When companies as big as T-Mobile and Sprint talk about joining forces, it invariably causes some concern. Will the company be too big? Will it hurt the market? Will consumers benefit from the merger? What will it mean for the industry as a whole?
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While no one can accurately predict the answers to those questions, we know enough to make some educated guesses.
Update: December 18, 2020 (0:15 AM ET): Vivo has confirmed the first device in its offerings that will launch with OriginOS. We’ve updated the hub with the latest details.
Original article: November 19, 2020 (2:25 AM ET): Vivo has been teasing its OriginOS Android skin for a while now, promising a major revamp of its polarizing FunTouch software. Now, the company has finally revealed the new skin at its developer conference in China, giving us a look at how it stands out.
Replacing a battery requires a bit more work than it once did.
The team at iFixit have put their screwdrivers and plastic pry tools to work on the shiny new Galaxy Note 7 and awarded the phone a rather dismal repairability score of 4/10. While this is admittedly an improvement over the Galaxy S7 – which scored just 3/10 – the Note 7 has the same easy-to-break and hard to replace curved display glass and having glass on both the front and back “makes for double the crackability”.
Display
6.55-inch AMOLED
2,400 x 1,080p FHD+
402ppi
20:9 aspect ratio
Corning Gorilla Glass 6
HDR10 / HDR+ certified
90Hz fluid display
SoC
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
Octa-core, 7nm
GPU
Adreno 640
RAM
8GB LPDDR4X
Storage
128GB
UFS 3.0
No microSD expansion
Cameras
Rear cameras
Main: Sony IMX586 48MP sensor, f/1.6 aperture, OIS
Wide: 16MP sensor, f/2.2 aperture, 117 degree field-of-view
2x telephoto: 12MP sensor, f/2.4 aperture, OIS
Video: 4K resolution video at 30/60fpsFront camera
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Google Photos is gaining a few more memory-related features. This includes a so-called Little Patterns feature and memories based on more events. For starters, the company has announced a so-called Little Patterns feature for Memories. This essentially groups visually similar photos together and makes a collection out of them.
“Starting later this summer, when we find a set of three or more photos that share things like shape or color, we’ll highlight these little patterns for you in your Memories,” the company explained in a blog post, while giving the example of someone wearing the same backpack over the years.
Samsung Wireless Charging StandThe Samsung Wireless Charging Stand is a good wireless charger for your home or office. It features fan cooling to preserve performance and delivers a swift charge to devices that support it. Nearly all flagship smartphones support wireless charging. Therefore, to get the most from your device, you need to have a wireless charging stand or pad. The Samsung Wireless Charger Stand is a simple option that’s best left at home or at the office.
When noise cancellation technology first came onto the audio market, several headphone makers tried their hand at incorporating the technology in their headphones. Most thought of it as just an added feature to market their headphones, but Bose took the technology seriously and went hard at work in order to perfect noise cancellation technology. The result were some of the best noise cancelling headphones on the consumer headphone market, in the Bose QC 15 over-ear headphones and the on-ear QC 3, but Bose was yet to incorporate the technology in a pair of in-ears.
Chrome Remote Desktop has added sound support in its latest update, version 53. The remote assistance app, which allows you to control a desktop computer from your Android handset, now streams audio between the host and slave devices.
Audio support had been previously missing from Chrome Remote Desktop but, save for some expected latency, it’s now fully functional; I was just able to stream Spotify from my laptop to Android smartphone without a hitch.
HTC emerged from the shadows today to announce two new phones: the HTC U20 5G and HTC Desire 20 Pro.
The Desire 20 Pro is exactly what you’d expect; a basic budget phone with a mildly impressive (on paper) quad camera and a middling SoC. The U20 5G, though… well, that U moniker instantly raises the stakes.
Is this a true follow-up to the HTC U12 Plus? Is this the rumored 5G flagship that will see the former Android giant finally show at least a slither of ambition once again?
If you’re in the market for a new case, especially for your Galaxy Note 8, you should know about Zizo.Zizo Wireless is a brand that’s starting to turn more and more heads lately. The scrappy casemaker is a family-owned operation that has been plying its trade since the humble days of 2006.
Today Zizo is turning heads with not only robust protection, but also a staggering amount of variety per device model.