A report shows a large increase in app spending among the iPhone users

A report has been prepared by Sensor Tower website which states the above. According to it, revenue generated per U.S. iPhone grew 36 % between 2017 and 2018. This means that, while the average iPhone user spent $58 on apps in 2017, the same user spent $79 on them in 2018. Reportedly more than a half of this revenue has been spent on mobile gaming; much of the rest of increase is due to subscription-based apps. Tweet Vote on HN ...

Xiaomi Mi 9 just got its TENAA certification

As usually, a TENAA certificate means that the release of the device is near. Other than that, sadly, this particular certificate does not give us any new info on the device: all that we know about its specs is what we have already learned:– 6.4′ AMOLED display, Full HD+,– Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 CPU,– 6GB RAM, 128GB ROM, no microSD slot,– Sony IMX586 main camera, 48 mpx + 12 mpx, LED flash,– Sony IMX576 24.8 mpx selfie camera,– Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 5.0, GPS/GLONASS, NFC, modem LTE X24, dual SIM, USB C,– 3500 mAh battery,– ...

Moto X4 and G6 available for low price at Best Buy

Low prices, low prices everywhere! Best Buy is currently offering two mid-range Motorola smartphones, X4 and G6, for a pretty darn hard to beat prices of 50 and 80 dollars. It is a bit strange that the more advanced X4 is the cheaper of the two but hey, who am I to argue with the economy. Said prices are for the basic versions of both phones – more beefed up variants are available, but their price is significantly higher. Tweet Vote on HN ...

Only today – buy unlocked Galaxy Note 9 on Amazon and get Galaxy Tab A 10.5 for free

If you aim to buy a Galaxy Note 9 smartphone, now is the time. Amazon currently offers this device for $999 and, as a one day only bonus, throws in a Galaxy Tab A 10.5 tablet into the set. Galaxy Tab A 10.5 specs include a 10.5′ display, Snapdragon 450 CPU, 32GB storage memory and 3GB RAM, all ran by Android 8.1 Oreo OS. Offer ends today at midnight. Tweet Vote on HN ...

New live video with Sony Xperia XA3

Leaked live photos of Xperia XA3 from a few days ago were okay, but today we have something much better for you: a live video depicting this smartphone in action. People in the video sadly do not speak English, but words are not neccessary when picture is all that you need. The view on Xperia XA3 confirms all that we have heard about its looks.The video does not give us any new info on XA3’s specs. The device is supposed to come out with 21:9 1080 × 2560p display, Snapdragon 660, 4 GB RAM and 64 GB data ...

”Emergency” text message scam goes on in Australia

Thanks, ScamWatch, for this warning. Over the past few days there has been a rising in a number of false ”emergency” text messages over Australia. These texts contain information that someone is in trouble and needs immediate help. When responded to, the texts continue, quickly turning to verbal isults against the addressee. No attempts at gaining access to the addressees’ phones have been detected, nor has any verbal attempts at scamming them out of their money.*shrugs* Another day in the 2.0 world I ...

Elon Musk suggests that you can sell your house and move to Mars

According to Elon Musk, who continues to spearhead his ”space tourism” SpaceX program, soon it will not cost you that much to pack up and move to Mars. The man of the future (or at least of weird ideas) has done the math and believes that, using his Falcon9 rocket, the price of moving to the Red Planet would be something around 500 thousand dollars; not a lot, considering that it will cost him 47 million dollars to launch the Falcon9. So yeah, sell your house, pack your bags, grab your kids and critters and head to Mars. A bright future awaits! ...

New renders of foldable Xiaomi

The LetsGoDigital website have just released two renders of the upcoming foldable device by Xiaomi. The renders do not depict how the device will look, but what it might look like. The basis for the renders is videofrom a few weeks back, published online by Bin Lin, co-founder of Xiaomi. Renders do a good job at showing the main feature of the device, its foldability, as well as what might be its greatest weaknesses, namely its weight as well as size when folded into smartphone. Whether the pros of this feature will outweight its cons remains to be ...

Red Samsung Galaxy S10 is a scam

You may have seen the above picture online; a supposed leak of a new colour variant of Galaxy S10 released by Mobile Crypto Tech. Long story short, it was a scam, a previously released render photoshopped to show a nonexistent colour variant. We do not now who exacly is responsible for the scam, but lets curse that person, their family and their pets to the 7th generation. Tweet Vote on HN ...

Limited edition of Samsung Galaxy S10 will launch on March 15

More Galaxy S10 news is always welcome, at least until I finally gouge my eyes out of boredom of constantly writing about the same phone. For now, though, lets talk about it. Pre-order listing on the Samsung Philippines website have revealed the existence of a limited edition Galaxy S10 smartphone; it shows us a silhouette of the device called Option A along with the Option A will be available on March 15, 2019 message. The silhouette suggests that it will be a variant of Galaxy S10+ model.Galaxy S10 pre-orders will become available starting February ...