Ken Pillonel creates the phone as 'tongue-and-cheek' project for April Fools' Day. The robotics student who built a modified iPhone with a USB-C port last year has returned with an Android phone outfitted with Apple's Lightning port. In a Friday YouTube clip, graduate student ..read more

Samsung has not yet commented on the change, but the letter 'Z' has become a symbol for those who support Russia's invasion of Ukraine. It looks as though Samsung has quietly dropped the use of the letter "Z" from the name of its folding phones. Samsung likes to use single letters to represent different series of phones, which is why we've had models split between the Galaxy A, Galaxy F, Galaxy M, Galaxy S, and ..read more

A new collaboration with iFixit will offer genuine parts, repair tools, and step-by-step guides. Samsung is teaming up with iFixit to support consumers repairing their own Galaxy devices. Starting this summer, anyone who owns a Galaxy S20, Galaxy S21, or Galaxy Tab S7+ will be able to carry out ..read more

Top-notch hardware meets uncharacteristically shaky software OnePlus has long made flagship devices for people with a high-end taste in smartphone design. The OnePlus 9 Pro embodied that philosophy, packing an excellent camera and lightweight software into an elegant shell. Unfortunately, the OnePlus 10 Pro ($899.99) feels like a step backward ..read more

Technicians will now be alerted if an iPhone has been reported missing before they start a repair. Apple has implemented a new policy that means any iPhone reported as missing will no longer be serviced or repaired at either an Apple Store or Apple Authorized Service Provider (AASP). As MacRumors reports, an internal memo sent out by Apple explains ..read more

C-band 5G makes Verizon speeds competitive with T-Mobile, says a new report from Opensignal. Verizon's new C-band 5G network has significantly improved the carrier's 5G speeds and is bringing Verizon's performance closer to T-Mobile's, according to a new study from Opensignal. "Verizon users’ mid-band 5G download speeds were approximately four times faster than the ..read more

With Face ID, you can quickly unlock your iPhone, sign into apps and websites, and purchase items with Apple Pay. And now, you can use it even while wearing a mask. Apple's Face ID was introduced as a quick way to authenticate yourself on your iPhone, and replaced the Touch ID technology built into the Home button on older models. If you have an iPhone X or later, simply glance at the front of the phone, and the device's TrueDepth camera ..read more

We just aren't buying as many of the budget iPhone model as Apple expected. Apple is planning to cut production of the third-generation iPhone SE by 20% next quarter due to lower than expected demand. As MacRumors reports, according to a report from Nikkei Asia, the combination of ..read more

Apple teams with Canadian firm Elysis on carbon-free smelting technology. Apple says it will use materials produced via "the world’s first direct carbon-free aluminum smelting process" in the iPhone SE as part of its efforts to reduce its environmental impact. The company is tapping Canadian firm Elysis, which ..read more

A big-screen flagship for a little less money Motorola is a successful maker of low-cost phones for the US, but its high-end strategy has stuttered over the past few years. Its last Edge+ flagship that appeared at the beginning of the pandemic didn't make much of an impact and its resurrected ..read more