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  Mobile World Congress this past February included the unveiling of several notable smartphones like the Nokia 9 PureView and LG G8. However, one device got an inordinate amount of attention — the Energizer Power Max P18K Pop. Hiding behind that clunky name was a phone with a gigantic 18,000 …

  OnePlus is expected to announce its latest smartphone in the coming weeks, but it might actually announce more than one for the first time. After seeing the supposed OnePlus 7 with a pop-up camera in several leaks, another phone bearing that name has surfaced. According to a new leak, …

  The Nokia brand returned from its Microsoft-imposed exile a few years back under the stewardship of HMD Global, which repurchased the Nokia name from Microsoft after its phone business imploded. The new generation of Nokia handsets run Android and focus mainly on the midrange. Its latest phone is the …

  LG unveiled the G8 at Mobile World Congress last month, and now we know when you’ll be able to buy one. The G8 goes on sale starting April 11 at US carriers and goes up against the recently released Galaxy S10 family. Carriers have already committed to a number of …

  Sony hasn’t been selling as many smartphones as it once did, but Sony isn’t considering giving the mobile division the ax. Instead, it’s merging mobile with its TV, audio, and camera products to create a new unit called “Electronics Products and Solutions.” This has the benefit of hiding just …

  When Samsung showed off its Galaxy Fold on February 20, the company took great care to only highlight the device from certain angles. When it brought the hardware to MWC, it highlighted it from a glass case. Journalists and reviewers haven’t yet had a chance to go hands-on with …

  Samsung just launched the flagship Galaxy S10 series, but it’s not ignoring the midrange. The newly announced Galaxy A70 may offer a more appealing option compared with the extremely expensive Galaxy S10. The Android Pie-based A70 has a massive 6.7-inch display, a 32-megapixel selfie camera, and an in-display fingerprint …

  Ads are a necessary component of modern technology, but they come with drawbacks even when they aren’t being used to scam people. Some ads in Android apps have been scamming people, though. An investigation by ad analysis firm Protected Media, and Buzzfeed News has found that a popular ad …

  Opera is a small player in the global browser market, but it’s no spring chicken. It predates Chrome, Edge, and most of the other modern browsers. Opera has been rolling out new apps and features in an effort to gain market share, and its latest effort is a free, …

  You can’t spend long on the internet without hearing about some piece of malware that’s going to take over every Android phone in the world. The hysteria over Android malware is a bit overblown, but it’s led to the proliferation of anti-malware apps that promise to keep your phone …