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Flashback: iPhone 7 Plus added an extra camera, took away the 3.5mm jack

When Apple unveiled the iPhone 7 series in September of 2016 it proved to be a highly influential launch. There are two phones in the family, but we’ll focus mostly on the iPhone 7 Plus because aside from being the larger phone, it is the first iPhone to feature a dual camera. The main 12MP camera was improved with the use of a brighter lens, f/1.8 versus f/2.2 on the iPhone 6s models. Apple…
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Quick Charge Podcast: October 17, 2020

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as…
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MobileNews

Galaxy S20 FE Review: The Samsung phone most people should buy

Flagship smartphones are ridiculously expensive in 2020, and frankly, people are tired of it. No one wants to spend over $1,000 on a phone, but Samsung’s entire Galaxy S20 lineup demanded four figures. After those devices failed to gain traction, though, Samsung has…
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Google Assistant's driving mode for Android is nearly ready, one year later

Google promised an Assistant driving mode for phones would arrive in mid-2019, but that clearly didn’t happen — over a year passed without any sign of it. It appears to be ready, though. XDA-Developers has discovered (via Android Police) that Google Assistant’s driving mode is at least partially enabled for Android users. The interface has changed considerably from the I/O 2019 demo you see…
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Samsung Galaxy Fit2 arrives in India

The Samsung Galaxy Fit2 announced last month has arrived in India. It’s priced at INR3,999 ($55/€45), comes in Black and Scarlet colors, and will go on sale later today through Samsung’s official website, Amazon.in, and select offline retails stores across the…
ComputersNews

Windows 10 is installing Office web apps without asking permission

Mandatory Windows 10 updates aren’t new, but the latest example is raising a few hackles. Windows Latest, ZDNet, The Verge and users are reporting that Windows 10 is force-restarting PCs to install links to Office web apps that launch in Edge, including in the Start menu. And despite initial reports, this isn’t limited to Insider members — people using standard Windows 10 releases have seen…
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