TL;DR A OnePlus executive has detailed why we don’t see white smartphones very often. The executive noted that making white phones is more difficult and expensive. Fingerprint marks are also said to be a concern with white devices. OnePlus has just announced a white OnePlus 10 Pro in China, marking the first time the brand has offered a white variant since 2018’s OnePlus 6. A company executive has also used the launch to explain why we don’t see white smartphones very often.

Like many other popular apps, Instagram includes a dark mode you can enable to make the majority of its interface black. There are a couple of reasons you might want to turn on the option. One of the more practical ones is that using dark mode across your apps can can help your device save on battery life. It also happens to look very cool! Regardless, we’re here to show you how to turn on the Instagram dark mode.

Drama on the Internet? Impossible! Okay, so more like probable. Even if you are the model Facebook friend, odds are at some point you’re going to end upblocked by one of your “friends.” Sometimes it’s just because the person is going through personal stuff and wants to limit who is seeing it, sometimes it’s because they hate you with a passion hotter than a thousand suns. Whatever the reason, being blocked isn’t a fun experience.

Bring out a new Android device to market, and you can be sure that a method to root it will also come out very shortly after. That was what happened to the Amazon Kindle Fire. Thanks to the Android community of developers and enthusiasts, the Amazon Kindle Fire can be rooted–and fairly easily, too. The rooting process for the Kindle Fire involves some command line typing, but not the complicated ones though.

The more you use WhatsApp as your default messaging platform, the more you’ll have to find a way of saving your important messages. WhatsApp has a good search function for finding messages, but that relies on knowing the exact keywords to enter. There’s another easier way to save what’s important to you — you can star messages on WhatsApp and see them all organized as a list. Read more: How to use WhatsApp — a step-by-step beginner’s guide

What is Monster Strike? Monster Strike is a game where you must slingshot your monsters into other monsters to destroy them. You can also collect new monsters, power ups, etc to help you along your way. It’s free in the Google Play Store with in app purchases. Here’s how the game works. You enter a battle with four monsters. When it’s your turn, you fling your monsters at the other monsters to cause damage.

Samsung Galaxy A7 (2016)Offering a flagship level design and build quality, as well as certain useful features, the Galaxy A7 is a solid smartphone. However, given the current landscape in the budget-friendly category, the device does feel overpriced, especially when considering the tough competition it is going up against. Table of contents When the Galaxy A line was first introduced by Samsung more than year ago, the series brought with it the company’s first experimentation with build materials, with all these smartphone being made entirely of metal.

By this time of the year, smartphone launches usually fizzle out and the rumor cycle for next year’s flagships picks up pace. So naturally, we’ve started hearing things about the Samsung flagship for the first half of 2020. We’re now hearing much more than mere murmurs about the upcoming Galaxy S11 lineup of phones. According to famous tipster and Venture Beat reporter, Evan Blass, the Samsung Galaxy S11 lineup will once again feature three phones, but with much larger display sizes.

For a lot of people, the only comparison worth making in the smartphone world is between the latest and greatest from Samsung and Apple, and with their respective flagship release cycles out of sync, we have a new comparison to make every six months. It’s Samsung with a new device on offer this time around, and while the latest large display iPhone is an “s” iteration, Apple introduced some key features and upgrades that aren’t usually seen with these versions.

Jimmy Westenberg / Android Authority There’s more to a connected fitness experience than simply counting your steps. It helps to have a smartwatch and to log your calories, but it’s worthwhile to go a step further. If you want to track your body composition, BMI, and in some cases, your heartbeat, a new smart scale might be just what the trainer ordered. Here are our picks for the best smart scales.