New HTC One put up for sale ... on eBay

We've seen that dark gray hue before, too Leave it to a now-pulled eBay posting to give us a detailed look at the oft-leaked All New HTC One. Someone walked away with a Verizon version of the phone for a steal of $499.99 (about £300, AU$556). While there's a chance it could be a repeat of the Xbox scam, so far no words of a hoax have surfaced. Only the...

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SIM-free Sony Xperia Z2 UK pricing and availability confirmed

At the end of February, the first pre-orders for the Sony Xperia Z2 began at £564, but back then it was noted that official pricing is yet to be confirmed. And today we have the real deal as Clove UK has listed Sony's flagship at £540. The availability date is still set for April 11, which suggests those manufacturing issues rumors might be off the mark. Carphone...

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Galaxy S5's ISOCELL camera advantages demoed on video

Samsung has been working on its ISOCELL tech for a while now and the new camera technology is ready for primetime – it's used in the main camera of the Samsung Galaxy S5, which is bound to sell in the tens of millions. What's ISOCELL anyway? It turns out, individual pixels are in actual cells. Barriers between the pixels reduce the crosstalk between them by...

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Paym is the new mobile payment system on the block

Owe someone for a coffee? Paym will let you square it away The Payments Council, the organisation that sets strategy for UK payment mechanisms, has confirmed the name of a new secure way to pay using just a mobile phone number. The new method will be called Paym, and will be integrated into customer's existing mobile banking or payment apps. At its launch...

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Rumor: Supplier issues may delay mass Xperia Z2 launch

The Sony Xperia Z2 might be delayed due to manufacturing issues. So says milukugiuniu from the Esato forum - a credible source of Sony-related info in the past. According to him the delay is caused by a supplier that isn't Qualcomm and that the issue is global and will likely force Sony to launch the Xperia Z2 in limited quantity at first with mass unit availability pushed...

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HTC One 2014 forgets it's not official yet, hits eBay

The HTC One 2014 (M8) leaks have been all over the place lately, but didn't suspect they'll go as far as this. Verizon-branded 32GB HTC One 4G LTE has been listed on eBay for sale. Carrying a $499.99 price tag, the eBay listing shows the packaging of the phone, which also confirms it's going to be called like its predecessor - the HTC One (the All New part has been...

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New spy shots of the Oppo Find 7 surface

New spy photos of the upcoming Oppo Find 7 have surfaced. In them, the phone seems to be in its packaging, but nevertheless the slim bezels and 5.5" display are clearly seen. We've already seen leaked official photos of the phone and we have to say it looks really nice. The company has confirmed there'll be two versions of the phone - one with FHD display and the...

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All New HTC One crops up with Verizon branding

Announcing the All New HTC One (M8) on March 25 rather than the MWC doesn’t seem to be paying off for the manufacturer – its upcoming flagship can't go five minutes without info leaking from somewhere. The latest shows photos of the Verizon-bound version of the One successor. All New HTC One with Verizon branding Note that these photos are of an in-store dummy...

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Nokia's 'swiss roll' battery hints at bendy ambitions

Let's get flexible We've had the Samsung Galaxy Round and LG G Flex, and now Nokia might be lining up a flexible device onslaught after filing a patent for a rollable battery. The Finnish company's new design, spotted in a patent filing by Nokia Power User, looks like a swiss roll in the way it wraps around itself. Annotations point towards the battery's...

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Samsung Galaxy S5 pre-orders in the UK to start on March 28

The Samsung Galaxy S5 pre-orders are roving across Europe and its seems they'll hit the UK in a couple of weeks – the latest information says that Brits will be able to pre-order Samsung's new flagship starting March 28. The actual launch date is set for April 11, other European countries are going for an April launch too. There's no info on the price just...

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ZTE teases Nubia X6 with OIS camera and stereo speakers

The ZTE Nubia line is home to the company's flagship phones – powerful, slender and made of metal. The upcoming Nubia X6 is being teased on Weibo and promises to be on par with flagships from big makers. The latest image shows a side glimpse of the upcoming device. The bezels around the screen will reportedly be very thin – 1.3mm – and while there's no info...

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Mobile Home Siri Remote review

With Apple's CarPlay in-car tech recently in the news, you may be wondering what good it all is if you don't happen to be buying a new car in the next couple of years. Put another way, is there any way you can get iOS into your existing car? Up to a point, yes, and part of the answer for you could be the Mobile Home in-car Siri enabling gadget. Of course, there...

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Images and video show Intel's Obsidian UI for Tizen

Tizen gets mentioned mostly in association with Samsung – indeed the company has the only retail-ready devices – but Intel is the other big player. It turns out that the chipmaker has a reference device, codenamed Josephine, and its own UI, called Obsidian. Samsung leans towards a TouchWiz interface and brought a prototype phone at the MWC. Intel's Obsidian UI is more...

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Sony Xperia E1 goes on sale in single and dual-SIM flavors

Sony Xperia E1 is now available through various retailers in India. Both single and dual-SIM version are available for purchase in all three color flavors - black, white and purple. The black models are quickly running out of stock though, so if you want one you should hurry making an order. Sony Xperia E1 Dual costs INR9,750 or €115, while the single SIM Xperia E1 is...

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