Oppo F3 arriving in India on May 4

Oppo has announced that the F3 smartphone will land in India next month - May 4. The announcement came in the form of a tweet from the company's India branch.

To refresh, the F3 and F3 Plus - which are being marketed as selfie experts - were made official by the Chinese company last month. The Plus variant went on sale in India earlier this month, costing INR 30,990 ($473).

The F3 differs from the Plus variant in display size - it has a 5.5-inch screen, compared to 6.0-inch display of the F3 Plus.

Nougat update starts hitting Samsung Galaxy S6/S6 edge in India

After the Galaxy S6 edge+, Samsung has started rolling out the Nougat update to its Galaxy S6 and S6 edge smartphones in India. Weighing in at over 1,245MB and arriving as build number G920IDVU3FQD1 and G925IDVU3FQD1, respectively, the update brings along Android version 7.0.

Aside from the new OS (and the changes/new features it brings along), the update also includes some performance improvements as well as Android security fixes for the month of March. System upgrade and app installation processes have also been enhanced.

Xiaomi Mi 6 official: Announced in China

The Xiaomi Mi 6 is now official and it turns out most of the rumors were true. The smartphone is powered by the latest Snapdragon 835 chipset and comes with dual cameras on the back.

And while it's not new for Xiaomi to focus on bringing the bleeding edge of tech but this time there's also a huge emphasis on build quality and design. The Mi 6 has curved glass on the front and back with a stainless steel frame in between that has a polish which takes 12 days and 40 processes to achieve. Xiaomi stresses the alignment of the controls, the SIM tray and the antenna lines, quoting a new Aligned Design Concept.

There's also an exclusive version with ceramic back and 18K gold rims around the two cameras akin to the Mi Mix 18K.

There is a dual-camera setup on the back that sits flush with the surface without a hump. The setup comprises of two 12MP cameras, one being a wide angle one and the other a tele similar to the Apple iPhone 7 Plus - there's a Portrait Mode too. There's 4-axis optical stabilization to keep things steady from the wide-angle 12MP camera.

The Snapdragon 835 chip comes with 6 gigs of RAM, while storage is either 64GB or 128GB. The screen has retained its 5.15" size and 1080p resolution. The 3.5mm headphone jack has been axed but Xiaomi has added stereo speakers as a saving grace and there's splash resistance.

There's a large 3,350mAh battery inside the Mi 6. The fingerprint scanner is embedded under the home button on the front.

The Xiaomi Mi 6 launches on April 28 and it starts at CNY2,499 ($360) for the base 64GB version. Doubling the storage brings the price to CNY2,899 ($420), while the exclusive ceramic version is CNY2,999 ($435).

Moto G4 Play will be updated to Android 7.0 Nougat in June

Of the three G4-branded phones it launched last year, Motorola has already updated the G4 and G4 Plus to Android 7.0 Nougat. The software rolled out in some markets last October, and made its way to the US in March.

But what about the G4 Play? The cheapest and lowest-end G4 is still on Marshmallow, and you may have expected things to stay that way given its affordability. Software update expectations are generally low in that price bracket. Yet Motorola begs to differ.

The Lenovo-owned company has confirmed to Android Authority that the G4 Play will indeed get its very own taste of Nougat. This will be released at some point in June, at least for devices sold in the US. It's unclear when (or if) the update will become available for G4 units purchased elsewhere.

Xiaomi Mi Max 2 specifications show up on GFXBench!

The specs of the upcoming Xiaomi Mi Max 2 — the mid-range phablet from the Chinese phone maker have been up on GFXBench.

The device which shows up as “Xiaomi Oxygen” over at GFXBench is said to be the Xiaomi Mi Max 2. As we can see the handset will sport the same size 6.4-inch Full HD display of the predecessor, obviously there’s been an upgrade in the rest of the hardware.

The original Mi Max

Looking at the specs sheet above, It looks like the Mi Max 2 will follow the footsteps of the Redmi Note 4 and sport a more efficient chipset, our prediction is a Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 (While other websites are saying it to be the Snapdragon 660) coupled with an Adreno 506 GPU, 4GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage. Camera wise, we’ll find a 12MP rear facing shooter that can shoot 4K videos and a 5MP selfie camera.

This is everything we know this far, stay tuned for more info as the phone could get launched very soon!