Samsung remained the leader in worldwide smartphone shipments, with 77 million phones shipped in the second quarter. Recent reports showed the Samsung Galaxy S7 outselling the Apple iPhone 6s, and today’s IDC worldwide quarterly mobile phone tracker report confirmed Samsung continues to lead the smartphone market thanks to strong S7 sales. As ZDNet’s Jason Perlow … Read more

(Image: CNET) The new Moto Z Force Edition and Moto Z reviews went live late last week. One surprising note made in the Ars Technica review was that Motorola would not be providing monthly Android security updates for the Moto Z. Motorola reached out and issued this statement regarding monthly updates, “Moto Z and Moto … Read more

Image: James Martin/CNET While the Samsung Galaxy S7 Active has rugged good looks and a shatter-resistant display, it has the same IP68 water- and dust-resistance of the Galaxy S7 models. However, your Galaxy S7 might do a better job of keeping out the champagne than the S7 Active. A couple of weeks ago, Consumer Reports … Read more

Despite the continued global march of the Chinese smartphones, here in the US the battle for the title comes down to Samsung or Apple. These two companies account for 66 percent of smartphone sales. In the latest Kantar Worldpanel article Samsung’s Galaxy S7/S7 Edge accounted for 16 percent of recent sales while the Apple iPhone … Read more

Image: Samsung The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 will be revealed in all its glory in three weeks. Each year we can count on Samsung to launch a new Galaxy Note device. Rather than waiting for IFA, Samsung on Tuesday sent out invites for an August 2 launch event, and it actually named the device. To … Read more

(Image: HTC) Thanks to an HTC $100-off loyalty code, I purchased my HTC 10 for $599 in April. HTC is again offering $100 off the HTC 10 from now until July 31, if you purchase the HTC 10 at HTC.com. If you want the HTC 10, then you should purchase it directly from HTC, as … Read more

(Image: Huawei) The Huawei P9 is a fantastic flagship smartphone that has me taking more photos than ever. Huawei just announced its latest Honor-branded phone, the Honor 8, with specifications nearly the same as the P9 at about half the price. (Image: Huawei) Huawei launched the Honor brand a couple of years ago as a … Read more

Huawei is thought to have released the best Nexus ever in 2015. All the Google Nexus rumors so far have indicated we will soon see two smartphones made by HTC, codenamed Marlin and Sailfish. Given that Huawei released the best Nexus device ever last year, I was surprised it was not being given another chance … Read more

Sarah Tew/CNET Last year I decided to take the risk and install the Apple iOS 9 public preview on my iPhone 6 Plus. Since that was a nearly flawless test, I decided to install the iOS 10 public preview that went live yesterday. HELLO, IOS 10 It’s only been a day with iOS 10 on … Read more

(Image: HTC) It’s not often we see HTC Desire devices released in the US, but HTC has announced its Desire 530 will soon be available from T-Mobile and Verizon, along with an unlocked model directly from HTC. The HTC Desire 530 is a low-end Android smartphone available at a reasonable $159.99 to $179, with its … Read more