Last week, news broke out that some Samsung Galaxy S10 users were experiencing an issue with the ultrasonic fingerprint which would allow their phones to be unlocked from non-registered fingerprints. Later on it became apparent that the issue was also replicated on the Galaxy S10+ and Note10 series which brought more attention to the problem.
Samsung issued an official statement on the…
Xiaomi plans to launch more than 10 5G phones in 2020
October 21, 2019
(Reuters) — Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi plans to launch more than 10 5G phones in 2020, CEO Lei Jun said on Sunday, speaking at the World Internet conference in the eastern Chinese town of Wuzhen.
Lei’s remarks come as the company faces intense competition in its…
In this week’s top stories: iOS 13.1.3 brings more bug fixes, new iPhone SE 2 details, Beats releases the Solo Pro headphones, and more. Read on for all of this week’s biggest news.
Apple continued to refine iOS 13 this week with the release of IOS 13.1.3. Apple…
Dark Mode is one of the tentpole features of iOS 13 this year, and is rolling out quickly tothird-party appsandwebsites. A new test fromPhoneBuffthis weekend aims to discover just how much better Dark Mode is for battery life than Light Mode.
Using an iPhone XS as the test devices, PhoneBuff employed robotic arms to do various things throughout iOS while in Light Mode…
The OnePlus 7T Pro is off to a rocky start
October 20, 2019
The OnePlus 7T Pro went on sale in India on October 12, in China on the 15th and in Europe on the 18th (and it’s not coming to the US). We’ll wait to see the initial sales numbers, but if last week’s poll is any indication, the new Pro is not off to a good…
HTC has launched its flagship Exodus 1s smartphone in Europe and a limited number of other countries as part of its attempt to drive universal cryptocurrency trading and usage.
The HTC Exodus 1s has a full Bitcoin node embedded in the device’s hardware, allowing users to…
Twitter rolled out an OLED-friendly dark mode called “Lights out” back in March, but it was only limited to iOS users. More than six months later, it’s rolling out to Android users as well, albeit on the alpha version of the app.
The lights out mode is different than the current dark mode and turns the UI of the app to pitch black instead of dark blue. This does a better job at…
Apple officially warns older iPhone and iPad users to update their software or risk a nasty GPS bug
October 19, 2019
A new Apple official warning calls for immediate action on older devices. Mainly the iPhone 5 and earlier as well as the iPad 4 and earlier models. Users on these devices need to go in their settings and update the software to the latest available version prior to…
HTC launches another blockchain phone - Exodus 1s
October 19, 2019
Oh, how the mighty have fallen. Well, that’s not entirely fair if you are a firm believer in the future of blockchain technology and crypto currencies in the end user space. That was the spotlight feature on the original HTC Exodus 1 and the same is true for the…
OnePlus has proved one of the fastest OEMs to push updates to Android 10, and today it’s delivering the first beta for that update to its OnePlus 6 and OnePlus 6T.
Launched just last year, it comes as no surprise that these smartphones are also being updated to Android 10. After all, some of OnePlus’ older devices were updated for longer than anyone expected.
Alongside the launch of…
