In 2007, Apple broke the mold of phone design and redefined an entire era by releasing its flagship device, the iPhone.   Since then we’ve seen a never-ending parade of updates and improvements that have seen the iPhone become a cultural...

New technologies continue to transform the global smartphone market. A few years ago, saying you could use your smartphone as a payment method or could use it to preview products via augmented reality would have sounded unfathomable. But these...

A cell phone is like a double-edged sword because it's extremely convenient and it gives us the ability to do so many things. However, a cell phone can also be dangerous, experts who participated in a recent study which was...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to disrupt a number of industries, including mobile communications. AI has become extremely useful for smartphones, as it has enhanced the user experience significantly.     By 2022 it is predicted that 1.25 billion smartphones will have AI...

You can trade in your old phone at Sprint and get a new iPhone 11. Makes no difference whether you have an iPhone or an Android Phone. To receive the best discount, your phone must be on the list of...

The long-anticipated Android 10 operating system has finally arrived. It offers lots of new features and there have also been some changes in the way the mobile operating system works. In Android 10, Google has changed quite a few things,...

T-Mobile (The Un-carrier) has partnered with Burger King to give T-Mobile customers a free Whopper sandwich every month from September 2019 through January 2020.   Who Can Benefit From This Offer?   T-Mobile customers who take advantage of the free giveaways such as...

In this blog post, I will explain what is Samsung One UI and I will tell you everything you need to know about it.     If you recently bought a Samsung phone such as the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 or if...

T-Mobile will be jumping on the 5G bandwagon, A new T-Mobile 5G network will be coming to six cities across the U.S. with the Samsung Galaxy S10 5G.     T-Mobile 5G:   The six cities include New York, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Dallas,...

HTC U11 Pie update has been halted after reports of bricked phones. Even though the vast majority of Android OEMs have already updated to Android 9 Pie to pre-existing and new smartphones. HTC started rolling out its update last week,...

A recent report published in the South China Morning Post claims that Foxconn which is the Taiwanese electronics manufacturer that assembles smartphones for many brands including Xiaomi and Apple has stopped the production of several lines of Huawei phones...

AT&T Ready2Go is expanding, this is a convenient service that will help AT&T to gain more loyal customers. What Is AT&T Ready2Go:   AT&T Ready2Go is a service from AT&T which gives you the ability to have a service representative...

For the first time in history, there are more household subscribers to digital streaming services than there are to traditional pay TV subscriptions. AT&T and Comcast recently completed a test of verified call in an effort to fight against...

There is a competition between Verizon and AT&T to be the first carrier to offer 5G in the U.S. In the fall of 2018, Verizon launched a pre-standard 5G network. In this blog post, I will tell you everything...

Apple has been working on a new anti-snooping technology it refers to as no snooping which will allow iPhone users to have a more secure iPhone. This technology will stop law enforcement agencies from tracking the location of iPhone users...

iPhone hackers use dev-fused iPhones that are sold on the grey market to hack into iPhones. Mathew Solnik who is a well-known security researcher spoke at a Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas in 2016.     iPhone Hackers Use Dev-Fused...

The term mobile mining is relatively new, in the past, when people spoke of mining. They were probably referring to the process of extracting valuable minerals from the earth. This is an extremely costly procedure.     However, mobile mining is completely...

The majority of iPhone users today can all agree on one thing, iPhones are too expensive. iPhone prices are at an all-time high. It's never been so expensive to walk into an Apple store to buy an iPhone.     This has...

Rumor has it that Google will be releasing a mid-range phone called the Pixel 3 Lite later this year. A recent report from Nikkei Asian Review claims that Google is currently planning an “aggressive push into hardware” in 2019.     Apple...

Last April T-mobile announced its plan to buy Sprint for $26 billion. At that time, the T-Mobile and Sprint merger seemed likely to get regulatory approval. Right now the company is still expecting the deal to close before this...

Verizon still offers the best mobile network service for overall quality, based on a new report. America's biggest consumer wireless company placed first by winning all six categories (with one tie) in the second half of 2018, according to mobile...

5G is a double-edged sword, we've all probably heard about some of the benefits of 5G. However, in this blog post, I will discuss the potential 5G dangers and you can decide whether or not you think it's real.     Arthur...

Lately, there's been quite a bit of talk about foldable phones. In this blog post, I will tell you about the foldable phones that we are expecting in 2019.   It seems as though foldable phones will become a trend in...

Meizu is one of the lesser-known Chinese smartphone manufacturers that have been around for many years.     However, Meizu has recently announced the Meizu Zero which they referred to as a "radical phone".   The Meizu Zero will not have any ports, buttons,...

Some markets already have 5G networks in place. But those networks are very small and to make use of that 5G network, you must have a specific device. One that is compatible with 5G. In 2019 that is going to change...

T-Mobile now supports NextGen, this is a new messaging standard which will make traditional texting seem a bit more like chatting in a more modern messaging app. T-Mobile is one of the first cell phone carriers to support the Rich...

