Apple seriously considered making its Apple Watch product line compatible with Android phones before scrapping the idea, according to a new report. The reliable Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman’s sources claim some at Apple were on board with the idea, but ultimately the fear it may cannibalise iPhone sales won the day. iPhone 15 with unlimited … [Read more…]
With the Galaxy S23 releases earlier this year, Samsung ended the confusion surrounding the chipsets it might use. The 2023 flagships all deployed the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processors, and it seemed Samsung had given up the ghost on using its homegrown Exynos processors in some territories. Especially considering those Qualcomm chips had been … [Read more…]
Amid some big price hikes in the streaming realm, Netflix Basic with Ads has provided a way to enjoy the library on the cheap albeit with the eponymous caveat. However, if you’re the kind of viewer who enjoys delving into a show and allowing the evening to blend into the night, Netflix is easing the … [Read more…]
Initial MacBook Pro with M3 Max benchmarks have emerged online, and they’re incredibly impressive, to the point where they make the Mac Pro (2023) and its M2 Ultra chip look a little silly. The brand new MacBook Pro with its range-topping M3 Max chip have hit Geekbench 6 (via MacRumors), the popular CPU benchmarking tool. … [Read more…]
Apple once privately referred to Android as “a massive tracking device”, according to documents recently released by the US Department of Justice. Over in the good old US of A, the Google antitrust trial continues to plod on, and the DOJ has just released a tranche of revealing materials (via Android Authority). One of them … [Read more…]
Anker’s smart entertainment brand, Nebula, has announced the Capsule 3 and Mars 3 Air, two portable projectors with Netflix built in. The Nebula Capsule 3 is a six-inch-tall soda can-style projector that can be lugged around in a small bag for portable media playback anywhere you go. It produces 200 ANSI lumens of brightness, while … [Read more…]
UPDATE: Apple has contacted Trusted Reviews to confirm Apple Music Voice is going away. The company pointed us towards a new support page explaining the company is now focused on delivering the best experiences through the standard plans. In the document, available here, Apple says that the standard Apple Music plans include seamless Siri functionality, … [Read more…]
LG has announced that its portable TVs, the wheeled StanbyME and briefcase StanbyME Go, will both go on sale 29 November 2023 and will cost £1,199. StanbyME Go Showing that there’s more life to the TV market than just bigger, higher resolution screens, the StanbyME genuinely does something different. It was the briefcase TV that … [Read more…]
OnePlus has announced a unique camera sensor partnership with Sony ahead of the launch of the OnePlus 12. The Oppo-owned phone maker has taken to Weibo to announce a team-up with Sony. The OnePlus 12 will represent “the world’s premiere of the high-end sensor jointly developed by OnePlus and @SONY Semiconductor – LYTIA” (quotes via … [Read more…]
Microsoft announced a bunch of games will be leaving Xbox Game Pass this month, including Football Manager 23, which will get the bullet on November 15. For some, that might bring fears of lost games unless gamers splash out on the full version of the game to continue their progress. However, this year there are … [Read more…]