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Selfies. First, they were dubbed as narcissistic by many, and while that may have been true at the time, selfies have evolved beyond just narcissistic photos of yourself. Now, they’re an excellent way to capture memories with a group of friends and family at events and on trips. The cameras themselves have evolved in quality,
Mobile gaming has never been as popular as it is now. In fact, 75 percent of all iOS App Store revenue comes from gaming apps. The appeal is clear: Our modern, fast-paced lives make it hard to sit for a few hours and dedicate all of our attention to nothing but the TV screen. What’s
Bigger doesn’t necessarily equal better, we dissect the best small smartphone. You may find it hard to score a half-decent small Android handheld these days, but despite the undeniable mainstream rise of phablets, there’s still demand devices you can easily slide in and out of your standard-issue trouser pocket. Before setting out on a quest
Overseas travel is, unfortunately often associated with excessive charges and high roaming rates. This is especially true in Europe, where you encounter a large number of different carriers as you travel across individual regions. This is where an international SIM card will help you immensely, especially when used with the dual SIM phones. Editor’s Choice
Not everyone can afford the newest, hottest, speediest gadgets on offer today. Especially when manufacturers put so much pressure on the everyday consumer to upgrade yearly, sometimes even more than once within 12 months. We say it’s okay to own yesteryear’s Android flagships, and going refurbished is often a wise choice if you can’t or
Times are changing, tides are shifting, trends are passing, and drifting, and priorities are rearranging. The thing is the way device manufacturers set their priorities straight doesn’t always align with the wishes of the overwhelming majority of mobile consumers. Take smartphone battery capacity. Literally everyone who’s ever owned a half-decent Android with web access, a
Though tablets are a great companion for practically anyone, it comes with a few limitations, particularly if it’s WiFi only. However, 4G LTE equipped cellular tablets have been around for quite some time now, so it’s understandable if you’re spoilt for choice right now. Keeping this in mind, we’ve decided to talk about some of
The Apple Watch may be the world’s best-selling smartwatch, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s the best smartwatch you can buy. As an Android user, your options are virtually endless since there are Android-compatible smartwatches that can fit any budget, any style, and any occasion. To help you make a good choice, we’ve put
Very rarely mentioned in the same breath as zippy 64-bit processors, Quad HD screens, OIS cameras, or massive batteries with fast charging capabilities when it comes to top selling points of today’s best and brightest Android smartphones. Dual-SIM support remains an extremely convenient feature to have for several classes of mobile users. Business people often
Whether you prefer to call them fitness trackers, activity trackers, fitness bands, or perhaps smart bands, these poor men’s smartwatches are spreading like wildfire. According to the International Data Corporation, three of the four wearable industry-leading manufacturers in Q3 2015 were specialized in such basic, low-cost gadgets, with Fitbits somehow managing even to beat the
Gadget display borders have made for a delicate, controversial, sometimes even uncomfortable topic basically since the inception of the so-called mobile tech industry. Okay, so maybe this wasn’t really a focal point back when the Nokia 1100 was selling in hundreds of millions of copies, but the prospect of a truly “bezel-less” smartphone captured the
Admit it; you don’t often think of accessories whenever in the market for a new smartphone or tablet. But if you’re wise, you remember to save a couple of hundred bucks for a decent power bank, nice external speaker, and especially a Bluetooth headset. You don’t want to be pulled over and get a ticket
Let’s be frank; we were all a little wary of tablet PCs when they first emerged as “laptop replacements.” Clearly, they had nothing on traditional computers in terms of power and productivity, merely standing out with compact form factors and, iPads notwithstanding, affordability. Only even the latter forte didn’t seem enough to make a stand
The world’s thinnest smartphone title has become a thorny affair in recent years, as new contenders pop up out of nowhere once every few weeks. Most of the time, no-name Chinese manufacturers are behind these designs that defy gravity common sense, and the goal is to score free publicity for future products with the better
They say the new iPhones could easily break the mind-blowing sales records posted by their forerunners, both for the first week-end of pre-orders and as far as total shipment numbers go, though of course that latter tally is much harder to forecast. And why shouldn’t they? Because they look identical to last year’s 6 and
Technically, this year’s glamorous-as-always IFA consumer electronics trade show in Berlin wraps up today, just as Apple puts the finishing touches to the San Francisco stage where the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus will break cover in a matter of hours. But back to IFA 2015, all the high-profile product announcements really took place last
Quad HD handheld display resolution is overkill, and everybody knows that. Including the device manufacturers trying so hard to sell the “feature” as something that’s not – useful and groundbreaking. Well, yeah, sure, it’s innovative and all on paper, but the end consumer needs a magnifying glass to tell the difference between 1,920 x 1,080
With 802.11ac just getting certified by the WiFi Alliance, we usually start to see routers deploy the technology and then next generation devices wil get the standard to work with the routers. This has not been the case this time though, with both of Samsung’s flagship devices, the Galaxy S4 and Galaxy Note 2, already