It’s no secret at all that Samsung is removing the charger from the Galaxy S21 box, but a fresh leak gives us the biggest confirmation of that to date. As reported by WinFuture, the box the Galaxy S21 ships in is incredibly slim with no charger or headphones included.
Unpublished marketing material presumably made for Samsung’s website shows “What’s in the box” with the regular Galaxy…
Samsung has now officially launched the Exynos 2100 chipset that will be the bedrock of global Galaxy S21 handsets ahead of Unpacked 2021.
The latest chip is built upon the 5nm EUV manufacturing process, with notable performance and power efficiency gains over its…
Sony promises streaming quality nearly as good as 4K Blu-ray on Bravia Core movie service
January 12, 2021
Sony’s new line of Bravia XR television sets will allow customers to watch and stream movies at some of the highest quality available in the consumer market through its new Bravia Core platform, according to the company.
Bravia XR owners will be able to choose from a…
User successfully runs Ubuntu on a jailbroken iPhone 7
January 12, 2021
The jailbreak process lets users run several tweaks and other iOS modifications, but one user recently decided to go further and install the Ubuntu operating system on an iPhone. The experiment was shared by the user identified as “newhacker1746” on Reddit.
According to the user, the iPhone 7 used during the process was no longer working due to a problem in its internal storage. That’s…
Honor's Band 6 wearable is coming to the US for around $35
January 12, 2021
Honor, currently in the process of extricating itself from Huawei, will start selling its Honor Band 6 fitness tracker in the US. The barebones wearable, which launched in China back in November, will arrive on these shores at an as-yet unspecified date in the very near…
Apple releases iOS 12.5.1 for older iPhones with bug fix for COVID-19 exposure notifications
January 12, 2021
Apple has released iOS 12.5.1 for older iPhones and iPads today, roughly one month after the release of iOS 12.5. The update includes bug fixes for the COVID-19 exposure notification feature.
Apple rolled out iOS 12.5 to older iPhones and iPads last month, bringing…
PopSockets is embracing the iPhone 12’s new MagSafe functionality with a handful of new accessories. Leading the way today is the PopGrip for MagSafe, which is a grip that attaches magnetically to MagSafe-compatible cases for iPhone 12.
For those unfamiliar, iPhone accessories for many people. You simply attach one to the back of your iPhone, and you have a built-in handle that makes the…
Widgetsmith for iOS updated with new health and fitness widgets for your iPhone’s home screen
January 12, 2021
Widgetsmith continues to add new ways to customize your iOS 14 home screen. A new update to the app today brings a new collection of health-focused widgets designed to help you start 2021 off right, as well as a new photo widget that displays the weather as well.
First…
Videos: Apple promotes iPhone and Apple Pay privacy in new ads
January 12, 2021
Apple has shared a pair of new privacy advertisements on one of its YouTube channels today. The new privacy ads focus on Face ID and Apple Pay, while Apple has also shared a new video highlighting the iPhone’s sustainability initiatives.
The three new videos were shared…
TCL and Alcatel launching trio of Android tablets, including one w/ color E Ink competitor
January 12, 2021
Today, TCL is announcing a trio of Android tablets to be released over the next few months, including a model using a NXTPAPER display, their competitor to color E Ink.
By the spec sheet, the TCL TAB 10S and TCL NXTPAPER have a great deal in common. Both tablets run on Android 10, use a MediaTek MT8768 series chip, and offer as much as 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage.
The main thing that sets the…
