This iPhone ‘Supercycle’ May Not Be So Super
Some of these features won’t be available until next year, but Apple’s push to add artificial intelligence to the iPhone is still likely to drive a boom in sales, optimistic …
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Camera Face-Off: We Pit Smartphones From Xiaomi, Oppo, and Honor to Find a Winner
The best camera is always the one you have with you. That makes a smartphone’s camera one of its most important features—after all, phone makers have been vying for the …
With Gemini on Android, Google Points to Mobile Computing’s Future—and Past
Nearly a decade ago, Google showed off a feature called Now on Tap in Android Marshmallow—tap and hold the home button and Google will surface helpful contextual information related to …
Humane’s Ai Pin is a $700 Smartphone Alternative You Wear All Day
For months, an odd sight has intrigued a San Francisco cop regularly stationed outside the downtown offices of the startup Humane. Out of its door have streamed employees with a …
Families of Hostages Kidnapped by Hamas Turn to Phone Pings for Proof of Life
Before he was kidnapped, Hersh Goldberg-Polin was a big reader. He would absorb himself in different types of books at different times, according to his father, Jonathan Polin. For a …
Here’s the Truth Behind the Biggest (and Dumbest) Battery Myths
In lithium-ion batteries, that’s no longer the case. Modern batteries are capable of reading their state no matter their level of charge, and when your device isn’t in use the …
The iPhone 15 Opts for Intuitive AI, Not Generative AI
Tech product launches in 2023 have become predictable: Everything now comes with generative AI features that will serve up chatty but knowledgeable text or mind-blowing images. The rollout of the …