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AT&T and Cricket Wireless have announced new $15 per month plans with 2GB of data. These will be prepaid plans with T-Mobile and MetroPCS offering the same promotion for its customers. Despite the similarities, AT&T and Cricket Wireless’ plan seems more customer-friendly. Amidst the coronavirus outbreak that has forced most of us home, mobile carriers
OnePlus has confirmed that a future OxygenOS update will bring support for an always-on display. The company failed to provide a proper timeline of when this update will hit OnePlus devices. It is currently not known as to which devices will be compatible with the upcoming update. While all the talk is currently about the
A new leak has revealed the OnePlus 8 Pro in the form of a render, giving us a very good idea about its design. The phone has four new rear cameras while the front camera is now positioned to the top left of the screen. OnePlus is expected to launch the flagship by mid-April. The
2019’s Samsung Galaxy Fold is finally receiving the Android 10 update. The phone was launched and relaunched in 2019 following display issues. Owners of the Galaxy Fold have been waiting patiently for the Android 10 update to drop as the smartphone hasn’t seen a major update since its release. The Samsung Galaxy Fold was a
Samsung has announced that it will bring some software-related camera features from the Galaxy S20 flagship to the Galaxy S10 and Galaxy Note 10. The company mentions that the update will begin rolling out in March, although the timing may differ based on geography. The update will also bring Quick Share, a file transfer tool
Samsung has uncovered the Galaxy Tab A 8.4 for the American markets with a price tag of $279. Verizon is selling the smartphone right away while carriers like AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and U.S. Cellular will reportedly launch it over the coming weeks. The tablet was leaked in its entirety a couple of weeks ago, so
A leak has revealed that a future YouTube for Android update could give users the ability to set a default video streaming quality. However, this feature may not make its way until the COVID-19 outbreak has subsided given that companies are looking to save bandwidth in whatever way possible. Currently, videos on YouTube are streamed
Some users on AT&T’s network are reportedly seeing delays in receiving group text and MMS. The issue appears to be widespread with people discussing it on multiple dedicated carrier pages on Reddit. AT&T hasn’t acknowledged the issue yet, but it is assumed that this is caused by excessive load on its servers as several Americans
Verizon has announced the addition of 15GB of high-speed data amidst the coronavirus outbreak. The carrier will also forgo late fees and overages for customers holding Verizon’s Lifeline accounts. T-Mobile has also offered free data to its customers and bundled that with the addition of 2 months of YouTube Premium. Verizon has announced a couple
A leak suggests that LG will use the Snapdragon 765 chipset with the upcoming LG G9 smartphone. Although this chip will support 5G by default, it will be a downgrade compared to the Snapdragon 865. The leak indicates that the phone will launch during the second half of 2020. Although LG has already launched its
The highly anticipated Google I/O 2020 event now stands canceled as the company explained in a series of tweets. This comes as Google previously talked about hosting the event in a limited capacity. Industry rival Apple, on the other hand, is expected to go on with its WWDC 2020 event in June using an “online-only”
A new leak has revealed Fitbit’s upcoming fitness wearable known as the Charge 4. The fitness band doesn’t appear to have any major changes onboard, although it’s likely that it will come with NFC and an always-on display. Fitbit was acquired by Google in late 2019 and is pending regulatory approval. Fitbit has been relatively
Evleaks has revealed the 2020 iteration of the Galaxy Tab A 8.4 with no S Pen included. The company appears to have compensated for this by including two speakers instead of just one. The tablet will reportedly launch via AT&T and Verizon in the U.S., possibly with support for 4G LTE. A new leak coming
Some users of the Galaxy S20 are reportedly not finding GPS signals on their smartphones. The issue has only been discovered on variants with the Snapdragon 865 chipset. Samsung is expected to send a software patch to fix this issue soon. The Samsung Galaxy S20 launched amidst a lot of fanfare and hype. However, issues
T-Mobile’s version of the LG V60 ThinQ 5G will be available for purchase on the 20th of March. The carrier will also sell LG’s Dual Screen cover along with the phone. The phone will use the carrier’s sub-6 GHz 5G network as compared to Verizon’s mmWave network. The LG V60 ThinQ 5G is finally arriving
An image posted on Instagram has shown Hollywood star Robert Downey Jr holding what appears to be the upcoming OnePlus 8 Pro flagship. The picture was soon taken down, but social media users were quick to circulate the picture further. The OnePlus 8 is expected to be revealed by the 15th of April along with
A moderator for Samsung Korea’s community forum has mentioned that the company will send out the One UI 2.1 update to phones like the Galaxy S10, Galaxy S9, Galaxy Note 9, as well as the Galaxy Note 10. Unfortunately, there’s no word on when the update will be sent out to the aforementioned phones. Among
The YouTube app for Android and iPhones has been updated with a new “Explore” tab to help with content discovery. The app also lets users find new artists and creators based on their tastes with the new “On The Rise” feature. Although the update is now live, it may take a while to reflect on
The charging engineer for Oppo has confirmed that the company’s 30W VOOC fast charging tech is now ready. This comes as the tech’s arrival was pushed by a few months as per older reports. There’s a strong likelihood that OnePlus will end up using this tech on its upcoming phone, the OnePlus 8 and 8
Google has announced that Play Store Dark Mode can now be enabled by any device running Android 5.0 or higher. Previously, Dark Mode on the Play Store was only enabled on Android 10 devices. This new Dark Mode for the Play Store doesn’t require a specific update as it is enabled automatically by Google. Google