The ongoing pandemic has thrown everything including product launches in the tech industry off schedule. Apple has not escaped untouched either – its usual March event didn’t transpire and there is no official word on whether Apple is going to go ahead with an event in April. Even though it’s loudly advocated that the Cupertino giant will be announcing some interesting products in an event this spring. In spite of a rough last year, Apple launched some groundbreaking devices in 2020 including the 5G iPhone 12s, refined Apple Watch, and the radical new M1 chip-powered Macs. This year, when Apple…
Author: Miley Selena
Over the years smartwatches have evolved into intelligent gadgets capable of taking control of our lifestyle for better health, thanks to their accurate fitness tracking features. Another dimension that’s been added in today’s smartwatches is the ability to track progress for hardcore outdoor activities and intense sports regimes – along with the ability to train, coach or plan adventure-centric activities – via smart app modes. Things distinguishing sports smartwatches from the ones like Apple or Galaxy watches are their superior health tracking capability, GPS accuracy, and a wide array of workout functionality. On the other hand, they are not typically…
Samsung has made its flagship foldable cheaper, slicing pricing for the Galaxy Z Fold 2 as part of its 2021 push to make the new form-factor more affordable. The starting price for the cheapest Galaxy Z Fold 2 is now $200 less, though it’s still among the most expensive options on the smartphone market today. Launched in mid-September 2020, the phone slipped in just under the $2,000 mark – albeit only by a single cent. Now, Samsung is trimming that to $1,799.99, both direct and via retailers such as Amazon. Your money gets you the 256GB model, with a 7.6-inch…
Google’s new Pixel phone is expected to switch to a homegrown processor chip known as Whitechapel, sources claim, as what’s expected to be the Pixel 6 takes a page out of Apple’s successful iPhone strategy playbook. So far, Google’s phones have followed the same hardware approach as most Android devices, using chipsets from Qualcomm’s Snapdragon series. Over at Cupertino, however, Apple has long designed its own processors. These chips – which have most recently spread from iPhone and iPad to Apple’s Mac line-up, as part of its broader Apple Silicon endeavor – have allowed the company to better tailor software…
Google is warning Google Wifi users that it’ll be axing the app they use to control and monitor the mesh networking system, part of a push to condense smart home and IoT control into a single place. The current Google Wifi app will be deprecated, Google confirmed today in an email to users, with its role taken over by the Google Home app instead. It doesn’t exactly come as a surprise, mind. When Google launched the Nest Wifi system in 2019 – the successor to Google Wifi – it was configured through the Google Home app much in the same…
Apple’s iPhone SE turned out to be arguably the surprise hit of 2020, and the bar is set high for the Cupertino firm’s follow-up. Priced from $399 unlocked, despite having the same A13 chipset as the iPhone 11 Pro, the most affordable model in Apple’s current line-up has also been the subject of new rumors as to how the company will handle upgrades while keeping the sticker low. It’s a tricky balance to strike. Apple benefits from the fact that it designs its own chips, allowing it to put recent silicon into the iPhone SE rather than buy lower-power processors…
Sony plans to reveal its latest Xperia phone on April 14, the company has confirmed, though as for what the big launch may be there are a few different rumors circulating. The company most recently debuted a fairly niche smartphone even by its own standards, with the Xperia Pro aiming to give a twist on 5G use-cases for those who focus on upload speeds more than downloads. The Android phone not only could act as a mobile hotspot for uploading raw photos and video – including live-streaming – from a compatible camera, but it had an HDMI input for using…
Dish has accused T-Mobile of the sort of shady carrier behaviors that T-Mobile made a business out of accusing AT&T and Verizon of performing, demanding the FCC weigh in on the upcoming shutdown of the CDMA network many of its subscribers still rely upon. Dish and T-Mobile were meant to be collaborating closely in the aftermath of T-Mobile’s merger with Sprint, but now the smaller carrier claims its erstwhile partner is now getting sneaky. As part of a number of commitments T-Mobile made as it tried to convince regulators to give the Sprint deal the go-ahead, it agreed to sell…
The fate of LG’s struggling smartphone business has apparently been sealed, with the South Korean company reportedly giving up on attempts to sell off the division and instead preparing to announce it’s being shut down completely. Times have been tough for LG, with its attempts to innovate in mobile getting consistently overshadowed by Samsung, Apple, and others. To be fair, those attempts haven’t always hit the mark. LG’s iterative approach on its flagships struggled to gain attention in the face of rivals’ big budget marketing, while its experiments with twin-display phones seemed clunky in comparison to foldable screen devices from…
Google Maps on Android is seeing a classic feature return with its latest update. Two years after it was removed in an effort to clean up the app’s interface, Google has confirmed that it’s bringing back the compass. Yes indeed, it seems that Android users are finally getting back the tool that has been the cornerstone of navigation for centuries. Google announced the return of the compass in a support post discovered by Android Police. Apparently, Google was driven to reinstate the compass after receiving “overwhelming” feedback in support of the tool following its removal in 2019. “You wanted it…