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Xiaomi Teases a Mi Mix Phone With a High-Tech Liquid Lens Coming Soon

Phone makers are constantly looking to one-up each other with new tech and features, and if its new teasers are legit, Xiaomi might have a real advantage over the competition with what appears to be a liquid camera lens designed for an upcoming Mi Mix phone. Based on a handful of images and a clip…

Gadgets Sam Rutherford

Nokia Cutting 10,000 Jobs While Planning to Double Down on 5G

With investments into next-gen communications continuing to ramp up, Nokia has decided to cut up to 10,000 jobs over the next two years to help cut costs and reinvest resources into 5G. In a statement issued earlier today, Nokia said that by eliminating between 5,000 and 10,000 positions, it will reduce its cost base by…

Tech News Sam Rutherford

Federal and State Regulators Probe Robinhood Over Meme Stock Trading Restrictions

U.S. regulators are investigating Robinhood after it temporarily blocked users from purchasing so-called meme stocks on its stock trading app amid the Reddit-fueled short squeeze earlier this year. Robinhood has received inquiries from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Examinations, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, and the New York Attorney General’s Office, among…

Tech News Alyse Stanley

Bots Reportedly Helped Fuel GameStonks Hype on Facebook, Twitter, and Other Platforms

The s0-called GameStonks saga had some help from automated bots hyping up “meme” stocks on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube, according to an analysis by the cybersecurity firm PiiQ Media reviewed by Reuters. Users on the Reddit forum r/WallStreetBets teamed up last month to trigger a massive short squeeze of GameStop stock in a coordinated…

Tech News Alyse Stanley

You Can Finally Play the Classic Nokia Snake Game on Your Apple Watch and iPhone

A month ago, when we first covered App Craft Studio’s Retro Widget that gave the iPhone and Apple Watch a Nokia make-under using iOS 14’s widget tools, we lamented that for two bucks it should have included Nokia’s classic Snake game, too. A month later, Retro Widget has been updated and our wishes have come…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Nokia’s New Budget Phones Offer Some Surprisingly Decent Features on the Cheap

For this fall’s phone release season, instead of pushing out a new line of expensive premium phones like Apple and Samsung, HMD/Nokia is focused on taking over the budget phone market with the new Nokia 2.4 and 3.4. Priced at just $140 and $180 respectively, the Nokia 2.4 and Nokia 3.4 are extremely affordable while…

Gadgets Sam Rutherford

HMD Is ‘Doubling Down’ on Nokia Phones in the U.S.

HMD has made some major strides in reviving Nokia phones after purchasing thebranding rights from Microsoft back in 2016. However, despite enjoying 20% year-over-year growth as recently as Q2 2019, Nokia phones haven’t been quite as successful in the U.S. as the company had hoped, which is something HMD’s chief product officer Juho Sarvikas wants…

Tech News Sam Rutherford

The Most Disappointing Gadgets of the Decade

For every major leap in technology, there have been plenty of face plants, ill-advised cash grabs, and just plan bad tech. So here are the gadgets and technology that absolutely screwed the pooch. As with our list of most innovative gadgets, you won’t find anything from 2019 on here. The year isn’t done yet, and…

Tech News Gizmodo Staff

The Most Innovative Gadgets of the Decade

This decade we saw the smartphone move from overpriced gadget to something more necessary than a laptop or desktop. We saw the e-reader settle on a design so perfect it’s barely changed in seven years. We saw games systems that made us rethink how we game and laptops that made us rethink what a good…

Tech News Gizmodo Staff

Nokia Reminds Us Dumb Phones Can Still Be Good in 2019

Nokia is keeping the feature phones alive with three new ones announced at IFA 2019. While owning a smartphone often feels like a requirement, feature phones (or dumbphones if we’re being crude) still serve an important role as alternatives to the pricey mini-computers in our pockets. All three phones have very affordable price tags with…

Reviews Sam Rutherford

The 5-Camera Nokia 9 PureView Speaks to the Photographer’s Soul

Rumors have been swirling about a mysterious Nokia phone featuring a bug-eyed multi-lens camera setup on its back for more than six months. Some thought it would get announced at CES, or during the slow time for phones in early Q1, but finally at MWC 2019, the long wait is over. But from the front,…

Reviews Sam Rutherford

Nokia 7.1 Review: Solid Budget Simplicity

Earlier this year, Huawei passed Apple to become the second largest smartphone maker in the world. That marks a big shift in the handset power rankings, but there’s one phone company that’s arguably made even bigger strides, and unlike Huawei, it’s a company you’ve almost certainly heard of before: Nokia Well kind of. Behind the…

