It looks like a busy day in China as Meizu has announced its latest flagship, the MX5. Replacing the previous Meizu MX4 that came with an odd 5.36″ 1920×1152 pixel resolution IPS display, the Meizu MX5 gets a larger 5.5″ AMOLED screen that does a more conventional Full HD resolution of 1920×1080. The...

Sprint is on a bit of a roll. The Now Network has already prepared the HTC One M9 for its own Android 5.1 update, and now the carrier has confirmed that two other flagship devices will be getting their own updates beginning today.nSprint says that Android 5.1 Lollipop will begin rolling out to the Galaxy...

HTC’s One M9 was not favorably received and sales were underwhelming, but the Taiwanese company isn’t giving up. HTC recently dropped hints about a new hero phone, and now @Evleaks, the often correct tech leaker, has tipped off a new HTC phone set for release in the fall.nThe rumored HTC Aero, which...

The HTC One M9 Plus is now available for pre-order in the United Kingdom through retailer Mobile Fun. The device was originally only available in select Asian markets, along with a handful of options to buy in the US via third-party sellers on Amazon.nThe HTC One M9 Plus features a 5.2-inch QHD display,...

JC Torresn n There is little doubt that Chinese startup OnePlus really wants to bring on the heat, figuratively and literally. It has already revealed that it will be using the highly contentious Snapdragon 810, v2.1, come what may. Now it is confirming...

I remember the moment I realized smartwatches had a chance at being the next big thing in mobile. It was the spring of 2012, I’d just spent a week with the original Pebble, and I suddenly found myself unable to live without it. It was 1999 all over again: I was a wristwatch-wearing man, and leaving the...

The sequel of the 2014 flagship killer, the OnePlus 2 will be launched in less than 30 days. The latest flagship will be running on the top of the line Snapdragon 810 processor, comes with USB Type C and it will cost more than its previous model.nNow they have dropped more hints and the OnePlus 2 claims...

It can take manufacturers a while for carriers to approve updates, a burdensome fact we have had to learn to live with. Even brand new devices like the HTC One M9 have us waiting for the latest updates, but today we have good news for those who have the Sprint version of said handset.nAndroid 5.1 Lollipop...

Samsung Galaxy S6 Android 5.1.1 Lollipop update was released to the masses a little while ago. While the update doesn’t bring many noticeable changes, folks over at GSMArena got a little curious and decided to see how it stacked up against the previous 5.0.2 Lollipop.nAs of right now, Samsung’s Android...

What many have been waiting for, the HTC One M9+ with a Quad-HD screen and a fingerprint scanner, released in China a while ago, has now been announced in the UK, and it is available for pre-order right now.nThe HTC One M9+ is the second edition of the HTC One M9. The M9+ includes a bigger Quad-HD screen...

Samsung’s Note series may be in for the biggest shake up of its existence.nIn the second half of 2014, Samsung officially announced the Galaxy Alpha, the first device in the company’s stable with true metal, albeit just a frame. Shortly thereafter, the Galaxy Note 4 (and Galaxy Note Edge) launched and...

Apple typically only releases a refresh of its iPhone line in the year after a major new release, meaning they could be working on some sort of iPhone 6/iPhone 6 Plus tweaks, but a recent acquisition by the company have people looking ahead to what may be coming in next year’s expected iPhone 7.nApple...

This week, Sony finally launched its 2015 flagship Xperia device dubbed Xperia Z3+ in India. Lenovo got its budget phablet K3 Note, and Fitbit officially made its debut in the country.nFirst up, the Xperia Z3 successor finally came to India as the Sony Xperia Z3+ and not the Xperia Z4, which was expected....

Who ever said that summer’s a bit of a slow period in mobile tech circles? In the space between WWDC and IFA, nothing much happens, right? Luckily for you smartphone and tablet fans out there, that couldn’t be further from the truth, and there’s been a busy week chock-full of interesting developments...

The Galaxy S6 is a beast. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of AndroidnSamsung’s new Galaxy S6 has beaten out the iPhone 6 and other flagship rivals in a “real-world” performance test. The device came first in six out of nine challenges, which tested for things like Wi-Fi speed, camera load time, gaming performance,...

If you still doubt Samsung's marketing machinery that's saying their new flagship, the Galaxy S6, is the best new smartphone in the market, then this might just convince you. (Only if you believe in tests like this though) According to the usage speed test conducted by TomsGuide, Samsung's new baby is...

The One M9+ is one of HTC’s latest and greatest smartphones — so much so, in fact, that it’s led the company to receive quite a lot of flack for not shipping it as its main flagship for 2015. But if you went to the trouble of importing an M9+ of your own, particularly one from China, you might have trouble...

