According to CNET, Verizon wants to stop selling unlocked iPhones in order to, quote, deter criminals from stealing the devices. Starting this summer, all Verizon phones will remain locked to the network until unlocked by Verizon, a process which will possibly take a long time to complete. This new policy is, at least officially, aimed towards preventing ...

Looks like political issues are starting to influence mobile business, at least in the US. Who would have thought that smartphones and real life occure in the same space, huh... Anyway, chiefs of US security services - CIA, FBI, NSA and such - are officially recommending avoiding China-produced smartphones. Exact words of the FBI Director Chris Wray ...

Pictures of what may or may not be Nokia 9 have just surfaced online. It is really hard to say whether or not this is Nokia 9 - we know very little about this phone (5.5' OLED display, 2:1) and none of it can be checked by looking at the low-res pictures that basically show the shape of the phone. I suggest assuming that these pictures present Nokia ...

Android P is the new upcoming version of the most popular mobile OS. It is said to come out this year and, so far, there is little more that we know about it. People smarter than me believe that it will increase battery life, but there is also word about a more interesting function. According to the gossip, Android 9.0 P will be able to tell when your ...

Update weights 90 megabytes and consists mostly of latest fixes for Android OS. Most important fix is probably the Media Framework critical security vulnerability. Currently the update is available only in India, though that will surely change in the near future.

Device with a codename H8266 has just appeared on the AnTuTu benchmark. People wiser than me are pretty sure that it is the long-awaited Sony's Xperia XZ2. Benchmark brings with itself a handful of specs info: - Snapdragon 845 CPU, - Android Oreo OS, - 4 GB RAM, 64 GB storage, - resolution - 2160×1080, - proportions - 18:9. Xperia XZ2 is to premiere ...

Thumbs up became practically a synonym of Facebook. Elegantly simple method of letting others know that you approve of given content appeared online for the first time ever on Zuckerberg's social website*, from where it quickly spreaded to dozens other social portals. Thumbs up quickly became a norm, but what about thumbs down? About showing that, for a change, ...

Newest picture of Moto E5 Play has just leaked online, thanks to the ever reliable @evleaks. Along with the picture (no front-placed fingerprint scanner, not-so-thin bezels) comes info that the phone will be available from both Verizon and Cricket, with Cricket selling it under the name of Moto E5 Cruise. Want to learn more about the phone's price, ...

Samsung's standard life support for smartphones is two years. Or did it use to be two years? South Korean company has just officially announced that it will update some of its 2015 devices - namely the Galaxy Note 5, Galaxy S6, S6 edge and S6 edge plus - operating systems to the Android 8.0 Oreo version. While we do not know when will this update take ...

Concept Creator, group dedicated to creating concept graphics of various devices, has today brought us a concept of the Galaxy Note 8 smartphone. Effects of their work look quite interesting! Almost no bezel, USB-C port, 3.5mm headphone jack, S-Pen. There is even a Bixby button as well as a under-screen fingerprint scanner. Do you like what you hear? ...

Burning smartphones are old news; what will you say about burning headphones? The story is as follows: one Jason Colan was spending time in a fitness club excercising and listening to music, when suddenly he noticed that his right headphone started to let out thick smoke. He quickly took it out and left to find help. When he returned, he found his headphones ...

German and Dutch beta testers of Galaxy S8 Oreo Beta are the first ones to receive the update. What is so cool about it? Well, it features Samsung Experience 9.0 interface, which is Samsung's latest UI, as well as February's security patch. European non-beta testers should receive their updates soon. US owners might have to wait a little while longer, ...