Verizon's new myPlan Unlimited Ultimate launches on August 31 for $90 per month

Verizon unveiled its new myPlan lineup back in May, with myPlan Unlimited Welcome being the $65/one line/month entry-level option and the $80/one line/month myPlan Unlimited Plus being the step up. Now, there's a further step up, and quite an intriguing one at that. Starting on August 31, existing and prospective Verizon customers can also choose the new myPlan Unlimited Ultimate for $90/one line/month. The new plan comes with unlimited 5G Ultra Wideband, 60GB of mobile hotspot allowance (which Verizon boasts is "the most offered in the industry"), 10GB of international premium...

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Google officially announces October 4 launch event for the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro

Yesterday, Apple made the date of its next grand unveiling event official. It will announce the iPhone 15 series on September 12. Today, Google has revealed the date for its next big hardware event. It's done so way sooner than Apple, however, which makes us think it wanted to 'respond' to Apple's announcement in this way. Anyway, the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro are getting official on October 4. Pixel event invites also just went out. We are descending into the most fun time of the year pic.twitter.com/RZfpm4u6OZ— Marques Brownlee (@MKBHD) August 30, 2023 Unlike Apple's event, which is...

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The Huawei Mate 60 Pro will not be available outside of China

Yesterday, Huawei unveiled its latest flagship, the Mate 60 Pro. The phone is available for pre-order in China through Vmall at CNY 7,000 for the 12/512GB model. For those wondering whether the phone will be available outside of China, the answer is “no”. This was confirmed by Huawei itself in a statement to Android Authority. So, even if you were willing to explore options outside of Google’s Android, this isn’t one of them. The Pro was revealed yesterday, today brings the vanilla Huawei Mate 60. Will this one be available globally? We don’t have a definitive answer right now, but...

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Garmin's new Venu 3 and Venu 3S can track naps, offer wheelchair mode

Garmin just updated its sleek Venu series with the Venu 3 and Venu 3S. Starting at €500/$450 the smartwatches brings Garmin's usual power punch of health and fitness tracking features. For starters, the Venu 3 duo can detect naps and add them to the overall sleep tracking. Said tracking is sophisticated thanks to Pulse Ox (blood oxygen) and HRV (heart rate variability) monitoring. Like other Garmin watches, the Venu 3 shows a Body Battery with a 1 to 100% scale that's dependent on your daily exertion. Another new feature is the Wheelchair mode, which tracks daily pushes instead of steps...

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The Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra will use only Snapdragon chips, leakster claims

Yesterday, Ice Universe reported that Samsung will be using the Exynos 2400 for the Galaxy S24 series in Europe. Now a different leakster, Setsuna Digital, claims that this isn’t quite true – only the Galaxy S24 and S24+ will be getting the Samsung-designed chip. The Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra will use the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 for Galaxy in all markets, says Setsuna. This will make the separation between the Ultra and its smaller siblings feel even more pronounced. Another report from yesterday suggests that the S24 Ultra will set the base RAM and storage at 8/128GB and that the maximum...

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Huawei Mate 60 also goes official with 6.69" LTPO OLED and satellite messaging

Huawei unexpectedly launched its Mate 60 Pro yesterday and the brand has now unveiled the second member in the series with the Mate 60. The non-Pro model shares most of its key specs with its Pro sibling, but there are obviously some downgrades. First off, Mate 60 comes with a single punch hole cutout with the same 13MP ultrawide front-facing camera. Huawei Mate 60 The display on the Mate 60 comes in at 6.69 inches in diagonal (compared to 6.82” on the Mate 60 Pro) and is of the same LTPO OLED variety with a 1,216 x 2,688 px resolution and a 1-120Hz refresh rate. It’s also...

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Fairphone 5 specs leak: up to 8 years of support, new AMOLED display, more modules

Detailed information of the upcoming Fairphone 5 leaked, including the announcement date – tomorrow. The new model will be more powerful, more repairable, more durable and with longer support and, unfortunately, more costly. The Dutch phone company made an interesting choice for the chipset, it went with a Qualcomm QCM6490. That’s a chipset intended for embedded and industrial applications. In terms of performance it should be similar to the Snapdragon 778G. What makes it interesting is that Qualcomm offers long term software support – eight years or until 2031. Fairphone does its...

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Google Pixel 8 Pro leaks on Google Store

Google has not done its best to keep upcoming Pixel phones under wraps ahead of their announcements and the Pixel 8 Pro is no different. The Porcelain white version of the upcoming Google flagship was spotted on the Google Store for a brief time period which shows us yet another confirmation of its design. Google Pixel 8 Pro on Google Store While the image is not the best quality, we can see the updated unfied visor house the alleged 50MP main, 64MP ultrawide and 48MP telephoto modules. The cameras are housed next to the LED flash and the infrared temperature sensor which will...

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iQOO Z8x to come with Snapdragon 6 Gen 1, 6,000 mAh battery

vivo sub-brand iQOO is launching two Z8 devices tomorrow, and today we learned some details about the more affordable Z8x variant. It will be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 chipset, while the battery capacity is going to be 6,000 mAh. vivo iQOO Z8x teasers The Z8x is expected to be more affordable than the Z8, similar to the previous mid-range iQOO Z series, but once again it will be the battery champion. The Z8 will have the more powerful Mediatek Dimensity 8200 chipset, though. We also expect some downgrades in the camera department and the charging speed, but the...

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