Sellers in Aliexpress spent the past year listing a handset called the Gionee D999, and the first glance does most of the selling. Long, narrow, black, and topped with a stubby antenna, it reads as a direct copy of the brick phones that sat on car seats in the early nineties. Open the box and […]
RugOne, the outdoor arm of rugged-phone maker Ulefone, showed the Xsnap 7 Pro at IFA in Berlin on September 5 and opened Kickstarter orders two days later. Early backers can still claim a limited run at €799. Full retail follows this month at $999 in the US and €1,099.99 in Europe, in Sand Dune or […]
Parents who grew up walking to a friend’s house without a tracker in their pocket now face a different first-phone problem. Most options for ages 7 to 13 either open the full internet or function mainly as a way to watch a child from a distance. Freckle, revealed today by Freckle Mobile and founder Sam […]
Most charging cases only hold a charge and a pair of buds. JBL Live Buds 3, priced at $129.95 (was $200), add a 1.45-inch color touchscreen that turns the case into a control panel you can use with a laptop, tablet, TV, or phone without opening an app. Swipe to play, pause, or skip, raise […]
Google kept the Pixel 10a at $499 for 128GB when it launched, and street prices have since drifted lower, with the Obsidian version often landing at $424. That number matters because almost every rival in this range either costs more on day one or starts cutting software support much sooner. Hardware inside this phone will […]
Motorola still sells the only widely available Android phone in this price range that keeps a real pen tucked in the frame, and the Moto G Stylus (2025), priced at $279.99 (was $400), uses that old idea as the excuse for a much sharper everyday phone. You get a 6.7-inch pOLED panel, IP68 sealing, 68W […]
Honor just launched a $1,500 Android flagship with a folding titanium robot arm that holds its 200-megapixel main camera, and Zack Nelson of JerryRigEverything got one the same week Apple dominated every headline. He expected a concept that barely worked. What arrived instead was a finished phone whose three-axis gimbal hides behind a sliding plastic […]
London — Images of masked men riding along London’s streets on mopeds or electric bikes and snatching phones straight out of the hand of unsuspecting tourists and locals have gone viral in recent years. The criminals have essentially taken advantage of new, quick but quiet transport technology to get a leg up on police. The […]
Next week the 8BitDo FlipPad reaches stores and pre-order customers after its debut at CES earlier this year. The accessory takes a fresh approach to mobile gaming by turning compatible smartphones into vertical handhelds focused on retro titles and simple control schemes. Where mobile play unfolds. Introducing 8BitDo FlipPad — a flip-style gamepad designed for […]
Bigme built the HiBreak Dual 2 around a simple mechanical solution to a familiar problem. Regular smartphones deliver color, speed, and apps but wear out eyes during long reading sessions. Dedicated e-readers protect vision and sip power yet lack cameras, video, and quick multitasking. This device carries both screen types in one slab so owners […]