There are really just two ways to handle a "notch" display cutout in software. Either you have content stop before it would be cut off by it, or you allow it to go all the way to the display's true edge and suffer the loss of visibility. Everyone has an opinion about which is better, but Essential just made it so we can all have our way. The Oreo 8.1 (build 141) update includes a new "Essential notch settings" that allows for per-app and global notch customization.

New research published in Computers in Human Behavior suggests that those with poor emotion regulation skills are at higher risk of problematic smartphone use. “The research literature demonstrates associations between both anxiety and depression symptom severity with problematic smartphone use,” explained Jon D. Elhai of the University of Toledo.

The Sony Xperia XZ2 Compact is equipped with Octa-core 1.7 GHz Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845 processor, 4 GB high-speed memory and 64 GB internal memory which can be expanded to 400 GB via a microSD. The Xperia XZ2 Compact runs Android 8.0 (Oreo) and the price is 600 EUR. It packs with a Non-removable Li-Ion 2870 mAh battery. The Xperia XZ2 Compact boasts off 19 megapixels back camera and 5 megapixel front for selfies. It is a dual nano-sim phone also available in the single sim.

Alongside the various Android phones I've tested, I've been using the iPhone X for about two months now. One of the most noteworthy changes to the iPhone X over previous models is the removal of the Touch ID fingerprint sensor, now replaced with a high-tech face unlock function Apple calls Face ID. Some Android phones have similar features; the OnePlus 5T, Huawei P20 Pro, and the Galaxy S9 all feature facial recognition in some form, but all maintain the fingerprint sensor, too. Why?

If your job entails giving people on the internet buying advice about photo gear, you field a lot of questions from friends who want to make a camera purchase. It sounds corny, but we at DPR actually love these questions – it's a chance to put an otherwise somewhat useless store of knowledge to work. We get something out of the transaction too: a data point about the needs and wants of people who are actually buying cameras. It's like a pop quiz we spend 40 hours a week studying for.

Smart phones are useful, but they are also incredibly addictive, and that addiction is at the epicenter of Silicon Valley’s effort to grab an ever increasing percentage of our minds. In that a substance or behavior controls us, it becomes our master, and that just won’t do. For the humor of it, lets use this webMD post and only slightly modify key signature behaviors outlined to describe smart phone usage addiction...

Motorola is a bigger deal than many of us realize. It holds a second-place market share position in several countries, and is extremely popular across massive markets like Brazil and India. It's even become the top unlocked phone brand in the U.S. And Motorola's new President, Sergio Buniac, thinks it can go much further — and has a proven plan to work with. I had the opportunity to sit down with Mr. Buniac for about a half hour over some espresso and pão de queijo, which really is how I aim to conduct all of my interviews going forward.

The Oppo F7 is equipped with 2GHz octa-core MediaTek Helio P60 processor. The phone comes with 4 GB high-speed memory and 64 GB internal memory which can be expanded to 128 GB via a microSD. The Oppo F7 runs Android 8.1 (Oreo) and the price is 270 EUR. It packs a non-removable Li-Po 3400 mAh battery. The Oppo F7 A2 boasts off 16 megapixels rear camera and 25 megapixel front for selfies. It is a dual nano-sim smartphone.

Loaded with a supercool underscreen fingerprint sensor tech, Vivo's X21 is finally making its way out of China, and it's landing in places like Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore. The Chinese company's latest flagship in Singapore is set to go on sale on May 5 for a cool price of S$800, which converts to about $600, £440 or AU$800. There's no word yet on when it will launch in which other markets, but we'll update this page when we find out.

A new report today from Macotakara sheds more light on the iPhone models to be introduced later this year. The blog says the 6.5-inch ‘iPhone X Plus’ is roughly the same size as the current iPhone 8 Plus, and offers a few more tidbits of information...

Porsche Design and Huawei’s latest lovechild is a smartphone that you will probably never own because it costs $1,880. The Porsche Design Huawei Mate RS, as the branding suggests, is a luxury smartphone that was unveiled along with the Huawei P20 series. Like the Huawei Mate 10 Pro and P20 Pro, the Mate RS features the HiSilicon Kirin 970 and 6GB of RAM. The premium price tag comes from the fact that it was designed in collaboration with Porsche Design...

We just got a look at the upcoming RED Hydrogen One smartphone at an event meant for “RED Pioneers” (read: superfans). It is, without a doubt, one of the most ambitious smartphones in years from a company not named Apple, Google, or Samsung. It’s an Android phone with a 5.7-inch display and top-tier phone specs, but that description doesn’t do justice to what RED is trying to accomplish here.

The Nokia 8 Sirocco is the best Nokia Android phone yet, but not exciting enough to justify the cost.

Unlike previous OnePlus devices, the OnePlus 6 battery percentage option is not in the status bar settings menu. Thankfully, OnePlus have shed light on the situation. All previous OnePlus phones have included an option within the Settings menu, under Status Bar, that allows users to have the battery percentage permanently displayed in the status bar.

Samsung’s Fall flagship is always the Samsung Galaxy Note series, and this year it is expected earlier than usual, to help set it up against the iPhone X successor. As far as we know it will only be a slightly refined version of the Samsung Galaxy S9, with the features in that handset adopted into the Note 8 design, but a screen protector leaked via Weibo suggests there may be slightly more to the story.

When Xiaomi first began making smartphones in 2011, it took many design cues – on both hardware and software – from Apple, so much so that the Chinese company was dismissed as an iPhone copycat maker by Western tech sites.

Apple’s WWDC took place this week, not long after Google’s I/O conference. Each company spent time announcing their planned new features as well as new APIs, new apps, and new ideas. It isn’t a stretch to say that both Android and iOS have become advanced operating systems with complete and competitive feature sets. I’ve been running Android P on my Google Pixel 2 XL, and love it or hate it, a lot has changed in small but key areas of the user experience.

Vivo showed off a concept phone back at MWC with ultra-thin bezels and a pop-up front camera, and the company has formally unveiled the product in China. The Vivo NEX comes with a 6.59-inch FHD+ 19.3:9 Super AMOLED display that offers a 91.2% screen-to-body ratio, with the company noting that it took several "industry-first" technologies to maximize the screen real estate.

The Xiaomi Mi A2 with pure Android One unexpectedly appeared in a Spanish hands-on video.

One of the sharpest-felt pains of the current obliteration of headphone jacks from the smartphone market is the absence of a good wired alternative. Sure, every company that ditches the analog jack tells you to go wireless, but what if you don’t want another gadget that needs regular charging, or you switch devices often and don’t enjoy diagnosing Bluetooth pairing problems every day? USB-C headphones are the perfect, most logical cure for...