The Hot Take: One of the reasons I stay away from foldable devices.
Some iPhone Duos are already experiencing hinge issues that cause display cracks, based on photos shared on Reddit and the MacRumors forums. Almost all of the display faults are right along the hinge, and most result in a line of bright pixels across one side of the screen.
An iPhone Duo owner in Australia said his device cracked after being opened fewer than 20 times, and there was no visible damage beforehand.
Had my iPhone Duo for about six hours and had probably opened it fewer than 20 times. I was showing it to a…
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The Hot Take: Nice, this has me very interested.
We finally know the name of the first non-Pixel phone that's compatible with GrapheneOS.
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The Hot Take: NICE, may buy flat out unlocked device to use with GrapheneOS.
After years of waiting, Google might finally listen to Pixel fans.
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The Hot Take: I hope they have these phones in the stores to play with, both version too. Google and Non-Google.
Last week Fairphone announced the latest Fairphone 6+ model available in the US on T-mobile, and surprise surprise! According to our poll, people are ready to spend $649 on it
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The Hot Take: I wonder if Lenovo's help will get them to accept more than just Pixel and Lenovo devices. We can only hope.
It's now clearer just when you can expect GrapheneOS' privacy-oriented Android ROM to be available beyond Pixel devices. The GrapheneOS team has finally shared more details on when its software will come to Motorola phones.
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The Hot Take: Interesting so going to Apple are you really more safe? Hmmmmm
The Fruity Cargo Cult, Apple’s modern empire may owe more to CIA cash than it will ever admit.
Without a secretive US intelligence contract keeping NeXT alive, company co-founder Steve Jobs might have remained a Silicon Valley footnote rather than returning as messiah. The Wall Street Journal reports that the CIA turned up at NeXT in 1986, when Jobs was still licking his wounds after being booted from Job’s Mob.
The Cold War was roaring, Ronald Reagan was shovelling billions into defence and spy agencies wanted Silicon Valley kit before it…
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The Hot Take: I'm excited on this, been wanting them to come states side.
You can now get Fairphone's reparable handset in the US without jumping through hoops.
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The Hot Take: Mobile market consolidation it seems.
Last week, OnePlus announced what was rumored for months: its exit from the North American and European markets. Now a new report claims Nothing will follow suit, exiting 12 "or more" global markets.
This includes the Middle East, Japan, and "parts of Europe". Unfortunately, the report doesn't go into any more detail about specific countries. Nothing is also said to be reducing its workforce by 40%, while its R&D unit is facing layoffs of around 50% in China and 30-40% in London.
Nothing Phone (4a) Pro
Obviously,…
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The Hot Take: Lollipops and colors!
It's definitely not that Pixel 11 model you might be thinking of.
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The Hot Take: RIP
It's happening on the company's own website.
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