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How to Remove Fungus Between Glued Camera Lens Elements

September 20, 2021
I recently had a bad case of fungus in a Sony kit lens. The fungus was between the two outermost lenses that are assembled together in a glued plastic case. I placed it in a cleaned vacuum box with enough rubbing alcohol to submerge it — I actually had to tilt the box to cover everything, so I should have added more. I first cleaned everything very thoroughly. I sucked all the air out of…
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Android 12.1 is all about improving foldable phone experience

September 20, 2021
unearthed some interesting stuff about an upcoming incremental update to Android 12, likely called Android 12.1. We don’t know the full scope of features for now, but it’s possible that most of them, if not all, are aimed towards improving the foldable phone…
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iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max's shipping dates pushed to October

September 20, 2021
The iPhone 13 series announced earlier this week went on pre-orders yesterday in the first wave of markets. The smartphones were expected to ship in these regions starting September 24 for pre-orders, but the delivery dates of some Pro and Pro Max models have been pushed to next month – between October 6 and October 11. Except for the Gold color variant with 256GB storage, all iPhone 13 Pro…
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Realme GT Neo2 to boast 11 antennas for better reception

September 20, 2021
Realme’s official Weibo account in China has been teasing the upcoming Realme GT Neo2 a lot lately and the latest post talks about antennas and reception. Realme GT Neo2 teaser poster from Weibo According to the poster, the device will have 11 antennas placed around…
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Hot Take: Apple's iPhone 13 lineup, new iPads and Watch Series 7

September 20, 2021
On Tuesday, Apple held its annual September event, where it announced a bunch of new products. This includes the new iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Pro pairs, new iPad and iPad mini models, and the new Apple Watch Series 7. Here are some of my thoughts on these new releases. Apple…
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Flashback: the Apple iPhone X and its hated but influential notch

September 20, 2021
According to an interview with then Chief Design Officer Jony Ive, Apple spent 5 years developing the iPhone X. And it was worth the effort since the design it introduced in late 2017 will have been relevant for 5 years before Apple finally does away with the notch (expected to happen in 2022, unless it doesn’t – rumors of notchless iPhones have been proven false before). Ah, yes, the notch…
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Some iOS 15 features require an iPhone XS or newer, here they are

September 20, 2021
After three months of testing iOS 15, we’ve been discovering almost daily new features coming to the Apple devices. While iOS 15 supports iPhones all the way back to the iPhone 6s, there are some features exclusive to the iPhone XS or newer coming today. In June, 9to5Mac published all the macOS Monterey exclusive features coming to the M1 Macs. Now, it’s time to share which iOS 15 features…
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