During an interview with The National, CEO of BlackBerry, John Chen admitted that the first Android-powered BlackBerry may have been set too high for customers. Indeed, the BlackBerry Priv must have turned customers off when they found out about its near-$700 price tag. BlackBerry intended to aim the BlackBerry Priv at enterprise customers, or for a more business oriented lifestyle.

Chen also told The National that BlackBerry plans to release two mid-range devices this year. One will feature a physical keyboard like the Priv, while the other one will be an all-touchscreen phone. My guess…

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Believe it or not, we are now just four days away from the official unveiling of the oft-leaked, oft-rumored, and much-teased HTC 10 smartphone. Now that we’re getting closer and closer to the big day, HTC is ramping up its teaser campaign posting new videos every other day.

All of HTC’s teasers so far have done a great job at overpromising things (be they related to the camera, audio capabilities, and now battery life), so we’re left hoping the actual device won’t underdeliver in any of those respects.

Our engineers are so obsessed w/ battery life we’ve turned it into a science. You’ll…

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Back in February right before Huawei’s MWC event an upcoming tablet by the Chinese manufacturer got leaked. However, the MediaPad T2 10.0 Pro, for that’s its name, wasn’t actually made official that time around. Huawei has yet to acknowledge it, but the slate has been leaked again today – so maybe its announcement is close by.

The new MediaPad has received the leaked press render treatment, with official-looking shots depicting it from a few angles.

Alongside the new images we also get a confirmation of its specs, which were first outed in February. The MediaPad T2 10.0 Pro will…

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Apple didn’t come up with a new design for the smaller iPhone SE. Instead, they’ve reused the old iPhone 5s with new internals. It’s an odd move, which we witness for the first time – it’s like reusing the same looks of a phone model third generation in a row. And that from the company, that practically invented the two-year phone redesign cycle.

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Car-sharing, while still not widely popular, is on the rise. Services like Car2Go or ZipCar have proven that people have a desire for renting a car for shorter amounts of time. Things like free gas and insurance are great perks, especially when renting a car.

When renting a car in the traditional sense: one is responsible for gas and insurance in addition to the actual daily renter’s fee. Some drivers only want to rent a car for one or two trips. Car-sharing services prosper well in a place like New York City or San Fransisco, where apartment dwellers don’t even have driveways, it’s…

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HTC promises amazing camera on its upcoming HTC 10 flagship and a tweet sent out too early may have revealed part of this generation’s innovation – OIS on the selfie camera.

The company was one of the first to add Optical Image Stabilization on the main camera with the HTC One, but Nokia had it earlier. This will be a first, though.

The tweet was sent out by Kisha Bari, an internationally recognized photographer. The Twitter account has since been restricted.

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Following the recent appearance of the Meizu Pro 6, the company officially announced the phone will be revealed on March 13. The invite reveals the launch will be held in Beijing.

We’ll know officially what the Pro 6 is all about. Going by rumors we are expecting a 5.7-inch QHD Super AMOLED touchscreen, a 21 MP rear camera, a 5 MP front-facing snapper, Samsung’s Exynos 8890 chipset, 4 or 6GB of RAM, and a 3,500 mAh battery.

Just the other day Meizu announced the m3 note.

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In another round of head-to-head speed tests, the folks over at PhoneBuff have pitted the Exynos-powered Samsung Galaxy S7 edge against the Apple iPhone 6s Plus. The Galaxy S7 with a Snapdragon heart lost miserably the previous time around, but then the Snapdragon vs. Exynos test clearly showed the edge Samsung’s chip has.

Well, apparently not enough to beat the iPhone 6s Plus. Apple’s smartphone still manages to win the race, though the margin is much smaller this time. Additionally, the Galaxy S7 edge does a much better second lap compared to its first – returning to the apps,…

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Right on schedule, the iPhone SE is now available for purchase in India. The phone is available offline as well as online through Flipkart and Infibeam.

The iPhone SE is available in two variants; the 16GB is priced at INR 39,000 ($585) and the 64GB at INR 49,000 ($735). The phone is available in silver, space gray, gold, and rose gold.

The iPhone SE is the latest iPhone from Apple, that packs the hardware of the iPhone 6s into the smaller body of the iPhone 5s. You get the same 4-inch display but now with the faster A9 chip, 12 megapixel iSight camera with 4K video, Apple Pay,…

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Iris scanning technology has been a long-standing rumor with Samsung flagships. Going as far back as the Galaxy S5, numerous sources claimed that the technology is ready to ship with the Korean giant’s next best thing. And, the statement has been reiterated ever since for almost every Galaxy S and Note models.

Now, in a new development, there might finally be some tangible evidence that Samsung is close to implementing iris technology. A tracking entry in Zauba indicates something called an IRIS CAM has been shipped from South Korea to India. This could be indicative that Samsung…

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