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Upgrading to iPhone 13: Here’s what you get over your old phone

September 30, 2021
While there are those of us who end up buying a new iPhone every year, most people upgrading to the iPhone 13 will be doing so from a phone that is older than the iPhone 12. Apple does have a comparison feature on its website allowing you to manually compare features, but Jason Snell has done the work for you, showing what you’ll get when you upgrade from any model from the iPhone 7 up … You…
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Google One gets Material You with Dynamic Color, but more importantly a dark theme

September 30, 2021
The Material You rollout continues with Google One getting a redesign that leverages Dynamic Color. However, the bigger update is a dark theme that replaces the previous bright look.  Material You for Google One starts with the app adapting a more conventional bottom bar compared to the previous top tab approach. In terms of ordering, Home, Storage, Benefits, and Storage are unchanged.
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Honor is now the third-largest smartphone brand in China

September 30, 2021
According to , Honor has outpaced Xiaomi in terms of smartphone sales in China for August and is thus one of the top-three largest smartphone brands in the country behind Oppo and vivo. The new report states an 18% increase in monthly Honor smartphone sales for August which…
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Samsung removes the support pages for the Galaxy S21 FE

September 30, 2021
Nothing to see here, move along. Samsung swept any evidence of the Galaxy S21 FE under the rug and removed the support pages for the phone that went live in anticipation of its announcement. An announcement that has reportedly been canceled. You can see the various support…
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Photo of Samsung Galaxy S22 battery confirms 3,700 mAh capacity

September 30, 2021
The Samsung Galaxy S22 is going to be smaller than the S21, but that also means that it will have a smaller battery – 3,700 mAh according to the most recent rumors. And those rumors have been confirmed with a photo of the actual battery. Here it is, the EB-BS901ABY (14.35 Wh), photographed during the certification process of SafetyKorea. For reference, the Galaxy S21 and the S20 before it had…
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More iOS 15 bugs discovered as iOS 15.1 release imminent

September 30, 2021
The iOS 15 launch hasn’t been exactly smooth sailing as many early bugs sprang their ugly heads. Ones of the most annoying ones is by far the inability to unlock your iPhone using your Apple Watch when wearing a mask. In some cases, you can’t even set up the said…
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The iPhone 13 Pro Max received the DisplayMate Best Smartphone Display Award

September 30, 2021
DisplayMate examined the new ProMotion-enabled display on the iPhone 13 Pro Max the findings were nothing but positive – in fact, Apple’s new flagship earned the DisplayMate Best Smartphone Display Award along with an A+ grade. It set or match 12 smartphone display performance records. Each iPhone 13 Pro Max display has been calibrated at the factory for color and contrast accuracy. The phone…
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