MobileNews

Kuo: 5.4″ iPhone 12 to feature narrower notch, power button Touch ID coming to more iPads in 2021

September 14, 2020
Ahead of tomorrow’s Apple event, reliable analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is out with a new investor note highlighting his expectations for the remainder of 2020. Kuo corroborates expectations that the new iPad Air will feature Touch ID in the side button, as well as blood oxygen support on the Apple Watch Series 6. The Apple analyst also predicts that the 5.4-inch iPhone 12 will include a “slightly…
Read more
MobileNews

LG’s swivel-screened Wing leaks again ahead of official reveal

September 14, 2020
Wing, LG’s unannounced smartphone with a main display that swivels to reveal a smaller secondary screen, has leaked again in a series of renders published on Twitter by Evan Blass. The images show a couple of different use cases for LG’s unusual form factor, including…
MobileNews

Razer Kishi for iPhone review: a great Apple Arcade controller

September 14, 2020
Earlier this year, my colleague Cameron Faulkner reviewed the Razer Kishi, a smartly designed game controller for Android phones created in collaboration with Gamevice. Now a version for iPhones is here, and it’s essentially the same story — the biggest difference is what it can do. The Kishi is like two Nintendo Switch Joy-Cons that are permanently attached to each other, collapsing down into…
Read more
MobileNews

The very first ROM based upon Android 11 is already available

September 14, 2020
Considering that Android 11 has been here for mere days, the fact that we already have a custom ROM available based upon the latest OS build is incredibly impressive. However, the ROM based upon the AOSP build of Android 11 does come with some serious caveats. While its…
MobileNews

Thousands of OnePlus Buds seized by US Customs after being mistaken for fake AirPods

September 14, 2020
Apple’s AirPods are certainly the most well-known truly wireless earbuds, so their name has been almost a generic term for the form factor. Now, that confusion has reached hilarious ends as the US Customs and Border Protection Agency has seized thousands of “counterfeit AirPods” that are actually very legitimate OnePlus Buds. Over the weekend, US Customs and Border Patrol announced on…
Read more
MobileNews

Feds proudly announce seizure of ‘counterfeit Apple AirPods’ that are actually OnePlus Buds

September 14, 2020
It can be hard to tell a difference between AirPods and the many earbuds that resemble them, but checking the box is always a good start. US Customs and Border Protection tonight tweeted that its officers had “recently seized 2,000 counterfeit Apple AirPods from Hong Kong, valued at $398K had they been genuine.” There’s also this press release on the situation, which praises CBP officers for…
Read more