Last week, we saw Apple announce an addition to its smartphone lineup as well as a new keyboard case for the iPad Pro. This week on The Vergecast, co-hosts Nilay, Dieter, and Paul discuss The Verge’s reviews of those products: the new iPhone SE and the Magic Keyboard.
Starting at $399, the iPhone SE joins a group of smartphones in a competitive price range far below flagship phones. Does…
How to buy the new iPhone SE 2
April 26, 2020
The iPhone SE 2 is now available. If you were thinking about getting one, or are just curious about the various improvements over the 2016 model, check out Dieter Bohn’s video review above. Suffice it to say, he liked it. The 2020 version of the iPhone SE has powerful…
A new iOS text bug is again crashing iPhones
April 26, 2020
A new iOS text bug has been discovered that causes iPhones to crash. The flaw involves several characters from the Sindhi language that cause iOS to lock up and an iPhone to crash. The character string has been circulating this week on Discord servers and Telegram, and The…
Apple has found no evidence that recently discovered security flaws in the native iOS Mail app were exploited by hackers, the company said in a statement. “We have found no evidence they were used against customers,” the company said. It also cast doubt on whether the issues, which it admitted were present on both the iPhone and the iPad versions of its Mail app, were enough to bypass the two…
LG’s Velvet phone is coming on May 7th
April 26, 2020
LG’s new flagship phone, the Velvet, will be revealed in full on May 7th. The company posted a teaser video clip to its Korean YouTube channel evoking raindrops and a catwalk — a reference to the phone’s unusual camera layout and supposedly fashion-forward design.
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The Polestar 2, the first all-electric car from the Volvo Car Group, will start at $59,900 when it comes to the United States later this year. Equipped with native Android Automotive, the five-door fastback-style electric car boasts about 408 horsepower and is supposed to…
Xiaomi has announced on its global social media channels that it will be launching the Redmi Note 9 Series. The launch will be through an online event, which will take place on April 30, 20:00 GMT.
The legend of #RedmiNoteSeries continues!
Get ready to meet the newest members of #RedmiNote9Series as well as other great Xiaomi products! #NoMiWithoutYou pic.twitter.com/iWpxwDgCWm
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LG Velvet specs leak
April 26, 2020
LG’s most exciting smartphone in quite a while (at least design-wise) is getting official on May 7. The Velvet should be the first in a line of upper mid-range devices that are meant to replace the now-defunct G series.
LG has been teasing bits and pieces about the…
So far Verizon hasn’t been selling the Samsung Galaxy S20, despite the fact that the carrier offers both the S20+ and the S20 Ultra. This will be rectified soon, and when the carrier nicknamed Big Red will have the S20 on offer, it will also get its own exclusive…
OnePlus is now in a post-launch phase as the company is in the process of fulfilling pre-orders of its latest duo of smartphones: the OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro. As reported by which cites a number of sources close to the matter, OnePlus has downsized its workforces in the UK, France, and Germany by as much as 90 percent leaving behind key employees (as little as three) to maintain operation in…
