Just yesterday, Verizon took the wraps off the brand new Motorola Droid Turbo 2 and Motorola Droid Maxx 2. While the latter is covered in a strong panel of Gorilla Glass 3, the former, which is the higher-end of the two, sports what Motorola is calling its new ShatterShield technology. What does that mean? The company walks us through just what makes up the Droid Turbo 2’s display.
Motorola Droid Turbo 2 hands-on and first look
Huawei Watch 2While the Huawei Watch 2 is a wonderful showcase of all the new features and capabilities of Android Wear 2.0 and its particular focus on fitness, the new direction this has resulted in will be disappointing for those who are fans of the elegant simplicity of its predecessor. Table of contents
The original Huawei Watch is one of the most popular Android Wear devices to date, and for good reason. While it may be a tad on the chunky side, users flocked to the Huawei Watch because of its classy design and solid performance.
In this day and age, it’s hard to find people who don’t cover up their phones with a protective case. In fact, even as far back as 2017, most people voted in a Statista survey to say they use a case on their phones. Fast forward to 2021 and smartphones have bodies that don’t really inspire confidence in their durability. The use of glass backs has become more prevalent to enable features like wireless charging, making phones slippery and more prone to breakage.
Samsung just took the wraps off of a larger version of the unique Galaxy S6 Edge, but does this Plus iteration bring anything more to the table other just a bigger size? We find out, in this quick look at the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+ vs Galaxy S6 Edge!
DesignWhen it comes to the design, both devices sport identical design languages, save for the obvious fact that the Galaxy S6 Edge+ is the bigger of the two, courtesy of its larger 5.
The Red Hydrogen One might be one of the biggest smartphone duds in the past few years, seeing several delays before finally being released late last year. Now, Red founder Jim Jannard has announced that a follow-up phone is on the way.
Jannard made the announcement on the company’s official forum (h/t: The Verge), saying the new phone was being designed “virtually from scratch” with the aid of a new ODM (original device manufacturer).
If you’re interested in Android development, chances are you’re going to need to learn some programming.
In most cases, that will mean learning Java or Kotlin, either of which is officially supported by Android Studio, the official “IDE” for Android Development from Google. However, no one ever talks about XML, and this can lead to confusion when you open up a new project for the first time and notice that there are actually two different main files and two different types of script.
Alongside the announcement of the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL, Google unveiled AR Stickers: augmented reality objects that you can drop into your photos that take advantage of the company’s new ARCore platform. We haven’t heard much about these stickers since the phones launched in October, but we’re happy to report that they’re finally here. Google just recently announced that it’s rolling the feature out to all Pixel devices running Android 8.
Android 7.0 Nougat is making its way to Samsung Galaxy Note 5 devices in Europe. According to PhoneArena, the update is already available in Romania, which likely means that it has also been released (or will be soon) in other European markets.
As you can imagine, this is a big update as it weighs in at around 1.3 GB. Not only does it bring a bunch of new Nougat-specific features, the update also brings the March 2017 Android security patch.
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The iPhone 13 lineup might be the latest and greatest, but the iPhone 11 Pro was a device of firsts back in 2019. It was the first to bear the Pro name and the first to jump to three rear cameras. You won’t find 5G connectivity, but the iPhone 11 Pro is built to last for years to come if you can protect it. These are our picks for the best iPhone 11 Pro cases to do just that.
There will be situations where you’ll be away from your Android phone but would nevertheless like to do some housekeeping or other tasks on it. AirDroid is an app that enables you to remotely access and control your device from almost any modern web browser. Now you don’t have to get up from the desktop you’re currently working on to carry out some typical routine you would manually need to do on the phone itself.