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Apple May be Planning 5.4-inch iPhone 12 Mini

According to industry analyst Ming-Chi Kuo and the well-known leaker l0vetodream, Apple will offer customers a smaller model of iPhone 12, named „mini”. The device may have a 5.4-inch display.

hardware & software

Bart Swiatek

September 22, 2020

Apple May be Planning 5.4-inch iPhone 12 Mini
Android 11 Available; Outline of New Features

Android 11 Available; Outline of New Features

Upgrade to Android version 11 is now available on selected phone models. Owners of these devices can now see the changes and new features.

hardware & software

Arkadiusz Strzala

September 9, 2020

Android 11 Available; Outline of New Features
Android 11 Available; Outline of New Features

Android 11 Available; Outline of New Features

Upgrade to Android version 11 is now available on selected phone models. Owners of these devices can now see the changes and new features.

hardware & software

Arkadiusz Strzala

September 9, 2020

Android 11 Available; Outline of New Features

Apple Achieves Total Domination in Smartphone Sales

Apple has dominated the top ten best-selling phones in the world. Poor performance of the competition.

hardware & software

Mikolaj Laszkiewicz

September 2, 2020

Apple Achieves Total Domination in Smartphone Sales

Worst Smartphone Sales Since 2013

Smartphone sales results from the first half of 2020 show biggest drops in history.

hardware & software

Mikolaj Laszkiewicz

August 26, 2020

Worst Smartphone Sales Since 2013

New Blackberry With 5G, Android and Keyboard in 2021

Thanks to the cooperation between BlackBerry, OnwardMobility and FIH Mobile, a new version of the iconic BlackBerry phone will be created. The device will have a keyboard and will run on Android. We can also expect compatibility with the modern 5G network.

hardware & software

Bart Swiatek

August 20, 2020

New Blackberry With 5G, Android and Keyboard in 2021

Smartphone Will Check Whether We're Drunk?

Researchers from Stanford University and the University of Pittsburgh are working on a technology to detect the state of alcoholic intoxication by analyzing the way a smartphone user moves.

hardware & software

Bart Swiatek

August 19, 2020

Smartphone Will Check Whether We're Drunk?

US Secret Service Bought Information About Smartphone Users

Vice reports that the U.S. Secret Service has circumvented laws requiring it to obtain a court order to track citizens. It was doing so by buying geolocation data from mobile app manufacturers using proxies. The practice was used for many years.

other

Michael Kulakowski

August 18, 2020

US Secret Service Bought Information About Smartphone Users

More Than Billion Android Phones at Risk From Security Gap in CPUs

Vulnerabilities found in Qualcomm processors are putting more than one billion Android devices at risk.

hardware & software

Mikolaj Laszkiewicz

August 10, 2020

More Than Billion Android Phones at Risk From Security Gap in CPUs

Android 11 has Higher Hardware Requirements Than Windows 10

It seems that the full version of Android 11 has greater requirements than Microsoft's latets Windows OS. Google OS will be installed only on phones equipped with more than 2 GB of memory. Weaker smartphones will have to use the shafted version called Android GO.

hardware & software

Bart Swiatek

July 27, 2020

Android 11 has Higher Hardware Requirements Than Windows 10

Fall and Scratch-resistant Smartphones? Maybe With Gorilla Glass Victus

Corning presented Gorilla Glass Victus - a new version of glass used to make smartphone screens. The manufacturer ensures that this time we can expect exceptional resistance to both falls from heights and minor scratches.

hardware & software

Bart Swiatek

July 24, 2020

Fall and Scratch-resistant Smartphones? Maybe With Gorilla Glass Victus

Good Little Smartphone With 3-inch Display, 6 GB RAM and Android 10

Chinese company Unihertz announced Jelly 2 - a small smartphone with decent components, which is to be the successor of Jelly from 2017. The device will be on sale later this year.

hardware & software

Bart Swiatek

July 23, 2020

Good Little Smartphone With 3-inch Display, 6 GB RAM and Android 10

Hackers can Attack a Quick Charger to Burn Your Phone

Experts from the Chinese company Xuanwu Lab have discovered a dangerous security gap that allows the quick charger to be hacked and consequently used to melt or ignite the device connected to it.

hardware & software

Bart Swiatek

July 21, 2020

Hackers can Attack a Quick Charger to Burn Your Phone

iPhone 12 May Suffer From Weak Battery

According to rumors based on certification documents for new batteries registered by Apple, iPhone 12 smartphones may have less capacious cells than their predecessors.

hardware & software

Bart Swiatek

July 14, 2020

iPhone 12 May Suffer From Weak Battery

New Samsung and Apple Smartphones Sold Without Charger

Soon we may not find a charger in the box of our new Samsung or Apple smartphone. The companies intend to remove this element from the new sets.

hardware & software

Arkadiusz Strzala

July 9, 2020

New Samsung and Apple Smartphones Sold Without Charger

Users Report Samsung Galaxy Smartphones are Getting Flooded With Ads

More and more users of Samsung Galaxy smartphones complain about the large number of ads. They appear in many of the deafault apps.

hardware & software

Mateusz Popielak

July 1, 2020

Users Report Samsung Galaxy Smartphones are Getting Flooded With Ads

Apple Embarrasses Google and Samsung - Old iPhones Get Updates

Apple has announced that it will upgrade its iOS system to version 14 for 16 device models. Updates will be available for smartphones even from 2015 - e.g. iPhone 6S.

hardware & software

Mateusz Popielak

June 23, 2020

Apple Embarrasses Google and Samsung - Old iPhones Get Updates

Asus Reveals Phone With Overclocked CPU

Info on the specs of Asus ROG Phone 3 appeared on the web. It looks like it will be one of the most efficient phones on the market - it will be equipped with an overclocked Snapdragon 865 CPU. Unfortunately, there is also bad news - like many other modern models, the device will have no headphone jack.

hardware & software

Bart Swiatek

June 17, 2020

Asus Reveals Phone With Overclocked CPU

Xiaomi's First 16 GB RAM Smartphone is Coming

There have been rumors on the web about the new Xiaomi smartphone. It is suspected that the Chinese giant is working on a device with 16 GB of RAM.

hardware & software

Mateusz Popielak

June 9, 2020

Xiaomi's First 16 GB RAM Smartphone is Coming

Wallpaper Freezes Android Phones

Users of Android phones came across an image, which - after being set as a wallpaper - crashes the smartphone. Everything indicates that the cause is a bug associated with the color palette.

hardware & software

Bart Swiatek

June 1, 2020

Wallpaper Freezes Android Phones