Smartphones

Sony, TCL, and Amazon Pull Back on MWC Plans Due to Fear of Coronavirus

Following similar announcements from companies including LG, Nvidia, and Ericsson, Sony, TCL, and Amazon have just announced today that they too will pull back on their plans to attend Mobile World Congress 2020. While the withdrawal of more big name companies is sure to put a damper on the world’s largest smartphone trade show (especially…

Tech News Sam Rutherford Feb 10

Everything We Gleaned From the Oscar Commercial for Samsung’s New Phone

Even though Samsung managed to do it without actually revealing its name, it seems the smartphone giant just couldn’t help itself from teasing its next foldable phone during the Oscars. In case you missed it, you can check out a recording of the commercial for yourself below. The commercial all but guarantees that we’ll see…

Gadgets Sam Rutherford Feb 10

Leaked Photos Confirm Samsung’s New Foldable Phone is One Big Boy

As we count down the last few days before Samsung’s Unpacked event Tuesday, here’s yet another Galaxy Z Flip leak that hopefully will help hold you over in the meantime. As shared by Engadget on Friday, a tipster revealed photos purportedly showing the company’s newest take on a foldable phone. Now, considering that plenty of…

Gadgets Alyse Stanley Feb 8

France Smacks Apple With $27 Million Fine for Slowing Down iPhones

Back in 2017, Apple admitted to throttling older iPhones with new software updates. It sparked the ire of iPhone users everywhere and a number of lawsuits, leading Apple to offer discounted battery replacements. Today, the DGCCRF, France’s consumer watchdog group, has slapped Apple with a €25 million ($27.4 million) fine for failing to inform consumers…

Tech News Victoria Song Feb 7

Moto Hopes to Retake the Budget Phone Crown With Two New Flavors of the Moto G

Last year, thanks to phones like the Google Pixel 3a and Samsung Galaxy A50, Motorola lost its long-held title as the king of budgets phones. So for its next batch of budget handsets, Motorola is ditching its traditional numbering system and instead its making two different versions of the Moto G for 2020: the Moto…

Reviews Sam Rutherford Feb 7

Instagram’s Made it Easier To Ditch Those Accounts You Don’t Know Why You Follow

Cleaning up your feed just became a little less daunting thanks to a new Instagram update that singles out accounts you forgot you ever followed in the first place. As part of its new Categories feature, Instagram can now sort the accounts a user follows based on which ones they’ve interacted with the least in…

Tech News Alyse Stanley Feb 7

Pablo Escobar’s Brother Wants to ‘Kill Samsung’ With Another Folding Phone

As if the Pablo Escobar Fold 1 wasn’t enough, there is now a second Pablo Escobar-branded folding smartphone. The name? Wait for it—the Pablo Escobar Fold 2. Like its predecessor, the Fold 2 is a suspiciously cheap folding phone at $400 and is the brainchild of the famed drug kingpin’s brother, Roberto De Jesus Escobar…

Tech News Victoria Song Feb 3

One Sad Tweet May Have Just Signaled the Death of BlackBerry Phones

There hasn’t been a new BlackBerry phone since the Key2 LE (which is basically a slightly cheaper and slower version of the original Key2) came out in the summer of 2018. But now the entire future of BlackBerry phones is in question following a tweet from the official BlackBerry Mobile account. The tweet says that…

Gadgets Sam Rutherford Feb 3

After a One Month Delay, the New Moto Razr Has Started Shipping a Week Early

Motorola’s reboot of the classic Razr featuring a new bendable screen was originally slated to go on sale in early January, but in order “to better meet consumer demand,” Moto decided to delay the phone’s launch to February 6th. However, it seems despite that new release date, some Moto Razr pre-orders have started arriving a…

Gadgets Sam Rutherford Feb 3

Check Out This Purported Hands-On With Samsung’s Foldable Galaxy Z Flip

In a clip circulating on Twitter Sunday, noted leaker Ben Geskin shared what appears to be the first hands-on video of Samsung’s so-called Galaxy Z Flip ahead of its expected launch next week. Granted, we already know basically all there is to know about Samsung’s new foldable handset thanks to a bevy of previous leaks…

Gadgets Alyse Stanley Feb 2

How Far Can the Refresh Rate Race Go?

