Tag: phones

Ready for an iPhone upgrade? Here’s why you (probably) don’t need to buy a Pro

At the risk of sounding like someone who’s old before his time, I have a fairly substantial list of tech pet peeves. At the lower end of the scale, I don’t understand folks who hold their phone at a distance when having a conversation, nor am I a fan of…

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The iPhone 17 Air may have a small battery, but l don’t think you’ll need to worry

According to the latest iPhone 17 rumors, Apple is tipped to shake up its flagship smartphone lineup this year with new designs, new specs, and an entirely new model. Indeed, the much-rumored iPhone 17 Air has been speculated by many to take the place of the iPhone 17 Plus, swapping…

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Can the Trump Mobile T1 Phone really be ‘made in the USA’? Here’s what experts say

The Trump Organization says a new T1 Phone will launch in August It will apparently be “designed and built in the United States” But experts say the phone is more likely to have Chinese origins The Trump Mobile T1 Phone is undoubtedly one of the strangest phones ever made, mixing…

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Nothing confirms its flagship Phone 3 won’t have a flagship chipset, but I don’t think that matters – here’s why

It’s official: the Nothing Phone 3 will use the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 chipset. Nothing CEO Carl Pei revealed the spec detail in an interview uploaded to the company’s YouTube channel, confirming that Nothing’s “first true flagship” phone will be “36% faster on CPU, 88% stronger on GPU, and 60%…

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WhatsApp is officially getting ads – and I’m worried it’s a slippery slope from here

WhatsApp is finally getting ads They’ll appear in the Updates tab, integrated with Statuses and Channels Regular chats won’t be affected by the chnages, and are still private It’s official, WhatsApp’s latest update is bringing ads to the platform. My initial reaction to this news was dread that the conversations…

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I think the iPhone 17 will be boring, but iOS 26 could save it

I’d have placed a decent bet on Apple making a big deal about Apple Intelligence at WWDC this year, and from that I’d have predicted that the iPhone 17 would be Cupertino’s first proper AI phone. The company somewhat fluffed the launch of Apple Intelligence, with AI-powered features for the…

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