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Harvard Study: Apple Slows Down Older iPhones To Keep Millions Buying New Models | USA Today 24x7
(The Last American Vagabond) Time and time again I’ve heard people complain about their iPhones or Mac laptops getting slower and slower, forcing them to purchase entirely new products. However, many people who have experienced this technological lull also noticed that the deterioration of their Apple products coincided with the launch of Apple’s new products.
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BlackBerry confirms Priv will not get Android Nougat
As detailed by Alex Thurber in a recent podcast interview the BlackBerry Priv will not be updated to Android 7 Nougat, and the DTEK series may also find a similar fate.
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The HTC U11 is my phone of the year
I need to get this out there before the new iPhones and, especially, the new Google Pixels shake my confidence: the HTC U11 is my phone of the year. The red U11, in particular. I‘ve been using that device for over a month now, and having relied on it to get through the rigors of the IFA tech exhibition in Berlin, I can confirm my initial feelings about it. The U11 is the phone with the most good things about it.
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LG V30 initial review: The no BS flagship
LG's new flagship is as much a successor to the G6 as any other handset, nailing the smartphone fundamentals and delivering speedy performance in an attractive chassis. Once again, LG's unique dual-camera setup provides excellent low-light performance and its best wide-angle shooter yet. And best of all, there's no additional BS — the headphone jack is alive and well, and better than ever with a Quad DAC. The fingerprint scanner is present, and easy to reach. And despite some low-light weirdness, LG's OLED panel is genuinely impressive.
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Opinion: Apple’s take on the ‘bezel-less’ UI is unintuitive, and Android is far better suited for it
Yesterday Apple announced its latest crop of products, and as has been rumored for quite a while, that included the debut of the iPhone X. The X is the biggest step forward in iPhone design in a long time, but it certainly comes with its fair share of compromises. One of those is the lack of a fingerprint sensor which, speaking truthfully, is already an absolute deal breaker for me. But there’s also a new way of navigating the phone — mostly through gestures.
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The Essential Phone will get a clip-on headphone jack
A headphone jack might not have been essential enough to be part of the Essential Phone itself, but the company has confirmed it’s working on a module that includes one. “We are actively developing a high end audio accessory to support a 3.5mm jack,” the Essential team said during a Reddit AMA today.
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Speed, Thermal & Performance Comparison of Fast Charging Standards
One of the most common qualms from smartphone users is how their phones never last through the whole day. Despite all the advances in smartphones in recent years, such as quick charging solutions like Quick Charge, Dash Charge and SuperCharge, batteries feel like they have not evolved quick enough to keep up with our needs.
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From the Editor's Desk: How much longer do we wait for Essential to figure it out?
I published my initial Essential Phone review on August 18. 11 days later, after a few more software updates and extra time with it, I solidified the review with my final thoughts on the phone. But somehow, today, as we hit one month since Essential deemed its phones available and ready to review, the phone still doesn't seem ... complete. Though the Essential Phone is technically available, on sale, and in some consumers' hands, it doesn't feel like it's really out there yet.
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Motorola quietly dropped support for the Moto G4 line despite promising an Oreo update
Motorola used to be one of the best choices for getting timely updates on your Android device, second to Google. But following its sale to Lenovo, updates started to slow down. At this point, updates on Motorola devices are constantly in question, and now the company is giving us another example of this… Recently Motorola published a list of devices it would be updating to Android Oreo with some notable omissions, but there’s definitely one that hurts more than the rest: the Moto G4 family.
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iPhone 8 and X support pad-free wireless charging, third-party distance charger on the way
While the iPhone 8 and iPhone X support the older Qi standard for wireless charging using a pad, both devices are also compatible with longer-range resonant induction charging – which works without direct contact with a pad. Resonant charging is a more recent addition to the Qi standard, and gets us one step along the way to truly wireless charging.
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Here is the Pixel 2 in "Kinda Blue," White, and Black - Starting at $649
Wrapping up here, because we don’t want anyone feeling left out, here is the HTC-made Pixel 2. From what we can tell, it’ll arrive in three colorways and match the Pixel 2 XL in terms of storage, while sticking to prices very similar to last year’s original smaller Pixel. The Pixel 2 will arrive in Kinda Blue, Just Black, and Clearly White.
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Moto X4 coming to Project Fi as first Android One device for the U.S., priced at $399
Google is making two big jumps today, expanding its Android One program to the U.S. and also releasing the first non-Nexus or Pixel device on its self-operated Project Fi carrier. Both firsts come from a single device, the new Moto X4.
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iPhone X Comes With 2,716mAh Battery and 3GB of RAM
Previously unconfirmed details about the internal specifications of Apple's iPhone X appear to have been revealed on China's official communications certification board, including the device's system memory, CPU clock speed, and battery capacity.
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Essential has sold just 5,000 phones since launch
Essential Products has sold an estimated 5,000 phones since the gadget made its big retail debut in the United States earlier this month, according to estimates from BayStreet Research. That figure would put Essential well below market heavyweights like Apple and Samsung, which typically sell tens of millions of phones per quarter in the United States.
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The Essential Phone has only sold 5,000 units - but why?
The Essential PH-1 has only sold 5,000 units since its launch, according to a new report. The disappointing figure may come as a shock to many Android fans who have been following the company. Essential has had a massive amount of hype behind it since March when its founder tweeted out a picture of a bezel-less display phone. That founder just so happens to be Andy Rubin. He was one of the four founders of Android before Google bought it and continues to be extremely popular in the industry today.
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Essential Phone review: Impressive for a new company but not competitive
We have a new contender in the smartphone space. "Essential" is a new OEM that came seemingly out of nowhere, announced by Andy Rubin a mere nine months ago. Rubin is the co-founder and former CEO of Android Inc., a little company that was snatched up by Google in 2005 and went on to build the world's most popular operating system. Rubin left Google, and Essential is his new startup with ambitions in the smartphone and smart home markets.
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With the Note 8, Samsung No Longer Delivers Embarrassing Real-World Performance
For the longest time, TouchWiz was often criticized for its inability to get with the times and correct some of its longest-running points of criticism. Bloatware, a myriad of redundant features, outdated aesthetics and sub-par performance were the main things that stood out to many enthusiasts — particularly those enamored with stock Android. Through many Galaxy S and Note devices, TouchWiz has further iterated and improved, even attempting to re-brand itself under the name “Grace UX”.
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How Google’s smartphones have evolved since 2007
New Pixels are almost here, but let's not forget all the other phones Google has had a hand in.
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Xiaomi shipped 10 million phones in just one month
Xiaomi has created a new record. On Saturday, Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun said on Chinese social media the company shipped more than 10 million phones in September alone, saying demand is so high that supply for some models remains tight.
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Ask more of your phone: Google Pixel 2
“What if smartphones were smarter and simpler?” That's the question we asked ourselves last year, and what we set out to answer when we launched our first Pixel phone made by Google. With Pixel, we set out to make the smartphone experience better and bring the best of Google to the most important device in your life. So we created the world’s best smartphone camera and the first phone with the Google Assistant. But we didn’t stop there.
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