Tag: phones
My favorite iOS 18 app is a tool you’re probably not using – and I suggest you try it right away
Even though we live in a world festooned with smart stuff, from slick ways to monitor your activity to generative AI and other such opinion-dividing tools, sometimes it’s the simple things that really feel special. And for me, it’s the iPhone’s Passwords app. Introduced with iOS 18, the Passwords app…
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Chipolo’s Pop item tracker upgrades the AirTag in nearly every way I wanted, and it works with Android too
The latest AirTag alternative from Chipolo comes in color It’s a small, circular tracker that works with Apple or Google’s Find My network It has a built-in keyring hole for easy attachment, a speaker, and an easily replaceable battery Sure, Apple’s AirTag might be the top dog in the world…
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This wild phone battery rumor has me wondering whether iPhone will ever catch up to Android
A new rumor suggests that Xiaomi’s next flagship phone could sport a 7,000mAh battery That could see Xiaomi almost double the battery capacity of the current-gen iPhone 16 The Xiaomi 16 is extremely unlikely to come to the US Another day, another futuristic specs rumor concerning a Chinese phone maker…
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The Motorola Razr Plus could beat the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7 in 3 key ways, according to new benchmarks
Newly uncovered Geekbench benchmarks suggest the rumored Motorola Razr Plus could best the Galaxy Z Flip 7 specs-wise The new Razr Plus could sport the Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset and 16GB of RAM The Galaxy Z Flip 7 in turn may only get 12GB of RAM, and either the Snapdragon…
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‘The key is to build a bridge with iOS’: OnePlus has a plan to tackle Apple’s smartphone industry dominance
For smartphone manufacturers, competing with Apple must feel like bringing a knife to a gunfight. Every. Single. Quarter. The best iPhones aren’t necessarily the best phones outright (read: they’re not), but the Cupertino giant has undoubtedly managed to cordon off a large swath of smartphone-owning consumers (perhaps indefinitely so) through…
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‘It will take time for foldables to become mainstream’: OnePlus defends decision to delay the OnePlus Open 2 and bow out of the foldable phones race in 2025
The OnePlus Open was well-received on its release in October 2023 (we described it as “the only foldable phone that doesn’t compromise” in our OnePlus Open review), so it was more than a little disappointing to hear that a much-rumored OnePlus Open 2 won’t be hitting shelves any time soon.…
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