Tag: smartphone

September 20, 2022

Honest answers only! Do you use every app installed on your Android device? If not, why do you keep those unused apps installed? You might not have ever considered this, but it is not beyond the realm of the possibility […]

September 13, 2022

Apple will release the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro series later this week. While customers wait for their orders to arrive on Friday, it seems some people got their hands on the new iPhone 14 models prior to the […]

September 7, 2022

Apple has announced that the regular iPhone won’t be getting a new processor this year — instead, the iPhone 14 and 14 Plus will be powered by Apple’s A15 Bionic chip, the same chip that’s in the iPhone 13 Pro […]

August 25, 2022

I come to you today with good and bad news. The bad news is that small phones are dead. Apple is all but certainly killing off the iPhone Mini this year, and the smallest Android phone I’ve used all year […]

August 11, 2022

Xiaomi is bringing a new foldable smartphone to its lineup, and it is with the MIX Fold 2 that gives the latest there is to the company’s offers, with the reveal coming from its CEO, Lei Jun. The smartphone brings […]

August 3, 2022

OnePlus is hosting its first in-person launch event since before the pandemic this week. On Wednesday, OnePlus will take the stage in Manhattan to unveil the OnePlus 10T. In case you aren’t attending the event, you can still follow along […]

August 2, 2022

In Q2 2022, Europe smartphone shipments declined 11% in a Year-Over-Year comparison, but Apple manage to grow shipments and market share, mostly because of its 5G-capable iPhone SE. The data comes from a Counterpoint Research study; what’s interesting about this […]

August 1, 2022

In less than two months, Apple will announce the iPhone 14 series. As the company readies for this release, it has recently overhauled the iPhone 13 buying page on its official online store, and now it’s answering the most asked […]

July 20, 2022

It’s official. WhatsApp finally lets users transfer their entire chat history from Android to iOS and vice versa. After years of requests, beta testing, and limited smartphone model compatibility, the company is rolling out this feature to all users. The […]

July 20, 2022

At $1,599.99 in the US (on pre-order) or £1,299 in the UK (available now), Sony’s flagship Xperia 1 IV is beyond the budget of many smartphone buyers. On paper it has some impressive specifications, including a 4K OLED screen with […]

July 12, 2022

To say there’s been hype around the Nothing phone (1) would be an understatement. However, while drip-fed leaks, snappy social media posts and an exclusive launch via StockX have helped play their part in building to a crescendo, the real […]

June 30, 2022

You know a phone is popular when people are fighting to get it more than 2 months before its expected release. Alright, maybe that is a bit of an overstatement, but this much is true – the demand for the […]

June 29, 2022

Big-sensor cameras are a bit of a white whale for smartphone imaging engineers. Even the most capable smartphone cameras use relatively puny sensors, and efforts to bring bigger sensors to the mobile form factor have been impractical, niche, or never […]

June 22, 2022

While there’s no doubt that the iPhone is seen by many as the ultimate smartphone, there are plenty of smartphones out there that have features Apple users can only dream of having. Think thermal cameras and IR night vision, and […]

June 14, 2022

Moving a career forward is never easy, and it can be especially hard for those who are within five years of graduation from full-time Bachelors, Masters or PhD programs. According to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), more and […]

May 27, 2022

Samsung is reportedly scaling back the number of phones it’s planning on producing in 2022, from 310 million to 280 million, according to SamMobile, which cites a report from Korean outlet Maeil Business News. In absolute terms, that’s still quite […]

May 27, 2022

Ah, notifications. Has any other technological wonder managed to be so incredibly helpful and so impossibly irritating at the same time? Notifications truly are one of our smartphones’ greatest strengths — and one of their most irksome annoyances. They keep […]

May 23, 2022

Last year we were impressed with the Samsung Google partnership and Samsung’s efforts to integrate Wear OS into its smartwatches running its Samsung Exynos mobile processor. We then purchased and tested the Galaxy Watch 4 Classic and deemed it a […]

May 13, 2022

Supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo shared two days ago that evidence points to Apple replacing its own Lightning charging port with the universal USB-C connection. Today a second report from a reliable source, this time Bloomberg, adds that Apple is […]

May 2, 2022

As previously reported, Apple plans to pretty much ditch Qualcomm’s cellular modems for its proprietary 5G modem starting in 2023. According to a story by the Wall Street Journal, not only does Apple keep aiming for a next-year release, but […]