Weekly poll results: Pixel 4 XL somewhat makes up for the lackluster Pixel 4

People aren’t happy about the old image sensor. They are not happy that there’s no ultrawide camera. The limited storage is an issue. But what people dislike the most about the Pixel 4 is the small battery. The little Google phone got hammered in last week’s poll, getting only 11% of the vote. It … Read more

Samsung pushes second Android 10 beta for Galaxy S10 series

Yesterday we saw Samsung expand the availability of the first Android 10 beta for the Galaxy S10 series to India, France and Poland and now the company has begun seeding its second release. Users in South Korea (version G97*USQU2ZSJF), the US (G97*NKSU3ZSJF) and Germany (G97*FXXU3ZSJF) are the first in line for this update. … Read more

Flashback: the Nexus One fell victim to patents, component shortages and lack of  advertising

The first-ever Android phone was a collaboration between Google, HTC and T-Mobile. At first, Google avoided building own-branded devices so as not to spook phone makers – if they thought that Google’s own Androids will get special treatment, they might not support the fledgling OS. This changed in early January 2010 when Google unveiled … Read more

Apple officially warns older iPhone and iPad users to update their software or risk a nasty GPS bug

A new Apple official warning calls for immediate action on older devices. Mainly the iPhone 5 and earlier as well as the iPad 4 and earlier models. Users on these devices need to go in their settings and update the software to the latest available version prior to November 3. For some of these … Read more

vivo Y11 (2019) unveiled with 6.35-inch display, Snapdragon 439 and 5,000 mAh battery

Adding to its ever growing list of entry-level devices, vivo just unveiled the Y11 (2019) in Vietnam. Design-wise the phone is quite similar to the vivo Y12 but comes with one camera fewer on the back and swaps the Helio P22 chipset for the Snapdragon 439. Upfront the Y11 (2019) packs a 6.35-inch HD+ … Read more