Private information such as calls, text, and GPS location are all kept on file by cell phone carriers. The Supreme Court ruled that law enforcement officers will now require a warrant to access this information.   "Cell phone data can be...

Verizon has a new unlimited plan called Above Unlimited. If you're familiar with Verizon phone plans you will know that their unlimited plans are not actually unlimited.     Now Verizon has three unlimited plans; the Go Unlimited plan and Beyond Unlimited...

If you've been a loyal AT&T customer for many years and you've been on the same data plan, AT&T will be raising the price of your bill.   AT&T Raising Prices 2018:   According to an AT&T support page, the price of the AT&T grandfathered unlimited...

Do you love modern technology? Have you ever heard of technostress? Do you know what Technostress is?   What Is Technostress?   Technostress is a relatively new term that is used to describe what happens when technology negatively impacts someone's health and happiness.   Sir Cary Cooper...

HTC is currently preparing for a big event that will be held on November 2. At this event, HTC will unveil the new HTC U11 Plus smartphone. HTC recently posted about this event on Twitter, the highly anticipated U11...

As smartphone technology continues to expand one of the main drawbacks is the annoying camera bump. Samsung Electronics has developed an ultra-slim image sensor for smartphones as well as IoT devices which will have two new ISOCELL image sensors.     The ISOCELL...

The smartphone industry has come a long way since its inception. The features and functionalities of modern-day smartphones are quite impressive. However, the size of the display screen on the average smartphone has increased. As a result of this,...

Sprint has a new promotion in which they are offering free unlimited data, text, and talk for one year. This promotion was launched on Tuesday and it's aimed specifically at Verizon customers. The competition between the major cell phone...

Apple will be adding a new feature to their iPhones and iPads in the iOS 11 this fall. The Apple iOS 11 will feature a new mode called "Do Not Disturb While Driving" users will have the ability to...

A few days ago LG and T-Mobile announced a special promotion which was supposed to start on May 10 and end on June 8. This special promotion would have allowed customers to buy one LG G6 at full price...

In an effort to advance their position as a cell phone service provider T-Mobile is planning to launch a 5G LTE service. T-Mobile has recently announced its plans to build out its next-generation wireless networking via the radio airwaves...

Verizon Wireless has been losing customers in record numbers. Last Thursday Verizon reported a net decline of 289,000 cell phone subscribers within the past four months. Verizon normally loses some customers every quarter, however, they always managed to regain enough...

In recent years T-Mobile has significantly improved their LTE technology and they continue to do so on a regular basis. T-Mobile has been testing their carrier aggregation technology across three different spectrum bands. T-Mobile's most recent attempt to enhance...

Last Friday T-Mobile introduced a new service to its customers. This service was developed to identify and block incoming calls to its customers from crooks and scammers.   This new service will be implemented through a program called "Scam ID".   T-Mobile stated...

The Nokia 3310 phone was unveiled at the Mobile World Congress in February. Phones like this are no longer popular in the U.S. However, they are still popular in developing countries throughout the world because they are inexpensive. Qualcomm believes that...

Apple raised the bar in the mobile payment industry with the release of Apple Pay in 2014. Last year Google released Android Pay. Now Samsung has released its own mobile payment system called Samsung pay.     At the moment Samsung Pay...

The new AT&T unlimited data plan has just been added in an effort to compete with the other major carriers. Prior to Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint adding unlimited data plans, AT&T only offered unlimited data plans to their DirectTV...

Some years have passed since Verizon stated that they would no longer offer unlimited data plans. However, things have changed, Verizon released a statement on Sunday saying that they will be bringing back the Verizon unlimited data plan.     Verizon customers on...

OpenSignal's crowdsourced monitoring recently detected that Verizon and T-Mobile are dead even in terms of performance and mobile network speeds. OpenSignal discovered that 4G speeds are on the rise and the typical speeds in many cities throughout the U.S. have...

Apple and Samsung are two of the world's best smartphone manufacturers who have been competing against each other for a very long time. Samsung held the #1 position for years, however, things have changed. According to Strategy Analytics in the last...

The next iPhone may include a facial recognition feature. This information comes from a research note which was recently distributed to clients by Cowen and Company.   The Next iPhone May Have Augmented Reality:   The research note includes information about Apple's next iPhone...

Nokia's first Android phone has been launched in China this phone is called the Nokia 6. It was introduced by HMD Global, this is the company that's responsible for building Nokia phones. HMD Global announced the launch of this...

The Asus ZenFone AR is the first smartphone to feature Tango and Daydream by Google. Tango is a new augmented reality (AR) technology that expands your vision and changes the way you interact with the world. Daydream gives you the...

A few days ago Samsung unveiled three mid-range smartphones.   These smartphones are water and dust resistant and they will be launched later this month.   The phones will be launched in Russia and they will expand to other markets around the globe...