The OPPO F9 looks like the vivo X23 looks like the OnePlus 6T

We update the price of the OPPO F9 and bring on the possibility that the vivo X23 could serve the Chinese market with a similar hardware design.

OPPO F7 spotted unnecessarily cheating benchmarks

The device runs on a MediaTek Helio P60, a mid-range processor with a 12nm fabrication and eight cores. It should do fine on paper. It shouldn't need to cheat.

Galaxy Note 7 refurb leaked in Vietnam, release imminent

Several elements of Samsung's scheme to bring back the Galaxy Note 7 have been shown off in leaked photos of the device in Vietnam.

Emerging markets could see Galaxy Note 7 revived with smaller battery

The company has thumbed India and Vietnam to get the refurbished Note 7 units that will be equipped with a smaller battery than the one originally provided.

Apple localizes currencies in Egypt, Nigeria, Tanzania, six other countries’ App Stores

iOS's reach hasn't been terribly far in many of these countries, but by converting prices away from the standard US Dollar, Apple hopes for a local edge.

Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime gets Vietnam launch

Vietnam is getting some attention from Samsung during the IFA-fest with a Galaxy J7 Prime. There's a fingerprint sensor and not much more.

Galaxy galleria: details show up on Samsung Z2, Galaxy C9, J7 Prime

Media-grade renders leak for the new Tizen phone, the mid-ranger that could top mid-rangers gets a raw price and there is a new mid-range delineation.

iPhone 7 Lightning adapter for headphones seemingly found in Vietnam

A Vietnamese site claims it grabbed an adapter from a local Foxconn factory. And it certainly look's like Apple's part. Ready to face the Lightning?

Samsung cutting shipments and redoubling budget efforts in 2016

Samsung is the biggest mobile phone manufacturer by volume and most of those phones, it turns out, end up selling for less than $250 or $200. Insurgent competitor Apple definitely has the profits from planting fat margins onto its products. It’s also been closing the gap in shipments, but it still has a ways to go.

So, the chaebol may be taking the luxury of that ways to go by making plans to ship fewer phones next year — by up 12 percent, according to a domestic retailers group. The math comes out to about 425 million smartphones, give or take a few [...]

Apple Vietnam Limited Liability opens up to serve fast-growing market

Vietnam has been a hotbed for Windows Phone with some major hardware partners putting up decent phones. But there’s room to grow in the country — it’s growing faster than a lot of other Asian markets. The mobile subscription growth rate was marked at 26 percent between 2009 and 2013, while Vietnam’s internet penetration landed above one-third of the population in 2014. It’s a picture unlike China and something Apple wants to get into, bad.

How bad? The company has just set up a subsidiary based in Ho Chi Minh City with capital of more than $670,000. It [...]