Huawei will never let go of a chance to make a joke about Apple, and their latest action is a golden example of how to troll right. This time they are making fun of the upcoming iPhone smartphones’ battery capacity (iPhone Xs’ will be 2658 mAh, Xs Max’s will be 3174 mAh and Xr’s will be 2942 mAh). Upon the day of release of these smartphones in Singapure, Huawei has sent a number of their employees to the Apple store. These employees were equipped… with two hundred 10mAh power banks, each of them signed ”Here is a power bank. You will need it. Courtesy of ...
Monthly Archives: September 2018
This time, Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge blew up
Yep, time for this old dance again. Redditer from Morocco going by the nickname rokhana has took to the internet to tell the story of how his or her device went away. Long story short, they kept their smartphone in a back pocket. They took it out to take a picture, upon which the device froze and turned off. Shortly after the device suddenly erupted in flames and had to be doused.Samsung has yet to release an official statement regarding the event. While I sympathize with the struggle of suddenly losing one’s smartphone (rohkana received a replacement Galaxy S9 from Samsung, so all is ...
Old iPhones work faster with iOS 12
Tests performed by the ArsTechnica service confirm that the latest iOS improves the performance of old Apple devices. Tests have been performed on, among other devices, iPhones 5 and 6S Plus and an iPad 2 Mini. Results clearly show an increase in performance when based to iOS 10.3.3 and older Apple operating systems. For example, Safari browser takes up to 2 seconds to start on older operating systems, while it only takes 1.15 second on iOS 12. Camera takes similiarly shorter time to turn on with the iOS 12 than with its older versions. These are not large differences, but certainly enough ...
Facebook Dating, what do we know about it?
– Facebook Dating, new feature of Facebook supposed to be FB’s answer to Tinder and such,– FBD is now out in Columbia,– again, it is not a separate app but a function of Facebook,– registration requires completing a test,– FBD works mostly just as any other dating website: pictures, name, age, info about oneself etc,– FBD’s connection to Facebook is shown by a variety of features, e.g. allowing one to find people depending on the groups or events they participat in,– chat is available, but offers only text and gif exchange. Chat is not a ...
Canadians can get their BlackBerry KEY2 for free if they sign a two-year contract
Three of Canada’s largest wireless providers, Bell, Rogers and Telus, have all taken $200 off their BlackBerry KEY2 smartphones. Since they are still selling their devices on a subsidized basis, that means that a 64GB Canadian BB KEY2 can be bought for $0. Of course, in return you have to sign a two-years contract with them. Exact deals are:Rogers – $0 with a signed two-year contract, $95/month and up,Bell – $0 with a signed two-year contract, $80/month and up,TELUS – $0 with a signed two-year contract, $115/month and ...
We now know RAM and battery capacity of iPhones Xs, Xs Max and Xr
There is nothing like some Apple leaks in the morning. This time we have learned some details regarding the upcoming iPhone’s specs. The source of these leaks is unknown, though, so please do not take them as a 100% confirmed info.According to this unknown leakster, iPhone Xs and Xs Max will both have 4GB RAM, while iPhone Xr will have 3GB. Nice. As for battery capacity, iPhone Xs’ will be 2658 mAh, Xs Max’s will be 3174 mAh and Xr’s will be 2942 mAh. That is a bit low, but Apple assures us that these devices will have longer battery life than iPhone X thanks to ...
Stop being such scrooges and buy your damn iPhones, now
So says Tim Cook, chief of Apple and the aspiring master of your lives and wallets. According to mister Cook, iPhone Xs is not expensive at all, therefore eveyone should have one. A few days ago mr. Cook too part in an American show Good Morning, America. He used this opportunity to tell the viewers how the price of iPhone Xs is completely legitimate and grounded in reality because ”the smartphone is not only a phone but also a camera and a music player”.Yes, Cook, iPhone Xs is all those things. Just as a bazillion smartphones that are five and ten times cheaper than it, and ...
They are making an app that will help you quit smoking
Zero Quit Kit is a set of items created by Ro that is supposed to help those addicted to nicotine to give up their addition. It contains bupropion, which is a medicine that quenches nicotine cravings, nicotine gum and, interestingly, an app that allows one to track their no-smoking progress as well as enables counseling with Ro physicians. Obtaining the kit does not come fast nor cheap, though; first you have to participate in a $15 online consultation, and then buy a kit per month for $129 each. Still cheaper than smoking, I ...
New teaser of Huawei Mate 20 Pro is out
The video is available under this address. It does not tell us much about the device, but that is not what teasers are for anyway. What it does though is confirm Mate 20’s camera design being that of a square with round corners.Huawei MAte 20 Pro is supposed to come out on October 16th. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Samsung reveals pictures and specs of Galaxy J6 Plus and J4 Plus
What do we learn from them?– side-mounted fingerprint sensor for Galaxy J6+,– dual main camera for Gaalxy J6+,– Galaxy J6+ specs: Snapdragon 425 CPU, 3GB RAM and 32GB storage, 3300mAh battery, dual-SIM support, Android 8.1 Oreo OS, 6-inch 1480×720 pixel resolution display,– Galaxy J4+ specs: 6-inch 1480×720 pixel resolution display, Snapdragon 425 CPU, 2GB of RAM and 32GB storage, dual-SIM support, Android 8.1 Oreo and 3300mAh battery,– price: €189 and €239 for Galaxy J4+ and the Galaxy J6+ respectively,– gray, red, black, pink and gold colour ...