The iPhone SE is a perfect fit for a time-saver review, it seems, as Apple didn’t come up with a new design or new internals. Instead, the innards come from an iPhone 6s, while the design is a direct copy of the iPhone 5s.

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The Huawei Honor 5C has passed TENAA certification, but the Chinese regulator has since removed the phone’s page from its website. Nevertheless, we have the confirmed details and the Honor 5C looks like a nice addition to the company’s mid-range line-up.

The Honor 5C is built around a 5.2″ 1080p display and has an aluminum body with 2,900 mAh non-removable battery . At the back, there’s a fingerprint sensor while above it sits a 13MP camera.

Under the hood, the 5C features either a Mediatek Helio X10 or a Snapdragon 625 judging from the listed 2.0GHz octa-core CPU. RAM is 2GB and…

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LG has announced two new budget phones, the LG K7 and the LG K10.

The K7 has a 5.0-inch, 854×480 resolution display, Snapdragon 210 processor, 1.5GB RAM, 8GB storage with microSD, 5 megapixel front and rear camera, LTE, Android 5.1, and 2125mAh battery.

The K10 has a 5.3-inch, 1280×720 resolution display, Snapdragon 410 processor, 2GB RAM, 16GB storage with microSD, 13 megapixel rear and 8 megapixel front camera, LTE, Android 5.1, and 2,300mAh battery.

While the phones themselves don’t seem remarkable, these are the first phones by LG to be locally manufactured in…

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Earlier last month, there were reports that Samsung is shutting down its Milk Music radio service. Later that month, the shutdown was confirmed, at-least by the Australian Milk Music team. However, looks like Samsung hasn’t yet completely given up on the service, as it has now been launched in China.

Focusing on local content (over a million tracks accessible) at the moment, the app is currently only available for download on the Galaxy S7, the Galaxy S7 edge and the A9 Pro smartphones in China. However, reports say that international content as well as availability on more devices…

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A teaser image of a new ZUK smartphone was released by the Chinese company’s CEO Chang Cheng. The image shows a black-colored sleek-looking phone with what looks like a 2.5D curved display. On the back is a camera sensor, dual tone LED flash, and an apparent laser auto-focus module.

The image – which was shared on Weibo – also had an accompanying text that read: Tremble xx5, x9, xxx6. So, without directly naming the Xiaomi Mi 5, Huawei P9, and the Meizu Pro 6, Cheng is claiming that the upcoming ZUK phone is a better alternative.

Cheng recently revealed that the Lenovo-backed…

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A new unannounced Meizu smartphone has cropped up on Chinese regulator TENAA’s website. What looks like a successor to the popular Meizu m2 brings duly updated specs in a similarly looking body.

The possible Meizu m3 comes with a 5-inch 720p LCD, much like the model it replaces. An undisclosed chipset with an 1.5GHz octa-core processor (versus the quad-core in the m2) powers the smartphone, paired with 2GB of RAM. Internal storage is 16GB, expandable by up to 128GB via microSD.

There’s a 13MP primary camera on the back of the smartphone, while selfies are being handled by a 5MP unit…

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Over a week after BlackBerry started accepting applications for the Priv Marshmallow beta program, the beta update has started hitting the company’s debut Android smartphone.

As for the roll-out, the Canadian company said that the update will be made available to a small batch of testers first, and if no critical issues are reported, all beta testers will get the update by the end of this week.

If you’ve signed up for the Priv Marshmallow beta, head to the BlackBerry Beta Zone (link shared below) for details on preparing your unit or making it ready to receive the update.

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Remember the LG Rolly Keyboard? A wireless portable keyboard that could be folded into an easy-to-carry stick. Well, a successor to that device has been unveiled. Appropriately dubbed Rolly Keyboard 2, the new keyboard contains several improvements over its predecessor.

While the first-gen Rolly had four rows of keys, the successor rolls up along five. LG has also added a tab at the bottom that the company claims makes it easier for users to open the keyboard. While using the same Bluetooth tech, the Rolly 2 is capable of pairing up to 3 three devices, compared to 2 devices on the…

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Just when we thought the SD652-powered HTC Lifestyle would be available in India instead of the company’s SD820-powered flagship HTC 10, HTC released a statement effectively saying that nothing is yet confirmed, and it will make an official announcement in this regard soon.

And now, while we were waiting for the announcement, the Taiwanese company quietly changed the Lifestyle’s specs on its India website, making them similar to the HTC 10. A quick look at the specs sheet suggests the chipset has been changed to Snapdragon 820. Similarly, the memory configuration has also been changed from…

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Nvidia has started rolling out a new update to the Shield Tablet K1 that adds Vulkan support and brings Android Marshmallow version 6.0.1 to the tablet. Aside from the Android 6.0.1 goodies, the update – which bumps the software version to 1.2 – also includes Android security patch for the month of March, as well as several other features, improvements, and bug fixes.

Here’s the complete change-log:

• Supports the new Vulkan API for high-efficiency access to SHIELD’s graphics hardware

• Adds Android 6.0.1 changes including:

        Repositioned Navigation Buttons in Landscape…

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