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While the Windows phone may be dead, Microsoft is selling the Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ on it's website, and it doesn't come with Windows Mobile. The phone is being sold unlocked, and with the "Microsoft Launcher," as well as Skype, Cortana, Excel, OneNote, PowerPoint, and Word. In a statement...

Androidcenteral is reporting that the Essential Phone 2 may come with a front facing camera that can pop out from the top of the frame, then get stored when not in use. The news comes after a tweet from Essential's Andy Rubin showed a patent for the design from May of 2016. The reason for this...

Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi has wanted to sell in the U.S for some time, and Chairman Lei Jun has revealed that they hope to make this happen by the end of 2018 or early 2019. A report from Engadget states that getting into the U.S market will be tough, with adapting to American...

Scientists at the University of Massachussetts Amherst have figured out how to turn a smartphone into a food poisoning detector. All you have to do is add a $30 microscope attachment to your smartphone and run their app after rinsing the suspected food with water. The microscope and app work...

A surge in on-demand, live streaming online child sexual abuse is being attributed to wider access to affordable smartphones and fast internet speeds. Bloomberg is reporting on the Global Threat Assessment 2018 report from WeProtect, a children's welfare group founded by former Facebook...

In a report from LeFigaro, a new law in France makes using your phone while driving punishable, whether or not the car is moving. If you pull over and shut off the engine to make a phone call or answer a text, it is the same €135 and points as if you were driving. If you park your car in a...

SOLD Up for sale is a Nexus 6p 128GB version in mint condition. I received this phone as a refurbished replacement from Google. I only used this device for around two weeks while waiting for my new phone, and I can't find any markings or scratches on it. The screen has always had a tempered...

Accenture recently conducted a survey of 21,000 online customers and discovered a number of interesting trends. Digital voice assistants are gaining more and more of a foothold in the market place, more than half surveyed are willing to ride in a self-driving car, and customers want more than...

Researchers in Seoul, South Korea, studied 19 youths who were addicted to their smartphones to try to figure out why this was happening. After running scans with an MRS machine they discovered the addicted youths had abnormal levels of two brain chemicals. Additionally, the addicted youths had...

Vienna-based designer Klemens Schillinger has designed a set of 5 substitute phones to provide a "therapeutic approach" to help smartphone addicts cope with withdrawal symptoms. The substitute phones are made from a heavy acetal to replicate the weight of a smartphone, with stone beads embedded...

Hello, I am putting my iPhone 7 Plus up for sale as I've replaced it with a new phone. The phone is currently locked to AT&T. Phone is in mint condition as its been in a case & tempered glass screen protector since being unboxed. Includes the following: Phone (obviously) Original box...

In a blog post today, Motorola has announced it's latest moto mod for the moto z smartphone, a snap on Polaroid Insta-Share printer. The device has it's own physical button to launch the camera, take the photo, and print from your phone. Photos use Polaroid Premium ZINK® Zero-Ink® Paper are are...

I know you're looking at the headline and thinking I'm trying to start a fanboy war, but I'm not. Andrew Orlowski, over at the Register, came up with the headline and his own opinion on why Google has won the smartphone war. You have to admit Android has come a long way in the last 10 years...

According to Canalys, India has surpassed the US as the world's second largest smartphone market. It's not really surprising if you think about it since India does have a population of over 1.3 billion, but it does go to show that India isn't going to remain an underdeveloped country for long...

Several companies have talked about releasing a foldable smartphone over the last couple of years, and now Huawei is joining the party. CEO of Huawei's consumer business group told CNET that "We already have a working sample," off a foldable smartphone, and added "We have two screens," Yu said...

I am the parents of two teenagers and I figured this out years ago, before any of these two large national surveys were done. A 2014 study found that 80 percent of teens admitted to using their phones when they were supposed to be sleeping – a practice some call "vamping." Some said they...

In what Lamborghini are calling the "Prefect fusion of Italian design & the most luxurious technology," the supercar manufacturer is bringing us the "ALPHA-ONE" smartphone. The "ALPHA-ONE" has an "Italian handmade black leather" back, an accompanying custom leather phone case, and is made of...

A group of researchers from Israel's Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have shown how aftermarket parts for smartphones such as replacement screens could be used to attack the device, or impersonate the user and exfiltrate data. The group has demonstrated that because most phones do not have a...

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Professor of psychology Jean M. Twenge, has written an incredible article on how the Smartphone and social media has been shaping a generation, and it does not look good. In it she goes into the sharp swings in characteristics including fleeting desire for independence and dating, as well as...

You too now can have your very own VR smartphone controlled paper airplane for the low low price of $200 $150 with Prime Shipping. But it does come with a "crash proof" carbon fiber and plastic frame. Let me know how it works out for you. And we highly suggest that you record the video so we...

Would you buy a cheaper version of a phone with ads on the lockscreen? I might, if, after they made the difference up from me in ad revenue, the ads go away. However, if they're permanently there, then, no thank you. The Nokia 6 showed up in China in January, but now it's available in the US...

After fining Google $2.7B (yeah BILLION) last month for leaning search results in its own favor when it came to shopping, the EU is now looking at coming at Google with the rest of its one-two punch according to Reuters. It seems that the EU now wants to go after Google for requiring...

Netflix is estimated to have 98.7 million subscribers globally in 190 countries as of March 2017. At the rate that they are adding subscribers, 5 million in the first 3 months of the year, they should easily eclipse 100 million by the end of April. Also international viewership (48 million) is...

As we have previously reported on, the successors to Google's Pixel phones are well underway. As part of this effort, the very observant phone fans over at GreenBot have noticed that Google's Krishna Kumar has been soliciting input from the user community on their product forums in a thread...

We have looked to Digitimes for solid reporting from Taipei, Taiwan for a couple of decades now. This morning it reported that changes in the Smartphone market are going to greatly impact the volumes of those devices being made. The risk for the global handset industry to brace for a shortage...

Dear friends here, the phone I am using is too old to continue working. So I am looking for a new one. But the problem is that I don't have much budget on it, a smartphone under $70 is ok for me. Do you have any recommendation? Every comment is welcomed here. Thanks in advance.

Motorola Moto G4 Plus (4th Gen 2016 Model) Specs: 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 Octa-Core Processor CPU w/ 550 MHz Adreno 405 GPU 5.5" 1920x1080 IPS LCD Touchscreen Display 16GB / 64GB Internal Storage 2GB / 4GB RAM 4G LTE and WiFi + Bluetooth 4.2 16MP Rear and 5MP Front Cameras 3000mAh...

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Huawei VR unveiled and it comes with 4,000 free movies. Huawei VR unveiled and it comes with 4,000 free movies Think Samsung VR. The article states that they sell phones in Europe and Asia. I know some of the readership here is from around the world.

Finally biting the bullet and want to purchase my first smartphone. 1. I plan on purchasing used from swappa. I want one for under $200. 2. I want one that has a good camera, not necessarily the best, but good quality. 3. I want a phone that has good multitasking capabilities, such as being...

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