Apple iPhone 6s smartphones are shutting down without warning in what is being called the 30% bug. Apple issued an advisory stating it appeared to be for batteries in a limited serial number range manufactured between September and October 2015. Now one of its largest markets for the iPhone 6s, China, is reporting customers outside…
Android remains the dominant ecosystem across the world, but Apple’s iPhone remains the most desirable smartphone in the world. Kantar Worldpanel ComTech (Communications Technology) measures consumer behaviour about smartphones to gain insights and identify trends. Its 60 country-based consumer panels measure what the sample buys, and what they intend to buy. Its Q3, 2016 panel…
You’ve seen the marketing. The iPhone 7 is Apple’s best camera ever, Google’s getting serious about photography with its Pixel, and Samsung is still on top of its game with the S7, but this only tells half the story. Smartphones have become serious photography tools. There are a few aspects to this photography revolution. First,…
Users of Samsung Galaxy devices which are compatible with the Samsung Gear S2 or new Gear S3 can now use Samsung Pay at outlets in Australia. Richard Fink, head of IT and Mobile Division at Samsung Australia, says, “The ability to make payments from the Gear S2 and S3 watches using Samsung Pay gives Australians…
APPLE users have claimed the latest version of the iPhone operating system has played havoc with the battery in their device. On the tech giant’s support firm, users have claimed the battery indicator hits 30 per cent before slumping to zero and shutting down the phone. The disgruntled Apple lovers claim they were clobbered after…
Apple releases Portrait mode for iPhone 7 Plus that gives shallow depth of field feature like a DSLR FORGET about grabbing that clunky DSLR (digital single-lens reflex) camera. Your iPhone 7 Plus today has just become a much better camera. Apple has finally launched the Portrait feature that was the highlight of the iPhone 7…
Google Pixel: stand aside smartphone, the genius phone is coming Smartphone vendors have a tough job. They need to convince consumers that theirs is the best, bar none. Better than last year’s model. Better than the competition. And not just incrementally better. Quantum leap better. Otherwise, who would want to upgrade? The narrative around the…
This cool trick will free up space without deleting files and apps So you didn’t want to fork out another few hundred bucks for extra storage on your iPhone, and now you’re paying the price: the phone is full and you can’t bear to delete any of those Taylor Swift tracks. Well, one ingenious Redditor…
BlackBerry will no longer manufacture the BlackBerry Classic, a beloved, updated model of the original that made the company a smartphone leader before Apple and Samsung Electronics dethroned it. Chief executive officer John Chen introduced the Classic after joining the company in 2013, bringing back the raised-button keyboard that BlackBerry enthusiasts loved, and which his…
In order to evolve and succeed in the mobile-centric future, companies will require revolutionary increases in the speed, capacity and connectivity of mobile devices – and they’re looking to 5G networks to provide it. That is according to a new report from Forbes Insights, in association with Huawei, “The Mobile Industrial Revolution: Anticipating the Impact…
