Sprint’s network is officially shutting down

US wireless carrier Sprint’s remaining LTE towers have begun their official shutdowns, a T-Mobile spokesperson confirmed to The Verge. It’s been over two years since T-Mobile's acquisition of Sprint went through April of 2020 including its network, stores, assets, spectrum, towers, and customers. T-Mobile has decommissioned Sprint’s wireless spectrum from its 3G and LTE networks to accelerate add bandwidth and accelerate the coverage of its nationwide 5G network. With 66.7 million subscribers before the merger, T-Mobile now has over 109 million subscribers as of Q1 ‘22 (Source) and is the...

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Samsung Galaxy M11 receives Android 12 update with One UI 4.1

Samsung's One UI 4.1 update train has reached the Galaxy M11 today, which tells you something about how many devices the company has gone through already - it's now at the phase where it's updating low-end phones from two years ago. That's exactly what the M11 is, and it's now receiving the update to Android 12 with the latest version of Samsung's skin on top. So far the update only seems to have been released in Vietnam, but surely more countries and territories will follow in due course. It usually takes Samsung a couple of weeks to truly make such an update global, but the...

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OnePlus 10RT gets certified on its way to India

Last year the OnePlus 9R was followed by the 9RT a few months down the line, and we have all the reasons to believe that the same will happen this year. The OnePlus 10R launched in April, and the 10RT may be coming in the fall (as the 9RT did in 2021). The OnePlus 10RT has now seemingly received the necessary BIS certifications which will allow it to be sold in India. This process was undertaken for a OnePlus device with the model number CPH2413, which is widely assumed to be the OnePlus 10RT. OnePlus 10 Pro It comes with a 120 Hz AMOLED touchscreen, a triple rear camera system (50...

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Fossil working with Google to make its new companion app compatible with Wear OS 3

Following the Wear OS 3 transition for smart wearables has been interesting to follow and with every new piece of information, we can slowly make out what the big picture will look like for Wear OS. The latest information comes from Fossil, a popular Wear OS smartwatch OEM. As per a Reddit thread, a Fossil representative has provided an update as to the state of Fossil smartwatches with a recent overhaul to the smartwatch UI and the newly released Fossil companion app. There’s also a note about the transition towards some of the smartwatches receiving a Wear OS 3 update and new devices...

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Official TPU case for the Nothing phone (1) leaks

The unique design of the Nothing phone (1) is one of its main selling points – would you cover it up with a case? Images of an official TPU case were posted by leakster Ishan Agarwal, they show what kind of first-party protection will be available for the phone. The case is semitransparent, so the design is still visible. And just as importantly, the so-called Glyph Interface lights, i.e. the LED strips on the back, can still serve their function as notification lights, charge indicators and so on. From what we’ve seen so far, we know that the Nothing phone (1) will be available in...

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