Update, April 22: Read our iPhone SE 2020 review. Original story follows. In this week’s Apple Core roundup, we’re compiling our wishlist for the iPhone in 2020 based on what’s actually feasible, and dissecting the latest clues about Apple’s vision for a foldable device . Our iPhone 12 wishlist Foldable or not, the 2020 iPhones …
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The iPhone 9 (SE 2) is real, according to case
Update, April 22: Read our iPhone SE 2020 review. Original story follows. Apple has yet to give the official word of a March launch event for the iPhone SE, but case makers are already betting big on what the company will announce. In this week’s Apple Core wrap, we’re looking at what the cases can tell us about the rumored iPhone SE …
Read More »iPhone 9 (aka iPhone SE 2): Apple’s budget iPhone needs to be small and affordable
Update, April 22: Read our iPhone SE 2020 review. Original story follows. The iPhone SE from 2016 was Apple’s first budget phone and a new version of it called the iPhone 9 or iPhone SE 2 might be coming out this spring. The timing couldn’t come any sooner, since rumors of an iPhone SE 2 have been percolating for a couple …
Read More »Apple’s rumored 5G iPhone could have a homemade antenna
Apple is reportedly designing its own antenna for the rumored 5G iPhone that could hit shelves in 2020. The tech giant might skip Qualcomm’s antenna component because it’s not “sleek” enough for Apple’s needs, Fast Company reported Friday citing unnamed sources. While Apple’s competitors have already launched multiple 5G phones — including the newly unveiled Samsung Galaxy S20 — Apple …
Read More »Samsung Galaxy Z Flip rumors: $1,400 foldable phone takes aim at Motorola Razr
Two days before Samsung’s Unpacked event is set to kick off on Feb. 11, the company teased its upcoming foldable flip phone in an ad that ran during the Oscars. The Z Flip, as the device is known to be called, marks the company doubling down on foldable phones. We’ve known since October that a foldable clamshell design is coming and for months, rumors, …
Read More »Galaxy S20, Z Flip foldable, Galaxy Buds Plus: What we’ll see at Samsung Unpacked today
Samsung Unpacked is here. On Tuesday in San Francisco at 11am PT (watch live here), the world’s largest phone-maker will take the wraps off its newest phones for 2020, expected to be the Galaxy S20, S20 Pro or Plus and S20 Ultra 5G phones and the Galaxy Z Flip, a foldable phone that bends vertically and rivals the Motorola Razr. Samsung …
Read More »With the Galaxy Z Flip, Samsung looks for its foldable do
A year ago, Samsung took the stage at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco and unveiled a device poised to change the entire smartphone market: the Galaxy Fold. It captured the attention of everyone at the event and even intrigued the non-tech-savvy tuning in from afar. But it wasn’t long before the Fold had problems: defects in the …
Read More »Samsung’s Galaxy Home Mini spotted in wild yet again ahead of Unpacked
The saga that is Samsung’s Bixby-powered Galaxy Home Mini may at last be nearing an end. After making an appearance at the FCC, getting a beta test in Samsung’s home country of South Korea last year and teased in an interview earlier this year, a new leak has revealed a little more about the forthcoming smart speaker. Shared on Twitter …
Read More »Will iPhone 12 look the same as iPhone 11? New rumors say yes, kinda
Update, April 22: Read our iPhone SE 2020 review. Original story follows. For months we’ve been hearing that Apple’s iPhone lineup for 2020 will feature a new design. On this week’s Apple Core roundup, we dive into a report that claims the total opposite: The iPhone 12 will look the same as the iPhone 11. Hang on, so the iPhone 12 …
Read More »AirPower is still dead (RIP) but Apple might have an alternative in the works
Apple may be gearing up to release a wireless charging pad to replace the AirPower (RIP). We dive into a report that says this new charging pad could appear in the first half of 2020, potentially alongside the iPhone 9 or iPhone SE 2. Is the AirPower coming back? Considering Apple canceled the project in 2019, it seems highly unlikely. A …
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