Smartphones Sam Rutherford

This Alleged Nokia Leak Has Me Eager for Five-Lens Smartphones

Based on all the recent Pixel 3 leaks, we’ve gotten a pretty clear picture of Google’s next phone. And with Apple’s big fall launch event scheduled for next week, we’ll finally have official details about the rumored iPhone Xs family as well. But today a leaked image appearing to show Nokia’s next phone hit the…

Gadgets Sam Rutherford

Nokia Screws Up Again, Sells Withings Back to Its Co-founder

Another day, another company snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. This time it’s Nokia, as the company has decided to sell its health division— formerly known as Withings—which it purchased for $191 million in 2016. The sale itself seemed inevitable, and its price undisclosed, but its buyer is a huge surprise: the original co-founder…

Gadgets Patrick Lucas Austin

Can Nokia’s Breezy New Sirocco Phone Stand Up to Samsung’s Mighty Devices?

As slick as the designs on the Galaxy S8 and the brand new S9 are, some people just can’t get down with all the changes Samsung makes to Android on the inside. It’s an understandable complaint, especially since just a few year ago, Samsung’s TouchWiz skin (which is now called the Samsung Experience), was often…

Gadgets Sam Rutherford

Nokia’s Latest Retro Revival Is Making Me Crave Bananas

Some folks have started to take exception to companies that rely on people’s nostalgia to peddle their tech. But that ain’t stopping Nokia. Last year at MWC, Nokia (which isn’t really Nokia anymore, but HMD Global) revived it’s iconic brick phone, the 3310. But for 2018, Nokia is going one step further by bringing back its…

Gadgets Sam Rutherford

My Dreams of Owning The Matrix Phone Can Finally Be Fulfilled

When I was a girl, I had a simple dream. I wanted to own the phone from The Matrix. You know the one, right? It has a spring-loaded cover that slides off with a button press. In the sequels, it’s replaced by a self-consciously high-tech looking Samsung model, but in the original Matrix film it’s…

Movies Julie Muncy

It Sure Looks Like Nokia Is Blowing It Again

There was a time when Nokia was the undisputed king of cellphones, with quarterly sales of over 120 million units as recently as 2010. But after a failed partnership ended with Nokia selling its handset division to Microsoft, the company tried reinventing itself by pivoting to wearables, a move capped off when Nokia bought Withings, a…

Gadgets Sam Rutherford

Here’s What Watching Movies Would’ve Looked Like on Cellphones 20 Years Ago

We take for granted the ability to pull out our smartphones and watch almost any video imaginable in hi-def resolutions. But back in 1998, the Nokia 5110 represented the cutting-edge of cellphone technology, and this is what it would’ve been like to watch YouTube and other videos on its terrible screen. The folks at YouTube’s…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

The Nokia 8 Is a Tantalizing Peek at a Smartphone Future That Could’ve Been

Every once in a while, we get the chance to peek into an alternate timeline and see how things could have played out if a single decision had gone a different way. And with the new Nokia 8, that’s exactly what we’re getting. Back in the dark ages of dumb phones, Nokia was the undisputed…

Gadgets Sam Rutherford

Xiaomi Teases a Mi Mix Phone With a High-Tech Liquid Lens Coming Soon

Nokia Cutting 10,000 Jobs While Planning to Double Down on 5G

Federal and State Regulators Probe Robinhood Over Meme Stock Trading Restrictions

Bots Reportedly Helped Fuel GameStonks Hype on Facebook, Twitter, and Other Platforms

You Can Finally Play the Classic Nokia Snake Game on Your Apple Watch and iPhone

Nokia’s New Budget Phones Offer Some Surprisingly Decent Features on the Cheap

HMD Is ‘Doubling Down’ on Nokia Phones in the U.S.

The Most Disappointing Gadgets of the Decade

The Most Innovative Gadgets of the Decade

Nokia Reminds Us Dumb Phones Can Still Be Good in 2019

The 5-Camera Nokia 9 PureView Speaks to the Photographer’s Soul

Nokia 7.1 Review: Solid Budget Simplicity

This Alleged Nokia Leak Has Me Eager for Five-Lens Smartphones

Nokia Screws Up Again, Sells Withings Back to Its Co-founder

Can Nokia’s Breezy New Sirocco Phone Stand Up to Samsung’s Mighty Devices?

Nokia’s Latest Retro Revival Is Making Me Crave Bananas

My Dreams of Owning The Matrix Phone Can Finally Be Fulfilled

It Sure Looks Like Nokia Is Blowing It Again

Here’s What Watching Movies Would’ve Looked Like on Cellphones 20 Years Ago

The Nokia 8 Is a Tantalizing Peek at a Smartphone Future That Could’ve Been

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