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India has become the top manufacturer of smartphones shipped to the United States, overtaking China for the first time. According to new data from Canalys, the share of smartphones assembled by Apple in China for the US market dropped from 61% in the second quarter of last year to 25% …

Sometimes, less really is more—especially when it comes to staying connected without the bulk. Introducing the NanoPhone, a fully functional, credit-card-sized smartphone that’s perfect for those times when you need to stay in touch and have access but don’t want to lug around your full-sized device.Whether you’re hitting the gym, …

Phone batteries may have peaked. We’ve been hovering around the 5,000mAh mark in Android phones for years, and there’s no magical technology on the horizon to increase that. High charging speeds are almost as good, and that’s increasing by leaps and bounds with devices like the new OnePlus 11. The …

Smartphones have long been treated as disposable objects — use them for two years, and then it’s time to upgrade to a new model. As phones have gotten more capable, users have started to expect longer support and better repair options. But repairing a phone by yourself? That can be …

Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi has had some ups and downs over the last few years, but it’s been all positive movement recently. The company just announced that the latest Canalys market report shows that it has passed Apple to become the second-largest smartphone maker in the world. That leaves Samsung …

OnePlus has always prided itself on producing fast phones with the latest silicon. That’s how it made a name for itself: by packing more power into its phones for less money. The company’s current flagship phone, the OnePlus 9 Pro, is fast, but how fast is it, really? It’s a …

OnePlus has always prided itself on producing fast phones with the latest silicon. That’s how it made a name for itself: by packing more power into its phones for less money. The company’s current flagship phone, the OnePlus 9 Pro, is fast, but how fast is it, really? It’s a …

A lot of materials go into making cell phones, but these devices are too often treated as disposable. Rather than tossing an old phone, iFixit has long advocated for repairing or repurposing the phones of yesteryear, sometimes called upcycling. Samsung just dipped its toe in the waters of upcycling, but …

  Sony has never really been a major player in the smartphone market, but it’s been making niche devices for more than a decade, nevertheless. Now, Sony has found a way to burrow even deeper into a niche with the new Xperia Pro smartphone. This device is aimed at professional …

  LG has struggled to remain competitive in the plateauing smartphone industry, and now there’s word the company might be looking to throw in the towel. A memo circulated at LG declares some hard choices are necessary after $4.5 billion in losses over the past five years. The memo lists …