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07-21-26 -
Light Making a Flip Phone
The Light Phone company has revealed the Light Flip phone, a simple phone with the functionality of its Light III phone, reworked into a flip form factor without a touch screen. Its clean, minimalist design includes a number pad, d-pad, three soft...
07-16-26 -
OnePlus Officially Exits US Market
Oppo has confirmed that it will cease launching new OnePlus-branded devices in the North America and Europe. The company will continue to provide service and support for OnePlus customers in those regions. To provide promised software updates, the...
07-15-26 -
Google Relents on Third-Party App Stores in the US
Google and Epic have abruptly ended their prolonged legal battle over third-party app stores, with Google agreeing to a far more permissive model than the one it announced in March. Now, Google will allow third-party app stores to be downloaded vi...
07-15-26 -
Samsung Reveals New Foldable Screen Tech
Samsung has announced "Flex Titanium", a set of materials designed as a new backing system for the flexible OLED displays on foldable phones. Samsung claims it will provide "enhanced durability and reduced crease visibility". I...
07-13-26 -
Apple Releases First iOS 27 Public Beta Version
Apple's "2027" OS software has now entered public beta testing. Those who wish to participate can now opt in to Apple's beta program (if they haven't already) and update to an early version of iOS 27 on their iPhones. As usual, Apple cau...
07-08-26 -
Samsung Teases New Foldable Shape Coming Soon
Samsung has set July 22 as the date for its next big Galaxy phone announcement. This is typically the time of year Samsung reveals new foldable phones, with last year's announcement coming one year ago. A statement from Samsung mentioned that the ...
07-04-26 -
Boost Files For Bankruptcy
Dish Network has filed for bankruptcy. The business is just one part of EchoStar, but includes both Boost Mobile and the company's Dish television business. The company invested in cellular radio spectrum for decades without building a network. Wh...
07-02-26 -
OnePlus Appears to be Winding Down as a Brand
In some countries, the OnePlus web site has started redirecting potential customers to Oppo-branded products instead of OnePlus products. (OnePlus is owned by Oppo.) This hasn't started yet in the US, where Oppo doesn't currently operate. But OneP...
06-30-26 -
FCC Announces Upper C-Band Spectrum Auction
The FCC today announced a major new auction of 160 MHz of "prime mid-band spectrum", ideal for 5G and 6G wireless service. The spectrum on offer covers the Upper C-Band; specifically, 3.98–4.14 GHz. This is adjacent to the Lower C-Band...
06-30-26 -
Supreme Court Restricts Geofence Warrants
The US Supreme Court has ruled that "an individual has a reasonable expectation of privacy in his cell-phone location information." This finding places a higher legal burden on law enforcement agencies seeking "geofence warrants&quo...
06-30-26 -
WhatsApp Starts Rolling Out Usernames
The WhatsApp messaging app has started letting people reserve unique usernames. WhatsApp has, until now, exclusively identified users by phone number. The introduction of usernames will let people message each other without revealing their phone n...
06-29-26 -
Rocket Lab Buys Iridium
Space launch provider Rocket Lab has reached a deal to acquire Iridium, one of the larger established providers of global satellite connectivity for mobile devices. This better positions Rocket Lab to compete with SpaceX and its Starlink network. ...
06-29-26 -
Comcast to Split with NBCUniversal
After purchasing the company 15 years ago, Comcast is now reversing course and splitting from NBCUniversal. NBCUniversal will retain television and film studios, and theme parks, while Comcast will retain broadband and wireless platforms, includin...
06-25-26 -
Samsung A27 Shifts to Snapdragon Chip
Samsung has announced the Galaxy A27 5G affordable phone, replacing the A26. The A2x series is not as popular with US carriers as the A1x and A3x series. Accordingly, Samsung has only announced that the A27 will be available from samsung.com. The ...
06-24-26 -
FCC Auctions 5G Spectrum Licenses for $3.5 Billion
The FCC has concluded auction 113, selling off 200 abandoned licenses scattered across the country. The licenses are in the AWS-3 band (band 66), an important band for 5G service.
06-22-26 -
SpeakEasy Launches Phones & Service for 75 and Older Crowd
Consumer Cellular — a brand that targets the 50+ age bracket — is launching SpeakEasy, a new sub-brand specifically for the 75+ market. SpeakEasy has its own simple offering of just two service plans and two SpeakEasy-branded phones: a basic ...
06-18-26 -
Apple Prepares to Raise Prices Due to Memory Chip Crunch
Apple plans to raise prices on many of its products soon, as the price of memory chips soars due to unprecedented demand from new AI data centers. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Apple CEO Tim Cook said "We're doing our best to ...
