Airbnb may make it socially acceptable to stay in a stranger’s house, but that doesn’t mean it’s not awkward when you have to ransack the house to find the recycling bin. That’s why designer Isil Uzum created a concept for mapping an apartment with augmented reality. It’s just the fit for an Airbnb app using Apple’s …

If the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Note 8 adopts a similar edge-to-edge Infinity Display as the Galaxy S8, we have an idea of what the front of the phone may look like. But rumors about dual cameras and a physical fingerprint sensor may mean that the Note 8’s backside takes on a different look. Enlarge ImageBGR For example, there’s this render …

Still haven’t picked up the Samsung Galaxy S8? Well, if you’re in Taiwan — or know someone who is — you may get the chance to get a special version of the phone. Samsung announced that the Galaxy S8 Plus will arrive in pink as a limited-edition release.  Samsung is a big fan of these. The Galaxy S7 and S7 …

The first phone to successfully integrate a fingerprint sensor in the screen may not be an iPhone or Samsung Galaxy at all. It could be a phone from Chinese brand Vivo, which isn’t well known outside China.  A Vivo Twitter post hints that the company will “unlock” “a new solution” at a trade show next week. Pair that with the …

If you miss the days before touchscreens took over and the Motorola Razr reigned supreme, the Samsung Galaxy Folder 2 may be just your speed. It launched on Thursday in Samsung’s home country of South Korea. The Galaxy Folder 2 is an Android phone with a flip design that puts a touchscreen on top and an old-school keypad on the bottom.  …

All the new features rumored for the iPhone 8 may be exciting, but more features can lead to more potential hiccups. Take, for example, that pesky fingerprint sensor. Word has it that Apple may be planning on integrating its Touch ID into the display of the upcoming iPhone, meaning you could unlock your phone just by touching its screen. But this …

If there’s one think we know about the iPhone 8 (or iPhone X or iPhone Edition, or whatever it’ll be called) it’s that the phone will be able to use AR, or augmented reality, to place digital objects in the real world.  Apple made a big deal about that at its WWDC conference earlier this month when it unveiled ARKit, the software to …

Rumor was that Samsung’s next big phone, the Galaxy Note 8, would launch in late August. Now we’re hearing that the Note 8 might have a launch date nailed down, August 26 in New York City, according to Korean site Naver (Korean). A date is significant because it suggests that Samsung will not repeat last year’s early August reveal of the poor Galaxy …

Apple’s rumored iPhone 8 may still be months away, but phone accessory manufacturer Olixar has already began making phone cases and screen protectors for the iPhone 8, long before any official word on the device has released, Apple blog 9to5Mac pointed out. The Olixar products are available for preorder now in MobileFun’s US and UK stores. Mobile Fun, the online phone …

The Infinity Display on the Samsung Galaxy S8 may give the phone a premium look and feel, but more screen also means more potential for ugly cracks. A tougher S8 may be exactly what us accident-prone people need, and it’s looking more likely than ever that an “Active” version of the phone is on the way. Why so certain? Documents …