Apple rates the iPhone 12 as able to withstand up to 6 meters of water for 30 minutes, and a new video from CNET puts that claim to the test with a pair of experiments. One tests Apple’s claim of 19.6 feet of water for 30 minutes and another to see if the iPhone 12 could beat that claim at 65 feet of water.
The process:
From the shore of Lake Tahoe, we positioned the iPhone on a mount facing…
The iPhone 12 lineup has been in the wild for a little over a month and is the first generation of Apple’s smartphones to come with 5G support. But there seems to be a notable issue with the iPhone 12 dropping service unexpectedly (both 5G and LTE) and users are seeing it…
Today is the first day of December, and to ring in the holiday season, Google is running a series of Doodles celebrating the many holidays happening globally.
Today’s global Google Doodle, notably labeled as being “Day 1” of the “December Holidays” series…
Android 11 stable begins rolling out for Poco F2 Pro w/ MIUI 12
December 1, 2020
The Android 11 update for the Xiaomi Poco F2 Pro has now begun rolling out for the mid-2020 flagship with the firm’s MIUI 12 skin.
Fans over on the official Xiaomi subreddit first spotted the stable update rolling out for Poco handsets after an extended beta phase appears to have concluded. The Android 11 update for the Poco F2 Pro brings with it all of the most important privacy and security…
Sony confirms Android 11 road map for Xperia series
December 1, 2020
Despite not really making a dent in the wider smartphone space, Sony still maintains a large, loyal fanbase. With a small flagship lineup, it’s arguably far easier to for Sony to update their Xperia lines to Android 11.
The Japanese firm has now confirmed its Android 11…
Qualcomm is the name of the game when it comes to high-end Android smartphones, and today we’re getting the first details on what’s next. For 2021, the processor we’ll see in many major Android phones will be the Snapdragon 888.
Succeeding the Snapdragon 865, the 888…
Samsung is working on an object tracker called Galaxy Smart Tag
December 1, 2020
Samsung is apparently looking to expand its Galaxy brand even further than before, this time to also encompass what seemingly will be a smart object tracker, akin to Tile. We’re assuming this will work in concert with Samsung’s SmartThings Find feature, which was unveiled recently. SmartThings Find can find compatible Galaxy products with more accuracy, and the upcoming Galaxy Smart…
Xiaomi introduced three Redmi Note 9 phones back in March, followed by three more in November but the latter trio was designated for the local market. Or that’s what we thought – apparently, the Chinese company is planning to launch them online under new…
Last week we saw case renders of the Samsung Galaxy A32 5G which revealed its design. Today we get an even better look at the smartphone, thanks to the CAD renders shared by .
According to the leakster, the Galaxy A32 5G will pack an Infinity-V display measuring 6.5″…
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3 to cost as much as the Z Fold2
December 1, 2020
The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3 is still pretty far off but info starts to emerge lately. This one, for example, gives some insight into the possible pricing of the handset.
The cited source has an excellent leak track record but warns not to take it as a sure thing yet. The report says that the price of the Z Fold3 will be the same as the Z Fold2 while adding quite a few improvements suggesting a Z…
