Any press is good press, or so they say. That's a phrase often used when a company finds itself in a precarious situation -- but as Samsung learned first hand, in a hyperactive segment like this ever changing mobile space, the smallest misstep can turn out to have grave ramifications.
Huawei is learning this first hand...
The Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ were near the end of March, and Samsung's marketing and advertising machinery has been hard at work to ensure word about the devices and all of their new features and functionality reaches far and wide. Being Samsung's current flagships, there are a lot of expectations from the devices, and early opinions...
Just a few years ago, Android tablets were being churned out at ludicrous rates, with their year-on-year advancements almost matching those we found on smartphones.
The growth of the tablet market has been stifling for the last couple of years, though, with seemingly nothing being able to jolt them back in motion. Other than Samsung, OEMs...
The Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ have finally been launched. Packing in some impressively-designed hardware with promising software features, the S8 and S8+ will be the phones that every other flagship will be pitched against this year. How OEMs react and what they bring out to compete against Samsung will also determine how well they will...
One of the main reasons why many people love Android over iOS is the extensive customizability of the UI. Through custom launchers, icon packs, wallpapers, and more you can personalize your device according to your taste.
Some people, though, find the abundance of choice to be simply overwhelming. If you're one of those people, then Google's...
As smartphones have become more and more powerful over time, one question we keep asking ourselves is "how much RAM is enough?"
When smartphones with 1GB of RAM were first released, people at the time often said that they didn't need all of that RAM. When smartphones with 2GBs of RAM were released, many people said...
Mobile World Congress 2017 has been an extraordinary event this year, continuing its trend of exciting tech news every year. We have now seen the newest devices from most of the major players in the smartphone space (except Samsung), and we have a rough roadmap of the choices consumers will have until the second half of...
When I reviewed the OnePlus 3T, I lightly touched upon its gaming performance, noting that it was similar to what I found on the OnePlus 3. Since then, a few factors have led me to properly test the gaming performance of this device, with the results of my analysis published below.
With 2017 flagships fast approaching, I...
A lot of our discussion revolves around flagships and how they shape up the smartphone market with their cutting edge features. But a very large chunk of the market does not purchase flagships, choosing to go for mid-range and even budget devices. Most such devices are powered by a handful of popular mid-range SoCs.
So we'd...
With the Google Play Store reaching tens of billions of individual application installations over the course of its lifetime, it is becoming more and more difficult to avoid using Google's app store.
This is especially problematic for open source enthusiasts and/or privacy conscious folks who see the Google Play Store as a shackle on their device that...
Now that the news cycle has settled down for the day, we were wondering what your thoughts are on the Android Wear 2.0 update and the LG Watch Sport/Style.
For those of you who are out of the loop, Google today announced the next major upgrade to the Android Wear platform. The update will bring a...
A few years ago there was a considerable uproar, when numerous major manufacturers were caught cheating on benchmarks. OEMs of all sizes (including Samsung, HTC, Sony, and LG) took part in this arms race of attempting to fool users without getting caught, but thankfully they eventually stopped their benchmark cheating after some frank discussions with...
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