After getting back from CES and having a chance to think about all the fancy new gadgets, there’s one question that keeps popping back into my head: How far is the push for displays with faster refresh rates really going to go? For anyone who’s been paying attention to modern display tech, you’ve probably noticed…

Gadgets Sam Rutherford Feb 2

EU Officially Votes to Create a Standard Charging Adapter for Phones Despite Apple’s Protests

After a debate that had raged on for more than 10 years, the European Parliament has finally voted in a landslide 582-40 decision to create a standard charging solution for all phones and other small to medium-sized mobile devices. The goal of the new resolution is to help standardize the mobile device industry around a…

Tech News Sam Rutherford Jan 31

Massive Leak Reveals Pretty Much Everything About Samsung’s Next Foldable Phone

The Galaxy Fold was the pioneer for Samsung’s first efforts in making foldable phones, and now thanks to a massive leak, we’re getting a detailed look at Samsung’s second foldable handset—the Galaxy Z Flip—weeks before its expected official debut. The leak was first uncovered by Winfuture.de and sheds light on almost everything you’d want to…

Gadgets Sam Rutherford Jan 28

iPhone Users Can Now Shoot Simultaneously With Both Cameras, Android Users Chuckle Politely

Back at the launch event for the iPhone 11 last fall, the developers of Filmic Pro got on stage and showed off a new app that allowed iPhone users to record videos using both the front and rear cameras on their iPhone simultaneously. And today, that app finally made its official debut in the form…

Tech News Sam Rutherford Jan 28

Motorola: Don’t Panic. Your Razr’s ‘Bumps and Lumps’ Are Normal

Motorola released a whole slew of YouTube videos Sunday about its new Razr, a revamped throwback to its mid-2000s flip phone of the same name, in celebration of the phone’s pre-order launch. But with them came a disclaimer about the foldable phone: “Screen is made to bend; bumps and lumps are normal.” Pre-sales became available…

Gadgets Alyse Stanley Jan 26

I Really Hope This Rumor About Flexible Glass on the New Samsung Foldable Phone is True

Samsung has already demonstrated the vast potential of bendy screen devices with the Galaxy Fold, but there are still a number of improvements needed before foldable gadgets can really go mainstream. And if rumors are true, Samsung may have solved one of the Fold’s biggest shortcomings. According to Max Weinbach at XDA-Developers, Samsung’s next foldable…

Gadgets Sam Rutherford Jan 24

3 of the Most Common Mobile Scams and How to Stop Them

Our phones carry so much of our lives these days—our social networks, access to our banks, home security apps—that keeping them safe and protected is of paramount importance. These are three of the most common ways your phone can be hacked, and how to stop them. Besides the scams we’ve mentioned here, don’t forget all…

Gadgets David Nield Jan 24

Latest Rumors Suggest Even More Affordable iPhones Are Coming in 2020

Over the past couple of years, Apple has garnered a lot of success by making its entry-level iPhones just a bit more affordable, with the iPhone 11 recently sucking up 39 percent of all smartphone sales in Q4 2019. And if the latest 2020 iPhone rumors are correct, Apple could release two new affordable iPhones…

Tech News Sam Rutherford Jan 21

Senators Told Cell Phones or Other Electronic Devices Won’t Be Allowed at Trump Impeachment Trial

Senators have been told they have to leave cell phones and all other electronic devices outside the chamber when Donald Trump’s impeachment trial commences, according to “decorum guidelines” obtained by CNN. The rules are officially intended to keep senators focused on the ongoing trial, though it would also limit their ability to directly engage in…

Politics Tom McKay Jan 15

Big Leak Gives Us the Best Look at the Galaxy S20 Yet

Among all the commotion that happened at CES, Samsung announced that the next Galaxy Unpacked Event will take place on February 11th in San Francisco. And now just a few days later, some big leaks have given us a more detailed look at Samsung’s next major phone. While all the previous leaks were renders, according…

Gadgets Sam Rutherford Jan 13

Sony, TCL, and Amazon Pull Back on MWC Plans Due to Fear of Coronavirus

Everything We Gleaned From the Oscar Commercial for Samsung’s New Phone

Leaked Photos Confirm Samsung’s New Foldable Phone is One Big Boy

France Smacks Apple With $27 Million Fine for Slowing Down iPhones

Moto Hopes to Retake the Budget Phone Crown With Two New Flavors of the Moto G

Instagram’s Made it Easier To Ditch Those Accounts You Don’t Know Why You Follow

Pablo Escobar’s Brother Wants to ‘Kill Samsung’ With Another Folding Phone

One Sad Tweet May Have Just Signaled the Death of BlackBerry Phones

After a One Month Delay, the New Moto Razr Has Started Shipping a Week Early

Check Out This Purported Hands-On With Samsung’s Foldable Galaxy Z Flip

How Far Can the Refresh Rate Race Go?

EU Officially Votes to Create a Standard Charging Adapter for Phones Despite Apple’s Protests

Massive Leak Reveals Pretty Much Everything About Samsung’s Next Foldable Phone

iPhone Users Can Now Shoot Simultaneously With Both Cameras, Android Users Chuckle Politely

Motorola: Don’t Panic. Your Razr’s ‘Bumps and Lumps’ Are Normal

I Really Hope This Rumor About Flexible Glass on the New Samsung Foldable Phone is True

3 of the Most Common Mobile Scams and How to Stop Them

Latest Rumors Suggest Even More Affordable iPhones Are Coming in 2020

Senators Told Cell Phones or Other Electronic Devices Won’t Be Allowed at Trump Impeachment Trial

Big Leak Gives Us the Best Look at the Galaxy S20 Yet

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