Huawei Nexus Said to Be Powered by a HiSilicon Kirin Processor

In recent weeks, we have been discussing the upcoming Google Nexus smartphone and tablet. It seems the search giant wants to introduce new models this year and is looking to adopt a new partner and bring it in the whole equation. As it appears to be the case now, Google’s next smartphone (we assume) will be manufactured by Huawei. Apart from this info, we have nothing to go on spec-wise, but a new report coming out of Asia and relayed to us by Gizmo China reveals a new interesting detail. Huawei has been using its own home-grown chips inside its own smartphones, but if we’re to take the new piece of info as being legitimate, the next-gen Nexus will come equipped with one of the company’s HiSilicon chips. The current Nexus 6 relies...

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Crooks Create High-Quality Fake Xiaomi Mi4 Smartphone

Following the results of joint investigative efforts from Bluebox Security and Xiaomi smartphone manufacturer, it has been discovered that unofficial retailers in China sell very convincing versions of the popular Mi4 mobile phone. Last week, researchers at Bluebox Security published a highly non-flattering security report for the device after noticing that it came with adware and malware pre-installed, and that root access was already available. The trust score achieved by the device was a meager 2.6. Verifying authenticity was not an easy task Given the reputation of the Chinese vendor, Bluebox researchers suspected that they might have gotten their hands on a fake and verified the authenticity of the device. However, reaching...

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ASUS ZenFone 2 Launches, 4GB of RAM Version Gets Surprising Under $300 Price

Just as promised, today ASUS has released the ZenFone 2 after officially announcing it at CES 2015 a few months ago. The smartphone is currently available only in ASUS’ home country, Taiwan, where the device maker is offering the phone in its 5.5-inch and 5-inch variations. The latter is extremely affordable (as seen at Whats on Tech). Before the big day, there were concerns that ASUS might not make the ZenFone 2 as affordable as it was originally announced. Last month, we told you that the handset had already showed up for pre-order on AliExpress with a $300 / €262 price tag for the 2GB of model (which was $100 / €78 more than what we were expecting), while the 4GB of RAM model had been listed for $440 / €384. ASUS' 4GB phone...

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There’s Still Hope: Android 5.0 Lollipop Shown Running on Sony Xperia C3

Sony might have confirmed the Android 5.0 Lollipop update for its Xperia Z smartphone line, and even if we are yet to see it roll out for these devices, we can be pretty confident that Sony will deliver what it promised a few months ago. However, this weekend, a new piece of information came to light. It appears Sony does not plan to update to Lollipop handsets that are not part of the Xperia Z family. The company made this pretty clear saying that “We can advise that the Android 5.0 Lollipop update is going to be released for the entire Xperia Z series only, we do apologize.” This response prompted complaints from a lot of owners of non-Xperia Z handsets on various forums, which in turn probably made the Japanese company think twice...

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WhatsApp Denies Claims of Permanent Bans on Users of Unofficial Clients

Last week a report coming from a developer of an unofficial WhatsApp client claimed the instant messenger developer is not imposing permanent bans on those who use third-party apps. WhatsApp took similar actions against users of unofficial third-party WhatsApp clients for quite some time, but those bans were only temporarily imposed for just 24 hours. The confusion in the last couple of days on WhatsApp permanent bans stemmed from the fact that the countdown clock which was displayed when opening the application was removed and everyone thought they were permanently banned from using WhatsApp. Even after 24 hours those who received the ban weren't able to use WhatsApp services, but the only reason was the fact that they did not uninstall...

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