This year’s Motorola flagship smartphone is clearly already in development, and now it looks like someone in possession of a prototype decided to run Geekbench on it. Hence, the benchmark’s online database now lists the Motorola XT1650.

What’s most likely hiding behind that model number is the successor to the Moto X Style / Moto X Pure Edition from 2015 – this year’s Moto X iteration.

The handset rocks 4GB of RAM and it’s powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 820 SoC, as you’d expect from a high-end offering. The prototype in question unsurprisingly runs Android 6.0.1…

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Oppo has launched quite a few smartphones in the past year or so, but none can truthfully be called top of the line in terms of specs. The last Oppo flagship was the Find 7, which was released in May 2014. So, understandably, January 2015 is when information about the Chinese company working on the Find 9, its would-be successor, first got out.

Yet 2015 came to an end without the Find 9 ever getting official. Towards the end of the year we heard that the mythical smartphone would only surface in 2016, so now there’s a new rumor out of China talking about it.

Apparently the Oppo Find 9…

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Last September at IFA Acer announced the Liquid M330 smartphone running Windows 10 Mobile. The phone then became available in certain markets a couple of months later, as an entry-level offering for those who want to experience Microsoft’s latest mobile operating system on the cheap.

And starting today you can do just that even if you live in the US. That’s because Microsoft’s online store is now offering up the Acer Liquid M330 for sale to eager buyers.

It’s priced at $99, unlocked and contract-free of course. It only seems to be available in grey/black. It comes with a 4.5-inch…

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Last week Chinese up-and-comer LeEco announced a trio of new smartphones, the Le 2, Le 2 Pro, and Le Max 2. And according to a report out of the country, today the first flash sale for the three handsets took place in China, with a whopping one million total units up for grabs.

With such a huge number of devices in stock you’d expect this to take longer than your average flash sale, but no. LeEco apparently sold all of its 1 million-strong inventory in a mere two hours. The exact breakup of sales isn’t known, so it’s unclear how many of those were Le 2 handsets, for example (which is the…

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Back in February, Meizu and Ubuntu announced the latest product of their long-running cooperation – the Ubuntu-powered version of the Meizu PRO 5. And now this smartphone has finally gone on sale.

You can pick one up from JD’s English website, if you agree to shell out $369.99. Sure, Meizu may have already announced the Pro 6, which acts as a successor of sorts to the PRO 5 (despite being smaller), but that model only runs Android for now (and there hasn’t yet been word of an Ubuntu version).

So if you’d like to purchase what is still the most powerful Ubuntu phone ever, then the Meizu…

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Earlier this month, Sony finally started to send out the update to Android 6.0 Marshmallow for the devices in the Xperia Z3 family, with one notable exception – the Z3 Tablet Compact. Back then the company didn’t say anything about the Marshmallow release for the slate, which understandably angered its owners. But all’s well that ends well, as they say. Today the rollout of the new Android iteration has started for the Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact as well.

The new build coming your way over-the-air has the version number 23.5.A.0.570. It’s currently making its way to both LTE-capable…

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Dropbox is working on something called Project Infinite, which should make working with large number of files a lot easier, even if you don’t have the space for them on your hard drive.

Currently, Dropbox on desktop works by syncing all the files between your desktop and cloud storage, which can take up a lot of space on your hard drive. With Project Infinite, you can see all the files in your cloud account within the Dropbox folder on your PC or Mac, but the files won’t actually be saved on your computer. These files will show up with a cloud icon next to them, whereas the synced…

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For the few of you that have one, BlackBerry has released the Android 6.0 Marshmallow update for the Priv. This is for devices sold in the US and Canada (STV100-1) as well as the UK and France (STV100-4). For carrier devices (STV100-2 and 3), the update will launch May 3.

The update brings the usual Marshmallow goodies, including Doze, which improves battery life. BlackBerry added additional security to the phone and says it works with carriers so they can provide monthly security updates.

The Hub is more secure with S/MIME email signing and encryption. It also supports Slack (a…

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LG has started pushing out the Marshmallow update to its Class smartphone (which is more widely known as the LG Zero). Currently rolling out in South Korea, it’s quite a big update that brings Android 6.0 and a host of changes to the UI.

The update optimizes the device’s stand-by endurance by limiting data consumption when the phone is left unused for a long time. The Knock Code feature has been improved as well.

While app-related security has been enhanced, users will be now also be able to temporarily block notifications and sounds of some or all apps. Moving on, the update also…

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May 8 – Mother’s Day – is approaching and Samsung Canada has an idea for a gift you can buy your mom – a Galaxy S7 or S7 edge. To ease your last-minute shopping, Samsung is cutting CA$100 off the price of the phone and throwing in a free Kate Spade case (valued at CA$55). This deal is valid until May 8 (duh).

Samsung’s Euro divisions are more interested in the Galaxy A3 (2016) and Galaxy A5 (2016). In Italy, you can get a €100 discount (valid until May 11). In France, it’s a €30/€50 discount respectively (until May 15). If the Galaxy S6 is more your speed, Samsung France will reimburse…

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