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  Sharp Aquos Crystal (Boost Mobile) review: Ordinary features bolstered by a daring, edgeless design

  CNET - Lynn La

  The Aquos Crystal for Boost Mobile would be an altogether unmemorable phone if it wasn't for its compelling edgeless design. It's been a very long time since we've seen a phone come out of Sharp's pipeline. So when the Japanese-based company announced its Aquos Crystal, I was not only surprised that …

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  Sony Writes Off $1.5B From Its Mobile Division As It Cuts Smartphone Sales Target Again

  TechCrunch - Jon Russell

  Sony replaced the head of its mobile division yesterday, and today its latest earnings report gave a clearer indication of why. Sony’s mobile unit increased its revenue in the last quarter (its fiscal Q2 2014) by 1.2 percent to $2.83 billion, but the company wrote down the valuation of the business …

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  Windows Phone Shrinks In Android-Dominated Europe, As New iPhones Boost iOS’ Share

  TechCrunch - Natasha Lomas

  Spare a thought for Microsoft, a relative newcomer to the mobile making business, after Redmond completed its $7.2BN+ acquisition of former European mobile making powerhouse Nokia earlier this year. If Microsoft was hoping to see quick marketshare wins in Europe once its hands were fully on the …

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  Oppo N3's motorized swivel camera takes selfies to the next level

  Engadget - Richard Lai

  If you thought Oppo was done with making eccentric selfie phones, you're wrong; the Chinese company is back with a new model dubbed the N3 to replace the N1 from last September. The iconic swivel camera at the top is here to stay, but this time we have a 16-megapixel f/2.2 module with Schneider …

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  At just 4.85mm, Oppo R5 is the world's slimmest smartphone

  Engadget - Richard Lai

  Step aside, Gionee, as your record for the world's slimmest smartphone has just been beaten by a fellow Chinese manufacturer. Oppo's R5, the successor to the Asia-only R3, comes in at just 4.85mm thick, thus beating the 5.15mm-thick Elife S5.1 from Gionee. Despite the crazy thin metallic body, the …

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  LG sells a record-breaking 16.8 million smartphones, doubles profit in the process

  Engadget - Mat Smith

  As Samsung struggles and Apple starts to encroach on the Android mainstay of giant screens, LG's smartphones are doing alright. In fact they're doing pretty darn well. Announcing a record number of smartphones sold and the best quarter in five years, LG's sales totaled 16.8 million devices and the …