T-Mobile says customer data was exposed in the latest security breach

T-Mobile and Metro PCS customers have begun receiving notifications about a potential security breach where some personal information could have been compromised. T-Mobile starts by saying that out of "an abundance of caution" it is notifying the customers that are potentially affected. On August 20, our cyber-security team discovered and shut down an unauthorized access to certain information, including yours, and we promptly reported it to authorities. Fortunately, there is no financial data involved in the breach. Credit card numbers, bank account numbers, and social security numbers...

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Survey reveals that Android users switch to iOS for a "better user experience"

PC Mag held an interesting survey surrounding the question: Why did you switch platforms (between iOS and Android)? There are countless discussions of people passionately defending one platform over the other and while we sometimes do hear about those who switch and don't look back, this survey gives us an insight into the reasoning behind users' switch to the other platform. The survey covers 2,500 participants over three days via a Google Survey. 18 percent of participants switched from Android to iOS while 11 percent went vice-versa. This significantly decreases the sample size of...

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Verizon offers BOGO on the Galaxy Note9

The Samsung Galaxy Note9 is officially becoming available for sale tomorrow and Verizon has a couple of promotions going on. For those looking for a good deal, Verizon will be offering a free Galaxy Note9, Galaxy S9, or Galaxy S9+ when you purchase on Galaxy Note9 on a Verizon device payment plan and add at least one new line of service. The Note9 is retailing for $999 or $41.66 a month for the 128 GB variant while the 512GB version will retail for $1,249 or $52.08 per month. There's no down payment, but the devices' full sales tax amounts will be due at signup. In addition,...

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Google's Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL to shoot Super Selfies, boast updated Visual Core chip

Google's Pixel 3 XL has been breaking leak records these past few days, and we hope you're ready for some newly outed details. Both it and the smaller Pixel 3 are going to feature dual front cameras, and one of them will be wide-angle, according to the usual unnamed sources, this time talking to 9to5Google. The devices will be able to shoot 'Super Selfies', which will feature the now very prevalent faux bokeh for Portrait Mode. However, the new Pixels will reportedly stand out from the competition in the quality of those shots - which is not surprising at all given the company's history...

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Samsung Galaxy A8 Star's price in India revealed

A couple of days ago Amazon India started teasing the upcoming launch of Samsung's Galaxy A8 Star in the subcontinent. This phone is already official in China, where it goes by the name Galaxy A9 Star, as well as A8 Star in the Philippines. The teasers hinted that the device would be priced at INR 3x,xxx, and now a new rumor comes in to fill those blanks. According to "a trusted source" talking to MySmartPrice, the phone will set you back INR 34,990 ($498 or €431) when it finally becomes available. Its exact release date is still a mystery, but the launch seems imminent. The Galaxy...

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Motorola One Power is actually the Moto P30 Note

We've known for months now that Motorola is preparing to launch new smartphones. It was previously thought that they would be named Motorola One and Motorola One Power but the latest piece of information comes to debunk those myths as the latter will be called P30 Note. The P30-series started about two weeks ago on Motorola's Chinese website and the P30 has since been officially announced. And according to the new report, the P30 Note is actually the rumored Power One device with model number X51942-1. For now, the P30 branding is for the Chinese market and since the Power One name...

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Deal: Buy two Galaxy S9, S9+ or Note8 and get $680 in rebate

T-Mobile and Costco have an ongoing deal in the US that offers a $680 rebate if you buy two Galaxy S9, S9+ or Galaxy Note8 units. The requirements are that you purchase the two phones at their full retail price, connect 1 new line if you're an existing T-Mobile customer (2 if you're not) and then submit a rebate claim using a promo code with T-Mobile. The money will be received in the form of a Prepaid MasterCard within 6 to 8 weeks. Currently the Samsung Galaxy S9 is $720, while the Galaxy S9+ and Galaxy Note8 share the price of $840. Source | Via

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Huawei Mate 10 series is getting the P20's Night mode with an update

Huawei is seeding its Night Shot camera mode to the Huawei Mate 10, Mate 10 Pro and Porsche Design Mate 10 through a software update. The firmware BLA-L29C 8.0.0.145 is based on Android 8.0 under EMUI 8.0 and should gradually roll out to the phones. The firmware likely carries some bug fixes and optimizations as well. Night Shot on the Huawei Mate 10 Huawei's Night Shot mode premiered on the P20 and P20 Pro and offers a clever way to capture night scenes. It snaps a number of photos and then combines them into a single image with less noise and a brighter exposure. Night...

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Lenovo unveils five affordable tablets, starting with a $70 Android Go Edition tab

Lenovo unveiled a roster of five new tablets. They start with a super-affordable $70 slab and move up by building up multimedia prowess. The price of the top tow models hasn't been revealed yet, but we can't imagine it's anything scary. Lenovo Tab P10 and Tab M10 These two are 10.1" tablets with a solid 1,920 x 1,200px screen, an IPS panel no less. And they are driven by a Snapdragon 450 chipset, which with its octa-core CPU is significantly faster that what the other three tabs have. The Lenovo Tab P10 is the top model and as such it has four loudspeakers around the screen (complete...

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Australia bans Huawei and ZTE from supplying equipment for its 5G project

The Australian government has just banned Huawei and ZTE from supplying equipment for the development of its 5G mobile network. The news came out of the blue while Australia officials gave the same reasons as the USA - risks of foreign interference and hacking. If you remember, the US did the same thing with the Chinese firms (Huawei and ZTE) a while ago. The government even prohibited the use of ZTE and Huawei devices from US officials not long ago. Huawei's Australian arm responded with a tweet that this is a really bad decision by the Australian government that will negatively...

