“LG IMS” Bug was causing some LG phones on T-Mobile to go offline

LG devices on T-Mobile may have experienced a serious hiccup towards the end of the weekend. A backend change caused LG devices to display a persistent error that caused “LG IMS” to crash without ability to connect to cellular services. The following error message above continued to show, even after being dismissed, with little time to perform other actions between error messages. Unfortunately, LG IMS has stopped. The good news is that a resolution has been issued. Anyone with an LG device on T-Mobile experiencing this problem should restart their devices to fix the issue. Those who...

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iPhone 14's selfie camera reportedly costs three times more than its predecessor's

One of the big upgrades arriving with the iPhone 14 family this fall could be the selfie camera, at least if a new report out of Korea is to be believed. Apple is allegedly looking to buy high-end selfie snappers for its next-gen iPhones, and as such is looking at LG Innotek to supply the cameras, alongside Sharp. This would be the first time in history when an iPhone's front-facing camera would be made by a Korean company. Apple is reportedly designating selfie cams as high-end components going forward - not low-end ones as they used to be. LG Innotek's camera was initially...

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Samsung rolls out Google Assistant to Galaxy Watch4 in 10 markets

Last month, Verizon pushed an update to the Galaxy Watch4 whose release notes explicitly mentioned Google Assistant would be a new feature arriving to the wearable. It was then confirmed that the watch didn’t receive Assistant after all, and another Samsung exec stated that the Watch4 would receive Assistant “this summer”. Well, it appears that summer is here early. Early morning on Tuesday, Samsung Mobile confirmed via a brief press release that the Galaxy Watch4 is officially supporting Google Assistant starting Tuesday May 24. Watch4 users will be able to download Google Assistant...

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Motorola confirms next Razr will have Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1

Motorola brought the Razr brand back to life several years ago, and the foldable smartphone has had two iterations so far. None of them were powered by a flagship chipset, but a company executive revealed this is about to change. A brand manager of Motorola shared a teaser on his own Weibo page, revealing the new Moto Razr will run on the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset. The first smart Moto Razr arrived in late 2019. Back then Motorola told us that having a flagship chipset is not a top priority among foldable users, and that’s why HQ decided against the idea. Three years later, the...

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The Xiaomi Mi Band 7 is available for pre-order, sales start tomorrow

The new Xiaomi Mi Band 7 will launch tomorrow, but you can already reserve one on the company’s storefront at JD.com. Actually, there are two versions – regular and NFC. While they will be available simultaneously in China, chances are that the global launch of the NFC version will come later (that was the case for the Mi Band 6 NFC). Anyway, there’s no word on pricing yet. For the 6th generation, the regular model cost CNY 230 while the NFC one was CNY 280. European prices were €45/€55, respectively. The new generation promises a series of updates, starting with a larger display –...

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Infinix Hot 12 Play announced with 90Hz display and 6,000 mAh battery

The latest addition to Infinix Hot 12 series is the Hot 12 Play. The device sports a massive 6,000 mAh battery, 90Hz LCD screen and boots Android 12 out the box. Infinix Hot 12 Play comes with a 6.82-inch IPS LCD with a centered punch hole cutout for the 8MP selfie cam. The back houses a 13MP main cam alongside a 2MP AI lens. Infinix Hot 12 Play Unisoc’s T610 chipset sits at the helm paired with 4GB RAM and 64GB storage which is expandable via microSD. The software side is covered by Inifinix’s XOS 10 on top of Android 12. The phone’s massive 6,000 mAh battery only does 10W...

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Motorola is launching a 200MP camera phone in July

Motorola China officially confirmed a new 200MP camera phone is launching in July. This is most likely the long-rumored Motorola Frontier smartphone which has rumors dating back to last year. The new teaser is touting the 200MP camera sensor as a “new benchmark for image experience”. Motorola 200MP camera phone teaser Based on past speculations, Motorola is expected to use Samsung’s 200MP ISOCELL HP1 sensor. The sensor can output 12.5MP or 50MP stills via pixel binning and its deep learning-based remosaicing algorithm. The sensor also supports 8K video recording at...

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Mediatek Dimensity 1050 brings mmWave support, Dimensity 930 and Helio G99 tag along

Mediatek announced the Dimensity 1050 - its first chipset with mmWave 5G support. It will allow seamless connectivity through an easy switch between the Sub-6GHz and the mmWave standards. It is built by TSMC on a 6nm process, and the company promised devices with the chip as early as Q3 2022. The Taiwanese company also introduced its Wi-Fi 7 platforms in the Filogic 880 and Filogic 380 with Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.3 integration. Mediatek Dimensity 1050 Dimensity 1050 has an octa-core CPU - two Cortex-A78 units at 2.5 GHz and six Cortex-A55 at 2.0 GHz - and a Mali-G610 MC3 GPU....

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