Weekly poll results: screen size matters a lot, the ideal for most people is 6.1″

The ideal screen size for a smartphone changed over the years, but it finally seems that it has settled. In a poll in 2019 6 inches emerged as the most popular option, which was confirmed the next year when the range 5.9” to 6.5” was chosen (with most people leaning towards the lower end). … Read more

Samsung Galaxy A34 5G passes through the FCC with support for 25W wired charging

The upcoming Samsung Galaxy A34 has been spotted at the FCC recently, gaining one more necessary certification for its launch, which should be happening very soon. The device is revealed by the FCC process to have support for 25W wired charging. It was also recently given the go-ahead by the Bureau of Indian Standards. … Read more

Realme GT Neo 5 seemingly passes through Geekbench with 16GB of RAM

Realme’s upcoming GT Neo 5 has been leaking a lot lately, ahead of what could be an official introduction at MWC in Barcelona next month. The phone is officially confirmed to be the first one to sport 240W fast wired charging, and according to various leaks it will be powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8+ … Read more

Apple is reportedly working on a smart display for smart home control

Apple just introduced its latest smart speaker earlier today, but the company’s plans for the smart home are much grander, a new report reveals. According to the omnipresent “people with knowledge of the plans”, Apple is working on a bunch of devices that will make it better compete with Google and Amazon in the … Read more

Canalys: Apple won the market share game in Q4 2022, Samsung took the whole year

Canalys is out today with its joint report focusing on both the smartphone share numbers of the fourth quarter of last year (October to December), as well as performance during the full year. Overall, the picture is pretty grim for handset vendors. The market shrunk 17% in Q4, compared to Q4 2021. Full year … Read more

Flashback: the Lightning connector was ahead of its time but is now obsolete

The iPod was revolutionary not because it could play MP3s, but because of how easy it made it to organize and load a whole music library into a pocketable device. There were MP3 players before it, including ones with more storage – as that infamous Slashdot comment mentions, the Creative Nomad could fit more … Read more

Apple acknowledges a strange display bug, to fix with a software update

A growing number of iPhone 14 Pro users report a strange display issue when booting up or unlocking their devices. Green and yellow horizontal lines appear on the screen that seem to disappear later on during the startup process, so it’s not breaking the user experience completely, if at all. Luckily, Apple has acknowledged … Read more