MWC 2018 didn’t feature any flexible phones, despite the hype that’s been building for years. However, you might not realize that flexible displays are already here. They could even be on your phone right now, if you’ve splurged on the latest and greatest.
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Phones with durable organic LED (or OLED) screens like the Samsung Galaxy S8, S9, Note 8, and the iPhone X have the best displays on the market.
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Many phones have some sort of battery life extending mode to wring out a few more hours of use. You frequently have to give up some creature comforts in the process, but the setting can be crucial on long days when it’s impractical to plug in. That’s true even during a pandemic — a battery saver mode can be the key to staying connected through a weekend camping trip, for instance.
Android videogame platform maker, Ouya, is looking at launching their service on devices other than their dedicated gaming console. Ouya Everywhere could be available soon, as Ouya may be announcing their first deal by the end of the month.
The folks over at Engadget have it on good authority that Ouya is planning to make their software and gaming services extend to other devices. There are not many details at this point, but our set-top boxes and smart TVs should be the first ones to get access.
The Mandalorian is now nearly two years old and in that time it’s become a massive hit for Disney Plus. It has even been nominated twice for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series. We have followed the adventures of the title character, a bounty hunter with a distinctive suit of armor who suddenly becomes the protector of Grogu, a Force-enabled creature better known by fans as “Baby Yoda”. With two seasons now complete, you might be wondering when is Mandalorian season 3 going to drop.
Because smartphones are both handy and useful, we tend to toss them into our bags and bring them with us anywhere we go–at our bedside, in our offices, at dinner dates, and back to the bedside as we retire for the night.
While your Android phone can alert you to incoming notifications, calls, text messages, or important reminders, there are certain circumstances when you’d need to use audible alerts, and there are certain situations when you need to place your phone in vibramode or silent mode.
Update: February 25, 2021 (5:45AM ET): It’s been well over a year since the Huawei P30 series received its stable Android 10 update. Now, it seems that global users are receiving the EMUI 11 update.
Per HuaweiCentral, the phones are receiving version 11.0.0.138. Weighing in at 1.8GB, the update’s much smaller than the jump from EMUI 9 to EMUI 10. It’s probably as EMUI 11 is still based on Android 10.
Amazfit PowerbudsThe Amazfit Powerbuds deliver great sound, fitness features, and excellent battery life at an affordable price point. The microphone quality isn't worth writing home about, but the other features make up for it. True wireless earphones have truly been commodified. With many smartphone manufacturers making their own versions, a product has to stand out in all the right ways to make an impact. Amazfit — the purveyors of some of our favorite fitness wearables — recently launched its own take on true wireless earphones with an interesting fitness-focused twist.
The Google Play Store frequently has discounts on many games and apps, but for the first time a couple of Android games in the store are currently being sold for the price of just $0.01. Yep, that just one US penny.
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The two games in question are Lost Journey, a space-based puzzle adventure game from publisher DreamSky, and the oddly named Armpit Hero: VIP, an action-RPG from publisher Candy Soft.
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A new script allows some Samsung Galaxy S8 and Note 8 devices to record 4K video at 60fps. The workaround doesn’t require the phone to be rooted, but only works on phones with the Exynos 8895 processor. Samsung hasn’t released an official way to record 4K video at 60fps on the phones, despite the Exynos chipset supporting the feature. A new script allows Exynos versions of Samsung’s Galaxy S8 and Galaxy Note 8 to record 4K video at 60fps.
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Some Pixel 6 owners have complained about quickly deteriorating $30 protective cases. Affected cases have turned yellow and warped after less than three months in some instances. Some users also said the case didn’t fit their phone out-of-the-box. The Pixel 6 phones are Google’s most successful Pixel devices yet, but they’ve had more than their fair share of issues though. It now looks like we can add rapidly deteriorating official cases to the list of complaints as well.