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Oppo R17 Pro is official with SuperVOOC, triple camera and in-display fingerprint

The Oppo R17 Pro is finally official with slew of high-end features and industry firsts. It's basically an alternative to the Find X, coming with a lesser chipset, but more cameras and SuperVOOC support on all units. The Oppo R17 Pro packs a Snapdragon 710 chipset paired with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage and no microSD card support. The 6.4" AMOLED display features the waterdrop-style notch introduced with the F9/F9 Pro and a resolution of 1080 x 2340 pixels. It's protected by Corning's latest Gorilla Glass 6 and according to Oppo, the screen-to-body ratio stands at...

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DJI unveils 1" sensor Mavic 2 Pro and 2x zoom Mavic 2 Zoom

DJI's Mavic strikes a great balance between pro and enthusiast needs and it just got a lot better. The DJI Mavic 2 brings a major split: a big sensor or optical zoom. Mavic 2 Pro This drone boasts a Hasselblad co-designed 1" sensor - that's the same size as the sensors in the Phantom 4 Pro drone or the Sony RX100 point and shoot. The imager has 20MP resolution and an adjustable f/2.8 to f/11 aperture. It can shoot 10-bit HDR and 10-bit Dlog-M video natively. In short, can handle any lighting condition and come up with incredible video quality. It boasts Hasselblad Natural Color...

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Benchmark confirms the vivo X23 will have a Snapdragon 670 chipset

There is a vivo X23 and a vivo V11 Pro that are teased and leaked around the Internet, but externally they appear the same. The chipset may be (some of) what divides them - the vivo X23 packs a Snapdragon 670, unlike the 660 chip in its lookalike. vivo X23 details confirm a Snapdragon 670 chipset This is the same vivo X23 V1809A model that we saw go through Geekbench, which claimed Snapdragon 710, but this latest and more detailed benchmark pretty much confirms that it is indeed a 670 chip. Everything matches, starting with the 2.0GHz clock speed of the Kryo 360 cores. The S710...

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The birth of a Galaxy Note9: behind the scenes video from Samsung's factory

Samsung Galaxy Note9 units are getting ready to ship out to their lucky owners tomorrow, but in the meantime Samsung offers a view of their birthplace - the factory in Gumi, South Korea. It's an interesting video - you have to watch the background carefully to spot any humans. Most of the work, it seems, is done by machines. They even boot up the new Note9 units to check if everything is okay. If you're still on the fence about the Galaxy Note9, you can check our review for our likes and dislikes. Or if you're in the mood to watch more Note9 manufacturing videos, here's how the...

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Huawei Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro will launch with Android 9.0 Pie, says the EEC

When Huawei unveiled its Android P update schedule, it was a bit vague on the Mate series. We wondered if the plans included the Mate 9 generation, but at the back of our minds we also wondered if the upcoming Mate 20 phones will launch on Oreo or Pie. Now we have our answer. The Eurasian Economic Comission (EEC) has certified the Huawei Mate 20 Pro and Huawei Mate 20 with Android 9.0 Pie (those also go by LYA-L29 and HMA-L29 respectively). EEC certification that shows Huawei Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro will launch with Android 9.0 Pie The Hawei Mate 20 Lite (which is yet to be...

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vivo V11 Pro coming on September 5, gets landing pages on Amazon.in and Flipkart

The public profile of the vivo V11 Pro keeps growing by the day - it now has official landing pages on Amazon India and Flipkart. Just like the teasers on Twitter, these give away a few things but are keeping the details for the September 5 reveal. So here's what we've got. The phone will have an in-display fingerprint reader, a Snapdragon chipset (unnamed, rumors say S660), a Halo FullView display (rumors: 6.41", 1080p+), a dual camera with Dual Pixel AF tech (and AI) and fast charging tech (rumors: 3,400mAh battery). vivo V11 Pro teasers from its Amazon.in landing...

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HTC teases the U12 life, coming in August 30

It's confirmed - the HTC U12 Life is really happening. We've been hearing some stories about the device since late July, but only now we are getting official confirmation from HTC's Twitter page. Beauty and power meet on August 30th 2018. pic.twitter.com/pOVKlEzSGY— HTC (@htc) August 23, 2018 According to the post, there's something new in store for us coming on August 30. Even though most of you won't be necessarily excited about the new mid-range release, the initial rumors say that the U12 Life will not be made by HTC itself and will be an ODM device instead. Anyway, if the...

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Pixel 3 XL review appears - pricing, features, camera samples

After yesterday's massive Pixel 3 XL leak, we thought the rumor mill will take a breather, but boy, were we wrong. A Russian website now went forward and posted an extensive review of the handset showcasing the design, features and the camera capabilities. We even got some details about future Google products and pricing. But there's a big disclaimer in the beginning - the author says it's a pre-production unit so the chassis is a bit rough around the edges and some features might not be fully developed. He assures, however, that the phone has the final software build and the...

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Nikon unveils full-frame mirrorless Z7 and Z6 cameras

After a couple of weeks of teasers, Nikon has finally entered the full-frame mirrorless market with the Nikon Z6 and Z7 cameras. This is a huge step for Nikon - it announced its first new mount since 1958, the Nikon Z mount, and a new line of lenses. The Z mount is the largest full-frame mirrorless mount on the market with a diameter of 55mm. It has a 17% larger diameter than the Nikon F DSLR mount and a 65% smaller flange distance. Nikon's first full-frame mirrorless cameras are the Nikon Z7 and Nikon Z6 and they are largely based on the Nikon D850 and Nikon D750 DSLRs. The Nikon...

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