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Our quick picks for the best Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra rugged cases:
Samsung’s premium Galaxy S21 Ultra offers plenty of features that make it an adventurer’s dream. The powerful camera and impressive internals are just a few of the highlights. However, you’ll want to protect your $1,200 device as long as possible. If you’re gearing up to explore, check out these picks for the best Galaxy S21 Ultra rugged cases.
Motorola Moto Z4The Motorola Moto Z4 is the latest phone compatible with Moto Mods, the company's line of snap-on accessories. The Moto Z4 only makes sense if you've already invested in Motorola's ecosystem of Moto Mods, or if you want to give the 5G Mod on Verizon a whirl. Table of contents
Motorola is taking yet another turn at its Mod-compatible series with the Moto Z4. As the name clearly indicates, this is the fourth-generation Z device, and with it, Motorola is stepping back and changing gears a bit.
Zhiyun Smooth 4While it lacks some important features, the Zhiyun Smooth 4 offers great build quality, amazing performance, and good value.
Tired of having a case of the shaky videos? A smartphone gimbal will help stabilize your content and create smooth clips. Today we’re reviewing the Zhiyun Smooth 4, which might be the best smartphone stabilizer on the market. At the very least it’s one of the most popular, but does it live up to our expectations?
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The Galaxy Z Fold 3 is the third line of Samsung phones to get the Expert RAW app, alongside the S21 Ultra and S22. Other flagship devices should get gain access to the app sometime before the end of 2022. Samsung’s Expert RAW camera app is making its way to yet another Samsung phone, this time the Galaxy Z Fold 3.
Samsung first launched the Expert RAW app in late 2021, and only on the S21 Ultra running Android 12.
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Have you ever felt that your phone sometimes lingers on a nice full battery while other times it’ll quickly fall to 99% and below almost as soon as you take it off the adapter? If so, you’ve stumbled upon one of battery charging‘s little secrets — phones report 100% charge before their battery capacity is actually completely full. It’s this little white lie that makes the question “how long does it take for a phone to charge to full?
Whether it’s sweat or sunblock, something will inevitably leave you wondering how to clean your Apple Watch band. Follow the proper instructions for the material you’re wearing. Broadly speaking, the safest play is to start by wiping down your band with a nonabrasive, lint-free cloth (the type that usually comes free with a pair of glasses).
How to clean leather Apple Watch bands It is hard to beat a leather strap for class and comfort, but if fitness is a focus, you might want to think twice.
Google Play Music has finally reached its end, and YouTube Music is ready for its time in the sun. The Play Music app has been removed from the Google Play Store and from web browsers. Unfortunately, those of you who have procrastinated to this point will no longer be able to transfer your content from Google Play Music to YouTube Music.
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The old service is officially gone now, ending in late February 2021.
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We’ve now seen a list of the alleged Google Pixel 6 colors. Using official images from Google, we think we know which name matches which model. For years now, Google’s color names have been very silly. Even recently, the Google Pixel 5 had a colorway called Sorta Sage (even though it was very clearly just mint green). It doesn’t look like Google is ready to abandon this tradition.
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Samsung’s Expert RAW app has been available for the Galaxy S22 series and some older Samsung handsets for a little while now. As well as opening the door for RAW edits, Samsung claims its app offers a wider dynamic range than its standard camera apps and a whole host of manual shooting controls for the more experienced photographer.
It sounds like Expert RAW is a gateway into the wider world of more powerful photography tools and edits, but does it really make that much difference to your photos?
If you own the unlocked US version of the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, you can finally download and install the long awaited update to Android 7.0 Nougat that’s previously been released for all of the US carrier versions of the same phone. The catch is that you have to download the file, at least for now, via Samsung’s PC-based Smart Switch application.
Samsung Galaxy S7 / S7 Edge revisited - Is it still worth it?