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Within just months of hitting the market, the Essential PH-1 has got its first massive price cut of $200 flat. The smartphone from the Android co-founder, Andy Rubin was launched at $699 but now will be available for $499.

Nokia has just started sending out invites for the launch of a new phone in India on October 31st. Just last week, the company launched the Nokia 7 in China and we expect the phone to be making its way to India as well.

Over the last couple of months we have been hearing of Samsung, Xiaomi and Apple smartphones explode. But is we believe a new report coming out of J&K in India, a Reliance JioPhone has just exploded while charging.

Qualcomm has unveiled the all-new Snapdragon 636 chipset in their 4G/5G summit in Hong Kong. Based on a 14nm FinFET technology, the Snapdragon 636 uses eight Kryo 260 cores instead of Cortex A53 cores. This gives the Snapdragon 636 40% better performance.

Last year's Galaxy Note 7 fiasco changed everything for Samsung, they built a new 8-point battery safety check to make their phones safer. But now it seems Samsung's Galaxy J7 is going the same route and caught on fire in an Indore bound flight in India.

Xiaomi is all set to launch the 5th iteration of its popular Redmi Note series in November and here's our first look. The Redmi Note 5 is set to come with a full-screen 18:9 aspect ratio and a single rear camera.

JioPhone has already hit the market, allowing feature phone users to experience the 4G speeds and VoLTE for calls. Now we have the Micromax Bharat 1 launched in partnership with BSNL to take on Reliance Jio and Airtel - Karbonn partnerships.

Nokia has just added a new member to its Android line-up. The Nokia 7 sports a glass back and its a 3D molded Gorilla Glass for added protection. To add to the rigidity of the build, they are also using Series 7000 aluminum for the frame.