HTC has chosen the path of evolution for the next-gen ‘One’ with HTC One M9. HTC One M9 is a successful flagship of the year 2015. It has a 2840mAh battery that’ll get you a day’s use with a solid chunk to tide you over into the next morning/early afternoon. However, in our usual looping video test the...

If you own an HTC phone running BlinkFeed, you may have noticed a handful of ads creep their way into your BlinkFeed timeline. HTC is testing promotional content in BlinkFeed in the US, UK, Germany, Taiwan, and China, and it will likely roll out the ads to other markets in the coming months. While ads...

OnePlus continues to tease the OnePlus 2 handset, leading up to its launch in Q3 and today they posted a new image on Facebook. It clearly shows the CPU that the handset will be using, which is an information we’ve known for a while now. The news may not be good if you’ve heard about the HTC One M9 and...

Samsung, for all the sheer number of devices it launches, and the amount of work it has done in the field of security on Android, keeps its devices easy to root. Unlocked bootloaders on most of the off contract, non carrier branded devices have allowed the vibrant developer community to come up with...

There is some great news for Sony Xperia Z3 users, as the CarbonROM developers have come up with a popular Android 5.1.1 custom firmware for the company's flagship smartphone. Sony Xperia Z3 In Pictures The Xperia Z3 will be officially updated to the Android 5.1.1 Lollipop in the coming month. If...

Bootloaders are something we all come in contact with, if we have an Android device. A bootloader is a bit of software that either blocks or allows (depending on whether it’s ‘locked’ or ‘unlocked’) the installation of firmware, like custom versions of Android, custom kernels, or even custom boot animations....

It’s no secret that OnePlus is working on the OnePlus 2, and the company has given fuel to the fire by revealing a bit about the flagship. The company took to its forums to announce that the forthcoming flagship will be powered by Snapdragon 810 chipset. Before you get worried about all the ‘overheating...

Want to give BlinkFeed the boot? Here’s how. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android. HTC has confirmed that it’s going to start putting ads into BlinkFeed, the news reader baked into its launcher on recent Android-powered smartphones. The company has promised that it will allow us to disable these later...

Samsung is the undisputed king of Android smartphones. Other than Apple, no company commands the audiences of the Galaxy handset maker. Quite frankly, Samsung deserves its attention, as it makes really great smartphones that consumers love -- a simple recipe for success. This year, however, the company...

Allview is a company from Romania, Eastern Europe, who has been working with brands like Gionee to come up with localized versions of their handsets. By localized I mean customized for the European market. That’s how the Gionee Elife S7 unveiled at MWC 2015 was turned into the Allview X2 Soul Pro. The...

Alcatel OneTouch is back. The company never really left, but their presence in the Australian market was, until April this year, fairly low-key and unheralded by most. They re-launched with a splashy media event in April which caught our attention, and products trickled out slowly to Australian carriers...

Chris Burns It's time for another war, this time between the best of the best accessories made for the Samsung Galaxy S6. If you're one of those users that wanted to get extra fancy and picked up the Galaxy S6 Edge, we've got a few tips for you as...

We’ve been playing with the Sony Xperia E4 for the past week and this low end Xperia phone gets a full video review below. Launched this Spring, the smartphone was priced at $153 in UK, last I checked. We’re also inaugurating a new review format in the video below. The handset measures 10.5 mm in thickness...

Yes, you’ve read it right, we’ve just reviewed the Sony Xperia E4 and we’re already reviewing the Xperia E4g. After all, the two models were launched just days apart, although the E4g debuted in April, after the E4. As the name says, this is an upgrade for the E4, that on paper only brings LTE as an...

Huawei P8 is sort of the banner holder for Huawei right now, not exactly a flagship, but the main phone to bank on for the next months. Unveiled last month in London, the product came to us for testing purposes and it’s an ultraslim affair, priced at 499 euros in the 16 GB version, with a Kirin 930 CPU....

It’s no wonder you’ll see an impressive number of food pics in the gallery taken with the Huawei Honor 6 Plus. This device seems to be made exactly for that purpose: taking pictures in restaurants, at concerts, events and vacations, so it’s ideal for bloggers. Now let’s see what this dual camera phablet...

ASUS ZenFone 2 shocked everyone when it debuted quite a few months ago with 4 GB RAM on board. It was actually the first handset with this quantity of RAM on board and it became an excellent example of a future-proof device. Announced at CES 2015, this model debuted in USA on May 19th and it’s priced...

LG G Flex was an experimental phone that we totally liked here at GSMDome.com, because that curved screen was a marvel to look at, while watching movies. Now, the LG G Flex 2 has arrived earlier this year and we took it for a spin. Launched in January at CES 2015, the product was the first commercial...