It’s no secret the tablet market isn’t what it used to be. It’s hard to get excited about a tablet in 2018, but Google hopes to change that with its newly announced Google Pixel Slate. The Google Pixel Slate is a Chrome OS-powered tablet that is also capable of transforming into a laptop using a keyboard dock. Essentially this is Google’s take on the Microsoft Surface. The design is functional, though far from game-changing There’s really only so many ways to design a tablet, and so there’s nothing particularly innovative to be seen here in terms of design.

The phone is set for release on Japan’s smallest major mobile service provider, KDDI au, sometime in mid-June, and while pricing has not been set, it will probably retail for around 90,000 yen, or roughly $810. For reference, the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge which launched a few weeks ago, is even more expensive. Phones in Japan are typically much more costly than they are overseas, something that was covered with last year’s bizarre Nexus situation that saw the mid-range 5X retail for more than the premium 6P.

We’ve seen our fair share of sketchy promotional videos from smartphone manufacturers, and it looks like an LG division is the latest to shoot itself in the foot. LG Poland recently posted a video on TikTok (h/t: PhoneArena), showing an elderly man apparently taking upskirt photos of a woman walking up stairs. The woman then turns around and grabs the LG V60 being used by the man, scrolling through the gallery app on the second screen.

It is not just one device having issues as people on the Nexus 5, iPhone 5, iPhone 5s and the OnePlus One have all been dealing with these network issues. TMONews puts out a possible theory as to this recent outage: “To me, this seems like a simple case of teething issues. Like I’ve already mentioned, there are always problems when networks are being upgraded. And you only have to read posts here from the past few weeks to know that VoLTE, 4G, and Wideband LTE are being activated in new locations at break-neck speeds.

TL;DR TCL’s Palm-branded smartphone has appeared in several listings, suggesting that it might be a budget device. The device’s Bluetooth SIG listing also reveals the “Pepito” name, although we’re not sure if this is the final name. Previous reports suggest that TCL plans to release the device in the second half of 2018. Earlier this year, it emerged that Palm brand custodian TCL planned to release another Palm smartphone.

The new Note 10.1 2014 Edition is a sleek piece of gear. We saw it at IFA last week and we loved its super crisp display and thin profile, and then there’s the S Pen and all the creative things that you can do with it. With its faux leather finish, the new Note 10.1 looks pretty smart on the outside, but its innards are just as intelligent. Among them is the 10.

It’s time for the Sunday giveaway! Like every week, we’re giving away a brand new Android phone to one lucky Android Authority reader. The DGiT Daily newsletter is a daily briefing focused on bringing you the best tech news and links to what’s happening all around the web. It doesn’t matter if it’s from The Wall Street Journal or the depths of a 41-tweet Twitter thread — we’ll find it, and tell you what it means.

It looks like you might not need a smartphone to use Samsung’s upcoming Gear VR headset. According to a report by Naver, the tech giant is working on a standalone VR headset that will be equipped with a built-in OLED display. What’s even more interesting is that the display is said to have a pixel density of 2,000 ppi. That’s a lot more than other VR headsets currently available on the market including the Oculus Rift — 460 ppi.

Asus has just announced the Zenfone 4 range at an event in Taipei, Taiwan, consisting of six smartphones. The handsets were introduced alongside the tagline “We love photo,” so, as you would expect, these devices all have a particular focus on camera tech. We’ve got specs and price details for most of the handsets, as well as some well-produced video promos for all but one of them. Here’s the lowdown on what was introduced.

Xiaomi has revealed it is not closing down its bootloader unlocking service, contrary to rumors that began spreading earlier today. The company rebuked the speculation in a tweet from its MIUI account, referring to it as “fake news.” According to XDA Developers, word started spreading via Telegram and Reddit that Xiaomi would soon abandon its unlocking portal. Xiaomi then posted the aforementioned tweet, along with a link to its MIUI forum page. The page contains a tutorial for unlocking the bootloader and flashing the MIUI 10 ROM.