06-16-26 -
Android 17 is Here
Google has released the final, non-beta version of Android 17. It should be available for most Pixel phones today, and for other phones over the coming weeks.
06-16-26 -
Commodore Creates New Spin on a "Dumb Phone"
Commodore's newest product is a 4G flip phone that can run many popular Android apps, but will refuse to run any web browser, social media, email, or "work" apps. The Commodore Callback 8020 will run messaging apps such as WhatsApp, Sign...
06-16-26 -
Verizon Launches New Plan and Loyalty Perks
Verizon has launched a single new service plan that it calls its "Simplicity Plan". For $45/month/line, it includes unlimited premium 5G data, unlimited talk and text, 10GB of premium mobile hotspot data, roaming in Canada and Mexico, an...
06-10-26 -
Mint Mobile Adds More Data to its Plans
Mint Mobile has upped its 5GB plan to 6GB, its 15GB plan to 17GB, and its 20GB plan to 23GB, all while keeping prices the same. The company also recently doubled its hotspot data allotment from 10GB to 20GB.
06-10-26 -
AT&T Launches 24-Hour Data Pass for $3, Starting with iPads
AT&T has launched a new service offering consisting of 24 hours of unlimited data for $3, available to anyone, with no contract or subscription. Initially, it's available only on cellular-equipped Apple iPads, and can be activated directly fro...
06-09-26 -
iOS 27 Code References Foldable iPhone
The tools and materials released to developers yesterday for the forthcoming iOS version 27 include multiple references that strongly suggest the software is designed to support a yet-to-be-announced foldable iPhone. These include specific new val...
06-08-26 -
iOS 27 Intros Siri AI
Apple has announced iOS 27, which includes a wide range of new and refined features. As expected, a major focus is on smarter versions of Apple Intelligence and Siri. Siri is now "Siri AI" and has its own app with a history of conversati...
06-03-26 -
FCC Auctioning Off Abandoned Spectrum Licenses in Band 66
The FCC this week started a new auction for 5G radio spectrum licenses. The licenses cover the AWS band, frequencies where cell phones use 4G and 5G in band 66. There are over 200 specific licenses on offer, scattered across 48 states but covering...
06-02-26 -
New Android Feature Can Detect Impersonation Scams
Google has built a new security feature into its Phone app — the default calling app on Android phones — that can detect and warn you about scam calls where someone pretends to be someone you know. Scammers are increasingly using advanced tec...
06-02-26 -
2026 Shrinks the moto edge
Motorola has repositioned its mid-range moto edge phone somewhat, trimming the size and weight compared to last year's model. The AMOLED display goes from 6.7-inch to 6.3-inch, while keeping its sharp resolution (better than FHD+), 120 Hz refresh,...
05-27-26 -
Redmagic's New Flagship Gaming Phone has 7,500 mAh Battery
Redmagic has introduced the Redmagic 11S Pro, its latest flagship phone with high-end specs optimized for mobile gaming. To support extended gaming sessions, it has a massive 7,500 mAh battery with 80W wired and 80W wireless charging (plus reverse...
05-27-26 -
Hands On with Anker's New Earbuds and Chargers
Anker has released an impressive new set of phone accessories, including ambitious new Bluetooth earbuds, as well as chargers with impressive specs in compact form factors. The new SoundCore Liberty 5 Pro (and Pro Max) earbuds aim to challenge the...
05-22-26 -
SoundCore's New Earbuds Claim Title of World's Clearest for Calls
Anker has launched the SoundCore Liberty 5 Pro Bluetooth earbuds, which have been awarded the Guinness World Record for earbuds with the clearest-sounding voice calls. As a pair, the earbuds have eight traditional microphones and two bone-conducti...
05-22-26 -
Trump Mobile Data Breach Exposes Personal Data and Order Count
Trump Mobile has confirmed that personal data of its customers was left exposed on internet. The data includes names, email addresses, mailing addresses, cell numbers, and order identifiers. The company says it is investigating and blamed an unnam...
05-21-26 -
Motorola Razr Fold is First with New 5G Tech That Downloads 20% Faster
The new Motorola razr Fold will be the first phone in the US to support a new 5G Advanced technology called 6Rx, and T-Mobile will be the only US carrier to support this technology at launch. 6Rx enables up to 20% faster download speeds thanks to ...
05-21-26 -
AT&T Launches Flexible Plan You Can Change Month-to-Month
AT&T is launching "Build-A-Plan", a new option for people on a budget who may need more data some months than others, and have advance notice of those needs. The base plan is just $15/month, which includes 1 GB of data, plus unlimite...
