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Kuo: iPhone 14 Pro Max dominates first weekend of pre-orders, iPhone 14 Plus disappoints

September 12, 2022
Apple may be paying the price for being too confident regarding the regular iPhone 14 models. According to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the iPhone 14 and 14 Plus versions are selling worse than the iPhone 13 mini and iPhone SE 3 – both phones that had disappointing sales when their pre-orders started. On the other hand, the redesigned iPhone 14 Pro Max is selling better than its predecessor. In a…
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Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 4 is already $200 off at Amazon

September 12, 2022
Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 4 is the pinnacle of its foldable smartphone lineup, but it’s also the company’s most expensive phone at $1,800. If you’ve been eyeing one but find the price hard to stomach, there’s good news. You can already grab one for $1,600 ($200 off) at Amazon, just a few short weeks after it went on sale. And if it’s the Galaxy Z Flip 4…
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Android 13 QPR1: Rotate button gets easier to tap

September 12, 2022
For the past several versions, Android has let you quickly rotate with a shortcut that appears at the corner of the screen. Android 13 QPR1 makes the smallest of tweaks by making the rotate button bigger. As seen in the screenshots below, Android 13 QPR1 (at the right)…
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Samsung (mostly) disables Android 12L’s taskbar when you use a third-party launcher

September 12, 2022
Android 12L’s key feature for tablets and foldables is the taskbar, but there’s a quirk on Samsung devices that disables the taskbar when using a third-party launcher. Samsung rolled out Android 12L as a part of its One UI 4.1.1 update, bringing Google’s latest big-screen features to its foldables and tablets. With that update came the taskbar, which arrived first on the Galaxy Z Fold 4, but…
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Google Home app readies ‘Preview Program’ on Android, here’s how to sign up

September 11, 2022
Google is preparing to open a “Preview Program” for the Home app on Android, which would give early access to new features for your smart home — here’s how to sign up. About APK Insight: In this “APK Insight” post, we’ve decompiled the latest version of an application that Google uploaded to the Play Store. When we decompile these files (called APKs, in the case of Android apps)…
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