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A report from today cites J.P. Morgan analysts who predict Apple is going to change up its launch strategy for 2021. In a note from the analysts citing supply chains, it’s predicted that Apple would shift to launching iPhones twice a year. For many years, Apple released iPhones in the fall, leading up to the holiday season. The report states “the shift in strategy would allow Apple to smooth…

This past weekend Samsung released a software update for the Galaxy Note9 that brought in the December 2019 security patch to the smartphone. Now the company is rolling out a new firmware for those enrolled in the beta program. The beta build based on Android 10 doesn’t bring in any new features to the Galaxy Note9, but it fixes issues related to Samsung DeX UI crashing and the phone…

Apple has just announced its top apps and games for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV. The most important award, iPhone App of the year, went to Spectre Camera, while the Game of the year is Children of the Light. Children of the Light The Spectre app was made by the same people that developed Halide. It is made for long exposures without the need for fancy camera equipment, everything is solely…

We wish more brands would follow Umidigi’s example and release an affordable phone with stock Android – the new A3S will launch with a promotional price of just $60 and runs stock Android 10. Custom skins can be hit or miss, particularly for small makers like Umidigi and it’s often the case that a half-baked skin makes the experience of using entry-level hardware worse than it needs to be. The…