Apple's rumored lower-cost iPhone model recently entered the final phase of production verification at an assembly plant in Zhengzhou, China, according to industry sources cited by Taiwanese publication DigiTimes.

Samsung has got its first big flagship launch of the year out of the way so the company can now focus on what’s due in the second half of 2020. Fans of the company are already looking forward to the Galaxy Note 20, which might be what Samsung ends up calling the device after it shook up its naming strategy with the Galaxy S20. The company already has the Galaxy Note 20 in development, that’s not going to surprise anybody, but it appears that the company might revert to 128GB of base storage on the upcoming device.

It’s no surprise that cell phones depreciate fast with the endless volume of yearly releases – Your shiny new smartphone can quickly become outdated! Most consumers rely on trade-ins to minimize the ever-increasing price ticket on the latest smartphones, but as you’ll see below, some resale value drops will make them cry.

It’s cheap, it comes with a four-year warranty, and any repairs cost just $39—all of which makes it easy to overlook its shortcomings.

In-display fingerprint sensors are commonplace on flagship phones and some mid-range devices, but they require an OLED screen. Thankfully, biometric authentication companies like Goodix have previously confirmed plans to bring the technology to LCD screens in 2020.

Some months after a failed Kickstarter campaign with an ambitious €350k goal, German startup Volla has managed to raise more than €20k in a new campaign (still open for the next few hours) for their first Volla Phone. Volla Phone in German woods.This new smartphone aims at several niches,

Samsung has quietly launched a new Galaxy smartphone. Called the Galaxy XCover Pro, the device is the latest addition in Samsung’s range of rugged smartphones. It succeeds the XCover 4 which had was launched back in 2017.

A United States–funded mobile carrier that offers phones via the Lifeline Assistance program is selling a mobile device pre-installed with not one, but two malicious applications. Assurance Wireless by Virgin Mobile offers the UMX U686CL phone as their most budget conscious option. At only $35 under the government-funded program, it’s an attractive offering. However, what it comes installed with is appalling.

U.K.-based Zanco thinks you have space in your pocket for another phone, and from the looks of it, the Tiny t2 won’t take up much space at all. What the company’s calling the “world’s smallest phone” appeared on Kickstarter this week, becoming fully funded in less than a day.

Even with its many flaws — and Samsung's eye-watering $2,000 asking price — customers have flocked to the company's first foldable phone, which has already sold half a million units. That's half of what a Samsung exec previously claimed, but it's impressive nonetheless.

Huawei overtook Apple to become the world’s second best selling smartphone manufacturer in 2019, according to reports from Strategy Analytics, Counterpoint Research, and Canalys. Over the course of the year, the Chinese manufacturer reportedly shipped around 240 million phones, compared to just under 200 million for Apple. Samsung retained its comfortable lead in first place, shipping just shy of 300 million devices. Xiaomi and Oppo rounded out the list of the top five manufacturers.

I've had a solid hour with the Galaxy Z Flip, going over its every curve and getting acquainted with this new form factor. Here are my initial takeaways.

Apple’s iPhone 12 may not support 2×2 uplink as initially expected, according to the latest report from Ming-Chi Kuo. TF Securities’ analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said in June 2019 that the 5G iPhone rollout would benefit WIN SEMI and Broadcom significantly, with the devices featuring six power amplifiers for 5G networking. However, Kuo has now scaled down those expectations substantially. He now expects the iPhone 12 to include just one or two amplifiers. As part of this change, he no longer expects that the iPhone will support 2×2 MIMO uplink.

For its size, the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip packs in a lot. For its price, not so much. The Z Flip, which hit stores Friday, only days after being introduced, is a clam-shell style phone with a folding screen that opens up to become a 6.7-inch OLED display.

You know that annoying “passht” camera shutter sound your phone makes whenever you take a picture? Well, in Japan, you can’t mute it, not even if you switch to mute mode! Here’s why. Back in early 2000, when Kyocera VP-210 was launched, Japan became the first country to sell camera equipped phones.

Samsung announced a slew of accessories for its new Galaxy S20 line-up yesterday, but failed to mention the one gadget everyone needs these days: battery packs. They may not be as sexy as LED or Kvadrat cases, but they can be real lifesavers, and soon Samsung will be selling an powerful pair of power banks with up to 25W USB-C output.

To date Qualcomm has promoted two key standalone 5G modems for widespread adoption: the Snapdragon X50 and the Snapdragon X55. Today the company is disclosing details on its upcoming 3rd generation 5G modem design, the Snapdragon X60, which is being promoted as the premium offering for smartphones, industrial, and commercial designs that require a discrete 5G modem.

Samsung’s display unit has provided further details on the glass used in the Galaxy Z Flip and pointed to its potential wider adoption on non-Samsung foldables in the future. Yonhap reports that the 30-micrometer-thick covering is the result of a collaboration with glass manufacturer Dowoo Insys, in which Samsung Display holds a minority stake. Samsung Display currently provides display technologies to a variety of smartphone manufacturers, including the OLED panels found in Apple’s recent iPhones.

A new mobile phone that has been branded as 'child friendly' is able to block users from taking naked selfies and doesn't save 'inappropriate' images to the phone. Developed by Japanese smartphone company Tone, the e20 uses artificial intelligence technology to detect potentially x-rated images and block them.

The 120Hz refresh rate screens in the Samsung Galaxy S20 series may get improvements with firmware updates that could arrive in the next three months