Although physical keyboard phones might not be mainstream anymore, sometimes it’s hard to beat the feel of real keys under your fingertips. Blackberry may still be the default choice for many, but Android has a few of its own gems too. Sadly there are few great QWERTY Android handsets released very often, but here’s a collection of the best handsets, old and new.
LG Enact (Verizon Wireless): $0-$349.99This is one of the few QWERTY devices released in 2013.
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Samsung’s Galaxy S20 series hasn’t enjoyed the best reception compared to last year’s devices, and new research has revealed the sales gap between the most popular models in each family.
South Korean outlet The Elec reported that the most popular Galaxy S20 model (the S20 Plus) shipped 3.5 million units in Q1 2020, citing Omdia figures. Meanwhile, the most popular Galaxy S10 series device (the standard S10) sold 5.
Loncaster Silicone Car Phone HolderThe Loncaster Silicone Car Phone Holder is an affordable and very functional accessory to take on your daily drives. It's not perfect and silicone has its drawbacks, but its a decent buy for the price.
Those in search of the best car phone holder have a bevy of options to choose from. Some are cheap, while some are real fancy and expensive. Then there’s the Loncaster Silicone Car Phone Holder, a product that aims to find a middle ground between price and functionality.
In 2019, it’s pretty uncommon that we find ourselves completely offline. However, dead zones and long flights remain an unavoidable part of life for many.
Google Assistant now recommends things to do when you’re phone is offline, like playing games, but we’ve come up with a few options to add to the list. Without further ado, here are some things you can do when your phone is offline.
Take advantage of offline storageIf you know that you’re going to be going off the grid ahead of time, you have a tremendous advantage.
One of the most important areas for every smartphone is how good its camera is, but there are two ways to judge a camera: by whether it is technically good, or whether it looks good. Often, the most accurate smartphone cameras aren’t the ones that produce pictures that look good, so how do you decide which is the best smartphone camera?
For Best of Android 2017, we introduced an all-new method of testing smartphone cameras objectively, but we also wanted to see which smartphone camera looks the best.
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There was plenty to take away from Google I/O 2022, particularly if you’re excited by the prospect of more Google hardware to buy. But various keynote speakers also touched on an equally important but less exciting aspect of Google’s core business — privacy. Or more specifically, the lack thereof. Unfortunately, none of them really seemed to understand what proper privacy actually means.
As I’m sure you’re aware, Google’s primary business remains that of selling ads.
Now that smartphones have mostly replaced the point and shoot camera, mobile companies are scrambling to compete where the old imaging giants reigned supreme. In fact, smartphones have completely dethroned the most popular camera companies in photo communities at large like Flickr: which is a big deal.
But how do you know which cameras are good? How do these tiny cameras work, and how do they seemingly squeeze blood from a stone to get good images?
With Netflix gaining tremendous amounts of steam over the years in regards to its digital efforts, it’s easy to forget that 4 million people still use the company’s DVD rental service that got it off the ground back in 1998. That is why those folks will be happy to learn that Netflix launched an Android app that lets you manage your DVD queue.
In terms of functionality, the DVD Netflix app looks and behaves like the regular Netflix app.
In 2012, Lilyhammer debuted as the first Netflix original series on the streaming service. It didn’t make much of an impact, but that show was just the start. Since then, a ton of original Netflix shows have premiered on the service and helped boost the streaming provider’s subscriber base.
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If you are a new Netflix subscriber or you just want something new to binge, we have picked some of the best original Netflix series you can watch.
AMD has been hard at work for the past few years, and it has done a stellar job of catching up with its competition. While it has Intel beat for now in the CPU space, it still has some distance to go before it can bounce back to match Nvidia in the graphics department. It certainly is making progress there though, and the latest milestone in that direction is AMD AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR).