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Amazon outdoes itself (and Samsung) with the best Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Z Flip 3 deals ever
With Samsung's next-gen foldable beasts inching closer and closer to a commercial release believed to take place near the end of the summer, it more or less makes sense for last year's Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Z Flip 3 5G to get cheaper and cheaper. But with the Z...
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Best Buy makes Samsung's outstanding Galaxy Buds 2 even cheaper in two colors
After adhering to an intense six-month upgrade cycle for four consecutive Galaxy Buds releases, Samsung appears to be slowing down a little, skipping the early 2022 addition to its already extensive family of AirPods alternatives to (hopefully) make the next-gen Pro model (expected out in August) better. In the meantime,...
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Rediscovering the headphone jack in 2022: It still matters, for 3 solid reasons
I love traveling, and now is the time to do it. The bleak, cold winter has been gone for a while, and if we're willing to pretend that we still have four seasons – spring is here, and summertime is right around the corner!. Of course, summertime travels don't...
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No mystery after all; tipster leaks renders of OnePlus Ace Racing Edition
UPDATE: Thanks to my colleague Joshua, we can tell you that the "mystery" OnePlus phone tweeted by Evan Blass today is the OnePlus Ace Racing Edition which will feature a 6.6-inch LCD Display with a 120Hz refresh rate and a Mediatek Dimensity 8100-Max chipset under the hood. It will have a 3.5mm headphone jack and is expected to be priced cheaper than the original OnePlus Ace which was released in China last month.
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Galaxy Watch 5 Pro rumored to feature sapphire glass and thick bezels
Samsung may be planning to shake up its smartwatch lineup this year. A new Pro model is apparently in the pipeline, but it's not abundantly clear if it will replace the Classic model. Based on rumors, the Galaxy Watch 5 Pro will sit at the top of the range and per the latest leak, it will be made of premium materials.
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Vote now: Pixel 7 - hot or not?
Google took advantage of the momentum and showed a glimpse of the Pixel 7 during its annual I/O conference last week. Instead of battling with leaks and rumors, the company decided to offer its own teaser of what’s to come in the Pixel range. The official product event will...
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Samsung Foundry to charge up to 20% more to build chips using older legacy process nodes
Chip foundries like TSMC have been taking advantage of the heavy demand for chips and the shortage of these components to raise prices. And now, according to Bloomberg, it is Samsung that is joining the club. Samsung Foundry is the second-largest independent foundry in the world after TSMC. Both firms take chip designs made by other companies and build the chips. The two foundries will be the only ones shipping 3nm chips this year.
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You can now use Apple's Tap to Pay! If you visit the Apple Park Visitor Center, that is
A few months ago, Apple officially announced "Tap to Pay," a feature that will enable merchants to accept payments using a compatible iPhone without the need for any third-party hardware. Although it's not yet available, it looks like the Cupertino company is already using this new feature at its Apple Park Visitor Center.
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One of Nokia's cheapest phones is finally getting Android 12
HMD Global has already announced what Nokia phones will be getting Android 12 updates and timeframes for each and every one of them. For those who own one of the cheapest Nokia smartphones available on the market, the Nokia 2.4, this is indeed a very happy day. Although HMD hasn’t...
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Apple could bring USB-C to the AirPods and other accessories “in the foreseeable future”
Rumors claim that Apple could ditch the Lighting port on their accessories in favor of USB-C in “the foreseeable future”. This includes items like the Magic peripheral devices, but most notably Apple’s AirPods headphone lineup. Is the end of the lighting port drawing near? Over the past...
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Gurman expects "significant" changes coming for iOS 16 short of a major interface redesign
With Apple's WWDC developer conference set to kick off on Monday, June 6th (running through Friday, June 10th), Bloomberg's Mark Gurman made some comments today about iOS 16 in his weekly "Power On" newsletter. The Bloomberg writer was asked which of Apple's operating systems he thought would get the most attention at WWDC and he responded by writing, "As is usually the case, it will probably be iOS—specifically, iOS 16."
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Apple makes change to App Store rules allowing subscription apps to auto-renew without permission
Apple has made a change to its App Store rules which now allow App Store subscriptions to renew automatically each month even if the subscription price has been raised. The old rule required that subscribers opt-in to a subscription renewal if accompanied by a price hike. Now, the possibility exists that one or more of your subscription apps could auto-renew at a higher price without signing off on it.
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First-gen OnePlus Nord beats its sequel to the stable Android 12 punch
Inaugurated almost two years ago, the OnePlus Nord family has quickly grown to include several of the best budget phones available in 2022 in many major markets around the world. That's primarily thanks to a great balance of raw power and affordability, with models such as the N10 5G, N200...
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WhatsApp has rich link preview for your status bar in the works (for Android and iOS)
WhatsApp has been stepping on the gas with the updates recently and has released several long-anticipated features not long ago. However, nobody said that the work for new features should now stop, given the fact that we now finally have message reactions in WhatsApp. SamMobile reports that a new useful feature is also in the works, discovered recently.
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Verizon quickly follows AT&T's suit with (smaller) price hikes for all customers
While the top three US wireless service providers often need quite a bit of time to react to one another's best promotions and publicity stunts, it sure didn't take long for Verizon to join AT&T in raising prices. Of course, both carriers had been exploring various avenues to keep up...
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Samsung’s Galaxy S20 Ultra tops new US customer satisfaction chart, T-Mobile beats Verizon
You've seen Samsung pitted against Apple (and Motorola) in US smartphone shipments, pretty much every recent (and semi-recent) iPhone model eclipsing the latest Galaxy high-enders in global popularity, and the top three wireless service providers stateside ranked (and ranked again) from 5G speed and availability perspectives. But now it's time...
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Huawei Mate XS2 hands-on preview
The whole smartphone world is slowly “unfolding” as every major brand out there is trying to hop on the flexible screen train. Meanwhile, Huawei is aiming to perfect what the company has already achieved, being one of the pioneers and forerunners in this race. Back in 2020, the...
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Samsung is bringing Android 12 to yet another pair of aging mid-rangers
While some companies are still busy updating high-end phones (from 2020) to Google's 2021-released Android version and others are inexplicably putting out new devices powered by 2020's edition of the industry-leading OS, Samsung continues to do what it does best, absolutely crushing it on the software support front. The world's...
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Qi certification reveals the Pixel Buds Pro's wireless charging speed
At this year's Google I/O, we received not one, not two, but three new hardware announcements. At its developer conference, Big G announced a new budget Pixel phone, its first-ever smartwatch, and a new pair of earbuds — the Pixel Buds Pro — designed to compete with the best earphones on the market. And now, according to a recent certification, we know the maximum wireless charging speed of Google's premium earbuds (via 9to5Google).
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Nokia’s mid-range G20 is getting Android 12
The G20 is one of the not so many mid-range Nokia smartphones introduced in the US last year. Since the phone was launched on the market just one year ago, it was just a matter of time before HMD Global would provide users with the highly-anticipated Android 12 update. According...
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