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Whether you like the Pixel 8 as a flagship or the Pixel Fold as a foldable is a question of your taste, but no one can dislike the Pixel 7a as a mid-range phone. It’s hands down the best affordable handset you can buy and if your budget is tight, this is the best time to get the phone as it has been knocked down to its lowest price.Compact, snappy, and armed with a capable camera system, the Pixel 7a is surprisingly good. It’s hard to believe that a phone as impressive as this costs $499. If that’s not enough…
While the update took care of the original overheating crisis, some iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max users are still feeling the heat, so to speak. Personally, I’ve noticed some overheating on my iPhone 15 Pro Max when charging the device but nothing that keeps me from holding the phone. Part of the problem, according to TF International analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, could be the use of titanium on the casing of the iPhone 15 Pro series handsets. The material, according to Kuo, is less heat-conductive than steel.Samsung, for what it is worth, did make a change to the…
Some Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra users are complaining about seeing a thin green line running vertically down their phones’ displays. Another variant of the same bug includes the vertical thin green stripe combined with a thin white line running horizontally across the display. We’ve seen complaints about this on the Samsung Community Forum where user Qu1JcMmaCO complained that his Galaxy S24 Ultra showed a vertical green stripe and a horizontal white stripe.The lines appeared while the user was watching YouTube and it also showed up on the boot screen. The user called Samsung Care+ and even though they admitted that it…
Looking to get some more business out of Samsung, leaker Revegnus (via Wccftech) says in a tweet that MediaTek is offering the manufacturer special pricing. The goal is to get Samsung, whose global smartphone dynasty ended last year, to commit to MediaTek’s Dimensity chipsets to power more low-end Galaxy handsets. The reason for making a switch to Dimensity would be a financial one as it would help to improve the company’s profit margins.Let’s make one thing clear. Samsung just signed a multi-year supply agreement with Qualcomm which means that the top-of-the-line Snapdragon APs will still be found in the Galaxy…
, and I don’t hate that. We see a flat frame, which curves on the very edge (exactly like on the ), as well as thin, symmetrical display borders all around.But more importantly, Google has (once again) managed to shake things up and give its new flagship some needed character thanks to a redesigned back, which (pop the champagne) is finally mostly blacked out – like my beloved Pixel 6 Pro. It’s pretty obvious that the inspiration for the new camera bar on the back of the Pixel 9 Pro was the Pixel Fold.Looks are subjective, but (in case you…
What’s the techie equivalent of a girl chopping her hair off when she wants to change her life? Getting a foldable phone, duh. As much as we appreciate bendable devices for what they bring to the table, they are wildly overpriced, but Amazon and Best Buy have made the Google Pixel Fold a lot more approachable than it usually is.The Pixel Fold is a strong showing for a first foldable phone from Google. The wide 5.8-inch outer screen is far more usable than the Galaxy Z Fold 5’s narrow cover display. When unfolded, it functions more like a mini-tablet.While our candy…
Many smartphone brands like Google and Samsung have been betting a lot on AI-powered features. The Galaxy S24 is just one of the latest flagships that fully embraced the AI trend, which seems to have “forced” the competition to do the same rather than be left behind.OnePlus is now rolling out new updates for its current and previous flagships, the One Plus 11 and OnePlus 12. Both updates contain AI-powered features that the Chinese company believes are absolutely necessary in order for its devices to continue to remain competitive even with the Galaxy S24 now hitting the shelves.Spotted by Mishaal…
Recently, Walmart has been landing rather impressive discounts on hot tech items. One of them, released a few days ago, was an irresistible markdown on the Galaxy Tab S9 with 256GB of storage. But now, the merchant has prepared something even more astonishing – a record-high price cut on the Pixel 7 in Obsidian.If you are quick enough to pull the trigger on this exciting proposal, you can get the 128GB model at 43% off its MSPR of $599. In case you’re wondering, this equates to $255 in savings and lands one of the best Android phones under the $350…
