at wearables after the…

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If you’re eagerly waiting for the successor to Meizu’s MX5 smartphone, looks like your wait isn’t going to end anytime soon. The device, which was previously rumored to be made official in April-May time-frame, is now said to be launching in H2, 2016.

The latest rumor comes out of Meizu’s home country of China, and if it’s true, we’ll have to wait at-least a couple of more months for the device.

Being the subject of only a handful of rumors so far, the MX6 (which is what the device is likely to be called) is said to be powered by a MediaTek Helio X20 SoC with 10-core CPU and…

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Lenovo has started rolling out the Marshmallow update to its Vibe P1 smartphone, which was launched late last year. The Chinese company announced the roll-out in a post on its official forums.

“We expect Marshmallow to be rolling out for the Vibe P1, P1A42, over the next few days,” the post said. However, comments left by users following the aforementioned announcement post suggest that the update has already started hitting units in India.

Given that the OTA roll out has just begin, it may take some time for the update to hit your device. However, if you’re feeling impatient, you…

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