If Chinese electronics company TCL may be better known in the US for its TVs than its smartphones, that’s because the company doesn’t use its own name on phones sold in the US. But if you buy a recent BlackBerry smartphone anywhere other than India, you’re probably using a device manufactured by TCL. The company […]
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The latest Palm phone has a 3.3 inch screen, $350 price tag
Palm is back… but not really. In November you’ll be able to buy a new smartphone called the Palm, and it’s designed to evoke some nostalgia for an era of smartphones past. But it’s not the Palm you knew. The Palm features a small screen in an age of big-screened smartphones, and it’ll sell for […]
BlackBerry Key2 LE coming in September for $399 and up
So you want a modern Android phone with a physical keyboard, but don’t want to spend $650 on a BlackBerry Key2. TCL has you covered. The company has just unveiled a cheaper model called the BlackBerry Key2. It has the same keyboard, display, and physical design. But it has a less powerful processor, less RAM, […]
TCL may be taking the Palm name literally: 3.3 inch Palm smartphone leaked
It’s 2018 and smartphones with 6.4 inch displays don’t really seem all that strange anymore. So how do you make a device that stands out? Give it a tiny screen… or something. That seems to be the approach Chinese device maker TCL is planning to take with a new Palm-branded smartphone expected to launch sometime […]
Alcatel 1 is an $89 Android Go smartphone
The first phone to ship with Android Oreo Go Edition software int he US was the ZTE Tempo Go. But ZTE’s uncertain fate, it’s not surprising that the phone is currently out of stock. Soon you may have another option for a cheap Android phone that ships with a version of Android (and some key […]
BlackBerry Key2 goes on sale in the US July 13th, pre-orders open June 29th
BlackBerry and TCL’s latest Android phone-with-a-physical-keyboard goes up for pre-order in the United States next week, and it’ll be available in-stores two weeks after that. The BlackBerry Key2 is a $649 smartphone with a 4.5 inch display, a QWERTY keyboard, and dual rear cameras. It looks a lot like last year’s BlackBerry KeyOne, but the […]
BlackBerry Key2 smartphone launches for $649
Touchscreens and virtual keyboards have taken over the smartphone world in the decade since Apple launched the first iPhone. But there’s still a small but loyal group of physical keyboard fans… they just don’t have a lot of choices if they want to buy a smartphone with modern specs. Now they have one more though: […]
BlackBerry Key2 leaked (again)
BlackBerry and TCL are set to unveil their next phone on Thursday, June 7th. But Evan Blass didn’t want you to have to wait until then to get a good look at the BlackBerry Key2. In a series of tweets, Blass shared some renderings that give us our best look at the upcoming smartphone to […]
Alcatel 3V smartphone with 2:1 display, dual cameras coming to America for $150
The Alcatel 3V is a smartphone with a 6 inch, 2160 x 1080 pixel display, a MediaTek MT8735A quad-core ARM CortexA3 processor, 2GB of RAM, and 16GB of storage. It’s not a high-end phone by any means, but this budget device has a few premium touches including dual cameras with support for portrait-mode photos, support […]
BlackBerry Key2 is coming in June
The next BlackBerry phone is coming soon, and in case you had any doubt that the next new phone would be a follow-up to last year’s BlackBerry KeyOne, this tweet from BlackBerry should make things pretty clear: 🔑2⃣ 👀 pic.twitter.com/t4ZF9yGfhH — BlackBerry Mobile (@BBMobile) May 11, 2018 Yup, it’s the Key2 (or 🔑2⃣ , I guess). Either […]