Year: 2022

Best Buy is announcing it is opening new stores, though a whole new retail format. The retailer unveiled its first “digital-first, small-format” store that caters to customers in a way that better caters to changing consumer habits. The new store is contained in 5,000 square feet of retail space, much smaller than the average … Read more

There was no shortage of movement in our trending chart this week, but the top remained firmly withing the grasp of Nothing’s phone (1). The start of the pre-order campaign gave the Pixel 6a’s a huge boost in popularity and it snatched second place as the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra is now third for … Read more

Last week’s poll shows that Newton’s third law applies to hype as well – for every hype there is equal and opposite hate. And few phone launches this year were as hyped up as the Nothing phone (1). That’s not to say that things are looking bad, necessarily. 1 in 10 people in the … Read more

US carrier T-Mobile has agreed to pay out $500 million as part of a class action lawsuit settlement for a data breach that took place in 2021. Customer data of “approximately 76.6 million U.S. residents identified by T-Mobile” was compromised as per the court filing on Friday. A report from Motherboard back in August … Read more

Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip4 is going to be announced at Samsung Unpacked on August 10 but a new report from Pricebaba reveals the new foldable device’s retail price in Europe. Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3 The base model Galaxy Z Flip4 is expected to come in at €1,080 with 128GB of storage. Meanwhile, 256GB and … Read more

We just got the Nothing Phone (1) here in the office and it has already received its first firmware update. The Phone (1) gets Nothing OS 1.1.0 with some general bug fixes, new features, camera updates, and it’s updated with Android’s July security patch. The most notable feature is the addition of Tesla integration … Read more

Earlier today, Qualcomm took the wraps off the Snapdragon W5 and W5+ wearable chipsets, and mere hours later we already know what the first smartwatches to be powered by the two new platforms will be. For the Snapdragon W5, it’s the Oppo Watch 3, which will be launched in August. The information comes straight … Read more

During Google I/O, plans were announced to add support to its digital wallet app for not only Digital IDs and car keys, but also digital office and hotel keys. It would also come with a “rebranding” that doesn’t change the name of the payment service itself, “Google Pay” is still around and the name … Read more

Nothing finally made its phone (1) official this week and even started shipping it to the first invitees, which was enough to catapult it back to the front of our trending chart. That meant the Xiaomi 12S Ultra had to settle for the silver medal this time around, while the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra … Read more

Huawei’s premium Freebuds Pro 2 earbuds are in the office and they are among the most feature-packed TWS earphones around. Noise-canceling? You got it, up to a staggering 47dB, which is more than twice as much as what Apple’s AirPods Pro offer! Audio quality? You bet, the Freebuds Pro 2 has a wider frequency … Read more