The latest original sealed iPhone went up for auction earlier this month with the expectation of bringing in at least $50,000. With the auction now ended, the final price surpassed $50K and set a new record, almost doubling the price of one sold just six months ago.
Last August, we saw an original sealed iPhone sell for $35,414, with another one going for $39,340 in the fall. Impressive…
9to5Google Weekender: Galaxy S23 Ultra review and other top stories
February 20, 2023
This week Samsung launched the Galaxy S23 series and we published our full review. In other news, Android Auto continued its redesign rollout, YouTube’s Susan Wojcicki stepped down, and more.
9to5Google has a rebooted newsletter that highlights the biggest Google stories…
Following Twitter’s lead, Meta launches its own blue checkmark subscription for Facebook and Instagram, costs $14.99/mo on iOS
February 20, 2023
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook’s parent company Meta, has today announced plans for a subscription tier, offering account verification with government ID, a verified blue checkmark for Facebook and Instagram, and “direct access to customer support”.
The subscription…
Pixel 7 doesn’t support latest 5G standard, might with Android 14
February 19, 2023
The 3GPP is responsible for developing mobile broadband standards, with 5G being the recent focus. Standards are made available as “releases,” with the Pixel 7 on the older 3GPP Release 15 compared to other available phones today.
Release 15 launched in June of 2018 as the first 5G standard. It was followed in July 2020 by Release 16, which Qualcomm added support for with the Snapdragon X65 in…
A month ago the Nothing Phone (1) received its second Android 13 beta but now the testing period is over. Nothing OS 1.5.2 is already rolling out and it includes a stable build of Android 13 a swell as the January 2023 security patch.
Note that Nothing is yet to detail the…
The iPhone 15 Pro is expected to launch alongside the Pro Max and two other models this fall, most likely in September. And yet, here we are in mid-February and we already seem to have the first speculative renders of the upcoming phone. These are CAD-based, so they’re…
Samsung Galaxy A04 is receiving Android 13-based One UI 5.0 update
February 19, 2023
Samsung rolled out the Android 13-based One UI 5.0 stable update for the Galaxy A04s in December, and now it’s the vanilla A04 that’s receiving the One UI 5.0 upgrade.
The Samsung Galaxy A04’s One UI 5.0 update has firmware version A045FXXU1BWB1 and comes with the dated December 2022 Android security patch. It’s currently seeding in Kazakhstan, but the rollout should expand…
OnePlus is seeding OxygenOS 13 to the Nord CE 2 5G
February 19, 2023
The OnePlus Nord CE 2 5G launched last February with Android 11, and picked up the Android 12-based OxygenOS 12 update in August, is now receiving stable OxygenOS 13 based on Android 13.
The update is seeding in India, and it will be first available to users who participated…
Samsung Galaxy S23 open sale begins
February 19, 2023
Two weeks after the Samsung Galaxy S23 announcement, the trio of flagships is available, as promised. Open sales began today and the Galaxy S23, Galaxy S23+, and Galaxy S23 Ultra are available for immediate pickup in four colors – Phantom Black, Cream, Green, and…
Apple seeds first iOS 16.4 and iPadOS 16.4 betas
February 19, 2023
Apple has begun seeding its first iOS 16.4 and iPadOS 16.4 betas to developers. The new releases bring several big changes including push notifications for web apps, an updated Apple Podcasts app, new Apple HomeKit architecture and more.
Web apps will now support push notifications which are configurable as soon as you add a page to your home screen via the Web Push API. Up until now you could…
