“Hey, Tim! Our users have something to say. Looks like they are asking for a small phone.” “But we did the SE in 2016, right? Are there people in 2020 still asking for small phones?” “More than you would think.” “But, do we listen to our consumers? You know they have been asking for a Type-C port…” “Well, we have a stockpile of unsold iPhone 8 phones.” “Say no more....
All this when it, in fact, is a damn good phone. There, we said it. And at the very beginning of the review as well. For, let us face it, for all the relative spec modesty – the 6.19-inch display is not an AMOLED one, does not even have a full HD resolution (1792 x 828), there are no dual cameras at the back, there is no 3D Touch, the frame is aluminum rather steel and even the water and dust resistance is a notch lower (IP67 to IP68) – the iPhone XR is a staggeringly good performer....
So driven to learn English that he cycled… When he was just 12, Ma wanted to learn the English language, and in order to do, he used to cycle during the early hours, each morning to a hotel in the city of Hangzhou which was approximately 40 minutes away from where he used to live. There he used to give foreigners free tours and used to improve his language skills by conversing with them....
BlackRa1n RC3 which is bundle with blackSn0w also enables official tethering. Blackra1n RC3 is by far the fastest and the most complete jailbreaking and unlocking tool for iPhone running on the latest iPhone 3.1.2 firmware. Blackra1n, has been updated to RC3, with hacktivation support, 15 second speed improvement, Tiger+PPC support, and installation of the latest blackra1n.app. The latest RC3 version includes blacksn0w which can unlock iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS running 05....
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Those were the words of a tech writer and blogger who was known for his ability to “leak” information about products months in advance of their official launch or revealing. The year was 2009. “Leaks” were just becoming a part of tech news and indeed were even frowned upon by some – “that’s like the gossip column of a tabloid – not news,” one tech editor told me derisively. Leakers, as they were called, were considered to be a tribe that was better known for its networking with shady parts of the tech community....
Lenovo has been on a roll with its budget and mid-range smartphones in India. Few months ago, it upped the bar with the A6000, the cheapest 4G LTE smartphone in the country, and today the company announces that it is bringing its recently launched K3 Note to India. Priced at Rs 9,999 ($155), it’s the cheapest smartphone with FHD display in the country. As for the specifications, the K3 Note sports a 5....
ZUK Edge apparently, appears to share the same design philosophy wherein the minimal bezels can be seen in the front of the smartphone. In fact, the Lenovo owned brand has already confirmed the existence of the ZUK Edge and has announced that it will lock heads with the Xiaomi Mi Mix. This makes us believe that the smartphone has been in the making for quite some time now, and ZUK was aware of Xiaomi developing a similar device....
Pro tip: It is pretty easy as long as you keep saying the gibberish out loud because when you put together it ultimately sounds like the right word or phrase you have to guess. But you have to do all of this quickly because there is a timer. When it runs out you are given the answer. Welcome to Guess the Gibberish, the AR filter that has got so many literally guessing what’s up (on your forehead) on Instagram....
The Micromax Dual 5, therefore, has its phone-y plate full when it comes to expectations and hopes. Not only is it the first flagship level device from Micromax since the Canvas 6 and 6 Pro were launched last year, it also represents the Indian brand’s foray into a segment which it has generally tended to steer clear of – the higher priced smartphone segment. Micromax has gone north of the Rs 20,000 price band (most notably with the first Canvas Knight) in the past, but it is best known for what many call its “value for money” (read “super affordable”) phones, especially around the USD 150 territory....
By default it will detect and select all the recommended drivers, all other listed drivers will be third party drivers installed by various applications or system drivers which you probably won’t need in Windows 7. Once compressed backup of all drivers is ready, you just need to extract this zip file in Windows 7 and run Driver Backup to restore them instantly. It will restore the drivers one by one and would take some minutes to complete....
Moto M, in terms of design, features an all-metal build with a curved back and a 5.5-inch Full HD IPS LCD panel up front. Underneath, the phone is powered by an octa-core MediaTek Helio P15 processor clocked at 2.2Ghz, 4GB of LPDDR3 RAM, Mali T860MP2 GPU, 32/64GB of internal storage which is expandable up to 256GB via a MicroSD card, and there’s a 3050mAh non-removable battery which also supports fast charging....
Moto M is Motorola’s new mid-range smartphone. Design wise, the Moto M looks like a nicely built product, with an all-metal unibody enclosure that curves gently towards the sides on the rear. It’s quite slim too at 7.85 mm in the thinnest area. That aside, just like many Motorola smartphones, this too comes with a double layer of nano-coating for protecting it from accidental water splash. Up front, the Moto M comes with a 5....
SamMobile is allegedly saying that the Galaxy S6 will be equipped with a 20-megapixel rear camera with optical image stabilization and a 5-megapixel front one. It seems that both sensors will be made in-house. This does seem to be pretty realistic, if we corroborate it with previous rumors which were suggesting the protruding camera could make the handset wobble when placed on its back. As for the front-facing camera, it’s said to be the same as the one found on the Galaxy A series....
The option for recording calls on Truecaller needs to be enabled inside the settings. There’s a new “Call Recording” menu which lets you turn the feature on and even specify whether you’d like to manually begin the tapping for each call. The recordings can be found through a new option in the navigation bar located on the left edge. Sadly, though, call recording is part of the company’s Premium subscription....
A design that will definitely invite a second glance After following broadly conventional lines for most of its premium flagships, OnePlus has decided to take a design road less traveled for the OnePlus 10 Pro 5G (hence referred to as “OnePlus 10 Pro” for the sake of simplicity). Whether one likes it or not, what cannot be denied is that it definitely makes the device stand out from the routine flagship crowd and makes it perhaps the most distinct OnePlus since the OnePlus 7T, with its circular camera unit....
It was not supposed to be this way, was it? Sure, we all are used to the latest version of Android taking its time to trickle down to existing and older devices, leading to the much-documented “Android fragmentation” issue. But we had been informed that that was because manufacturers elaborate skins on Android made updating it a problem. And, of course, that they would rather expend their effort on doing it for new devices than providing updates for old ones....
And as we’re getting closer to the release of the next-generation OnePlus 2, it seems that the company is more and more interested in getting as many sales as possible from the current one. Obviously, once the next-gen gets released, that’s what consumers will be most interested in. OnePlus will perhaps even further discount the OnePlus One, but the biggest share of sales should be coming from the OnePlus 2....
The alpha build of “yet to be named” custom ROM based on Android Lollipop is now available for download. OnePlus clarifies that the ROM is extremely close to “stock” AOSP and contains no extras as of now. OnePlus hopes to get the help from its user community to further develop this custom ROM, and eventually make it “customizable, yet bloat-free with stock-Android-like simplicity by default”. OnePlus is expected to release a production ready build of this new custom ROM by February 2015....
While we’re used to seeing telephoto cameras on modern-day smartphones, especially after Apple popularized it with the iPhone 7+, those are generally limited to 2X-3X optical zoom. Oppo however has believed in pushing the limits when it comes to zoom photography on smartphones and this was evident when they showcased their 5X lossless zoo tech back in 2017. 2 years down the line, they’ve doubled that number and managed to achieve 10X lossless zoom....
