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Smartphones aren't so profitable for LG. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android

Smartphones aren’t so profitable for LG. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android

LG shipped an impressive 8.1 million LTE smartphones worldwide last quarter — its best result so far — but the company made just 1.2 cents in profit on each one. That’s approximately 0.012 percent of the profit Apple makes on every 16GB iPhone 6 it sells.

Take a look at Sony's new Android software. Photo: Sony

Take a look at Sony’s new Android software. Photo: Sony

Sony’s concept Android software has now entered early testing with 500 Xperia Z3 owners in Sweden, and the first screenshots have begun to surface. The gallery below shows off the major changes Sony is making, which includes stripping out its own user interface.

A supposed render of the Moto 360 2. Photo: Weibo

A supposed render of the Moto 360 2. Photo: Weibo

An unreleased Motorola “smart watch” has stopped by the FCC ahead of its official unveiling. The device is believed to be Motorola’s second-generation Moto 360, which we’ve been hearing about for a while, and the filing suggests we’ll see it very soon.

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The OnePlus 2 has an all-new design a better specs. Photo: OnePlus

OnePlus this week announced its long-awaited OnePlus 2, and despite its sub-$400 price tag, it has all the features and specifications it needs to give the latest flagships some tough competition — including Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 810 processor, up to 4GB of RAM, and a much-improved camera.

But OnePlus smartphones are all about beating the latest flagships. Does the OnePlus 2 have what it needs to do that? Find out below.

Moto X Style is the second-best snapper on the market. Photo: Motorola

Moto X Style is the second-best snapper on the market. Photo: Motorola

When Motorola announced its new Moto X Style earlier today, the company said it had one of the top three smartphone cameras in the world, based on testing by the experts at DxOMark. Now those test results have been published, and it turns out Motorola was not lying.

Its new handset is actually ranked the second-best smartphone camera to date, second only to the Galaxy S6.

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