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I cover Android, smartphones, and the smart home. Sometimes, I cover Windows and streaming, too!

The special locked section of apps seems specifically designed for people to use when cheating on their partners to a truly weird degree. People in abuse situations could maybe use it but if it’s public knowledge then it will be the first thing the abuser will check
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The ability won’t physically hide the notification from popping up with the pin code reveal, but it will lock down the message so that other apps on Android can’t read the numbers and log in as you.” Read more

What Apple’s New Expanded iPhone Repair Policy Means for You Read more

So, just another health tracker that will cost about as much as their watch and do far less? That would be a hard pass. Sometimes I meed to take my wedding band off because it can get a little irritating, and it’s not nearly as chunky as this thing. I couldn’t imagine wearing that constantly. Read more

Actually normal people do want smaller phones, but the phone should have all the capabilities of the larger phones, and since they don’t people then dismiss the small phone for the ones with all the bells & whistles... Read more

For years my answer was USB-C. Now that Apple finally caved last year, it’s hard to think of a single stand-out feature. Read more

the battery life is great initially and from my experience, it seems like it gets nerfed every update. it’s infuriating.
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One of the Android features that I dearly wish iOS would add is the ability to do split-screen multitasking. We can do it on the iPad horizontally, but I would love to be able to do it vertically on my iPhone. There are so many times where I wish I could have two apps displayed at the same time - an email + a web page Read more

I dunno, man - at $350-400 I don’t think this phone has much going for it but the 50MP ultrawide and 12GB of RAM. That’s solidly in the price range of a refurbished flagship from a year or two ago, and even a new Thinkphone is only $400 right now. Sure, you’re probably looking at an 8GB+256GB device, but you’ll also Read more

Wow, $350 is budget?! I buy $80-$90 Androids on Amazon; I can’t imagine having a budget of $350 for a phone. Read more

I’d like to be able to tab/page my imessages. I like pinning people and there’s a limit on them. Also I’d like to relegate texts I get from banks/amazon/uber to their own view. Read more

Personally a way to accommodate some sort of slot with a hidden retractable switchblade! Read more

I’m probably the only weirdo out here who wants one, but a mini version. The current phones are too big for one-handed operation (for me), so I appreciate a small phone.
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