While Alcatel is far from a household name in the smartphone game, it has gained a bit more attention in recent times thanks to some of its affordable yet solid devices like the Idol 4 family. Now Alcatel is back with yet another phone, this time dubbed the Alcatel Pixi 4 Plus Power.
Ridiculous name aside, the Pixi 4 Plus Power has one big trick up its sleeve: a 5000 mAh battery.
The HTC One X won’t be arriving on AT&T until May 6, but there are numerous reports that indicate the flagship device has already reached the eager hands of some customers. What gives? It appears that some retail stores in the US have already received the phones ahead of schedule. So the few customers who got their hands on the HTC One X early probably have mad negotiation skills, connections to store staff, or are just plain lucky.
The Kickstarter project for Glyph caused quite a stir this time last year when the campaign surpassed its $250,000 goal in just a few hours. Eventually the campaign raised some $1.5 million for its inventors. If you haven’t heard of Glyph, it is a audio-visual headset that looks like a cross between Geordi’s visor and a set of expensive Bluetooth headphones. When the band is in its upright position Glyph functions like pair of headphones, but flip it down and it comes a visor for watching movies and playing games.
Alongside the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 was also launched the Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014), featuring the same faux leather back as the flagship phablet. Following that, Samsung introduced a new PRO line of tablets, in an effort to update its tablet offerings in various sizes, which also saw the introduction of the Tab Pro 10.1, despite there already being a pretty high-end 10-inch tablet around. So, is the Tab Pro 10.1 just a Note 10.
🍰 Good morning! My birthday was yesterday and I still have some cake. Which is oddly topical for the main story we have here...
January 25, 2021
2021: Glucose monitoring wearables from Samsung and Apple?
Take it from this Type 1 diabetic that any kind of improvement to monitoring blood-glucose (BG) levels is incredibly welcome.
If you don’t even know what that is or why it matters, great! That hopefully means you’re very healthy and it’s never come up before.
A new update to Hangouts for Android brings a number of fixes to how the app handles SMS and group messages.
The update brings Hangouts to version 2.0.2, and doesn’t add any major features, but does seek to make the app more usable for users. Some users reported trouble sending and receiving MMS messages through Hangouts. This version should fix those issues, making it a more reliable app for text messaging.
The OnePlus 5 is now officially on sale. After a week of global pop-up events, where eager fans could get their hands on one early, the OnePlus 5 was made available online at midnight last night. We’ve already put the phone through its paces in our full OnePlus 5 review and concluded that it’s an exceptional device for the price. If you’ve decided you want to pick one up, here’s what you need to know.
AT&T wants to get some of its existing users to upgrade a bit earlier than before by offering AT&T Next contracts to its subscribers after six months.
Starting today, anyone who signed an AT&T contract before January 18, 2014 can “upgrade” their standard contract to an AT&T Next plan after six months. Those who started a contract on Saturday will have to wait until July 18 to take advantage of this new offer.
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YouTuber Sakitech shared a single photo of the Galaxy S21 Ultra and S21 Plus. He says Samsung could announce the series as soon as January 14. He also claims Samsung will price the phones more aggressively. By this point, you’re probably tired of seeing CAD renders of Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S21 series and want to know how the phones look in real life.
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HTC will release the blockchain-powered HTC Exodus smartphone by the end of 2018. The company is hopeful that it will be available globally, although not China. There are still no details about the phone’s non-blockchain related capabilities. HTC is going to release its upcoming blockchain-powered smartphone, the HTC Exodus, by the end of the year. The phone’s developer Phil Chen revealed the news in a recent interview with The Verge.