Now playing: Watch this: Is this the Samsung Galaxy S8? 1:15 Enlarge Image This phone has no physical home button. Via SamMobile The rumor that the forthcoming Samsung Galaxy S8 will ditch its physical home button for on-screen controls gains more credence with a new image — supposedly of the flagship phone in question. The …

Now playing: Watch this: The return of the Galaxy Note 7? 1:12 Samsung might not be done with the Galaxy Note 7 after all, according to The Investor, citing “unnamed Samsung sources.” The company is rumored to sell refurbished Note 7 models with smaller batteries. Samsung is estimated to have lost $5 billion total from recalling and then stopping production …

The upcoming Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus are poised to snag two firsts when it comes to the processors that power everything the phones will do. Widely rumored to be the first to use Qualcomm’s promising Snapdragon 835 chip, Samsung just also teased its new house-made Exynos 9, tweeting that the chipset is coming “soon”. Well, you can’t get …

HTC needs to make money, and that isn’t going to happen with low-end phones. That was the company’s message during an earnings call Wednesday, as reported by Phone Scoop. Instead, the ailing Taiwanese phonemaker will aim for midrange devices (like the HTC Bolt and U Play) and high-end phones, such as the glass HTC U Ultra. HTC said it would …

The Nokia name is set to make its comeback at Spain’s annual Mobile World Congress show with as many as four new phones, according to frequent Twitter tipster Evan Blass, who writes for Venture Beat. These are reportedly the Nokia 6 (which already sells in China), Nokia 5, Nokia 3, and a bonus handset that’s apparently reminiscent of the Nokia …

When Steve Jobs launched the original iPhone in 2007, its revolutionary all-touchscreen design blew away the then-dominant keyboard phones of the day: the Moto Q, Palm Treo, Nokia E62 and BlackBerry Pearl. Enlarge Image BlackBerry’s new phone channels its QWERTY soul. James Martin/CNET Back then, Nokia and BlackBerry were the smartphone standard-bearers and Apple was the daring upstart. Now, as …

Despite the dozens of phones to choose from every time you walk into a carrier store, there are still plenty of great phones you can’t buy there. Some never make it to the US (though we wish they would), but others can be had from online stores like Amazon, Best Buy or the manufacturer’s own website. Just two things to …

This isn’t a pair of Tiffany earrings or an engagement ring. By the end of 2017, you’ll be able to buy a smartphone, watch or fitness band with a screen made with diamond. Yep, diamond. You may have heard of gadgets made with sapphire crystal before (like the the 128GB version of HTC’s U Ultra and 2014’s Kyocera Brigadier). Adam …

Phones with bezels are so 2016. And LG’s official invite for the unveiling of its LG G6 marquee phone later this month proves it. The electronics giant all but made it official earlier Monday when it announced that the G6 would get a 5.7-inch display with a 2,880×1,440 resolution and a 18:9 screen ratio called Full Vision. Now, LG’s invitation …

If all the leaks and rumors you’ve heard about the LG G6 make you drool with anticipation to buy LG’s flagship phone for spring, you may have to wait until April 7. That’s when the phone will start reaching US buyers, Venture Beat reports, citing “planning materials” that the site acquired. That’d be about a month after the handset goes …