By Natasha Lomas The life of a technology journalist inexorably involves a lot of gadgetry. And while I can appreciate the sleek beauty of new Apple hardware as much as the next person, I don’t routinely get excited by the prospect of unboxing any other new gizmo just because. But when the courier handed over…

Amazon India reportedly delivered a brick to Maninder Walia instead of the OnePlus One handset that he ordered. Amazon is looking into the matter to resolve the incident as soon as possible. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

Archos teamed up with SIKUR to develop the GranitePhone, which is a new entry to the small but growing niche market of security-focused smartphones. The security-focused phone costs $849, but is it worth it? …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

Google officially confirmed that the Nexus 5X will start shipping to customers who preordered its new device beginning Oct. 22. Customers will have to wait a little longer for the Nexus 6P. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

The first-ever Android-powered smartphone from BlackBerry, the BlackBerry Priv, has emerged online once again. The pre-production unit of the smartphone was obtained by a publication which carried out a mini review of the device. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

Image of the HTC One A9 dummy unit leaked online. The phone may come running on Android 6.0 Marshmallow and it will have some design aspects similar to that of the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6s. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

HERE Maps has a handy feature that gives it an advantage over rival maps. It will let users get access to the turn-by-turn navigation feature even offline, negating the need of an Internet connection to use the feature. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

The iPhone 6s Plus and the Lumia 950 XL are two of the latest phablets in the arena. Here is a comparison of some specs of the two smartphone titans. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

Sharp prepares a phone unlike anything else on the market. Meet RoBoHoN, the world’s first robot smartphone that can talk, walk, remind users to buy groceries and even dance. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

Apple has reportedly incorporated Bluetooth 4.2 support to the iPhone 6, 6 Plus and iPad Air 2. Bluetooth 4.2 promises to offer higher efficiency, a speed boost as well as improved security. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By John Biggs The folks at Goebel Furniture make amazing wooden furniture the old fashioned way: the create design permutations in CAD/CAM, 3D print demo models, and then carve and shape every piece to the customer’s exact requirements. Run by Martin Goebel, the company makes commercial and domestic furniture. The commercial stuff is amazingly heavy…

Microsoft will only be having AT&T sell its new flagship smartphones in the United States, as Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile will not be offering the Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

It looks like the OnePlus X just made a public appearance. So is that “X” a multiplication symbol or just a plain one X? …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

Recently crowned as the top camera phone on French lab DxOMark, Sony’s Xperia Z5 is the current gold standard for smartphone cameras. iPhone 6s Plus – packed with photo enhancement features and lower aperture – challenges the king. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

The budget smartphone – Samsung Galaxy J3 – has surfaced on benchmark sites, suggesting that the release of the handset is not far away. The 5-inch smartphone will allegedly house 1GB of RAM and a Snapdragon 410 processor. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones