Nothing launched the glow-in-the-dark Phone (2a) Plus Community Edition in late October following a many months-long design process. The phone was, as the name implies, created in partnership with the community, and it got a limited release of 1,000 units. These went on sale earlier today from Nothing's official website, exclusively to people who pre-registered. Nothing saw 19,000 registrations of interest across 48 countries, and then it managed to sell out the Phone (2a) Community Edition in just 15 minutes. That is, online only. If you desperately want one of these, you have one...
Apple is once again in hot water with the European Commission (EC). The body has issued a call for Apple to stop geo-blocking practices in its App Store, in Apple Arcade, Apple Music, the iTunes Store, as well as the Books and Podcasts apps. The EC together with the Consumer Protection Cooperation (CPC) Network of national consumer authorities in the EU asked Apple to align its practices with the EU's anti-geo-blocking rules. The CPC Network found that Apple Media Services (which is an umbrella term referring to all of the aforementioned Apple services) have a different UI for different...
What comes after foldable displays? Perhaps, stretchable displays. LG Display demonstrated a prototype panel that measures 12” normally but can be stretched to 18” without damaging it or even interrupting its operation. This is an improvement on a prototype from 2022, which could stretch from 12” to 14”. That represented a stretch factor of around 120%, while the improved panel can go up to 150% – in other words, it’s more than twice as stretchy. LG's stretchable display built into a prototype car dashboard The panel has a pixel density of 100ppi (presumably measured at its...
The Pixel 9 Pro Fold is one of the most expensive phones on the market at $1,799/€1,899, and it’s only natural that its replacement parts are also more expensive than most other phones. iFixit is now selling genuine Google replacement parts for the device, so how much does a Pixel 9 Pro Fold replacement screen cost? An eye-watering $1,199/€1,199. Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold Inner Screen replacment parts To put things into perspective, that’s as much as buying a brand-new Pixel 9 Pro XL (256GB) or an iPhone 16 Pro Max (256GB). You could even get a Pixel 9 (128GB), which is currently...
YouTube is currently testing a new feature on mobile that will likely have few fans among users. The company is repurposing the vertical scroll gestures in fullscreen mode to switch to next or previous video, similar to Shorts, as noticed by user Tushar Mehta on X. Currently, you can swipe up on a video in the mobile app to make it fullscreen and then swipe down on it to exit fullscreen. If you scroll up in fullscreen mode, you get a list of suggested videos. The YouTube product team is fucking the gestures in the Android app one after another. Who the fuck wants to scroll on a long...
Yesterday, Ice Universe said that Samsung could release the One UI 7 beta next week – but only for the US and South Korea. However, people in Europe and India may not have to wait long as the first One UI 7 beta builds for the Galaxy S24 series have already been spotted on Samsung’s servers. Firmware version ZXKB was spotted for the SM-S928B, which is the model number of the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra sold in Europe and India. The first internal test builds were reported in May. One UI 7 beta firmware for the Galaxy S24 Ultra One UI 7 was officially unveiled at SDC 2024. It is...
It looks like Nothing is sticking to its plan and is now seeding the second beta of Nothing OS 3.0 based on Android 15 to the Nothing Phone (2) and Phone (2a). According to Nothing's update calendar, the Phone (1), Phone (2a) Plus and CMF Phone 1 should start receiving the beta software sometime next month. The Nothing OS 3.0 beta 2 brings several improvements and Nothing OS-exclusive features. For instance, Shared Widgets allows Nothing owners to interact with each other through widgets, but it's still rather limited in functionality for now, and only reactions are shown to connected...
Oppo is making its return to Western markets, adding another option in the sea of Galaxy phones and iPhones (with the occasional Pixel). The company's comeback is spearheaded by its brand new flagship duo - the Oppo Find X8 Pro and Find X8. The pair of well-designed fully-featured flagships will certainly give established players a run for their money. The Pro is the bigger phone with a larger display and battery, a better main camera, and two telephotos, while the Oppo Find X8 might just be the best compact phone you can have right about now (the vivo X200 Pro mini is increasingly...
Halloween is over and you know what that means – All I Want for Christmas is You is on the radio 24/7 and people are gearing up for the Black Friday shopping. But you don’t have to wait for Thanksgiving, Samsung US’ Early Access deals are live this week (and this week only). Here’s an overview of the deals that are available. Galaxy S and Z flagships from this year have trade-in credit bonuses as well as no-trade-in discounts. This applies to tablets and watches too. Additionally, there are some bundle offers if you are picking up, say, a phone and a watch. Finally, all customers get an...
The Xiaomi 15 has been on sale in China since the end of last month. It will be available globally at some point, but the company hasn’t set a date yet – an interview with an exec in India pointed to March as a launch window (for India, though presumably the rest of the world too). The global variant of the Xiaomi 15, “24129PN74G”, was spotted in the Geekbench database, specifically the AI test section. The results are all over the place, so it’s too early to compare its Snapdragon 8 Elite versus the 8 Gen 3 of the Xiaomi 14. Plus, these tests were run only on the CPU rather than...