Oppo’s flagship N1 handset, which went on sale in China in late September, is going global on December 10. The device is fully equipped to compete with the latest flagships — packing a 5.9-inch 1080p display, a quad-core Snapdragon 600 processor, and a 13-megapixel camera — and it’ll cost $599 in the U.S. and €449 in Europe.

Despite being significantly outsold by the iPhone 5s in many territories, the less-expensive iPhone 5c appeals to former Android users entering the Apple ecosystem for the first time, according to figures released by Kantar Worldpanel ComTech.

For two days only, today, December 2, through tomorrow, December 3, until 23:50 GMT, The Carphone Warehouse is offering the scaled-down version of Samsung’s former flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S4 Mini, completely free of charge on two of O2’s 24-month contracts.

Google unveiled the revamped model of its flagship 7-inch tablet, the Nexus 7, back in June, and a month later the device was available to purchase from the Play Store for $229. However, tomorrow Staples will be offering the slate for the discounted price of $199 as part of its Cyber Monday deals.

What makes Google think users want canned messages? Google filed a patent application, published November 19, for algorithmically driven auto-reply.

As you might expect, the messages aren’t really “canned” in the way that an email vacation auto-reply might be. It’s actually quite Googlish.

Here’s what Google is up to, and why you might actually love this technology.