When CNET put the new Motorola Razr through a folding test, the phone’s hinge starting making noises and showing issues by the 27,000th fold. That’s just a fraction of the 100,000 folds the publication was planning for the device. Now, Motorola has fired back at CNET with a video of it own, showing how it tested the durability of the device’s hinge. In a statement sent to…
NVIDIA will skip MWC 2020 due to concerns about coronavirus
February 8, 2020
As the reported number of coronavirus infections in China grew beyond 34,000, NVIDIA announced that it will not send employees to the Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona, Spain this year. According to the company, “Given public health risks around the coronavirus…
With just a few days left until Samsung’s big Unpacked event, we’ve received images from a tipster purporting to show off the company’s next foldable phone. While renders and a brief video of the Galaxy Z Flip have leaked before, these pictures show the…
Motorola’s Razr might be getting all the attention, but mid-range phones like the Moto G are what have vaulted the brand back into profitability. In other words, those $250-ish phones are serious business, and the company’s latest models — the Moto G Power and Moto G Stylus — take the line in some interesting new directions.
They are, however, very similar phones. Both…
Ahead of the Sonic the Hedgehog movie coming out next week, Puma has released the latest in a series of clothing, shoes and accessories that feature Sonic and his friends. If you weren’t a fan of the movie’s first, nightmare-inducing trailer, the good news is…
France fines Apple $27 million for slowing down iPhones
February 8, 2020
France’s Competition and Fraud body, DGCCRF, has fined Apple €25 million ($27.3 million) for intentionally slowing the performance of older iPhones. The issue, which centered on battery management, was seen by many as an attempt to force users to upgrade before they…
Indie dungeon-crawler 'Below' is coming to PS4 this spring
February 8, 2020
More than two years after coming out on Xbox One and almost seven years since it was first announced at E3 2013, Below is making its way to PlayStation 4. If you’ve been patiently waiting to check out the game, developer Capybara Games says you’ll be able to play Below on PS4 “later this spring.”
At the same time, Capy will add a new “explore” mode to the…
Since foldable phones are still far from common, a lot of potential buyers want to know how durable they are before shelling out money for one — especially because the available models are far from cheap. CNET has put the new Motorola Razr to the test by folding it…
Just a few days ago we learned the release date for a Switch port of The Outer Worlds, but now it’s delayed. The game was scheduled for release on Nintendo’s system March 6th, however the coronavirus outbreak in China has impacted Virtuous, the developer working…
Motorola shows off its test robot for folding the Razr [Video]
February 8, 2020
The launch of the Motorola Razr was slightly overshadowed by a test showing the Android Foldable’s hinge not properly closing after just 27,000 folds. On Friday, the company countered that the robot conducting yesterday’s test was not representative of actual usage.
CNET found that the Razr would not completely close after 27,000 folds by a machine. Resistance emerged and the hinge became…
