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iPhone 7 and 7 Plus Exhibiting 'Hissing' Noises Under Load for Some Users
After the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus began arriving to the first round of pre-order customers on Friday, a few users noticed what's become known as a "hissing" sound emanating from the back of the device, where the Apple logo is located. The first reports began on Friday, but the occurrence gained ground when 512 Pixels' Stephen Hackett tweeted about it, posting a video with the "terrible noises" produced by his iPhone clearly audible, which he determined to be caused by heavy performance at the time.
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Who has experience with Arch on an Android smartphone?
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Samsung thinks foldable phones are the new flip phones
The next-generation flip phone could be foldable. A Samsung patent application was recently published (original, in Korean) and shows renderings of a phone that folds in half down its middle. The company is expected to release a bendable smartphone next year, according to reports. We don't know for certain whether this patent application would tie in to those alleged devices -- or ever be used at all -- but it looks plausible at least.
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“Smartphone Spoil Sleep”: According to the recent study.
Smartphones are indispensable part of everyday life, but questions remain about the effects of frequent use of sleep. Poor sleep is associated with health conditions such as obesity, diabetes and depression. Researchers from the University of California San Francisco, USA found a link between smartphone screen exposures and sleep quality. People who spent more time staring at their smartphones screen tended to have unhealthy sleep patterns and sleep was of poorer quality.
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No Credit History? No Problem. Lenders Are Looking at Your Phone Data
Financial institutions, overcoming some initial trepidation about privacy, are increasingly gauging consumers’ creditworthiness by using phone-company data on mobile calling patterns and locations. By Olga Kharif.
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Samsung confirms it will render the US Note 7 useless with next update
The update will be released December 19th and rolled out to remaining Note 7s within 30 days.
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Samsung is targeting Galaxy Note 7 holdouts
Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 smartphone is officially going down in flames. On December 19, the smartphone maker will roll out a software update that will render those few Galaxy Note 7 phones that are still in the wild completely useless. "To further increase participation, a software update will be released starting on December 19 that will prevent U.S. Galaxy Note 7 devices from charging and will eliminate their ability to work as mobile devices," Samsung said in a statement.
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Analysts: No 2017 HTC Flagship Smartphone In The US | Androidheadlines.com
HTC will not launch a new flagship smartphone in the US in 2017. This is the latest prediction being made by the analyst firm, BayStreet Research, with Cli
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Nokia's new owner launches its first Android smartphone
The first Nokia Android smartphone from the brand's new owner has finally arrived, but it comes with bad news for folks who want to try it out: It will only be available in China. Finnish company HMD Global, which acquired the rights to release Nokia-branded devices after Microsoft abandoned the venture, started by releasing dumb phones in 2016. The Nokia 6, however, is a legit LTE smartphone that runs Nougat out of the box.
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Samsung Galaxy S7
There's nothing radically new about it, but the Samsung Galaxy S7 delivers the best Android smartphone performance in a relatively small package.
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Are smartphones killing the art of face-to-face conversation? We ask the experts
Smartphones are everywhere now and for many of us they serve as a constant companion. They keep us continually connected, filling gaps in our day, entertaining us, and demanding our attention with a string of notifications. Because they offer a convenient alternative to face-to-face conversations, and at times they butt into our chats directly, there’s a growing realization that they may be killing the art of conversation.
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This Technology Will Self Destruct Your Phone As Soon As its Snatched
Phone grabbing has turned into a much more concerning issue because of the deluge of costly cell phones, particularly in very populated urban areas like Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi, and Peshawar. Be that as it may, unless there is some ad lib on the snatchers' end, we could soon be free from this problem, on account of "Self-destructing phones".
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Google confirms hardware issues as Pixel owners report buggy microphones
Google might have a huge mess on its hands as numerous Pixel and Pixel XL owners are storming in the dedicated Support Forums to grumble about malfunctioning microphones. The complaints point towards what appears to be a critical failure of one or more of the microphones crammed inside the handset. While some users report the issue is causing a total audio input block, others claim the microphone works fine with the camera app when recording video.
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Many smartphone owners don’t take steps to secure their devices
Cybersecurity experts recommend that smartphone owners take a number of steps to keep their mobile devices safe and secure. These include using a pass code to gain access to the phone, as well as regularly updating a phone’s apps and operating system. Many Americans, however, are not adhering to these best practices, according to a Pew Research Center report released earlier this year.
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Sony patented a way for you to steal battery power from your friend's phone
A new patent filed by Sony could let you charge a smartphone by sucking precious energy from a friend's device. The patent describes a way to wirelessly transfer power between devices using near-field communication (NFC) technology. It doesn't specify that these devices would necessarily be phones, instead using the term "portable consumer electronic device."
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Android creator Andy Rubin teases his new smartphone
How much information can one corner reveal?
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The LG G6 User Experience Proves 18:9 Has a Long Way to Go Before It's a Worthy Replacement
We’ve heard time and time again that 2017 is all about eradicating the bezel. One way or another, OEMs want you to forget that your phone is more than a screen. Thin bezels can make for an attractive phone, but it’s also an obsession that can hurt the user experience when taken too far. The first taste of the 18:9 wave of phones we can expect in 2017 is the LG G6. The company has thus pioneered once more by investing a lot of R&D money into the phone’s most marketable and, in my opinion, most surprisingly underwhelming feature.
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Google Nexus 6 Appears on Google Git with Android O Running the Show – Could the Phone Receive the Update?
The Motorola-made Google Nexus 6 is now into its third year following its release towards the end of 2014, meaning that it is no longer supported for major Android OS updates. However, the aging phone has been spotted on Google Git with the latest Android O running the show. This OS is still in developer preview mode and in fact, it is only available (officially) for a handful of Google devices, including the Pixel, Pixel XL, Nexus 6P and Nexus 5X – all of which are less than two years old in the market.
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Samsung's Galaxy S7 Edge is still a great phone, and now great value thanks to the S8
In anticipation of Samsung’s shiny new Galaxy S8, I’ve gone back to using the smartphone it is replacing, the Galaxy S7 Edge, and what I’ve (re)discovered is a device still very much worthy of the flagship title. A year after its release, the S7 Edge remains one of the very best smartphones you can buy, and that’s only going to get better once its price gets dinged by the S8’s arrival this month.
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Galaxy S8 Plus 128GB initial stock sells out in Korea
Samsung Electronics has sold out of initial stock of the Galaxy S8 Plus 128GB model in Korea, five days after pre-orders began, the company said. The South Korean tech giant prepared 150,000 units for pre-orders of the Galaxy S8 Plus 128GB model, which only comes in jet black and has 6GB RAM compared to 4GB RAM of the Galaxy S8. Now initial stock has sold out, those who newly pre-order the phone will get the model as late as end of May, Samsung said.
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