smartphones

A quad-camera smartphone is coming via Oukitel

Chinese manufacturer Oukitel has earned a reputation for its budget-minded smartphones, with its K series featuring massive batteries, while the U6 delivered an e-ink…

Should you upgrade to the Galaxy S8? Take our quiz!

Samsung’s Galaxy S8 and S8+ launch tomorrow in South Africa, delivering a device that builds off the excellent Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge (review)….

Samsung Galaxy S8 launches in SA tomorrow, what do critics say?

Samsung’s latest high-end smartphones are released in South Africa tomorrow (5 May), making for quite an impression thanks to those super thin bezels. However,…

Where are these SA smartphone brands now?

Believe it or not, but there have been a few local smartphone brands over the past five years or so. In fact, the last…

Watch: HTC officially teases phone with squeeze gestures

We’ve heard leaks claiming that HTC’s next smartphone will feature squeezable edges. Now, HTC has teased just this on its YouTube channel. The teaser…

A Blind Legend and CATS: this week’s top mobile games

Welcome to Gearburn’s Mobile Game Picks of the Week, a weekly series in which Hadlee takes a look at the latest, most entertaining, or…

Huawei back on top in China – Canalys

Oppo and Vivo have enjoyed several months at the top of the Chinese smartphone pile, but the latest stats show that Huawei has reclaimed…

So, what else can you do with a dual-camera smartphone?

Both LG and Huawei have revealed high-end dual-camera smartphones recently, upping the photography stakes in a big way. “Is it a simple case of…

Here’s what you should know about HTC’s new flagship

HTC hasn’t had a great time in recent years, as it went from Samsung’s chief Android rival to relative obscurity. The One M9 smartphone…

Huawei launches Mate 8 in SA – what’s the damage?

It may be a few months late to the party, but Huawei finally released the Mate 8 smartphone in South Africa. The phone, which…

When can you get your hands on a Huawei P9 in SA?

Huawei has confirmed a release date and tentative price window for the upcoming P9 and P9 Plus smartphones. The company revealed the P9 and…

Here are 5 things to keep in mind with the Huawei P9

Huawei peeled the curtain back on its latest flagship phones this week, making for quite the impression. Whether it’s the innovative dual-camera trickery or…

Yep, Huawei announced the P9 and P9 Plus flagships

Were you expecting something else? Huawei announced the P9 and P9 Plus at an event in London on Wednesday. True to the leaks, the…

Here’s what we should expect from the Huawei P9

Huawei will be unveiling its latest high-end smartphone (or smartphones) in London today, in the form of the Huawei P9. What should we expect…

Is the LG G5 better than the Galaxy S7? Here’s what reviewers are saying

The first reviews for LG’s G5 have been published online, so just what are they saying about this radical product? For starters, Phone Arena’s…

Watch Microsoft’s cancelled take on 3D Touch in ‘leaked’ video

A new video has emerged, purportedly showing some fancy “3D Hover Touch” functionality on Microsoft’s cancelled McLaren smartphone. The handset, which was supposed to…

Fujitsu explores the possibility of liquid-cooled smartphones

We’ve all experienced heat emanating from our cellphones when held against our ears too long and that warm, tingling sensation from laptops when resting…

Samsung wants to shove 128GB storage chips into budget smartphones

Samsung has announced its new 128GB eMMC storage chip, which will look to bring cheaper, denser storage to affordable smartphones in the future. The…

Toshiba launches ‘world’s first’ SDHC memory card with built-in NFC

Toshiba Corporation today at CES announced the launch of the world’s first SDHC memory card with built in NFC (Near Field Communication) capabilities. The…

8 phones with astonishingly good battery life

Size matters. Or at least that is how it seems with the excess of massive mobile phones hitting the market in recent times. These…

Motorola’s Moto G sells out in India, will return in ’10 to 20 days’

Customers in India eager to buy Motorola’s cheap but cheerful Moto G will have to put their Android ambitions on the back-burner for a…

Chromebooks, smartphones Asus’ saving grace for 2014 as profits dip 26%

As Asus profits continue to dip (26% in Q3 said The Taipei Times), the Taiwanese company plans to focus on growing its smartphone side…

Nokia launches three new Ashas, Lumia 1520 and 1320, plus 2520 tablet

This morning it’s all about Nokia. Later on, Apple’s going to try and capture some of that gadget magic we crave. Nokia’s going to…

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