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Nokia to bring affordable 5G phones next year

August 22, 2019

While 5G phones like the Samsung Galaxy S10 5G and Huawei Mate 20 X 5G are slowly expanding their availability, their prices are stukk quite high. According to a new interview with HMDs chief product officer Juho Sarvikas, we’ll see a more affordable 5G Nokia phone next year with its upcoming value flagship. Sarvikas explains that HMD sees an opportunity in bringing 5G to a wider audience and…

Samsung rolls out Android Pie for Galaxy Tab S3 and Tab A (2017)

August 22, 2019

Earlier this month Samsung rolled out the Android Pie update for the Galaxy J3 (2017), and now the company has started seeding the latest version of Android for its tablets – Galaxy Tab S3 and Galaxy Tab A (2017). The new firmware brings along One UI as well as Android Pie…

LG announces K40s and K50s midrangers with military grade durability

August 22, 2019

LG is bringing some new smartphones to its booth in Berlin during the IFA conference, taking place in the first week of September. Two of the devices are the LG K40s and LG K50s – just a day after their patenting the names, the Korean company announced the extra durable…

HTC Wildfire X goes on sale today

August 22, 2019

The HTC Wildfire X announced last week will go on sale in India today starting noon local time. It will be available for purchase exclusively through Flipkart. The Wildfire X is powered by the Helio P22 SoC and comes in two memory versions – 3GB/32GB priced at INR10,999 ($155/140) and 4GB/128GB priced at INR13,999 ($195/175). However, for a limited period, both variants will be sold at…

Apple will decide by the end of the year on use of BOE OLED panels for 2020 iPhones

August 22, 2019

According to a new report from the Nikkei, a Japanese business daily, Apple is now in the final stages of certifying OLED screens from BOE for use in its future iPhones. The flexible displays are apparently undergoing aggressive testing, which raises the possibility that…

How to turn off your Galaxy Note 10

August 22, 2019

Since Samsung decided to remove a button from the left side of the Galaxy Note 10, it had to consolidate some features. If you just picked up a Note 10 and just can’t figure out how to turn it off, here’s how to access the power menu. To access the power…

British Airways giving all 15,000 cabin crew members an iPhone XR for customer support

August 21, 2019

British Airways announced today that it has purchased 15,000 iPhone XR units from Apple to distribute to cabin crew. Each member of its cabin crew will receive an iPhone XR as part of efforts to “deliver personalized customer service to customers.” The new iPhone XR units distributed to the British Airways cabin crew will come…

Microsoft tests more control for apps that restart with Windows 10

August 21, 2019

As much as PCs have changed in recent years, at least one thing has stayed the same: at some point, you’ll need to restart your computer. With that in mind, the first of next year’s two big Windows 10 updates could offer a subtle but helpful tweak to how the operating…

Android TV picks up free streaming service XUMO w/ over 160 live channels

August 21, 2019

Android TV’s app library is growing constantly, and recently, another service has debuted an official app. The free, ad-supported live streaming service XUMO has launched an official app for Android TV. Detailed by …

Microsoft contractors listened to what people told their Xbox consoles

August 21, 2019

Microsoft contractors reportedly listened to Xbox owners too. Earlier this month, we learned that contractors heard audio snippets from Skype calls and Cortana interactions. Now, Vice reports that Microsoft contractors also listened to audio picked up by Xbox consoles. The device was only supposed to capture audio after voice commands, like “Xbox” or “Hey Cortana,” but contractors claim…