ASUS TUF Gaming FX505DU Hands-On, Quick Review: Metal-Clad Upgrade

We check out the latest FX505 refresh! As part of its second-quarter 2019 refresh, ASUS recently unveiled its updated TUF Gaming FX505 laptops. But aside from the new Ryzen 7 processors and NVIDIA’s new GTX GPUs, the FX505DU looks virtually identical to the FX505DY we reviewed last month. What exactly has changed? Let’s check out […]

Glass Is Great, But I Want Metal Phones Back

Today’s phones are far more fragile than I would like Each calendar year we get a new design trend from manufacturers trying to make their phones more appealing to consumers. A year ago it was 18:9 displays, a year before that it was unibody aluminum phones, and this year its screen notches and glass backs. […]

Samsung Galaxy A6+ (2018) Hands-on, Quick Review: Metal Mid-ranger

We go hands-on with the 2018 refresh of the Galaxy A6+! Samsung refreshed the A6 family of devices yesterday, which now consists of two phones. One is the smaller A6 that we’ve taken a look at a few days ago, and the other being the bigger A6+. While the A6+ retains the same J-series inspired […]

Firefly Unveils Metal-Bodied, Deca-Core Powered Handsets

  Deca-Core phones for under 8K Keeping itself competitive, Firefly Mobile launched its first Deca-Core smartphones, namely the X626 and X622. Marketed as Firefly Mobile’s flagship models, both phones sport deca-core processors—most probably MediaTek’s Helio X20, Digital Lossless Audio, 5.5-inch Full HD display, Fingerprint scanner, USB-C, and an all-metal and glass construction. What’s more attractive to both […]

The Moto E4 and E4 Plus Has Metal Bodies For Cheap

The Moto E4 even has a massive battery Motorola has announced the arrival of two new entry-level phones in their lineup. The Moto E4 and E4 Plus have metal bodies, enty-level hardware and most importantly, affordable price tags. The Moto E4 has a 5-inch HD display, quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 (in some markets, Snapdragon 427) […]

Huawei’s Honor 6A Is An Affordable, Metal-bodied Phone

It’ll likely show up with a different name Huawei’s online-only sub-brand Honor has always managed to undercut its competitors (including Huawei’s own phones) with their solid specs, design and pricing. That hasn’t changed with the company’s newest smartphone, the Honor 6A. The 6A brings a full metal body along with solid hardware with affordable pricing, […]

Gionee’s S6 Pro and P7 Max Are Now Official: Metallic Midrangers with Octa-Cores

It’s Gionee’s turn to pitch into the massive pile of upcoming smartphones this closing quarter of 2016. The Chinese smartphone manufacturer recently unwrapped their 5.5-inch S6 Pro and P7 Max for public consumption. Let’s check the published specs of these devices. Gionee S6 Pro 1.8GHz MediaTek Helio P10 octa-core processor Mali-T860MP2 graphics processor 4GB RAM […]

Torrentz, the Largest Torrent Meta-Search Engine, Shuts Down

These past few weeks have been gloomy and doomy for the torrent community as the world’s largest torrent tracker, KickassTorrents, along with its multiple mirrors, has been taken offline by the feds. Now, another bastion of torrenting has hung up its gloves and has bid farewell to the online community. Founded in 2003, a few […]

Firefly Mobile Unveils New Aurii Envy With Metal And Glass

Firefly Mobile has finally announced their long teased and long awaited smartphone, the Aurii Envy. Th enew device sports a premium exterior via a body that’s a mix of metal and glass – Gorilla Glass 3 sheets on the front and back and metal on the frame. The phone has a little bit of that […]

Gionee’s New S6 Pro Has Metal Body, Helio P10 Onboard

Chinese brand Gionee has taken the wraps off of the newest entry in its S series of devices. Dubbed the S6 Pro, the new phone sports MediaTek’s newest processor, the octa-core Helio P10 SoC as well as a metal body, a 5.5-inch full HD display and a 13-megapixel rear camera that the company says is […]