Browsing: Smartphones

With Samsung’s One UI 9 rollout chugging along the globe, there’s no better time to make a few quick tweaks.

It could be time to start saving for your next phone, thanks to the increasing demand for RAM, processors, and SoCs, new research has claimed. The AI data center boom has driven various price rises across the electronics industry over the past few years, and now it seems that the days of the budget smartphone…

There are a handful of budget-friendly Android phones worth considering if you’re not too concerned about having the best camera system or the fastest processor. Buying higher-end phones from a year or two ago, though, can often get you a better overall experience. Google’s Pixel series can be an interesting place to look if you…

You really shouldn’t have to worry about your phone’s battery levels dropping to half by noon, but here we are — a common frustration among Android users. As frustrating as the situation is, there are fairly easy fixes to this that can add hours back to your day and extend your battery’s lifespan in the…

If you have a fancy new foldable phone like the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 or Apple iPhone Duo, maybe even an older model from Samsung, Motorola or another brand, you’ll want to protect it. The first accessory you should buy for any phone, foldable or not, is a protective case. But they’re especially important for…

Apple, Google, Samsung — all the big-name manufacturers offer foldable phones, and consumers are growing more curious about them. While the category isn’t huge, accounting for approximately 2 percent of the entire smartphone market, they are growing as shoppers decide the features they provide justify their significantly higher price.

This summer, the popular games studio Bungie ended development on the long-running, live-service game Destiny 2. As an avid player who had chewed through all the content that game had to offer, I still wanted a Destiny fix, so I turned to the next best thing: the mobile game Destiny: Rising, developed by NetEase. But…

Most current smartphones feature an IP67 or IP68 rating, with the second numerical digit representing water-resistance levels. Neither IP number should ever be confused with “waterproof,” and hot steam is a different animal altogether. Phones are generally described as water-resistant, though the term  “waterproof” is inaccurately tossed around quite a bit. Enough that some assume…

Google has had an AI-driven Hold for Me feature available for several generations of the Pixel smartphone. Starting today, the company’s AI will be able to handle an entire phone call for some routine business tasks. Select Pixel 11 owners can ask the Gemini chatbot to make a call within the Gemini app, and the tool…

The 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max are now available in China ahead of a global release later this year.