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Indian handset maker Lava recently turned 16, and to celebrate the occasion, Lava has announced its 16th Anniversary Sale, allowing customers to buy its products at discounted prices through its official website, Amazon.in, and Flipkart on March 30. However, the most interesting deal about this sale is that Lava will sell the Agni 3 smartphone and the Prowatch V1 smartwatch to the first 100 buyers for just INR 16 ($0.20/€0.17) as a part of the flash offer. The Lava Agni 3's sale will begin at 12 PM IST, while the Prowatch V1's sale will kick off at 7 PM IST. Use coupon code "AGNI3"...

Amazon is having a spring shopping event around the world and we picked out the best smartphone offers for the UK. The Poco F7 series launched just in time for the Spring Deal Days and they come with a £100 discount instead of the usual £50 early bird discount. The Poco F7 Ultra starts at £550 and brings flagship performance with a Snapdragon 8 Elite and a 5,300mAh battery with 120W wired and 50W wireless charging. It is rated IP68 and it has a 6.67” display with Poco Shield Glass – it’s a good quality 120Hz panel with 1440p+ resolution, 12-bit colors with Dolby Vision and 3,200 nits...

Most of the foldable smartphones today are inward folding devices – the main screen is protected by the outer shell, and you have a smaller outer screen for notifications and basic tasks. Some makers like Huawei also have outward folding devices, which wrap the folding screen around the back of the device. While sleeker and more futuristic, these types of foldables are seriously compromised in terms of durability, as part of the display is always exposed. What if you could have a foldable that folds both inward and outward? Well, Samsung has patented such a device which was brought to...

After a period of delay, silence, and technical difficulties, Google finally has an availability date for the new Pixel 9a. The phone will first go on sale on April 10 in the US, Canada, and the UK. Following those countries, the Pixel 9a will be available on April 14 in Germany, Spain, Italy, Ireland, France, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Portugal, Switzerland, Poland, Czechia, Romania, Hungary, Slovenia, Slovakia, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, and Finland. Finally, on April 16, the Pixel 9a will go on sale in Australia, India, Singapore, Taiwan, and...

Google announced that it's finally allowing developers to choose the billing system they would like to use in apps distributed over Google Play. The change affects UK consumers, but it has also been implemented in other markets. For now, the new billing option is available only to non-game developers and will launch on March 29. Developers who opt in can offer their users a separate billing method, but cannot replace Google Play's billing system altogether. However, if users decide to use the alternative billing system, developers will avoid up to 30% fees on transactions, which...

Samsung announced that as of today, the Galaxy A56, A36 and A26 are available worldwide. Of course, they have been available for a while in some regions, but not others. The big new market to join the A-series fun this week is the US. The Galaxy A36 is available with a $50 gift card either from Amazon or from Best Buy. Both the Galaxy A36 and Galaxy A26 are also available from Samsung.com, of course. Note that only the 128GB configuration made it to the States. If you are looking for the Galaxy A56, it is coming later this year. ...

Traveling to Saudi Arabia, or perhaps another destination in the Middle East? Whether you're visiting for business, leisure, or the Hajj Pilgrimage to Mecca this June, staying connected is essential. Thankfully, via the use of eSIMs, companies like aloSIM are making it easier for travelers to use their mobile devices abroad—all without incurring any roaming fees! Have you tried aloSIM? Referred to by many as “a game changer” for travel, aloSIM is an easy-to-use app that provides prepaid mobile data plans without the need for a physical SIM card. With eSIMs available in over 200...

Qualcomm's successor to the Snapdragon 8 Elite launched last October is probably coming in October, and while we don't yet know exactly what the company will choose to call it, we'll just refer to it as the Elite 2. This chipset will allegedly score around 3.8 million points in the AnTuTu benchmark, according to a new leak from China. For comparison's sake, note that the best scoring device in AnTuTu's charts at the moment is the iQOO 13, which is powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite. This manages a score of about 2.69 million. So the next-gen chip should bring about a 41% improvement...

Chinese phone batteries have grown significantly in the past few months with the use of Silicon Carbon tech, and this is only set to continue according to a lot of recent rumors. Today we have a rumor talking about an Honor mid-ranger that is coming soon with a whopping 8,000 mAh battery. That would have been unthinkable only a couple of years ago. The unnamed phone will also have very good speakers, apparently with 300% the volume of a normal mid-ranger. Honor Magic7 Lite The device is said to be powered by a Snapdragon 7 series chipset, though it's unclear exactly which one....