05-21-26 -
T-Mobile Launches Beta of Network-Based Language Translation
The service, first announced in February, is AI-powered and network-based, so it works with any T-Mobile phone, even non-smartphones. T-Mobile say it now supports 80 languages "and counting", up from 50 initially.
05-20-26 -
TCL K70 Comes to Verizon Prepaid for $50
Verizon Prepaid and TCL have launched the TCL K70, a new addition to TCL's entry-level K-series smartphone lineup. For just $10 more than the TCL K33 ($50 instead of $40), the new K70 offers a larger battery (5,200 vs. 5,010 mAh), faster charging ...
05-20-26 -
Google Brings Vibe Coding to Android
Google today announced an Android version of its AI Studio app for building apps using generative AI, enabling vibe coding on the go. Apps started on your phone can then be moved to a desktop environment to finish. Google also announced that the d...
05-20-26 -
Auto-Generated Video Captions Coming to iPhone
Apple is previewing several new accessibility features coming "later this year". The most important might be video subtitles (captions) that are automatically generated on-device for uncaptioned videos. This includes video content "...
05-19-26 -
Google's Wear OS 7 Brings New Widgets, Live Updates
Google has announced version 7 of its Wear OS platform for smartwatches. The software is more efficient, delivering 10% better battery life. It also replaces "Tiles" with "Widgets" that are more like the home-screen widgets on ...
05-19-26 -
Google Shows Off New Smart Glasses
Google has revealed more details of its forthcoming Android XR smart-glasses platform, including a sneak peak at two of the designs that will launch this fall. The first Android XR glasses will be an "audio" type that does not include an...
05-14-26 -
Major US Carriers Join Forces to Improve Satellite Service for Phones
AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon have agreed to form a new joint venture focused on improving direct-to-device (D2D) satellite connectivity in cellular dead zones. All three carriers already have such services in operation or close to launch, and t...
05-12-26 -
Google Bringing Agentic AI to Flagship Android Phones
Google today announced several new AI features for Android, that will start to roll out with new Samsung and Pixel phones this summer. Gemini Intelligence is agentic AI that works across your apps to perform multi-steps tasks for you. Examples inc...
05-12-26 -
Android Auto Gets Revamp
Google has revealed the next version of Android Auto and Google Built-In for cars. A new layout includes edge-to-edge Google Maps navigation that better fits various display shapes, and widgets, such as contacts, weather, or a garage door opener. ...
05-12-26 -
Samsung Begins Public Beta Testing of Android 17
Samsung is releasing the first public beta version of One UI 9 â€” the company's spin on Android 17 â€” this week. Galaxy S26 series users can apply to join the beta program via the Samsung Members app. The beta software will start to be...
05-11-26 -
Cross-Platform RCS Messaging Gaining Encryption
Apple and Google have jointly announced the rollout of end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS messaging between Apple and Android devices. When RCS messages are end-to-end encrypted, they can't be intercepted and read while in transit between device...
05-07-26 -
New "Google Health" App to Replace Google Fit and Fitbit
Google is renaming the Fitbit app to "Google Health", adding new features, and positioning it to replace the existing Google Fit app. The new app integrates with other apps and APIs â€” including Health Connect, Apple Health, and th...
05-07-26 -
Qualcomm Makes Modest Updates to its Entry-Level Phone Chips
Qualcomm has announced the Snapdragon 6 Gen 5 and Snapdragon 4 Gen chips intended to power affordable phones. For once, AI is not the focus of these new chips. One new technology in both chips is "Snapdragon Smooth Motion UI". In the 6 G...
05-05-26 -
Apple Reaches $250 Settlement for Failing to Deliver AI Siri as Advertised
A class-action lawsuit against Apple for false advertising has reached a settlement of $250 million. Apple showed off a smarter, personalized version of Siri at its WWDC event in 2024 and promised to ship the feature by the end of that year. This ...
05-05-26 -
Approximate Location Comes to Chrome on Android
Google is updating its Chrome web browser for Android devices to support the sharing of "Approximate" location data with web sites that do not need "Precise" location data, such as web sites offering local weather or news. This...
04-29-26 -
Hands On with the 2026 Motorola razr Lineup
Motorola has refreshed its lineup of razr phones for 2026. Most of the changes are minor, putting a few small upgrades into the same three bodies. We also spent time with Motorola's first book-style foldable phone, the razr fold. With all of its p...
04-29-26 -
Motorola Refreshes razr Lineup with Better Batteries & More
Motorola is giving its razr lineup of foldable flip phones an update for 2026. There are no dramatic changes, but each model gets at least a couple of notable spec upgrades. Colors and finishes have of course been refreshed, but otherwise the phys...

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