As published in Sumaho Digest (via Gizmochina), an alleged Sony insider rattled off some information that might explain why Sony isn’t going full speed ahead in the foldables market. This insider reportedly said that it is her determination that 70% of first-time foldable users return to a traditional smartphone with their next purchase. This isn’t based on any specific evidence that she has and is not officially Sony’s position on the matter. Could we see a foldable Sony Xperia F unveiled at MWC later this month? Still, the Sony insider says that if she is correct, the penetration of foldables…
Every Apple fan wants the latest and greatest timepiece until most of us realize the price tag of the latest Apple Watch Series 9, especially the one with cellular connectivity, tends to be rather pricey. Fortunately, tech geeks who don’t mind reverting to an earlier model can score a bargain on the older but still impressive Watch Series 8. The 45mm cellular-enabled model can be yours at a remarkable $160 price cut from its MSRP of $529 at Walmart.In other words, this high-quality timepiece can now be yours for only $369! As far as we know, this is one of…
Well, well, well, look at what we got here! The sleek and powerful Motorola ThinkPhone with 256GB of storage space is still available at a sweet 43% discount on Amazon, which means you can still score a whopping $301 in savings if you take advantage of this deal today! We should also mention that this offer has been alive for a few weeks, and we’re probably close to its expiration date; therefore, we suggest you not waste time and get a Motorola ThinkPhone right now by tapping the deal button below. The Motorola ThinkPhone may catch the eye, but…
The new versions of the Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 do not come with a working pulse oximeter. That’s because an International Trade Commission judge ruled last year that Apple had infringed on patents owned by Masimo and the ITC imposed an exclusion order on the watches. Apple tried to have a “Stay” placed on the exclusion order until it completed the appeals process, but that was denied. So new versions of the impacted timepieces cannot be sold with the pulse oximeter enabled.Apple could license the patent from Masimo and the company’s CEO Joe Kiani said…
Late last week Google pushed out a special version of Android 14 QPR2 Beta 3.2 for just one Pixel phone. Nope, it’s not the Pixel Fold (I can read your mind). The update is for the midrange Pixel 5a and Google discusses the patch on the Android Beta Reddit. The build number is AP11.231215.010 and the patch takes care of 15 issues that impacted the Pixel 5a after Android 14 QPR2 Beta 3.1 was installed. By the way, for the curious, the device was originally released in August 2021. These issues caused the Pixel 5a to boot slowly while the UI…
With a new partnership between Google Cloud and Samsung, Galaxy S24 users will be able to access our most capable AI model, Gemini, through apps and services built by Samsung.We look forward to working with Samsung to bring Gemini into even more product experiences for Galaxy users around the world. Learn more about Google Cloud and Samsung’s partnership.Official statement from Google on new Samsung partnership. Google’s AI algorithms can be found all over the Galaxy S24 series.But hold on… Why in the world is Google allowing Samsung early and exclusive (!) access to some of its most precious AI features,…
Back in 2021, when everyone expected Qualcomm’s next flagship application processor (AP) to be the Snapdragon 898, leaker Digital Chat Station posted that the chip would be called the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. And of course, history has shown that he was correct. Since then, he has made some other good calls which is why we should pay attention to his latest Weibo post (via Gizmochina).Apparently, Qualcomm has a mystery chip with the model number of SM8635. The chip is reportedly being manufactured by TSMC using its 4nm process node. We know that this is not the Snapdragon 8 Gen…
After a few years of essentially doing the same main things in the foldable market segment it’s pretty comfortably dominating on a global scale, Samsung is widely expected to turn over a new leaf in 2024 and try to appeal to an even larger audience with several devices in several different price brackets.While no one knows exactly how many book-style foldables the tech giant is planning to release this year and how each of them will be called, a lot of generally reliable publications and well-connected leakers are predicting the main ultra-high-end Galaxy Z Fold 6 will be joined to…