Two cameras on the back of your iPhone X may not be enough — the 2019 iPhone may come with three. A second analyst just corroborated last month’s report of a triple-camera iPhone, lending the rumor a lot more credibility. In an investors note seen by CNET, analyst Jeff Pu predicts that Apple may release …
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The next LG Watch just got confirmed by the FCC
LG’s next smartwatch is all but confirmed, now that an FCC filing has surfaced for a brand-new Wear OS wearable. The FCC filing describes an LG “portable wrist device” that runs Wear OS, with the model number LM-W315. The listing doesn’t give away too much, but it does hint at a circular display and provides pictures of the device’s app icons. Enlarge …
Read More »Every iOS app update must support the iPhone X notch by July
Starting in July, iOS developers won’t be able to update their apps unless they play nicely with the iPhone X‘s notch. Apple on Monday issued the following statement on its developer page: “Starting July 2018, all iOS app updates submitted to the App Store must be built with the iOS 11 SDK and must support the Super Retina display of …
Read More »LG: We didn’t copy the iPhone X notch
LG’s new LG G7 ThinQ phone has a notch, but the company doesn’t want you to think it’s copying Apple’s iPhone X. “We planned the notch design before Apple,” LG’s mobile chief Hwang Jeong-hwan told The Korea Herald. We don’t know whether that means LG had the idea before Apple (how would they know?) or whether LG is simply saying the …
Read More »Sorry, Vine’s replacement v2 has been delayed indefinitely
If you miss the good old days of Vine and its 6-second video clips, we’ve got bad news for you. v2, the expected successor to Vine, has been postponed indefinitely, according to v2 creator and Vine co-founder Dom Hofmann. Vine was incredibly popular in its heyday as the go-to place to upload and watch short and funny videos. Twitter bought …
Read More »The Razer Phone is on sale for $100 off, today only
If you were in the market to buy the Razer Phone, today may be your lucky day. You can save $100 on the Razer Phone by entering the code “PHONE100” when checking out on Razer’s website, bringing the cost to $599 instead of $699. The code is only valid on May 3, so you may want to act fast. You can …
Read More »Xiaomi phones are coming to the UK and Europe
The Xiaomi Mi 8 has been officially revealed. It has a 6.21-inch AMOLED screen and dual 12-megapixel rear cameras. Xiaomi, the fourth largest smartphone company in the world, barely sells its phones outside of Asia. But soon you’ll be able to buy them in the UK. Less than a day after it filed for an IPO on the Hong Kong stock exchange, …
Read More »No, not every Galaxy S9 will be force
You’ve probably heard that every single Samsung Galaxy S9 phone will soon include preinstalled apps from its new partner, Oath, whether you like it or no. But we checked with Samsung, and it turns out those initial reports weren’t entirely true. Yes, Samsung has signed a deal with Oath (known for its Yahoo and AOL brands) to install some of Oath’s …
Read More »Windows 10 freezing your Chrome browser? Microsoft’s working on it
Microsoft just released its Windows 10 April 2018 Update, and some people who installed it are reporting freezing or hanging after launching Google Chrome. The good news: Microsoft is working on a fix and plans to release it in a May 8 update. Although some people report the issue after launching Chrome, ZDNet reports that Firefox, Office or Visual Studio Code may …
Read More »New Google Lens features are coming at Google I/O, LG says
An update to Google Lens might be right around the corner, but we didn’t get that hint from Google. Instead, LG dropped a reference in a press release for its latest phone, the LG G7 ThinQ. The LG G7 debuts a button on the phone’s side that you can click to open Google Assistant and double-click to snap open Google Lens. “The G7 ThinQ …
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