Tag: phones

Better Apple AirTags are coming – with new AirTag 2 rumors predicting these two big upgrades

A new report says to expect the AirTag 2 in 2025 Apple is said to be focusing on improving privacy and connectivity Don’t expect any major design changes, though Rumors of an Apple AirTag successor began to circulate shortly after the launch of the original. Considering that Apple‘s original tracker…

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These are the 10 best Android apps of 2024 – according to Google

Google has announced the best 10 apps of 2024 There’s a mixture of free and paid-for services Some of the streaming services aren’t what we’d pick Google has crowned its best apps of 2024 – the Android apps it believes are the crème de la crème of the Play Store’s…

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Samsung’s new smartphone zoom breakthrough promises to boost your low-light portrait shots

Samsung has announced a new kind of telephoto camera design It helps telephoto cameras combine bright apertures with slim designs This is particularly beneficial for low-light portrait photos The world’s best camera phones have improved their telephoto cameras greatly in the past few years, but Samsung has just revealed a…

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I can’t believe setting up WhatsApp on a new phone is still this painful

Meta makes the best messaging apps the world has ever seen – there, I said it. Social media surveillance and attention-ruining algorithms aside, the company formerly known as Facebook just doesn’t miss when it comes to communicating with others. The company’s portfolio includes the ever-reliable Facebook Messenger, the world-class DM…

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The original two-year period for free Emergency SOS Satellite features on the iPhone has expired – but Apple hasn’t started charging yet

Satellite features were originally only free for two years Another 12 free months were added last November Questions remain about long-term access to these features We’ve just hit the two-year anniversary of the debut of Emergency SOS via Satellite on the iPhone 14 – and although Apple originally said the…

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Nearly every phone has this one annoying hardware feature – it’s time for phone makers to ditch ultra-wide cameras

Pick up any modern phone – be it one of the best iPhones or best Android phones – and you’re likely to find a rear panel adorned with two, three, or even four cameras. In most cases, at least one of these cameras will be an ultra-wide lens – commonly…

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