Weekly poll results: OnePlus 6T McLaren is loved but expensive, just like a supercar

The OnePlus 6T McLaren got the nod of approval in last week's poll and a word of warning. The price tag has risen to the point where gaps in the spec sheet are not acceptable. To be fair, the pricing of special editions doesn't follow the same rules as mass market phones. The carbon fiber look and McLaren logo are probably enough for fans to justify the €700 price tag, for everyone else there's the €550 OnePlus 6T (well, €630 if you need 256GB storage). Plus, Warp Charge 30 is a welcome improvement on an already fast charger. Owners of the McLaren edition can also boast about the...

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Counterclockwise: the rise of texting

The first SMS was sent on December 3 1992 - it read "Merry Christmas". It was a test message sent from a computer, the first commercial service would open for business the following year. SMS quickly become the glue that holds the world together. Trillions of messages are sent every year and they range from quick words between friends through bank notifications of money transfers to paying for parking. The system is pretty limited - it supports messages up to 160 characters. And those characters are mostly limited to the Latin alphabet plus some diacritics. Other alphabets are...

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Global MIUI 10 available for the Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 with Android Pie

While the Mi Mix 3 awaits its global release in Q1 2019, some owners of the phone that couldn't wait and imported theirs from China will be happy to know that MIUI 10 Global ROM is finally available for download and installation. If you live outside of China, you will find the Chinese version of the ROM to be somewhat unsuitable so this will come as a huge relief to current Mi Mix 3 users. A member of the XDA-Developers community provided a link for downloading the full image. It weighs around 1.7GB and it's based on Android 9.0 Pie and includes all the usual Google Play apps and...

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Week 51 in review: Huawei nova 4, Lenovo Z5 Pro GT and HTC Desire 12s debut

Phone makers typically don't make a lot of announcements in the last weeks of the year, but 2018 is clearly bucking the trend. The last but one week of the year not only had the numbers but also the quality. Lenovo announced a trio of new phones, inluding its new Z5 Pro GT flagship - the first handset to come with a Snadragon 855 chipset and 12GB of RAM. Meanwhile Huawei unveiled a 48MP smartphone - the nova 4, which is also only the second handset to feature a punch hole in its display for the selfie camera. HTC had an announcement of its own too - the Desire 12s is a lower mid-ranger...

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Samsung Galaxy A10 to be company's first phone with UD fingerprint reader

It seems that Samsung is sticking to its plan of implementing new features to its mid-range A-series first and the most recent rumor is a testament for that even though it sounds like a long shot. According to a Chinese leakster, Samsung is working on an upper-mid-range Galaxy A10 smartphone with an under-display fingerprint reader. The tweet doesn't reveal anything else although, this is not the first time we hear of a Galaxy A10 coming. Galaxy A10,UDFS.— 萌萌的电教 (@MMDDJ_) December 21, 2018 The same account on Twitter reported that Samsung is...

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More affordable iPad mini 5 is expected next year

The last iPad mini update was way back in 2015 and with the launch of Apple's new expensive iPad Pro lineup, it seemed like the company forgot all about the smallest of them all. Not according to a new Chinese source, though. China Times claims to have inside info about an upcoming iPad mini 5, or at least that's how they are calling it. The tablet is supposed to replace the current 9.7-inch iPad. The new mini will sport a slightly bigger 10-inch display with minimalist bezels, which in turn means that Apple will swap out the Touch ID for Face ID. Aside from the rather rough intel,...

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December patch coming to fix Pixel 3/3 XL issues

This year's Google Pixel launch was a mixed bag - the phones are great but the number of issues that popped up in the first few months ruined the user experience for a lot of owners. Luckily, the December patch aims to fix most if not all of the problems. The most persisting ones like errors in the third-party camera apps, memory management and loudspeakers crackling are reportedly fixed by the latest December patch as Google had promised. Sideloaded on mine and my wife's. Confirmed fixed: memory issue closing apps, speakers sounding like shit on low volume.She was also affected by the...

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Jangan Frustasi Kehilangan Data Penting, Pakai EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard

Anda tiba-tiba kehilangan dokumen penting di laptop? Jangan terburu-buru frustasi dulu, karena ada cara jitu untuk memulihkannya atau mengembalikannya lagi. Cara apa sih memangnya? Pakai saja software khusus yang dipakai untuk filerecovery. Ketika file Anda tiba-tiba terkena virus, tidak sengaja Anda hapus, harddisknya yang rusak atau terformat, partisi corupt, dan sebagainya, ada baiknya Anda langsung […]

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