Whether it’s named or used anonymously, Corning’s Gorilla Glass has been a key ingredient in smartphones since the first iPhone — except for folding phones, where the screens are covered in flexible plastic. The reason: Corning says that it’s still working on flexible glass that will meet the specific needs of smartphone users, a development process that could take a couple of years.

Samsung is developing a Mate X-style wraparound display phone and a flip phone.

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For the past 15 months or so, the dominant design trait of many smartphones has been the notch. The notch, which has various shapes and sizes depending on which phone you’re looking at, allows phone makers to put a larger screen inside a phone and still include the necessary front-facing camera and earpiece speaker. But it’s safe to say that the notch is not universally liked — in fact, it’s perhaps the most polarizing design trait in years.

A newly disclosed vulnerability in Skype for Android could be exploited by miscreants to bypass an Android phone's passcode screen to view photos, contacts, and even launch browser windows. Bug-hunter Florian Kunushevci today told The Register the security flaw, which has been reported to Microsoft, allows the person in possession of someone's phone to receive a Skype call...

What is FRP? FRP stands for Factory Reset Protection, a data protection tool for Android smart phones.

Samsung teased its foldable smartphone for the first time in real life.

A seamless display with a hidden camera at its center. A transparent antenna that allows a totally seamless body. A holographic device. Even a headphone jack! Those are some of the technologies included in an extremely detailed Samsung phone patent published last month by the World Intellectual Property Organization.

The Google Pixel 3 and 3 XL are expected to be announced on October 9 during a dedicated hardware event hosted by Google. Over the past few weeks and months, the two phones have leaked extensively, providing great insight into the design of the two phones as well as their specs. This includes numerous leaked images and supposed hands-on photos and videos. However, here we have extremely clear official renders of the two phones which provide a succinct view of the design of both phones, as well as the different color options.

Wireless connections that are 20 times faster? What could be disappointing about that?

For almost five years, the only products sold by OnePlus were its well-regarded line of affordable, high-end smartphones, and the accessories that go with them. The Chinese smartphone company has built up a loyal customer base, who follow each new release with a fervor that can only be compared to Apple fans at the launch of a new iPhone. Few Android phones, if any, get city block-spanning lines of prospective buyers when a new model comes out. But OnePlus does, and did.

A couple years ago, something strange happened. A friend and I were sitting at a bar, iPhones in pockets, discussing our recent trips in Japan and how we’d like to go back. The very next day, we both received pop-up ads on Facebook about cheap return flights to Tokyo. It seemed like just a spooky coincidence, but then everyone seems to have a story about their smartphone listening to them. So is this just paranoia, or are our smartphones actually listening?

Apple is likely to establish a technical lead over most smartphone brands as the company moves to a 7nm process for the A12 chip that will power this year’s flagship iPhones. That lead could last well into next year. Supply-chain sources say that most brands are unlikely to use sub-10nm chips for some time yet... Digitimes reports that four major chipmakers have delayed or held plans to offer their own 7nm process to Android brands.

Today’s the big day for the Galaxy Note 9. Samsung’s latest, best, and most pricey flagship goes on sale in 56 markets around the world today, with availability to expand to over 130 countries in the coming days. Many of you will have already received your Galaxy Note 9 pre-order ahead of launch, but many of you are likely going to buy one at your local store today or in the days to come. And, just in time for the retail release, Galaxy Note 9 firmware for markets around the world are now available in our firmware database.

Until just last month OnePlus was in a category of its own with no competition nearby. OnePlus’s approach till now has been to cater specs hungry audience by using the latest & greatest hardware coupled with good design and a functional software at upper mid-range prices. Now this approach is being implemented by other players as well and things have changed just in a span of a month.

LG's successor to the G6 is the G7 ThinQ, and the big focus this year is on artificial intelligence. The handset includes a dedicated Assistant button and an AI Cam that can see what it's looking at.

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After impressive debut of MIUI 10 update, all new MIUI 10.1, 10.2 and MIUI 10.5 update will follow-up. It's slated for the release by December 2018 in China, India and other countries. Check list of eligible phones to get MIUI 10.5 update.

By the end of next year, five cameras will be standard on flagship smartphones. Because AI and AR.

The Samsung Galaxy Jean is equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 processor. The Samsung Galaxy Jean comes with 3 GB RAM and 32 GB internal memory which can be expanded via MicroSD. The Smartphone runs Android 8.0 Oreo. The smartphone powered by a non-removable Li-Ion 3500 mAh battery.